The Original Spirit Warriors Of The Quileute Tribe
Clara's POV
As twilight consumed the town of Forks the burning embers gave way to a roaring flame. The smouldering fire wood singeing those who sat near. "Now," Billy crowed, the lines on his face showing his joy. The elders, being Old Quil and Harry Clearwater, sitting on either side of him. "Which legend would you like to hear?"
"Shouldn't we wait for the boys?" Even though the forest was quiet with the invasion of dusk, the younger tribe members were no where to be seen. "They've been gone all day. Maybe we should search for them?" Emily gave a light hearted giggle as Sam nearly burst out laughing.
"No, they will come when they smell the food." She chimed as Old Quil gave a chuckle. Emily place the formerly roasting hot dog inside the soft, fluffy bun, dressing it with mustard and ketchup to be served with a side of plain potato chips on a paper plate. "Here, eat up." Footsteps reverberated within the earth, sounds of crunching leaves and twigs clear as day until the band of half naked men came bounded the wilderness. One of them rushing towards the outstretched plate in front of me, and snatching it from her hand with a howl of laughter. "Hey! That was Clara's!" The young man turned to her with a smirk on his face, his body lean and toned with large muscles as if he was a bodybuilder. Slender, almost as tall as the infamous Jacob Black, the one who had a crush on Bella.
"I was just joking." He gave a smile and handed it back to her flicking his eyes over me in a quick motion. "Clara, huh? What does it stand for?" The playfulness in his voice was as plain as the moon in the sky. Grasping the plate I set it in my lap.
"Wouldn't you like to know?" I countered with a smirk of my own, only for him to snort in response and snag a few freshly made hamburgers and sit by the campfire. One man, his boyish features more apparent as he strode towards our little group, Jacob black. Unlike the others he didn't look all that muscular, he looked fit, but nothing like them. He wasn't nearly half naked either.
"Do you guys make it a job to appear half naked everywhere?" Jacob shook his head at them the same playfulness in his voice. "And in front of a lady too, what a shame. No wonder most of you can't get a girl." A few more howls were heard among the crowd as Paul piped up.
"Says the one chasing after a girl that runs with-"
"Paul!" Sam shouts, his voice becoming deeper. "Enough." The almighty Paul Lahote obeyed without a word, and returned to stuffing his face.
"What legend would you like to here, Clara?" Harry was kind, his voice whimsical. After a moment of thinking I knew exactly what legend I wanted to hear.
"The legend of the original powers of the Quileute Tribe."
With a laugh Billy gave a nod. "Ah, yes, long ago before Taha Aki's spirit was bound with the Great Wolf, the Spirit Warriors of our tribe could walk between two worlds. Not dead, but not alive. Their spirits would leave their bodies and the women would care for the lifeless vessels until they returned. They would create gusts of wind and talk to animals, even control them and get them to do their bidding. With these abilities they would attack those that stole their land, and the Makah and the Hohs eventually gave up, signing a treaty knowing that our power was too great."
"I've never heard that." Jacob squinted his eyes at his father, his long hair falling over his shoulder. Harry nodded with a knowing smile.
"Yes, how our Spirit Warriors came to obtain the power of the Great Wolf, was Taha Aki was followed to a sacred place in the woods, where he would leave his body to fulfil his chiefly duties for the tribe, by walking through the spirit world. He had cast out Utlapa before hand, and he had followed him, sent his own spirit out and took Taha Aki's body for himself and convinced the tribe he was Taha Aki. He banned any warriors from entering the spirit world to protect his secret." The grim look on the elder's face was painted like a clear picture, one that would be forever lasting in the museum. A reflection of Taha Aki's sorrow. "After bringing a Great Wolf down from the mountains he was jealous that the creature had a soul, a life, and a body and asked for it to make room for his own and the animal obliged. They would share the Wolf's physical form. Returning to the village, he started to dance and yelp the songs of his people, only then for one Spirit Warrior, Yut, to enter the spirit world and discover that Taha Aki was with the Wolf and was killed by Utlapa who sent Taha Aki into such a rage that he reverted back into his once human form only to kill the traitor in vengeance. Since that fateful day, Taha Ai was able to share the body of a wolf whenever he wished and became known as Taha Aki the Great Wolf and Taha Aki the Spirit Man."
Paul, his cropped black hair shining in the flames of the fire was washed over in a shower of awe, as was the rest of the tribe. "No wonder we shift the first time out of anger." The air was silent until Jacob's laugher burst through the tense emotions.
"Yeah, nice one, Paul." It was a great joke of theirs, and everyone soon laughed as well a relief washing over some of their features. "So, enough about the myths and legends, let's get some muffins."
"Do you really believe that they are just legends though?" His dark eyes met mine. "I mean, it may be legends and rumors, but they all have to start from somewhere, some truth has to be in them. Or, at least, that's what I believe." Jacob's large hand sat atop my head ruffling my strands with ease.
"Yeah, whatever you say, Clara."
Granting his request, Taha Aki managed to enter to the wolf's body. He returned to his village to stop Utlapa. The warriors realized that the wolf was no ordinary animal and realized that it was Taha Aki inside it. The explanation was given by Yut who entered to the spirit world where he discovered the truth. Taha Aki took care of Utlapa once and for all and destroyed Utlapa's body where he left it in the woods, before entering the spirit world. Since that fateful day, Taha Aki was able to share the body of a wolf whenever he wished. He became to be known as "Taha Aki the Great Wolf" and "Taha Aki the Spirit Man".
I know this chapter was late, and to make it up to you all I am posting two chapters tomorrow and two more the next day. In this chapter Jacob and Embry, the one who was slender, have not shifted yet and because of that can not imprint bu thte next time they meet, they will be able to. As for now, the poll for Clara and Bella's pairings are still open.
The available wolf pairings:
Jared
Paul
Jacob
Embry
Quil
Seth
Available Vampire pairings:
Demetri
Felix
Alec
Marcus
Other Vampire from books or movies.
Please specify your pairing and I will leave it up to Sam to ask you to review.
Sam: "Hey, please review so I can get some of my wolves some more screen time, you know we hate losing to those bloodsuckers."
Paul: "And don't forget the pairings either, though, I don't mind Clara, but I don't think she is my type. I haven't seen her since our early teen years anyway. Maybe we could get her to play a few beach games with us."
Seth: "Please leave a review and thank you!"
