Visitor
Disclaimer: You know and I know that no one besides Stephanie Meyer owns Twilight, and all the characters. But we all know I own my OC right? :3 Oh yeah Song for the Chappie is....
Stolen by Dashboard Confessional (slow or original version doesn't matter)
A gentle breeze blew passed and my nose picked up a scent. I quickly got up, my eyes wide. I knew I smelled that before! Somewhere in the back of my mind, I don't know how but it pulled up the dream I had.
Of course! I thought, and just like in my dream I was running. Running to the thing I couldn't see, running to the thing I could sense.
What? Hey Seth!! Where're yah goin'? Jacob thought as he watched a sandy colored wolf run into the forest behind them.
Such a strange kid Jared said shaking his shaggy gray wolf head.
Like I said Leah replied smiling Mom dropped him on his head when he was a baby.
Jake gave Leah and Jared a scrutinizing look before he ran into the forest after Seth. He was only a few paces behind the kid. Wow, his legs really are short Jacob said teasingly.
Seth didn't reply to that comment.
Oh, come on!! It's supposed to be a joke!! You know, Har har Jake? Jacob thought exasperated. ...Ok, can you at least tell me why you're going all crazy-no-sense-of-humor guy on me? He asked.
Seth just mentally sighed and said You should know...pack mind thing? You feel that don't you? That magnetic feeling?
Jake slowed a bit to try and understand what he was talking about. OH!! He exclaimed. He didn't notice it before...but there was a magnetic feeling. Hmm...this feels just like when I-NO!! He cried out as he stopped running. Seth stopped too and turned to face him, his head tilted in confusion.
No what? Seth said.
...your imprint. That's what no! That's horrible...run the other way!! Jacob shouted.
Why?! Seth exclaimed. Isn't that a good thing?
No, Seth it's not...it's never good to be forced into a relationship. How do you know you'll actually like this girl, before you imprint on her? Jake questioned.
Seth was about to snap back at Jacob but then he felt something. He felt the magnetic pull get stronger, as if it were coming to him. His heart stuttered at the thought, and his insides started to melt. Just a little closer he thought just around those trees and I can finally see...
Seth couldn't finish his thought because just around the trees an animal emerged, shocking the two wolves. The animal was a lynx. The same lynx Seth had had his dream about. It had a copper coat and green-blue eyes with the silver tint. The lynx stared at them for a few moments before giving them its fangy smile. It had walked over to Seth and placed a paw on top of his head just like in the dream.
Seth's breath caught in his throat, and he was smiling like a crazy man. He couldn't believe it! His dream was real, it was truly and completely real.
OK!! Calm down Seth...be cool. He scolded himself. Man, I'm such an idiot! I bet I look like a dork...
Seth immediately calmed down and inhaled deeply. That scent... he thought. Absolutely wonderful...it smells better than a million roses locked in a room. Uh, maybe I'm exaggerating a bit? But it does smell soo...hm...what's a bigger word for beautiful? I think...EXQUISITE!! Yes that's it!! The smell is exquisite. Huh...I wonder if this is what it's like for vampires?
While Seth just stood staring at his imprint, and his imprint staring at him they didn't notice the loud thudding of paws coming from the direction of the clearing. The pack had decided to follow after them.
Ooooo Sethie's got a girlfriend!! Quil teased winking.
Quil... Sam warned.
Oh, come on!! I know your thinking it's about time too. Quil joked as the others snickered.
Sam didn't reply back, of course he'd been thinking that. He worried about all of the pack. He turned his attention back to the lynx, and so did the rest. I didn't know we could imprint on an animal... he mumbled lost in thought.
Maybe Seth's just special? Embry said as he winked at former.
Paul let out a loud bark like laugh and replied Yeah...but not your special Em.
Embry would've blushed if he could have. The 'special' Paul was talking about was Embry's imprint, a boy. Embry had met him at the Reserves' Park, he had been babysitting Claire for Quil. Claire had insisted on riding the swings, and if she didn't get what she wanted she'd throw an all out temper tantrum. No one wanted that. So he took her over to the swings, and that's when he saw his soul mate. Embry thought that he was the most beautiful thing he's ever seen, and they both decided that they loved each other soo much, that it didn't matter what the pack thought.
The pack shivered at the thought, they didn't like seeing Embry kiss his imprint. It's not like they're homophobic or anything...it's just a private thing between imprints, and they respected privacy.
Anyways, the lynx shifted its gaze from Seth to the rest of the pack and then back to Seth. He gave it an apologetic smile and moved closer to it. But the lynx just moved back and stared at him. Seth moved closer again, slowly so that the lynx wouldn't run like the last time. This time it was the lynx to give the apologetic smile. It hesitated before it nuzzled against Seth's neck, then it turned to run off. Just like the dream... Seth sighed.
Sorry bro, guess that was our fault Jared thought.
Seth sighed again and just said I'm going home.
Seth wait!! Jacob. Don't go yet...we're going over to the Cullen's to discuss the visitor situation.
