I was having the strangest dream. I was racing through the forest, my heart pounding. A strange feeling was coursing through my body. The trees were flying by impossibly fast. I looked at myself and realized I was running on four legs! I looked behind me. I had a tail!

Werewolf. I was a monster. This wasn't a dream!

I let loose a cry of anguish. It came out sounding like a howl. The earth was ripping beneath my claws; an ancient spirit was aroused in me.

Slow down. We're coming, a voice rang in my mind. I shook my head in bewilderment.

You have to be calm. We'll be right there. Who was coming? I slowed to a stop. Nothing was making sense. What was going on? I paced back and forth furiously, unable to stop moving.

Sounds and sights and smells were overwhelming me. Everything I associated with the forest was magnified to an unimaginable degree. There was the sound of rustling leaves, the smell of tree bark, and the chatter of a squirrel. Green light filtered through the leafy rooftop.

Why did he join the pack? What's going on? Why did he imprint before transforming? Is he even a direct descendant of Taha Aki?

Voices chorused through my head all at once. I felt my mind opening up, expanding. I could sense five or six consciousnesses running through the forest like I had been minutes earlier. It was almost as if I could see them.

All of you shut up for a sec, one of the wolves said, the one named Jacob. The Alpha. Daniel, go back to woods near your grandfather's house before you hurt yourself. We'll meet you there.

I felt a strange tug on my body and I started sprinting in a southern direction. My four legs pounded in sync with my beating heart.

I began to feel elated as I ran. I suddenly felt like I belonged here, like I always had belonged. So many things didn't make sense, nothing in fact, but right now was not the time to worry.

I slowed when I came to the river behind my grandfather's house. My tongue was hanging out with thirst. Freaky.

I drank in large gulps. After I was done, I stared at my rippled reflection. There was no hint of humanity in my features other than my eyes, which retained their natural green color.

I had shaggy fur that was the same reddish brown color my hair had been. I looked exactly like any average wolf except for my eyes and the fact that I was huge! I used my surroundings as a reference and guessed I was about as tall as a horse. The pack interrupted my thoughts.

I thought you weren't going to order people around, Quil said to Jacob quietly.

This is necessary. He might hurt himself. Jake hated that he had to force me to do something, but I didn't care at the moment.

I listened to the voices swirl around in the others' minds. The two main things on their minds were whether or not I had Quileute blood in my veins and the threat of vampires.

Alice would've seen if a threat was coming here, wouldn't she?

No, Embry, she can't see things that have to do with werewolves, Jacob said.

But you're always there with Renesmee, so wouldn't that give her a few holes in her vision? Leah joined in.

Jake growled. What do you suggest I do, stay away from them and her?

Ah, I understood then. Renesmee was a half vampire and half human. Jacob had imprinted on her and couldn't leave her for too long. Alice, a member of the Cullen family, had the power to see into the future. Werewolves were immune to this gift and whenever she was near one, her visions didn't work. I absorbed all this information in a single second. The pack mind was amazing.

No, that's not what I think you should do. We need to figure this out though, O great leader, Leah said with sarcasm.

Shut up, Jacob shot back.

A glint of light caught my eye and I looked up at the hills. I saw the windows of Grandfather's house, and the balcony jutting out. The sun was setting and I vaguely wondered what time it was.

Panic hit me suddenly, like a rock dropping into the pit of my stomach. Grandfather! What would he think? And Skye! Had they seen me turn into this nightmarish creature?

I let out a whimper and started pacing in circles again. I could feel that the others were almost here. Grandfather's house was a long way from La Push, just barely inside the pack's territory. They were taking too long.

Questions raced through my mind, but vanished as the pack came into view. There were six enormous, dangerous-looking wolves. The one furthest from me, Quil, was a chocolate brown color.

Next to him was a deep gray wolf named Embry, and Leah who was colored light grey.

Jacob, the rusty-colored Alpha, was closest to me.

Seth was the sandy wolf. He was also Skye's father.

Questions started crowding into my head again. Phase back, Jacob ordered, his tone layered with authority.

I started shaking and my vision went blurry as I became human again. Everything was overwhelming me. I was exhausted and I felt sick with fever. I collapsed on the ground with welcomed sleep.