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I'm so glad all of you like the story idea so far! It makes me so happy. I hope you like where I'm taking this. It's going to span the entire twilight movies, so there's not going to be a shortage of chapters. This is also a year before Bella shows up in Forks. I wanted the couple to have time together before the real twilight plot starts.

This story isn't as planned out as some of my others so if there are questions you have or plot holes, just leave it in a review or PM me. I'll be happy to edit the chapters and leave author's notes to explain.


Aideen awoke to the vampires conversing around her. She huffed softly, having been resting peacefully until now. She suspected this was Jasper's doing. Her moods seemed to improve when he was around her. She did like him, for a vampire, but it was something else… He was most likely gifted.

Aideen opened her eyes, looking for the southern vampire. She didn't see him or Alice anywhere, instead the other three Cullen children were with her. She was in the living room now, after Jasper carried her downstairs. He had placed her on a gigantic dog bed, which worked. She hated that she was being treated like a dog, however nice it was.

Aideen focused on the one she knew, Edward. He was staring at her, a frown on his lips. She didn't know if he didn't like having a mountain lion for a pet, or if it was her. He hadn't said anything to his siblings, so she couldn't eavesdrop.

Aideen then focused on Rose. She was a gorgeous woman with blonde hair, red lips and a killer figure. She was taller than Aideen was as a human too. She always had a thing for taller people. Rose seemed like a nice person, a bit girly but also not at the same time. She could smell oil and automotive smells on her, like her husband.

Emmett, Rose's husband, was an insanely hot man. He had broad shoulders, huge muscles and the biggest grin she had ever seen. She could even pick up on the hint of a southern accent from him, having traveled all over.

Aideen watched as Emmett kissed Rose's cheek before flashing out of the room. She lowered her head, her ears pinning back as she thought about them. Was fate so ironic that she would be 'adopted' by the very family that included her mates?

Though, fate was also cruel if her mates were already married. A trio wasn't unheard of, but it was rare. Usually the two mates that met first would be wary of a third soulmate. It was a strange concept of being fully committed to your soulmate, only to learn you both have a second soulmate. Aideen didn't want to cause issues in their relationship, even though she think she already had…

{X}

Emmett chuckled when he heard Alice trying to get Scarlett to stay still so they could blow-dry her fur. "I don't envy her."

Rose laughed, shaking her head. "I'm surprised Scarlett hasn't tried to maul them yet."

Edward rolled his eyes, "I don't think she'd have a chance to. Jasper is calming her down and she is very weak."

Rose rolled her eyes back at her brother, "I said tried, thank you."

Emmett laughed loudly at them, turning when he heard Alice skipping downstairs. "I see you emerged unscathed."

Alice giggled at him, winking, "Of course!"

Jasper then emerged from the stairs, carrying a limp Scarlett in his arms. She was lazily looking around at everyone, obviously sedated by Jasper's ability. "Not that Scarlett didn't want to. She hated the blow-dryer."

Rosalie looked them over, noticing how their clothes were damp and wrinkled. She then looked down at the one who caused that. Scarlett's eyes locked with hers, being an unusual shade of seafoam green. Her fur was also redder than a normal cougar. Scarlett really was a beautiful cougar. However, Rose was distracted when a burning sensation hit her. She cursed as she looked down at her wrist.

Rosalie's grew wide as she watched a floral black script being etched into her skin. After a few seconds, the letters stopped. "Aideen…" Rose looked up at Emmett, a scared expression on her face. "Emmett…"

Emmett quickly moved to her side, pulling her into his arms. "It's okay, Angel, it's okay. I'm here." He kissed her head, able to smell the venom tears building in her beautiful eyes.

Emmett turned to Jasper when he made a noise in the back of his throat, feeling both Rose's and Emmett's emotions. "I'm sorry, Jazz." He then looked down when Scarlett made a whining noise as well, looking right into his eyes. He noticed the strange eye color for a split second, glancing down at his wife. That was until his arm began burning as well. He ignored it, staring down at his wife's confused expression. "What is it, angel?"

"Look at your arm."

Emmett raised his left arm, seeing the same floral script on his arm. "Aideen?" He looked down at his wife, raising his eyebrows. "A second soulmate?"

Rose shook her head, stepping back from Emmett. "There's no way… I've never heard of such a thing." She looked up at Emmett, her lips quivering. "Right?" Emmett quickly held his wife's hand, leading her outside and running into the forest to get some privacy.

