(Yes, Ace/David is very out of character, but only around his mate, they all will be but only for her)

Castle Rock and Ace Merrill

It had been a normal sunny day in Castle Rock, and for Ace, normal sucked, It was boring. He spent the day working on his car and hanging with his gang, The Cobras. It wasn't until the sun went down and they had played 5 games of pool at Irby's that anything remotely interesting happened.

"Hello, I'm Max and I've just moved into the area, I'm hoping someone can point me to-" Ace stopped listening and looked up to see a man, maybe in his 40's with a suit and large black spectacles.

"Who is that guy Ace?" Eyeball questioned and Ace just shrugged.

"Let's find out." He smirked dropping the pool stick and walking outside, seeing a fancy car in front of him full of suitcases and someone in the front seat.

"He's got a chick. Let's go say hi." Vinny laughed. Walking around but froze as he got to the window and saw her. "H-hi…"

Ace followed and pushed him to the side, rolling his eyes at his friends actions before looking back and looking into the most gorgeous forest green eyes he had ever seen. "Wow". He whispered to himself and she smiled at him. The smile made him weak at the knees. "I'm Ace…Wow". Her smile got wider as he couldn't find any other words.

"I'm Meg, it's nice to meet you Ace." She shook his outstretched and it sent chills up his spine as well as hers. As she locked eyes with him again, she understood completely the attraction she had to him, something she hadn't felt since she was human. This was her mate…well…one of them anyway.

"Can I buy you a drink gorgeous?"

"Of coarse, I would love that." He grinned, opening her door and holding his hand out to her which she took and continued to hold it all the way into the bar. She noticed everyone staring at their connected hands and muttering to themselves, but of coarse with her vampire hearing she knew exactly what they were saying.

'Is that Ace Merrill's new girl? Better stay away from her man.'

'Hope she knows what she's getting into, poor girl.'

'She's hot, what's she doing with a lowlife like him?'

She assumed Ace had heard the last one due to how he tensed and looked ready to kill someone and she moved her grip on his hand to his arm, holding him tighter, making him smile again. She looked at Max who was clearly confused, she never takes a liking to boys like this. Her eyes flashed red for a moment and he seemed to understand immediately, smiling softly at her.

"What do you want to drink babe?"

"I'll just take a soda thank you." He smiled at her shy personality and quickly ordered her drink and his beer. They grabbed them and Ace found that instead of walking to his usual table he was being pulled over to her father. "Daddy, this is Ace, he offered to buy me a drink, isn't he sweet?"

"Well, hello Ace, it's nice to meet you." Ace took his hand and shook it firmly, noticing his hand was just as cold as Meg's.

"You too, so what made you come to Castle Rock?" He questioned as he sat down beside him, while Meg slid onto his lap, making him wrap her arms around her to keep her from sliding off.

"Needed a change, this is just a stop though, we won't be here long." Max explained and Ace's face fell, not going unnoticed by Max. "We'll be here for as long as we need, don't worry about it." They continued to make small talk until Ace started yawning and Meg smiled, before faking a yawn as well. "I think it's time to get you home sweetie. Do you need a ride home Ace?"

"Oh, no, I got my own car…uh thanks though." He covered. This guy wasn't already condemning him as a worthless hood rat and he was going to stay in his good graces if he wanted this girl to be his.

He had just helped Meg up and carried what he thought was her sleeping body to the door when he heard the man that had been next to him talking to Max. "He ain't worth it sir, them cobras are scum, and he's their leader, worst of 'em all, protect your daughter before she becomes his next whore, keep her away from him."

Ace was practically shaking with rage and felt Meg wrap her arms around his neck and he calms slightly, holding her closer, meeting eyes with Max who smiled.

"I think I'll have to let my daughter be the judge of that, who she dates is non of my business. I'm also a firm believer in not judging people for what they've done, but what they're going to do. Everything he has spoken to me about shows me he is a good man, slightly rebellious, but that's every teenager and I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Now sir, if you ever speak about my daughter again I will rip your throat out." He practically growled the last part and Ace smirked at the man, seeing how scared he was before walking out and laying Meg in the passenger seat. "I hope to see you around son. Here, this is our address, we sleep most of the day so the door won't be answered until it's dark, but if you ever want to see her, or need a place to go."

"Thank you…sir!" Max chuckled before getting into the car and driving off.

"So…is he the one, the first one?" I nodded happily, thinking about how gently he held me in his arms and I sighed. "Remember, we can't stay here long, it's a small town, blood bags only childe."

