The bonfire was anxiously awaited by the packs and families. It was going to be one of the biggest tribal gatherings. It was to serve as both a memoriam for Emily, a reading of the legends, and a welcoming of the sister brother duo, Tamyra and Tre. Most of the cooking took place at the Clearwater home. Leah, Kim, Rachel, Tenia, Sue, and some of the other 'pack mothers' helped with the cooking. Tamyra had offered to help but after a verbal battle with Leah, she spent the time hanging out with her brother. Leo was kept with the women.

"So Ten you excited to finally hear the legends?" Kim asked while she pulled some meat out of the freezer.

"Oh yes, I hear that Billy is the best at oral stories." Tenia replied excitedly.

"What about the panthers Lee?" Leah snapped out of her daze at Kim's question.

"Yeah I guess." Leah replied. Truth was, she wasn't sure how they were feeling. Tamyra had been strategically hiding her feelings and thoughts on her past, so she didn't know if such a close nit gathering would bother her or her brother. They had to be feeling isolated.

"Maybe after we tell them our legends they'll tell us some of theirs." Rachel joined in the conversation. It caught Sue's attention.

"There's an idea Rachel. It'll be nice if we can expand our knowledge on shape shifting, especially since Seth is bound to one." Leah could tell Sue was beaming with pride at her son's imprinting. If she only knew they weren't exactly seeing eye to eye.

"How can they even stand each other though? Embry told me that Tamyra smells just as bad as the leeches." Tenia questioned. Everyone's eyes turned to Leah.

"I couldn't tell you. Neither she nor her brother has a scent to me but the guys said they wanted to attack her just as badly as they want to attack vampires when they first met her. Seth…hasn't said much to me about it." Leah stated the last part uncertain. A few of the women stated how that seemed strange.

"Maybe it's just one of those dog-cat things." Kim suggested, there were a few agreements. "If it bothers Seth I'm sure he'll get used to it just like Jake did with the Cullens." Leah was grateful that Kim had abruptly closed the subject.

On the other side of the reservation, Seth was phoning Jacob, his personal "Dating Leah Clearwater for Dummies" guide. Jacob had laughed at first, stating that he wasn't an avid supporter of incest and was slightly confused but gave Seth some "tips".

"Seth, the main thing with Leah is that she responds positively if you understand her, like sympathize with her and really mean it. You have to know where she is coming from but don't downgrade the fact that she's tough. Oh and if she sounds like she's completely sure about something DO NOT oppose her. Just smile and nod." Seth furiously took notes as Jacob continued rambling.

The bonfire began late in the evening. Most of the families of the younger wolves arrived on time along with the Elders. The packs, in an effort to look 'macho' arrived fashionably late pouring out of the surrounding forests shirtless, looking almost overbearing. Leah laughed at the sight as she helped the imprints carry the food closer to the fire. The entrance was killed when most of the younger boys spotted their parents and started running towards them, their youth showing. A few of the older wolves smacked their heads exasperated at the failed plan. Leah looked over the crowd and frowned.

"Where's S-"

"Sam's not here," Leah turned at the sound of Tamyra's voice, the girl was approaching her, with Tre in tow, "-yet. Rachel went to get Leo and said Sam might show up." Leah chose to ignore the venom in Tamyra's voice.

"Hey Tre." Leah's greeting caused some of the younger wolves' heads to snap up once they caught a whiff of the panthers' scent. A few growled lowly but they were quickly quieted by the older wolves and a few by their parents.

"We're not on the menu are we?" Tre joked. It caused both Leah and Tamyra to laugh.

"No, a few of the guys just have to get used to your stinky smell." Tre smiled. Leah introduced Tamyra and Tre to a few of the wolves she could tolerate. Tre was sharing interests with one of the younger wolves when Leah snapped up to see the new arrivals.

"Oh look. The Calvary decided to show." Leah taunted as Jacob, Renesmee, Seth, Rachel, and Sam arrived. Paul quickly ran up to join them. Seth ran to talk to Embry and Tenia. Renesmee upon spotting Claire in the distance ran off to join her, pulling Jacob along. Sam glanced skeptically at the half vampire child but said nothing. He knew there was nothing he could do about Jacob's revisions to the treaty. Rachel carried Leonard while Paul cooed to him. Sam walked a few steps behind them, his hands tucked in his jeans pockets. Unlike the rest of the wolves he was wearing a shirt. He still exuded a sense of authority but it had greatly diminished after Emily's death. Leah was surprised he had actually showed.

"Sam!" Leah called as she walked to him.

"What are they doing here?" Sam nodded towards the group where Tamyra and Tre were still chatting.

"We're welcoming them tonight."

"By giving them all of our weaknesses and all of our secrets."Leah's eyebrows scrunched. Sam huffed at Leah's expression. "They aren't part of the pack. I know they're shape shifters but there's a reason why they give off that smell. We're natural enemies with the bloodsuckers and we're probably enemies with them as well."Leah shook her head.

"Sam stop right there. Tamyra and Tre can't be enemies. Maybe they would be under normal circumstances but my stupid dimprint thing decided that Myra was more important than this pack at one point. And besides, Seth imprinted on Tamyra. She's not going anywhere." Sam looked annoyed but knew he couldn't argue with her logic.

"Excuse me everyone! Hi I'm Rachel if you don't know and we just want to get this party started. If all the families would come eat first along with the guests, then boys well… you guys know the drill." Rachel spoke loudly to be heard along the entire beach. Dinner went well. The wolves fought over the last of the food. The only touchy subject occurred when Sam and Tre fell into a stare down while cooking their hot dogs. Everyone eventually grew to like the two panthers but at this point everyone picked up on the tension between the two males.

