Destiny - The Truth

"The only thing my dad taught me, was how to survive and that was by him not being there. A man made me, mummy raised me..." – Unknown

January 2nd 1994 was the year Embry Call was brought into this world. His mother had moved from the Makah reserve to Quileute reserve, La Push, once she had fallen pregnant with him. Everyone had assumed that she left Embry's father at the Makah reserve and Tiffany Call went along with it, of course knowing who the father was, but not wanting to cause any problems within the Quileute reserve after she discovered Embry's father did not want anything to do with him. Growing up was tough on him, he never knew who his father was and he always wanted and needed that father figure in his life. But he didn't have that.

It all started when he was five years old, he kept pestering his mother on who his father was. She always replied with the same answer "I'm sorry, son. But, I just don't know…"

Embry, of course, knew she was lying. Even at the age of five he noticed how his mother would not look at him when he answered that question. He kept asking her, every day up until he turned eight. For three years- 1095 days he would always ask her the same question and he always got the same answer. It was a few days after he turned eight that he realized his mother would never tell him who his real father was, he should have realized it sooner. But he was just a son, who wanted his father around. He knew his mother would get tears in her eyes every time he asked her the question he asked her for years. This is one of the reasons why he stopped. He may have been young, but he never wanted to see his mother in any sort of pain. She didn't deserve it.

Then came the infamous day when Embry Call phased. He had been sixteen at the time and he was the fourth person to phase. He had been running a high temperature for a couple of weeks, but like everyone else, he just brushed it aside thinking it was a cold that would soon blow over. The day he phased was one of the scariest times in his life, not only because he turned into a giant wolf, but also because as soon as he phased and realized that it was all wrong. Sam, Jared and Paul all had the same thoughts;

Embry? Is that you? How? This isn't supposed to happen, not to you. You are Makah, not Quileute!

That's what sparked the statements that Embry's father was someone from Quileute decent. But who? There were only three possible choices; Billy Black, Joshua Uley or Quill Atera IV. Yet, none of them would come clean.

The fact that Embry phased also caused a lot of tension in the pack. Once Jacob and Quill had phased, Embry found it difficult to be around them and Sam at times. Mostly because Embry would feel so guilty if he ever did find out whom his true father was. This never stopped him hanging out with any of them, he had to on a day to day basis and they were his best friends. But, it still didn't make him feel any less guilty, even though the situation wasn't his fault.

It was when he turned 17 that he had come to hate his father, he may not have known who his true father was, but why would he love a man who wasn't in his life? Who didn't want him? Embry always looked at each council member –minus Harry Clearwater- with speculation, one of the members could be his father, but who? A lot of the wolves suspected it was Joshua Uley, as he abandoned his wife and son, meaning he could have easily done the same to Tiffany and Embry.

Whoever his father was, even though Embry felt he deserved and explanation, his anger and animosity towards him meant he could really care less. His father didn't want him, so why should he want his father?

Leah Clearwater never thought the day would come when she thought of Embry Call as anything aside from her pack brother, but here she sat, watching him. The way he would unconsciously flex the muscles in his arms every time he ran his fingers -those strong fingers- through his hair. She would watch as his scruffy hair would constantly fall effortlessly into place, yet he still felt the need to run his fingers through it occasionally. The way his eyes squinted a little when he was paying close attention to whatever Jacob was saying to him. As she looked closer, she could see the droplets of water cascading down his hard chest and chiseled abs, a result from cliff diving that the pack had all done a few minutes earlier. As she let her eyes wander up and down his body, she let out a small gasp as she saw his eyes turn towards her. Those eyes, those brown eyes that held so much mystery behind them. The eyes that could melt any woman's heart. She felt her cheeks heat up and she quickly averted her gaze towards the other pack mates who were having a game of soccer.

Damnit! Leah screamed in her head. Why did she find herself attracted towards him? Why Embry Call of all people? He wasn't anything special, okay, that was a lie. He was a complete God, every girl on the reservation thought so, Hell; even some of the guys admitted it from time to time.

This had been a reoccurring thing ever since Embry Call turned 18. The way she would watch him from afar. Before his 18th birthday, she never even gave him a second look; she used to despise the boy that was so shy and innocent… But now, ever since she saw him walk towards the pack the night of his birthday, she saw a new side to him. A sexy side. He was no longer a little boy that she could pick on, he was a man.

