Life used to be simple. Men and women lived amongst each other in perfect harmony, people did not use more than what they needed, and people loved for one another as if their lives depended on it. But that was back before even your great-great-grandfathers walked the Earth; it was when the Pack was whole.

Asha walked forward a couple of steps before sniffing the air. Her brown eyes scanned the rocky terrain in front of her before she turned to face her pack mates. Each of them gave her looks filled with hope which only caused her to stand taller. She had been given the name Asha meaning hope because of her ability to lift even the lowest of spirits, and now was her time to prove it.

"Our answer lies beyond these mountains," she called out to her pack. "We have only a week's journey before we make it to the Quileute tribe."

Immediately, her sister, Neima, stepped forward. "Asha, are you certain that this pack is the one?" Neima spoke quietly as to not worry her pack mates. A worried pack is a more vulnerable pack.

"I know this pack is young, but–"

"They're only pups!"

"–I think they are the ones our ancestors told us to seek." Asha placed a hand on her sister's shoulder. "Neima, trust me. Trust our ancestors."

Neima lowered her eyes to the ground in submission to show her apology for doubting her Alpha which only encouraged Asha to wrap her arms around Neima in a comforting embrace. "Do not worry," Asha whispered. "When we reach tribal ground, we will give the pack knowledge and in return they will give us safety."

"I trust you, sister," Neima replied, but this time loud enough for her pack to hear as well.

"We trust you, sister," they called out.

Asha smiled in gratitude at the wolves assembled before her. "We have a long journey to make. We will go through these mountains in our human forms. Though we will be slower in human form, we will also be able to move more easily which will make up for the time we lost at Yellowstone."

Neima muttered a small prayer in Latin before grasping her sister's hand tightly. "Dii vigilaret super nos et det nobis fidem; May the gods watch over us and protect us." Asha repeated the words quietly, and together the pack began to move forward each of them hoping that their ancestors were correct to lead them here.

Jacob was confused and lost. One second he was on his sofa watching TV and the next he was sitting next to a camp fire somewhere in the mountains. Eight people were lying in various positions around him obviously asleep while one of the girls was awake and sitting across from him. Without having to ask he knew these people were a wolf pack, and he also knew that this had to be a dream.

"Hello, Jacob," she spoke cautiously as if she wasn't too sure this was real as well. "I am Asha, and I am the Alpha of this pack."

"Oh." Smooth, Jacob, real smooth. "Is this a dream?" Even smoother.

"I don't know. When I asked our ancestors to allow me to contact you, I did not think this was how they were going to do it." Asha nervously ran a hand through her black hair. "My pack was told by the ancestors to come to La Push and warn you of the Great War that is about to happen. We are traveling through the mountains to meet you; we should arrive in a week."

"Wait, there's a Great War?" Jacob seemed baffled. Not only was a smoking hot Alpha Female talking to him, but now she was bringing with her some sort of prophecy. Oh, this was definitely a dream.

"I will have Aden and Antaeus tell you and your pack about the war when we arrive. Right now we have more important things to discuss."

Jacob shifted awkwardly from his spot on the ground. "Who are Aden and Antaeus?"

"They are the storytellers of my pack." Asha motioned towards a sleeping male and female who could've appeared to be twins. "The girl sleeping closest to my body is Neima; she is my sister and my Beta. Her name means strength. Next to her are Kato and his 9 year old son Bali. Kato means wise and Bali means mighty warrior. Amory is next. His name means brave; he is the youngest in the pack after Bali. Last is Dilwyn whose name means truth."

"My Pack is only two members bigger than yours." Jacob noted.

Asha nodded her head. "The ancestors showed us your pack in a dream." The she-wolf closed her eyes slowly before reopening them. "I think maybe we should move deeper into the mountains to try and make a path. It would make our journey easier and faster."

Together the two alphas began to move through the mountains working in a comfortable silence. The pair climbed over large rocks, leapt down small cliffs, and moved closer and closer to Quileute land. Jacob moved slightly slower than Asha allowing her to take the lead, a sign of respect that was not lost on the Alpha Female.

"Jacob." Seth's voice ripped through the dream causing the air to shimmer. Jacob's eyes drifted upwards for a moment looking for the source of the voice. "Jacob, wake up, man." Asha smiled reassuringly at the confused boy.

