I can't believe i'm writing a seguel. i've never done that before so i don't know how good this first chapter is so please tell me. Please please review. Also, if you haven't read the first story , you might want to do that before reading this one or you might get a little comfused.

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Behind the Imprint

Chapter 1

Shay's POV

"Shay. Hey Shay." I heard my name being called from down the hall. I close my locker door and turn to see a bounce Jez, hurrying through the crowd of people toward me.

I smiled and waved. "Hey Jez." I said when she finally reached me. Jez was a very excitable girl. She had all the usual Native American features. Dark almond eyes, dark hair and skin. She was the kind of girl who loved to talk but could always listen. She was the first friend I made here when I moved from New York to the tiny town of La Push six months ago when my parents died. Now I lived with my vampire sister and her vampire boyfriend Dean, not far from the school.

Her eyes sparkled with excitement when she said. "You and Sara have to come to Emily's tonight. We're having a slumber party and all the imprints are invited." She smiled, jumping up and down and clapping her hands. "Your going to come, right? She asked, suddenly looking serious.

I laughed. "Of course, I'll tell Sara. What time do we have to be there?" I said and she smiled again.

"Good, just be there around eight. Emily even got Sam and Jake to make sure none of the guys try and crash the party." She said.

I laugh. "You know, most girls I know would love to have some really hot guys crash their party." I pointed and she waved me away.

"That may be true but I certainly am not most girls. Anyway. I'll see ya there." She called over her shoulder as she hurried down the hall again.

I laughed and shook my head before making my way to the doors that led to the parking lot. I pushed through the doors and found Seth leaning on the brick building beside the doors, with his arms crossed over his chest. I looked up at him and smiled. Seth was seventeen but looked about twenty- two. He was extremely tall, with a build a muscleman only dreamed of. He had jet black hair that was cut short. His eyes were a dark brown that were almost always laughing. Seth was a very happy-go-lucky kind of guy and rarely ever got mad. Which in his case was a very good thing. Seth was a shape-shifter and when he got mad, he explode into a giant wolf.

Seth smiled my favorite, goofy smile and pushed himself off the wall. "Hey." He greeted, wrapping his arm around my shoulders. He leaned down to kiss my cheek and I blushed when I saw people looking.

You'd think I'd get used to the staring but you never really do. The wolves were a popular topic around La Push for the uninformed. To most people, the wolves were thought as a cult, a gang that didn't weird things in the woods. Some people thought they were scary. Them being to big and all. I looked up at Seth. He was a good foot and a half, maybe two feet taller then me and he wasn't even the taller of the wolves. Jake was half a foot taller then Seth. "How was Biology?" He asked, a teasing tone seeped into his voice, completely oblivious to the stares. I guess he got used to them after almost four years of it.

I elbowed him in the ribs as hard as I could, knowing that it didn't actually hurt, more likely giving me a bruise. He laughed and pulled me closer as we walked toward his truck. "You know I hate Biology. I'm just glad there's only a few weeks left." I smiled. I couldn't wait to spend a summer with him.

He chuckled. "Yeah, me too." he said simply.

Thats when Sara came running up to us. "Shay, did you hear..."

"About the party at Emily's. Yeah, I was just about to call you about it." I said before she could finish.

She laughed. Sara was my best friend from New York but one time when she came to one of the bonfires the wolves had, Embry imprinted on her and she never left. Also she has this thing were when she meets people, she instantly knows the persons biggest secret. That's how she found out about the wolves. She didn't have any of the usual native american features, which made her a bit of an outcast around here but she didn't care. She was just happy to had lots of friends and a great boyfriend. She was the short, blond hair, blue eyed girl that everyone almost instantly liked. "Yeah, Jez just told me. Anyway, can I catch a ride with you two. Embry call and he wasn't going to be able to get out of work in time to pick me up." She explained and stuck her lower lip at in a pouted.

I frowned and put my arm around her shoulders. "It's so hard dating an older man, isn't it." I said sarcastically.

She flipped her hair dramatically. "It really is." She sighed.

I laughed and rolled my eyes as I pull my arm back. "Anyway, yeah, Seth we're ditching you tonight." I smiled up at him and he smiled back

"Yeah I heard. Jake forbid us from going anywhere in sight of the house of you unless we had a good reason." He laughed.

Both me and Sara laughed too. "Yeah, that was Jez's doings." I said.

"That's what I thought." He said and opened the passanger door of his truck for us to climb in. He closed the door and walked around to the other side. he climbed in beside me and leaned into his arm.

"So where do you think Sam is going. Do you think Emily kicked him out?" Sara asked, on my other side.

