Chapter 1

"You have to go." They said, "We need alliances to become stronger." They said. Analei huffed quietly to herself as the 3 elders of her tribe enclosed her in a circle, after they called her to a meeting, trying to convince her to go when she already knew they were going to make her anyway. She had to be strong for her tribe, she was the oldest wolf of fighting age, at the age of 18, and the only others were 13 and 14. That's it, that's all the wolves they had to fight, they were a small tribe, dying off over the years. They recently had an encounter with a vampire who was passing through but it was enough to trigger the wolf inside of Analei. The elders wanted to be prepared if these vampires or any others ever decided to take to their small town and inhabit it. One of those elders included her grandfather, who had raised her after her parents passed away when she was ten. Car accident, she was told, but for some reason she never believed it deep down.

She cut the elders off swiftly but not harsh enough to disrespect them, "Yes, Grandpa, I understand, I will go in place of our tribe. I will see how their pack works and try to make an alliance." Analei locked her light brown eyes with her grandfather's, a deep understanding in her voice.

The elders nodded, content that she decided to go instead of forcing her. She forced a small smile and a nod and walked out of her grandfather's house after they released her and told her she would be leaving in the morning, the sooner the better. She planned to go to her favourite place that she went to be alone and let her mind drift, trusting her feet to take her where she wanted to go.

The elders told her that the wolves down in Forks, Washington. Despite being in a tribe, Analei's, and the rest of her tribe, all had fairer skin. It might be due to the fact that her tribe originated and lived in Alaska. They were artic wolves. Analei was different than the rest, once she phased her hair changed colour dramatically to a snow white, the colour of her wolf. They younger wolves both had a mish-mash of greys and light browns in their pelts, but not Analei, she was pure white.

Anyway, her grandfather said that these boys were slightly wilder than we were here, different in appearance and upbringing, despite both being descended from wolves. He told her to prepare for the overwhelming testosterone levels since there was only one female wolf to about 12 male ones.

She finally found herself at the small pond she often came to to get away from it all, her people were now treating her like royalty, it was getting suffocating. She sat down on a large stump and crossed her legs, she would leave tomorrow by herself on foot to visit the Quileute tribe for a bit and hopefully make an alliance quickly so she could come back home to the cold where she belonged, where her wolf belonged.

After sitting for a while she decided she should go home and get rest and pack little of what she could take with her on her trip, not knowing how long it will take exactly. As she walked she started to think of the two younger wolves, just as new to this as she was and she was leaving them to figure this out for herself, but she would bring her knowledge back from the Quileutes and pass it on to them.

When she got back her grandfather was sitting at his usual place at the kitchen table, in view of his TV that constantly ran the news. It was rude in any way if one did not acknowledge an elder if you were in their presence, and it also showed disrespect. Analei touched her grandfather's shoulder as she passed him to make her way to the fridge where she grabbed a bottle of water and sat down across from him.

"I already packed what you needed, I want you to get as much rest as possible." Her grandfather's solemn, yet dominating, voice came from across the table. Analei nodded softly and looked at her bottle. "You have much courage, Analei, leaving home to serve your tribe at a young age. You're very much like your mother that way." Analei looked up at the mention of her mother, her grandfather didn't talk about her much even though she was his only child.

Her grandfather smiled slightly at her, she could tell it was forced, he always stayed strong in front of her. "I've made arrangements for you to stay with the father of one of the boys, his name is Billy Black, and his son is Jacob. Their alpha, Sam, did not have room for you in his house with all the other boys." Her eyebrows raised a bit, "You're putting a lot of trust in these men, Grandpa." He nodded, "Yes, but I do know that you will not let yourself be pushed around, you're strong, your wolf is strong." He motioned to my hair, he always said it was because my wolf could never actually be contained, I never really thought much of it.

"You will stand out there but do not worry, you are no different." He concluded his statement by putting his hand over mine on the table and squeezed, it felt comforting, especially knowing she won't be feeling this kind of comfort for a while. "I figured I would stand out there, since I do here." Analei chuckled softly but nervously.

Her grandfather watcher her closely, his eyes holding many years of wisdom and knowledge. "You will simply live with them, run alongside them and convince their leader we are worthy of an alliance until our tribe grows strong again." Again, Analei nodded. "Alright Grandpa, I'm going to go to bed, I'll see you in the morning." She stood and smiled at him before making her way down the hall to the second door on the left, her bedroom.

She dressed for bed and laid down underneath the covers, thinking. She would have no problem holding her own, she did have a little bit of an anger problem, and things could get ugly quickly with her involved if she is provoked.

With her head going every which way she finally drifted to sleep only to have her grandfather wake her up at first light. She knew it was going to be early but never thought this early.

She got up and got dressed, but before she left her room she looked in her body length mirror. Analei had long white hair that reached the middle of her back, her eyes were light brown and if you looked close enough they were yellow in the middle around her pupil. Her face was slimmer but well structured, her lips were bigger than she wanted and her nose stuck out a tad too far for her liking. Her skin was fairer but definitely not vampire fair, and her body was well muscled at a 5'5 height but still had generous curves, which she also hated, curse her mother for being a voluptuous woman.

She drew in a deep breath and walked out of her room to her grandfather and the other two elders sitting in her kitchen. She hugged each of them, lingering in her grandfather's embrace and finally let go, saying her final goodbyes she left the house she grew up in to go out into the world by herself and started her journey to Forks, Washington.