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I wanted to kill Paul, I really did. I hated him so much at that moment it was almost unreal. I have never hated before in my life but this guy was seriously pushing my buttons. As I lunged at him, flying towards him through the air and landed on top of him on all fours.
Paul started laughing his ass off. Was the guy insane?
Here I was wanting to kick his ass and he was laughing. I understand that I didn't get into fights often - or ever really. But still, with the anger I felt I was sure I'd get in a good hit or two.
I pulled back my arm and tried to form a fist when I noticed it.
It!
My arm was gone! My arm was now a paw! A massive fucking paw!
My eyes were probably huge, there was a paw sticking out of my shoulder. How the flying fuck will I beat the brains out of Paul now?
I looked lower and there was a whole dog body attached to the paw. No shoulder, well not a human shoulder. Heavens above I am a dog!
"Oh, my god! Oh, my god! Oh, my god!" Was all that was running through my brain, along with an occasional: "Fuck!" and "I'm a dog!"
"Embry, relax! And you're not a dog." There was a voice in my head and it wasn't mine.
What the hell did the lunch ladies put in the food? Was I high? I must have been.
"You're not high. The legends are true." The voice said.
I looked up to see a huge black wolf staring right at me.
"Holy shit!" I screamed but it came out as loud howl mixed with a bark. I forgot I was a dog and couldn't talk.
"You are not a dog!" The voice in my head said more forcefully. "It's me, Sam. Sam Uley. I'm not just some voice in your head."
"Sam?" I cocked my head. It almost fell down, my head was much heavier then before I turned to a dog. "What are you doing in my head? And what were the legends you were talking about?"
"We're all connected in mind when we're phased. And with legends I meant the old legends, the ones that we listened as kids."
"So I'm guessing you're the black wolf?" I pulled that one out of my ass, really I didn't expect an answer so when the huge black wolf nodded it's huge black head I fell down. I sat on my furry ass in shock. "Wow! Uh… I didn't listen to any legends. Did you forget that I'm the outsider?"
"Uuuuuuuuuuuu, someone's bitter." Paul who somehow sneaked from underneath me unnoticed, mocked. He was a wolf too he was a dark grey color, smaller than Sam but still much larger than an ordinary wolf.
I could see myself through their eyes. I was big, almost as big as Sam. My fur was grey but lighter than Pauls and my paws were almost white, I was almost silver. I have to admit even though I didn't want to be a wolf I was quite a beautiful animal.
I growled at Paul. It was an instinctive reaction. Just as I was getting ready to lounge at him Sam stopped me.
"Paul, Embry enough!" He ordered.
I tried to fight the order but I couldn't. Yet the obedience and submisivnes felt wrong to me somehow. I will have to talk to Jared if he feels the same later. Was this the human part of me telling me it's wrong to obey Sam or was I like so many times before - the odd man out?
"Don't forget to tell him the legends Sam. All the legends." Jared's voice floated through along the mind link with a picture of his girlfriend Kim.
The black wolf nodded it's big head. "I was getting to that. Paul you're on patrol."
The wolf in question emmidiately turned and ran deeper in to the forest with amazing speed while I planted my furry ass back down and was joined by Sam and Jared.
Sam's wolf huffed, then I saw and heard Billys voice, the chief of our tribe in my head: "The Quileute were always small in population but we never disappeared. It is because of our blood, the magic in our blood makes it so."
I could see Billy in Sam's mind. I always admired Billy Black, as I was growing up he was the father I never had. I have spent half of my life at the Black house because Jake was my best friend and Billy had always seemed larger than life, even after he got chained to the wheelchair.
"The Quileute tribe settled in La Push and became efficient fishermen and shipbuilders. As time passed, other peoples coveted their land and moved against them for it. The tribe was small and could not defend themselves, so they took their ships and left the land. At sea, Kaheleha used the magic in their blood to defend it. He was the first Spirit Chief in Quileute history. He and all the men left the ships in spirit only, using the original power of Quileute – Astral Projection."
