3rd person p.o.v

Carly walked through the front door to find her sister lying on the couch sleeping. She threw her school back on the floor quickly and rushed to see her older sister.

Carly has only seen Nicole 'sleeping' on nights of the full moon. You see, full moons effect Nicole and her aunty greatly. They are controlled by the full moon and the tide. She knows Nicole has probably lost control of herself and knew Nicky is hibernating- this way her body is preparing herself for what is to come.

She wondered to herself how Nicky made it to the couch and managed to cover herself up with a blanket.

Last time Nicky hibernated she was passed out cold on the kitchen floor.

Carly looked at what was set-up in the room and was pretty impressed because she always does a better job setting up then Nicky.

She locked all the doors, windows and did some finishing up taping to cover the full moon. She checked that the water was off and settled herself on the couch next to her sleeping sister.

This was going to be a long night.

About an hour later Nicky's eyes opened. She just lied there staring at the ceiling, entranced.

Carly watched over her sister making sure she didn't harm herself.

A few moments later Nicky sat up.

Carly's eyes never left Nicky's.

"Paul…" Nicky said still in trance.

Carly furrowed her brows, wasn't Paul that guy who wouldn't leave her alone on the first day?

There was no point in asking why Nicky said Paul, of all the names because Nicky isn't herself at the moment.

That was about all Nicky said… or mumbled the entire night. Carly thought it was lucky Nick didn't have any view from the full moon tonight because she could have possibly found Paul.

Carly loves her sister very much and the last thing she would want is her older sister in a drunken-like state finding a boy who could possibly take advantage of her.

Carly managed to watch a couple movies and get a lot of sleep surprisingly. But every now and then she would wake herself up to keep an eye on Nicky. Everything would be back to normal when the moon disappears.

Mary came home around 4am to find her two daughters asleep on the couch. She took in the room and smiled to herself.

She put on her pyjamas and picked up her youngest daughter, Carly and carried her to bed. Even though Nicole was lighter then a normal girl her age, it would be best to just let her sleep undisturbed on the couch.

Around 6am an intruder snuck through an open window in the laundry room. None of the Summers had noticed the window being open since the intruder had only opened it recently that day.

The intruder knew exactly where to go, out the door, down the hallway, room on your right. He tried not to make a noise while walking over to the couch were his heart and soul rested on the couch. He still had no idea what was the matter with her but was sure he would find out the next day.

He crouched on the floor and gently stroked Nicky's cheek. He couldn't get over how pretty… no gorgeous his imprint is. Even know when her hair is messy and her eyes are closed she would have to be the most stunning girl Paul has ever seen.

He kissed her gently on the lips, loving the feel of her lips on his and began making his exit through the same way he came.

"Paul…" An angelic voice mumbled causing Paul to freeze and turn around at the still sleeping girl. She was not awoken by Paul and had spoken through her hibernating stage. What Paul doesn't know is that if she sees the moon tonight or touches water she will snap out of her hibernating stage and lose more control- there is no telling what she could do.

Unexpectantly Nicky's arms wrapped around Paul's neck. Her eyes were firmly shut. Paul was still squatting on the floor still as a statue. Did he want to wrap his arms around Nicole? Hell yeah he did! Did he want to go to sleep cuddling her? Of course! But to him it didn't feel right. She was sleeping peacefully and he didn't want to disrupt that.

He was having a mind war with himself. This is what he wants. But he didn't deserve it. He leaned over and kissed Nicky's head before standing up and removing her arms from around his neck.

As soon as he was free from her embrace her face crumbled. He couldn't stand seeing her like that so he picked her up bridal style and headed down the hall. Paul didn't like the fact that Nicky was sleeping on the couch and could really hurt her back so he lifted her up to find her room. He kept glancing down at her while he followed her scent back to her room. Her scent was the strongest there.

He opened the door and couldn't help but look around. There were so many photos on corkboards around the room with her old friends. He was completely distracted at one photo near the window that stood out compared to others. It must have been about four years ago because Nicky looked completely different. She was a really small child and her body was very tiny- but that wasn't what was weird in the picture. An elderly man wearing science goggles and a white coat was hugging her in a room full of chemicals and science equipment. Nicky never spoke about her father or about her California life and now Paul was now really curious.

He got back to the job at hand. Getting Nicky to bed. She was holding on to the front of his tee-shirt while her head rested on his shoulder. He smiled down at her and placed her carefully on her bed. Her grip only tightened and Paul took that as a positive sign that she would like him to join her.

