Submissive shifters first appeared in packs around the year 1000 A.D when the popularity for turning children into vampires was in full force. Submissives were originally created to hunt down these children who seemed to be faster and more agile than their adult counterparts. A submissive`s lithe body was designed for light weight, and to be able to fit in to smaller spaces where the children vampires would sometimes hide themselves when they were hunted.
The first known imprinting of an average sized shifter on a submissive one occurred in 1195 but elders speculate it could have been taking place long before then. It is still unknown why this happens as submissives can`t breed and therefore can`t pass on the shifter gene, but most assume it was to compensate for the submissive`s lack of strength and protection, as there were generally only one to three submissive shifters in a pack they were very valuable and losing one could have had disastrous effects in future battles.
Today there are far less submissives found in wolf packs, this is caused by the decline in child vampires, but they have been known to pop up once in a while.
"Jacob?"
I quickly slammed my book shut as Mr. Smith my English teacher called out my name, and I noted by the fact that half the class was staring at me that it probably wasn't the first time.
"Yes sir?" I asked glancing around him at the board looking for an answer to any question he could possibly try to ask me.
"Jacob, you are wanted down in the guidance office, if you would kindly proceed there so I can continue my class…." He trailed off and I quickly stood up starting to leave. "Oh, and take your stuff Ms. Lee said this might take a while."
The class broke out into whispers as I packed my stuff and trudged out the door in to the hallway, which was empty because everyone else was in class. I was wondering what this could be about, it's not like I had done anything horrible recently, maybe it was something about my classes, or someone else, well whatever it's not like it could be that bad.
When I finally reached the school's office building I silently pushed open the wooden door with a golden plaque reading 'Ms. Lee, Guidance Counsellor'. Behind the door was a surprisingly large office, painted an overly bright yellow, with posters on confidence and don't do the drugs littering the wall. What surprised me was the fact that sitting in front of the spacious desk taking up the middle of the room was Jared, Embry, and Seth.
Scratch what I said earlier this was probably going to be bad.
A petite woman with blonde hair strung up in a bun gestured to the last empty seat in the room, which was next to Jared. "Jacob, so happy you could finally join us!" She smiled as if this was just a friendly get together of old friends.
I shifted uncertainly before taking the crappy plastic seat. "Any idea what's going on?" I hissed to Jared more quietly then Ms. Lee could hear.
He shook his head quickly. "No, but it can't-"
"Be good, I figured that."
We were silenced as she shuffled a pile of papers on her desk and looking at us directly.
"Gentlemen, it has been reported to me recently that you four are involved in some sort of gang activity recently, especially you Mr. Black." She gave me a pointed look as if I was going to suddenly confess to these horrible crimes she thought I had committed.
We looked at each other, trying to act confused and have no idea what she was talking about, but we did. The pack. And I had a funny feeling of who had told her about us.
Jared took the lead, I'm guessing because he was the beta in the pack and felt the responsibility fell on him. "We have no idea what you're talking about Ma'am." He replied, and the rest of us mumbled and shrugged our agreements.
"Well I've had one student come forward and tell me that you four along with two older males on your reservation have been hanging out during all your spare time recently, and they have told me that you all have seemed to become suddenly more muscular cut your hair and have stopped speaking almost all together to other people." Oh yeah, I definitely knew who had squealed on us.
"It's not illegal to hang out with your friends now is it?" Embry asked, sarcasm slipping into his voice.
She gave us a strained smile. "No but, I do find it strange that you suddenly cut all your outside ties when you start hanging out with this 'Group of friends'. I have also been told by some students that one of the older men in your group is rather violent."
"Sam's just protective of those he cares about." I stated, before I realized she was trying to lure me in to that.
Her eyes snapped to me instantly. "And he seems to care a lot about you Mr. Black, I have been told by some other students that you have a romantic relationship with this Sam, is that true?" I froze, and glanced at Jared, what was I supposed to say now, what was this woman playing at? He shrugged.
I looked back at Ms. Lee. "So what if was what would be the matter with that?" I tried to make sure I didn't say anything that could be seen as a confession, while trying to figure out what she wanted to know about it anyway. I mean being part of the reservation and all, laws in Forks didn't quite apply to us in the same sense, I mean yeah if someone was murdered the police could intervene, but besides that problems were generally dealt with, by the elders.
