Disclaimer: I do not own Twilight. All rights belong to Stephenie Meyer and her affiliates. Some lines will be taken directly from New Moon, which is not mine. If there is any point where there is something else I borrowed I will announce that as well.

Beginning Notes: I have wanted to write this story for several months, and decided to put the thought on the backburner until I advanced with the other stories I was working on. Well I am now at the point where I can write it. The pack dynamic is something that I am enthused by, and thought would be an awesome challenge. I don't know if this will be like other Sam/Bella stories because I have only ever read 2 and they were completely different from this. For the timeline I am basing it off this, Sam was born in 1986, this means as long as he was born in August or later he would be one school year older than Bella. There is no date listed for his birth so I am going to give him the birthdate of December 21st 1986. He started phasing in his senior year of school, and I am going to say it was May, the same month when Bella was attacked by James, this makes his first phase fall into line with my idea of why the pack existed. This story starts four months after his first phase, in September when Edward leaves Bella in the forest. I would say that in the original timeline Sam would have only imprinted on Emily at the end of summer or early fall, I changed the timeline a little bit in this aspect, making the bonfire the catalyst that could have restored Leah and his relationship. I enjoy the story behind the story and wouldn't start to write it if I couldn't see the possibility, especially using the characters in the actual universe, not a full alternate, even though it does have some alternate qualities to it. While I do love a great alternate universe, and writing them, we fell in love with the Twilight series, and I want my readers to not feel as if I completely went off the deep end. I also do not want them to feel that I am rewriting the book, especially in the first few chapters. It will be very different after several chapters, but until the imprint happens we will not much deviation.

Divide- All That Remains

Another second,
I see you're on the verge of changing things tonight
So no excuses, you just stop hold me
You're wasting life
Just let go and divide

Chapter One: Search

It seemed that my time since that fateful May day was spent either waiting for a phone call, reporting to my elders, or trying to manage my landscaping business. I no longer had time for myself, or at least that is how it felt. I was now in charge of the protection for my tribe, and I felt horribly inadequate. I also resented the fact that my life was no longer my own. Before the phase I had dreams beyond this place, I wanted to go to school, make a difference, change the world, but as long as those bloodsucking demons were in close proximity to me, I would have to wait. I would be stuck here, on the reservation, until the damn life sucking beasts chose to leave.

I hated vampires with every fiber of my being. Not just for taking away my freedom, but for taking away the only real relationships I had left. They ruined my relationship with my mother, who was now fairly certain I was using some form of hard drug, and Leah who was certain that I was cheating on her. She hadn't even let me hug her since I got lost in the woods. I truly loved her, but now I felt isolated and lonely because I knew I would never be able to have a true romantic partner again, unless fate had a roll in things, but fate was a cruel bitch. Imprinting was a dream, because then there would be no secrets between me and my girl. Imprinting according to legend, was rare, only a small portion of wolves found the one who was meant for them. With buried tribal law, we were only able to reveal our secrets to those who refused to reveal it, and with normal relational bonds, women could take petty shots. One fight and everyone could know, hence the law.

I was pacing through my house, trying to figure out what do to next when my phone began to ring. "Sam, we need you and the boys. Bella Swan has gone missing, she may have been bitten." Billy Black, my current chief, spoke to me when he heard the phone stop waiting. He didn't even wait for me to say hello.

I felt anger course through me. She knew what they were. She risked her life, time and time again just to get close to the leeches, and now we were meant to save her? On the bright side if she were in fact bitten, I would be able to rip some demons to shreds, then piss on their bodies. "Why should we help her?" I hissed trying to remain petulant, simply to annoy my chief. It was easy, and a great way to expel some of my frustration and anger towards the world.

"If she were changed, then her father needs closure from her death. If they killed her, we need to exterminate the parasites, and if she is lost you would feel awful if she died alone in the woods. Sam, I know she isn't a member of the tribe, but we owe her father a lot. He is an honorary member, having been helping us for years. He deserves our assistance, even if it is necessary to deliver bad news." I huffed in agitation as he finished speaking. He was right of course, it was difficult to admit it though.