Seth started the truck and pulled out of the parking lot. "I heard that he tried to convince Emily to let him stay in the house, just not in the same room but it didn't work. I think Emily threatened him or something. Sam wouldn't leave Emily without one of us nearby willingly." Seth said as he drove.

Sam was very protective of Emily and for good reason. About a month ago, a group of revengeful vampires kidnapped most of the imprints (me included) and kept us hostage. It turned out to be fight and Sam was one of the most affected by the event. It only brought me and Seth closer. He, along with the others saved us.

"He's still kinda stressed out about it huh?" I asked and he nodded.

"Yeah, he can't stand the idea that there are vampires out there that are capable of that." He said but I saw his jaws clench. "I understand how he feels." He whispers more to himself then us and I rub his arm soothingly.

"Anyway, I have patrols tonight so I wouldn't have been able to be around tonight anyway." he said, trying to move our conversation to a lighter subject. "So where do you want to be dropped of Sara?"

"At Embry's, he left the door open for me." She said and Seth turned down another road to reach Embry's driveway. Moments later, he pulled into Embry's driveway. "I'll see you later, Shay."

"See ya." I said and she climbed out, slamming the truck door behind her. Seth pulled out of the driveway headed for my house. "So who are you patrolling with tonight?" I asked, resting my head on his shoulder.

"Collin and Brady."

"You know, with what happened last month, you'd think Jake and Sam would put more people on patrol duty at the same time." I thought out loud.

"Sam has but not Jake. He doesn't think it's such a big deal. He doesn't think it'll happen again. Rumors spread fast."

I looked up at him. "What do you mean?"

He shrugged. "Even vampires spread rumors. I wouldn't be surprised that most of them know that we're here."

"Then why do so many come?"

He smirked. "They underestimate us."

I rolled my eyes just he says ."Wow, look." He pointed out the windshield. I looked out it and see boy that I didn't recognize but still looked oddly familiar, walking on the side of the road. It took me a moment to realize that he looked a little like Seth. Not just Seth, the other wolves too. He had that same kind of presence to him. He was huge, not as big as Seth but still big. He walked a little clumsily, like he had grown a little too fast and still wasn't used to it. In a way he looked about twenty and another he looked about the same age as me and Seth. Around seventeen. He had the native American features but his skin looked a bit lighter then usual for a Quilent. "I've never seen him around here before." Seth muttered, slowing down a little when we drove by to get a better look.

"The packs don't know about him do they?" I asked and he shook his head thoughtfully.

"I'll have to call Jake after to warn him."

A minute later, we pulled into my driveway. I made to climb out but I noticed that he didn't move or turn the car off. "Aren't you coming in?"

He shook his head again. "No, I think I'm going to try and find that kid again and see if I can get a story out of him before I tell Jake. But I promise to come say goodnight before you leave, okay." He said and leaned over to give me quick kiss.

I kissed him back, enjoying the feel of his lips against mine before smiling and saying. "Good luck."

"Thanks." He smiled and seconds later, he was speeding off back the way we had come.

Seth's POV

I couldn't believe that the might be another wolf joining us. It seems strange though. I mean, there hasn't been a new one in almost a year. I drove by the place where I last saw him but he was no where in sight. I looked down the road and spotted him near the edge of the forest, siting on a stump. I pulled the truck over and cut the engine. Hesitantly, I jumped out of the truck and slammed the door behind me. He hadn't noticed me until then. He looked up at me and I had no doubt that he was one of us, or at least was going to be. He watched me as I made my way to him, his eye sizing me up. I saw his eyes grow wide a bit at the sight of me.

"Hey." I said when I reached him, jumping over the large ditch easily.

He looked up at me. "You know dude, steroids are bad for you." He said.

I snorted. "Like I hadn't heard that one before." I laughed and he raise a brow at me.

"So you do take steroids?" He asked.

I should my head. "No. Do you?" I asked, even though I knew the answer."

He frowned. "Of course not."

I forced myself not to laugh. "What's your name?" I asked.

"Chris." He said automatically.

I sit down beside him. "I'm Seth." I said and he nodded, hesitantly, probably thinking, what the heck. "Did you just move here? I haven't seen you around before."

He nodded. "Yeah, moved here yesterday from Forks."

I nodded, absent-mindedly. There was no doubt that he was going to phase at anytime. I was just surprised that he hadn't already. "How old are you?" I asked.

"What's it matter to you?" He asked, defensively.

"Just answer the question." I muttered, letting a commanding tone leak into my voice. I saw him look me over again.

"Sixteen." He murmured. "How old are you?"

"Seventeen."

