Ariel's paws pounded through the forest. New people were moving into Vince's trailer. She knew that they were trustworthy, but she was still curious about them. They were gypsies and knew the secrets of the world. As she drew closer to the powder blue trailer, she shifted out of the form of a lynx and stood as a curvy blonde girl of seventeen. Blushing slightly when she remembered that she was competely naked and that the spare clothes that Vince kept for her were inside.

Vince was like the uncle Ariel never had. He was constantly drunk and always stoned, but he was a good man and looked after Ariel when her mother was 'out-of-town.' When he died, Ariel broke the fuck down and was numb for weeks. So when she heard that some of Vince's relatives were moving into the trailer, her curiosity peaked.

Even in human form, Ariel's senses were as sharp as her animal form. So when she lifted her head to the air and inhaled deeply, she could smell the distinct scent of wolf. There were no wolves in Hemlock Grove, Pennsylvania. At least none that came near this small patch of property near the highway. Ariel knew what the scent was. One of the new comers was a werewolf.

As she heard them approach, Ariel hid herself behind a patch of trees. Her naked form pressed against the rough bark of the nearest tree as she tried to guage who the fuck her new neighbors were.

"Hello neighbor" she heard a deep male voice sound from next to the trailer and for a second Ariel though that the man had seen her. Glancing out from behind her hiding place, she noticed that the man was looking towards the large Godfrey mansion. Letting out a sigh of relief, Ariel looked at her new neighbors.

The man looked to be around her age and looked like sex on a stick. At least in Ariel's opinion. The woman, who was obviously the guys mother, looked like someone who was laied back and didn't take things as bad as most women would. Ariel could admire that.

When the two of them went inside the house with boxes in their hands, Ariel honed her hearing so that she could find the perfect moment to reveal herself to them.

"Oh man, Vince was sad when he was sober" the woman said.

"Vince was sober?" came the sons reply, which caused Ariel to giggle softly.

"Yea when it counted" the was a small pause. "Ah we're in business." Ariel could only assume that the woman had found Vince's stash.

Vocal silence rattled through the old trailer as the mother and son made themselves comfortable. Ariel figured that it was as good a time as any to introduce herself. She mildly wished she wasn't fucking naked.

"Hey, Lynda, did Vince have a girlfriend?" asked the teenager, his voice causing Ariel to stop short infront of the door. He had obviously found the clothes that she had stashed there.

"Don't think so, why?" came the woman, Lynda's, voice.

"Found a bunch of womans clothes in the bedroom" he answered. Before Lynda could respond, Ariel stepped a barefoot over the threshhold adn cleared her throat.

"Those would be mine" she spoke.

"Holy fuck" the guy breathed, his eyes widening when he saw Ariel's naked body.

"Peter, go get the girl some clothes!" Lynda said to her son. "Come on in, honey" she offered. "Don't mind my son, he's a good boy he's just..."

"A guy who just saw a very attractive naked blonde?" Ariel offered with a giggle. At her words Lynda laughed as well. "Ariel Mikaelson" she introduced herself.

"Lynda Rumancek, and that was my son, Peter" Lynda introduced. An instant later, Peter returned holding a pile of black clothing. Taking the clothes from him, Ariel slipped into the loose black tanktop and pulled on the very short black shorts.

"Thanks" she nodded to Peter, who nodded back. Silently, Ariel moved around the small living room, the eyes of the Rumancek duo following her every move. "Ah, here it is. Can't believe that asshole put it here" she smiled, pulling a small circle of blue beads out from behind the small television. "Vince had a habit of stealing my shit and hiding it on me" Ariel explained as she slipped the bracelet onto her wrist.

"So how did you know Vince?" Lynda asked.

"I live a stones through from here. He was friends with my mom, which was code for they fucked like bunnies at one point, and since she's usually out of town he would look after me" Ariel shrugged, plopping down on the couch and lighting a cigarette."When he died, she decided to take a solo vacay to the bahama's" she added with a shrug as she exhaled a long line of smoke.