"Fine, I will get the boys in a car and we will be there in thirty minutes." I hung up my phone and phased in my living room, one of the benefits of having my own house. I let out a howl to alert my pack to phase.

My wait was brief, and I was shortly joined by Jared and Paul. "Boss what's going on?" Jared asked causing me to roll my eyes at the nickname. Paul just grumbled like normal, not thinking much, other than the best way to decapitate a bloodsucker.

"We need to track down Bella Swan, or at least come up with an explanation behind her disappearance. I think, and Billy agrees that she may have been bitten, or eaten." I thought through the pack connection, earning gasps of horror and disgust. "She may also just be lost, but I think there is more to it than that. Meet me here now, and we will drive over there to join the search party."

I phased back and put on a pair of basketball shorts and a t-shirt. I made sure my cord was firmly attached to my ankle, and headed outside to meet my brothers.

Arriving at Charlie's I noticed that we were not the only ones in the search party. It was as if he called the entire town. He was desperate for answers, and I knew secondhand from Billy that he never trusted the leech that took a liking to his daughter. I walked into his house, trying to scent Bella. That would make it easier. Upon entry I was assaulted with the burned sugar smell that went along with their kind, and found the concentration was strongest in Bella's bedroom. I growled in disgust, how could a leech feel it was ok to hang out in its dinner's room. A snake doesn't cuddle the rat before suffocating it. I was able to find something that smelled only of the girl, and slipped back outside, running directly into a distraught chief Swan. "Sam thank you for your help, I guess you went inside to see a recent picture of her?" I nodded, not wanting to draw suspicion to my wolf. "Well this is the only other clue that we have."

He handed me a note that had no trace of Bella on it, only the demon. This wasn't looking good for the human girl. She was probably already a snack. "How are we dividing up the search party? Would you like any advice?" I asked Chief Swan, knowing I needed to get me and the pack in wolf form to find her the quickest.

"I was going to have the women take the path, I will take the west perimeter with some of the men and you and the boys can take the east?" He phrased it as a question so I could have the option to object if need be. I liked his plan, so I nodded my acceptance and called my pack over to me.

"We are taking the east side, women in the middle and men the west. We need to keep an eye and nose out for the leeches, they might still be around," I whispered the last part so only they could hear. Then we took off into the woods.

Once we were out of sight and hearing distance I turned to my brothers, "Jared I want you to stay in wolf form until we find her, or a clue as to what happened. I need you to run to the Cullen house and check to see if they are holding her hostage there. Do not go inside, do not get to close, just listen to see if you can hear a heartbeat or any indication that they are there. Paul I want you to stay out of sight and search the east side of the woods for a scent trail. I will take the middle and do the same. Jared, after you visit their lair, I want you to do the west side." I spoke out my orders, feeling a little bit of the alpha come out. "If you find one, track, alert, but do not attack until we have formed a plan against the cold bastards." They nodded at me and phased, tying shorts and t-shirts around their ankles, but leaving their shoes where they were. We could come back for them.

"The Cullen house is empty Boss," Jared spoke through the pack link. Confusion became evident in my thoughts.

"How long?" I asked, hoping he was good enough at dating scent trails to give me an accurate answer. Paul was not the greatest, which was why he was tracking, not investigating.

"About a week, I can't be 100% sure. Nothing new leaving the house through the woods. I am going to get closer." He replied, causing me to feel a little bit uncomfortable. I didn't like the idea of him getting up to the windows, but it might necessary to figure out what happened.

"Be careful." I told him turning back to my task. The demon led her up the path that was definite, but then it split in two, his leading to the west, and hers to the east. Her path was peppered with small amounts of blood, and skid marks as if she was falling down continually.

"Paul, he went your way. I found her trail, I think she may still be alive. Track his trail, make sure he isn't still lurking around." I barked and made my way up the path. By now it was dark, and it seemed like half the search party had left. It made it easier for me to locate the girl in my chosen way.

