A/N: Well everyone. The moment we've all been waiting for. My first chapter of 'Love of the Imprints'. I'm so excited. Just a quick couple of things. I'm not a doctor, nurse, or any type of medical practitioner. If any medical terminology used is wrong the fault is completely mine and I take full responsibility for it. If you think or know of anything that's wrong, I'd be more than happy to fix it. I hope you all enjoy my first chapter of this story. See ya at the end!

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Bella look down, trying to avoid looking at Edward or Elizabeth. She felt someone watching her. Looking to her left she saw Paul's intense obsidian gaze on her. She kept his eyes for a minute, a frown between her brows. Questions forming in her head.

Looking to her right, she saw Sam and a quiet sadness hanging on him for a mere second. Noticing her gaze on him, he squared his shoulders, breathed in and out once, his eyes brightened while a small smile tugged at the corners of his lips. He was still looking at her. They both were.

Shifting her gaze from between the two Wolves at her side, she watched Elizabeth- Liz. Watched as her citrine eyes looked at her with that unblinking, unflinching stare. In that moment, Bella realized how inhuman vampires really were, Edward was,

Alice was. Their entire family is. She knew them, they were not strangers.

. . .

"I want to get to know you too, Liz." I sighed, shifting from foot to foot. The awkwardness was kind of getting to me.

Hearing a growl to left, I noticed as the awkwardness turned into angry tension for Paul.

There was only one way he knew how to let out his anger. Violence. Instigating it and then fulfilling on what he was trying

to start. He was trying and succeed to speak, through his growls. "We're here for a reason. Not to just stand here in silence and choke on their fetid stench! You broke the treaty. You turned a human!"

I grabbed his hand, the tension getting to me as well. I felt what I hadn't noticed before. He was shaking. Forcibly. I turned my plain brown eyes to his own vibrant green ones. They reminded me of the strength of the forest.

His grip on my hand was tight as his shaking subsided. I squeezed back gently. Giving him my strength, my support. I ignored everyone else in the room as I tried to further calm the hot-head.

There was a rustle of clothing and a clearing of a throat, footsteps coming closer. Edward tried to walk towards us, 'foolish of him' I thought. The movement of my natural enemy set off Paul, again. He went right back to growling.

Sam stepped up. "Paul! " his attention was focused solely on his second, his beta. The same can't be said for Paul, who was watching the bronze-haired vampire in front of us.

Edward's rhythmic voice moved through the air, "Bella, maybe we should all wait to do this another day."

"We're here to stop a fight Paul. You promised." My grip on his hand tightened, bringing his attention to me. His continuous growls stopped, but the hate for the vampires never left his gaze.

My gaze never leaving Paul's, I spoke to Edward. "Why did you change her, Edward?"

I heard a throat clearing but I still didn't look up. Sam walked up to us, Paul and I, his hand reaching around my waist, to also touch Paul. His silent show of support gave us strength.

"She's my mate Bella. She was dying. The loss of her life would have been the loss of me, who I am inside." I looked to Edward then. He was by Liz's side, her head tucked into his neck. Her body was shaking. As if she was sobbing. She never could cry again.

"She was dying? Liz. . ." I was a bit shocked. The woman in front of me looked fine.

"The change heals all old wounds. Re-creates us. We burn in the fires of hell to become demons." Bitterness tinged his words. He really did hate who he was.

"You choose different. You and your family are not monsters. You're not demons."

"Bella. We're not here to console these monsters. You wanted to save them, then do it." Paul was still angry, no doubts were left in my mind given the utter malice lacing his tone.

Sam spoke then, calm easing through the three of us as the Cullens looked on. "Please continue with the story. We do not have time to dally. The pack and Elders await us."

"You're right Sam. Please go on with the story Edward." Paul's grip on my hands tightened, so I tightened mine.

"In order to know why I turned her you need to hear the story. Carlisle had been working on Liz's case. She had Stage Three Malignant Lymphoma. I had gone down to see Carlisle a few days after they had initially met.

"Carlisle was just leaving her room when I caught my first glimpse of her. To me she was the most beautiful creature I had ever seen." The absolute love in eyes when he looked at her made me feel like I was intruding on something intimate.