He was already bare foot and was only in sweats so he slipped of his shirt and got under the covers holding Nicky to his chest. She snuggled into his chest for warmth and he sighed in contentment.

In about a time span of three seconds two things happened. The full moon in the sky signalled it was midnight and the reflection of the moon bounced onto the mirror in Nicky's room. Nicky's eyes snapped open and almost immediately she had pushed Paul off of her. Paul thought this action was because she woke up in actually fact it was because her hibernating stage had just ended.

She struggled out of Paul arms and bolted to the window. By the time she was struggling with the lock Paul had jumped up and held her back.

"Nicky, Nicky. What are you d-?"

He was cut off when Nicky snarled at him and looked him in the eyes.

Her deep green eyes had changed to a stormy grey. The sclera of the eye (White jelly that surrounds the pupil and iris) had changed to a black and made her look dangerous. It scared Paul for a second because he knew straight away this wasn't Nicky.

His grip let go of her for a split second before she violently thrashed out of his arms and smashed through the window. He reacted instantly and jumped out of the broken window to save his imprint from the two-story fall.

As soon as Nicky ran through the glass window she landed gracefully on her toes. Her body reacted instantly and she was following the scent to the ocean. Paul stumbled around for a moment, before chasing after his crazed soul-mate. It reminded him of a new born vampire. Or one of his pack members losing control to the animal side of them.

He strived to keep up with her: she was speeding to the end of the cliffs. She tripped over a fallen tree and this was his chance to grab her and restrain her. Paul wrapped his arms around her while she screamed a toe-curling scream that didn't sound like her voice.

"Stop… Nicky- please!" He was fighting back tears. What's happening to her?

Out in the moonlight her skin was tinged into a light blue, making her look freezing.

She flung her arms and her nails scratched into Paul's cheek letting the blood fall freely.

"Ah!" he manly-screamed. His hands automatically reached for his face and his hold of Nicky was loosened. She took that as a chance to run for it and sprinted to the borderline of the forest. Paul was momentarily dazed by Nicky's speed but snapped out of it when he realised she wasn't even following the hiking trail.

He ran as fast as he could and lost her scent. He looked around hastily trying to back track and find her scent but he couldn't even do that. Her scent was gone.

He phased quickly not worrying about ripping his clothes and soon was in the mind of Leah.

Leah! I need your help. –PAUL

Fuck off. My shift ends in a minute I'm not going to help you –LEAH

Please! I can't find Nicky –PAUL

You're so whipped it's not even funny –LEAH

LEAH! Stop being a bitch and help me! –PAUL

Paul showed Leah what had happened only ten minutes ago from her sleeping peacefully on him to her eyes and braking through a glass window and racing out into the forest.

Oh my god… –LEAH

I know right –PAUL

You actually snuck into her house! HAHAHAHAHA Paul you're worse then Jared! Wait 'til everyone hears about this! –LEAH

Fuck you! –PAUL

Whatever I'm going to bed. Have fun trying to get laid –LEAH

Before Paul could let out a string of curses to Leah she phased back leaving his mind empty. It wasn't surprising that Leah didn't care enough to help. It's just that he couldn't help but feel hopeless. Seth Embry would probably be taking over Leah's shift about now but he couldn't bring himself to ask for help. It is his fault his imprint ran off.

There was no use trying to find Nicole now. Part of him felt empty because he missed her so much while the other part was devastated because she's alone and probably lost out here.

He decided he would take over Embry's shift and try looking for her all night when Embry phased. Paul didn't bother tell Embry all about the details just that he wanted to take over. Embry was too tired to really question his motives.

Nicky's POV

Agh… my head. I woke up on dry sand by the sun… naked. Great. I looked around quickly to see if anyone was around and was relieved to find not a soul on the beach.

My head was aching and my body was sore. What the hell happened last night and why am I at the beach? I thought I did a great job protecting myself from the full moon and water.

I wonder where my clothes are.

I decided walking home through the forest would be a safer option since it is out of view from the public eye.

I was near the edge of the forest when I saw a big- no, MASSIVE wolf/horse/bear thing sleeping in some leaves.

Ok, I'm not one to swear but that motherfucker was huge!

But come to think of it, it really is a beautiful creature. Ok, sue me. I like animals and nature. I know a lot about lone wolves and know they get aggressive easily. But for some odd reason I felt oddly at peace and safe with this gigantic carnivore.