I followed her trail, and at the base of a tree there was a girl who was fully broken. It appeared that she had tripped, and just decided to stay wrapped up in a fetal position, possibly for warmth. I got up close to her, and due to the rain, she had lost all traces of vampire from her clothing and skin. I walked up to her and sniffed her back, she was a mix between green trees, vanilla, cream, and musk, with a top note of berries. Feeling welled up inside me at smelling her first hand, a strong desire to protect was first, followed by lust and something familial that I couldn't place.

"Does she really smell that good?" Jared asked running to meet Paul at the place where we dropped our shoes and a lantern.

"When you get here see for yourself. It's like heaven." I answered my betas question and laid down next to her. She was unresponsive. I couldn't leave her alone for a second without running the risk of something in the woods getting her.

She stated to stir and I moved away from her, and I saw her start to shiver. I met Jared in the bushes a few hundred meters away and turned on the lantern, more for her good than my own. I then sent him and Paul back to tell the party that she had been found. "Bella," I called when her eyes looked up, not really focusing on me, it was as if she was too locked inside her mind to notice me. They were shocking, and I had to bite back a gasp. They were dead. Not like a vampire, but it was still as if he had sucked all the life out of her. All she seemed to be able to say was 'he's gone," which was confusing to me. Does this mean he left along with the rest of the monsters?

"Have you been hurt?" I asked, and a grimace crossed her face. She was fine it appeared, physically. She didn't answer me, so I moved closer, planning to carry her after my introduction. "Bella, my name is Sam Uley." Still no response. I wanted to see some life in her eyes, some recognition, anything, to let me know that she was ok mentally as well. "Charlie sent me to look for you." I added to my last statement, maybe her father's name would provoke a response. That brought more focus, she stared more intently at me, and a faint sliver of magic pulled at my heart. I would start patrolling the area around her house from now on, if only to catch a sight of her.

I held out my hand to her to grab it, but she only looked at me with confusion. I smiled at her slightly, then pulled her tiny body against my chest, breathing in the smell of her hair. I realized at that moment that was where the strawberry was coming from. It wasn't as nice as the rest of her scent, she was earthy and warm, like a fall day.

I carried her several miles through the damp terrain, but she never complained, just hung limply in my arms, as if she had no more life in her. We came to the back of the chief's house, causing a small amount of sadness to settle over me. I didn't want to leave her, but knew that I had to. She needed to be left with her father. I saw the lights, and the murmurs about the girl in my arms, and decided to call out. "I've got her." Everyone knew that we were coming, and that caused them all to rush up to us. I readjusted her, so her face was pressed closer again my bare chest. Her ear right over my heart.

The murmuring picked up as I got closer and people rushed us. "Thank God." From Charlie was the only thing that really stood out to me. "Is she hurt?" Some man I didn't recognize asked with genuine concern on his face.

"No, I don't think she is hurt. She just keeps saying He's Gone." I answered, looking to pick her father out from the crowd. I saw her bite her lip, and a slight blush taint her cheeks at my words. That was the first response that I had seen out of her beyond the instinctual seeking of warmth.

"Bella, honey, are you alright?" Chief Swan directed towards the girl, tears forming in his eyes. He almost lost everything today, I couldn't blame him for his loss of manliness. That caused the girl in my arms to tense and more recognition came to her eyes. He seemed to draw her out of whatever stupor she was in.

"Charlie?" She asked turning towards him. She seemed to get a bit more fidgety with the higher amount of awareness.

"I'm right here baby." Her father answered, moving close to me. He moved to pick up his daughter, and then staggered when she was fully in his arms.

The wolf in me protested heavily at the removal of Bella from my arms. For some reason I wanted her close to me, and with something being wrong I wanted to hold her until I knew she was fine. "Maybe I should hold on to her," the wolf took control of me for second. At least it could be passed off as a kind gesture on behalf of Charlie's weaker muscles.

