Chapter 7- wow I'm dragging this along, the party will end in this chapter - I think, I hope, it will! Now, how many of you have seen Balto 2, wolf quest? Well a part, ok most, of this chapter was inspired by the movie. So, if I'm not making the imagery clear, then you should totally watch the movie. You know what. Just watch the movie.

Ok so this, "grandma speaking"

This, spirits talking, no parentheses, my friends that read this first became a bit confused so I'm adding this little note.

(Overview)

Bella sat back into her seat, watching as the boys carried the pups away. Turning she said, "Grandma wants to meet you." The La Push wolves started to stand but stopped when she held up her hand, "Just Sam, and Jake she will meet the rest of you in time." She directed them over to the elder white wolf, "Don't sneak up on her, shift and introduce yourselves. Granite will growl at you but don't look at him, just keep all your attention on Grandma. Good luck, you'll need it."

As they walked past the other tables they heard similar words, "Good luck." "Keep still." "Ignore Granite, he's lookin' for a fight." "You'll be ok."

Sam heard a small voice behind them as they reached the stairs, "Stay on her right, she's loosing hearing in her left." He turned and saw Bree, his little half-sister, leaning against a post. "Don't think that in anyway do I like you but, good luck." "Thanks…" The she- wolf nodded and walked off without another word.

The two wolves shifted and settled in front, and to the right, of the great White Wolf. They instinctively bowed their heads and tucked their tails closer to their bodies. "Alpha and Petaga (petaga means ember, she's calling him this signifying his leaders flame is just a light, it's there but not) announce yourselves." the elder wolf spoke in a soft but strong, ringing yet steady voice. "I am Samuel Uley, alpha to the La Push wolf pack." "I am Jacob Black, petaga of the La Push wolf pack." She nodded her head and the ground began to shake, the world was spinning, yet outside of the mind link nothing changed.

"You are quite old for what you are about to experience, yet it is a part of your heritage." The world around them calmed, settling them on a cliff face far from known territory. The great wolf stood and began climbing further up the mountain.

They followed her for hours, but the sky never changed, back in the courtyard the sun had set and night had fallen, but here the sun sat high in the sky. Also, the temperature never dropped, it stayed a warm 75 degrees, and the wind never blew, it would seem that time didn't exist here.

Eventually the trio reached a semi-hidden cave entrance, "Inside." she ducked her head and walked in, Sam and Jake doing the same. They wound their way through the dark, damp cave until they found an open space. A tiny field mouse sat in the center atop a pile of crystals. "This is Rolf, the wolf council's most honored advisor, he has lived as long as I have." The humble mouse scurried towards the (even by normal standers) enormous wolves. "Since the beginning of time I have watched over the shape-shifters, directing them through life, offering guidance and comfort to the lost and weary."

As the little mouse spoke he climbed back onto the crystals, moving them and arranging them so light bounced around the cave. As the light moved across the cave walls it changed colors, and revealed tribal carvings and paintings.

"Every tribe, every family clan and renegade troupe through out time has contributed to this cave, to the life I live. Each creature on these walls represents a spirit, with the spirits' help I can lead and protect every being under my care. It is a great honor to see your tribes spirit, she is one of my favorites, the spirit wolf Onatha."

The little mouse pushed the crystals over, the whole cave lit up in every color imaginable. The carvings started to move, and voices were heard chanting and calling.

Jake watched as a wolf ran around them, stopping to howl and look at them, waiting for something to happen. She turned and ran around them again, speaking in a warm voice, Onatha, I am Onatha of the Earth, wife of Taha Aki. Realization washed over the two young wolves, this was the Third Wife. What is going on? I am blocked, I am blocked! What have you done, why can I not connect! After announcing herself the spirit's voice became hysterical, she would stop and look at Sam and Jake before howling and crying out again, I am blocked, I am blocked! What has happened? Why I am blocked! Onatha sat before them her head on her paws, she whimpered and kept chanting, I am blocked…why?