Jasper looked down at his wife, frowning softly. "They're going to be alright, right, Alice?"

Alice closed her eyes, trying to focus on seeing their future. She saw a path where they split for a month to think it over, but they always got back together. Most of the paths led to them talking it out over a few hours. "They'll be fine, Jazz."

Edward frowned softly as he looked out to where his siblings ran off, "Rose is just worried about how their relationship will be affected. Emmett doesn't mind having a second soulmate but knows his feelings for Rose will never change…" He looked over at Alice and Jasper, sighing softly. He wished his own mate would hurry up and arrive in his life, if she was going to.

{X}

Aideen watched how Rose seemed to melt into Emmett's side, a smile on her beautiful lips. She was glad they handled it well. She just hoped they would handle it well when they met her true self… She was half-temped to just reveal herself, but… A voice in the back of her mind told her to wait.

Aideen needed to learn more about this family for many reasons. She wanted to figure out why this family had golden eyes and were so much calmer. She wanted to get to know all the Cullens, they all seemed very interesting. She especially wanted to get to know her mates…

Also, if something went wrong when she revealed herself, she wanted to know the best way to protect herself.

"Scarlett, there you are!" Esme walked into the living room, a tray in her grip. "I fixed dinner for you. You must be hungry."

Aideen sat up, watching Esme warily. She was not going to eat cat food or any other disgusting pet food. Or roadkill! Ugh.

Esme ignored the laughter coming from her children, setting the silver tray on the floor in front of Scarlett. "Here you are, sweetie." She lifted the lid to reveal three, raw sirloin steaks.

Aideen stared at her, feeling the animal instincts threatening to take over, which was a risk of staying in animal form. She would get sick as a human, but this was a treat to a mountain lion, which she was at the moment. She also couldn't eat human food, they'd think there was something wrong with her.

Aideen groaned as she sank down, biting into one of them. She wanted to hate it but in this form, it tasted amazing. Aideen held the steak down with one paw, biting into and chewing the steak happily. She really saw starving.

Esme clapped her hands together happily, "She likes it!"

Emmett laughed, the sound loudly echoing in the room. It made her look up at him, tilting her head. She loved the way he laughed, it made her heart jump in her chest. She continued eating as Emmett grinned at her. "Of course she does. You gave her really good cuts of meat."

Jasper chuckled, shaking his head. "We may have to get standing orders from a butcher to keep her fed. Scarlett's already on the last one."

Aideen huffed when she realized that was true. She somehow devoured the first two, now almost done with the last steak. They were really good too…

Esme shrugged, bending down to pat Scarlett's head. "She's so skinny too, I'm happy to help her gain some weight. Especially if she loves it so much." She picked up the empty platter, grinning down at her. "I'm so happy you're eating!" She then headed back to the kitchen, humming an old song to herself.

Rosalie watched as Scarlett licked her paws, tilting her head. "She seems a little strange… Shouldn't Scarlett be trying to escape at every chance?"

Jasper shrugged, looking up from his book. "She's been pretty calm for a while. She was worried earlier when you two took off."

Alice grinned at that, looking at the couple. "Ooo. Scarlett likes the two of you."

Emmett disappeared, appearing in front of Scarlett, crouched down so they were closer to being eye level. "Is that right? Do you like me, Scarlett?"

Aideen could tell everyone was watching them. She didn't care because she was taking in the details of Emmett's face. He really was gorgeous. The grin on his face made her feel like butterflies were erupting in her stomach. She would be smiling if she could, instead she began purring. She then leaned forward, brushing her head against his.

She really, really shouldn't be doing this. Her years of training as a hunter told her to kill the vampire, if she could. However, this insanely hot vampire was her mate. She could never hurt him.

Emmett paused as Scarlett began nuzzling him, hearing the purring in her chest clearly. He then laughed, wrapping an arm around her and scratching her gently. "I like you too, Scarlett." He then winked at Edward. "Another one who likes me more."

Edward sighed, rolling his eyes. "I don't care if the mountain lion likes me or not."

Aideen felt insulted at that. She realistically knew Edward thought she was just an animal. If she was in better shape, she'd let him have it for that. Instead, she toyed with him. Aideen turned to Edward, baring her teeth at him. She then turned to Emmett, licking his face. She was laughing internally as she moved to Rose's feet, curling up beside her.

