Nuku is taken by a money hungry stranger to Washington, where he meets up with the La Push pack of werewolves. Will Seth and the pack help this scared and confused lion find his way home? Post-Eclipse. Post-TLK2

Authors Note: (no i didn't spell it wrong) We got together and decided that I can write well and she has good ideas and is very creative. So we are going to try something really REALLY new. No original character from TLK just two OCs from my TLKfanfic.

Jacob sighed. Something was going to go wrong, he knew it. Suddenly, a scent made Jacob go ridged. Seth's nostril's flared, and low warning growls came from both of them. Nuku, misinterpreting the growls, tensed.

'Seth! Move!' Jacob shouted.

Seth, too shocked that a bloodsucker had made it past both him and Jacob, remained completely still, eyes slitted in an attempt to see the vampire.

The vampire flew from the right, slamming painfully into Seth's side. Jacob snarled, body quivering with rage. How dare this… vampire attack his brother!

Seth struggled underneath the vampire, growls interspersed with low whimpers coming from his throat as he tried to get the male off.

Jacob suddenly lunged from the left, throwing the vampire several feet away. Seth got to his feet, pain shooting from his side.

'Seth, keep an eye on the lion!' Jacob ordered, charging after the vampire.

'But, Jake… I can help!'

'Stay here!'

Then Jacob was gone, leaving Seth alone with the lion who had fallen further back in the bushes when the vampire had appeared out of nowhere.

Nuku jumped to his feet seeing the large wolf attack the fleeing human. Turning on the dog he growled angrily. "Why are you attacking humans?" he shouted to him letting his stupidity pretend to be bravery, "Don't you think someone will notice they're missing?"

"Seth, phase now!"

"What?"

"You heard me, Seth! Phase! It'll be better in the long run. Just do it! Talk to the lion – he seems to understand what we're saying."

"But – Jake!"

"Do it!"

Sighing heavily and ignoring the fact that he probably had at least one broken rib, Seth concentrated, taking his cut-off jeans from the cord around his leg. He phased, putting the cut-off's on quickly. It hurt more this way, but he could deal with it. He had taken down Rily, after all.

Nuku jumped back, "What the kings!?" He crouched and laid his ears back. "Stay back!" he roared.

"Seth!"

"…Jake?"

"On your left –"

Seth was hit again on the side – this time on the left. He had one fleeting thought that he was going to be one giant bruise before tonight was over before the vampire turned him on his back roughly.

"Where is your leader?" The vampire demanded, adding more pressure as Seth struggled.

Seth, still confused that Jake had spoken to him as a wolf, wasn't fighting as hard as he could.

"Hey!" Nuku roared, "Get away from him!" he ran at the pale man and crashed into him. The vampire was knocked to the ground un-phased and Nuku felt like he'd run into a mountain. He shook it off as much as possible and growled at them.

While the second vampire had pinned Seth down, Jacob had bitten off the first vampire's right arm.

"We want to see Sam Uley," the first vampire explained calmly.

"How do you know his name, bloodsucker?" Jacob demanded, not really caring that he could talk as a wolf. It didn't matter right now.

"We wish to speak to him about... making a treaty."

"No! We don't make treaties!" Jacob shouted, yanking furiously at the vampire's left arm. It came off, and he threw it on the right one, making a small pile which he and Seth would burn after the two of them were taken down.

"But your great Grandfather's have, young one." The vampire explained, sounding like he didn't really care that he was being ripped apart.

"How old are you supposed to be, anyway? Ancient? Because you sound like one of those--!" Jacob didn't finish the sentence, images of Bella filling his head. He missed her...

"He's not one of the Cullen's!" Seth exclaimed, shoving the second vampire off of him. The lion, who Jacob had forgotten about when the second vampire had ambushed them, spoke up.

"Why are you attacking these humans?" He demanded, glaring daggers at Jake.

"Oh, they're not human," Jacob said coolly, rearing up on his hind legs and ripping the vampire's head off.

Seth almost flinched. If it wasn't for the vampire he was trying to rip apart without being a wolf, he would have yelled at Jake to slow down a minute to gather themselves. None of this was making any sense, and the fact that the lion had not only talked to them, but understood quite clearly what was happening was confusing enough. And to have two bloodsuckers to deal with, all by themselves... Where was everyone else? Sure, they were on patrol, but the other members of the Pack should have shown up by now to help. One werewolf could take down one vampire, as Jacob had just demonstrated, but when the vampires were trying to trick them... that made it difficult.

