Jacob's POV

We found the hiker practically torn apart on the north trail in the mountains. Jared was the one that had found him. Police reported it was a bear attack, but I knew, and the pack knew, it wasn't a bear. Embry thought it was a vampire that was upset with our semi-new pack, but Sam thought differently. I agreed with him. A vampire, as upset as it may be, wouldn't just rip apart a human like an animal. It wouldn't have been able to resist the blood. I felt bad for the man. His stray limbs looked chewed up and gnawed on, like whatever it was, was trying to eat him. And that, was definitely not vampire. Maybe it was a bear, but the scent around it was certainly not bear. When Jared had called for help and we had met him at the scene of the attack, the scent around it burned my nostrils, and it was so strong however, that I had to phase to human, and even then, the smell was still somewhat strong.

"Not a bear," I spat.

Sam phased. "Definitely not a bear."

When the police came, they taped around the part of the trail, and closed it, so on comers, if any, wouldn't come near. They didn't find any tracks since the snow was so deep and all they were, were large imprints where it had trudged and skulked through it. Charlie was the first to confront me about it. He asked me questions and asked what I maybe had concluded it was.

"A bear, definitely a bear."

Lying, was my specialty. But, I could hardly call it lying since I really had no idea what it was. Sam and I left after that, both quietly pondering, what in hell it could be. This was something we hadn't ever come across in our life as wolves, as short as it was. I guess we could bring it up with the council. They might be able to tell us.

"Ripped apart?" my father asked as we all sat around in Old Quil's front room.

"Completely," Sam started. "Some of the pieces were even missing."

Billy frowned. "And you are positive it wasn't vampire."

"Absolutely positive," I jumped in. "a leech would have drained the blood. As much as was there, it wouldn't have been able to resist the lust. Plus, the scent around it certainly was not vampire."

Sam nodded, agreeing with my assumption.

My father, nodded, pondering for a second what it could be.

"Your also sure it wasn't a bear or wolf. They still roam around in these parts you know."

"I'm almost for certain. It could have been a pack of wolves, but I would have been able to recognize the scent." Sam leaned forward in the chair, his arms were spread wide.

We had left Jared, Embry, and Paul to do double shifts patrolling in case they came across more of the scent, but since the large blizzard had come in over night, most of it had been blown away.

"What was last night?" Old Quil said out of the blue.

We all turned and looked at him, confused.

"Say that again?" Billy asked.

"Last night, what moon was it?"

I thought about it. I had patrol last night before Jared took over.

"The full moon I think. I remember the woods were pretty much lit up. The dark clouds from the north were closing in, but I remember it was still shining bright before."

He closed his eyes and shook his old head back and forth.

"We've haven't dealt with this kind before. Bring me, the book."

"The book?" Billy asked astonished. "We never have needed the book."

"Now, we do. So bring me the book." His old voice cracked.

Billy wheeled over and started going through his bedroom as he searched for this so called, "book."

"So, what are...we dealing with?" I asked slowly.

There was a strange sort of sparkle in his eyes. Whatever it was, he was enjoying it.

"Jacob, Sam, let me introduce you to the most dangerous creature you will ever meet."

Billy wheeled back with a large dusty old book that he handed to Old Quil. He helped him open it up but Quil shooed him away as he searched for the page.

"The Children of the Moon," he croaked, putting on his thick prescription glasses.

"What is that?" Sam insisted, leaning forward.

He smiled. "A werewolf. A real werewolf."

I stared at him. He laughed. "Haven't you ever heard of the werewolf? It phases only during the full moon. It stands on two legs and is the most inhumane creature on the planet."

"So is this creature, that attacked the hiker, is a werewolf?" I said, trying to fit the pieces together.

"Of course," he said smiling.

Sam shook his head. "They don't exist anymore Quil. They went extinct a long time ago."

