Author Note: I loved writing this chapter simply because I could explore this from different angles without writing one particular POV.

Heads up, hopefully [fingers crossed] this chapter shouldn't contain the words Embryo or Quilt but if it does, I apologize. Auto-correct kept changing the names of Embry and Quil to the closest alternative.

I hope you enjoy the chapter and I'm off to finish writing the third chapter.

Reborn: Chapter Two

''How could you even think about agreeing to her request, Sam? How do you expect Jacob to take this? '' Emily cried, tears running down her cheeks as she looked around at the pack. ''She was a part of this pack, whether she knew it or not.''

''You know the position it left us in, Emily. Look at the condition of Jake and tell me that part of you isn't glad that she can't hurt him anymore than she already has'' Paul snarled, throwing his chair back and storming out.

Embry stared down at the floor, feeling all eyes on himself as he muttered quietly'' Bella had a choice and she chose what she wanted. I refuse to mourn the girl who destroyed my best friend. What right does she have for any of us to mourn her? The girl Jake loved died a long time ago, I won't mourn the monster she ended up being.''

Slight nods were given by the pack but not a word was spoken, either in agreement or disagreement. A silence fell across the room, only broken by Quil's sad reminder of what state Jacob lay. ''Does he feel it, you know, the last bonds of the imprint dying? I haven't felt his emotions, human or wolf since that day in the woods. It haunts my dreams and it's tainted all the memories I have of him.''

The room fell deadly silent, nothing could be heard but the wild beating of hearts as they thought back to their dear friend and what had befallen him. What had any of them done wrong for the Great Spirits to be testing them as such? What had Jacob ever done to deserve the pain and reject he'd lived with for years until it was too much?

Why had the Gods' given Jacob a gift, a true blessing and yet seemingly allowing it to fall into the hands of their enemy? Their enemy who had tainted and destroyed a person through their pretenses to be more humane than others of their kind when in truth they were not different.

What good is an Alpha that has given into the animal, who thinks like the animal that lives in him and lives like one? Not a single one of them had set eyes on Jacob since that horrendous day in the woods.

The legends had never been able to tell them what happened to the wolf if his imprint became a vampire. It had simply never happened before.

Nothing had prepared them for seeing their pack-brother lose his sanity or human self. Jacob had always held onto the hope, although they thought it useless, that Bella would return and she'd accept him. It had been the very thing that kept him going, feeling her humanity through the stretched bonds of the imprint despite the distance between them.

And one day it was gone. The few seconds it took for them all to realize something had happened was all it had taken.

Flashback:

Jacob had seemed fine when they'd met up in the woods until his face changed, an array of emotions flashing through his eyes, too quickly for them to be processed by his pack-mates.

Agonizing screams were torn from Jacob's throat, echoing around the small clearing as he dropped to his knees and clutched his chest. He continued to scream, arching his back and crying out before they all heard the unmistakable sound of his bones breaking.

''Jake'' Sam had cried, falling to his knees beside his brother who was too far gone to even know what was happening around him. ''What's wrong?'' Quil had shouted, looking around and meeting the eyes of his pack-mates, searching for an answer nobody had.

Sam, recognizing the change in Jacob's body, threw himself to the side just as Jacob's bones finishing breaking and he completed the change. A brief look at the snarling wolf that crouched low on its' front paws and the way its' lips were pulled up vertically displacing its teeth gave them a good understanding of what had happened.

The entire pack was frozen in shock and horror as Jacob turned and fled from the clearing. A heartbeat later, they'd all began trying to shout over one another in their desperation to understand what they had just witnessed.

''Oh my god'' Sam cried, falling to his knees and resting his head in his hands as he tried to calm his beating heart. ''Sam, what happened?'' Jared asked as Embry, in a cold and detached voice, snarled'' That bitch is what happened. She's finally done it, she's finally destroyed Jake. I hope she's fucking happy.''

And with that remark, Embry had stormed off in search of his best friend. The best friend that he knew he'd just lost because fate's a bitch.

End of flashback

''Do you believe in what you said about being reborn, Sam?'' Collin asked, his question bringing everyone back to the harsh reality of what had happened. Sam swallowed loudly as he nodded slowly and explained'' I do believe in what I told Bella. The Spirits are testing us and I don't think they'd allow Jake or Bella to end up this way.''

''How can you say that after all the pain she has caused?'' Embry snarled, curling his top lip up in disgust at the mention of her. ''I understand your anger, Embry, truly I do but how can you let your hatred overrule everything else? You all heard what she said, how she felt about the choices she had made. Does that sound like someone who is truly heartless or someone who is human and makes mistakes? She made plenty of mistakes but it's part of who we are. Even us, being wolves and all, make mistakes because fundamentally we are still first and foremost human. You cannot allow yourself to hate human nature, Embry. The people we met, the choices we are shown and the way our lives happen all define us as people. Have you ever thought to wonder why the Cullens were able to walk into her life so easy?''

The wolves were silent until Quil replied'' I'm not saying anything bad against Chief Swan or his ex-wife but maybe Bella wouldn't have been so fascinated with the Cullens if she'd had any kind of family growing up. I get it, you know, being an only child but I had Jake and Embry. Who did Bella have? From what I saw of her life, no-one but herself. I felt sorry for her back then and I still do.''

Quil took in a deep breath before continuing'' A father who is married to his job who she hardly knew and a hare-brained mother who is too child-like to be an adult. Do any of us even know how her childhood was, if she even had one? The way I see it, Bella was an easy mark because she genuinely believed that nobody would miss her, that nobody ever loved her enough to give a damn. I hate that Bella was so blind and naive but mainly, I hate those damn bloodsuckers. If they had just left her alone, she wouldn't be dead and Jake wouldn't have gone all wolf.''

With that said, Quil crossed his arms and waited. He waited for someone to agree and for someone to disagree.

Nobody agreed and nobody disagreed.

You know why? Partially down to the shock that Quil was well-versed, it turned out, and partially down to the fact that no-one could deny the truth in his words.