Her eyes darted quickly back over to Embry who's eyes were still trained on her, he was studying her just like she had done earlier. She started to feel a tad uncomfortable, but she enjoyed the way his eyes would occasionally run up and down her body. It was then she remembered she was supposed to be the snarly, bitchy she wolf. So she did what she does best, she let out a fake snarl and glared at him. She watched as he gave her a cheeky smile before returning to the conversation he was still having with Jake.

"Hey Lee…" Seth sat down beside her and sent a smile her way "The council wants to have a meeting with the pack and strangely enough, Embry's mother. I think they think it's time Miss Call was let in on the secret, especially since Embry is getting in even more trouble now than he was last time…"

"That's weird…" Leah stated "Embry chose not to tell his mother, vowing that the secret was too important to share with her, Sam gave him the option after Jake and Quill hounded him to let his mum in on the secret."

"Well…" Seth shrugged "Maybe he changed his mind, maybe turning 18 finally made him realize his mum deserves to know…"

"Look at you.." Leah smirked nudging her shoulder with her brothers "Talking like you know what it feels like to be 18.."

"Yeah, Yeah.." Seth laughed "Anyway, I have to come down and help set up the bon fire, get all the wood and everything. You okay to walk here by yourself?"

Leah let out a laugh before looking at her brother "I think you forget I am the older sibling out of the two of us. I can take care of myself, Seth…"

"I know…" Seth smiled at his older sister "I just like looking out for ya, just like you do for me…"

She had to hug him for that, she adored her younger brother, and she has done ever since he was born. He was the only one who saw her smile regularly, for the pack it was a once in a while thing to see their pack sister smile, but for Seth it was a constant.

"Thanks, Seth…" She smiled and placed a kiss on his cheek before he bounded off towards the rest of the pack.

Once Seth had left, Leah turned her attention back towards Jake and Embry. This time, she didn't pay attention to just Embry. She paid attention to Jake as well. As she looked closer to the pair, she noticed a few similarities. Both Embry and Jake had the same shaped eyes, the same exact colour –Dark brown. They almost had the same shaped face. She then paid attention to the way they were standing; their hands were turned around so that they were resting on their hips and slightly on the small of their back, their butts slightly pushed out. If Leah could remember correctly, this was also the way Billy used to stand before the accident happened.

Her eyebrows knitted in confusion. No, it couldn't be? What she was thinking couldn't be the truth. Maybe she was just over analyzing things? Yeah. That's it! Joshua Uley was Embry's dad! They had all come to that conclusion!

Yeah, she was just over analyzing things.

Embry never wanted his mother to find out about the secret, one, because he really did feel the secret was too important. Second and most of all, he didn't want his mother to become a part of this particular world. He would hate for something to happen to her. He was a protector and he felt as if protecting her would be easier if she didn't know about the supernatural world. So when Billy and Old Quill had approached him before the pack went cliff diving to tell him about the meeting which his mother would also be attending, Embry tried his best to convince them not to let her go. He didn't want her knowing about this.

But, as Embry knew he would, he failed in trying to convince the elders that his mum shouldn't attend. They said she needed to be there and nothing would change their mind. So Embry hung his head and agreed to it.

Embry sat on the couch with his head in his hands. His mother had been acting strange when he returned home, almost nervous. So once he heard her walk into the room his head shot up to see Tiffany fidgeting with her fingers and occasionally biting her lip.

"Mum, what's wrong? Why are you so nervous?" he asked, he stood up and walked over to her, wrapping an arm around her.

"Oh… You know son, I just get nervous meeting new people…" she tried her best to smile and Embry had to nod at that, his mother hadn't really been a 'people' person as of late.

"You have met Old Quill and Billy before though. At Harry's funeral…" he stated, he moved back to look at his mother and gave her a small smile.

"Only briefly…" she muttered. She removed Embry's arm off her shoulder and looked up him and down, suddenly getting into motherly mode "Are you wearing that to the bon fire? Are you crazy?"

"But Mum…" Embry started with a small smirk looking down at his cut off's and tank top.

"No But's Embry Call! Go and put something warm on. Now!"

With a pout, Embry gave in with a small smile at seeing his mothers nervousness go away.

"Mum, this is Old Quill, Sue Clearwater…" Embry stopped as his mother formally greeted herself to the two before he continued "…and this is Billy Black. Jakes dad…"

Tiffany extended her hand to Billy slowly and reluctantly. The pair did nothing but look at each other and nod their heads respectfully.

Embry watched as Sue pulled his mother down to sit next to her, he turned his head and found a seat next to Leah and Seth. He sat next to the pair and he started to look towards Billy as he began to speak. He also noticed that as soon as Billy opened his mouth, his mother's hand was instantly gripped by Sue's.

