A/N: I'm sorry for the long wait. Mexico and school got in the way. I am back and unfortunately finals are upon me, BUT that also means that school will be out of the way for almost 3 months in just over 3 weeks so yay! Now we will continue on to our planned programing.

Beta: Still no beta and still my mistakes. If anyone wants to take this story on and beta for it please PM me and let me know.

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Chapter 2

What?! Jacob didn't know what to say. Did he admit what he was since they obviously knew something about what he was or did he stay quiet and try to see if they knew more than that?

"Remus, I think since we have come in to his territory and quite obviously caused his pack distress by our apparating we should explain a bit about ourselves first." Harry looked to Remus.

Remus raised an eyebrow, but waved his hand.

"Go ahead Harry, if you think it wise."

"Remus, obviously he's uneasy as we can do things that he's never encountered and we seem to know about him when he probably had no idea about us. He's come into our home on our word without his pack and he's outnumbered," Harry raised an eyebrow at Remus now. The emphasis on pack didn't go unnoticed by Jacob, but he didn't know the possible meaning it could have for the man in front of him. What was Harry trying to convey and why?

"Fine, Harry you have a point." The older man looked to be trying to placate Harry against his better judgment.

"Thank you Remus." Harry cleared his throat and took a sip of his cooling tea before launching into an extremely simplified explanation.

"I'm going to ask you to please keep this information from getting out to muggles - that is what we call non-magical people. We," Harry waved a hand between Remus and himself, "are magical as are you apparently. We however, are wizards." Jacob felt Harry taking inventory of the shifter who seemed to be taking the information in rather stoically.

"You saw and felt our method of travel, which is what caused this whole mess to begin with. We are displaced, for lack of a better word or explanation really, and re-placed in a new location. The confusion you felt was most likely due to the residual magic left when we apparated in oh, er- replaced here."

"Alright, so I get that you are – different – than others, I get that you need the secrecy. We too are a secret even within our own tribe so I will keep your secret, but it will be within my own kind as I cannot keep you from them." Jacob didn't know how much more to say. He was keeping secrets for vampires, wolves, and now for wizards it seemed. Jacob let out a deep breath trying to figure out where he should go from there. He felt slightly removed. It felt more like an out of body experience. He knew he should be freaking out, looking incredulously on and asking to have the other leg pulled, but really in his ever expanding life that was increasingly more supernatural than natural, his imprint to a wizard of all things seemed to just fit in somehow.

"So as wizards, you obviously know what I am," Jacob motioned towards Remus. "Are there other people like me that you know?" Jacob was trying to work around the secrets. If these wizards knew about vampires then the Cullens' secret didn't need to be kept since it would be known and that would be one less thing to have to keep hidden.

"There are many different races of magical creatures in our world. Shifters are one kind." Remus caught on to what Jacob was asking. Jacob had a distinct feeling that he was trying to fish for more information on the area and its ordinary and extraordinary denizens.

"How many other different kinds of magical creatures are there? I can't think of any other kind of creature." Jacob could only really think of two, well three now, but for there to be more was a bit unnerving.

"There are very many different kinds. Think of the fairytales you learned growing up. Most every kind of creature is real to some effect."

"Veelas, vampires, werewolves - the real kind, unicorns, fairies, trolls, giants –" Harry began to list, but Jacob got tripped up by the first listed creature.

"What are veelas? And unicorns really? And let me get this straight, "I vant to suck your blood!" vampires? The ones that burn in the sunlight, are repulsed by garlic and holy water and all that?" Jacob was laying it on thick to see how much they would divulge if anything at all. He was becoming a bit nervous though since it seemed that this supernatural world was a lot bigger than he had ever known. It was one thing to listen to people say that all of the otherworld creatures were real and think that they were a little crazy to believe in fairytales, but to know that they were real was a bigger concept than he was really willing to accept.

"Well, no, those vampires do not exist. Vampires are actually not that easily destroyed or weakened. They can be repelled by wards and certain spells and hexes, but nothing as mundane as a condiment or purified water" Harry was the one to roll his eyes this time.

"Although there are different kinds of vampires, some more vulnerable to certain things than others, but none are as easily defeated." Jacob was going to interrupt, but it seemed that Harry was on a roll.

