Chapter I

Jacob Black sat next to the campfire. He heard the talking, laughing and joking of his friends and family. He should have been happy, but he was not. Jacob was waiting for someone, but she wasn't here. He was almost afraid that she wouldn't come at all.

Then he smelt it, her sweet vanilla scent. He didn't know why, but Jacob's senses were becoming more advanced as he approached puberty. He shook the thought out of his head as he heard the squishing of the sand between her petite toes.

Her brown hair flared around her as she looked around. Brown met brown in a gaze that seemed to have shaken Jacob to his core.

She smiled at him and walked over, careful not to get sand too high up on her smooth, exposed calves.

"Hi Jacob," she said.

He swallowed nervously, "Hi Bella, glad you could make it."

Her smile faded a bit when she saw everyone staring at her. A pink blush spread over her cheeks.

Jacob seemed to realize what his friends wanted, "Everyone, this is Bella Swan; Charlie's daughter."

They took her in and nodded to her. Not really welcoming her, but not really pushing her away either. They just tolerated her like every other person from Forks that one of the younger wolves brought around.

"Who's ready for a story?" asked Jacob's father, Billy.

The adults and teenagers alike crowded around the man in the wheelchair, by the fire and listened intently to the story he told.

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Jason had seen in his vision that the trio were to arrive at a bonfire their mates were hosting. So, as he was the planner, he arranged for them to arrive three months earlier than said event. The three months allowed them to build their homes, unpack, settle in and become familiar faces in the community.

The Coles were masters of blending in to a point where everyone knew you, yet no one knew who you were.

That night, after a quick hunt, the brother and sisters walked on to the beach, ready for their lives to change.

Joanna was practically shaking with anticipation; she was a hopeless romantic and hoped that her mate would sweep her off her feet.

Jason seemed calm enough, but his sisters knew differently. He was giving off a nervous energy; Jason was second-guessing himself – which was rare for a person who knew the future.

Lastly, the oldest, Jessica, was a bit weary. She wanted to find her mate and be happy, just like every other girl in the world; but the concept of imprinting was scary.

It was just as much as tying your life to theirs, if anything bad happen to them, not only would you feel their pain, but if they were to die, you'd die, also, of grief not too much longer after that.

Jessica was over four hundred years old, she was too wise, and plainly too old, to die like that – if it were to happen that way.

But knowing her brother, if she were to have an end like that, he would tell her, and let her decide if she still wanted to be with the man even though she might die from it.

It seemed to have hit all three of them at the same time, the strange pull that their mates were giving off.

Jason and Joanna went off in the same direction together while Jessica was pulled off into the woods that surrounded a portion of the beach.

"God, Seth! How many hotdogs have you eaten? You're not the only one here, you know?" exclaimed a female voice from beyond the fire.

The tall, leggy brunette, with copper skin and dark expressive eyes glared at a young boy, no older than fourteen.

"Sorry Leah, I'm just so hungry I could eat a horse and them some!" The young boy, named Seth, replied to his older sister.

Jason looked to Joanna, who nodded with a smile. Even though they didn't know it yet, Seth and Leah's lives were about to change forever.

Leah scoffed and crossed her arms, dismissing her younger brother. "Whatever, but when Paul kicks your ass for eating all the food, don't come crying to me."

Seth slinked away, and the siblings realized that this was their chance. Joanna darted off to catch up with Seth, while Jason stepped forward to introduce himself to Leah.

He took a deep breath, and lightly touched her shoulder, indicating that he wanted her attention.

"What the hell do you want-," her words faded on her tongue as she stared into the most beautiful blue eyes, she's ever seen.

Leah had been carrying around a lot of heartache, ever since her long-time boyfriend Sam, left her for her own cousin, and dear friend, Emily.

But at that moment, all the tears she'd shed, all the time she spent wishing that they could be together, all the resentment that she had for Sam, Emily and herself, disappeared from her mind.

All that she could concentrate on was this tall, handsome man in front of her.

The fact that he was taller than her six feet was already a plus in his favour, but the way he smiled at her seemed to melt her bones.

"Hi," his deep voice rang into her haze.

She swallowed, if only she could just reach out and touch him.