"I could only catch the barest pieces of her thoughts and that is if she was at her weakest as a human. I knew then. That she was mine. Everyday for the first month I would visit her before or after classes. It took awhile before she realized I was different.

"It was another month before I took up the courage to hold her hand. After that I was always touching her. We started dating then. She grew stronger and healthier as the days went by." He paused there, taking a moment to get his thoughts in order.

Liz spoke then, "seeing him that first day, contrary to what he thought, I saw him too. It's kind of hard not to notice him. He's such a pretty boy." She smiled at her own little joke. Not caring if anyone else reacted.

"I grew up sick. I was born premature to a drug addict, but mild user mom. I was taken from her and the Chapmans took me in. I was in foster care much of my life. The Chapmans had gotten older when they died from natural causes when I was 8. The system moved me around for the next five or so years, a lot of couples and families didn't know me enough or want to deal with a sickly child.

"I was about to be adopted by this couple when they were attacked at their car one night. Murdered, their blood was drained, the scene was a wreck. Police reports become public after a certain amount of time. I was then put back in the system. I was in my latest foster home here in Forks, with the Newtons, when I got really sick. I turned 18 recently so I had left them and was on my own. Shortly after turning 18, I met Carlisle and then Edward." Liz's gaze never left our as she kept talking. Her grip on Edwards was loose. She was trying to show me something. I was not sure what

"My time spent with Edward has been amazing. In the months since I met him we got closer and the. It was time to meet the family. It went fine. It took awhile to catch on to what the Cullens were. By the time I did, I met their extended family." Liz's voice choked then, a slight catch that as a regular human I never would have caught.

Edward sat on the arm of a chair, pulling her into his lap. "Before I met Liz, my physical affections had been elsewhere. Contrary to popular belief among some of my family members I am not a 90 something year old virgin." He sounded a bit exasperated. Irritation evident in his tone also. Consternation making him looming a bit constipated.

Can vampires even get constipated? Indigestion maybe? Like the blood doesn't agree with them . . .? Questions for another day I suppose. I jerked my head to the left, to Paul. Who was snickering and trying, but not succeeding, in holding in his laughter. I smacked him across the chest which just caused him to laugh harder.

Sam snorted a little bit, I couldn't help sneaking a smirk across my lips at the antics of my boys.

I could see the big one, Emmett doubling over holding his sides, laughing boisterously. Looking around the others were smiling too. Except Edward. Even his mate, Liz had a smile on her lips.

. . .

The laughter died down as Edward started to speak again. "Our extended family consists of vampires, the Denalis, who follow our diet. One of them, a young woman name Tanya-"

At the mention of the name, Alice scowled, Rose hissed as did Liz, and Esme's lips drew into a straight line. I could see anger cloud over Jasper's face. They were all feeling it. My curiosity spiked.

He continued to speak, "Tanya and I pursued a very physical relationship for 20 years about another 20 years back. She developed feelings for me. At the time that we ended our relationship I felt that I was very clear in expressing that this was nothing more than a mutual 'scratching of an itch' as vulgar as that is to describe it. She did not understand that. I did not speak to her for years after that.

He lost focus in his gaze, stating off into space a bit. it didn't stop him from speaking. The only sounds in the room were the heartbeats of us three and Edwards voice. "I saw her once every several years or so. When her family came down to visit she was with them Liz was with us. At first she had thought the Liz was a human that we decided to turn. We later found out that Liz was Tonya's singer. Tanya left for a few hours, but eventually came back. She made an effort to control herself, to not be the monster we are. She succeeded for a time."

His eyes weren't so glazed over anymore. "They got along for awhile after that, becoming friends. However, things took a turn for the very worst when she found out that Liz was my mate."

There was pause and Liz took over speaking. "I came to the house to see Edward for a few hours and then go shopping with Tanya and Rose and Alice. Stupidly Emmett screamed for Edward that his mate was here. She must've smelled me or something and connected the dots from there.