"Look, whatever your name is, we don't have time for this!" Jacob growled, throwing the last piece of the vampire on the pile. He then helped Seth destroy the second one.

"Jake! We should listen to him? We haven't really had anything to do since--"

"I don't care! I will not be a part of this. As soon as I'm done here, I'm going home. Tell Sam that I can't..."

Seth suddenly understood. Something here had triggered the Bella Response. Probably the vampires wanting to make a treaty. Seth winced. "Jake, I'm sorry. Is there anything else I can...?"

Jacob shook his head. "No. Just go tell Sam. And help him if you want." He nodded toward the lion.

Seth nodded. "Hey, Jake? How exactly are you talking to me if you're still a wolf?"

"I don't know." Jake shook his head again, trying to clear it.

"You can go home if you want, I can handle things here." Seth said quietly. Jacob nodded once again. He was having trouble getting Bella's face out of his head. He turned and ran off back toward La Push.

"I'm sorry about Jacob," Seth told the lion.

He took a lighter out of his pocket and set the vampire's remains on fire. Watching the flames until there was nothing left. Ignoring the purple smoke and disgusting vampire smell, he glanced for a second at the lion. He was surprised to see the lion's green eyes regarding him curiously.

Nuku stared at the human now in front of him. He had been a wolf a few minutes ago, he was sure of it.

"What the heck just happened?" He asked, confused and wondering what the pale man with the strange, red eyes had done to be killed.

"Uh—Well…" the human said, clearly not sure what to say. "Well… What you saw was… a vampire."

"What's a vampire?" Nuku now questioned. All of this wasn't making sense. How had this human turned into a wolf?

"A vampire is…" the human paused, trying to think of what to say. "A vampire is a dead human. Well, they're not really dead, but… they aren't alive either."

"Okay…" This still wasn't making any sense. He needed more information. "Who are you?"

"Oh, I forgot! I'm Seth!" the human, Seth, suddenly smiled. "When Jake left… Well, I was just worried about making sure that those two bloodsuckers couldn't—well, suck blood." He was still smiling, and he laughed. "Woe… if Jake heard that…" He suddenly stopped laughing. At the mention of Jake, he sighed. "Poor guy."

"Who's Jake?"

"Jacob is one of my best friends. See, we're… not normal." Seth shrugged, used to the fact that he now was a giant, vampire destroying shape shifting wolf.

"I noticed that. What… are you?" The lion sounded interested now—more interested than he had seemed in the beginning. A few minutes ago, he had been confused—now he just wanted to learn more. In a strange way, the lion reminded Seth of Jared. Jared actually liked learning—especially if Kim was in his class.

"I'm a shape shifting werewolf," Seth grinned. "I protect my tribe with my brother's and sister."

"That kind of explains it. But how did you change?"

"Hey! You never told me your name, and I told you mine." Seth was trying to tall. This would be a long and complicated story, and although he knew the Legends inside out, he really couldn't explain them the way Billy Black could. Now… how to get him to Billy's…? That was out of the question. If people saw this lion, they would probably start panicking. It would be like he, his sister, and brother's phasing in front of them… Not a pretty sight.

"I'm Nuku," the lion told him quietly. If Seth had to guess, he would say that Nuku was in his teens. Not an adult yet, but not exactly a kid either. He had no clue how that related to lions, but it was the best he could come up with. He sounded unsure… and something else that Seth couldn't quite place.

"Well, Nuku. It's nice to meet you, although I don't think you're supposed to be here…" Seth finally said, wondering just how Nuku had ended up in La Push, of all places. This was Washington State, and lions didn't exactly come out of nowhere. Unless he was from the zoo, but Seth doubted that.

"Hey… do you know where… I would stay?" The question was hesitant, and Seth detected a slight trace of fear. The poor guy was probably lost as heck out here.

"Um… well—I could take you to my house…" Seth answered, unsure. His mother wouldn't like this. Leah wouldn't like this… and he knew Leah better than anyone. He knew why she acted so bitter—even though the entire Pack knew. He knew things she didn't tell—or think—to the other's. He knew just how much Sam had really hurt her, and he resented him for it. Leah may have acted like she didn't care—like she was trying to spite Sam, but Seth knew the truth. She had been hurt deeply. He hoped that what he was about to do wouldn't make her mad at him, because he cared about her almost more than his mother.

"Come on, follow me, and try to stay in the bushes. This would be a lot easier if we lived in the forest…"

The lion nodded and stayed to the shadows as he followed Seth.

Let us know really. it's been fun to write and we're intersted on how this will work out.