Sam found his voice first, "You are the third wife of Taha Aki? The elders tell a story, of how you sacrificed yourself to help save the tribe. They said that it was to distract the cold woman"

Yes, I am and I did. Call me Onatha or Ona, please do not call me The Third Wife. After my death Aki wandered until my spirit found him, when he new I was at peace then he too rested. I have lost my bond with his soul many years ago, he no longer needs me. But you do. And I cannot enter your souls, that has never happened before!

"What do you mean enter our souls?" So I can guide you, I can feel that you are the Alpha, but you, she gestured towards Jake, were truly meant to lead. If you choose to claim the alpha title then I will help the pack with the transition. I have helped hundreds of young ones throughout the years, I take pride in my work, so why am I blocked? What could have severed the bond between my family and I? near the end she started to quietly speak to herself.

"My dear Ona," the tiny field mouse spoke up, "we will fix your connection to the pack. It has been many years since they needed you, but you are with them now, that's what matters."

In the time they spent with Ona, she insisted they call her that, they learned that she did in fact guide hundreds of children, thus meaning her vocabulary preceded their own. She spoke fluent English, Spanish and French, along with the traditional Quileute language. She spoke some Chinese, and very little Latin. She had traveled the world after taking her spirit form, helping young ones, human and supernatural, find themselves.

They listened to stories from when she guided people from La Push, she had even advised Embry's mother to move and have him on the Quileute reservation. That girl took one look at me and screamed bloody murder!, she laughed, I've seen some good reactions but hers took the cake! She didn't believe me when I told her she was pregnant, so I had to leave and come back a month later while she took 'the test'. She told me to wipe the smug look off my face, she's the only person to ever act like that around me. She's naturally good with weird I guess. "You know who Embry's dad is?" Jake asked. Yes, I know who he is, but that is a discussion I should have with Embry first and for most.

The great White Wolf waited for them as Ona told the other spirits goodbye before then leading them back down the mountain. They sat and the world began to spin, again. Oh, I hate this part!

The group landed in their original departure point, the only thing different was the lack of consciousness. Time had not stopped for the normal world like it had in the spirit realm, they walked over to the deck and found most of the pack and imprints asleep.

Bella sat in her chair watching them, "Soooo, how'd' it go?" Lady Grandma stood and spoke, "Do you understand your places among the world of the supernatural?" The two males spoke without hesitation, "We do." Bella tipped her head to the side and nodded, "Okay then."

(Bella POV)

I watched as Grandma shocked our guests, the guys sat in front of her and then disappeared. "What, what happened? Where did they go?" The pack began talking over each other, startled at the sudden disappearance of their alpha and pack mate.

"They will be fine, Grandma has something she wants to show them in the spirit world. While they get a crash course on history and traditions, we will tell you anything you want to know." I never liked drama and tried to keep my family's life as simple as possible, maybe offering to spill my guts wasn't the best thing to do but it did get their attention. Paul's head snapped to look at Ang, I could tell that he was going to bombard her with questions about her kids. She looked like she wanted to strangle me, 'She'll get over it.'

After a few awkward silent minutes, I had an idea, "Emily could I see your hand?" "Um, ok?" she reached her hand across the table, I held it palm up and felt her fingers with both of my own. They were slightly swollen and tender, Shawna's going to be so happy, "Hmm, I have a feeling that you've been nauseous lately, has your back hurt?" "Yes, how did you know?" "Well, after you've lived a hundred years you learn the signs of pregnancy." "What? !"

"If you don't believe me we can have a test done. My pack has16 children and another on the way, if you need midwives we'll be glad to help. Also remind me tomorrow and I'll dig up some tea to stop your nausea before it gets terrible, morning sickness is the worst part." "How can you tell by just feeling my hand? I'm not late and I haven't gotten sick yet." "Like I said, after a while you can just sense it. You're about a month and a half, two months along plenty of time to get to know our expecting mother, Shawna is having her first baby as well." By now the men around us were looking green around the gills, the married men not so much - most of them had been down this road before.

