Wolf By Night

Vampiresswolf

A/N: Hello all! This story idea came to me and I just had to write it for you all, even though I know there are other stories waiting to be updated. This story is a Nicery, though I am not sure when that will come into play completely. I will also never go into the lemony details, as I just do not feel comfortable, but the innuendos to it will be present. Also, this story is a Werewolf AU set in the time of the Salem Witch Trials. I hope you enjoy, please read, review to tell me what you think, and whatever else!

I do not own anything you may recognize through the course of this story from PJO/HOO, as they belong to Rick Riordan. I do own the plot, and the elements of AU, however.

Prologue

"Nico? What are you doing?" Nico looked up from where he was sitting into the eyes of his younger half sister.

"Playing chess, duh." He said, eyes rolling.

"I know that."

"Then why'd you ask?"

"I asked because it is time for the hunt. You haven't phased in over a week, and tonight is the ceremony, you have to join in or you won't be able to become Beta."

"I don't really want to. I'm fine here."

"Nico. Seriously. You are Bianca's brother, you have to become her Beta."

"You're her sister, why can't you be the beta?"

"Because I am not full-blood."

"I am not full grown."

"Neither is she. But she's got to be Alpha because Alpha died and you are his heirs."

Nico sighed and nodded, standing up and stripping of his clothing, "Fine. Let's go." He closed his eyes and soon where he stood there was a medium size black wolf, with red pads and a red nose. He shook his head. He honestly did not like to phase unless he absolutely had to, because as soon as he did, the reminder of who he was returned. The only son of the Alpha of the pack. His older sister would become Alpha, sure, but it would be his job to get a mate to continue their line, as she had already shown her position on the fact that she did not want anything to do with a mate. Hazel wouldn't be able to continue either, as though everyone knew who her father was, she was not considered an heir.

Nico turned to see a chocolate brown wolf standing beside him, waiting patiently. He sighed and growled low. I do not want to do this. He told her.

You are the new Beta, you must get the white rabbit.

That is not what I mean. He said. Truth be told, he had realized long ago that there was no wolf in the pack that he felt attracted to.

You'll find someone, Nico. Stated a new voice, and he looked over to see a blonde wolf whipping her tail back and forth as she waited for them. Beside her was a white she-wolf who looked impatient to get on their way.

Annabeth. Thalia. He dipped his head in greeting as they headed out.

I will go left, you all spread out the other directions. Thalia stated, her white tail flicking as she disappeared into the undergrowth. Annabeth dashed forward without a sound, and Nico sighed.

There are white rabbits near the human settlement. Why don't you go there? I'll hunt for food up north. Hazel smiled at him and turned around to go the way they had come.

Nico headed toward the candlelight that showed where the human town was. He really didn't like to hunt there, it wasn't right, and everything in his wolf body screamed of danger with just the thought of it, but Hazel was right. They raised white rabbits there, and so that would be the easiest and quickest method of retrieving a rabbit for his sister's Moon Howl.

It wasn't long before he came to the land bridge that overlooked the cliff that ended in a river far below. Crossing this bridge would lead him to the humans. He carefully padded across and came to the other side, where he sniffed along the backs of the houses until he smelled the rabbits. Looking out the large, flower-specked garden, he saw what he was looking for.

The rabbit hutch held five rabbits. Two were typical black and white lops, one was a brown dwarf, and one was a black dutch. He phased into human when he saw the one he was looking for, a white lop rabbit asleep inside the wooden rabbit house.

After he paced forward and removed the rabbit, he replaced the gate without locking it and carried the little one a bit away, where he placed it on the ground. It was still dreary, but was wakening so he held it with his hands as he phased back to wolf. He felt guilty killing it, and even more guilty ripping some of the fur from its underbelly to place near the wood line. He then frowned. He needed more to make this seem like a real escape and kill, and since the rabbit needed to be perfect, he turned his attention to a bird house, where a pigeon was watching him warily. He pounced, killing it, and made it bleed around the feathers. This way the people would think a wild animal got their rabbit, but they would also believe that the rabbit escaped.

It was on his way back to the Pack's camp that he saw the boy. He was slightly older than himself, but as soon as Nico saw him, his heart fluttered, which was a very disconcerting feeling, as was the one that his wolf body supplied for him.

The boy had black hair and green eyes, and was sitting on the side of the land bridge, concentrating on the water far below. Nico paced forward, placing his catch to one side, and looked down.

His eyes widened when he saw the water moving in ways that were not natural. Looking up, he saw the boy freeze, looking at him. The water froze in its antics as well, splashing back down to join the river.

As the boy hastily tried to get up to run, he slipped, teetering on the edge of the bridge, before slipping over. His hands caught the edge, but he was unable to pull himself back up by himself, and so Nico made an executive decision and dashed forward, grasping gently at his shirt to pull him to safety.

"Th-thanks!" the boy gasped out, looking into Nico's eyes with shock. Nico flicked his ears and bounded away, grasping his bird and rabbit as he went.

"Are you sure?" Hazel frowned as she gently pulled the rabbit pelt off of the bones and meat, plopping the latter into a kettle and setting the former to the side to dry for the ceremony, "He was controlling the water? Only those of our kin should be able to do that."

"Well I can assure you he was no Were. He was most definitely human."

"There are a few that have gifts." The ghost of Maria, Nico's mother and his father's last mate, stated. Nico had summoned her to this little meeting in order to determine what was happening, "They are few, but there are those that have the gift. And from what I can understand, you have also fallen for this human. Do you plan to take him? You would need to transform him, you know."

Nico's eyes widened, "No… I could never do that."

"Then protect him, and when the time comes that he must join us, for the time will come, be sure to be prepared for what it is you will need to do."