Letting out a cough, Billy officially began the meeting "There are a couple of things that will be discussed at this meeting…." He then turned to Tiffany "I would like to share some legends with you. The council members, the boys and Leah know them very well…"

Tiffany never met Billy's gaze, but she nodded her head.

"Taha Aki was a leader of the Spirit Warriors of the Quileute tribe…" he began. As he began telling the legend of Taha Aki, Embry watched as his mother nodded her head having heard bits and pieces of the legends from locals.

The pack listened closely, having heard the story many of times; they still enjoyed listening to the legend of Taha Aki. The legend was always interesting so much more interesting when Billy Black would retell it. He always spoke it with passion and power.

"When his third wife sacrificed herself so that Taha Aki would have enough time to kill the vampire, she died. He never left her side for one day, if anyone came to touch her, he would growl at them in his wolf form. Later on, he then fled into the forest, never having phased back into a human…" Billy finished. He glanced over at Tiffany Call and for the first time that night, she looked at him.

"Why I am telling you this, is because you deserve to know why Embry is always out…" he hung his head down quickly before casing a quick glance at Embry "He is a protector…"

"You mean to tell me, my son turns into a giant wolf?!" Tiffany all but screamed "My son?" She casts a look to Embry "Is this true?"

Embry nodded and began speaking "I'm sorry mum. I wanted to tell you, I was allowed to tell you. I-I just couldn't. It's a huge secret, I-I didn't want you involved in this life, in this world…"

Tiffany slowly nodded towards her son "But this…. It's not going to hurt you? To affect you in any way? Y-You are safe?"

"I am as safe as I can be…" he smiled "I can't always promise I will be safe, but I do try…"

Tiffany then glanced around at the pack "Well, this gives me a different view of all of you… I-I thought…" She looked down embarrassed "I thought you all followed Sam around like you were in some kind of gang or something. I'm sorry…"

"Oh, don't worry Miss Call…" Quill smirked "We don't follow Sam around anymore. It's Jacob we follow…"

"Oh…" She gave a small smile before Billy cleared his throat. She glanced at him and her heart race increased, she knew what was going to happen now… She thought it was a bad idea, but her son did need to know. He deserved to know.

Embry, having heard his mothers heart beat increase, looked at her skeptically "Mum, are you okay?" All he received was a nod in reply.

"Embry…" Old Quill spoke up "You are eighteen now, you are a man. For years we have watched you grow up without a father. For years we have watched as you slowly began to despise your father for abandoning you…"

Embry knitted his eyebrows in confusion, as did the rest of the pack. The elders have not once brought up anything about Embry's father. Not even when he first phased.

"It is time you learn who your father is; you deserve that much after having eighteen years with no knowledge of him…"

"A little over eighteen years ago, I went to the Makah reserve to visit a friend…" Billy began. Gasps were heard around the fire and Embry watched as he saw his mother tear up. He wanted nothing more than to go over there and comfort her, but he couldn't. He couldn't move. He then glanced towards Jacob who looked at his father with disappointment and maybe a little disgust.

"Sarah and I had gotten into an argument… She threw her marriage ring at me as I stormed out of the house. I didn't want any of La Push to know what had happened, so I went to Makah…." Billy let out a breath as he felt everyone's eyes on him "It was the day after I arrived there I met Tiffany…"

As he continued with the story, Embry began to lose respect for the man he now knew was his father and not just an elder. He listened –his anger rising- as Billy explained how he was at Makah for a week before he had slept with his mother, only to leave back to La Push two days later.

"Sarah and I patched things up when I got home… It was three months later that she told me she was pregnant, and it was also three months later when Tiffany had come to La Push…"

Billy sat there before he heard a knock on his door. As he opened the door, his eyes bulged out of his head. Standing there was Tiffany Call.

"What are you doing here?!" He whispered, he quickly grabbed her arm and pulled her inside before checking to see if anyone was watching. Luckily his daughters and wife had gone to Seattle for the day.

"You think you can just up and leave me and get away with it?!" Tiffany sneered at him "You told me you would be back! I believed you! You never came!"

"I fixed things with my wife…" He stated "She's pregnant now, we are happy. Just go back to Makah…"

"I live in La Push now! I live down the road! I had to find out through others where you lived because you deserve to know what I am about to tell you!" Tiffany sneered in his face "I am pregnant!"

"Can't be mine…" Billy stated, he wouldn't believe it. He couldn't.

"I am a little over three months pregnant Billy! You do the math!"