He snorted. "Yeah right. You look twenty-three."

I smiled. "Yeah and you look twenty." I laughed, stood up, ruffled his hair, jumped over the ditch and got into my truck without another word. I got all I needed.

"Seth, Brady, Collin. You off patrol duty tonight. Sam is taking over so you three can keep an eye this Chris kid. The last thing I need is him phasing in public." Jake thought. We were having a pack meeting. I had called it after I left Chris on the side of the road. Everyone in the pack was there, including Sam so the two packs could coordinate. "Everyone else, you can go home. Remember, no where near Emily's unless you have a GOOD reason." He warned us and Embry mentally rolled his eyes at Jake.

"Yes Sir." Embry thought and started running in the direction of his house.

Jake ignorned him. "Call me as soon as anything happens." He told us and we all nodded. "Good. Now go find him before he does something stupid." Jake said before phasing, pulling on his shorts

and walked the short way back to the Cullen's. Soon we were the only ones left.

"I can't believe there's going to be a new guy." Brady said as we ran back to La Push. He was on my right and Collin on my left.

"I know that's what I thought too." I agreed.

"You know, I think Jake is actually going to let him into his pack." Collin said.

"How do you know?" Brady asked.

"I don't know. He acted like he was his responsibility."

"Well yeah, he kinda is. It's part of the Alphas responsibility to make sure the secret isn't blown." Brady protested but I shook my head.

"No, I think he's right. Usually he would automatically give him to Sam to deal with but he sent us instead. I think that it's because, he's going to be in our pack." I thought

"See." Collin sneered at Brady.

Brady growled but otherwise ignored him. "That's going to be weird. Having another person in our heads. It took me a year just to get used to the ones that are already there."Brady thought, more to himself then us.

"I still haven't gotten used to yours." I teased.

"Ha ha. Very funny." He said sarcastically. I laughed and bumped into him playfully. He mumbled to himself the rest of the way there.

Since we didn't know where the kid lived, we went to the place were I talked to him and hour earlier to get a scent. We found it easily fallowed it down the road a little ways, all the time, looking out for people that might spot us. People have seen us before but we still prefer to stay on the down low.

We ended up at house that, now that I thought about it, knew it had been sold recently. We hid in the woods behind the house. Through the trees, I could see through the windows of the house. I saw him moving around, helping, his mom I guessed, unpack some box's.

We sat around watching, waiting, expecting. Then I looked up at the sky and swore. "What?" Collin asked.

"I was supposed to go see Shay before she left for Emily's." I explained. "I'll have to call her."

"Relax, it's one time. Heaven forbid, you not see or talk to her in more then a few hours." Brady grumbled. Both me and Collin rolled our eyes at him. Us both having imprinted, knew what it was like. Brady was just mad that he was the only one that hasn't. "Is not." He said, responding to my thoughts.

Ignoring Brady, Collin turned his attention to me. "Yeah I was supposed to call Kendra too. Do you have your phone with you?"

"Yeah, just let me call Shay first." I said and let myself change back into human form, with Collin right behind me. I leaned down and pulled my shorts and my cell phone from the rope around my ankle. I pulled on my shorts before dialing Shay's cell number.

"Hey Seth, where are you?" She answered after two rings.

"You know that kid that we pasted today. I'm in the woods behind his house. Jake put me, Collin and Brady on watch the new kid duty." I said and she laughed a little.

"Why. Did he phase yet?"

"No but Jake doesn't want him to do anything in public so we're keeping an eye on him. Sorry I could get to your house. I would have call earlier but I kinda got side tracked. When are you leaving?"

"No problem. In a few minutes. Aren't you three supposed to be on patrol tonight though?" She asked.

"Yeah but Sam took over for us. He needed something to do tonight anyway." I said.

"But why didn't Jake send someone else?"

I shrugged. "Probably because we're closer to his age. He's sixteen and just moved here. We actually not that far from your place."

"Oh did he move into that house down the road a bit." She asked.

"Yeah."

"What's his name?"

"Chris. I don't know his last name, though." I replied. I saw Brady pawing the dirt impatiently and growl. I stuck my finger at him. He barked at me and growled again.

"Who was that?" She asked, having heard him.

"Brady, he's being and ass." I said and laughing when he barks again.

She laughed too. "Do you think he'll phase tonight?"

"I don't know. Maybe. If he gets mad enough." I reply. "Your full of questions tonight."

"Hey, I got to stay informed. Besides, the girls will be on me for the details."

"That is true." I said, smiling.

"Anyway, I got to get going. Oh wait, do you know if Nessie, is going to be there tonight. I haven't seen her in a while."