"Hi," she replied back.

"I'm Jason, and I think you're my imprint," he said to her, bluntly.

Hallelujah! She exclaimed in her mind. He knows about us and he's one too. And I don't care for much other than that.

With that, the once bitter woman, took a hold of the man's shirt and pulled him in for a searing kiss.

Oh, yeah, I could get used to this.

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Jessica peaked from around the tall tree she was hiding behind. She saw her mate, Jacob, she had heard, sitting there with a human girl.

She was pretty, in the average girl-next-door type. She had brown hair and matching eyes and looked quite petite next to Jacob. But then again, he was a growing wolf, he was bound to be larger than her.

When she met her mate, Jessica expected to be having a deep conversation like Joanna was having with her mate, Seth. Or either be having hot, sweaty sex with him, like her brother was now doing with his mate, Leah.

But no, what she felt was the intense urge to protect. Yes, she could say that she loved him already, but it was the kind of love she felt for her siblings, as was the feeling to protect.

Was she bound to feel like this for the rest of her life? Would she never be able to have an intimate relationship with her mate?

This saddened Jessica a bit; though the thought of leaving Jacob and going back to her, now seemingly empty life, was like stabbing hot daggers into her heart.

No, she knew that her feelings would blossom into something else; maybe because it was the fact that the boy was merely fifteen or sixteen.

Jessica nodded to herself, that's what it was. She would be considered a pedophile if she had sexual feelings toward a teenager. Especially, to humans, when she was supposed to be nineteen.

With some consolation, Jessica climbed up a tree and sat on one of the branches. All of this went unnoticed and unheard to both the human and the young wolf.

"Jacob, can you tell me about the Cold Ones?" the girl asked.

Jessica's interest was aroused, The Cold Ones?

"Well, in our culture that's what they're called, the Cold Ones. But you might know them as vampires."

Jessica almost laughed; she would have to ask Jason about this human. She was interested in what her future held.

If she happened to be asking a wolf about vampires, she must be desperate. Her family had been certain there were vampires around where they lived, but they never came close enough for the trio to be sure.

Jessica zoned out, as she normally does when she's thinking, and then heard Jacob say, "But it's just legend. Not that the whole thing about wolves and vampires are true."

The girl seemed caught up in her own thoughts as well. She got up abruptly and rushed back to wherever she came from, throwing a flighty, "Thanks Jake," over her shoulder.

Jacob was left there stunned, then he got up and ran a big hand, that seemed out of place on his body, through his long shoulder length hair.

"Good going, Black. You scared her away." And with that Jessica's mate walked back to the bonfire with the rest of the wolves.

Jessica hopped from the tree and landed gracefully, her amber eyes cutting through the darkness to see Jacob's back clearly.

She was in shock, He likes this human. She thought to herself.

Jessica shook her head. Well, if she makes him happy, who am I to complain? Even though I wish that he wanted me.

Jessica sighed, but looked on the bright side. If Jacob were to spend the rest of his life with the human, she'd just have to wait eighty years and then she'd have him to herself.

But what if he decided to age with her? Then he'll die and I'll be all alone, once again.

Jessica's worries were interrupted when she heard her brother call her name.

It was no more than a whisper, and he was half a mile away, but she heard it as clear as if he'd said it right beside her.

Jessica sprinted off, faster than the human eye could see, and appeared at the edge of the forest where Jacob was just emerging as well.

Jessica avoided looking him straight in the eye, lest he imprint on her, and walked over to her brother.

He was cuddling with a woman, and they both had big grins on their faces.

Jessica smiled, at least Jason was happy.

She looked around for her sister and found her laughing with a young boy as well. His eyes sparkled with happiness but he had not imprinted on her, yet.

When Jessica was closer to Jason, he got up and introduced her to the woman.

"Jessica, this is Leah, my imprint. And Leah, this is my oldest sister, Jessica."

Jessica smiled and shook her hand. "Welcome to the family, Leah. I'm sure you'll meet the rest of the brood at some point."

Leah was about to say something when both she and Jessica realized something. It was deathly quiet, and it seemed like everyone was watching them.

Leah stiffened her back and said aloud, to everyone.

