Author's Note (01/04/2016)

Hello, readers! Welcome to my first completed fanfic! I wrote this a few years ago and I went ahead and re-read it again for the first time in a long time! I became very critical of it and realized that I had a few typos and errors that I want to correct. So, I will be re-reading through each chapter and correcting these mistakes. There will be minor rewrites in the chapters, but not enough to change the entire plot of the fic.

Also, just for fun, I will be adding little tidbits and commentary at the end of the chapters. Thank you for supporting this fanfic!

Secrets

Introduction

Secrets, everyone has them. Whether they are secrets about themselves or other people or even a group of people, everyone will eventually have one or two, maybe more. Some secrets will be forced, some a burden to keep, and some may be necessary to share for the well-being of everyone involved. That's when secrets can start to complicate things, relationships, friendships, other people's lives. I should know. Secrets, mainly other people's, were the reason I left my beautiful home within the community known as The Gates.

You see, another thing with secrets is that most people, if not all, don't like it when their secrets are found out. In my case, I did not just find out one secret, I found out two; two big, unbelievable secrets. One other thing about these secrets, they weren't just about one person; they were about two specific groups in The Gates community. So with that being said, I guess "left my beautiful home" was the wrong thing to say. That would imply that I left voluntarily, on my own free will. Instead, it was more like "my parents voluntold me to live elsewhere."

That elsewhere happened to be with my Aunt Corinne in good, ol' Forks, Washington. My parents thought it would be a good change of scene for me. On top of being forced to keep The Gates' two biggest secrets, I also had to deal with my younger brother's sudden disappearance. It was the only reason they stayed and chose to endure the residents' newly found hostile attitude towards them; they were holding onto the hope that my brother would return.

It was hard for me to leave, knowing my brother was lost, but at the same time, I was relieved. I was relieved to be able to get away from the people who I pissed off. The people who stopped greeting me with smiles, but rather with cold, icy stares. The people who stopped asking how I was doing and instead kept reminding me to keep my mouth shut or else. Or else what? I didn't know. I didn't want to find out. On top of all of that, I was relieved to be able to get away from it all. I wanted nothing more than to bury the secrets deep, deep, deep in my mind to eventually forget and to move on and start anew.

Unfortunately, Forks was not the best town for that.

AN: The entire idea of this fanfic came when I first stumbled upon the TV show, The Gates. I was bummed to learn that it was cancelled after only one season. I felt like it had so much potential and the idea that different supernatural entities and creatures living in the community willingly was very interesting. I was very interested in the wolf pack introduced in the show. I immediately compared them to the wolf pack in Twilight. (Yes, I was a big fan of Twilight back then. Still am, mostly for the shape shifters). So, I thought about how to make a type of crossover between The Gates and Twilight, primarily focusing on the wolf packs. I also thought it would be interesting to have a main character who already knew about werewolves and vampires. Since the wolf pack had to keep their identities a secret, I thought it would be somewhat entertaining for them to meet someone who already knew about them and see how it played out.

Until the next re-write! ;)