"Well then there wouldn't be much I could do," She leaned back in her chair crossing her arms. "But I would be watching you more closely and I would have to speak to this man and your father about this, because you of course are underage, and from what I have heard he is over twenty. There is always the possibility that this man is just using you and is a pedop-"
Jared had jumped in front of me before I could lunge at that bitch. How dare she insult my imprint, and she had the guts to do it in front of me. I would teach her a lesson, and then she would know not to mess with shifters, even small ones. Jared had clamped his hands down on to my shoulders holding me in place, but an animalistic growl escaped my lips before Seth reached over and clapped his hand down on my lips.
EmbryPOV
"Miss I think Jacob needs a breath of fresh air." I supplied looking over to where Jacob was shaking and thrashing in the chair his eyebrows forced together in his fury. Luckily the woman couldn't see much as Jared's hulking form was blocking her view, sometimes I couldn't understand Jake, first he hated Sam, then he loved Sam, then he hated Sam again, then he was about to kill someone for Sam… You never know with him really.
The woman's eyes were wide and she nodded quickly, I signalled Jared who dragged Jacob out of the office, one arm wrapped around him to restrain him, the other covering the furious growls he was releasing.
When the door shut behind them, I finally relaxed turning back to Ms. Lee who was scribbling furiously on a clipboard she had gained possession of in the last minute or so. I sighed knowing it was going to be complicated explaining that.
"Can you two just explain what happened there, Mr. Black seemed to be set off when I mentioned the word pedophile, does he have any passed problems with people like this, is this Sam person forcing him to do anything?" What was with this woman why was she out to incriminate one of us?
"Well you see, Sam is very protective of Jacob, and Jacob in return is very protective of Sam. I believe he found what you said was an insult to his….boyfriend." Seth supplied giving her a withering glare.
"I see." More scribbling. "But are you sure this man isn't just preying on your friend, sometimes boys your age don't really know the difference between lust and love-"
"Not one more word." Came Jacob's voice from the doorway, and boy did he sound mad.
JPOV
Jared dragged me out of the office as I struggled vainly to escape his grasp and lunge at the woman. My imprint, our alpha, how could they just let her get away with implying what she did. When he finally came to a stop a few feet outside the office I ripped his hand off my mouth trying to make a dash for the door but he easily grabbed my arm and held me there.
"Jake….Jacob listen to me think this through, if you actually go through this you will regret it." I glared at him but didn't try and move when he let go. Well I guess he did have a point, it would probably be a dumb idea to rough up a human, even a stupid one, people would probably get suspicious, or more suspicious as it seemed. I inhaled trying to let that calm me down as I eavesdropped on the conversation inside the office. It was still about me and Sam; I rolled my eyes, big surprise. We heard Seth defending me, I knew there was a reason I liked that kid, but when she brought it up again I snapped, I mean how long can you take someone saying that the love of your life preys upon kids, more specifically you. I think that would make anyone mad, or it might have just been the wolf, well whatever.
So I used my quick speed to dart around Jared and in to the room where I slammed the door open and hissed. "Not one more word."
Ms. Lee froze behind her desk looking anxiously up at me like I was going to jump across the room and attack her, well in truth I just might have.
"Mr. Black…I-I wanted…wel-l to talk to you…um… privately after but…n..now is good too." She stammered.
I sneered at her. "You think just because you have a degree, you know everything about everyone don't you. You think that every stinking person here fits a stereotypical mould. But hey have you ever thought that people don't, that maybe were not some case in a book or folder you have. I LOVE Sam, and he LOVES me so stop insinuating he's some sort of monster." Ok that was kind of ironic but I digress "Get your nose out of my life because you know nothing about me, my life, or who the hell is in it! And if Quil comes in here complaining again about us maybe you shouldn't listen to him, because he's just angry that we don't hang out anymore, and that makes him just a tiny bit biased." I took a long shuddering breath, glaring at her before I stormed out of her office, ignoring as the others called out after me.
AuthorPOV
Late that night somewhere in Seattle…
The woman was thrown to her knees and as she tried to shift upwards a foot was slammed on to her back shoving her face into the dirt. The only sounds were her grunts of pain.
A voice from the darkness broke the relative silence; it was high and melodic, too perfect really. "So you have information about them?" It asked.
