Disclaimer: I don't own Twilight, Stephenie Meyer does. I do own Dane Wolfe and Saraiya Bloodraven.

Dane rolled his eyes as his tiny wife bustled around, picking up all of the camping equipment. They didn't have much, as neither of them is bothered by any weather, no matter how extreme. They were the most powerful and oldest of their respected kinds. Saraiya is the Queen of the Vampires and is well over five thousand years old. Dane is the Alpha of the Werewolf Council- a council of six werewolves who govern the entire werewolf communities of the world, and is five thousand years old. Saraiya, as Queen, governs the entire vampire community, although most vampires think she is a legend or long disappeared. She allows the Volturi to pretend they rule the vampire community, while she only steps in when they break her laws or she takes a personal interest. One thing the Volturi do not want to happen is to attract the Queen's attention, so they tend to stick to the rules and do their best to keep the rest of the vampires in line.

Dane's pack runs differently. They allow each individual pack to govern themselves unless there is a specific point of interest for them, or they break the Council's laws. The Council Pack meets once a year, at a designated point, to discuss the year's events. Each Council member takes a different continent to watch over. Dane's territory is North America, Amadeus' is South America, Brendan's is Europe, Demyan's is Asia, Flynn's is Africa, and Rhoan's is Australia. Antarctica was a werewolf free zone for the most part… there were no packs on Antarctica. Dane and Saraiya married to form an alliance between the werewolf and vampire rulers two thousand years ago…at first that is all it was, but soon after their marriage, they fell passionately in love and have been inseparable since.

Now they were headed to Forks, Washington, to settle a treaty dispute between a werewolf pack and vampire family. The treaty itself is rather odd, as the vampires are vegetarians- meaning they only drink animal blood and not human blood. The treaty states that the Cullens- the vampires- are not to bite any human, and are not to step foot on La Push land, and in return, the La Push pack will not harm any of the Cullens or reveal them to the humans. The treaty had been made many years ago, but the dispute now was over a human girl. Apparently one of the vampires- Edward- had fallen in love with a human girl from Forks and was planning to change her to a vampire… and one of the werewolves had fallen in love with her as well and was avidly protesting the change. The pack was now threatening the Cullens with breach of treaty if they bit the girl… and it was up to Dane and Sarai to sort it out.

"All right, love. I'll head to the Cullens and speak to them about the treaty problem, and you go to La Push and talk to the pack," Sarai said. Dane grabbed her before she could take another step and kissed her slowly and deeply.

"I love you sweetheart," he said.

"I love you too," she sighed in pleasure.

"All right, go get 'em sweetie." He patted her on the ass and darted off into the woods, phasing before she could retort.

DPOV

When I reached the boundary line that was stated in the treaty, I was unsurprised to find the entire pack there, waiting and watching warily. My wolf side is huge and pure snow white, with bright golden eyes. In my human form, I stand seven feet tall and am exceptionally well- muscled. When I saw the wolves at the boundary, I changed back into my human form and stood there with a slight smile on my face. I am completely at ease being completely naked, but I know that most people are uncomfortable with it, so I pulled on a pair of sweatpants, and looked straight at the Alpha.

"I need to speak with your pack," I said to him. He phased back to his human form and greeted me. I could tell he had no idea who I am.

"Follow us, then, and we will talk in a more private place," he replied. I nodded and phased, following the pack to a small house outside of the town. We walked into the kitchen and the Alpha leaned down to kiss a scarred woman. I smiled at the obvious love and devotion in his eyes when he looked at her.

"Well, we should start with introductions, I suppose," the Alpha said. "I'm Sam Uley, and this is my wife, Emily. These are my brothers, Paul, Jared, Jacob, Embry, Quil, Collin, Brady, and Seth, and this is my pack sister, Leah."

"It's a pleasure to meet you. I'm Dane Wolfe, Alpha of the Werewolf Council Pack. I'm here in regards to the treaty you have with the Cullens," I said, getting right to the point. There was a variation of confused looks and disgust at the Cullen's name.