Edward's jaw was hanging open at that display, wondering how this mountain lion was so smart. Scarlett clearly understood he didn't like her. She purposefully licked Emmett and curled up by Rosalie's feet.

Rose smirked at Edward, reaching down to pet the mountain lion as if she were a large house cat. "Maybe she likes everyone but you."

Edward rolled his eyes again, hiding his surprise from his family. "Whatever."

Aideen began purring from Rose petting her, it felt so nice, especially since it was her mate touching her. She closed her eyes, resting her head on her paws though she was careful of her injured one. She fell asleep to Rosalie petting her, flipping through a magazine in her lap with her other hand. Rosalie was sitting beside Rosalie, his legs laying over Aideen and forming a cocoon. He was watching a game on the TV with Jasper.

{X}

When Aideen woke up Rosalie was no longer petting her and was gone, as was Emmett. Edward was the only one in the room, playing on the piano in the corner. Aideen rose up on her back feet, keeping her weight off her bad paw.

Edward turned to her, raising an eyebrow. "Everyone went shopping. They'll be back soon." He then got up, "Are you thirsty?"

Aideen huffed at him, she was not a dog, but yes, she saw. She was going to follow him but he appeared in front of her, placing a bowl of water in front of her. Aideen warily watched him before leaning down, licking at the water. She wished she could just drink water like a human, instead of lapping like a dog.

Edward stood before her, watching her. "There's something up with you, Scarlett… I can't read your mind at all. I can't even get the normal animal-like thoughts from you. You're smart and calm. You're not even trying to hurt us or run away." He shook his head and walked away, mumbling to himself. "Leave it to my family to find a strange cougar to have as a pet. It's not like we're already the weirdest coven in the world."

Aideen would have rolled her eyes if she could. She instead moved back to her bed, laying down on it. Edward probably got turned in the middle of his 'emo', angsty, teenage phase. Which could be why he was so annoying. Aideen closed her eyes, trying to tap into her magic given the peace she had.

Her magic was slowly building again. It wasn't critically low like before. She could feel it being funneled to her injuries, as well as keeping her in her animal form. She hoped as she began to get stronger, so would her magic so she could heal even faster. She didn't know whether she wanted to escape faster or be able to reveal herself to her mates.

"Scarlett!" Aideen turned to see Emmett strutting into the room. He had a big grin on his face, both of his hands behind his back. "I got you something!"

Rosalie sighed as she appeared beside Scarlett, shaking her head. "She's going to try to smack you for this."

Jasper appeared on the couch, his leg crossed over the other at the knee. He was smirking at them all, in a good mood evidently. "I can't wait. Go ahead, give it to her."

Alice sighed as she walked into the room, holding a brush in her hands. "She's not going to like this."

Emmett waved his hand, "Sure she will! She likes me and she's just a big cat. There's no reason for her to hate it."

Aideen had a growing suspicion that she would indeed hate whatever this surprise was.

Fucking hell, she was right.

Emmett held out his hands, holding two cat toys in his hands. One was a laser pointer, with kitten paws all over it. The second was a Kong toy that was usually given to dogs. She could smell meat inside the Kong though, making her mouth water.

Aideen curled her lip up at Emmett, she was not a fucking cat! She did not catch mice, run around after lasers or act like a dumb housecat! She was a witch and a strong hunter! She would no act like some silly cat -

The laser moved, catching Aideen's attention. Aideen couldn't help but strike at the red dot on the floor. She growled lowly when the dot only moved to her left, striking at it again quickly. She continued to pounce after the dot, her instincts controlling her behavior and not the human side of her brain.

Aideen only realized what happened when everyone was laughing, and the laser turned off. She looked up and growled lowly, realizing she was tricked into playing like a damn house cat.

Emmett was laughing loudly, leaned over to rest his hands on his knees. Rose was giggling, shaking her head at her husband. Jasper was chuckling, patting his wife's knees as she giggled beside him. Edward was in the room now, smirking at her.

Aideen growled again until Emmett tossed the Kong toy to her. Aideen caught it with her teeth, putting it down and playing with it. She ignored the conversation going on around her, trying to get the meat chunks out so she could eat them. She had to chew and roll the thing around to get them to fall out though, which was the point of the toy. She just hated falling into her animal instincts, but if it made her mates happy. How bad could it get?

{X}

Aideen, a seasoned witch, should have known better than to ask that question. It can always get worse.