"I'm not sure but I would imagine."

"Okay, I'll see you later then."

"Yep, see ya."

"Bye." She said and hug up. I passed the phone to Collin and he accepted it eagerly.

A minute later, I heard the back door of the house, open and close. Me and Brady snuck closer to the edge of the trees. We looked out into the darkness and saw Chris sit on the porch steps and put his head in his hands. We waited and minutes went by. Collin joined us, handing me my phone.

Then the door opened again and his mother walked out hesitantly. His mother was definitely not Quilent, however she did resemble Chis a little. She had fare blond hair and dark brown eyes. She was only about five foot four and was a little on the heavier side. She kinda reminded me of Emily. She had the same motherly presence to her as she walked to her son on the steps and sat down beside him.

"Christopher, honey?" She asked, placing a hand on his shoulder.

"Go away." He groaned, not taking his hands from his face.

"Sweetie, I know you didn't want to move here but it was the right thing to do." She soothed.

He looked up and glared at her. "And yet, you still haven't told me why."

"You'll understand soon enough." She said rubbing his shoulder but he shrugs her off. "Christopher." She said and I could see hurt in her eyes.

"No mom." He yelled, standing up to face her. "You took me away from my friends, my school, the house that I grew up in and you won't even tell me why." He was breathing hard and eyes watched for any sign of him starting to phase.

She stood up cautiously. "Honey, you can still see your friends. They only live twenty minutes away."

He groaned. "Sure I'll see them at school but when school is out and I start going to the school on the reserve, how often am I really going to see them. Mom, I've been here a week and already hate it."

"You don't understand now but you will. It's only a matter of time."

"And what's going to happen that's going to make me understand." He yelled and that's when I saw it. The slit tremor that showed that it had started.

I elbowed Collin and motioned to Chris. Collin nodded, acknowledging what I saw.

"You just have to be patient." She said, taking a step closer.

I saw the shudder rack through him. Saw the anger and frustration in his eyes. "Brady, call Jake. "I said and Brady stepped back and threw his head back and howled. At the same time, me and Collin sprang forward.

We burst through the trees, surprising both of them. Collin pulled his mother out of the way and out of danger as I put myself infront of him. As soon as he reconizes me, another tremble went through him. "In the woods, NOW." I said with force, putting power in my voice.

"Are you stalking me?" He said through clenched teeth.

"I said move it." I countered.

"Are you going to make me?" he glared at me, by now he shaking violently.

"BRADY." I called and the giant blue-grey wolf that was him, walked openly through the trees. "Collin help me out." With both me and Collin pulling on an arm and Brady shoving him with his head, we pulled him closer to the cover of the trees. I saw his mother, take a step toward us, her eyes wide. "NO, you stay here. he'll be fine." I yelled at her and she stopped mid-stride. She watched us hesitantly.

Chris struggled and shook. Then we heard the pop of his bones snapping for the first time. We were in the forest now so we released him and he fell to the ground with groan of pain. He curled up in a ball and clutched his sides. "What's happening to me." He cried, his voice filled with the pain of the first change. I remembered mine. I remember the pain that I had gone through.

I knelt down beside him."It's going to be okay. Just don't fight it and it'll go faster." I whispered encouragement. It was add though. I had never been actually around for this part before, other then mine of course. Collin and Brady had both done it after me but I hadn't been phased for either of them. I look up at Brady. "Is Jake on his way?" I asked and he nodded just as Chris jerked beside me. He cried out and we all moved away a few feet to give him some space.

"What's happening to me?" He cried again.

I sighed. "Let's just say, in a few minutes, you'll look like him." I said, motioning to Brady.

I watched his eyes go wider then they already were. "Wha..." He started to day but was cut off by another jerk and more bones snapping.

"Don't worry, you'll be able to turn back. There's fifteen of us that can do it. It's not as bad as it seems. It's not always going to hurt this much. It's only the first time." I said. I didn't know what to say. All I could do was talk until he made the change completely. I watched as he slowly and painfully change. It was like watching someone phase in slow motion. That was when Jake arrived. He appeared through the trees and stood beside Brady. Jake was almost twice as big as Brady. He barked at us, signalling to us to phase. Collin and I go behind a tree for Chris's sake and when we get back, he's nearly finished. We stand around him as his cloths rip and fall to the ground and a mase of dark brown fur appeared. Then he stops shaking and his thought merge with ours.

"What the hell is going on?" He thought, not realizing that we could hear him. He lay with his head between his paws and his eyes tightly shut.

"You are a shap-shirter, like us." Jake explained.

"Who's us." He asked, cautiously.

