AN. not many people voted on my poll so I have made a decision for myself. I'm going to put some meanwhile in forks sections in here and there to keep building Edward and carlises story. I'm going to be adding a few further back those will be added at the end of existing chapters as putting a new chapter in between others is stupidly comlicated on this site. But future meanwhiles will have their own chapters tho they will be a lot shorter than the Denali chapters.

Also so sorry this one took so long I've had my sons birthday to deal with

Meanwhile outside

Jacob PoV

I left the house and walked down the driveway until I couldn't hear the conversations in the house anymore. I didn't need to be distracted by trying to listen to Bella. calming Sam down was going to be difficult even with full focus.

I pulled out my borrowed phone and dialled sam's cell number, as I expected it went to voicemail but I knew he would have heard it. I hung up waited two minutes to give Sam time to phase back and dress then called again. This time Sam answered on the second ring

"Jacob thank goodness you called I didn't know how to get hold of you. I need you back in la push right away there is a red eye In the area"

"Sam I can't come back right now and it's alright..." But Sam cut me off

"No it's not alright the tribe is in danger. We chased the red eye to the Canadian boarder but it could come back and it had something else with it. Something that ran and acted like a vampire but it had brown eyes and it smelt almost human I don't know what it is and that worries me. You are the strongest fastest and biggest wolf we need you here"

I tried again

"Sam bells needs me here I can't come if you listen for a..." But it was no good Sam was too panicked to listen

"No Jacob there isn't time for u to try and talk me into letting you stay up there I need you on the move immediately "

and then he did the thing I had been hoping to avoid. His tonne changed he was speaking now as the alpha issuing an order I couldn't disobey

"Enough talking. Hang up, Go tell bella you are needed here and come home. Right now"

I hung up the phone on reflex and my feet turned towards the house almost unbidden. I couldn't stop myself. I hated being forced like this it wasn't right, la push was safe it was unnecessary for me to go back, I knew Sam thought he needed me because as the biggest wolf I was always the spearhead of any attack but the danger was gone. If only Sam had let me explain. If only I could disobey him. Then half way to the house it suddenly occurred to me. I was Eraphriham's grandson. The reason I was the biggest and strongest wolf was because I was the true alpha of the pack I had never wanted the title of alpha and I still didn't want it but it gave me a way out right now.

Thanking the ancestors for the loophole I accepted my heritage and as I did my feet stopped moving. Sam had no control over me now.

But now what. I didn't want to lead the pack. Nor did I want a confrontation with Sam.

As I stood in the snow worrying, from somewhere in my memory I heard my fathers voice. Long ago when I was a child my father had sat me on his knee and told me a tribe legend that only I was allowed to know.

Flashback

"Jacob I want to tell you an important legend of our tribe"

"But father I already know all the legends"

"Not this one you don't. This story had been lost to the other elders of the tribe for generations it is passed down father to son along the line of the chief. It has become something of a secret that only our family knows."

"A secret legend, really?"

"Really"

"Wow"

"Indeed. Are you ready to listen Jacob"

"Yes father"

"It was many many years ago The tribe had just gained a new chief. He was called William like me, and he was Eraphriam's great great great grandfather. He had just come of age and gained his wolf. Over the course of a year 5 other wolves joined his pack before the transformations amongst his generation stopped. There was just one vampire in the area at the time. A female she was so fast that the pack couldn't catch her but they were able to keep driving her away and thereby protect the tribe. But then one day the vampire vanished. William kept up regular patrols for a while then he began to relax, however after a year the vampire came back and this time she wasn't alone. She brought back a mate, another pair of older vampires like herself and 7 young vampires all barely past newborn. Thankfully they didn't try to hunt on he reservation but they resided nearby and it was enough to cause the wolf pack to grow."

Here billy paused

"you see Jacob the transformation process that turns members of the tribe into wolves is caused by the presence of the vampires

"I know that dad" interrupted Jacob

"Yes but you don't know this. Usually only the tribe members with a strong dominant wolf gene react to the vampire presence. At most four or five a generation sometimes slightly weaker genes are triggered and the pack grows larger than usual but still stays manageable. But for chief William it was different. because this new coven was so big and so close all the tribe members with wolf genes even the weakest were being triggered and the wolf pack grew very quickly"

"But surely that's a good thing the more wolves the better"

