Chapter 15 Children of the Moon

AN: Steph owns Twilight. Double update! Yay! I wasn't planning on doing this but, I got so many reviews so fast, and it just made my day! Thank you! And hi to you guys in Holland! You're awsome! And Anna here's my late birthday gift to you! Happy birthday! And to the Guest who gave me the idea 'bout James, you're awesome too. And here goes another of Alex badly timed panic attacks. They'll be happening for a while. Sorry, but please review!

"So I'm your...?"

"Imprint," Seths warm voice told me

"And that makes you my..."

"Soulmate"

"Soulmate. What a funny word, Soulmate. S-O-U-L-M-A-T-E. Soooouuuulmaaateeee. Soulmate, Soulmate, Soulmate."

I tasted the word, trying different tones, voices, anything. It just felt sort of wrong. Misplaced. Like it couldn't really hold all the meaning it was meant to.

"The Chronicles did for sure not mention this. I'm starting to feel like they're sort of outdated. Did you know that all they mention 'bout your kind is that you're ferocious killers who thirst for vampires blood? I mean, first of all vampires don't have blood, and secondly, theres not much ferociousness about you. Big bad wolfy. Why do all vampire 'enemies' seem to be wolf's? Exept for the Fae, but they are big and bad in their own way. And slightly creepy. You can't really imagine them until you see them, they've got green scales and yuck! But I guess I can't complain about scales, since I can turn into a scaly wolf-thingy. Did you know the warrior mode was based off Fae-"

"Alex." Seth to my face in his warm brown hands and looked into my eyes, "You're rambling, just relax, okay?" I turned away from him, and put my arms around myself

"I know, I know," I spoke, "It's just, I should be used to this by now. But I'm not, and everytime something that reminds me off my past comes up, I-I panic. And do something stupid. I'm a mess, and I'm not sure if I can handle something like this right now, you know? It's just, It's too hard-"

I sat down on a wet rock and buried my head in my hands. I could feel the panic well up in me, but this time it was panic from committing to something. I bit back a sob, my breathing becoming ragged.

"Alex, hey, tell me a story, maybe from your time in Russia?"

Seth knelt down to my level, sitting right infront of me. My head still in my hands, I started to tell him about my second year in Russia, where a werewolf girl named Anna had joined me in my teaching.

"She was a year younger than me, but I didn't care. Anna was the kindest, bravest, sweetest and funniest person I have ever known. She had a smile brighter than the sun and blue eyes that sparkled like nothing I've ever seen. She, unlike me, was able to put her past behind her and live.

We became best friends, she learnt me Norwegian, her native language, we shared memories and stories of the past. She's the reason I left Russia.

She had a similar past like me, her parents dead by the hands of Caius. We'd did everything together.

We had this place, a swinging tree in a little clearing where we'd play everyday. It was idyllic, half an hour from where we lived. The swinging tree was old and huge, and oak, I believe. It was almost always sunny there, and there was this little streaming running close by. It was our hide out, our sanctuary. A month before I moved back to California, we were out playing, when a vampire came across our scent. He stepped into the clearing, sparkling in the sun, ferocious. He told us to run, he told us he'd give us a head start. So we tried running back home. Just as we sprinted across the lawn, minutes away from home, she fell. And she told me to keep on running. And I did, and he, and she-," I stood up, abruptly. I couldn't take this anymore.

"I'm sorry Seth, I can't, I just, whenever I open up, terrible things happen, and I can't, I can't. Not again, please forgive me, please, understand." I stumbled away from him, tears in my eyes.

"I can't,"

And then I ran.

I felt really bad writing Anna's story. Really, really bad. And to the real Anna, I'm sorry for killing you off, and adding you to Alex's pile of demons. But happy birthday to you! And Oh my, we might be halfways, if I manage to make it as short as it should be. But I'm not good at that. Originally, I though Alex would meet Seth in the third chapter, bu that obviously didn't happen. Sooooo, Please read and review! Who knows, if I'm really happy about the reviews, maybe I'll make it three days in a row? Virtual Cookie to all my reviewers!