"Sucks" Peter breathed as he lit up a cigarette of his own. Ariel just shrugged once again.

"Meh, used to it" she said. She didn't even notice that Lynda had left them alone in the living room. With a stretch, Ariel stubbed out her cigarette and stood from her spot. "Well, I'm gunna head out" she told them. "It was nice meeting you guys." And with that she turned towards the door.

"Hey, wait!" Peter called out. "I'm gunna walk her back. Maybe go to town" he told his mother.

"Yea, hang those herbs up though before you go" Lynda said, not looking at her son.

"Give me a minute?" Peter asked Ariel who just nodded and sat back down on the couch. She watched as Peter pulled a bundle of sage out of a box, the scent making her hum contentedly before he took them outside to hang by the door. Ariel had a similar set up outside of her own trailer door.

Suddenly another scent drifted through the air, causing Ariel to jump up and walk outside to join Peter. But when she stepped out into the sunlight, she didn't see anything.

"Bye mom!" Peter called out before he followed Ariel in the direction of her house.

To Ariel, the walk back to her own trailer was longer on two legs and bare feet than her four paws. But she still enjoyed the scents of the forest and the earth beneath her toes. The two of them walked in silence down the small path that led to Ariel's house.

"You can come in. I need to head to town, so I might as well go with you" Ariel shrugged before walking inside and leaving Peter to his won devices as she went to put on a bra and grab a pair of shoes. She could feel Peter's gaze on her back as she walked down the short hallway to her bedroom.

Second later, she joined Peter out in the living room to find him looking at the ritual alter she had set up.

"Roma?" he asked her, not making eye contact as he gazed over the many dieties on the alter.

"Little bit" Ariel shrugged. "Great-Great-Great grandmother was gypsy, her husband was viking. There's a little bit of everything in me" she told him. "Cat more than anything" her last words breaking through the air and causing Peter to look at her.

"Cat?" he asked. Ariel just shrugged and headed towards the door with Peter on her heels.

"Shifter" she shrugged.

It didn't take long for the two of them to make their way into town, and Ariel found herself drifting closer to Peter as they walked and talked.

"You should stay for dinner" he said as they walked down Main street. "I know it would make Lynda feel better" he added.

"Sure" Ariel shrugged. Before long, Peter stopped infront of a store filled with leather and Ariel saw him eyeing a jacket on the racks. "Go get it" she rolled her eyes with a grin. Smirking back at her, Peter strolled inside. Instead of waiting for Peter to come back out, Ariel went over to the jewelery store across the street and went inside.

Easily she picked up two necklaces and slipped them into her waistband and strolled out without a second thought.

Peter was waiting for her a little ways down the street wearing his new jacket. Ariel could see a small bump under the material. They didn't say anything to eachother and instead quietly walked down the street, heading back to the Rumancek trailer.

"Got you something" Peter said, breaking their silence. Looking over at him, Ariel saw him pull something out from under him own jacket. It was a small leather bundle. Taking it from his hands, Ariel unfolded it and saw that it was another lether jacket. Though smaller than his own, and it had a large multicolored butterfly design on the back.

"Holy fuck that's gorgeous, Peter" she breathed before slipping it on.

"Yea well, I remembered seeing a bunch of butterfly shit in your house so when I saw this" he paused to tug at the hem of her new jacket "I couldn't resist."

"Well thank you" she smiled, putting her hand to her waistback and pulling the necklaces out. "Guess great minds think alike" she smiled, dangling one infront of him as they walked. "Got something for your mom, too" Ariel added, slipping the other necklace into the jacket pocket.

"Well, shit, thanks Ariel" Peter smiled as he pulled on the necklace and adjusted it's size.

The rest of their trip was silent. At one point Peter had put his arm around Ariel's shoulder as they walked. And before they knew it, they were back at the Rumancek trailer.

"By the way, your staying for dinner" was all Peter said before dragging her inside with him.