That's ok...go ahead I think I'll pass today. Seth replied, as he turned once again on his pack and ran.
~|~|~|~| Later |~|~|~|~
"Seeeth!!!" Sue Clearwater had called out. Her son had returned home just half an hour previous. She had been shocked, her son had come home looking like a zombie. His expression blank, his reactions slow. She'd wondered what had happened during the pack meeting. She didn't want to ask him...well not directly, but she'd understand soon.
A few moments pasted and then an emotionless voice- more like a faint whisper replied "Yes?"
Sue winced at this. 'Ok maybe sooner than soon' she thought. She wanted to know what was bothering her son so. "Can you run me an errand?" She had heard of a new flower shop opening in Forks. All the women were excited it was a first, mostly because it was found to be useless in their little town.
"Ok" said the same emotionless voice. Seconds later the owner came around the corner of the hallway. A small smile on his face, it looked like it was taking a lot of effort to keep it there.
"Ok. I need you to drive to Forks real quick, and go to the new Flower shop. Somehow I forgot to stop by while I was shopping." She said feeling a little embarrassed at forgetting, since she was practically going nuts- o for the grand opening today.
"Ok mom." Seth replied.
She handed him the keys and added "Don't forget its by the Newton's, and I want 5 packs of carnation seeds. Two whites, one red and two pinks. Got it?" she smiled.
"Got it" he smiled back, this time it wasn't by much effort. Carnations were the smell of his imprint. He smiled more to himself at that thought. He remembered reading somewhere that carnations are the real flowers of love.
His mom held out the keys and he took it. "Be back soon" he hollered over his should as he ran out the door. Sue stood staring after him as he left. "Huh. Never knew he was into flowers, I must be losing my touch or something." she mumbled.
Seth ran onto their driveway and nearly ripped the car door open. He just had to get to the shop now. He had to smell her, to feel like she was real, not a dream. Seth started the car and drove away fast. By the time he was on the highway he was going 70.
He got to the shop in 10 minutes. He wasn't familiar with Forks much outside of the woods, so he had to slow down. He turned off the highway, and took a left. 'Everything's off the highway'. With his sharper vision he could see the Newton's shop stick out on the end of the block. In the middle of the Newton's, and some tiny thrift clothes store was the new Flower shop. He pulled up to the front of the store and pulled the key from the ignition. Seth opened the door, ran up the steps to the shop, and noticed a sign in front of the door. 'Odd' he thought. 'Does anybody even use signs anymore? Whatever.' He pulled the door open, and covered his ears as he heard a bell ring.
He looked up at the counter and his heart stopped. His breath caught in his throat and he couldn't think. At the counter stood the most beautiful woman...um girl he's ever seen in his life. She had russet skin like him, but it was somehow pale and shiny like vampire skin. 'Almost as beautiful as my lynx' he thought eagerly.
"Bienvenir á Fleur." she greeted warmly with a smile, and a voice that sounded like a group of flutes playing a harmonic note together. The girl was reading some sort of book it seemed. Her eyes moved up to Seth, and then looked back down as she noticed him staring at her. 'Ah...the same green-blue silvery eyes' he noticed. A hand flew up to tuck some hair behind her ear, as she continued to read the book.
Seth snapped out of his stupor, and quickly filled his burning lungs with some much needed air. 'Oh man...there I go again looking stupid. Ok, just walk over there and ask for the flowers and leave!!' he thought nervously. As soon as he thought his actions over he walked to the counter where the girl stood. He took a shaky breath, and it hit him like a ton of bricks!! 'That smell!! The carnations, the roses, the oranges...even the pine tree. I knew it...well not really...but I knew it!! It's her, it's my lynx!! She's real...she's...she's... human?!'
"You're human?!" he blurted out.
"Well yeah. I'm as human as you Seth." she looked up and smiled a prefect, beautiful smile.
The boy's breath caught in his throat again, and his eyes bulged. He didn't just hear that..did she just say his name? Had he told her before?
"Jeez calm down seth, I'm not going to bite you or anything." She teased smiling again, but some other emotion lighted in her eyes.
Seth tried to breath and then he felt like he was being forced to be calm, like how Jasper often made the wolves calm. But just as quick as he had felt the force, it didn't feel like force..it felt natural, as if he were calm the whole time.
"That's better." She sighed. "You were going to give me a heart attack!! Don't you know it's bad for the body to stress like that?" she hit his arm.
"Now come on, I need to talk with you. It's very important." all the traces of amusement or anything else were drowned out by her seriousness. She looked out the window, then walked around the counter and turned the sign on the door. It now read Out to Lunch. Be back in 30 minutes.
She walked back over to where Seth stood following her with his eyes. She grabbed his arm and dragged him into the back of the store. She lead him into a hallway, then into another hallway, and another hallway after that. 'For a small store it sure has a bunch of hallways he' thought grimly as she dragged him along. Finally after walking to the end of the hall she reached a door and dropped Seth's arm.