"And yes, unicorns are real, but they are creatures of purity and are rare to be seen much less approached or touched. Now Veela is a race that I don't believe has made it to popular muggle story telling. Veela are explained as a various mixture of Eastern European nature spirits, fairies, and nymph's. Veela are very beautiful females that lure men and make them go wild. However, if they are angered they transform into bird-like creatures that throw fire. Very unpleasant and unfaithful."

"Jacob, are there any creatures in the area other than yourselves?" Remus seemed to know what Jacob's ploy was and Jacob decided to be a bit more leery of the older man.

"Vampires. Usually I wouldn't tell you, but since you already know about their kind I figured it couldn't hurt. Forewarned is forearmed right? Also, we have a treaty with a coven of them not far from here and I want you guys to be aware of them."

"A treaty? What kind of vampires and what kind of treaty?" The alarm in Remus' voice was a bit surprising considering the relaxed tone that had made up their conversation up until now.

"Vegetarian vampires. They claim to only drink animal blood, and we believe them as their -diet- leaves a pretty telling mark on the color of their eyes." Both men relaxed marginally, but didn't look all that convinced.

"You don't seem to be happy to have the treaty." Harry remarked.

"Their existence in this town is a double edged sword. They call other, non-vegetarian vampires here by their presence, but they also demand that no one feed near the area, which covers a large part of the coast. Those that do not listen are taken care of by us."

"Taken care of…"

"Kill. We, the pack, came to be so that we can protect our people from the Cold One's. We are the protectors of our tribe." Harry paled and Remus looked impressed.

"How is that possible?" Harry's voice was barely above a whisper.

"You are a shifter, nothing more mystical or durable than that. How is it that you kill indestructible vampires?"

"Indestructible? You said that they were-"

"For Wizards and Witches, yes! Not for overgrown canines that fancy themselves guard dogs!" Harry was almost hyperventilating. Jacob was insulted and a bit wounded that his imprint would think so little of him.

"We have killed more than one vampire, a whole freaking army in fact, not that long ago and I'm still here! Thank you so much for all the faith you have in us!" Jacob's defenses went up. Not that his imprint would have cause to know any of that information, but it still stung that in Harry's eyes, he was not strong enough.

"Jacob, you'll have to excuse Harry and myself. In our defense, we only know of magical and non-magical. There seems to be a middle ground with you that we have not come across before. Coming to terms with the new knowledge will be a bit trying." Remus was trying to keep the peace, but it was tenuous at best.

"Kind of like you guys suddenly appearing out of thin air and living in invisible houses? Is that the kind of new knowledge you mean?" Jacob was not beyond being a bit spiteful. Remus tipped his head in assent.

"How are you taking all of this information so well?" Harry croaked. Jacob let out a humorless laugh.

"I have had a lot of my beliefs torn to shreds and glued back together rather lousily recently so this is just par for the course. Had I been left to assimilate what I already know for a year and then you come along I may have been having a little more trouble with it, but at the moment it seems to be one thing after another." Harry shot an inquiring look at Jacob.

"Long story for another time." Jacob waved it off. After all, he didn't want to give all of his secrets away in one sitting.

"I'd like to contact Seth's and Leah if you don't mind. They've been known to jump the gun when they're anxious and I'd rather we don't have a bunch of wolves who are willing to act first and ask questions later."

"Sure, you can transform-"

"Shift actually, but um" Jacob looked around wondering if they would mind terribly If he began stripping in front of them. His wolf was not inclined to be out of sight of his mate anytime soon which might complicate things.

"Jacob is there a problem?" Harry asked. Jacob reddened slightly.

"My wolf isn't willing to be out of your sight so I may need to shift in here or if you're willing to go outside with me..."

"Oh, we'll how about I just move things around." Harry pulled out his wand and pushed most of the furnishings, people in them still, to the wall. Remus didn't react, but Jacob yelped when the couch began to move with his on it and no one doing the actual moving.

"Sorry" Harry reddened when he realized that Jacob was not yet acclimated to magic. It just seemed like he was since his reactions were very calm.