Quil pointed his old wrinkled finger at him. "My boy, they were never fully extinct. Maybe you thought, but most of them went into hiding. You see, a long time ago, vampires began emerging from the darkness. They stopped hiding and started raiding our villages and homes. A small group of humans in a tribe far east of us, took an oath to keep these creatures from harming their people. The vampires continued their blood path until one of these human guardians remained. This one man(seeing that god was not on his side) asked help from the devil. The devil was listening. He then came from hell with the most savage and demonic wolf he could find. During a full moon, the devil then killed this wolf, took it's soul and bound it to the soul of this man, thus turning him into the first werewolf. This man was known as Valadik, and for five thousand years, Valadik began to create his army. It is unknown if during the wolves extinction Valadik was killed. Some say he was, others say that Valadik was the werewolf who battled one of the vampire's leaders that night and spared his life, seeing him as unworthy prey. When Valadik disappeared, so did the rest of the werewolves, and that is where the mystery begins. The vampire leaders believe they are all extinct, but as you can see, there are some out there. They're watching, listening, and waiting. They're time will come again. I can feel it."

"So you think that this is a werewolf?" Sam inquired. Billy sat silently, staring off into space, his eyebrows knitted together.

"I'm almost positive."

"So, is this a threat? Are the werewolves trying to warn us?" I asked, feeling an annoying curious itch beneath my skin.

He frowned. "Now that, I do not know. I wouldn't think they would try to hurt fellow werewolves, even if you are different. But, if I were you, I would not take this lightly. Be cautious, and keep a look out for anything suspicious."

"Yes sir," Sam said, standing up and walking to shake his Old Quil's hand. I followed.

"Oh and Jacob," Quil said before I could walk out the door. "If I were you, I'd find that werewolf before the next full moon."

I slid out the door and followed Sam into the woods where we both phased.

"Did you hear what he told me?" I thought to Sam.

"Yes. But my question is, how are we going to find it if we have no idea what to look for?"

"Wait, slow down. What are we looking for?" Jared asked confused.

"A werewolf. Like the ones you see on TV. You know? They phase on the full moon?" Sam flashed back to what Quil had said about the legend.

"That's fucking awesome! So now we're supposed to look for it?" Paul shouted in his thoughts making us all growl angrily at him.

"Yes," Sam and I both thought.

"But we don't know what he could look like. Remember, he's human now," I added, sitting down in the circle we had now formed for a short meeting.

"Wouldn't he be like really harry and have big muscles?" Jared suggested.

Paul started picturing Hugh Jackman in that new X-Men movie that had come out recently.

"No dumbass, that's wolverine," I spit. Jared and Sam laughed.

"He could still look like that though," Paul retorted.

"Where's Embry?" Sam asked, interrupting our short inter-argument.

Jared flashed back to when Embry had said he was phasing back to human.

"Why?" Sam inquired.

"He saw a camouflage hat and decided he'd go take a peek in human form. I guess we should have gotten him before we came?" Jared shrugged, lolling his tongue out as light rain began to fall.

Sam growled furiously. "Well go get him numb nuts! This is an important meeting. He should have come when I called!"

Jared ducked his head down under the alphas commands, then with tail between his legs he started trotting off towards the mountains.

Embry's thoughts suddenly appeared in our heads.

"Guys I found something!" He showed us torn apart clothes at his feet. There was a camouflage hat by his feet and a black jack that looked torn to shreds. Large nikes were in disarray, with the rest of his clothes scattered.

"Those must have been the clothes he wore before he phased last night." Sam thought, getting up and running to where Embry was. Paul and I followed.

"Well obviously," Paul grumbled and Sam threatened him. I laughed.

"Shut up Black," Paul spit back when I laughed.

"Wait, who phased?" Embry thought stupidly. We all groaned.

"You missed a very important meeting Embry. The guy we are looking for is a werewolf. It's one that phases during the full moon only."

"Oh," Embry said, a little surprised.

"So I guess we just look for a guy with lots of hair?" Jared concluded.

"And that smells strange-like the scent," Embry added, cringing when he took a whiff of the hat.

