[A/N] Here is chapter 3 I am sorry that it has taken so long to get it one but it has been competing with the several other stories I am writing (some of which are original works that won't be on here) I do appriciate comments and . . . Thank you I hadn't thought about Carlisle getting hurt.

Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight or any of the Twilight characters.

The Hawks

-Chapter 3- Imprint VS Mate

The Wolves ran along the border trying to get ahead of the two strangers that were being herded in there by the Cullen's that had been chasing them for a good fifteen minutes. The brown cloaked visitors had led the group in circles and darted around in strange patterns that made no sense. Even Edward was having difficulty keeping up. He had gotten close enough on occasion to see they were very good at silencing their thoughts. Their minds drove him crazy, silence except for a few thoughts here and there that were nearly too quick to see but were definitely very rare. What little he saw had him convinced that they were harmless but he still had a lot of questions for them.

Before too long they had the visitors pinned. The wolves were on one side and the Cullen's were on the other. The two strangers knelt in the center not looking up with their hoods pulled over their heads so you couldn't see their faces.

"Are their minds any clearer to you Edward?" Bella came up beside him.

"Not really" Edward frowned. "We have no intention of hurting you; we just have a few questions for you." The two remained silent and unmoving. 'From how they are sitting you'd think they don't understand us . . .' but Edward knew different from their minds.

"They seem a bit nervous and edgy; like when we caught Bella trying to get rid of those dresses Alice got her." Jasper was confused

"Thanks Jasper, she was starting to forget about that and you had to go and remind her." Bella glared at him as Alice pouted.

Edward huffed in annoyance and redirected the conversation back to the visitors. "What can we do to help you feel more comfortable?" Edward frowned "I see;" He turned to Bella, Alice, Rosalie and Esme. "Can you ladies go back to the house for a minute and let us guys talk and take Leah with you please."

The girls all looked confused but didn't argue. They all turned and darted back for the house. As soon as they were out of eyesight the two strangers stood up revealing their golden eyes and bowed to Edward giving him a smile in thanks. After a nervous look at the wolves the both glanced back at Edward whose brow furrowed as they did.

"They are monks" Edward translated for the group "They have taken the vow of silence, plus a vow they call the vow of serenity." He glanced at the wolves that were starting to phase back to human form then continued. "Apparently it means they can't look at, touch, talk to or address a woman in any way. They could even be thrown out just by being this close to the girls."

"I couldn't live like that." Emmitt frowned "No offense boys but I think you're nuts!" He chuckled lightly as the two looked at him with a smile letting him know they understood.

Looking back to Edward he continued to speak for them "They are here just to insure that a young woman they raised made it here safe and is adjusting to her new surroundings okay."

"Wait a minute" Emmitt smiled playfully "You had a woman in your monastery; isn't that a contradiction of the vows that you've taken? I mean seriously how did you change her diaper or give her a bath without breaking a vow?" He chuckled and flashed them a smile waggling his eyebrows

His face flashed with that look that everyone dreaded; the look that says he was once again going to put his foot in his mouth and embarrass them all "Unless you guys say you are pure but just kept your 'playtime' to yourselves." He earned a growl from both Edward and Jasper but he ignored it and kept going "Is she pretty with her clothes on too, or is only a looker when she's naked?" He laughed

The two monks looked at him questioningly with a bit of shock to their expressions; one of them raised an eyebrow at him while the other looked to Edward for an explanation only to see him frowning and pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Emmitt," Jasper growled "I'm telling your wife you just said that."

"You wouldn't dare. . ." He glanced over at the monks who were now silently laughing. "It was a joke. . ." Jasper just growled at him "come on man she'll kill me you know Rose."

"Gentlemen please can we stay on topic." Sam was trying not to laugh as well.

Jacob paused his laughter for a moment and looked over at Jasper "Warn me before you tell her; I want to see Rosalie kick his ass." Half of the wolves stared snickering and the monks were having a hard time keeping silent from their own laughter.

"I still don't see how you've been able to keep your hands to yourself; I mean no real man can resist a gorgeous woman." Emmett huffed as Jasper moved over beside him.

Sam smiled "deeper and deeper Emmett, deeper and deeper."

"Really I mean . . ." Emmett started to say something but Jasper snarled at him then smacked the back of his head and Emmett quickly shut his mouth. But yelled at Edward in his thoughts 'Man you guys are no fun! I mean come on how often am I going to get the opportunity to rag on a couple of a male vampires cause they don't want to look at a woman?'