"Yes sir, so how long do I wait to turn him?"

He thought a moment and sat down on the couch in their temporary house. "He seems like the kind that will embrace this life very easily, I'd say soon. He gets to stay young forever and gets to be with you, as well as three brothers, I would think it would be worth more than this crap town." He shrugged, sipping on a blood bag. We watched a movie on the t.v in the living room and went to our coffins just as the sun came up.

I was awoken by a knocking on the top of my coffin, strange, Max usually lets me sleep in. I opened in it quickly but screamed in pain as the sun met my legs. "Shit!" The coffin was pulled closed quickly. "I'm so sorry! I…the door was open…I didn't want to go to the hospital."

"Ace? Wait, why would you need the hospital?"

"My old man...did a number on me. I just thought maybe you could help…You're a…"

"Okay, Ace, I need you to block all the windows and doors so no sun can get in."

"…Alright…Okay, hold on." I heard him moving around for a while before he opened the coffin himself and I saw what he meant.

"Oh god!" I jumped out on my sore legs and went to the fridge grabbing a blood bag as well as the first aid kit from the counter. "Sit still, I have to make sure they don't get infected." He winced a few times but other than that he just stared at me.

"So…you're a vampire? How is that even possible?"

"You're adorable when you're confused." I smiled, pulling him to kiss me gently, avoiding the area where the side of his lip was busted open.

"While I would love to continue making out with a beautiful vampire, I'm still adorably confused over here." I chuckled.

"Well, when I was growing up, my parents weren't the most…attentive. I had a very lonely life, and it wasn't until I turned 16 and my father had told me he had arranged my wedding that I decided I didn't want to live like that anymore. The day I met Max was the day I had decided to kill myself." I felt Ace holding my hand tighter. "He stopped me just before I jumped off a bridge and…he gave me a way out…another way to die, but also another way to live. He gave me this gift, knowing that in the future I would have an even bigger family, and you are the first part of that."

"First part?"

"A vampire pack is 4 male vampires, sharing a common female mate. The female is always the one who picks them…well, finds them, it's not like a choice, it's more of a demand. You are my mate."

"The first of 4? You want me to share you with 3 other guys? I don't-"

"It's not like that at all son." Max cut him off. "Those other 3 boys will need her just as much as you do, you feel that pull, or you wouldn't be here. You don't really strike me as the kind of man who needs people's help when he's hurt, but you came here. It's instinct, you know she'll care for you, and you want her to whether you admit it or not. The boys that you'll meet in the future won't be like you sharing her with your gang."

"I Wouldn't!"

"I know that, calm down. They'll be like brothers to you, you won't mind them being with her. She'll know exactly who they are, she'll sense them like she did you. My daughter has never taken any interest in any boy since she was changed…until you showed up. This is meant to be. Sweetie, I need to go get some things from the store, have fun." Max said grabbing his wallet and once again leaving us alone.

"I'm not going to push anything onto you, if you don't want this, if you don't want to be with me, then you can walk out right now, you'll never hear from me again."

"You just offered me immortality and a way to be with you forever, I'm going to take it. I just don't like sharing." He grinned pulling be to his lips gently.

"It won't feel like sharing, I promise, and we probably have a good while before another one is even born. You will be our leader, and we'll follow you, always."

"But Max-"

"Is the head, you'll take orders from him, and we'll follow them, but otherwise, you are my first mate, you will be the oldest, you have already proven yourself a strong leader. All you have to do is say yes Ace."

"David." He chuckled at my confused look. "My real name is David. I'm Ace in the Cobras but I don't think I'll be needing that anymore. Yes."

I grinned, straddling his waist kissing him before letting one of my claws grow long, placing it on my throat, and making a deep cut. "Don't let any go to waste." I smiled. He hesitated only a moment but soon licked the trail of blood flowing down my collar bone and latched onto my cut, drinking deeply. I moaned feeling him sucking on my neck harshly. He let go as he felt the cut heal over and I saw his covered in my blood. "You're one of us now...David. Sleep, and when you wake, you will make the last part of your transition." His eyes closed slowly, clinging to me and I laid with him on the couch. I stayed cuddled into his side, feeling safer than I ever had until Max came home and saw us, smiling at the blood around his mouth.

"Let's get packing." He grinned. I got up and helped him put all the bags back into the truck as well as the coffins and carried David into the front of the truck, leaning on my shoulder while I cleaned off the blood and Max started driving out of this town.