A/N: Some serious playing around with the Quileute timeline happening here xx Alexis

Even as wolves they looked arrogant and stroppy, but more noticeable was their lack of unity. They were edging back and forth, what they call it, ah yes posturing! A large black wolf was trying to stay up in front of the others, but they were not paying him any mind. A silver-grey one was actually foaming at the mouth due to all the growling and snapping of teeth he was doing. Was this their idea of a proper meeting of other shapeshifters, with belligerence and aggression? Lara hadn't moved an inch; Anders was poised but calm at her side. Yes, this was more like it, as the wolves tried to intimidate she was sizing them up. I can guess she found them severely lacking. Lacking manners, lacking cohesion, lacking basically everything.

"Stand down!"

A voice rang out inside my head and all of theirs too going by the stunned looks on their faces. It was like watching a really bad B-Rated movie. They all looked at each other and you could almost see their thoughts.

'How can she speak in our minds?'

'How can she not fear our power and aggression?'

Had they ever met other shifters before? I doubt it, so how would they know? That should have been the black wolf's first question. 'Can you hear me?' But instead, we had bedlam, howling and snapping of teeth. Suddenly Anders stamps one of his front hoofs and a couple of the wolves actually fall over as the ground shakes beneath them. The voice rings out again and now carries the weight of wisdom and authority. I watched as the pack snarled and growled at the strangers. Their display was embarrassing and degrading to themselves and their guests.

"Shift human now!" Lara orders and a couple do so immediately, others try to fight it but can't, two at the back had already done so, at the stand down command,

"It's an Alpha order" Jasper whispers to me,

"Who are you?" the lone female voice amongst them asked pushing her way to the front and Lara shifted into her human form,

"I am Lara and thank you, at last, a question is asked of me" was all she replied,

"Lara who?" asked the male beside Leah,

"We have no need for surnames. I am Lara, the Alpha. What more information could you need? Surnames are for the humans amongst your people. This is Anders, my mate and also my Beta. He is in the human world my husband too I suppose. So my name is no longer my name but his, to your way of thinking and so means nothing, explains nothing. Shifters need no surnames, as you are no longer just human" Lara said and the males all bristled,

"In that case I am Leah and this is Embry. Why have you come to our tribal lands?" Leah enquired before being rudely interrupted by Sam.

"I am the Alpha here Leah Clearwater, I will ask the questions!" he growled at her and Lara laughed loudly and derisively,

"A little late, Alpha! I have no time for male posturing and domination. That is not the mark of a leader, but maybe of a weak male who needs all the help, he can get? You are no Alpha!" she stated to him, raising one eyebrow,

"I..., I am Sam Uley, I phased first and took up the mantle for now!" he replied defensively,

"Then why are you still here? Your Alpha is amongst you!" Lara questioned,

"Jacob Black is not ready, he is still too young" Sam answered still on the defensive,

Lara and Anders actually snorted at this statement, as if not believing it. Behind the pack, movement could be seen as the elders and Chief finally arrived. Lara's nostrils flared, that was the only sign of her annoyance. The human element of their people had nothing to do with the shifters under normal circumstances, Einar told Jasper and me. They dealt with the humans and the Alpha dealt with the shifters and informed them of trouble if needs be. He explained they could never understand the business of shifting and therefore were not allowed to interfere by law. He could not understand what the Quileutes were playing at.

"What's going on Sam? We told you not to phase until we arrived!" the man in the wheelchair who both Jasper and Bella recognised as Chief Billy Black shouted,

All the shifters cringed, not in fear but from the level of his voice which pounded their eardrums.

"She, Alpha ordered us to do so and we could not stop ourselves" Sam tried to whisper but everyone heard anyway,

"Wh...What! No, oh god! My dreams they are true, aren't they?" the oldest man amongst them stuttered questioningly,

"Oh yes, Shaman Ateara. The sins of the Quileutes forefathers have caught up to them" Lara said stunning everyone by knowing who Old Quill was,

Billy started blustering, asking about how she would know anything about his tribe's past. Sam was shouting at the wolves to shut up and they were ignoring him. Harry Clearwater was demanding to know what was going on and Old Quill was rambling nonsensical rubbish. Suddenly the air crackled and Lara and Anders were now in wolf shape. They were at least double the size of the Quileute wolves, in other words massive. They stalked forward over the line and stopped in front of the only two quiet people there.

"Dig deep within yourself! Find your power, wield in not in anger. But justly and as your ancestors intended! Take back control of you people, before it's too late" Lara said quietly inside only one of their heads,

I saw the massive intake of breath and the centring of her body, arms thrown out to the side. Leah physically lifted off the ground before changing into her wolf. But now more than twice the size she was before and larger than all the others except Lara and Anders. Silence was all that was heard now, well, that and harsh breathing, which was muted in the background. Her large head swung to each boy in turn and one by one they fell to their knees and swore allegiance to the rightful Alpha of the Quileute shifters. They all submitted themselves and exposed their necks to her bite within their hairlines.

Not as her mates, but her willing supporters. Looking now at Embry she motioned him to her flank and her Beta was selected. Then she looked at Lara and spoke,

"Welcome Lara, my sister Alpha. Our lands and borders are open to you and yours till the end of days!"