"I was still standing, just in the doorway, as Edward was coming down the stairs and Tonya was leaving the kitchen. I could see year I remember seeing her, pausing, as still as a statue. Her face contorted. You could see the anger, pain and hate rolling off of her.

"Emmett was outside, but still too far away. Edward screamed at me to move, but I was too late. I saw her rushing at me. She gave into the monster that she was. She went for my throw with no hesitation. I could feel every second of agony is there and I remember the sound of her sucking my blood. Every wet drive a leaving my throat and going into her body. I could feel myself dying and something else entering my body. Then a fire started burning inside me. I was turning. Emmet reached and threw her off of me. A little bit of venom was in my veins. I didn't want to die. I wanted to stay. Stay with Edward."

They both looked at me, then Edward spoke for the last time. "I was desperate and couldn't lose her. Despite everything that I thought, I had to keep her with me. Even if it meant turning her into a monster. I felt no draw to the rest of the blood flowing through her veins. In every major artery including her heart, I injected my venom into her heart. I feel no regret for my decision."

"Bella, my life with no cakewalk that was for sure. I had no family. I was alone for most of my life. Since I met the Cullens, I know what it means to feel loved and to belong. They are my family, my home; I will die for them if it means they can live."

The conviction with they spoke to us was awe-inspiring. I just stood there, hoping nothing showed on my face. I was honestly in shock. Paul was as silent as I was. I felt Sam's hand squeeze mine, "Bella. We are leaving."

Looking to the Cullens, he kept speaking. "You will hear from us soon with a decision."

. . .

We didn't stay long at the Cullens. We left as fast as our fleshy two human legs could take us form the house. Standing on fresh Earth, we ran for the trees, losing our clothes as we shifted from one form to the next. Each step, each breath we took nothing but preternatural liquid movement.

We kept our minds blank and calm until we were deep in the loamy forests. Far from the Cullens. We were the only ones that were shifted at the moment. The three of us took advantage of it to talk amongst ourselves before we brought in the rest of the Pack.

Paul's thoughts rang through ours. 'There were no lies. They may be inhuman, but even vampires can give away their lies.'

Sam was speaking now. 'Their story was believable.'

'Sam, Paul. I have met the vampire they call Tanya. She was volatile for an animal drinker. I believe them. I do not think we should war. This will be the only exception we will ever make for them. Those are my thoughts.'

Paul growled, anger infusing him. 'Bella. You are never to go around the vampires alone again. Not without one of us with you.'

"I growled back. I was no one's bitch. 'You hold no control over me Lahote.'

'Enough you two. We have more important things to worry about.' Sam lifted his head to the sky. Seconds later an eerie howl rent through the air. I followed behind, letting my own song float through. Paul followed us. The three of us were connected alone for a second.

That second I wish I had back. The next thing I know my mind is over-run by the Pack. Jared, Embry, Jake, Seth, Leah, Quil; all of their voices ran through our minds almost instantaneously.

For a moment I thought I would pass out from the influx of voices, however, Sam and Paul's bodies on either side of me kept me steady.

Leah. 'So what were the leeches excuses?'

Seth. 'Bella.'

Jake. 'Bella, are you okay. I was so worried.'

Embry.'Sister. What did you guys find out?'

Jared. 'When do we go to kill some undead fuckers?!'

Quil. 'Cookies, I really want cookies. Oh hey guys. Bella when will you make some more of your cookies?'

Sam. 'Calm down everyone.'

Paul. 'I'm hoping we'll kill their asses soon. A living leech is a dead human.'

Me? You want to know my thoughts? Give me a moment. Their voices made me dizzy, overlapping over each other. I shook my head, trying to get my bearing. I laid down on the wet ground, feeling the coldness flow past my fur and onto my skin. Tucking my head between my paws I quietly growled. Sam and Paul were still talking with everyone else, but they watched me with concern and curiosity in their eyes. I couldn't even think, I couldn't even hear myself think.

Me? Well I kind of freaked out. I don't regret it either. It set in motion things we never thought could happen. I growled louder. Sam and Paul's voices disappeared from my head as they watched my prone form. 'Everyone. Please. Just shut the fuck up!'

There was a power in my voice that was never there before.

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