Nik's PoV

I was sitting on my bed with my knees up to my chest thinking about Sam. Sam. Sam. Sam. Him and his stupid hotness. His stupid ebony eyes. His dark hair…. God, why did I have to fall for him? I sighed and Embry came in and asked, "Wanna talk about it?"

"About what?" I asked innocently.

"About why you're sitting here looking like there's a war going on in your head," he said.

"I don't know what you're talking about," I said.

"Right. Let me guess. It has to do with a person. He's got black eyes. Dark hair. Has three letters in his name, but I guess technically it's six. And it sounds like spam," Embry said. "Am I close?"

I glared at him and promptly stared out the window. "I take that as a yes," said Embry. He came over and gave me a hug. "Now tell me, what happened?"

"Why do you care?" I snapped.

"Because you're my brother. I'm an only child and any siblings I get I want to be there for them as much as possible. I want them to know that people love them," he said.

I looked at him and melted into the hug. I always wanted an older brother. Sure Cassie was great, but a brother was just more….. whole.

"Alright. Sam asked me out and I turned him down. But now, I'm wondering if I made the wrong decision," I said.

"Well, go to Sam. He's probably around here somewhere. Tell him you change your mind. I'm sure that he'll say yes. He cares more about you then you think," Embry said. I nodded and Embry took me over to the Clearwater's house to check on Cassie.

We were greeted by Seth. As introduced himself. I could tell that he was gay, because he was checking us out. Of course his hormonal gaze was mostly focused on Embry, but hey I got a few looks. I felt a similar rift in the air as Seth and Embry looked at each other. Embry suddenly seem to snap out of whatever trance he was in and started to blush and look anywhere but at Seth.

Odd. Strange rift when Paul looked into Cassie's eyes. And boom. He wants her. Embry looked into Seth's eyes, and strange rift, and then he was instantly trying to not kiss him. Something was strange. Then again as I recalled, a rift had happened when Sam looked into my eyes… What exactly was going on in La Push?

We walked into the kitchen to see Cassie and Leah gagging….. At Sam… and some girl…. Kissing.

"Yeah," I growled tears starting to well up. "This definitely looks like a yes." I turned right around and stomped to the door. Embry caught my wrist and a whirled around and slapped him. He wasn't expecting to be hit so he let go. I quickly stormed out of the house.

Shaman's PoV

I was looking out at the streets and pathways when I saw a young man. He had red hair and furious eyes. Hrm. So it was the apocalyptic path eh? I was hoping it wouldn't come to this.

"You there!" I yelled at the boy.

He ignored me until I muttered, "Advenio."

He suddenly lurched towards me, but somehow managed to keep on his path. Yep he definitely was the apocalyptic one. "Advenio!" I said again and deterred from his path to come to me.

"What the fuck was that?" he growled.

"Do you not want to be the shaman's apprentice?" I asked.

"Shaman, as in magic?" he asked, hope in his eyes. I nodded.

"Sure," he said.

"First we need to see if you have any talent say 'Ventus Ministro," I said. "Pull in your emotions, focus them on the words. Will the wind to do what you want."

He closed his eyes and said, "Ventus Ministro." A gale of wind spiraled around him in a powerful vortex. He looked surprised, but then drained and he fell over and the gale ceased to exist. I nodded and picked him up and carried him into my hut. Might as well get the apocalypse over with.

Sam's PoV

"Yeah," growled a familiar voice. "This definitely looks like a yes."

I stopped kissing Emily to see Nik, whirl around and start to leave. My heart felt torn as I saw Nik leave. I looked pleadingly at Embry and he grabbed his wrist. Nik just turned around and slap him. It hit and Embry stumbled. We gapped as he left. Leah, Embry and I quickly went out the back door muttering some excuse as we entered the forest.

"What the hell was that?" yelled Leah.

"I don't know," said Embry.

I shook my head. We had enough muscles that nothing really stopped us. But then why did Nik's slap nearly trip Embry?

"What happened exactly," I said.

"I grabbed his wrist and he glared at me. It was spooky his pupil seemed to be larger than normal. He slapped me and it stung. Not like a bee, but as if his hand was charged with lightning," Embry said.

I shook my head. What exactly was Nikolas Call?

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I'm kinda bummed about how this turned out. Oh, well. I think it's fabulous.

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