And so, Part 2 begins.

"This better be fucking important," Paul growled as soon as he was in wolf form. He didn't care that he had cut off Sam as he was mid-speech because he was pissed.

"Paul, I thought you were going to England," Jared said, confusion showing in his mind. "What the hell are you doing here?"

"The incessant howling was enough to drag anyone away to get the row to fucking shut up. Now, what's the fucking problem?"

"Bella," Leah replied with little interest. Paul growled and shook his head.

"Really? That's the problem? She's dying, she's becoming immortal. The treaty can hardly be classed as broken when she wants it to happen so she can live with her husband happily ever after."

"You've turned mild," Seth replied teasingly and stepped backwards as he rocketed through the bush and joined them in their circle. "But it's cool because I agree with you. As does Sam and pretty much everyone else."

Paul stared at Leah in shock and it was quite comical to see her wolf shrug. "Why do I care what that bitch does with her life?" She had a fair point.

"Where's Jake?" Paul asked, realising that they were missing one wolf. "He didn't."

"Oh yes, he did," Jared replied with a huff. "Probably gone and got himself killed."

"How long has he been gone?" Paul asked, only a twinge of worry for his friend since his mind was still partly focused on Hermione. "Should we go after him?"

"No," Sam answered, ordering the Pack as they started to get restless. "We wait. They aren't going to be stupid enough to attack him when they have to deal with Bella at the moment. He'll be back soon. Embry, you stick with Rachel and Billy. Let them know he's okay the moment he comes back."

"Will do," Embry replied.

The pack waited impatiently for Jacob to return and to pass the time, they discussed mundane and simple things whilst Paul paced impatiently around them. They'd tried to include him in the conversations and he'd been snappy and short. Now, without any important conversation to focus on, his mind had immediately narrowed in on Hermione.

Only Leah made her annoyance known but the others couldn't blame him, especially since it was a new relationship for him and he was changing as well as the fact he had to leave her abruptly. That in itself was enough to have put him in a bad mood but with Jacob freaking out like he had with the Bella situation, could've just put him in a dangerous situation.

Jacob's mind joined the fray and they all relaxed slightly.

"Jacob" "Jacob!" "Jake" All of them expressed their relief and worry by saying his name and he didn't answer them. They saw the trees blur as he ran towards them and then he began to think about what he'd learnt at the Cullen's.

Embry faded out and let Jacob's sister and dad know that he was okay but they barely noticed, all of them focused on the horrific images that were being filtered through their mind link.

There were just no words.

Paul stared at the images of Bella, looking at how grotesque she looked and shook his head to focus on what was going on. The loud shouting in his head was testament to how freaked out everyone else was and without discussing it, they moved as a unit to meet Jacob halfway home.

"How can this be? What does it mean? What will it be?" Paul asked, completely taken back. He tried to listen for any answers but all he could hear was a puddle of words with the occasional person being distinguishable.

"Not safe. Not right. Dangerous." That was Jared.

"Unnatural. Monstrous. An abomination." Of course Leah would contribute.

"We can't allow it." And there was Sam, the voice of reason. Majority of the Pack agreed with his thoughts whilst the rest remained silent, though they did look worried about what was occurring. "The treaty does not cover this."

"This puts everyone in danger," Leah added and Sam nodded in agreement.

The voice came in a whole swirl then and Paul was completely overwhelmed and in shock to understand who was speaking. A glance at Jake showed that he too was troubling to comprehend the situation and so Paul moved from his place by Sam's side to sit next to him.

"They fear it, too."

"But they won't do anything about it."

"Protecting Bella Swan."

"We can't let that influence us." Paul could definitely sense Leah's hate in that sentence.

"The safety of our families, of everyone here, is more important that one human."

"If they won't kill it, we have to."

"Protect the tribe."

"Protect our families."

"No time to waste," Jared thought.

"It will mean a fight," Paul cautioned, standing up from his seat as he joined the conversation. "A bad one." He was definitely glad that Hermione was safe in England now.

"We're ready," Embry insisted and Paul could sense that his drive was more for concern over Rachel and his family than a deep urge to kill things.

"We'll need surprise on our side," Sam thought and it seemed to trigger the strategizing thoughts for practically everyone.

"If we catch them divided, we can take them down separately. It will increase our chances of victory," Jared contributed and Paul felt the beginnings of guilt fester in his stomach. These creatures were Hermione's friends, even her family! She'd hate him.

"Wait," Jake said, and Paul felt relieved that someone else had stepped up before him.

"There's little time," Sam disagreed.

"But - what are you thinking? You wouldn't attack them for breaking the treaty this afternoon but you're planning an ambush now even with the treaty still intact!"

"This wasn't something the treaty anticipated," Sam said. "This is a danger to every human in the area. We don't know what kind of creature the Cullens have bred, but we know that it is strong and fast-growing. And it will be too young to follow any treaty. Remember the newborn vampires we fought? Wild, violent, beyond the reach of reason or restraint. Imagine one like that, but protected by the Cullens."

"But we don't know-" Jacob protested and Paul was beginning to agree with the younger lad. Sam had a quelling argument but Jake's was also sound. We just didn't know.

"We don't know," Sam agreed. "And we can't take the chances with the unknown in this case. Are you willing to risk your family and your Pack over this? What about your friends?"

"But it's a baby!"

"You've only just got Hermione back," Sam continued, ignoring Jacob. "Are you really willing to risk the life of your best friend, Paul's imprint?" Paul growled at the thought of losing her, it would hurt him so much he'd find no point in living. "Exactly. I'm not risking this chance for Emily's life, neither is Embry with Rachel's life. Jared's not going to take that chance when Kim is at stake and Claire still has a long way to go so why would Quil want to play fifty - fifty on her life?"