"Open your eyes and find out." Jake said.

Chris hesitated. He didn't want to believe what was happening and was afraid that if he opened his eyes, it would make it that much realer. Then did and jumped up in surprise, backing into a tree. He fell down and saw his paws and swore. Brady laughed. Chris turned his attention to us. Looking through both his mind and his eyes at us. "Who are you guys? What did you do to me?"

"We didn't do anything to you. You were born this way. We all were." I said.

He turned to me. "You. You were the guy that I talked to today on the side of the road."

I nodded. "I needed to know who you were. There aren't many new comers around here. Especially people like you." I explained.

He shut his eyes again and shook his head, like he was trying to wake himself up from a nightmare. "I don't understand. How is this even possible?"

"Collin, go get Chris a change of cloths. Then meet us at Sam's in ten. His mother can come too if she wants." Jake instructed and Collin nodded and ran back toward the house, just as I felt him fade from the circle of our minds. "Okay, Chris, we're going to go somewhere, where we can talk. Come on, we'll teach you how to change back when we get there."

"No fucking way."

Jake turned on him. "Excuse me."

"Woowhoo." Brady said, seeing the tension between the two boys.

I hit my shoulder into his. "Shut up, you idiot."

"There's no way am I going with you anywhere. Tell me how to change back now and I'm going back home." The first time Chris spoke, he said it confidently and with control but now, under the powerful gaze of our Alpha, he squirmed, uncomfortably. I saw through his eyes, the massive size and power that radiated off of him. I saw him look Jake over, seeing his strong legs, his broad shoulders and thick neck.

"And what are you going to do then, kid? You have no idea how to control yourself. One little thing that makes you mad or upset will set you off. You won't be able to stop yourself." Jake thought.

"I don't care. I don't want any of this."

"So what happens, when you hurts someone?"

Chris shook his head. "I won't hurt anyone."

"How do you know? You have no idea what you are capable off. You could hurt someone, even kill so easily. What if it's your mother or your friends?" Jake said, more loudly then before.

"I wouldn't." He cried.

"I have no patience for stupid kids. START WALKING." Jake said in the Alpha voice. I saw Chris's legs buckle from the weight of the command.

"What the hell was that?" He yelled, falling on his stomach as he fought against it."

"The Alpha command." Brady said matter-of-factly.

"Nearly impossible to disobey." I continued for him. "So might as well just start walking and stop fighting it. It always wins eventually." I nudged him with my nose. "Come on." I encouraged, trying to make it easier for him. Jake wasn't helping any.

"I'm trying my best." Jake growled, having heard my thoughts.

"I know you are Jake but you know what it's like. You remember your first time." I replied.

"Just get him to Sam's. I'm going to go warn Emily and the girls." He muttered and ran off. He phased back as soon as he was out of sight, wanting to be able to think in privacy.

"Nice going, you pissed him off." Brady said to Chris. "For future reference. Don't piss Jake off or you might be in for a hell of a fight."

"Brady, don't scare the kid. Now lets go, their waiting for us." I said and both me and Brady started walking but he didn't move.

"I'm not going with you." He said simply, when we turned to look at him.

I sighed. "Look, Jake was right. You have no clue how to control yourself. We're dangerous when we're not in control of ourselves. Brady almost killed his brother when he first phased." I said.

"Thanks." Brady thought sarcastically.

"Oh relax, you were the first example I could think of." I replied before turning my attention back to Chris. "So, just be good, please and come with us. We're trying to help you."

"What would you do if I refused." He asked, looking up at us.

"We're bigger, faster, stronger and is more experienced than you. What do you think we're going to do." Brady said.

"Your really not helping Brady." I muttered.

"I'm just giving it to him straight." Brady replied smoothly.

I rolled my eyes. "Chris, we've all been through this. We know how it feels. So trust me when I say, your better off, just coming with us."

He deliberated for a moment but finally agreed. We started walking toward Sam's. Slowly because Chris wasn't used to four legs yet. I walked and my mind started to wander and I thought of Shay. How I was probably going to get to spend the night with her now.

"It's called imprinting." Brady said suddenly, annoyance filled his voice.

I roll my eyes as Chris asks. "What?"

"Your wondering about the girl he's thinking of. How he's thinking of her. How much love radiates off of from him when he thinks of her. It's called imprinting."

"What is it?" Chris asked and I mentally smirked.

"It's when one of us finds our 'other half ' and it's really stupid and really annoying." Brady muttered.

I fall back so I walked beside Chris. "Don't listen to him. He's just mad that he hasn't do it yet."

Brady growled. "For the second time today. IS NOT."

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