AN: Here's the next chapter. A bit short, I know, but I wanted to post something up. Please R&R.

Disclaimer: I own none of the characters except for the plot of this story. All rights belong to Meyer and Rowling.

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Jacob had his eyes downcast as he stepped outside his house and when he looked up to see where the trail of blood headed and that's when he saw it.

A beautiful white wolf lay on its left side, unconscious and bleeding to death by the tree line of the forest.

It was happening. He knew it once he saw the beautiful wolf. He was imprinting and it shocked him in place for a moment as he felt overwhelmed by the raw emotions of love course throughout his very core.

I imprinted on a wolf?

The shock left him and he ran to the wolf's side. He was scared for its life and scared at the same time that he had imprinted on a wolf.

He kneeled next to the wolf and looked at its waist. There was a deep gash there and the blood was seeping out and tinting the white fur. What do I do? Jacob quickly but carefully cradled the wolf and took him inside the house and laid it on his bed. He grabbed one of his shirts and put pressure against the wound. Carlisle! He was immediately glad that the leeches were back. He ran to the kitchen grabbed the phone and dialed Leah and Seth's house. He went back and put pressure against the wound while he waited.

(Hello?) Seth answered.

"Seth it's me Jacob. I need you to run to the Cullen's house and bring Carlisle."

(But Jacob, they're not allowed on the reserva—)

"Just go! I've imprinted on a wolf and he's dying!" Jacob yelled in frustration. He noticed now as he held the shirt to the wound that the wolf was male, which only confused him even more.

(What?)

"Seth, just go!" he said and hung up before Seth could waste any more time asking questions that he didn't have answers to.

Jacob felt like his chest was going to burst. He felt anguished and frustrated that he couldn't do anything else but wait. It was strange actually. Even though he imprinted on a wolf, he felt so strongly for it, like if he'd known the white beauty for a long time. He couldn't possibly die now that he had just found him, wolf or not.

Jacob noticed that the blood was seeping through the shirt and onto his hand. He let out an anguished breath and turned to look at its head. He looked peaceful. Its snow white fur was contrasted against the black nose and black outline of its eyes. He reached out his other hand and stroked it from the forehead, back. He loved how soft the fur felt. He ran his fingers over its ear and it gave a small twitch. He quickly pulled his hand away in surprise. The wolf was changing!

Jacob's eyes were wide in shock and also a bit of relief. He saw as the wolf shifted into a pale, blond boy. The relief was that now he at least knew that he didn't imprint on a wolf, but a shifter, just like him.

The boy moaned as it still lay on its side. Jacob noticed that the beautiful wolf looked just as beautiful in his human form.

"…where am I?" the boy moaned, his eyes trying to open.

"You're in Forks, Washington." Jacob answered as he still applied pressure to the wound. He noticed that when the boy shifted, he was wearing clothes, which seemed strange.

The boy was able to open his eyes now and Jacob gasped as he saw those clear silver eyes. Jacob fell in love in that instant. Well, it was more like 'love at first sight'. He wanted to get to know this boy, he wanted to be with him and this wound was slowly taking him away before he could get a chance.

"What's your name?" Jacob asked the boy who was really pale, because of the blood loss, and groggy looking.

"…Draco…" he said and then passed out, his silver eyes hidden away again.

"Shit!" Jacob swore as he tried getting the boy to wake.

There was a noise outside and he looked up anxiously to see if Carlisle was there yet. He was.

"Carlisle, please help him." He pleaded just as the blond vampire doctor came rushing into his bedroom holding a large bag.

"How long has he been unconscious?" the doctor asked immediately.

"I don't know. He was unconscious when I found him and he woke up for a few seconds but he passed out again." He said as Carlisle unbuttoned the black shirt and inspected the wound.

"We need to take him to the hospital. He's lost a lot of blood and his body could go into shock. You should have taken him immediately."

"He was a wolf; I didn't know he was human until a few minutes ago."

At this, Carlisle looked at him surprised. "A wolf? He's a shifter?"

"Yes. That's why I didn't take him. Do you think it's a good idea to take him to the hospital?"

Carlisle frowned as he thought. It took him only about five seconds to decide.

"We have no choice. He needs a hospital or he'll die."

Jacob nodded and pulled on a shirt and grabbed his car keys as Carlisle picked the boy up.

"Seth, tell Sam what's going on?" Jacob said as he passed the boy who was looking excited about the new blond shifter but nervous for his wellbeing.

Jacob got into the driver's seat as Carlisle got in the passenger seat, still holding the boy. Jacob pulled out onto the road and raced to the hospital.

"Do you know anything about him? Where he came from, who he is?" Carlisle asked.

"His name is Draco. That's all he said before he passed out."

They drove on in silence and were at the hospital before they knew it.

Carlisle immediately rushed Draco into the emergency room and called in a team of nurses to try and save the boy. Jacob was left waiting outside of the room where his imprint now lay, fighting for his life. He sat on a chair and his head hung. He was an emotional mess right now. He was confused about why he imprinted on a male, whom he thought was a wolf at first. He was happy that he finally found his destined soul mate but at the same time he feared that he would lose him just as suddenly as he showed up.

"Jacob."

He looked up and saw Sam walking towards him, Seth and Embry right behind him.

"What's going on? Seth told me you imprinted on a shifter?" Sam asked trying to confirm.

Jacob simply nodded, then whispered almost too quietly, "His name is Draco and I think…I think he might die." His voice broke and he let out a small anguished cry.

Sam closed his eyes briefly as he understood Jacob's pain. He had once been afraid that Emily would die when he shifted in anger and lashed out at her. He sat next to Jacob and placed a comforting hand on his shoulder. Although he knew the pain of maybe losing an imprintee, he didn't know what it must feel like to lose him before even getting to know him. To have just found your soul mate and then to lose him would be unbearable.