"Perfect timing" Lynda spoke as they walked through the door. "Staying for dinner, Ariel?" the woman asked.

Even though she had only met the mother and son a few short hours ago, Ariel felt drawn to them.

"Yea, Peter kidnapped me" she joked as Peter shut the door behind them and then turned to face his mother with his arms spread wide.

"Hey mommy's little theif" Lynda chuckled when she saw her sons new jacket.

"Where's the uh..." he paused for a second before tapping the security device on the inside of his jacket. "the thing?"

"I put all of our tools in here ok?" Lynda said, moving over to a beat up dresser and pulled out a white device.

"You didn't need my help at all to clean up this place" Peter commented as he took the object from his mother.

"Shit, place looks better than it did when I came by to clean up" Ariel pointed out, shrugging out of her jacket so that Peter could remove the security tag for her. "Oh, by the way, Lynda, I got you something" she smiled after Peter handed her back the jacket. Wihtout a word she pulled out a set of white pearls. "Just a little something to say welcome" she smiled, handing them to the woman.

"They're beautiful Ariel" she smiled, looking at the necklace. "You know what they say about pearls before swine?" she asked them.

"Uh...no" Peter said honestly from his spot next to his mother.

"Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet and turn and rend you" Ariel quoted, causing both gyspies to look at her curiously. "What, I read. There's different versions, but the one from King James sounds the coolest" she added with a shrug. "I smell pig" Ariel stated from her seat after a moment of silence.

"Ah, I cooked pork chops..." Lynda smiled, putting the pearls to her lips before slipping them over her neck. "Wine?" she offered Ariel, who just nodded. "To our new home and our beautiful new neighbor" Lynda toasted, raising her glass to meet Ariel and Peter's. In response, Peter toasted in the native Romani.

"Fie ca zeii strălucească în jos pe noi și să binecuvânteze unirea noastră de prietenie" Ariel spoke, causing Peter and Lynda to look at her curiosly. "What I speak Romanian" she shrugged before sipping her wine.

"Your just full of suprises aren't you, kitty cat?" Peter joked.

"Well, so are you wolf boy" she giggled. Silence then followed. Ariel just sighed when her new neighbors gave her questioning looks. "Dude, I can smell it on you" she said. Peter seemed to understand, but Lynda didn't. "I'm a shifter" she explained, biting into her pork chop. "I only have one shift right now, but when I'm older I can pretty much turn into anything. Hurts like a bitch, but hey what can you do" she shrugged.

After dinner, Ariel was curled up on the black leather couch with Peter's head resting on her hip. The three of them had decided to watch a movie before calling it a night, which Ariel was thankful for. She hated being in her house by herself. Something that the Rumancek's had caught on to.

She was even more thankful that they had asked her to spend the night. When she started to doze off, Ariel barely registered Peter shifting and sitting up.

"Ariel, come on, I'll take the couch" he said quietly, nudging her so that he could help her into the bedroom.

"We're big kids, Peter. We can share a bed without someone copping a feel" Ariel grumbled. The next thing she knew, Peter was lifting her off of the couch and bringing her into the small bedroom. Which was more bed than room.

She was asleep before her head hit the pillow.

AN: Alright, so here's the first chapter of my new story, Animal Instincts! Honestly, I wasn't planning on posting it this soon, and I only have a little bit written, but I just couldn't resist! There is a monumental lack of Peter/ OC stories, and I just felt the need to post. Hopefully I can get more than the first episode written out.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed the first chapter, and will continue to enjoy everything that is to come! I know that this chapter was kinda...blah, but I promise it'll pick up!

Coming up next: A trip to the zoo, lost of fluff and we see a little bit more into Ariel's mind So stay tuned!

As Always, Leave Love

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PS: Here are some translations from this episode!: Fie ca zeii strălucească în jos pe noi și să binecuvânteze unirea noastră de prietenie-may the gods shine down on us and bless our union of friendship