Quote of the day: "Yes; I am a dreamer. For a dreamer is one who can only find his way by moon light, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world. " - Oscar Wild

Chapter 25

Jared's POV

"He imprinted on Kim."

"He imprinted on Kim."

Swan's words kept echoing over and over again in my head like a broken record. Part of me believed her and part of me wanted to laugh in her face at the humour of it. These sides battled with each other: She's lying... But what if she isn't? I want to imprint... Yet I don't want to. She would be perfect for me... But what if she isn't want I want?

It was so frustrating not having any of the answers and now, as I lay in my bed, I ask myself what am I going to do? Do I go to school, find out if I imprint on this Kim girl or not, and prove Swan honest or dishonest or crazy? Do I just stay home and brush the girls words away as if it was insane dribble from a supposed religious prophet?

Maybe this is the evidence the pack will need. If Swan is honest then we will train with the vampires- no matter how annoying they are and how disgusting they smell. If Swan is a liar or crazy then we will go on protecting La Push with reassurance that no newborns will harm anyone. It seemed like a good idea to me. But was it really a good idea? It has to be, it will be the only way for us to no if what Swan is telling is true.

Except for one thing... Do I want to imprint? To be tied to one person for the rest of my life, do I want that? Do I want to be so blindly loyal to one single person? Do I want everything in my life to be insignificant unless it is with her? I could easily avoid Kim, never look at her in the eyes, and never imprint (that is if Swan is telling the truth). If she wasn't telling the truth...

"Urg." I growled out. No matter how much I thought about it, it seemed like my mind was running on a loop.

Giving up on my thoughts, I stared blankly at the white ceiling of my bedroom. I could see the warn, black marks where the ceiling had been constantly hit with the tennis ball I use to throw at it. I had stopped doing that once I through the ball at an odd angle and knocked over my TV, thus breaking it.

Eventually I must have fallen asleep because the next thing I remembered is awaking to the shrill cry of my alarm clock. It only took me fifteen minutes to get ready and then I was out the door for my early morning patrol.

"Hey, man. Go get some rest, I'm here to take over." I told Collin who looked like he was dead on his feet. Collin's wolf had reddish-brown fur that went slightly darker at his legs. He was smaller than some of the older wolves but we think that is because he phased young.

"Thanks Jared. Hey... So are you going to go back to... you know... school?" The young wolf asked me. I could see through his mind that he was eager to see if there was any truth behind Swan's words.

I mentally sighed, probably everyone was just as curious. It was then that I decided that I would go. I mean, why not? If imprinting is what the spirits had in mind for me and if it was Kim I imprinted on, then who am I to avoid it? Maybe we will be just as happy an Sam, without the Leah drama?

"I think that is a good way to think about it." Collin interrupted my thoughts.

"Thanks man. Now go and catch some sleep." And with that Collin ran to the edge of the forest closest to his house and phased out.

Three hours later Sam relieve me of patrol.

"So?" He asked.

"So, what?" I replied confused by his sudden question.

"Are you going to go to school to see if you will imprint?" He tried again.

"Um, yeah. I mean, why not? It's the best proof we are going to get about whether what Swan is telling is real... That and... I don't know, I figure if I am destined to imprint on who ever this Kim girl is then I might as well go and do it."

I told him. Sam stayed quiet after that but I could feel his pride towards me. I didn't bother to start up another conversation, instead I said bye and then I was on my way to school. I felt like I was a man on a mission as a strode through the school doors, to be honest with you. My mind was set on what it was going to do and there was no point in backing out now.

I sighed as I joined Jacob and Embry at the lunch table. So far I haven't imprinted on anyone. I didn't feel the slightest pull towards a girl. I didn't even know who Kim was. So all this day proved was that Swan is a crazy liar.

"Nothing?" Jake asked me.

"Absolutely nothing. This was just a waste of time." I told him.

"Don't be so such. I believe Bella and I know she wouldn't lie." He said with complete trust.

However Jake is probably biased in his opinion of Bella Swan. I mean, who wouldn't be biased when it came to their life long crush.

"Besides" He continued. "Bella is a horrible liar."

Jacob and Embry then got up to leave, when the warning bell for the end of lunch went off. I sat there until the crowd lessened, then made my way to calculus.