"Tell us, is this girl here, maybe we can look after her for you." Edward was still pinching the bridge of his nose; he and Jasper would have to beat their brother senseless for this.

The monks both glanced at him and once again Edward translated "They said they would love it if we took her in and looked after her." He frowned "They said she is up in the woods. . ." His eyes grew tight with worry "She was around the area where . . . they saw Carlisle hunting; alone."

"Carlisle is hunting alone?" Jasper was nervous and furious at the same time. The monks looked at him with concern and he didn't need Edward to see what they were asking "My wife is a psychic and she had a vision about Carlisle that has us worried. Carlisle is our father for all intents and purposes and we can't seem to get him to take this seriously."

The monks faces softened and Edward translated "they say not to worry, that he is staying close to the area and that nothing we know is accurate; things are not what they seem." Confused he smiled a thank you to them "we would love to chat some more but we all want to go make sure Carlisle is safe."

"And we need to go cancel the alarm at the reservation." Sam smiled at them "Please feel free to stop in again if you would like; just try to avoid the reservation territory as that vampires still make most of the inhabitants nervous" the monks smiled and nodded to him. Sam and the other wolves turned stripping off their shorts they phased as soon as they hit the thick part of the tree line.

"Great" Emmett frowned in disgust "just want I didn't need to see; bare wolf butts."

Jasper and Edward both laughed and the monks tried once again to keep composure as they nodded and took off heading south in a hurry. Edward straightened up and looked at his brothers "Their monastery is in the mountains of Chili, they said we could stop in if we needed anything or had more questions, but they request we don't bring the girls." He smiled as he darted off to find Carlisle "and they suggested we leave Emmitt at home to; something about his mouth. . ." Jasper laughed as he and Emmitt took off after Edward.

Emmitt frowned "What; they were logical questions I don't see how they should be any kind of problem. Besides those two were way too serious; I was just trying to lighten the mood." Then he smiled a bit to try and sweeten them up a little "So . . . we don't need to mention this to Rose do we?"

Carlisle had been hunting on his own but now he sat staring at the ground beside him; at the shadow that had appeared there a few moments ago 'now what?' He closed his eyes and took a deep unnecessary breath shifting his legs to a low crouch; a position that he could easily attack from once he turned around. Keeping his eyes on the shadow for movement he slowly shifted his weight a bit more and turned around still in a crouch coming face to face with a woman who was standing there watching him in confusion.

He opened his mouth to speak but then his eyes caught her brilliant turquoise eyes surrounded by her heart shaped tan face that was perfectly outlined by her dark reddish brown hair that was accented by strawberry blonde highlights. Her hair curled its way around her face and stopped just above her shoulders; he was speechless. Her arms went limp dropping to her sides, the bag she was carrying slipped to the ground with a thump and she took off at lightning speed straight for him.

Carlisle blocked her attack sending her flying towards a tree but to his surprise she phased to a Hawk clothes and all before she hit and flew straight for him. He stood there dumbfounded at the breathtaking sight of her white feathers tipped with Black and lined with a thin line of a light brown around the edges. Then there were those eyes; those gorgeous eyes that clearly could see right through you to the very soul. She was smooth, graceful, quick and clearly just as smart as she appeared strong. Carlisle was enamored, thousands of question rushed through his mind as the curious doctor took over.

She dove at him and he ducked and rolled into a low position as flat to the ground as he could be and still be able to move quickly but her talons caught his arm in spite of his efforts tearing at it, leaving deep gashes that oddly enough, stung. "I will not fight you child; I refuse to harm you." He smiled at the sight of her soaring through the air and diving back towards him 'glorious, she is clearly just as strong and deadly to vampires as the wolves but she is no bigger than a normal sized hawk.'

She dove with immense speed and stopped quicker than he thought possible landing feather light on the ground phasing back to human form as she did. Carlisle just melted; he watched as her bird form melted in the most erotic way to the Human form and smiled, happy that he had no heart beat for right now it would be speeding up.

With a snarl on her face she actually took the time to look at him for the first time. She scanned him over and stopped at his golden eyes; her breathing started to catch funny and Carlisle heard her heart speed up. Slowly he stood up and took a few steps in her direction noticing that with every step her lips curled more and more into a nervous smile.

"My name is Carlisle." He smiled at her; chuckling a bit as she blushed in response "I live near here with my family; we maintain a permanent residence in this area." He stopped a few steps from her "What is your name?"

