Nudge the Quileute13

Meeting Max's Mom, Embry imprinting on Ella, and telling the Cullens and the Pack not to worry about the whitecoats

Nudge's POV

I took Ed and Iggy to Forks and sent Ed back to La Push and he quickly told Sam, Emily, Claire, Quil, Rebecca, Paul, Kim, Jared, Collin, and Brady that the By-Half Plan was history. I told the Cullens the same thing and I even talked to Alice. She frowned at me and said, "I can't watch for your future since I can't see anything when there are werewolves around." I shrugged and asked, "You couldn't see either half of the flock?" "No." Then I glanced at the clock and said, "We gotta run. I promised my friend, Maximum Ride, that we'd meet her in Arizona."

We all reached Arizona and met Dr. Martinez, Max's mom, and Ella Martinez, Max's half-sister. Then I saw Embry freeze when he saw Ella run outside and I knew what had happened. He had imprinted, on Ella Martinez. He just stood there, but then Ella looked at him and smiled hugely at him. "Hi, I'm Ella Martinez. You would be?" "Embry Call, but your sister just calls me Edwin, or Ed, for short." Then Max realized that Embry had imprinted on Ella and when Max turned to kill him, Embry ran as fast as he could to Emily's house. I phased to wolf, and Iggy scrambled onto my back. Then I looked at Ella. Angel said, "Ask your mom if you can go with Nudge to La Push. She'll protect you. And so will her cousin, the Cullens, and all her cousin's friends." Dr. Martinez said yes, and I raced off toward Emily's house.

Embry reached Emily's house and as soon as Sam let him in, Embry dove under the table. Emily frowned at him and Sam asked, "What did you do?" "Uh, I kind of imprinted on one of my best friend's younger half-sister, now, Max wants to kill me." Paul rolled his eyes at Embry and muttered, "You're an idiot, Embry." "What, Max is scary when she's mad."

I arrived with Ella and Iggy, dropping them off at the front door, and then ran off and phased back to human and rejoined them. We knocked and Emily called to us, "Come in." We all trotted in and then Iggy kicked Embry out from under the table. Emily, Rebecca, and Kim all smiled softly at Iggy and Ella. Emily then said to Iggy, "You must be the wolf boy." He grinned sheepishly and then Ella asked, "Are all of the girls in here wolf girls?" Emily said, "Yeah. Claire is being babysat by her imprinter, Quil; Rebecca's dating Paul. Kim's dating Jared. And I'm an engaged wolf girl." I nudged Embry with my arm and then said, "Sam, Emily, Paul, Rebecca, Claire, Quil, Collin, Brady, Jared, and Kim, this is Ella. Ella, this is Sam, Emily, Paul, Rebecca, Quil, Claire, Collin, Brady, Jared, and Kim." Ella smiled and waved shyly and then tugged on my sleeve. "Can we meet your cousin and uncle and that Cullen family?" "Sure," I said back. Then I leaned over to Embry and asked, "Where does my uncle live?" "Follow me." We said goodbye and then left, going to my uncle's house. Embry knocked and then after I came in, said to the man inside, "Billy, this is your niece, the niece we all thought had died eleven years ago, Monique. Monique, this your Uncle Billy Black." I hugged him and then said, "What happened to my parents, though?" I saw my uncle frown and he looked sad. I even saw the tears welling up in his eyes. "I'm so sorry, Monique. I wish I didn't have to tell you this. Your parents died three days after learning of your 'death.' I'm so, so, so sorry." I nodded weakly, and then said, "At least, I still some family to come home to, someday." Embry introduced Ella to Billy and I introduced Iggy to Billy. Then we went and introduced Ella to Jacob, who was staying with Cullens, along with Seth Clearwater and Leah Clearwater. We even introduced Ella to the Cullens and then Embry and I phased back to wolf. Iggy climbed onto my back and Ella hesitated, unsure, until Edward told her, "Go ahead, climb onto Embry's back. He wants you to." She climbed on, and weaving her fingers into his fur, buried her face into his neck and murmured, "I'm ready." We ran back to Arizona, to discover Max, returning, figuring that Embry was hiding inside, I'm guessing.

When Max saw Embry, after he'd phased back to human, she stepped forward ready to kill him, but Ella stepped in front of Embry and said, "Max, please, I love Embry. Leave him alone." Max nodded and then Embry led Ella into the forest. He phased to wolf, showing her that he was a werewolf. Then he told her about the imprint, that someday, if she wanted to, they would get married. "Ella, I imprinted on you, or found my soulmate. And I can promise you, I will be the best friend you've ever had, the best brother, the best boyfriend, and maybe even someday, if you want, we'll get married." Ella grinned at Embry, hugged him, and then they sat next to each other while we were eating real Mexican food. It was deliciouso. I loved it. Then we had to leave and I saw Embry sulking about having to leave Ella.

He said goodbye to Ella, but made her promise that she would be careful, because he knew and I knew and Iggy knew and Angel knew that Ed wouldn't be able to stand it if Ella got hurt.