"I've got her," Charlie answered shooting me a dirty look. I followed closely, perhaps a little overbearing as we crossed her yard, but I refused to let the girl be hurt any more today. Charlie kept speaking softly to her, "We're almost home now, honey." Was what he would say about ever fifth step. I am certain it was a reassurance to himself as well.

When we got to the porch, I unlocked the door for them and extended out an arm to catch them if necessary. Chief Swan gave out an irritated sigh, and hurried the girl to the couch in the living room. I noticed her beauty for the first time. Her skin was pale, but not unnatural, her hair was chocolate with a few auburn undertones, and her eyes were chocolate as well. I wondered how anyone could hurt her. "Dad, I'm all wet." Bella protested weakly as she got comfortable on the sofa, the wolf in me wanted to get the wet clothes off of her so she could get warm again.

"That doesn't matter." He answered her and then turned to me, his eyes hardened by irritation at my lack of respect towards his masculinity. "Blankets are in the cupboard at the top of the stairs." I moved quickly to grab them. I came back with two blankets and a change of clothes that was sitting on her bed. Charlie narrowed his eyes then shrugged, at least it was protectiveness over her, and I could almost see his thoughts.

"I'm not hurt." Came Bella's small voice, as I moved to stand next to my pack brothers. The doctor was taking her vitals, causing me to sigh. If I only I could tell them that she was mostly ok, physically, though she did need her own personal space heater.

"What happened to you?" The doctor asked casually, this caused her heartrate to spike as she looked around the room. She noticed all the people staring at her and I turned did everything I could to remain submissive, and nonthreatening. Some of the people were only looking for a juicy story, others wanted to hug her, but one thing was certain, she felt like a bunny being stalked by a fox. "Did you get lost in the woods?" He went on, trying to provoke an answer.

"Yes," she whispered, her voice filled with extreme emotional pain, "I got lost." Most people couldn't hear her, and I liked it that way. The gawkers were making her feel uncomfortable, and my wolf wanted to run them off.

"Do you feel tired?" The doctor asked, causing Bella to nod and close her eyes, turning away from us. I could tell she was still awake but I wasn't at any place to push it. She can have a few minutes alone after whatever happened to her. "I don't think there is anything wrong with her, just exhaustion. Let her sleep it off, and I'll come check on her tomorrow," the doctor then decided that it would be a great time to check his watch. I rolled my eyes. "Well, later today actually."

They got off the couch and moved into the kitchen, I followed at a distance, while the other gawkers started to file out of the house. "Is it true?" Charlie asked peeking my interest. What true? Was there something wrong with her?

"Dr. Cullen asked us not to say anything. The offer was very sudden; they had to choose immediately. Carlisle didn't want to make a big production out of leaving." The doctor answered, causing me to nearly topple over in my excitement, I saw big smiles come to the faces of my pack mates, who were clearly already planning a bonfire.

"A little warning might have been nice," Charlie snarled out, angry on his daughter's behalf.

The doctor shifted nervously, clearly uncomfortable at dealing with the angry father. "Yes, well, in this situation some warning might have been called for."

I moved away from the conversation, and looked at Bella curled up on the couch, still uncovered. I pulled a quilt over her, causing a small smile to ghost her face. I was surprised to see all my negative emotions about the girl had faded away, and the others took note. "Sam, what's up bud?" Jared asked me.

"She is truly something special. She is now under pack protection, at all times, we don't know if they had friends that might harm her." I spoke softly, searching for Bella's phone. I wanted to try and get ahold of the leader to make sure they had left, so we could patrol the entire area, not just our treaty lands.

"Why the change of heart boss?" Paul asked confusion crossing his face, earlier today I was a bit aggravated with the girl, so I guess I could see his confusion to certain extent.

Jared chimed in at that point, "She does smell good, but not like the best thing ever. That might just be you bro." He spoke, bringing back our pack conversation from earlier. Paul nodded and I ignored the comment, not really caring what they thought.

"She tugs at my heart for some reason, I can't explain it. It isn't romantic right now, but I feel the urge to protect her incredibly strong. It's not an imprint, but I don't know it could be." I answered him turning back to my search.