"L-L-Li-b-ber-ty" She stuttered

"Liberty, that's a beautiful name." He smiled at her folding his arms across his chest and relaxing. 'A shape-shifter; that has to be the reason why Alice couldn't see past the moment the shadow came up beside me.'

Stepping forward she approached Carlisle with her head cocked slightly to one side. "Your eyes, they are the most brilliant shade, just like sensei's."

"Who is Sensei?" They were within touching distance now and the fact that he liked that was starting to make him nervous.

"Sensei is the leader of the monks at the monastery; he raised me when my parents were killed." She smiled as she reached up and stroked his cheek with her thin fingers. Biting her lips she giggled a little, her smile broadening at the fact that he didn't move away and didn't flinch; he didn't mind her touching. 'Touch, this is so . . . new.'

"You were raised in a monastery?" He smiled at her lovingly, noting that the boots she was wearing brought her closer to eye level than she would be otherwise. 'She is shorter than Alice; and so cute too.' He sighed low hoping she wouldn't hear, he hated to admit that he was enjoying her touch. "Wouldn't that be difficult for the monks to have a woman around?"

"That's why they sent me away; they said I had to come here." She frowned but I have nowhere to stay, I don't even understand this world. Way too many of the people around here talk funny, there are ear shattering alarms going off all over," she huffed waving her arms "weird boxes with pictures that move and talk that everyone can't stop staring at, either that or they are playing with some kind of small hand held device that rings and beeps"

She folded her arms and frowned to which Carlisle couldn't help but chuckle 'She is so cute when she is upset.'

"Plus," she continued "I almost got ran over by a large metal machine with wheels!"

Carlisle laughed "They didn't have books where you grew up?" He smiled at her furrowed brow "Haven't you read about any of the modern day conveniences?"

"No, Sensei hated any book that wasn't about spiritual matters or basic educational stuff including languages." She frowned "they taught me out of books that were mostly hand written by some of the monks. Sensei said that it is better that way so that the newborns he finds don't wish to leave only to be killed or kill; all because of the 'lure of the outside world and it's unnecessary items' as he puts it."

He smiled "After the experience I have had with newborns I suppose that is for the best. It's nice knowing that someone is trying to help them be better than what made them." He smiled gaining a great deal of respect for this Sensei that Liberty was talking about "Well, I would be happy to teach you about the 'outside world' if you would like?"

"Yes thank you." She smiled back "there is one thing I want to do, I saw it several times on the way here." She smiled nervously "If I may?" He nodded and she smiled standing up onto her tippy toes to bring their lips closer.

Carlisle saw her intentions and couldn't help himself he felt an odd pull to her that was confusing him to no end. Lowering his head he bridged the gap making it easier for her. Just as their lips touched electricity coursed through both of them sending a low growl ripping from his chest and a moan from her. He wrapped his good arm around her just in time to feel her whole body go limp.

Edward, Jasper and Emmitt arrived at the house only to be greeted at the door by the ladies all ready to go. Rose looked pissed; Leah had stayed in Wolf form when they got to the house and as the wolves phased to leave she saw the events they missed in their minds. Phasing to human she was nearly laughing too hard to convey the entire story to the ladies that had been pacing nervously.

Edward laughed wanting to see what would happen next but intervened anyway knowing that is was more urgent to find Carlisle and then this mysterious girl. "Rose, please save the fight for later. . ." She glared at him but understood "Besides Sam, Jake and a few other wolves want to watch you kick his butt." Most of the group laughed as they took off through the woods.

They ran mostly in silence, Alice and Jasper were talking low and Bella was trying to reason with Rose; in hopes of convincing her that his inquiry about the girl was only in a joking manner. Emmitt kept trying to sweeten her attitude but was only getting a snarl from her.

Esme kept mostly to her thoughts letting the kids deal with their own issues. 'I hope Carlisle is alright; He should have known better!' She sighed.

They picked up and Carlisle's path very quickly and followed it till they came to the edge of a small clearing and stepped through into the sunlight. Esme put her thoughts aside and peaked through the trees a sharp snarl ripped from her chest; the feeling of anger and betrayal beating its way through her and breaking free in the fiercest growl as Carlisle released the strange girl and turned to face her; the well defined scratches still on his arm that was against his side.

Esme's heart sank and then her anger started to take over and she snarled even louder. The rest of the family came into the clearing and felt Esme's anger as Jasper caught it and rippled it out before he focused his mind and sent out waves of calm.

"Carlisle, what is going on here?" Edward looked over at Esme and then growled at the thoughts and memories that were in her head.

