Disclaimer: I write under the pennames "James Patterson" and "Stephanie Meyer." It gets confusing at times, but I manage. JK. I've never even met them and would probably be too nervous to even say hello if I did...so as you can see, I am not either of them so I clearly don't own their characters. I do, however, have my own characters mixed in here.
AN: Skips a year every _ in this chapter. Sorry for any confusion about it in advance though.
Chapter One
Angel's POV
Flashbacks (One year after last chapter of Sparkle, Soar, Shift) Believe it or not, but Arian's first word was 'fly.' He said his first official, understandable word today and his imprinter, parents, sister, Cullens, werewolves, and the Crew were ecstatic. Our family has become more tight nit since the tradgeties that tied us together over the past two years, what with the Volturi take down and making the School closing for good. Allie Cullen-Black was just too cute whenever she was with AJ. Even though she was technically a few weeks younger than him, she was physically about six due to phasing every weekend with Jake, Will, and the rest of the Pack. She was like a big sister to him and I remember when I first met Seth, how that was how we were. Now he is my very best friend (no offense to Nudge). At first, Max wasn't thrilled about the idea that her son was imprinted on, but she slowly grew to realize that it was the best thing for him in the long run. Though, how their bird/wolf children will grow is something that she doesn't think about or else she thinks of Nick, and that still makes her sad. She still blames herself for not noticing that Fang wasn't the boy that she had shared a cage with for the first six years of her life. Both guys have forgiven her (though why is beyond me) and everything is looking up. Luckily, Max hasn't noticed how Annie acts whenever Will is around or she would flip out. Both of her children imprinted on. Who would have thought? Bex is fully grown due to her Double Hybrid genes and its got me wondering how poor Gazzy will fare do to it. The two were so smitten last year when they were the same physical age, but now he's fourteen and she's eighteen. I feel bad for my brother because I think Bex is getting a crush on Nick. I know it will pass though. Nudge looked beautiful in her one-of-a-kind dress. She was a young bride of seventeen, but that's how Max did it and she wasn't going to miss out on any time she had with Iggy before she got changed. (Carlisle agreed to change her since her mate was already going to live forever and it wasn't like Iggy had been a typical newborn.) Her long brown hair had been curled and primped to where it wasn't raggedy like usual and it made her look like a princess. Her blue streaks were long forgotten by everyone but me and I only reminded her of her crazy mistake whenever it was her turn to wash the dishes. Girly girl as she was, she didn't want a tiara or extra make-up; strawberry lip gloss and a new dress were the only things she requested. Alice and Rose had gone overboard on her hair and shoes, but that was their way so they were forgiven. I took my place, enjoying the view I had from where I was standing. Iggy was twitching nervously until he spotted her and then that was all he saw. Fang, his best man, grinned like an idiot at his friend who didn't even take notice. Nick and the Gasman were his groomsmen and four year old Arian was his ring bearer. The little boy got so confused when he was walking down the aisle earlier that Max had to leave the line of bridesmaids and pick him up and set him in his seat, much to the amusement of the rest of the bridal party. Ella was the maid of honor, but Max and I were the bridesmaids so we were still included. "I do." Nudge and Iggy said at the same time, too impatient for Carlisle to drag out the ceremony any longer than necessary. I'm going to kill Ella! Collin too! How dare they try and keep this a secret from us! The two went on a 'camping trip' last weekend and came back with wedding bands. They got eloped! Sure, she's nineteen, and he's definitely at least that due to staying physically that age due to phasing, but it was foolish and devastating to not be a part of the ceremony. I don't know who was madder when they found out; Max or Alice. Max hated that her sister left her out of something so important, but Alice was a vampire that thrived for parties and weddings. She had been planning Ella's since Collin imprinted on her at the double wedding three years ago. Needless to say, no one is helping them with their honeymoon plans. Not that they care, though. They're so blissfully happy and even though I'm only fourteen, I want that someday. I wonder if this is how Max felt about Fang when she was my age. We both had our soul mates…mine just happened to be a shape shifter instead of an Avian American. I want the whole package and I'm glad that I have Seth for that when we're ready for it. Still…I envy the couples around me. Nudge and Iggy's little girl Sierra is four months old now. Her dull mocha skin barely shimmers in the light and, so far, she hasn't wanted any blood or shown any signs of vampire venom. Other than that, she looks a lot like Iggy. She has his blue eyes (which looked strange at first in the face of a kid the skin color of Nudge) and his smile. Her hair is a mix between the two of them though. Brown like Nudge's but with random blonde mixed in. Nudge's pregnancy was much smoother than any of the other combination of human/vampire ones and she could probably