"Yeah, he imprinted on me. Do any of you have a problem with that?" she asked.

Jessica, Joanna and Leah were the only females there, since Bella had left some time ago.

The males just looked away and pretended not to care. But they knew better, they would be listening in with their sonic hearing.

"Sorry about the jackasses. I guess they're kind of surprised, since I've been alone for so long."

Jessica laughed at that and Leah laughed too. Jessica realized that she liked the bluntness in which Lead spoke.

Jason smiled, Jessica was surprised to see her somewhat solemn brother so happy.

When they stopped laughing, Leah got serious and leaned closer and spoke low, not that it would help, "Jason gave me a crash course on what he is, what you are."

Jessica looked to her brother, who just nodded at her.

"And you're okay with this?" Jessica asked with a raised eyebrow.

Leah just smiled over at Jason, who smiled back, "He's my imprint, I don't care if he had three head and eight toes, I'd still feel the same way about him."

All seemed right in the world, until a tall man, taller than Jason – so that put him around six foot five – came up to them.

"Not to intrude, but I couldn't help but overhearing,"

"You mean, eavesdropping," Leah interrupted.

The man continued like he didn't even hear her, "You two are,"

"Werewolves, just like you." Jessica interrupted this time.

The man smiled, "Well, I'm Sam Uley, Alpha of this pack."

Sam continued to introduce Jessica to the rest of the wolves. Some had already made the change, while others, like Jacob and Seth had not. But Jessica could smell it in the air, they were close; they just needed that little push over the edge.

When Sam came to introduce Jessica to the pack elders, Billy Black squinted at her and said, "You look familiar."

She just smiled back at him, "Trust me, you haven't seen me before, I haven't been in this area anytime in the past."

Billy shook his head, "No, not you, per say. Your hair and eyes are different, but you look just like your mother. Sonya, correct?"

Jessica was taken aback, "How do you know my mother?"

Billy laughed, "There was a story passed down through my family about our great ancestor. He was an Alpha and was in love with a beautiful female wolf. But she broke his heart by falling in love with a vampire."

Billy squinted at her again, "But if Sonya's your mother, then that must mean…"

Billy rolled his chair back away from her a bit. "You- you can't exist," he whispered softly, as if not believing it himself.

Jessica almost wanted to laugh, but she didn't. No one could know about her and her family, not yet anyway.

She tried to put on an assuring smile, "Please, Billy, my family means you no harm."

Then her eyes darkened, "Even if you had a problem with it, you can't stop us because of your own law. Myself, as well as my siblings have imprinted on three of your pack members. You cannot chase us out of here because we are now part of the pack."

Sam, who had been watching the entire exchange, confused, said, "What's going on?"

Billy looked at Jessica, and she looked at him. They seemed to be having a mental conversation. Then Billy sighed, "Nothing you need to worry about right now."

Jessica nodded in agreement and turned to Sam.

"My brother is now part of the pack through Leah, but I am still his Alpha. Don't try to force him to do something that is against his beliefs."

Sam looked agitated that someone would tell him how to run his pack, but he agreed anyway.

With all of that settled Jessica turned to her siblings and called their names. She said it normally, as if they were standing right beside her, but they were many feet away.

The two looked at them with sadness in their eyes. Jessica knew what they were feeling; they didn't want to leave their mates, especially after waiting so long for them.

"I know, but we have to go. We have a lot to do," Jessica said normally once again. They nodded and Jason gave Leah one last kiss before leaving; while Joanna told Seth she had to go. Considering that he hadn't imprinted on her yet, he still looked marginally sad to see her leave.

The two appeared at Jessica's side in the blink of an eye. Jessica turned to Sam and Billy and said her farewells.

In an instant, the three siblings disappeared from the sights of the wolf pack.

The teens who weren't wolves yet, and didn't believe in such, never noticed. And any of the fast movements that they see did were blamed on the darkness and their own eyes playing tricks on them.

But the mature wolves did notice, and the only thing they could think of was that those three were very powerful creatures.

So sorry that I didn't update yesterday. I had a busy day and totally forgot. I hope you like the second chapter. Please review, so I know if you guys like it or not. Thanks and see you next Thursday! :)