"But it is a baby now and will be a baby when it is born!" Jacob protested, determined. Even Paul was beginning to side with Sam, especially with Hermione flashed in front of him.

"It won't be a baby for long," Leah muttered.

"Jake, buddy, this is a big problem," Quil said, speaking to his friend in the hopes of getting him on their side. Paul could see it was hopeless. "We can't just ignore it."

"The only one who's in danger is Bella," Jake protested. "You're all making it into something bigger than it actually is."

"She chose this and now her decision affects us all." Jacob glared at Sam, both in mind and wolf. "We can't take the chance that everything is going to be okay and I'm not going to make my decision based on vampires and a lovesick wolf. We are not allowing a blood drinker on our lands."

"Then tell them to leave," Seth piped up. He was the only wolf openly siding with Jacob and Paul wished he was that carefree and mind innocent but his prejudices for the leeches were still too strong.

"So we can pass this menace onto others who have no protection? No," Sam countered and Seth whined pitifully. "We protect everyone we can."

"This is crazy!" Jake exclaimed. "Only this afternoon you were reluctant to put the Pack in danger."

"This afternoon I was unaware of the risk our families were in."

"How are you going to kill it without killing Bella?" Paul asked, finally piping up. Everyone fell silent and Paul felt dread fill his gut. He didn't know if he could kill Hermione's family and then look her in the eye ever again. Jacob howled out in grief and protest at the thought.

"She's human, too! Doesn't our protection apply to her?"

"She's dying anyway," Leah commented. "We'll just shorten the process."

Paul growled with a threat in his mind at the girl but Jacob acted out more, jumping away from Seth and Paul towards the female wolf with his teeth bared. He would've got her too, if it wasn't for Sam dragging him back.

"Stop!" Sam ordered, his voice taking the tone of a full Alpha. Jacob's legs shook but he remained standing. Paul stared at his friend, trying to offer support silently through his eyes and he believed that Jacob received it. It wasn't until Paul's name was mentioned that he realised he hadn't been listening.

"Paul, Jared and I will take on Edward and Rosalie. From the information Jacob has brought us, they'll be the ones to guard Bella under an attack." Paul's mind closed off and he ignored the rest of the conversation. His eyes sent to Jacob's who looked like he was in pain. His eyes flickered to Seth, who looked like he was going to cry, and around the rest of the Pack. Brady and Collin, the two youngest members of the Pack who had only changed recently and mainly kept to themselves were looking terrified and he didn't blame them. It was a lot for them to do so soon.

The pacing of the Pack was a large mess of fur and the only wolves stood still were Jacob and Seth - the younger of whom was still in the submissive position that he'd been forced into from Sam's order. Paul, himself, wasn't standing still but he wasn't pacing with excitement and nerves like the others were. He was trying to subtly think of a way for this to not turn sour.

"You will perform this obligation," Sam ordered and Paul once again realised that he'd zoned out and missed even more than before, but, seeing Jacob on the floor. He realised that this time, there was even less hope. Because no member of the Pack could refuse the Alpha.

Embry was whining in Jacob's ear, nudging him silently to get up. Paul could see the pleas in his eyes for his friend to get up and just do what was being asked, ordered of him but even Paul was feeling sick about this. This was Hermione's cousin, her family and he held her in his arms only hours ago as she cried about the loss of her. To make it permanent and to be a part of it would be asking for his imprint to hate him.

"There's no point fighting it," Embry said, speaking to the downed wolf and Paul felt his heart skip with excitement. He knew how to stop this from turning into a bloodbath!

He padded over to his friend and looked into his eyes, conveying reassurement and a dash of excitement.

"Nobody can disobey this Alpha," Paul said. Majority of the Pack ignored his message but he felt Jared's curious glance and Embry's confused one. Jacob's eyes had widened and Paul was relieved that his message had been caught. Who knows how long it could've been before he'd figured it out himself.

Jacob stood, not even forcing himself to against the Alpha's order and Paul could see that he'd just chosen his path. "No," Jacob spoke, talking to Sam who was speaking strategy with Jared and Leah. Sam jumped back a half-step with a yelp.

"What have you done?"

"I won't follow you Sam. Not for something so wrong."

"You would… You would choose your enemies over your family?"

Leah huffed and scratched at the ground. "Typical Jacob, can't do anything right." Paul growled threateningly at her and the Pack's eyes turned on him.

"Paul, stand down." The Alpha effect washed right over him because he'd chosen his path, too. "You'd side with enemies over family as well?"

"No," Paul replied. "I choose my imprint's family over you. That's my choice." Sam shook his head with disappointment but Paul felt no guilt.

"Jacob - you can't turn your back on the tribe."

The Pack sensed the Alphaness in the voice but Jacob showed no signs of being affected.

"Ephraim Black's son was not born to follow Levi Uley's."

"Is this it then, Jacob Black?" Sam replied with hackles raised and his muzzle pulled back from his teeth. Jared snarled and bristled by his side but Paul skidded to Jacob's side and returned the favour. He watched his best friend falter and look pitifully at his Alpha. "Even if you can defeat me, the Pack will never follow you."

Both Jacob and Sam continued their arguments and Jared focused on looking at his best friend. He could understand why Paul had chosen this side. Hermione would kill him if he'd done anything else. Jacob abruptly turned and ran away from the Pack and Paul realised that he couldn't hear his friend anymore and that he'd also missed the ending of the argument. He shot one last look at Jared - who nodded in understanding - and turned to follow Jacob.

"Looks like it's just you and me, pal," Paul greeted and Jacob barked out a laugh.

I've written some other things, read some other stories, and started to re-read Breaking Dawn to get a better feel of this story. I'm also aware part of this dialogue was from the actual book which is why I cut the scene down so much because I didn't want to copy so much.