"I wouldn't feel any remorse if either of them burned their wieners." Rachel said nonchalantly. Kim sitting next to her, responded,

"We are talking about their wieners on their sticks?"

"Yeah what did you think?" Rachel questioned innocently.

"I feel as if you didn't clear up anything with that statement." Tamyra deadpanned. Leah fell off the log they were sitting on in a fit of laughter. Tamyra chuckled having been submitted to Leah's sudden burst of happiness. Kim looked over innocently while Rachel started smiling mischievously. Sensing happiness in the air Seth decided to approach Tamyra. Surprisingly she didn't look for an escape.

"Hey Myra." Seth stated nervously.

"Seth." Tamyra looked him in the eye not giving away any emotion. Seth inhaled.

"So I noticed that you were sitting over here and I just want to say that…I know what it's like to be in Leah's head and I know that can be stressful-" he shot off.

"Hey!"Leah screeched having regained her composure from her fit. Seth smiled evily.

"-And I just want you to know that if you ever need someone to take the agony out on I'm here for you!" Seth concluded. Tamyra burst out laughing as Leah jumped to her feet and began chasing Seth around the fire. This distraction effectively broke Tre out of his stare down with Sam. Sam slipped away to one of the logs on the outskirts of the fire circle unnoticed by Tre who decided to help Seth get away from his sister. Seth pointed and laughed at a restrained Leah.

"Hey no fair ganging up on the girl!" Leah fake whined while Tre held onto her by the waist.

"Since when are you a girl Clearwater?" Paul yelled.

"Bite me Paula!" Leah quipped. A few of the guys laughed at Paul's new nickname.

"Looks like Leah may need help." Kim mused. Tamyra smiled before dashing off to tackle Seth. Although the panthers weren't as strong as the wolves, they were much faster and stealthier, making it easy for Tamyra to take down the unsuspecting Seth.

"You win you win!" Seth panted just as Tamyra began tickling him while sitting atop him. Leah couldn't decide whether to smile at the sight of the two together or to cringe at the amount of adoration she was sensing from Seth through Tamyra. Leah was saved when Billy cleared his throat.

"I think it's time we told the legends."

Tre released Leah from his hold. They sat together with Seth and Tamyra as Billy told the legends. Leah periodically glanced at the two sitting on either side of her. She could feel when Tamyra found aspects of the legends interesting. Tre, she noted seemed to be in deep concentration throughout all of the stories. He would periodically nod when something was uplifting or shake his head at the sad parts. She looked past Tamyra and noticed that Seth was beaming, entirely focused on her although he tried to hide it by only looking out of his peripheral. Leah jumped when Tenia suddenly gasped next to Embry during the telling of the Third Wife's sacrifice. It was this story that Leah was apprehensive about. She couldn't help but steal a glance at Sam. He was sitting unmoving staring at the fire throughout the telling. Leah could hear the hesitation in Billy's voice to tell the ending to the tale. It was because of that ending that everyone was waiting for the day Sam would just run out into the forest never to be heard from again. That was probably why no one questioned his neglecting Leonard who as if on cue, began crying loudly. Kim excused herself to take him and put him to bed. Sam didn't flinch. Sam was nothing more than a hollow shell of what he once was. He still gave orders but his voice was dead. Most of the younger wolves said that he was just a strict robot with no feelings. He was apparently abusing his alpha voice, using it even when it wasn't necessary. Emily's death was really causing him to be a no-nonsense guy in all respects. Leah didn't know if she should pity him or smack him upside the head and tell him to snap out of it.

I'd go with the latter. Tamyra quickly thought towards Leah. Billy ended the telling of the legends. He would usually officially end the bonfire right then but Billy began speaking again.

"We gathered here for a number of reasons. We recently lost a dear member of our family. Emily was a beautiful soul, very caring, and any of you who had the pleasure of knowing her, knew that she was as much a part of the pack as any of the boys. She was the glue that kept everyone together. She made Sam a very happy man. But we have reason to celebrate. She gave birth to a beautiful son, Leonard Levi Uley. We will help raise him up to be a part of this ever growing family. We want to welcome all of the new faces tonight, the parents of our new protectors, and Tenia who I hope will come to feel as close to her LaPush family as she is to her Makah family,"Billy nodded towards Tenia who was cuddled against Embry," Also we have some special guests tonight,"Billy then turned towards where Leah was seated," This is Tamyra and her brother..."

"Terrance. But you can all call me Tre." Leah heard a few snickers at Tre's full name reveal.

"Terrance. We have shared our story with you," Billy stole a glance at Sue that didn't go unnoticed by Leah," we were hoping that you would be so kind to share yours with us." Tamyra instantly became alarmed and a little worried. All eyes turned expecting a response from the newcomers. Tamyra looked as if she were about to protest but Tre stood up.

"Sure but I can't say it's as interesting as yours." Tamyra dropped her head then thought better of it and plastered a fake smile across her face. Seth caught this as did Leah. Billy relinquished his spot in the circle for Tre to come speak. Tamyra seemed resolved to let him speak although she was still apprehensive. Leah really wished she could ask what was bothering the other girl but she didn't want to break the silence. Then she realized she didn't have to.

What's got you so uptight? Leah thought to Tamyra.

I'm not sure if this is a good idea.

What? We won't laugh. Well actually I did kind of get a kick out of your transformation.

Huh? Why?

Well don't you think it's kind of cliché that you're black and you shape shift into black panthers?

Oh shut up!

Seriously though, what's wrong?

You'll see. Their conversation stopped as Tre began speaking.