AN: So this story is going to take a small turn… Hope you like it. Thank you to everyone who reviewed. I own nothing. Oh and on a side note, I don't like that the wolves are so big in the movie. In this story the wolves are the size of actual wolves, the idea of a pack of wolves running around that are bigger than a house makes me laugh at how stupid any human is who thinks they are natural.
Chapter 4
Seth POV-
"Hello?" a man said as he opens the door.
"My name is Sam Uley, we met a few weeks back." Sam says to the fair-haired vampire that had answered the door.
"Jazzy, you shouldn't leave them outside look at her she must be freezing." A woman says as she pulls the door open more and pulls us inside. "Please Emily sit you must be exhausted." Turning her attention away from us she looks up the stairs. "Esme, Rose come look." Before either Sam or I knew what was happening two other women appeared and the three of them fused over Emily and the two children.
"Sam, what can I do for you." A male says as he walks into the room followed by one that looked younger than him, though he was way bigger.
"Carlisle, we came to bring your bag back to you. Edward forgot it at my house. This is Seth my cousin and my wife Emily and our children."
"What are their names?" one of the women asks Emily as she cradles the little boy.
"They are unnamed still, it's customary to name the first born after the doctor or allow the doctor to name them." Sam says as he moves over to Emily, his protective side coming out.
"Sorry kid, guess we should introduce ourselves." The big vampire said as I looked around the room. "I'm Emmett, that beauty over there is Rose she's my mate. The little pixy next to her is Alice and Jasper is her mate, the one behind you. Then there's Carlisle and Esme, Edward isn't here right now but you've met him I bet when he went over." I quickly decided that I liked the Cullen's, they were nice and their home was open and bright.
"Oh can I help name them?" The vamp Alice squeals. "You said you name them after the doctor or allow him to name them. And well I may be wrong but Carlisle the eyes, am I right?" She was talking a mile a minute and I had no clue what it was she was talking about.
"Oh yes those eyes remind me so much of Elizabeth's eyes." Carlisle says as he takes a closer look at the girl.
"Elizabeth?" Emily asks as she lets Rose hold the child.
"Elizabeth was the name of Edwards's mother before he was changed." Esme answers as she swoons over the children.
"Can we name her Elizabeth then and what about the boy, surly Edward wouldn't be right?" Emily asks looking at Sam.
"Oh, not Edward, name him Anthony." Rose says as the baby in her arms giggles. "Anthony is Edward's middle name."
We stayed at the Cullen's house for a few hours before Sam decided we should go. After trying and failing at returning the bed Emmett and Rose gave them, Sam and Emily thanked them. Things got interesting when we got home, I wasn't able to think too much on the fact that Edward hadn't come home, therefor didn't yet know about the imprint. Apparently Jacob had come across the scent of another shifter, though he could tell this shifter wasn't wolf.
"Sam it's strange his scent is all over, but never close to our border lines. I think we should try to find it, it would be nice to meet a different shifter." Jacob was making us all curious and we were soon off to go see if we could find the shifter Jacob had smelled.
"I smell it, this way." Jacob said as we ran in the woods.
It was another ten minutes of running before we came to a stop in the trail. I was the first to look up into the giant tree. There lying on a branch with a ray of sun hitting him was a cheetah. I knew cheetahs were not forest animals so it was a good guess to say this was the shifter we were looking for. My eyes locked on him and I couldn't help the familiar feeling I got from it. This can't be right, I already imprinted. I can't imprint a second time. I thought as the cheetah came closer to the ground though stayed up in the tree.
"Hello, shifters. What brings you so far from your territory?" The man's voice surprised us all when he started to talk to us. We didn't know we could communicate with others like that.
"One of my pack members caught your scent, we were curious about meeting another shifter." Sam says as he takes position of being alpha. "Is it possible to talk in our other forms? I really am curious about you."
The cat shifter looked like he was going to refuse. But slowly he nodded and started to climb down. "That is ok with me but I would prefer for some of your pack to go home." His request made sense to me though I knew I would be one that Sam would send home. "Let the young one and one more stay. The others don't need to be here." The way he talked made me think his was older than all of us. I could practically feel his wisdom, though I couldn't read his mind, I had a feeling he could read ours.
"Jacob, Seth you stay the rest of you go back to my place. We'll be fine." I could feel Sam's reluctance as he sends the others home. The big cat just watches until they are gone.