Esme growled again. 'They were kissing! . . . She hurt him. . .' It took only seconds for her to respond to her own thoughts; she lurched forward only to be caught by Edward and Emmitt on either side and Jasper sped over and positioned himself in front of her with his arms raised to her shoulders. She glanced at Edward pleading with him for some answers with the look in her eyes.

Edward frowned with concern "She imprinted on him"

"Well I guess that answers some of the questions about imprinting that we have had." Emmett smirked "Apparently having a mate doesn't eliminate us from the running."

Esme snapped a snarl at the strange girl and tried to break free. "Do you always injure those you love?" a snarl that nobody thought she was capable of came ripping from her chest "How about I rip you to pieces that will solve this little problem!"

Liberty darted behind Carlisle muttering something in a language that none of them knew and Carlisle threw his good arm out to shelter her putting the injured one up against Liberty. "Stay behind me" he glanced at her then looked back at Esme. "Love, trust me you do not want to fight this one; besides I won't let you injure her in any way."

Esme snarled ripping free, throwing Emmett, Edward and Jasper to the side, assuming a low crouch a few steps in front of Carlisle, a loud growl escaped from her as she rocked on her feet ready to attack.

"Esme, my love please calm down." He smiled trying to sooth her but she only snapped out a snarl and swung at him. "It will be okay Esme, we will sort this out but attacking the poor child won't solve anything." He said ducking out of the way but kept Liberty behind him.

Esme glared at him and then lunged for the child as she poked her head around Carlisle to get a look at what was going on. Carlisle caught her mid leap and held her back. "Esme, this won't help at all, please calm down."

"Get off me; let me go . . . you were kissing her!" She snarled "Get out here and fight! Cowering behind him won't save you." Esme tried to reach around Carlisle but had no luck. "Get over here and take what you have earned you tramp!"

The petite girl poked her head around Carlisle again then ducked back cowering up against his back and whimpering a bit. She closed her eyes and seemed to be muttering a prayer in a different language.

"Mom, please calm down." Bella stepped up and wrapped her arms around her lovingly and soon she was joined by Alice and Rose. The three daughters managed to pull Esme back and get her to calm down just a bit.

"Dude, what have they got that we don't?" Emmitt frowned then glared at Jasper "and why aren't you doing anything to help Mr. Feel Good?"

"Shut it Emmitt; I'm trying but it's hard to put out calm cool and collected when everyone is bombarding me with angry, confused, worried and in your case arrogant smart ass." Jasper couldn't help but ooze the chaotic emotions out for everyone to feel, soon everyone wanted to fight.

"I can't ooze ecstasy like you butthead and don't tell me to shut it! I was just commenting on the fact that you can't seem to focus instead you're only making it worse!" Emmitt reach over and slugged Jasper sending him into a tree. As soon as Jasper stood up he snarled at Emmitt.

"Both of you knock it off!" Rose shouted at them letting go of Esme and rushing over to grab Emmitt. Alice followed close behind and wrapped her loving arms around Jasper trying to cool him off.

Bella looked over at Edward, "Can I get a little help please." Edward rush to her side and the two pulled Esme back even farther.

The Girl whimpered and Carlisle stroked her with the fingers of his injured arm that hung right up against her body; He cooed at her trying to sooth her. "Calm down Liberty it will be all right."

Esme broke free of Edward and Bella as soon as she heard that and lunged; Carlisle matched Esme's moves and kept Liberty behind him protected at the same time. Swing for swing he evaded, ducked and countered 'Really I must thank Jasper she is quite the little fighter, nobody would guess it when they look at her. But I am going into battle one armed . . . so maybe she should work with him a bit more.'

Esme Jumped trying to get over Carlisle to get to the traitorous little woman but Carlisle caught her ankle and flung her back to the trees. "Esme stop this now" he glanced towards Alice and Jasper "Son if you can't cool off then leave you aren't helping." Jasper nodded and he and Alice left in a hurry.

Esme lunged forward but Carlisle quickly recovered focusing back on Esme he stepped forward gripping her shoulder so that his good arm was across her chest he took her to the ground. "I love you; that will never change, please. . ." She brought her legs up wrapping them around his waist and maneuver him off of her him. Just as she was about to fling him he pinned her, this time there was nothing she could do.

"Esme listen to me; this isn't something that either you and I or even Liberty for that matter could have helped." He leaned all his weight down on Esme trying to keep his grip on her but her wiggling was making it difficult. He nuzzled her neck nipping at her gently and she melted a bit making it easier to hold her down so Carlisle relaxed his grip and shifted his weight a bit. "We have a treaty with the wolves; think about how they would react when they find out you ripped apart a shape-shifter?"