"Oh shoot! Be right back ok?" she told him as she walked around him and disappeared before his eyes. He tired not to blink, but lost. And when his eyes opened, she was there in front of him again, opening the door with a key.
"How'd you do that?!" He exclaimed motioning to her reapperance.
"Hm? Oh..well don't worry we're going to talk about that." she mumbled as she juggled the keys to try and open the door. "Got 'em!" she whispered to herself. She opened the door and revealed a white office room. It had all the usual office stuff in it Seth supposed. A plant in the corner, a desk in the center, a chair opposite a more comfortable chair around the desk.
"Ok have a seat" she motioned to the comfortable chair.
"Oh. No, no!! I couldn't you have the good chair." he smiled at her.
"I insist. You have it, you're my guest." she smiled back motioning to the chair again. "Besides it's going to be a long talk, and I wouldn't want you uncomfy."
He looked at her again, and saw that he wasn't going to win so he went to sit in the 'good chair'.
"Good, first off my name's Scarlett." she smiled that beautiful smile again. "And I guess I should start with what I can do. You felt it right? That force on you're emotions back there? Well I can bend emotions at will."
"Oh, that's why it felt kind of like what Jasper can do!" Seth replied nodding his head.
"Jasper?" Scarlett asked her head tilted to the side and an eyebrow raised. "Who is Jasper?"
"Jasper is one of the Cullens" Seth explained.
"Ooh...is he now? Well, I'd like to meet him if he can bend emotions." Scarlett said with a thoughtful look on her face. "Anyways" she looked at Seth directly in the eyes now. "My power might be a bit different from his. You see I read auras, everyone has a different aura. But this isn't entirely true, a person's aura can be altered by emotions. And now I guess I must tell you what I am, you must have a vague idea right?" she asked him biting her bottom lip.
"Yeah..very vague. You're a shape shifter right? But that's not all I'm assuming" he replied looking back at her.
"You're a bright one, I like that. No I'm not only a shape shifter, I'm also a vampire. I'm a very rare hybrid I suppose. I know as well as you do, that it seems impossible for me to be what I am. Vampires and shape shifters are natural enemies. But my mother and father could care less, I guess you can call them rebels." She shrugged and started to bite her lip. "My mother was a shape shifter, and my father a vampire. I'm not too sure how they met, but I think it was along the lines of imprinting." She smiled and chuckled a bit. "I remember them always telling each other they smelled horrible."
I laughed, its true vampires smell horrible. I guess that's why she smelled sickly sweet too.
She grinned at him and continued "Oh, right!!" she smacked her forehead. "They met here, in Forks. My mother was a Quileute wolf too, and my father was a nomad. He crossed onto the wrong side one day and the wolf pack tried to take him down. But they stopped as soon as my mother imprinted on him. The elders and everyone else were upset about her imprinting. She tried to explain that my father was different, more civilized and that she loved him. But the elders and the pack wouldn't have that, so she left to be with my father. The two of them ran as far as they could from this place. And at first the two of them couldn't stand their scents. But they got over it, and that's when they had me." she smiled ruefully.
"I was the world to them, and they were my world. I learned to be a vegetarian vampire, from my dad. He didn't dare lay a hand on humans, or animals since my mother was both. He had a philosophy of his own. He feed off of trees, and nature 'like we are supposed to', he would say. I find it's a better lifestyle than feeding off animals and humans combined. There are many advantages, which is why you must take me to the Cullens immediately!" she jumped up from the chair and her arms wrapped around her chest.
This caught Seth by surprise. But he was on his feet too. Scarlett was beaming at him, and he just grinned back. How could he do anything but smile? When he was around her it felt like he was walking on air.
"Let's run" she said excitedly.
"Um..run?" Seth asked her.
"Yes run..but you're running is too slow for my taste, no offence sweety" she replied patting him on the shoulder.
"Ok..then running?" he questioned her again.
"Yes running! Now don't scream ok? Oh, yeah..you might want to close your eyes. Or not since you're telling me where they live." her smile widened revealing her sparkly, white, sharp teeth. She grabbed him by the arm again and threw him over her back, grabbing his other arm as well. "Ready?" she asked turning her head to look at him.
Seth just nodded his head meekly. Scarlett turned her head back and sprinted off down the hallway. She opened the door and ran down the street, towards the forest, towards the Cullens.
~'~'~'~'~ Cullen's House
"Nooo!" Alice screamed. She flitted down the stairs and was in the living room packed with wolves and vampires. The faces in the room could be read as two things, confused or worried.
"The visitor! I lost them!! I can't see..." She covered her face with her faces and once again Jasper was at her side trying to make it better.
"Someone's coming..." Edward muttered. Alice and everyone else looked at Edward now. "It...sounds like Seth. He's a little too far to hear more, but he's coming in fast. Faster than his wolf run."
The pack exchanged confused looks with one another.
"Someone's at the door" Edward said. He flitted to the door and as soon as his hand was on it, his face broke into the most horrifyingly vampiric face he's ever made.
His body curled for the defensive and he hissed his next words out "What is this?!!" He threw the door open and flung himself out.