Ignoring the thought I slipped by it quickly hoping to not wake it up and bolted back to my place. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw my broken window. Damn!

I climbed the big oak tree that was growing alongside of the house and was an easy escape route since the front and back door would both be locked and I didn't have my keys with me.

I jumped through the window avoiding the shard glass everywhere and grabbed the clothes I would wear today. I slipped on my robe quickly and looked at the time. School started half an hour ago. Oh well. I'm going to be late anyways. Mum was probably off at work and Carly would be at school. I wonder if they noticed my disappearance.

While waiting for the bath to fill up I looked myself over in the mirror.

My skin was still tinged with a natural blue that would fade out after I had a bath and my eyes were back to normal.

I wasn't worried about my skin colour or my eyes changing, it always happened through full moons. I have never seen how I have acted through full moons… well because it's literally like I'm not there.

It feels like I have just gone to sleep while my instincts control myself. Carly told me once I get very violent and look like a dangerous she-beast when I woke up one morning and Carly had scratches over her arms and stomach.

The bath was full and I took of my robe and got in steadily. My body was so sore from what ever I was doing that I didn't care that the water was scorching hot. In a matter of seconds my legs were combined together and transformed into a silvery/blue tail.

Incase you're wondering, yes. I am a mermaid. It's genetic and my aunt is one too. Though I haven't seen her in years mum assures me she's doing fine.

And no, I do not sit on rocks combing my hair with a mirror. In fact being a mermaid is the least peaceful thing ever.

I have to kill vampires, stay away from water in public and hide myself like a hermit crab when the full moons out. And don't get me started with all this talking to fish crap. I don't understand a single thing they say.

I love animals and fishy- it's why I'm a vegetarian. But that doesn't mean I don't get annoyed with them.

Fish are really annoying. They follow me around like I'm Jesus to them.

Since I'm going over a couple things about life as a teenage mutant fish I might as well cover some basic information.

-I don't magically turn into a mermaid with shells covering my breasts. So when I touch water I try to carry a bikini top if I can.

-I have never seen a guy mermaid. It's weird but I have always wondered.

-There are more of us but the only other mermaids I have ever seen is just my aunty. Even then I haven't seen her in this form.

-I don't have gills. But that doesn't mean I don't have to hold my breath. You see I'm kind of like a whale in a way because I do have to come up for breath at least once every ten minutes. But other than that I think life as a mermaid rocks!

So yeah. That's all I guess.

It's hard being what I am. The constant rain doesn't make everything a piece of cake either. But what can you do?

When I first changed from being a scrawny little bone kid I only had my mum to teach me, since her sister was a mermaid too she understood what I was going through… kind of.

She told me stories of dangerous vampires with blood red eyes that feed off of people and how it was my duty to save them. I heard once from my aunt that there is a coven of royal vampires but that's all I have heard. I don't know if I believe that there is a kind vampire that overpowers the rest of the vampire folk but who am I to say what's real and what isn't?

After pulling the plug from the bath and awkwardly pushing myself out I started to dry myself. As soon as I touch water I turn into a mermaid.

While waiting for my body to change back into human I start to dry my hair with a blow dryer. I left it down in soft natural curls down my back when it finally dried. Finally my tail was dry and my legs were back to normal.

The transformation is a funny process it doesn't hurt in the slightest but it feels very uncomfortable and a bit ticklish.

I put on my clothes and headed down stairs for breakfast. Mum left the newspaper on the table as she always does and I flipped through to find the comics. Ha! Garfield, how you make me chuckle.

After laughing to myself about Garfield the orange cats' mischief I did the usual routine for school.

I knew I would probably arrive at lunchtime and have to get a late pass.

I started walking to school whistling happily when I realised my necklace was gone. My vampire tooth necklace was not around my neck. I searched the ground like an idiot and ended up running back home.

I searched everywhere. And I mean everywhere. I wouldn't be surprised if I lost it in the ocean. I was about to cry. Nobody understands what this necklace means to me. It was the very first vampire I took down and my aunt was there with me.

This necklace was a part of me. It's what I represent. I went into my room and checked under the bed when I found two things that are very unusual to have in my room. Another scent that was neither my mum, sister nor myself. And a tee-shirt on the floor that smells way too much like the scent all over my room. It was strongest on my bed.

Holy crap! WHAT did I do last night?

And why does this scent belong to Paul?