Shock struck Esme face as Jake and the wolves ran through her mind then she thought of Nessie and it looked like she could cry. Shoving at him she broke free and took off racing through the woods. Carlisle turned to his kids still left in the clearing, "Go make sure Jasper is okay and take care of Liberty till we get back." With that he darted off after Esme.

It took Bella and Emmitt only a few minutes to find Jasper and Alice. Rose and Edward were the most calm so they had stayed behind to watch Liberty. Soon all the Cullen Children were in the clearing looking straight at the new mystery girl.

Liberty was scared and nervous, she was pacing back and forth muttering to herself in a foreign language that none of them recognized. Every time a noise came to them from the woods she would jump and then more words would fly.

"Sounds to me like swear words." Emmitt joked the he looked serious. "She is a shape shifter right? So maybe we should get the wolves for back up."

"That's actually a great idea." Jasper looked surprised that it came from Emmitt.

"Well I do get one of those a year so there you go; there was my one good idea this year. Now you get to put up with the rest of me." Emmitt waggled his eyebrows and they all chuckled a bit lighting the mood.

"Thanks," Rose smiled and kissed Emmitt passionately.

"So you're not mad at me?" Emmett smiled at her nervously

"Oh I am still furious at you, but I will deal with that later when there are no witnesses."

"Shit." Emmett frowned and everyone burst out laughing. But just then the girl that Carlisle had called Liberty started sobbing uncontrollably. She balled herself up on the ground and was muttering in-between sobs.

Bella whipped out her cell and dialed Sam's place knowing that Emily was there and at least one of the wolves would be as well "Emily it's Bella . . . yeah, thanks she is cute isn't she . . . listen can you send some of the wolves to us . . . no we are out in the woods but they should be able to locate us quickly . . . No It's not an emergency we just need their help . . . Okay, thanks." Bella hung up and nodded at Edward, "she's sending a few of them."

Jasper slowly moved closer stretching out a wave of calm and after a few minutes she stopped sobbing but didn't look up. She sat with her arms wrapped around her legs and her face buried in her knees quiet but still muttering in a foreign language.

"Well Edward, what do you get?" Rose glared at him for just standing there looking confused and not clueing them in.

"Nothing" His brow furrowed and he glanced at Rose. "She must be the girl they talking about because her mind is just as controlled as theirs." He frowned "You have no idea how annoying this is."

"How are we going to communicate with her?" Emmitt sat on a fallen tree just watching the girl.

"None of us have a clue either Emmitt." Jasper sat on the ground focusing only on Liberty and ignoring most of the conversation.

Liberty raised her tear stained face and took a ragged breath that showed she had been sobbing "I'm sorry; I didn't mean to cause a fight. . ." Her face showed she truly was sorry and a bit worried. "I don't even know what happened . . ."

'Thank God, I thought we were going to have to find a translator! But what was the muttering in a different language?' Emmett relaxed a bit then asked "You speak English?"

"Yes it's not my native tongue but I do speak it quiet fluently." She said standing up with a nervous smile; but still quite proud of herself.

"So you learned English growing up?" Rose smiled, 'I like her, I'm not quite sure why, but. . .'

"Yes; every time I misbehaved or acted up Sensei made me learn a new language." She sighed and sat down on a log. "To him in order to really know a language you have to know all about the customs and culture that goes with it."

"So how many languages do you speak?" Jasper stood up and moved closer to her.

"2,251." She said unblinking.

Emmett and Jasper sputter in shock but Rose just grinned. "I take it you were quite the handful growing up."

"Yes that and I learn really fast." She smiled "My least favorite language that I had to learn was Etruscan; It was hell." She grimaced "However, a close second was when Sensei had me memorize an entire book and then recite it to him, it was a good book but awfully dry; he thought he had me that time." She laughed

Rose walked over to her and sat down beside her "What was the title?"

"War and Peace; it took me less than half the time to memorize it than the sensei thought." She smiled proud of herself "Of course then he wouldn't speak to me for awhile; I think it was because I annoyed him; I was supposed to be tortured not enjoy memorizing it."

Rose smirked half laughing "Close your mouth boys."

"That's when he started making me learn a new language instead." She frowned "that worked better because it's not as fun. Reading, memorizing and reciting is fun because then you get to act it out." She grinned ear to ear "I'm a ham, sensei said so."