A few embarrassing stories about Seth and Glenn, because they weren't here to defend themselves, and one coughed up lung later we were back to the awkward silence. Fun…

Then, finally, Paul said those magic words that every young mother wants to hear, "So, what's with the kids?"

I sighed and looked over at Ang, 'Maybe I can drag her out of here before - nope too late.' "What about them?" she demanded. "Where did they come from?" Her response was snotty even by my standards, "If you don't know that, then I can't help you." "Who is their father." he snarled back. "My mate!" "I'm your mate!" "No you're not you stupid little mutt, my mate could rip you to pieces and still have enough energy to protect his pack!" "Then where is he, huh? Where's your mate!" "Dead." her voice faded as it said the word she never used, "My mate is dead, and I wont have you ruining his memory." Ang stood from the table and walked away, I knew she wasn't headed towards home but kept it to myself. The old girl needed time to think. Alone.

"There are some things in this world that you never talk about, the death of a mate is one of them. But, I guess you are her imprint and you do have a right to know about what her life was like, before now." sigh, this is going to be a long night.

"Angela was born into a very strong, very old wolf pack. She was in line for alpha after her four brothers, but it never bothered her where she stood in the succession line. One day a loner wandered into their territory, he was looking for a mate to start his own pack. They took one look at each other and never looked back. They traveled around gathering other lone or abandoned wolves, until the pack grew so large they had to stake claim somewhere.

They ended up settling not far from Angie's former family, just on the other side of a ridge. In the time they had been traveling her father had died and his oldest son, her brother took control. He didn't see them as a threat but her second brother did, he wanted the power of Alpha and the surrounding territories. His name was James." By now my pack had for the most part cleared out, having heard and seen this all before. After hearing it once you don't want to hear it again, after seeing it once you never want to think about it ever again.

"James and his mate were power hungry, they killed his remaining siblings so none could challenge his authority, they killed all who questioned them. They led by fear and intimidation until the remaining members were just as hungry as they were, willing to kill for the power they craved.

Unaware of the turbulence beyond the ridge Ang and her mate added to the pack, she was expecting pups. Somehow James learned about her pregnancy and formed a plan of attack, they would strike right before the pups birth, that way the pack wouldn't be able to run from him. Six years ago next week James attacked, his pack swarmed them and over powered them, killing all that fought back. James taunted Angela's mate, describing all the ways he was going to slaughter their pups, he dodged every attack thrown at him as if he could predict them.

While this was happening Angela's labor began, what was left of her family banned around her as they fought. She watched every last one of her pack mates die. James had ordered that only his mate or he could kill her, the rest could attack all they wanted - as long as they didn't kill her."

I had to take a deep breath to steady myself, yet my voice still shook, "They ripped her apart. She wedged herself against the cliff face, trying to protect as much of her stomach as possible. The attacks were endless, the ground around her was soaked in blood, she lost her ear to his beta, the sick animal gnawed on it like a prize." I saw Paul shaking, from anger, from pain for his imprint I don't know.

"Their attacks continued until her mate ran into the clearing, he had killed James, I don't know how because neither did she. He fought the last of them off, James's mate having run off, all that was left where males. She was barely conscious as this was happening so we don't know what happened for sure, but when we arrived she had clawed her way next to his dead body.

Afterwards she connected the dead wolves around the clearing with the ones he was fighting, we're pretty sure he killed them all before dieing himself. It took her several days in recovery after the attack for her to regain full consciousness, in that time she had given birth to three healthy pups and five stillborns. Five of her pups died due to internal bleeding from the attacks."

"That poor girl." Sue was the first to regain the ability to speak. "That's not all. She insisted on burying her pups herself. She carried them one by one to their final resting place, underneath the juniper trees in the meadow." Leah said while wiping the tears from her eyes, Micah gave his wife a comforting squeeze.

