Soul Searching Through

Time A/N: I do not own twilight.

A special thanks to Untamed Loner for beta-ing…thanks hon…huggs

Chapter 9

Jacob Black and Isabella Swan

I move on to the next one to phase. His name is Jared Cameron. His wolf form is also smaller than me and Sam. He has short, but thick, brown fur. Aside from the basic abilities of a wolf shape-shifter, Jared has the best eyesight among his fellow werewolves, allowing him to take point during the hunt.

His parent are known as Steven and Marcy Cameron. Steven is descendant of Taha Aki, making him carry the wolf gene. Steven's grandfather didn't transform back in Ephraim's day because he simply wasn't needed. In which, it also leaves him in the dark concerning the wolves. If there were more vampires to destroy then he too would have phased and been part of the pack.

You must understand that although we all come from Taha Aki, whether it by one of his sons or daughters. It doesn't always mean that we will transform into wolves. Steven is cousins to Joshua II as he is cousins with Quil IV and Billy.

It filters down through the ages. Starting with Kaheleha who had many sons continuing down to Taha Aki who also had many sons, even though they died in battle they still had sons to carry on their heritage. Leaving all of us related in some shape or form.

We also follow a chain in which we transform, starting with age and mental capacity. Sam was the oldest, as Jared follows Sam. This also brings us back to the hard part of being a wolf. With Steven not phasing in his life time, he knows nothing of the wolves. He only knows of the legends which most people think of as old wives tales. It is hard, because Jared isn't allowed to tell his parents what he is and has to work around this to keep it hidden from them.

This made it hard on all of us, especially when we have to patrol at night. Sneaking out is something we've all had to do at times. Well, all but Sam who is older and lives in his own house and me of course. Billy being chief of the tribe, he had to be kept up on the goings on of the tribe. The rest went through a time hiding it from their families, enduring their families thinking they were part of a gang or selling drugs, or worse, taking them.

Jared was the second to phase, making him what we call the beta of the pack, second in command for the time being. The transformation for him was easy. Well, easier than most I should say. The transformation is not something I would recommend, the tearing of muscle and breaking of bones during the transformation from human to wolf and back again is not fun by all means, but Jared seemed to fit right into his roll. He was also the next to imprint, leading us to believe that imprinting isn't as rare as we originally thought.

He imprinted on a girl from school. She was born Kim Chaney. She was a pretty little girl and remains a beautiful woman to this day. It's funny in a way, he had known this girl since kindergarten. Never once had he thought of her as girlfriend material, but once he phased, boom, she was it for him. I'll have more about him and Kim later.

Next one to phase was Paul Lahote. As a wolf, he is almost as big as me and Sam, his wolf coloring is dark silver. To describe Paul, I would have to say that when he first phased he was very annoying, very short-tempered, to which set off his transformation frequently, which kept him close to Sam who could control him so he didn't phase in front of someone and give away our secret. He was cocky and dominating, despite his young age at the time. He can, however, be fun-loving and childish.

Paul disliked Bella at first. He hated her relationship with the Cullen's. He usually stayed clear of her when she was on the reservation and when he did speak to her it was usually with snide remarks, or calling her leech lover. Paul was a piece of work. The biggest womanizer on the reservation before he phased and stayed that way until he too imprinted, two years after becoming a wolf. He would have imprinted sooner and probably would have saved a lot of heartbreak among our woman and the town's woman, if my sister hadn't been away at college. Yes, Paul imprinted on my sister Rachel. Once he set eyes on her, his womanizer days were over.

Not that I liked it much, I had to live in his head for what seemed like forever listening and watching some of the most horrific sights I care not to remember. Not that I like what I saw after he imprinted either. Watching your sister in the act of making love with my pack brother, after seeing what he had done with other women, wasn't to healthy either. I kind of lost it. Billy didn't care much for the idea either. I wasn't so much for the imprint itself, but Paul was at our house more than not. He took over everything, including the remote to the television. He ate us out of house and home. Still Billy was more welcoming to Paul than I was, but of course he pretty much lived at Sue Clearwater after Paul imprinted on Rachel, leaving me to deal with Paul.

Sam had to literally sit me down and talk to me about my behavior when it came to Paul and my sister. It was a nightmare.
Once I became Alpha, I learned and taught my pack brothers how to censor their thought patterns, just for that reason. No one wanted to experience their Pack brothers in their private moment.

Actually, my talk with Sam was very enlightening. I learned a lot about Paul by talking to him and understood why Paul was like he was before Rachel.

It seems Paul's dad, Peter Lahote, drank quite a bit. Unlike Sam's dad who left, Paul's dad did not. He ran around on Paul's mother, Elizabeth and made no secret of it. He beat his wife and Paul as he grew up. Once Paul was older Peter tried to pick a fight with Paul.

Paul tried to avoid fighting with his dad, but once he turned on Paul's mother knocking her into a wall and watching her slide down it unconscious, Paul beat him to a pulp. Peter finally left the tribe, leaving Elizabeth to take care of their son alone, which she did anyway. Elizabeth literally worked her fingers to the bone. She drug herself home every night so tired she could barely move.

Paul offered to quit school and go to work to help out, but she wouldn't hear of it. She made Paul promise to finish school and get his diploma. Paul stayed in school watching his mother slowly kill herself.

One night, while Elizabeth was driving home from work, she fell asleep at the wheel. Her car veered off the road and hit a tree head on, killing her instantly. Sam said Paul never did cry for her. Not that he saw anyway, but I've heard tales since then that he went out in the woods and tore up a few trees, releasing some stress for his loss. Whether that is true or not I don't know and I doubt very much if anyone could get Paul to talk about it. He hides that part of his life very well.