"That smells like my mom's body wash," Jared thought nonchalantly.

"No, I think it smells like a donkeys a-"

"Shut up Paul," we all growled in unison.

"Well I'm going back to the house to do some research on the computer. Anyone want to join?" Sam asked, starting to run back to his house.

"I'll go. Paul, it's your turn to patrol anyways," I muttered as Paul complained.

"I'll go search for the sasquatch!" Embry piped, trotting off like a little girl in the direction of the scent.

I phased quickly because I was tired of their jabs. I missed Bella, and I was worried with this wolf in the area. No doubt it would probably run into her somehow or another. Things always seem to be attracted to her.

I ducked my head in Sam's front door, shaking my hair from the wet rain, in which Emily immediately scolded me and made me clean up the floor where it had gotten wet.

"So, anything of interest?" Emily asked after Sam kissed her face, all the way down to her arms.

"Well, we know what the creature is," Sam murmured against her lips.

I went over and sat at the computer. I typed in Children of the Moon and clicked on the first website that looked informational.

"The Children of the Moon are an extinct species that were killed off by vampires over three hundred years ago..."

I skipped through the introduction and look for the appearance.

"The werewolf stands on two legs, has thick hair (depending on it's environment), and can range from about 7'5" to 8'5", depending on the sex. Males are usually much larger and have more hair, while females tend to be smaller and have less hair. All werewolves, in human or wolf form, have bright yellow eyes, though when they are wolf, the eyes become much darker and more wolflike. Depending on their skin tone and hair color, the color of their hair can range from a pure white, to a black, darker than midnight. It is unknown the appearance of a werewolf as a human."

I huffed, then clicked on a different website.

"Children of the Moon, in your very own woods. Want to know how to get rid of them? Click here to find out!"

I rolled my eyes and clicked on another. As I went through each website, all I found was pretty much the same thing I found on the first website. It talked all about what they looked like as wolfs, but not as humans. Maybe they just looked normal as humans. But there was going to have to be some way of finding out if they were a werewolf. There just had to be.

I typed in, How to tell if your a werewolf in human form, and only a few websites popped up. I checked all of them, and was about to give up, when I clicked on the last one.

"Werewolves are hard to catch in their human form. The only way would have to be if you had a strong sense of smell, or if you have come across one before. If you don't have those things, then here, I am going to tell you how. The simple way of telling if someone is a werewolf or not, is their eyes. If you look at someone, and you see obvious bright yellow eyes, there is no chance of a doubt that's a werewolf. Still unsure? Well, watch their attitude. Most werewolves have one hell of an attitude. They're mean, stubborn, and aren't afraid to say or do anything. They're usually alone, and if you find them with someone, they're either deathly in love with them (because it's their mate), or they are fighting with them. If you're still unsure, which I don't know how you could be, there is one other way. Every werewolf has a necklace around their neck that is a blue gemstone. This is called a moonstone. They have to keep it on at all times. If at all they take it off, they unleash their wolf forever, and it will terrorize everyone and everything until it dies. So if you know a wolf that has taken off it's necklace, I would have every right to afraid.

If you're still unsure, well, then you're just going to have to figure it out yourself."

I blinked. A moonstone. That was how we were going to find our werewolf. Look for the moonstone, and you have yourself a wolf.

"Hey Sam," I said turning around in the chair to see him and Emily intensely making out.

I had been so lost in the article that I hadn't even noticed.

"Geez, we were supposed to be working together on this," I grumbled, turning back around, writing things on a piece of paper.

There was some giggling them Sam told her he had to come help. I scoffed and handed him the piece of paper.

"These websites have all the information you need. I'll leave you two." I nodded at a flustered Emily then walked out of the door.

I needed to see Bella. I had some explaining to do.

Hope you guys enjoy the story so far! I'm going to kind of jump into it real quick, so the next chapter is the chase! :) review please! Oh, and by the way, this is a Jake/Nessie story.