"It is only your pack mate calling your soul back to your body." She placed two fingers on his forehead. "Return to your body, Jacob Black, and tell your Elders and your Pack about my arrival. Tell them we bring good and bad news."

Jacob stood in front of his father with his head down while the members of the council and the members of the Pack watched. He knew that explaining his dream to Billy would be hard and that there was a high chance no one would believe him, yet Asha had faith in the council so Jacob would too.

Billy sighed as he looked at his son, and Seth stood taller by his Alpha's side ready to defend at a moment's notice.

"Jacob," Billy spoke slowly as if he was talking to a child, "are you sure this wasn't just another dream caused by your over active imagination?" Jacob didn't respond, and Billy sighed once again. "I think you need to rest."

"But Asha said–"

"Enough with this talk about Asha and prophecies," Billy spoke loudly causing Jacob to whimper. "If Asha is real, then I need proof. We will wait a week, and if she does not come I will not hear anymore of this nonsense."

"What if she does come?" Jacob challenged suddenly growing bolder. "Do you promise to help house her pack and welcome her as one of our own?"

Sue Clearwater stood up quickly and tightly grasped Billy's arm. "Billy, I do not know if we can trust dreams." Sue whispered harshly fully aware that the Pack could hear every word that fell from her lips. "How can we be sure?"

"We cannot be sure," Billy replied calmly. "Asha claims that the ancestors are guiding her, and if this is true we need to put trust in the Alpha Female and we need to put even more trust in our ancestors. Q'wati himself could be sending her these messages."

"And what if it is Bayaq that is sending her the messages? For all we know she could be running on a wild goose chase that the trickster himself is navigating." Sue cried.

"Q'wati would not have allowed it to go on for as long as it has if Bayaq was leading Asha." Billy responded. "I put faith in my ancestors, Sue; it is time for you do the same."

Sue frowned but returned to her seat. She was feeling uneasy about this mysterious Alpha Female and the news she had to bring. Asha seemed like something a teenage shape-shifter would make up for attention; in fact, Sue was certain it was for attention. She refused to believe in this foolishness, but the boy seemed to have convinced the Pack and the chief. The councilwoman decided she would wait a week, and proudly brag about how she was right when the mysterious Asha did not show.

Jacob smiled thankfully at his father. The Alpha would spend every moment in his dreams with Asha trying to find easier paths that will lead her pack to La Push even faster. He needed her to come, so he could prove that she wasn't a figment of his imagination.

"Jacob, are you positive you didn't dream this?" Leah whispered as the Pack walked out of the meeting. The she-wolf seemed to be contemplating something. "If you didn't, than you realize that we will probably end up fighting in a Pack War."

"What makes you say that, Lee-Lee?" Seth asked moving in closer to his sister. He didn't think that the Alpha Female was coming to ask them to fight in a war, but Leah's suggestion made sense. After all, Jacob mentioned that Asha was bringing good and bad news.

"It's because I mentioned that Asha said something about a Great War going on." Jacob muttered. Seth watched as the Alpha mentally cursed himself for skipping over a detail that big. "She's probably going to ask us to help."

"C'mon Jake," Seth cried. "Have a little faith in your pack."

"He's worried about us, Seth," Leah scolded.

"Leah's right. I don't want you guys to get hurt. We've never fought another wolf pack before."

Jacob folded his muscular arms across his chest. This whole Alpha thing was harder than it looked. He wanted to help Asha, but not if it was going to place his Pack in danger. Yet he couldn't help the feeling that Asha could help the tribe understand so much more about shape-shifting.

"But Asha could teach us," Seth mumbled. "Jake even said that Asha spoke as if she was centuries old instead of in her twenties."

"She didn't look old," Jacob commented. "In fact, none of them looked that old, but then again wolves don't age while they're phasing. For all we know, they could be centuries old." Leah snorted in disgust while Seth only turned thoughtful. "How do we know this Great War hasn't been going on for centuries? And if it has, how come we're just now hearing about it?"

Leah waved her hand half-heartedly to dismiss her Alpha's questions. "I want to know why there are more girl wolves out there, and I didn't find out until now. Where were they?"

"Maybe they were fighting in the war," Seth suggested shrugging his shoulders nonchalantly. "If the war has been going on for a while then there's a good chance that all the wolves were too busy fighting to bother notifying us until now."