"What is your concern with our treaty?" Jacob demanded. I raised an eyebrow- he was a bold one… not too many talked to me that way. Sam glared at him briefly.

"The girl at the source of the dispute…would you tell me about her?" I said. Jacob growled at me, visibly shaking.

"Leave her out of it," he snarled. I stiffened and snarled back at him.

"Watch your tongue, insolent pup," I said quietly, but deadly. He took a step back and wouldn't look me in the eye.

"Who are you, exactly?" Seth asked.

"Have you not been taught about the Werewolf Council?" I demanded, looking to the Alpha for confirmation.

"Of course the Elders have told us the legends, but there haven't been any werewolves in La Push since our great-grandfathers, so nobody has ever explained it more than that."

"I see." I spent the next hour explaining about the Council and the werewolf laws.

"So, does this mean you're hear to help us with Bella?" Jacob asked excitedly.

"That depends. My wife and I will speak about it, but I imagine we'll have to have a meeting with your entire pack, Bella, and the Cullens present. My wife is speaking to the Cullen's now," Dane said.

"You let your wife alone with the Cullens?" Embry asked, looking both shocked and appalled.

"She's more than capable of handling herself," I chuckled. "If they tried anything with her, they wouldn't live to regret it."

"Why? The Cullen's are a large…family," Paul said.

"My wife is Saraiya Bloodraven, Queen of the Vampires."

"Your wife's a bloodsucker?" Quil demanded. I grinned and nodded.

"Yep, she's amazing too. She doesn't need blood but maybe once every hundred years or so… and she only drinks animal blood then. She is the most powerful of her kind and makes the Volturi cringe in fear. Actually, the Volturi that every vampire has learned to fear are Sarai's underlings and answer to her. She shows up every hundred years or so and scares the holy living shit out of them."

"Oh," was the most intelligent thing that came out of their mouths.

"So, I have to meet the Cullens now with my wife, but I'll be in touch to set up a meeting time within the next couple of days."

"Oh. Thank you," Sam said. I nodded and left the house, running to the Cullens. Sarai had already explained everything to them by now, so I knocked and waited for her to answer.

SPOV

I walked up to the large white mansion that served as the Cullen's home in Forks and knocked lightly on the door. It was answered almost before I had finished knocking. There stood a handsome blond man with light golden eyes.

"Hello," he said, "Can I help you?"

"Hello. I believe you can… are you Carlisle Cullen?" I asked.

"Yes, I am. Please, come in." He stepped back to allow me to pass into the living room. I smiled my thanks and took a seat on the armchair he indicated. It dwarfed me…I'm not large to begin with, so this came as no surprise to myself. I stand at 4'8" and am quite small featured, with bright gold eyes and ankle-length pitch black hair with blue strips throughout that I usually pull back into a braid. There were six vampires in the room…one was missing.

"Would you mind telling me who everyone is? I'm afraid I haven't met anyone before," I said politely.

"Of course," Carlisle said. "I am Dr. Carlisle Cullen; this is my wife Esme, our sons Emmett and Jasper, and our daughters Alice and Rosalie. Our son Edward is out and about somewhere, and I'm not sure when he'll be back."

Probably not while I'm here, I thought. Not if he's keeping Bella hidden and away from me. He should be good for her. I nodded my head.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all. I greatly look forward to meeting Edward and Bella as well," I told them, their shocked looks amusing me slightly. I reached up and tapped the side of my head.

"Edward and I share the same power, it seems," I said lightly.

"I see." Carlisle was the first to recover. "What is your name, and what brings you to Forks?"

"Well, after that unfortunate incident last year with James, and then again with Victoria, I felt it was in every one's best interest to get involved," I said with a smile. A slight warning snarl coming from Emmett made me look over at him and grin.