"They left their bodies behind under the care of their women." All this conversation carried on at night by a bonfire, somewhere on a cliff. It all looked and felt magical even if I was seeing it all trough Sam's mind and I was not actually there. "Though they could not physically hurt the enemy, the warriors had other ways. They blew fierce winds into enemy camps; they could make great screaming in the wind and could manipulate animals to do their bidding. Animals were the only ones that could see them and help. The invading tribe had packs of thick-furred dogs to pull their sleds in the north, and which were set against them. Bats were brought out of the cliff caverns. As a result, the dogs and bats won and the survivors of the invaders scattered thinking the harbor cursed. The Quileutes released the dogs, who ran wild, and returned to their bodies victorious."
"The Quileute were always victorius and so the Hohs and the Makahs made treaties with the Quileutes because they wanted nothing to do with their magic."
"Generations passed and the last of the great Spirit Chiefs came to be. Taha Aki was a man of peace and was known for his wisdom. However there was one man named Ultapa who believed that they should use their magic to expand their control over the Hohs and the Makahs, building an empire. When the spirit warriors left their bodies their minds were all connected with each other. Taha Aki did not like what Utlapa wanted and banned him from the tribe. Utlapa left and hid in the nearby forest."
The atmosphere by the fire shifted so suddenly it sent chills down my spine. "Taha Aki was vigilant and protected his people even when there was no danger. Every so often, the Spirit Chief would leave the village to a sacred and secret place in the mountains. He would leave his body behind and searched the surrounding areas for any dangers or threats. One day, Utlapa followed Taha Aki planning to kill him, but as he waited for him to leave his body he hatched another plan. Utlapa left his body, took Taha Aki's body, and killed his own. Taha Aki knew immediately what was happening when Utlapa joined him in the spirit world. He raced back to his sacred place but was too late. He followed his body in his spirit self down to the tribe. For weeks he watched with despair as Utlapa made sure everyone believed he was Taha Aki. Then Utlapa's first edict came: no warrior was to enter the spirit world because he had a vision of danger, but in truth he was afraid of Taha Aki. Utlapa took liberties with the tribe that no one ever dreamed of. He took a second and a third wife, even though Taha Aki's wife still lived. Eventually, Taha Aki brought a great wolf down the mountains to kill Utlapa and free the tribe, but Utlapa only hid from it behind his warriors. The wolf ended up killing a young man, making Taha Aki's grief greater."
"Taha Aki had been away from his body long enough to be in agony. He felt doomed of never being ever to cross the line between life and death. The great wolf followed him through the forest and Taha Aki felt jealous of the animal; at least it had a body and a life. At that moment the Spirit Chief had an idea that changed the future of the Quileutes. He asked the animal if he could share his body with him and the wolf complied. As a single being, the wolf and the man went to the village. The people feared the wolf, shouting for the warriors' help. The warriors came with spears in their hands, but they stopped in surprise of what the wolf was doing: the wolf was retreating from the warriors and trying to yelp the songs of their people. The warriors realized what it was doing and could only think that it was being influenced by a spirit."
"An old warrior, Yut, disobeyed the orders of the false chief and left his body. Yut gathered the truth in an instant and welcomed Taha Aki. Almost instantly, Utlapa realized what had happened and raced towards Yut's body with his knife. The other warriors were confused. Yut went back into his body but could not fight Utlapa off before warning the others, as he was too old. Taha Aki watched as Yut's spirit left the world and he returned to the wolf's body feeling a great rage. The wolf shuddered and transformed into a man before the eyes of the warriors. The man did not look like Taha Aki's body, but like his spirit self, which the warriors recognized instantly. Utlapa tried to run but Taha Aki had the strength of the wolf and killed him. Upon realization of what had happened, everything returned to normal. The only change he kept in place was the forbidding of spirit travel. From then on he was known as the Great Wolf or the Spirit Man. He led the tribe for many years because he did not age. He fathered many sons, who in time found that they too could turn into wolves on reaching manhood. However, they were all different because the wolf form reflected the spirit of the man. Some became warriors like Taha Aki and did not age, others did not like to transform, and started to age."
My head was spinning. "Wow!" I breathed.
"I know right!" Jared snigerred.
