Resubmitted February 11, 2011

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Billy POV

It took Harry thirty minutes after I called to make it to my house and drive to the lodge to meet with the other council members. It was a little after ten o'clock at night, and Jacob had already gone to bed. Harry wheeled me out of the house, and helped me get into his truck. I was sure that Harry could see that I was deep in thought, so he didn't try to question me as to why I had called this emergency meeting. We made it to the lodge within ten minutes, and Harry wheeled me inside. I made my way up to my spot in the front of the room where everyone was gathered, waiting in anticipation for me to speak.

I began to realize at that moment that I didn't know how I wanted to begin; did I want to start from the beginning, when Jacob was just four years old, or did I start from today with what Charlie and I witnessed with our own eyes? I closed my eyes and took several deep breaths. I thought about Jacob and how I had to be strong for him. I could not be weak and fearful. There had to be some kind of threat coming that had put the wolf gene in motion, so, we needed to be prepared and ready for it. I had to make sure that Jacob would be prepared and ready for the role that he was destined to take on.

I said in a loud and strong voice, "Today Charlie and Isabella Swan were visiting Jacob and me at my house. The kids were playing outside in my backyard, and Charlie and I were watching them through the kitchen window. Isabella was standing on a turned over tin tub; she lost her balance and began to fall backwards. Before she could hit the ground, Jacob caught her and they locked eyes with each other. Suddenly, there was a yellowish glow that seemed to be coming out of them. I believe that Charlie and I witnessed my son, Jacob Black, imprint on Isabella Swan."

There was total silence; not one of the council members had anything to say. They all had a look of shock or disbelief on their faces. I thought that maybe giving them some of the past history between Bella and Jacob would help to clarify how I came upon the imprinting conclusion. I explained to them about Jacob's reaction to Bella the first time he met her and how he always acted around her every time they were together over the years.

Harry stood and said, "How could this be true? I know the rules of the Alpha; I understand that an Alpha can imprint before he actually phases, but Jacob and Isabella are only children, this does not make any sense. Nowhere in our history has something like this ever happened. Are you sure that you weren't just imagining things? Maybe it was just the light reflecting off of the tin tub that was outside next to them. There haven't been any vampires in this area for over seventy years; no one in our generation has phased, not one vampire has crossed these lands that we know of. Don't vampires have to be around before the wolf gene is activated? I mean no disrespect to you, Billy, but I just can't believe that a ten year old boy imprinted on a twelve year old child."

"Oh, shut up, you old fool, and sit down before you hurt yourself."

Everyone turned in the direction of the voice, including me. Standing in the entrance of the lodge was Catori; Catori was not a member of the council, but she was someone that all of the Quileute tribe had the utmost respect for. No one questioned or argued with Catori. As soon as Harry laid eyes on her, he quickly sat down and did not say another word.

No one knew exactly how old Catori was. She has always been here and she has always looked the same. Even when I was a child, I remembered seeing her on the rez, sitting in her rocking chair on her front porch, she looked like she did right at this moment. Catori was about 5 '4'. She had long, black hair that had traces of grey and reached midway down her back that she usually wore loose and wild. She had smooth, russet colored skin and her face and body were wrinkle free.

However, the wisdom that came from her eyes showed that she was old; how old, nobody knew. As far as any of us knew, she had never been married and she never had any children. When I was a child, I was scared of her because when she stared at you it felt like she could see right through you. She always seemed to know the good and bad about a person; what their thoughts were or things that they had done or planned to do.

"I know why you have called this meeting, Billy Black. I am here to make sure that no one doubts what you have told them. Your son, the Alpha Jacob Ephraim Black, has indeed imprinted on Isabella Swan."

Catori walked toward the front of the building and stopped directly in front of me. She knelt before me and said, "I mean you no disrespect, Billy, by barging in here and speaking without your permission, but I have some valuable information that will explain all of the questions that you and everyone else in this room may have. With your consent, I would like to please address the council."

To say the least, I was speechless; I had never witnessed Catori ask permission to speak before. There's a power around her that no one dared to question or come against. I looked at this woman who, at this moment, was kneeling in front of me with her head bowed and I was in awe. I reached my hand toward her, touched her shoulder, and said, "You may stand, and yes, you have my consent to speak before the council."

Catori got up and stood beside me .She looked at the people sitting before her and said, "As long as each of you can remember, I have always been here and I have always looked the same. I seem to know things that I should not know and when people are in my presence they can feel a power flowing from me. No one has ever had an answer to what my presence here means; my name is not in any of the legends that you have been hearing since birth and up to this point, my existence has not caused any ground breaking occurrences to be talked about.

"What you have seen is how it has always been; I've been at my home, sitting in my rocking chair rocking, watching and waiting. Waiting for this moment and time when the Alpha Wolf was required to be born again. There is a war on the horizon between the Cold Ones and the wolf; this pack of wolves will be the biggest pack that has ever existed in our history. You might as well get very comfortable because the story that I am about to tell you will be a long one."

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