Which is partly why Paul was the way he was. He was seventeen when he lost his mother. Shortly thereafter he found out that his father was found dead in a motel room. He had been drunk and died in his sleep. Needless to say Paul never mourned for his father. The elders allowed Paul to stay in the house he grew up in. After all it was paid for. Their deal was for Paul to graduate from high school which Paul intended to do anyway. His mother left him a little money to help him live for a few months and the woman of the tribe helped out as well, bringing him food and clothing when needed.

Believe it or not to look at Paul, you would think he would be void of keeping a clean house, but actually he keeps an immaculate house. But as I said, Paul has changed since he imprinted on Rachel. I'm not saying that he is a saint by any means. You don't want to piss him off, which takes a lot these days, mostly due to his imprint on Rachel. But other than that he's one of our most respectable members of the tribe.

Next to phase was Embry. What can I say about Embry? He was and is one of my best friends. He too has a story to tell. As a wolf, he is described as having gray fur with black spots, sleeker than the other pack members and swift. He and Quil usually flank me and I refer to them as my "wingmen". Embry was quieter and shyer than some of the other boys on the reservation. He was and is playful, but still comes across as being very reserved. He enjoys betting with other guys in the pack, especially Jared. He is more caring and loving than his pack brothers. Embry is obviously very loyal to his friends, even when we used to tease him about how his mom named him after a soap opera star.

Embry's mother, Tiffany Call, was a woman from the Makah tribe who moved to La Push when she was pregnant with him and it was assumed that she had left his father with the Makah. However, it became apparent that his father had to have come from here, for Shape-shifting traits are inherited only within the Quileute tribe. That only left three possibilities to be Embry's dad.

The three were Billy Black, Quil Ateara IV or Joshua Uley II. All three were happily married at the time of Embry's conception, causing some stress in the pack as Quil Ateara V, me, and Sam Uley, all wondered which of us has a half-brother. It is hoped that Embry is Sam's half-brother, as Sam's father already has a bad reputation, having abandoned his wife when Sam was very young. If his father were Quil Ateara IV or Billy Black, there could have been more disputes among the people at La Push.

The elders worried that this could cause a problem sometime down the road and told the two men still living on the reservation to take a blood test to find out if one of them were Embry's father. After a few disagreements with them demanding they were not Embry's father. The elders told them to take the test and prove that they were not, so all this can be behind them. They finally gave in and took the test. They used Sam's D.N.A. to see if Joshua was a possibility and in the end, we learned that indeed, Sam and Embry were brothers.

His mother's ignorance about the existence of shape-shifters was a hardship for Embry, as he could not explain why he was never home at night when she checked on him. She believed that he was going through a rebellious stage. She yelled at him every morning. Embry took it in silence. The pack asked Sam to cut him some slack and let his mother in on the secret. Embry himself refused, deciding that the secret was too important to let her in on the secret.

Embry has since imprinted as well. Her name is Alana, she is also from the Makah reservation and showed up with friends of Tiffany's when they came to visit. Since Embry was nineteen at the time, she came to live in LaPush with him, after hearing about us and that she was also his imprint. A year later they married.

I was next to phase, but we will get back to me later. I will tell you this much for now. I didn't see much of Bella once she started school in Forks. I just figured she was busy with school projects or homework. When I found out just what she had been up too, I was heartbroken. It seems that hoity-toity Edward fucking Cullen's had taken a liking to my Bella and her to him. You must understand that this was before I became a wolf. I thought nothing about the legends of our tribe, believing as the rest of my people did that they were just legends.

I was jealous of Edward. Somehow he had caught the attention of my girl and I hated him with everything I am. I tried calling Bella, if nothing else just to hear her voice, but even when she was home she would find some reason to get off the phone sooner than I wanted her to.

After I phased, when I found out what the Cullen's really were, I was pissed at first. I was mad that Bella would even be associated with one of their kind. I wondered if she knew what they were and hoped with everything that was in me that she didn't. Then again, if she didn't, how would she protect herself. So to say I was afraid was an understatement. I couldn't explain it to her, because when I looked into Bella's eyes I didn't imprint. Oh, the pull was there. I wanted nothing else but to kiss those luscious lips, but I did not imprint, which meant I wasn't allowed to tell her what we were or what they were. So I pretty much stayed as close to her as I could.

I knew there was something wrong later. I knew he had to have done something to Bella.

Next after me was Quil. As a wolf, Quil has chocolate brown fur, which is lighter on the face. Sam once joked that his fur color reflects his "sweet" personality.

Quil was born and raised in La Push. His father, Quil Ateara IV, died in a storm when Quil V was a child, leaving his mother, Joy, to raise him on her own. She had the help of her father-in-law, Quil Ateara III. His grandfather had always been aware of his grandson's legacy and potential destiny.

Quil grew up as best friends with Embry Call and me, with us being cousin.

Following Sam and Jared, Quil was the third to imprint, as he imprinted on Emily Young's two-year-old niece, Claire. This revelation causes great criticism from Emily and Bella, though they learned to understand Quil's situation; that imprinting is not of choice.

Claire was and is still to this day extremely protective and possessive of Quil. She gets angry when she hears me raise my voice against him, which was often considering Quil, to this day, acts like he's still a child. Although she was very protective of him, Claire still enjoyed teasing him. Emily and Bella found this scandalous because of the difference of age. I told them that there are no romantic feelings between them and that Quil will be whatever Claire needs. He may be a brother, a friend, a best friend, a protector, or even a lover later on in life. Claire enjoyed Quil's company a lot and as long as Claire is happy and safe, he was satisfied with life.

Clair has grown into a beautiful young woman since those days. She and Quil did become romantically evolved and are engaged to be married. They are very happy.

Next up will be Leah and Seth Clearwater. I will explain how Leah handled the break up between her and Sam and what happened after they both phased at the same time.

Let me know what you think…huggs