But they – Sam, Paul and Jared had an advantage. They grew up with this legends, even though they thought they were bedtime stories. At least they knew something.
"So we turn in to wolves when we reach manhood, whatever that means. You'd think they'd warn us." I huffed annoyed. Or at least the legitimate children should know and I'm sure they didn't. If Jake knew any of this he would have told me. Jake can't keep a secret to save his life.
"No, Embry. You have to listen on." Sam ordered.
"There's more?" I asked incrediously. This was already too much, I was getting owerwhelmed.
"Yes. Now listen." The scene in his mind was the same as before but the air around it shifted. The night somehow bacame colder and darker.
"Now listen to the sacrifice of the third wife." Billy started. "After Taha Aki gave up his spirit self, trouble began in the North with the Makahs. Several young women had disappeared and they believed the neighboring wolves were to blame. However, all the wolves knew it was none of them because their minds were still connected with each other. Taha Aki did not want a war, especially since he could not lead his people any longer. He gave his eldest son, Taha Wi, the responsibility of finding who was to blame. Taha Wi led five wolves in search through mountains looking for evidence but they only found a strange, sweet scent. They followed it and the journey took them so far north that Taha Wi sent the two younger brothers back to inform the chief. Taha Wi and the other two never returned."
"A year later, two Makah maidens were taken from their homes on the same night and the Makahs called upon the wolves. The Quileutes found the same sweet scent and went on the hunt once more. Only one of them returned. Yaha Uta, the eldest son of Taha Aki's third wife, returned carrying strange cold pieces of a corpse. He described what had happened to his brothers. One of them underestimated the strength of the creature and became a victim. Yaha Uta and his other brother were more careful but the creature matched their movements and got his hands on one of them. Yaha Uta found an opening on the creature's throat and began tearing at him desperately trying to save his brother. It was too late but he succeeded in ripping his enemy apart."
I'm sure my eyes in this form were already large but with hearing this they are surely the size of basketballs.
"Yaha Uta laid the remains of the creature on the ground to be examined. Suddenly the corpse began to attach itself together and so the elders set fire to it. They spread the ashes far and wide, except a small bag which Taha Aki wore around his neck to be warned if the creature ever decided to get himself together again. The creature was called the Cold One and the Blood Drinker. They feared there were others like it since they only had one wolf protector left. Then came the Cold Woman, its mate. She was the most beautiful creature to be seen, though one small boy claimed the smell hurt his nose. An elder heard this and yelled for them to get away. He was the first to die at the mercy of the woman. She then proceeded to the other people until Yaha Uta arrived, followed by Taha Aki, his third wife, and the elders. When Yaha Uta was defeated, Taha Aki turned into an old gray wolf with the strength given by his anger alone. He began fighting the Cold Woman, when his third wife came to a conclusion."
"She had just seen her son killed and now her husband ran a terrible danger, along with the rest of her sons and tribe. She heard every word the witnesses told the council and heard Yaha Uta's version of events the night the other one was beaten. She knew that his brother's divergence had saved him. She grabbed a knife from one of her sons, ran towards the blood drinker and stabbed herself in the heart. The Cold Woman could not turn away from the fresh blood and gave in to the thirst. Taha Aki bit her throat and finished her off along with two of his sons who felt such rage at seeing their mother dead that they turned into wolves. After that, Taha Aki never returned to his human self, staying to protect his wife's body and leaving to the forest never to return to the tribe."
"That sounds suspiciously like vampires." I concluded.
No one said anything, I was practically hearing crickets.
"Fuck! Please tell me there aren't vampires!" I pleaded. They didn't say what I wanted them to.
"You're good." Jared complimented.
"How did you gather that so quickly?" Sam asked.
"Are you kidding me?!" I snapped. "I'm a giant wolf sitting in the middle of the forest with other wolves around me and we can hear each other in our heads. There is not much I wouldn't believe right about now!"
From somewhere in the forest where he was running patrol Paul added his thoughts: "The kid's got a point."
Next time we'll go in to imprinting and the Cullens are vampires bit. The whole legend bits are copy - pased from the Twilight Wiki. Lazy, yes but it was easiest and the most acurrate. Sorry!
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