Prologue- Alexis Zinzopoulos

Hello I am a 16 year old girl named Alexis Zinopoulos. My last name is Greek and everyone who hears it usually asks so…I told you! I live in a small town in Indiana. I've always LOVED animals and even in near death experiences always took one step closer to get a better look at them. I never once thought an animal was scary…Just misunderstood. Now I have to move to La Push, Washington because of my dad's stupid job. Well, the upside is maybe I will get to see some more animals that I never have seen.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight (But I DO own Seth!)

Charter 1

It was a long ride, but somehow we managed to get there without completely losing it. And with 5 other siblings in the car, you can imagine how hard that was. I am the 3rd child. My two older sisters are named Toula and Linda, and my youngest brother is named George, he is 6 months old. Then we have the twins, Mike and Julia, they are 7 year old devils. Toula is 19 and Linda 18.

When we get to the house in La Push we all race out of the car and go in different directions, none of us even taking a second glance at the house to admire it. Toula heads for the house to get on the phone so she can call her boyfriend. Linda gets George to put him in the crib for a nap since it is her day to take care of the baby, and my mom and dad unload the car. As for Julia and Mike, we never know where they are off to.

"Mom?" I call to my mom from the backyard.

"What!?" I hear her call back already aggravated from unloading the car.

"I'm going for a walk!" I call back and begin to walk towards the woods in the back of the house. I don't hear her answer but frankly… I don't care what it is.

As I walk in the forest I notice birds above me, happy that spring has arrived. It is in the middle of March and hibernation season is over, buds are popping out of trees, and flowers are beginning to bloom.

"This is so pretty!" I say happily as I smell flowers on the bushes.

I hear a huge bark come from about 50 yards away. I'm startled at first, but then a huge grin spreads across my face. A real wolf! I think excitedly. I'm going to see a real live wolf! I walk fast and carefully making sure not to make a sound. I was so excided though it was a little challenging. I get closer and closer to where the bark came from. To my surprise I hear laughter.

"Wow man," a loud voice chuckles. "I didn't realize it was that loud!"

I hide behind a tree and poke my head out to see what's going on.

"Well now you know!" A very tall boy says to him while putting on a T-shirt.

There are 4 boys standing in a field. I cant make there faces out but there size stands out like a sore thumb. They are all amazingly tall but one of them stands out among them all. All the boys are laughing loudly. What the hell? I think to myself confused. There are only boys! How could one of them possibly make such a loud barking sound? I slowly turn around disappointed that there were no wolves.

"Hey!" I heard a boy call from behind me. "Wait up!"

I stop and turn around to see one of the boys that were in the field coming towards me. I couldn't make out which one but he wasn't the tallest one. He was very cute though.

"What are you doing out here?" He asks in a friendly tone.

"Oh…Well-um," I stutter. "I just love nature," I manage to answer.

"Cool," he smiles, "but, what did you see back there?"

I looked at him with wide eyes. What do I say?! "Well," I started, "I heard a loud bark…" I stop when I realize the horrified look on his face. "And I wanted to see if there was a wolf near by," I continued, "but…When I came here all I saw was you guys in the field."

The boy starts to chuckle. His hair was black and cut short up to his ears, and he was very tall. He had broad shoulders and his laugh was loud and husky.

"What? Do I have something on my face?" I ask worried.

"No," he says still laughing. His eyes were bright and black. "It's nothing don't worry." He stops laughing after a couple of seconds. "How old are you? I've never seen you around here."

"I actually just got here a couple minutes ago. My family and I moved here from Indiana. I'm Alexis Zinzopoulos. I'm 16," I introduce myself holding my hand out for him to shake.

"Welcome to La Push," he smiles shaking my hand. "I'm Seth Clearwater, I'm also 16."

"Maybe I'll see you around, what school do you go to?" I ask.

"I go to school on the reservation. I don't think you go there," he says doubtfully.

"You go there too?" He asks me surprised.

I nod and smile. I hear screaming behind me. When I turn around I see Mike and Julia running with George being held by Julia.

"Siga-siga!" I yell in Greek to Julia. It means slow and if she were to run any faster George might fall.

"Wow," Seth laughs, "Some people are having fun!"

I pick up George and check him over to make sure he is okay. "Mom and dad are going to kill you! Not to mention Linda!" I scream. "Go back to Toula and tell her George is okay. And I recommend you stay away from Linda," I warn them.

I watch as they sprint home. "I'm so sorry," I say as I turn back to Seth.

Seth is smiling down at George and George is smiling right on back. I giggle and hand him over to Seth. Seth takes him gladly and looks up at me. "I'm guessing you all are siblings?" He asks.

"Yeah, and they are a bunch of pains in the asses," I smile.

"Are you the oldest?" He asks as he smiles down at George.

"No," I answer with a sigh. "I'm the 3rd out of 6 kids," I explain.

George begins to babble. "What's his name?" Seth asks.

"He is George, and those little rascals before were Julia and Mike."

"That's cool," he says. "So, are you going to school tomorrow?"

"Yeah, and so are my 2 older sisters, maybe I'll see you there?" I ask.

"Sure thing," he says handing George back to me. "Well bye!" He waves back to me and walks away.

I turn around with George and walk to the house. George begins to cry and I know it's because he is over tired all thanks to the twins.

When I get home it is dark out and I put George who is already asleep in his crib. Then I go to sleep to get ready for my big day tomorrow.