"Settle down, behemoth. I'm not here to harm Bella. Quite the contrary, in fact, but it's probably a good idea if I speak to you without her here. I am Saraiya Bloodraven," I said cheerfully.

Carlisle gasped and stiffened, and the rest of them looked at him, confused. "I thought you were only legend," he said.

"No, I'm very much real; I just don't like a lot of attention, unless it's needed."

"Who is she, Carlisle?" Alice asked.

"She is Saraiya Bloodraven, Queen of the Vampires. She is older yet than the Volturi," he said.

"The Volturi," I sneered, "like the attention far too much. I have to remind them every century or so who's the real boss…I'm thinking of cleaning out some of their guard this time…time to get rid of the annoying ones."

"You can take on the Volturi?" Emmett asked, impressed.

"I created them; I can take them down a peg or two whenever I feel like it. They have their uses in that they take care of small problems when I don't want to and keep the general peace… but this is a special case. My husband and I were informed of the treaty issue between your family and the La Push werewolves. We've come to take care of that issue," I said.

"But the werewolves won't enjoy the vampire queen getting involved…we would like to keep the peace as much as possible," Carlisle said.

"That's why my husband is speaking to them…he's the Alpha of the Werewolf Council Pack, and he can order them to keep peace."

"I'd heard rumors that you had mated with the Alpha, but I though it was merely speculation, especially since I didn't know you really exist," Carlisle said thoughtfully.

"You're married to a dog?" Emmett asked, disgust written all over his face.

"Yes, and I would appreciate if you refrained from using derogatory terms about my husband," I said mildly.

"Sorry," he said sheepishly. Rosalie and Alice rolled their eyes and Jasper shook his head.

"My husband's name is Dane Wolfe. He should be arriving soon. Why don't you tell me more about your family?" I asked.

"All right, what would you like to know?" Esme asked.

"Anything you want to share." I listened to them tell me their family's story, enjoying their company immensely.

"Werewolf," Jasper said, after a little while.

"It's my husband, Dane. He took longer than I thought he would," I smiled. Carlisle showed him inside and I bounced up, kissing him on the cheek when he leaned down. We get a lot of strange looks whenever we go anywhere, as he is seven feet tall… and I'm not."

"Hello, gorgeous," he said to me before greeting everyone else.

"How did it go at La Push?" I asked.

"Well. I told them we'd set up a meeting between them and all of you within the next few days to work out the business of the treaty. Is the girl who is the cause of this dispute here at the moment?" he asked, rubbing his forehead.

"No, she's hidden away with Edward somewhere, waiting until the coast is clear so I don't eat her," I said brightly. He chuckled and tugged my braid.

"Well, Charlie and Renee are going to both be at Charlie's house tonight, so we'll finally get to meet her. How's she going to take the news, my love?"

"It depends…either very bad or very good," I said with a grin. He growled lightly at me and I kissed his hand. "You'll find out tonight."

"Bitch," he muttered.

"Don't you forget it," I replied. He kissed the top of my head.

"What news do you have for Bella?" Alice asked.

"That is up for her to tell you if she wishes," I said, raising an eyebrow. She looked down, and I'm sure she would have been blushing if she was able.

"Sorry," she murmured. I smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry about it."

"Well, we'd better get going. Oh, Carlisle, would you fetch Edward from Charlie's house and make sure he stays out of it until after we've all spoken to Bella?" Dane asked him.

"Of course I will. Do we have your word that neither Bella nor her parents will be harmed?"

"Yes, you have our word. The last thing we want to do is harm either one," I answered.

We left the house with Carlisle and he drove us over to Charlie's. Renee was already there, so Carlisle took Edward aside into the kitchen and explained everything to him quickly, and he left reluctantly.

"Charlie, Renee, nice to see you again," Dane and I greeted the two of them. Isabella Marie Swan sat on the sofa, looking at us curiously.

A/N: I'd like to know what everyone thinks about this chapter so far! Do any of you have any idea why they are so interested in Bella?