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(A/U: I can't exactly remember the descriptions of some people so please tell me if you know or if I got them wrong.)

Chapter One:

It happened two days ago. I was just walking back from visiting the Cullens, taking the long way home in my human form because Leah had been nagging me all day about something. I wasn't actually listening to what she was talking about; her voice was more like a buzz in the background. I can almost sympathize with Edward for what he has to deal with. Almost. And so I wanted my mind to myself for a while.

Rain fell softly but steadily despite the fact it's in the middle of June. I reached the Forks High School parking lot. Ah, the last time I was here things were different. Bella was human, but...not happy. My thoughts were distracted. Three cars pulled into the parking lot, near the forest's borders. An excited-looking girl hopped out of a blue truck followed by a boy with spiked hair. He had a blanket under one arm and she grabbed a pack of sodas from the bed of the truck. They headed toward the forest, meeting up with three other people on the way. A girl with wild pink hair, who had her arm around a thin boy with a round face, and another boy kept glancing around like he was expecting someone else to join them.

All of them were holding something—a picnic blanket, a basket, some sodas. I watched them step into the forest edge, and…okay, I got curious. I followed them in through a different route, going deeper in, watching them from a distance. I heard nothing of what they said, just a few laughs; there was too little cover where they were, so, unthinkingly, I phased.

And heard my clothes shred behind me. Very loudly. Oops. You'd think that, after a couple years of being a werewolf, I would get used to this stripping-down thing before phasing. But I got distracted, and mistakes happen.

And I was overcome by the sudden power, the speed, that came with the change. But the humans, I noticed quickly, went still and silent. They looked my way, and I dashed quickly and silently behind more cover, a hundred yards away.

They sent a few of their peers to investigate. I noticed one of them quivering in fear.

Hey, Jacob. Where've you been lately, huh? Well, I was thinking—

Shut up, Leah! I'm busy.

I tried to shut her out. She left soon enough. I went back to reality.

Now I was backing up into thicker and safer territory.

"What the…that's weird. Someone left some….clothes here…right on the ground! It looks shredded," the boy said.

"Don't flip, Mike. We'll just tell them it was nothing," the girl muttered. She turned to go back with the rest of them.

"Wait, Jess. Why don't we pull a prank on them? We could…"

But the girl named Jess was backing away.

"No, wait! We could make up a cool story of how we almost…um…got eaten by a…bear! I heard they're still around here…"

I thought those rumors about us had disappeared. I'd have to tell the pack we need to be more careful.

Jess stopped walking and a mischievous grin appeared on her face. "Okay, Mike. Why not. You ready to play your part?" The other people in the group started walking towards them, not close enough to really see anything…

Jess screamed.