"Yes" The woman replied shifting to a kneeling position when the foot was removed from her back. "I have found the alphas mate," she held her breath dramatically '"it's one of the other shifters a small one, his name is Jacob Black, I'm sure of it."
"Very good, very good…." The voice in the dark answered trailing off in thought.
"Mistress, please you promised me if I got information you would turn me, please make me one of you, please." The woman's hands were clasped together as she grovelled.
A small child like hand, skin paler then any human reached from the shadows and rested on the woman's neck. "Not tonight I'm afraid dear." And with a flick of her tiny wrist a loud crack was heard and the woman dropped to the ground eyes wide and lifeless. Her blond hair tumbled out of the bun it was held in creating somewhat of a disfigured halo around her.
"Supper is ready boys." The voice called from the darkness before it turned into a cold cruel laugh that disappeared into the night, and a group of people leaped on to the body.
JPOV
That night was a pack meeting so the six of us were sitting around on one of the cliffs that faced over the ocean sitting in a circle around the fire. Well there were actually seven people because Jared had brought Kim, Sam had explained to me that imprints could be brought to pack meetings once they knew about us, and she seemed pretty cool. She was nice, and pretty in her own sort of way, the only annoying thing about her was that she thought that Seth and I were the 'Cutest things ever' her words not mine, and was constantly cooing over us the whole night. It wouldn't have been so bad if Jared and Paul hadn't mocked us the whole night as well. Assholes.
After about twenty minutes of chatting about whatever, we actually settled in to a meeting. I sat between Sam's legs leaning back against his bare chest, and he wrapped his arms around me and placed his chin on my head, randomly placing kisses on the top of my head, which I'm sad to admit made me turn a dark scarlet.
Jared and Sam were planning out patrol schedules, not including me and Seth of course in any of this us being poor defenceless submissives and all, when Sam's phone went off. He quickly pulled it out of his pocket, but before he could even answer the person on the other end, who turned out to be Quil's grandfather, spoke.
"He's turning now, come quickly." There was some shouting in the background and then the call disconnected.
Everyone had heard it and instantly they had all already stood up and were beginning to shift. I quickly joined them, accidently destroying a good pair of shorts in the process, but we were already racing towards Quil's house and I soon forgot about them.
Finally, I thought I would never be able to talk to him again. Embry thoughts came in to all of our heads.
Maybe he won't hate us now. I thought happily, truly missing one of my best friends.
We shot through the woods around the reservation silently slipping in between the trees so as not to draw notice because I don't think anyone would deal well with finding six giant wolves in their backyard. Quil's house was only a few minutes away from where we had been so, going at wolf speed we got there almost instantly and found Quil in the woods behind his house with his grandfather looking on in worry, as Quil danced around in fear.
Quil! The collective cry from me, Embry, and Seth went up as we neared. He jumped in surprise and spun around until he saw us and then froze in surprise, looking on in awe and wonder. Guess he hadn't seen himself yet.
What the hell? He thought unknowingly voicing his thoughts to the whole pack.
Embry raced up to him jumping around and nudging him with excitement, I slowly came up behind him wanting to say high to him too.
Jake NO! Sam's yelled. I turned to look at him when something from behind tackled me painfully to the ground, then I panicked.
A/N:
OMG I am a horrible person for never updating this and I know there is no excuse but it is summer now and exams are over so I'll have wayyyyyyyyyyy more free time to update and I hope everyone will still read this.
And no offense to Guidance Counsellors in this, they are awesome people and I like the ones I know, but I needed someone who works at a school who would deal with this kind of stuff. And no offense to people with degrees you are awesome and intelligent don't let Jacob's rant bug you.
THANK YOU FOR ALL THE REVIEWS AND FAVS AND EVERYTHING ELSE! You guys have actually kept me writing this story, and I am so happy that you guys enjoy it that much, and please if you have any ideas or thoughts you want to share or think would be good for the story feel free to add them in the review if you don't mind me using them and I will credit you in my ANs.
And thanks to Pace1818for inspiring some stuff with Embry about Jacob's crazy mood swings I'll try to tone that down a bit
You guys are the best until next time,
bluenewmoon
PS Sorry this chapter was short but I wrote it pretty quickly the next one will be longer and will be out shortly