"Being as we are not on your land I take it that you will not attack me." He says jumping down onto the ground and landing on his feet like a cat dose.
"You have my word that we will not attack you, unless first attacked." Sam says as the cat nods.
"Then I think it is time for the four of us to change." There was something in the way that he spoke that made me wonder why he sounded sad about having to change.
Jacob, Sam, and I changed in no time and went back to wait for the stranger. That's when the smell hit us, vampire my senses yelled. Though my wolf recognized the scent as my imprint, that's when I became very curious to know what was going on.
A cheetah had gone behind the tree, but it was Edward that had come back. He was walking slowly like he was unsure of what our reaction would be.
"What?" Both Jacob and Sam said when they realized what they were seeing.
"I was born a shifter and was changed into a vampire." He explains as if it were that easy. "I don't believe we have officially met, I'm Edward." He says as he extends his hand to me. I stare at it for a long second before taking it in my own.
"I'm Seth." I say though I feel breathless. It was hitting me that my imprint wasn't just a vampire but also a shifter.
"You don't smell like a shifter right now." Jacob says accusingly.
"That's because my vampire scent over powers it, just like when I'm shifted my shifter sent over powers my vampire one." Edward calmly answers as the four of us sit on the forest floor.
"Please, I do not really understand this will you explain?" Sam says, being alpha I guess he needed to know everything. I wanted to also know the answer but a bigger part of me yearned to ask about imprinting.
"To ask a vampire his story is a very personal thing. But I can tell you the jests of it." He said getting a faraway look in his eyes.
Edward POV-
I didn't really want to explain this to them. I wanted to talk to Seth. I had imprinted on him the moment I laid eyes on him and with my ability I knew he had done the same to me, I just didn't know how he was going to take the realization of who I really am.
I change quickly and wait for them to be done before I step out. Everything was going fine until Sam asked me to explain.
"To ask a vampire his story is a very personal thing. But I can tell you the jests of it." I say as I prepare myself to go back 109 years.
"I was born in 1884 to Elizabeth and Edward Masen. My family and I were cheetah shifters. I was 17 years old when we came across vampires with blood red eyes. They killed my parents, my father died first and I knew my mother would soon follow him into death. I was bitten and left with fire consuming me.
Carlisle found us then. Though I knew he was a vampire I could tell he was different. He was unsure of what to do until my mother's plea of him to save me made the decision for him. She died moments after his approach, Carlisle then bit me again making sure to pump as much venom in me as he could.
That day in 1901, I died. Three days later I had finished my transformation, the curious thing is though I am a vampire. I have been able to keep the ability to shift." I came out of my past and found the eyes of Seth, my imprint. The one I have waited for all my life. "I know what an imprint is Seth, I imprinted too." The flutter of his heart made me smile, as I waited for any of them to say something.
Seth was the first to recover as the meaning of my words played in his head.
"You imprinted on me?" He sounded as if he couldn't believe it and reading his mind I felt the low self-esteem he had about himself. I made a silent vow to change that. I wanted this young wolf to be happy.
"Yes Seth, just like you imprinted on me." I say though I know he wasn't waiting for a reply. Something then pulled Sam out of his thought.
"This is a lot you have shared with us Edward. I must say you have caught us off guard, we never expected to find another shifter and one that was changed into a vampire. I've never heard of that happening. I thought a vampire bite would kill us." He was rambling and I had to work hard at containing my laughter.
"It doesn't happen often. To vampires shifters smell horrid, but a shifters blood is roughly told to be four times better than humans." I explain as he still tries to wrap his head around all the information I am sharing.
"We should go; I need to talk to the elders." Sam says as he turns to Jacob and Seth. "Let's go." Jacob doesn't hesitate as he shifts and runs off towards their territory. It's Seth who hesitates, his eyes lock on mine and I could tell by his thoughts that he didn't want to.
"I'll see you later Seth." I say as a way to reassure him as he reluctantly follows the other wolves and heads home.
Smiling I also make my way home, though I don't shift.
Thoughts of Seth don't leave my mind as I walk through the door to my home.
AN: OK so I hope you all liked my little twist. It's always amazed me that Edward could read the thoughts of others and the wolves can read each other's thoughts. So I decided to make a more logical reason for Edwards's gift. He is the only Cullen that wasn't truly human before being changed. Please review and let me know if you hated it or loved it. :) Longest chapter so far.