When I went into my class room, I walked over to my assigned seat. The reservation school didn't have much. I mean we go new books and other resources but other than the computer suite and teachers laptop then wasn't much technology. No fancy interactive board, just wipe boards and chalk boards.

The seat next to me was occupied by a wide faced girl, who was mostly cheek bones and eyes too small to balance them out. Her nose an mouth were too broad for traditional beauty, yet she shined with something I couldn't see. Her flat black hair was thin and wispy. The girl had silky russet-colored skin and perfect bow shaped lips. As she looked down, doodling something on her note book, her long eyelashes brushed her cheeks.

I scanned my mind for her name. Kelly, no. Kate, no. Kit, no. Honesty I didn't remember her name and if I called her the wrong name then that would be both rude and embarrassing.

"Hi." I said lamely. "I'm Jared."

The girl looked up into my eyes as she said, "I know I have been your partner for two years now."

However I was too busy staring at her in shock and amazement. I could feel gravity moving around me, pulling me towards the girl while a glowing heat fills me; my connection to everything else was severed in an instant and only she mattered now. This left me with a deep need. I would do anything for her. I will be anything for her.

"Um... Are you okay?" My imprint asked and I realized that I must have been staring goofily at her for a while.

"Um." I coughed nervously. "What's your name?"

Hurt flashed through her face and I didn't blame her. She had been my partner for two years and I hadn't even bother to note down her name p, let alone strike up a conversation with her.

"Kim." She answered simply.

Kim. I should have know. Swan said I would imprint on Kim , my school mate who I didn't even acknowledge for two years. I imagined her ignoring me, just to understand how it must gave felt, and it hurt. It was like my heart had been ripped open.

I have no doubt that I had imprinted on her and now I had to do three things: tell Sam about the imprint, call a meeting with Swan and the Cullen's and tell Kim about being a wolf and imprinting on her. I think the last option is much more terrifying that facing a bunch of newborn vampires who at going made from blood lust.

I didn't matter anyway. Only she did.

BPOV

I swear each day I go to school Mike becomes slightly more annoying, slightly more big-headed, slightly more foolish. It is painful to watch him being turned down over and over again because he would ask me out over and over again. I have to admit he is determined but intolerably so.

At the moment I am at the stage were 'if he was on fire and I had water I would drink it'. And can you really blame me.

When school was finally over, I walked towards Edwards car. Seeing him and his family already there waiting for me, I ducked my head embarrassingly and blushed. I really hated the fact that I blushed so easily. At least you can blush when you are a vampire.

"Alright Love? How was class?" Edward asked me as he put an arm around my shoulder and breathed in my scent.

I wrinkled my nose in disgust and annoyance at Mike's newest attempt to ask me out. I sighed, "Somewhere out there is a tree, tirelessly producing oxygen so Mike can live. I think we should apologize to it."

Edward tilted his head back and laughed while the rest of his siblings chuckled amused.

Then all humor wiped aside, Alice said. "The wolves want to meet us again. Everyone, including Bella."

It really irritated me when the Cullen's did that. Even when I am in the room with them, they tell or asked Edward what they should be telling or asking me.

So naturally I replied, "Good, when?"

"Bella I don't think..." Edward started.

"No. I am going whether you think it is a good idea or not. I. Am. Going." That left no room for questioning.

We met the wolves in the same place as last time, but, unlike last time, two of the wolves were phased human. Sam and Jared. The trees shadows hid part of their bodies in darkness but I knew it was them. They were the first two to phase, alpha and beta. If one was in human form in front of the enemy, then the other will surely be in human form by his is how the loyalty of the pack and family is.

The two men nodded in greeting whilst the rest of the pack growled in protest to the vampires (and maybe my) close proximity.

"You called for a meeting?" Carlisle asked calmly as if he had all the time in the world and, depending on how you looked at it, he did. As an immoral vampire time is probably nothing more than a number to them. Although as the newborn army approaches our time is limited. I don't know the exact outcome of this battle because this time Victoria is not leading it. We may live. Or we may die.

In my opinion, I think our success is only possible with the pack at our sides. We fight together or hang separately.

As Sam glanced around at his pack brothers, I held my breath waiting for an answer. The answer the would probably set our fate in stone. Sam then turned and watched me and the Cullen's with a critical eye as if searching for an answer, to what? I didn't know. But he must has found it because he took a deep breath, making his broad, muscled chest expand even bigger.

Then finally he spoke, "We will fight with you."

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