have ten more kids before she gets changed, but they've decided that Sierra is enough for them. Though Rosalie is disappointed about the lack of babies in the future for the two of them because they swear they're going to stop trying when she's 2% bird, 48% human, and 50% vampire like Iggy, she is still hopeful that they'll slip up. The idea of one of their children once she's changed is something that's one pretty much everyone's minds. And I do mean everyone. Iggy is the only one who isn't curious, but that's only because he believes that Nudge doesn't want any more. Silly, naïve boy. Girls don't ever mean what they say. Finally! Gazzy finally got up the courage to ask Bex out. The girl had been avoiding him for a week, but when he got in her face and told her that he liked her, she was shocked. She had been waiting for him to grow up, but the older he got, the more nervous she was. He was seventeen, a foot taller than her, and absolutely in love with her. He just didn't know the last part yet. They're going out tonight and Nessie is getting her daughter ready at the Black Mansion while Gazzy is pacing back and forth at our house with the Cullens. He's so nervous, poor guy, but there's a poll going to see when he pukes from butterflies and I have money ridding on it so I can't really comfort him right now. Seth's bet was one minute before mine and I was mentally begging my brother to hold out until after Seth's time. Call me crazy, but beating my best friend/crush at something stupid is my goal in life lately. Everything we do is a contest and I don't know what I'll do if I loose again. Gazzy always says we're crazy, but he doesn't know what its like to be imprinted on. Sure, him and Bex went through some of the same stages Seth and I went through, but they didn't have the same bond that an imprint shares with their wolf. Indescribable. A car pulled into the driveway and I watched as Nessie got out of the car with her practically grown children, leaving Bex in the front seat waiting for Gazzy to get in the passenger side. He nodded to Nessie in passing, just barely not loosing his cool when she winked at him, and he got in the car. While they were gone, I busied myself with playing with Emma Black, physically ten and Will Black, now physically six. Annie Ride is seven and about her imprint's age so the two enjoy the game more than Emma, the only imprint-less Cullen-Black, does. Seth and I played house with them. We always got to be the parents, of course, since we were the oldest. But secretly it was because I felt content with the make believe role so I made sure to volunteer us. Allie Black, fully grown at physical age of nineteen, usually sits and watches us. Her imprint Arian Ride is still too young to understand the game fully, being only four and a half, but that doesn't stop the two of them from playing every now and then. Today he was asleep in her arms, so we played without them. By the time Gazzy and Bex got back from their date, it was almost two in the morning. Their minds weren't in the gutter like I thought they'd be for being teenagers that were gone all night. Instead, I got to see both sides of their recaps of the night, over and over again. The way LaDaDiner smelled and the pride she felt when he held the door open for her like a gentleman; his palms sweating when he reached for her hand; her laughing it off and ignoring her own sweaty palms; the cool air as they lay under the stars on top of the car; the gentle way he tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and leaned in for a kiss; the excitement she felt of finally realizing that she loved him; the way she accidentally blurted out those three little words and the blush that came along with it; the way he whispered it back just as a shooting star shot overhead; and the feeling of pure bliss when the CD in the car got stuck and they accidentally found 'their song.' I swear, I'm going to have "Today was a Fairytale" by Taylor Swift stuck in my head for the rest of my life…at least we know what to play at their wedding. I stared into Seth's eyes, begging him to take the hint, but knowing I would have to give him a little hint. I bit my bottom lip and tasted the strawberry lip gloss, silently begging Seth to taste it too. I turned sixteen today and I wanted a birthday kiss. He was my imprinter for crying out loud! Wasn't that supposed to mean something? I thought that when the imprint was ready, their wolf would just get the hint. But no, Seth had to be the one Quileute that was clueless. I scanned his mind. …she looks really pretty. I hope she doesn't hear this. I wonder what she would do if I kissed her? Just once. Just to see what its like… I had enough of his back and forth thoughts. I needed to kiss my Seth. Needed it like oxygen. And bird teens need a lot of oxygen. "I'll tell you what I'll do if you kiss me just once." I threatened angrily and Seth gulped. He hated when I read his mind, but he couldn't deny me it since I was his imprint. I moved closer to where we were centimeters apart. "I'll kick your butt from here to Arizona." I said, letting him feel my words against his lips. It almost counted as a kiss itself, but not quite. Luckily, Seth took the hint. He closed the distance between the two of us and molded his lips with mine in a bone crushing, needy way. I responded eagerly, glad that he waited for me these last five and a half years.
AN: Sorry if this was confusing. Its sort of a Prologue. The rest of this story will be five years after the last story.