"As are ours to you and yours. Now it is time to fix the errors that greed and men have brought down upon your people.

In front of your shifters, you must right the wrongs done and separate them from the council of elders who should deal only with the human amongst your tribe. You are their leader, their Alpha, none other!" Lara replied,

As Jasper, Einar and I watched, Leah turned and shifted back to her human self. The council gasped when they realised she was not naked, but wearing the clothes she had previously had on. She had like Lara and Anders became more than just a Quileute pack member, she had taken on the mantle of true and rightful Alpha. This gave her back the powers that had been missing since I don't know when. We all felt through the link with Lara the rightness about this and Einar seemed quite taken with the new Quileute Alpha.

"She will be a strong leader and give those boys back their dignity and place within the tribal system," he said smiling,

What transpired over the next few hours proved many things had gone very wrong with the Quileutes and why they had no longer shifted full time. The previous Alpha had been, it appeared called Tabitha, she had once upon a time been a Clearwater. They were the only family that ever birthed female shifters and the rightful Alphas. She had been alone for many years until Quill Ateara shifted and became her mate. The Ateara's had always been Shaman for the tribe and his uncle was, at that time. They were a small group of four as very few enemies passed through the region.

Tabitha had allowed previous generations to stop shifting if they wanted to, thus keeping themselves from the eyes of the outside world. The land was starting to be overrun by newcomers and their secrets had to be withheld from even the tribe itself by then. At the time of the Cullens first arrival, Tabitha was indisposed giving birth to two sons. Twin boys one who would be a shifter and one who would be a future shaman. This was normal not all could be either shifters or humans so that neither faction would die out. Her small group consisted of herself, her mate Quill, her Beta Ephraim and one other called Levi.

What none had realised was the greed and depth of Ephraim's betrayal. He wanted to be the Alpha, he hated that a to him mere woman ruled over him. Fuelled by that anger and the hatred of his father at being rejected as a mate for Tabitha. Ephraim set plans in motion which would decimate the tribe. He sent Quill and Levi on patrol and told them he would call them when Tabitha was about to give birth. While the others were gone Ephraim sought out his Alpha and killed her and one of her newborn sons, the shifter. He then recalled the others and declared himself Alpha. They sealed their fate by accepting him without question.

But his power was weak and with every shift, they grew smaller in size and less powerful until the others refused to do so anymore. Devastated, Ephraim realised he needed to control all and thus compounded his treachery by killing the ailing Chief at that time and proclaimed himself now as also Chief of the tribe. He knew he could not fight the vampires and had to make a treaty with them so he and his line could survive. But Tabitha's power was far-reaching and any shifter children of the new Chief died until his son William was born. He was totally human and thus survived.

The deaths of a whole generation to the great storm aided in weakening of the tribe as a whole. All these things Leah took from the minds of the council, memories they didn't even know they had and which she shared with everyone there. Memories planted by the power of the rightful Alpha in each generation until her rightful heir came into being, Leah herself. All except her own father who was unaware that he should have been the Chief and not Billy Black. The Clearwater's were the rightful Chiefs and the bearers of the female Alpha's.

So the Black, the Ateara and the Uley families were unable to have any shifter children until this generation and the return of the next true Alpha and the Cullens. If they embraced her as their Alpha all would return to normal, but if they refused her they would never again be able to shift when danger presented itself. This was the last chance for the Quileutes and Jasper's insistence they are dealt with had brought about this righting of a terrible wrong. How galling that will be for them when the truth comes out, a vampire has saved them from total obscurity and eventual annihilation of their birthright.

Lara broke the link with Einar and told him to come and join her and his father in Washington. Jasper and I were stunned, so much hurt caused by one greedy man. But Jasper had his wish; no Black would be either Alpha or Chief of the Quileutes ever Edward know back then and say nothing to Carlisle? I bet he did and would rather them weak than help them. Because deep down I think Carlisle would have tried, well I hope he would have.

WTWURU

"Damn, life sure isn't boring, being mated to a vampire!" I say laughing now we are alone again,

"I hope never to disappoint you, my Belle" came his reply,

I felt my eyes widen with the huskiness of his voice. He I'm sure was talking about something completely different and it made me feel good inside. I had planned to wait until we were at Peter and Char's place, but maybe here alone would be a better place to lose my virginity.

"I doubt you ever could Jasper. I was thinking, I wanted to give you an early Christmas present" I explained pushing some desire and lust at him,

"What did you have in mind? Oh! Yes, darlin', I'd like that!" he said as my emotions hit him,

I felt a little out of my depth, this was new to me. But should have known he would neither push me nor overwhelm me either. So with infinite patience and love, Jasper guided me to the wonders of being made love to by him. I had never seen a naked man before and I doubt any other would have looked so good to my eyes. I knew he was worried about his scars and I made sure to impress upon him they didn't scare me at all. I liked the feel of them beneath my lips and fingers and I could feel how much he like me touching them. They were the physical proof of his strength and endurance, how could I not love them.