Embry and Seth were quiet and simply went over to comfort Jacob while they waited.

They all listened as Carlisle gave out orders to the nurses and they work frantically on Draco, but Jacob kept listening to the beating of his heart. It was beating very weakly and at times, it seemed like it would stop beating completely.

When Carlisle came out of the room, he went over and quietly talked to the four waiting shifters.

"He's going to be ok."

At this, Jacob let out the breath he had been holding. He didn't wait for anything else Carlisle had to say but immediately went into the room. He saw as the pale, lifeless looking boy lay shirtless, with a bandage wrapped around his waist. There was also a white cast on his right wrist that covered the entire forearm.

"Excuse me, you can't be in here." A nurse said as she was fixing Draco's IV.

"It's ok," Carlisle said as he entered the room after Jacob. "You can go, I'll finish the rest." He told the nurse and she nodded and walked out.

As soon as Sam, Embry, and Seth were inside the room, Carlisle closed the door.

"He's very weak." He said as he went over and began adjusting the IV and pushing buttons on the machine that transmitted Draco's heartbeat.

"But he'll be ok, right?" Jacob asked as he pulled a chair to the left side of Draco's bed and held onto his hand. He's so cold. He thought and slowly rubbed the hand to try to get heat into it.

"Yes he'll recover. The problem is, it'll take him a lot longer because of the amount of blood he lost. If you wouldn't have found him when you did, he would have died." Carlisle said as he stopped messing with the machine. "With the amount of blood loss he suffered, I would have wanted to give him a blood transfusion, but I haven't and I won't because of what he is. I don't know what the side effects will be because he's a shifter."

"He's going to have to recover his lost blood on his own then?" Embry asked.

"Yes, this is why it's going to take him longer to recover. What I don't understand is, if he's a shifter like you, then why isn't his body healing as fast?"

"He's a shifter," Jacob said still rubbing the smaller fragile hand, "But he isn't exactly like us. He's a lot smaller in his wolf form, about Seth's size, perhaps a bit smaller. When he shifts back to human, he's still wearing clothes, and obviously he can't heal." He said and there was a small moment when everyone in the room looked at the injured boy in curiosity.

"I want to keep him here over night, but then I think it would be best to take him either to my home or your home." Carlisle said to Jacob. "I don't want any of the nurses getting suspicious of his blood test results, why I'm not giving him a blood transfusion or just anything that could happen."

"Like him shifting suddenly?" Seth said with a cheeky grin.

"Exactly."

"My home." Jacob said. "I want him in my home." He looked at Carlisle. "No offense, doc, but I don't exactly trust my imprint to be in a house full of vampires."

Carlisle nodded. "Ok, I will start preparing everything he will need." He walked towards the door and opened it. "Jacob, I assume you'll be staying the night?"

"I am."

Carlisle nodded. "Just be sure to rest."

"Thanks…really, for saving him." Jacob said, for the first time, really thankful for the help of a vampire. He thought Carlisle wasn't actually all that bad.

"You're welcome." He said and left with a smile.

Jacob turned his eyes back to Draco and held on to that hand. He felt the presence of the others and couldn't help but feel a bit awkward, especially since he just imprinted on a guy.

"What happened, Jacob?" Sam asked and Jacob retold what happened from the moment he smelled the blood. He had no explanation as to where Draco could have come from. According to the blood trail, he simply appeared in the cabinet, headed outside and fainted.

"It's all so strange." Sam said as a frown marred his face.

"Yea it is, but on top of that, why a guy?" Embry asked and silence ensued.

"I don't care." Jacob said surprising the others. "I think for you guys it must seem strange, and I would have thought it was strange too if it happened to someone else but…I don't really care that he's a guy. I want him." He said looking at the others fiercely, "I'm glad to have him as mine and I wouldn't change him for anyone else, just like you wouldn't want anyone but Emily, Sam."

Sam nodded understanding what Jacob meant. When he had imprinted on Emily, he wanted nobody else even if he had been in love with Leah at the time. Now Jacob felt the same way about the boy.

"It's the magic in our blood," Sam said, "it knows who belongs together and you two belong" He gave Jacob a smile and an accepting nod.

"Can you please let my dad know what happened? Tell him I'll be home tomorrow with Draco." Jacob said to no one in particular, but then turned to Seth. "Can you be a sport and help my dad clean up the mess in the living room?"

"Sure. I'll let him know what's going on then, since I'm going there anyways." Seth said smiling and all too happy to help.

"We're going then." Sam said, "Make sure you rest."

He nodded and said goodbye as the others left and closed the door.

Jacob kept his eyes glued to Draco's face. He was taking this time that he had alone with the boy to make out the contours of his face, the bridge of his nose, the light eyelashes on his eyes, his sharp jaw line, and his rounded, slightly chapped lips. He quickly checked his pockets to see if he had Chap Stick in them and luckily he did.

Jacob twisted out the cherry red Chap Stick and gently and slowly applied it to Draco's lips. When he applied enough he put the Chap Stick away and continued to watch the boy. He didn't exactly know what was going to happen once the boy became conscious and he was a bit worried that perhaps the boy wouldn't want him. Maybe Draco wasn't even gay to begin with. Heck, he wasn't gay but here he was looking at his male imprint.

It would be a challenge, but he was going to fight through it to have Draco want him too. Since he's a wolf shifter, I wonder if he'll somehow become part of the pack?

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AN: Thanks for your reviews! I'm not completely sure where this is going so feel free to give me ideas. And I started school Sep. 22nd so I can't promise quick updates, but I'll try my best to manage my time for this story. Please Review. Thanks! :)