It proved to be unnecessary, and the phone rang, "Swan residence, Sam Uley speaking." I answered, hoping the phone didn't wake up my woodsy scented angel.

"Mr. Uley this is Dr. Cullen, I wanted to make sure Bella is ok. We haven't heard from Edward." He spoke, causing a snarl to rise in my throat.

"She is fine, but are you truly gone." I asked.

"We will never be back," He answered me and I hung up the phone, hoping my brothers heard the call. I wanted to ask more about the one vampire, but decided against it. He hadn't killed anyone, and honestly the relief that the area was clear was enough to make me feel free.

My pack looked at me in understanding, and we moved to leave the house. "Charlie, we need to get going. Please let me know if you know anything else."

He pulled me into a tight hug and said goodbye to me and the other pack members. "Jared drive." I barked while I pulled out my phone.

"Billy, the leeches are gone. I will call the other elders, but we need to get ready for a celebration." I told him, before repeating the call twice more. They were excited about our new found safety and got a bonfire quickly organized. Today would almost be a holiday from now on.

I sat on a log, drinking a beer when Leah came up to me. My wolf turned up his nose in the back of my brain, while the human side of me felt happy that she was paying attention to me again. She cuddled in close, it must have been the fire, or the celebration but she was almost back to normal. "Sam, I am sorry for how I have been acting lately. Can we start over?"

My wolf was screaming, not mate, no, from one part of my brain, while my human side just wanted to reach out to her, and drag her into a long deep kiss. I stared at her and thought about it for a second. My wolf had never had such a negative reaction to her before, so something must have changed. "Leah, no. You hurt me by your lack of trust understanding. We were together for two years, and something happens to me, that I tell you I am bound by tribal ruling to keep quiet, and you stab me in the back."

"Because that seems like a cop out to me," she hissed. I was frustrated that we were bringing up the old argument again.

"Leah I am the new Chief, I you see me going to elder meetings on a daily basis, why can't you believe me? Do you really think I am sleeping with Old Quil?" I growled causing her to frown.

"No, but you are hiding something and I can't live like that." She whispered.

"Then don't Leah, we aren't married, and I am stuck her for the next several years. You on the other hand can go to school, study medicine like you were planning."

"Why can't you join me? I don't want this to be the end Sam. I am not ready for it. Please." Tears started to fall down her pretty face.

"Leah do you feel that we are right for each other?" I asked, trying to make her see.

"Not anymore," She replied honestly. "Something has changed since May, and I have been holding on to it. It hasn't felt right since then, that's why I thought you were cheating."

"Leah I would never do anything to hurt you intentionally," I felt my own tears begin to well at this point. I didn't want to let go. It was excruciating. "I just can't be with you anymore. I know we had a good run, and if things were different, we might have been able to make a real name for ourselves. Please, know that you will always have a place in my heart. Move on, find your future, please don't give up your dreams."

She nodded and started to sob into my shoulder. My human side wanted to take it all back, but I knew I couldn't, she needed a clean break so she could heal. With the wolf so forceful about her not being right, it would only hurt her down the line. I cried with her as the fire burned out and dawn started to rise over the forest. "See you around Leah," I smiled.

She nodded and stood along with me. We hugged and then went our separate ways. I hoped that she wouldn't hate me tomorrow, and we could remain friends in time. She was something special, but no longer my someone special. I walked into the woods and phased, calling my brothers. We would need to devise a new patrol route.

End Notes: Well there we go. First chapter is done. So I have a lot of thoughts about this chapter. I am trying to keep the beginning of the story linear to New Moon without completely rewriting it. After Jacob's first phase we will start to see some drastic branch outs from the original story line. At this point Sam has not imprinted on Bella, but the tug he feels is the beginning of one. I chose not to have it happen right away because Bella isn't herself, she is a shell. I do not think that a full imprint would do her any good. I actually think it could make it so much worse. You can guess when the imprint is going to happen if you feel like it. It's not a huge secret, but it will make for some awesome pack drama.