As I lay on the brink of womanhood with Jasper above me, my heart pounded with elation. I loved him with every ounce of my mind, body and soul. It was not as sore as I expected and I felt he maybe took away my pain and his cold body had helped a lot, as well. But the sensation of exploding into a million fragments and then them coming back together took my breath away. Now in the aftermath, I could think properly and felt emboldened enough to touch, stroke and investigate his body. His growls and moans made me feel powerful; I did this to him, but also for him.

This was a give and take situation, nothing one-sided about it at all. To love and be loved was more powerful than any other thing out there. Those people like Edward and Alice would never know this feeling, as they gave nothing but wanted to receive it all as their due. Suddenly Jasper flipped us over and now it was he who was kissing, nipping, licking my body. I sensed he was memorising every response I gave for future reference. That meant, wow that meant he would never not touch me without giving me pleasure. Being a vampire certainly had its benefits.

We spent the rest of that evening and into the wee hours loving each other until I could barely keep my eyes open any longer.

"Sleep, my Belle. I will be right here to watch over you" Jasper purred in my ear and I sighed,

I couldn't wait to be like him, so I would never need to be parted from him by sleep again. I dreamt of him, his body under my fingers as I too mapped him out. The rough and the smooth, the soft and the firm, the cool and the warm. I hadn't realised before that not all of him was cold to my touch. My eyes fluttered open to his resonating growl,

"Darlin' you're drivin' me insane!" he purred and I saw exactly where my hand was and what it was doing,

Shrugging internally I continued what my unconscious self had started. Stroking him firmly but slowly at first, before speeding up my movements and leaning in to lick away the drop of liquid leaking from the tip of his very solid erection. His growling grew in intensity as I licked, nibbled and suck on his skin around where my hand was working. He shouted my name loudly as I sucked his balls one at a time into my mouth and the heat from it engulfed them. That made his erection swell even more and I watched as his eyes rolled back and he came all over my hand and his chest.

I felt the overwhelming need to rub myself all over with it and so I slide up his body and did exactly that. He laughed and hugged me tightly,

"Thank you, my Belle, I did tell you, that you were a little handsy in your sleep. Do you know why you felt the need to rub yourself in this?" he asked wiping his finger over his chest, I shook my head,

"It was to feel marked by me. To carry my scent, to prove I'm yours and your mine. I can't bite you to mark you just yet, but I will and then you will always smell like me" he said leaning down to kiss me lovingly,

"So how will you smell like me?" I asked unsurely,

"Well you too will bite me, but for now I will drink your essence!" He replied and I frowned,

"My essence, what apart from my blood is my essence?" I asked and he ran his fingers between my legs and sucked his fingers into his mouth,

"Oh!" was all I could say while blushing profusely,

Jasper chuckled and flipped me over onto my back before diving right in and holy shit that's fucking awesome! It was the sound of my stomach rumbling that eventually broke us apart. I'd missed breakfast, it was now lunchtime and we needed to get back on the road the Peter and Char's place. My whole body felt like jelly and I needed Jasper's arm around me to keep me from falling over. Once I'd showered and eaten I was once more human. So with a little spring in my step, I climbed into the truck and we headed out. The miles flew by and I even nodded off a couple of times, with Jasper's warning to keep my hands to myself making me smile.

WTWURU

I woke with a start, realising the truck had stopped and Jasper was gently shaking my arm.

"We're here darlin'. Are you ready?" he asked concerned and I nodded happily, truly wanting to get to know his family better,

"We're your family now too suga'. You are more than welcome here" came a voice as if he read my mind,

"Hello Peter, I'm very happy to be here" I replied, as Char hustle out of the house towards us,

"Sorry I'm late, I was shoppin' for you, sweetie. What the hell is a Pop-Tart?" Char asked and we all burst out laughing,

"It's a little bit of heaven for breakfast, that's what it is. Mostly sugar of course!" I said smiling and accepting her hug,

The rest of the day passed quickly, the men talking about the Quileutes and Char and I the house and her plans for it. It was so nice and lived in, like Jasper's cottage. There was colour and vibrancy to it all, not the sterile blandness of the Cullens place. It felt loved, that's what was missing, love! The fact they both had red eyes didn't bother me at all and when Char asked about my diet I told her I would be joining them, rather than Jasper. I knew he needed too, but I couldn't stomach the idea I might turn into a Cullen. She nodded and agreed it seemed to screw them up or was that just Carlisle's doing?

Tomorrow was Christmas Eve and Char had waited for me to put up a tree and a few decorations. She had never had a female friend before and was a little starved for company. I was glad to be there for her and her for me. We just clicked into place without trying and I knew we would be lifelong friends. It would never have to be forced or false, we genuinely liked each other. Her being so much older and from another time, added another dimension to our friendship. I was so happy we made the decision to come here, okay I made the decision to come here.

The stunning Colorado white fir tree was perfect, but I think we overdid it with the decorations. A cross between the old and the new, but it was beautiful. It hadn't been chopped down, but the root ball was wrapped in hessian and we soaked it thoroughly. Char was going to plant it out after Christmas as a reminder of our first one together. The first of many she told us and Jasper was so happy we could all feel it. Yes, I was determined he would have his family back, something that Alice could never, would never do for him.