A/N: As promised! Just so you know I never go back on my promises, as a result, I hardly ever make promises, but because I promised you guys another chapter ASAP, here it is. Just to warn you though, I'll be going back to once a week, because I'm getting close to the end of what I have typed out, but by no means is the story almost over, I just don't want huge gaps in postings. Anyway, ta!

Chapter Eighteen

Jasper POV

The next morning just after hunting, Alice and I found a great place to show Dana what happens in the sunlight. We actually stumbled upon it by accident. It was a quiet little clearing surrounded by redwoods on all sides and the sun just coming up over the tree tops.

"Come on, Dana," Alice squealed in delight, tugging on the newborn's hand and really getting nowhere. I chuckled at the sight of them; Dana nonchalantly holding herself against Alice's excited tugging, not budging in the least.

"Alice, darlin' why don't you leave her alone," I said soothingly. "She'll come when she wants to."

Alice pouted and walked over to me. I slipped my arm around her waist and pulled her close. We were standing just outside the clearing, which was surrounded by redwoods and had the sun just coming up over the tree tops.

Dana stared at the clearing. I could feel awe coming off of her, and a little excitement. I couldn't ever remember walking into the sunlight for the first time to be exciting, but to each his own. Dana was excited to find out what would happen.

As she continued to stand there staring, Alice huffed with impatience, so I decided to help things along just a little. I subtly increased Dana's own excitement just enough to where she would make herself impatient. Sure enough, Dana took an unnecessary breath and stepped into the sunlight.

She gasped in delight at the iridescent glow, coming off her skin, creating little rainbows, refracting in every direction. She waved her arm around for the effect and the rainbows danced. She laughed delightedly.

The peaceful moment was shattered, then, by Alice's gasp and the wave of panic I felt from her. That's when I smelled it. I hadn't realized how close to the Quillieut border we were until that moment.

Four wolves came crashing through the undergrowth straight towards the clearing. Dana jumped to my side, baring her teeth in a snarl at the intruders. I allowed massive amounts of calm to smother the whole area and laid a hand on Dana's shoulder to intensify the effect for her. No need for her to go full newborn at a time like this.

I recognized the one called Sam in front, from what I understood, he was the leader of the pack. The other three wolves were snarling at the three of us. I felt a jolt of fear from Dana and I remembered my promise to make sure she was never afraid.

"Is there a problem?" I asked Sam.

He gave me a stern look in response, then turned into the forest, walking away through the trees. The other three remained where they were, standing menacingly in a V formation. I vaguely recognized the russet one in the middle, having seen him around, but I didn't know his name. In the meantime, Sam came back in his human form, wearing nothing but torn jeans. He took his pace in front and slightly to the left of the russet wolf, the Alpha's place beside his second.

"Why are you so close to the border?" he asked.

"We haven't crossed it, we're perfectly welcome to wander our side of the boundary line," I said, sidestepping the accusation.

He glared and the russet wolf snarled. "Calm, Jacob," he said to the wolf. "Who is this?" he asked looking disdainfully in Dana's direction, paying special attention to her red eyes.

"This is Dana," I said adding more calm to the air. "She's new, and she hasn't hurt anyone."

"New?" he looked shocked, I could feel an odd twinge of something close to sympathy coming from him toward the scared girl next to me. "How new?"

"Close to three weeks."

There was a collective gasp (or as close to a gasp as a wolf can get) among the wolves. One actually took a step back in fear. The other wolf that wasn't Jacob took one step forward, snarling.

"Enough, Paul," commanded Sam. Paul fell back in line, though he was still baring his teeth menacingly. "You say she hasn't hurt anybody," he said, turning to me. "What exactly do you mean by that?"

"I mean, she hasn't hurt anybody in any way, shape, or form. She's never even seen a human, let alone tasted their blood."

"Why are her eyes red, then?" Sam accused. "Long ago, the pack was assured that the yellow eyed one were not a threat, but the red eyed ones..."

"All newborns have red eyes, it takes months for them to change," I said, as if that were the most obvious thing in the world.

"You had better be telling me the truth, leech," he warned. "Because if I find out you're not, you and her will be nothing but small piles of ash."

And with that lovely image planted firmly in our minds, he led his pack away.

That afternoon, we all sat down and told Dana all about the wolf pack.

A/N: Me again! Okay, here's the deal: I will update next Wednesday OR as soon as I get five reviews. I'm not holding chapter 19 hostage, you get it on wed if I don't get five reviews before then, but if five different people review before wed, you get the chapter early. Sound fair? Okay, now REVIEW!