The silence in the deep forest that surrounding La Push was abruptly interrupted by a wild-looked red-haired woman, who had three wolves chasing hot on her trail. When looking closer, one could easily tell that the woman was extremely pale in skin, while the wolves were too huge to be a normal grey wolf, and they were moving in a high speed that human eyes could hardly keep track on. The chase ended when the woman jumped into the Pacific from a cliff cutting through the edge of the forest.

Fucking leech. Escape again. Unacceptable.

What's the plan now, boss? The brown-furred wolf turned his huge head toward the biggest wolf in the trio.

Sam, you're in charge after I phase back, take Jared and Paul with you to do patrolling, it seems that red-headed had escaped, again. Embry, Quil, you'll phase back with me, meet me at my house.

The two other wolves, along with their other three brothers, who were now running patrol around La Push and Forks, submitted to the order issued by the reddish wolf. After the wolf hiding into the woods, the wolf shook violently and suddenly a naked Jacob Black was standing on the ground that previously occupied by the wolf.


Jacob Black's life had been turned upside down, after the tribal ceremony held by the elders for him and other sixteen-years-old-to-be. He and his best friend Quil, as well as Jared Cameron and Paul Lahote, were summoned to Quil's grandfather, Old Quil's house. He was surprised to find his other friend, Embry was there, too. Since Embry's mother was a Makah, and his father's identity was unbeknown to the rest of the tribe, he was seemed as outsider by some of the old-fashioned elders, so he was banished from the ceremony held earlier that night as well.

His father, as hereditary chief of the Quileutes, began to tell the story of spirit worriers, and how Taha Aki, the last spirit warrior obtained the shifting form of wolf, while Quil's grandfather preparing some unique herbs in the kitchen. Then they were led by Old Quil and Harry, his father's friend into the woods, they were met by Sam Uley, a senior there. Old Quil asked them stripping all their cloth and offer a herbal drink to the five of them, it was after drinking the herb Jacob morphed into his spirit wolf for the first time.


"What the hell is going on here!" Leah shouted. "And what are you going to do with Bella?"

"Embry, take your girlfriend outside. Quil, help me move Bella to my room."

After they placed Bella on Jacob's bed, and made her warm enough in case she caught cold, Jacob and Quil came to the living room to talk, with Leah's high-pitched scream drowning out Embry's frustrated voice in the backyard.

"So do you think that is...?" Jacob nodded at Quil's unasked question.

After taking on the role of protector of their tribe, also assuming the Alpha position of the newly formed wolf pack, a hereditary place passed down by his father, Jacob discovered from his dad that, like every Alphas before him, including his dad, he would "imprint" on a certain girl who would bring strong traits into the gene pool of the wolves, a privilege that didn't share with other non-Alpha wolves, in order to make the next pack stronger.

"But why Bella...?" Quil mumbled to himself, rather than asking Jacob.

Bella Swan was one of childhood friends of Jacob, and he used to have crush on her, but it never turned into something more, for she hooked up with the Cullen boy as soon as she moved back to Forks. This involvement with leeches alone would no doubt making her one of the most unwelcome person to the tribe, not to mention that Bella was as pale as any "paleface" could be, and if how those old fools treated Embry before he phased was any indication, guess they would be thrilled when learning Bella's future roles in the tribe, Jacob thought sarcastically.

Suddenly a fiber-tearing sound was heard, made the Alpha and his pack brother came out of the house to investigate, only to find a black-spotted wolf and a smaller grey wolf wrestling in the backyard, with shreds of clothes raining down around both of the wolves.

Meanwhile, Bella was waking up to the noise sounded like animal snarling.


Author's Notes

To my knowledge, there were only one Alpha pair could mate in a wild wolf pack, while the Alpha male kept the other males from mating, and the Alpha female kept the other females from giving birth, and if any non-Alpha female did produce puppies, the puppies would be killed eventually (though some exception were observed). Since most of the Quileute wolf pack memebrs first depicted in Stephenie Meyer's New Moon were males, and imprints were "supposed" to be rare in the earliest introduction, I think it's reasonable to twist imprint into a privilege only preserved in the lineage of Alpha. Yet it's only my opinion on imprint, if you have different ideas, feel free to share in the reviews.

To Filipinagirl04 and orchidluv, thanks for your reviews on every chapters in the story, it's always a pleasure to read your reviews. :)