Billy didn't need to, he looked at her stomach and saw the start of a baby bump. He sighed before shaking his head "I'm sorry!"

Tiffany brought her hand back and slapped Billy with as much force as she could, smiling with satisfactory as she saw the red imprint left on his cheek "You don't deserve this child anyway!"

"Fine by me!" Billy shouted at her "I have a family! I have all the family I need. My wife is pregnant, my WIFE!"

"You will never be a part of my child's life! I promise you that Black!"

"Good! I don't need it in my life anyway!" he regretted those words, but he couldn't take them back, not now! He watched as Tiffany glared at him with ice cold eye before breaking down and running away from his house.

"The day I heard you were born… I wanted to come and see you… I really did." Billy pleaded as he glanced over at Embry "I-I was ashamed in myself that I wasn't there… The day I found out you were born was officially one week later. Sue had come around and told me that Tiffany had her son. But the same day I found out, Sarah went into labor with Jake… I'm sorry"

"Sorry doesn't cut it Billy!" Embry sneered, he stood up not realizing that Leah had clasped his hand in the process of the story as moral support, he pulled her up with him! "Sorry doesn't cut you not being there for me for eighteen years! For eighteen years you never told me, but you tell me now?! I could have lived not knowing who my dad was! Sure, there was a part of me that wanted to know! But I could live with not knowing you were my father!"

"How could you do this?!" Jacob stood up and glared at his father "You knew Embry was my brother?! You knew he was your son and you never told us?! Don't you think the twins and I deserve that much?!"

Embry began shaking with rage and he felt Leah let go of his hand "Do you know what it feels like to grow up without a dad?! Knowing your dad didn't want you?! Knowing your dad didn't love you…"

"I do love-" Billy started but he was interrupted.

"Save it! I don't want to hear it!" Embry's shaking never stopped but he kept control of his wolf, he wouldn't phase. Not here. He saw his mother stand up and he glared at her "You knew he was my father all along? You never told me?! How could you?!"

"Son, you didn't need him in your life. I didn't want him to abandon you the way he did me. You don't deserve that…" she cried.

"You're right about that mum… But I don't deserve to be lied at!" He yelled.

"Don't talk to your mother like that!" Billy shouted "She doesn't deserve to be yelled at!"

"Don't you dare tell me what to do!" Embry yelled. His anger welled up to the point where he didn't think he could control his wolf anymore.

Jacob, knowing that there was a possibility Embry could phase soon, stood in front of Billy and motioned for Paul, Quill and Sam to stand in front of the others. Even though Jacob was disgusted and disappointed in his father, he didn't want him hurt.

"You need to calm down, man" Jared stated, he pushed Embry back a little and looked at Leah and Seth for help. Seth instantly stood up, but Leah looked to be in her own little world.

With one last glance to his mother and his 'father', Embry let out a snarl before he felt himself being pushed back. He was about to phase when Leah snapped out of her trance.

"Don't phase!" She yelled "Wait!"

Embry couldn't control his shaking; it was becoming worse and worse every time he even heard Billy breathing.

"Please don't phase Bry. I have figured something out and I need you in human form to be able to understand me…" even though Embry didn't want to listen to Leah, he did. She never said 'please' to anyone but Seth.

"Leah, now isn't the time to-"

"Shut it Paul!" Leah yelled "I-I… Billy, Embry is a week older than Jacob. Correct?"

"You already know the answer to that, Leah" Paul stated.

"Shut it, Paul. I want to hear it from Billy!" She glanced over at the man in the wheelchair.

"Correct" Billy whispered, his eyes occasionally drifting to Embry.

"Him being your son, Billy, means he is a direct descendant of Ephraim Black. He is a week older than Jacob, now… There is not much age difference, but, he is still older…" She then gave Jacob an apologetic look before glancing towards Embry and then the council… "This means that, Jacob Black is not the true Alpha of the pack as he is not the oldest boy of the Black family… Embry is…"

Leah breathed in before looking towards Embry. His face remained expressionless. No one said a word, not a soul. They all knew what Leah was implying. The elders also knowing that Leah was indeed correct.

Embry Call is the true Alpha…

Destiny - The truth

Just to clear things up, I know that Embry comes off the Uley family tree which means he is more likely to be Joshua Uley's son. But, for the purpose of the story, I rearranged it for obvious reasons.

Well, I hope you enjoyed it. It wasn't that great, but this is only the beginning. I don't usually do well with beginnings/first chapters of stories. But I hope you still liked it none the less. Don't forget to review. Merry Christmas and happy New Year. I hope you have a good one.

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