Aideen screeched as she tried to get away from Alice, running under Jasper's legs and behind Emmett. She didn't care that her screams sounded awful, like a woman being murdered. She only cared about escaping the pink monstrosity in Alice's grip.

"Oh, come on, Scarlett! It's adorable!"

Aideen howled again when Alice appeared in front of her, swiping the pink harness, trying to knock it away. She bared her teeth and hissed when Alice tried to put it through her limbs.

Emmett laughed, picking Scarlett up, "I think it will look good on you."

Aideen huffed when her mate picked her up, stopping her struggles. She didn't want to be hurt more, or struggle against her mate. She instead lowly growled at Alice.

Alice giggled, shaking her head. "She really likes you, Emmett." She then slipped the pink harness on Scarlett. She clipped the metal chain leash to the harness, grinning at Scarlett. "You're so cute."

Aideen groaned in Emmett's arms, wanting to die at that moment. When she turned into a human, she was going to rain hell upon these people.

{X}

Carlisle held the door open for his wife, smiling as they entered their home. That was until they heard Scarlett screaming. Carlisle sat the bags of food down, rushing into the living room with his wife. The scene they saw was very confusing.

Scarlett was on Emmett's shoulders, her claws digging into his clothes. She was baring her teeth at Alice and screeching loudly. She had a bright pink harness on, a chain link leash attached to it.

Alice was holding onto the other end of the leash, trying to pull Scarlett out the door, maybe to walk her. Jasper was trying to calm Scarlett down and trying to get Alice to stop.

Edward was watching them all, laughing in the corner.

Emmett was trying to prevent Scarlett from falling off him, her nails not hurting him a bit. Though her screeching in his ear was hurting his hearing. Rosalie was trying to calm Scarlett down as well, petting her and trying to coax her down with a steak.

Esme saw a knocked over vase, the glass shattered on the ground. The flowers were crushed, and the rug was wet. The cushions of the couches were messed up, there were scratches in the wood as well as many other things wrong with the living room. Carlisle winced when he saw his wife's expression turning angry. "Enough!"

All the children paused what they were doing, turning to face the Cullen parents. Scarlett even stopped, watching the two when Emmett turned to them.

Carlisle sighed, shaking his head. "Alice, you can't take Scarlett for a walk. She is still recuperating, and her fracture is too fragile for that."

Esme then narrowed her eyes at them all, "Clean this room up, now! One of you better fix these floors as well." She then turned on her feet, heading to the kitchen to make food for Scarlett.

Alice winced, "Sorry." She unclipped the leash before rushing around the room, cleaning up the mess.

Jasper sighed, glad the stress from the room was gone. "She's getting pretty tired, Emmett. You could take her to her room."

Emmett gently picked Scarlett off his shoulders, holding her in his arms. "Nah, she can stay with us. That way we're there if she needs something."

Rosalie nodded softly, "Exactly." She ran upstairs, ahead of her husband.

Emmett smirked as Edward was looking at the floor, wondering how to fix them. He then carried Scarlett upstairs and to his room. He sat Scarlett down on the king-sized bed, petting her head gently. "Much better, huh, Scar?"

Rose laughed as she took the harness off the poor girl. "Scar? She's much prettier than a Scar."

Aideen was internally pouting at Emmett, not liking the nickname he chose. That was until Rose complimented her. Aideen happily began purring, rubbing her head against Rose's hands. She felt so happy that she wanted to dance around.

"Whatever you just did made Scarlett immensely happy, Rose. She also hates that nickname, Emmett."

Emmett huffed at Jasper as he laid on the bed beside her. "Well then, Scar is out. Red is boring, ginger is not a good choice."

Aideen was glad he didn't go with ginger, she found it annoying when people called her a ginger. She then took a chance, curling up against him. She watched as Rose sat down beside them, playing with Emmett's hair casually.

Emmett then grinned at the two ladies, "I got it! Lettie!"

Aideen decided that was alright, if she had to pick between usual nicknames for Scarlett. She really missed her real name though. She leaned up and licked Emmett's cheek before placing her head on her paws, yawning.

Rose smiled down at Lettie, "Get some sleep, girl. Esme's preparing dinner for you now."

Emmett rubbed Lettie's head, pressing a blanket between him and her to keep her from getting too cold. "Have a good nap!"

Aideen watched them both until she felt herself falling asleep, feeling happy again for once. She ended up dreaming about cuddling with her mates, only as a human.