Title: Total Eclipse of the Heart

Penname(s): 4CullensandaBlack

Fandom: Twilight

Pairing(s): Leah and Edward

Picture #: 36

Rating: PG

Disclaimer: I own nothing. Twilight belongs to SM. Glee's version of Total Eclipse of the Heart inspired the title.

Summary: On a typical hunt, Edward stumbles across a small gray wolf, but was it really an animal's thoughts he was hearing or something else? And who is the girl he meets at the Forks Annual Carnival, and why does she smell like his wolf?

Submitted for the 100 Pictures—An Anon Fanfic Competition

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Prologue

I felt it; the wind in my hair as I ran through the forest. I loved the times when it was just me and no one else; especially time away from my family. It's nice just to have my own thoughts, daydreams, and fantasies. I knew they all meant well, but of late, whenever I listened in on their thoughts, it always seemed to be about me and Bella.

"How can he stand to be with a human? It's beneath us."

"Oh my God, I can smell her on him. How am I supposed to stay in control if she is always around?"

"Oh! I'm just so happy Edward finally has someone, even if she is human. He's been so lonely."

Being out on the hunt with no one else's thoughts but my own is what I needed. At least I couldn't hear the animals. That was the reason I came back to our "vegetarian" lifestyle after my time away from the family. My ability to hear my victims' thoughts only made me feel more like a monster, even though they themselves were nothing but thieves, murderers and rapists.

I'd been out in the woods for almost an hour and there was... nothing.

As I made my way around an old oak I was hit with the most delicious scent; it smelled even better than Bella. I was intrigued, and broke out into a full sprint, and ran along the edge of a wide river. As I got closer to what sounded like a small waterfall I saw a small, gray, female wolf.

I crouched low, getting ready to pounce when I heard…

"Oh God... this feels heavenly. I needed to bathe; I'm so filthy."

I stumbled backward. There's no way I just heard that! I can't hear animals' thoughts!

"What was that sound? I need to leave and head back to the pack."

By the time I regained my bearings and retraced the scent, it was too late. She was long gone and I was left wondering what, or who that wolf was?