"Yeah, no problems, just let me know when you are going to use that on me or anything I may be on or near until I get used to it a bit more." Jacob took a breath and pulled his sweats down in one swoop. Harry's face burned all the way to the tip of his ears. He had not had a warning either and did not look away until it was too late.

"If you wouldn't mind extending the same courtesy when you need to - ah, undress." Remus wasn't overly affected other than a raised eyebrow at the casual way in which the shifter divested himself of his pants.

"Please," was Harry's strangled response. Whether the response was in agreement to Remus' statement or in denial of it was unclear. Jacob smirked and nodded his agreement right before he became a massive canine taking up half of the living room.

"Jake!" Seth

"Black!" Leah

"Jacob Black!" Sam

Jacob let out an irritated snort.

"Now why did you call in the Brady Bunch? I told you guys to wait." Seth looked abashed through Leah's eyes, Leah looked a mix of relieved and haughty through Sam's eyes and Sam looked irked through the corner of Seth's eyes. Although it was really, only Sam Jacob knew that unless there was a really good reason, the rest of the pack would know all about his imprint before the night was through.

"What is this I hear about a male imprint?" Sam demanded.

"I told Leah to wait, but she wouldn't listen!" Seth defended.

"Never hurts to have back up." Was Leah's response and that was it.

"Alright guys- sorry and girls - please be quiet for a moment I'm being reamed out by Sam and I really don't want to try and answer you and him at the same time." Jacob showed Sam the whole encounter. It was easier than trying to explain everything that had happened in the last hour. Jacob knew that Harry and Remus would be fine since they could protect themselves in case Sam got any ideas, but he was relying on Sam backing him up since it was Jacob's imprint they were talking about.

Once the whole encounter was over Sam watched it again and finally let out a mental sigh.

"This is one big freaking mess. This is not going to go over well with the counsel and I'm positive your imprint will come into question-"

"What! They can't, you saw it yourself it is real!" Jacob tried to pace in his agitation, but there was not enough space in the living room, but his tail and ears twitched in irritation.

"-I know Jacob. I will vouch for you, but it won't be the same. You know what they think the imprint is mainly used for and you have to admit that it is not possible for that to occur in your case." Jacob was going to wholeheartedly agree, but then he had a niggling suspicion that with Harry in particular that part was covered.

"What Jacob? What are you not telling me?" Sam could feel the indecision over the mind link.

"I'm not sure, but give me a moment. I'll be back." Jacob shifted back, but stayed crouched for a moment. He wasn't sure he wanted to ask, but this was going to be the proverbial bone of contention and he wanted to be armed with a rebuttal. Both Harry and Remus looked at him questioningly when he didn't move. Jacob maneuvered himself so that he was sitting on a leg of his sweats with the other leg draped over his lower half.

"I was talking to the other-" Jacob forgot that he hadn't mentioned the second pack and had to adjust his statement. "-members of the pack and they brought up a very good point. A point I am afraid will be an issue with the counsel. You see the counsel thinks that the reason we have imprints is for reproducing the best offspring - genetically - to pass on the shifting gene. Now my pack can vouch for my imprint, but the counsel will not believe it since we are not viable for offspring." Remus was smiling mischievously and Harry's face was suffused with blood once again.

"That is a non-issue Jacob believe me." Remus coughed. He was enjoying himself at the expense of his godson, but he couldn't help himself really.

"Why is it a non-issue, because where I'm sitting it will be a huge issue." Jacob looked expectant over at Harry whose face hadn't cooled yet.

"Ah- Jacob, well you see, um-" Harry conjured himself a chair since all the furniture had been pushed aside for Jacob and thus unavailable for use. He cleared his throat and began again.

"Since I'm a wizard Iamabletoconceiveandcarryachildtoterm." Like a Band-Aid really.

"What?" Jacob kind of hear, but kind of didn't and really what he thought he heard sounded absurd so - what?

Harry let out a groan and covered his face as he reiterated his previous statement in a natural rhythm.

"Since I am a wizard I am able to conceive and carry a child to term." Harry hadn't taken his hands from his face, but did so when he heard a loud thump. Jacob, who had been sitting cross-legged on the floor had fallen back in a dead faint.

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