"Seth has a point," Jake noted. "None of them would think to notify a pack of wolves that haven't even reached the age thirty to fight. They probably thought it would be too much of an issue to risk the lives of such young wolves."

Seth nodded his head enthusiastically. "But we're going to fight now, right?"

"Hold your horses," Leah butted in. "We can't just rush out there without knowing the situation. Are we even sure that we want to side with Asha? I know that she's a pretty nice chic and all, but I'm not sure if her views on the world are going to match our views on the world."

"What's wrong Leah, are you scared she's going to cancel out your rank as top dog around here?" Seth teased.

"Shut up, pup," Leah responded not noticing the Alpha roll his eyes. "She's the Alpha Female of her pack, but she also acts as the Alpha Male since they don't have a male wolf strong enough to take the job. Of course, she's going to cancel out my rank as top dog. She might even cancel out Jake's rank."

Jacob nodded his head in agreement not really listening to what was being said.

"Jacob is always going to be top dog." Seth dismissed claim with an eye roll. "I would love to meet an Alpha Male that's stronger than Jake."

"Careful what you wish for, Seth," Jacob scolded his Beta. "If we end up fighting in this war, then we might actually meet an Alpha Male that's stronger than me. He might even be the wolf that kills you." The Beta whimpered apologetically and lowered his head in submission. "Don't underestimate anyone."

Leah wrapped an arm around her brother's shoulders. "Mom seems really upset about the whole situation, huh?" She seemed eager to move away from the topic of Alpha Males.

"You can understand why," Jacob muttered. "After all, people dream stuff all time. I'm not even sure if there really is an Alpha Female out there in those mountains."

"But if there is than there are probably more wolves out there as well, right Jake?" Seth added suddenly growing more enthusiastic.

"Not all of them are going to be good wolves, little brother," Leah mentioned. "Don't go around trusting every wolf you meet unless you want to end up like Little Red Riding Hood."

"What ever happened at the end of that story?" Jake asked changing the topic of conversation once again.

Asha smiled at Bali as the young boy walked next to his father listening intently to the story he told. Kato cared deeply for his son and thought it was important for Bali to hear the stories of the many hunting trips Kato had been on. Of course, Kato didn't only tell stories of hunting animals like deer and buffalo. Kato prided himself in telling the stories of the many Cold Ones that his family had killed before he joined Asha's pack.

Bali jumped as Kato roared loudly to imitate the sound of a lion that he hunted when he was younger. Asha found herself smiling even wider, and Kato winked at the Alpha Female before returning to the story.

"The kid really looks up to his dad." Amory noted as he plopped down next to Asha. The two of them watched Bali and Kato for a moment. "Sometimes I wish my dad could've done stuff with me, but he had a village to help run, and was far too busy sorting things out with the Great War."

Asha nodded her head in agreement before resting her head on Amory's shoulder. "But you grew up with me, so it wasn't like you were completely alone. I understand that I couldn't fill the void, but Bali doesn't have friends his age."

"Sometimes I wonder if Aden made the right choice when she chose to take Bali with her on this journey." Amory sighed. "I know she wanted Bali to be with Kato and her when they settled in, but I feel like if I were her I would've left Bali with your grandmother and came back for him."

"After watching a small family of wolves die, you tend to grow protective of your pups." Asha stated. "She is uncomfortable with leaving Bali at the village alone when there are only three wolves there to protect it. If anything were to happen, how would she know if Bali is safe?"

Amory didn't have a response for that one, and he was sure he never would. But he looked at Bali as a younger brother and knowing that something as simple as a small slip down the mountain could end his life was enough to make Amory protective of the pup. Amory was always protective of his pack especially when it came to his Alpha, Asha.

Asha's Pack:

Name-Rank Age (Meaning of Name)

Asha-Alpha age 24 (Hope)

Neima-Beta age 35 (Strength)

Aden-Bali's mother age 97 (Fiery One)

Antaeus-Aden's brother age somewhere around 200 our 150 (Invincible)

Kato-Bali's father age somewhere around 150 (Wise)

Bali-age 4 but appears to be 9 (Mighty warrior)

Amory-age 23 (Brave)

Dilwyn-age 40 (Truth)

R&R Please :) I love Reviews and critisism but no flames!

~B