"I think that's enough for the night." I said, wiping the tears from my own face.

Leah and Micah offered to host the elders at their house, and headed out. Emily and the pack said that they wanted to stay and wait for Jake and Sam, fine. So here we are, Emily curled up in her chair with a big fluffy blanket, Embry in wolf form at her feet, and Jared passed out against the railing. Paul and I sat together for hours in silence, neither one of us needed to speak.

He and I watched as the sky began to lighten and a glow shown in the courtyard, Grandma and the guys were back. They walked up to us, Sam running a hand over Emily's face. "Soooo, how'd' it go?" Lady Grandma stood from below the deck and spoke, "Do you understand your places among the world of the supernatural?" The two males spoke without hesitation, "We do." I tipped my head to the side and nodded, "Okay then."


The next day proved to be less awkward than expected, with the dawn came Angie and a determined look on her face. She walked up to Paul and pulled him away from everyone, coming back a few minutes later with a small smile on her face, and a huge shit eating grin on his.

After that we talked about life in the village and common traditions among the shifters. Glenn told them about his first transformation, he had lived with his mother in North Dakota his whole life and had grown up listening to the local legends of eagle warriors, men who changed into giant eagles. Delilah kindly showed off her wings, stating that women changed too and the legends needed to be re-written.

When Glenn first changed he didn't get upset, he just changed and the next thing he knew he was in the middle of his backyard on all fours. The eagles didn't know what to do with him so they called me, I spoke with his mother and, after seeing her son covered in fur, she told me who his father was. It's safe to say that Joshua Uley has been making messes and is not on my friends list at the moment.

Glenn told them about Bree and why she hates their father, simple - she blames him for leaving her and Alma's mom, for her being a wolf, the possibility of Alma being a wolf, and for the loss of her fingers. I listened as the boy defended his older half-sister and the things she has done. Not once had he ever resented her or the little one, he understands the pain she feels because of Josh.

Sam didn't seem to have a problem with his younger siblings, having never known their dad he found himself sympathizing with them.

The La Push pack listened to legends that were fact, stories that were of real heroes and real monsters. They all accepted Onatha as Taha Aki's third wife and agreed that they should use her name from now on when telling their own tribal legends. Because now, she was home, and she made it a point to remind them that she was watching over them, especially Embry who she had taken a liking to.

She and he went for a walk, sort of - she shrunk herself (I can't stop picturing a tiny wolf, so this works out great) and rode on top of his head, the day after her arrival. He hadn't told anyone what they spoke of until now.

We found ourselves having lunch at my house, just my family and our guests. The plan was to have lunch and make the final arrangements for both packs, who was going where and how would the packs work together. The first discussions were about the imprints, apparently while Embry and Ona went for their walk they ran into Addison, a tiny wolf shifter with blue-ish fur, a black head and black back. He asked if it would be possible for 'Addie' to switch packs and live with him, which worked in Paul's favor because he asked to stay in the village to be closer to Ang, who had warmed up to him - if only a little bit.

The second part of Embry's announcement was about his father, he didn't have one. He was a 'gift' like Bella's daughter Yukon, from the spirits. Almost everyone had just assumed that he was one of Josh's kids, I mean come on he has four already. But no, his mother was barren and wanted a baby - she just didn't know it yet. The spirits gave her him and then directed her to La Push, so he wouldn't be alone when he changed. Because every baby given by the spirits is special they're never normal, healthy babies.

Just when you think life is good, your dogs slide into the table sending everything flying. You are so not getting away with this Bear.

A/N: So, yeah I have another idea floating around my head that I think has the potential to be an amazing story, keep your eyes open for it! Ok, now what I need is for everyone to review, please please pleeeease, it makes me very happy to know that I'm not doing this for nothing.

Rolf - Meaning: The counsel of the wolf. A fearless adviser.