"You would think so but sometimes too much of a good thing can become a very big problem. The pack grew to 14 wolves within 3 months and it didn't stop there. The pack swelled to 20 wolves before the transformations stopped. It was just too many. The pack mind became jumbled and confused there were so many voices that they couldn't hear each other and they couldn't hear the alpha. It meant that they couldn't coordinate properly. William realised something had to be done. So he did something extraordinary. He used his alpha command to order his beta to become an alpha and take charge of half the wolves. It worked. The beta became a second alpha and two separate pack minds were created. William still had a mental link to this brand new alpha and the new alpha was still second in command to William but with two packs and two pack minds the alphas could be heard by their wolves and the wolves could hear each other and coordinate once again. the packs returned to peacefulness. And the tribe relaxed now that it's protectors were stable"

End flashback

Billy's voice died away in my memory as a new idea ocoured to me. My father had told me that that story was passed down chief to future chief so that the knowledge that splitting the pack was possible would survive. And It seemed to me that splitting the pack was the best way to solve the current situation. I walked slowly back down the drive and got out my phone. I stared at it for a few minutes. I knew instinctively that I would now be able to control Sam to force him to listen but that didn't make me any less nervous. I dialled Sam's number and waited. After the fourth ring he picked up. "Jacob i told you to get off the phone and come home" he was still using his alpha tone but it had no effect on me now

"No" I said firmly hearing an alpha tone coming from my own mouth for the first time in my life, it scared and exhilarated me both at the same time. my own alpha tone sounded much stronger and more powerful than Sam's, I felt the power corse through my veins not false and assumed like Sam's power was but strong and true in my blood. Sam gasped

"I won't come back Sam I am needed here"

"What have you done" Sam spluttered

"I have accepted my heritage and taken my place as alpha of the wolves and chief of the tribe"

"But why. Doing this just makes it even more necessary for you to return."

"No I won't have to return. I am not taking over as lease of the la push protectors I am splitting the pack"

"Sitting the pack what are you on about"

"The ability to split the pack is a secret passed down the Chiefs line in the form of a legend story"

I told Sam a paraphrased version of the legend I had heard form my father

"Incredible. But how does splitting the pack work here and now"

"I am not taking over from you entirely. I have taken my true place as leader but you are to remain a secondary alpha in charge of the protection of the tribe"

"But Why are you splitting the pack"

"Because you have shown me that I cannot remain under your command. Bella needs me and I intend to remain with her. I need autonomy to be able to fulfil my obligations here"

"What happens now. With us with the pack. What about the red eye in the area"

"Which question do you want me to answer first"

"What about the red eye and her strange companion."

"That's what I was trying to explain to you before when you went all control freak bossy boots and refused to listen. The red eye is called Hulien and her companion is her nephew Nahuel . They are friends of the vampire clam Bella and I are staying with and they aren't a threat to you because they were just passing through the area on their way here. There was no need to freak out and start calling in the troops"

"Oh...um... Sorry about not listening and over reacting like that" Sam sounded thoroughly abashed. Then what Jacob had said clicked properly

"Wait your staying with a bunch of red eyes?!"

"No we are staying with a coven of golden eyes... Animal hunters like the Cullens. But Hulienn and Nahuel are their friends"

"How can they be friends with red eyes it doesn't make sense"

"Vampires don't see humans the way we do, it took me some time to get my head round as well but I've had to accept that in the vampire world red eyes can still be good guys"

"That's not possible."

"It's not possible for us to see them as good guys but as I said its different looking at it from a vampire perspective. Generally Vampires see humans much the way we see a herd of cows nothing special but a very tasty meal. Some humans namely vegetarians think cows are more than that and they morally object to eating them, in the same way some vampires see humans as more than just a meal and morally decide against eating them. red eye and golden eye vampires can still be friends and red eyes can still be good people just like meat eating humans and vegetarian humans can be friends and meat eating humans can be good people."

"But humans are nothing like animals and vampires used to be humans it's totally different."

I paused i couldn't see a way of explaining it that would make Sam understand

"look it's complicated and until you've met a pleasant good guy red eye I doubt any explanation would change your views don't worry about it right now, just know that we are with friends and we are safe."

"Alright then. Next question then, what's happening with you me and the pack"

"I am claiming my rightful place as alpha and chief however I do not intend on coming back to live in la push so you are to remain an alpha and will be my secondary" I said all this in an alpha tone making it official

"Ok and what about the rest of the pack"

"Any wolf who is under 16 must remain in la push and be part of your pack untill they turn 16. Every wolf who is 16 or over will be allowed to choose their pack.

Your pack will remain in la push and will be bound to protect it just as the wolves have always done. My pack however will be bound to Bella and whatever family she chooses. We will travel with her wherever she goes. And will be bound to protecting her and those she calls family. Any wolf considering joining my pack must fully understand that"

"Why are you so set on staying with Bella." He paused. "have you imprinted on her"

"No"

"Then why"

"Bella is pregnant"

Sam gasped and it was some time before he was able to speak. Jacob waited silently giving him time.

"Pregnant?! how?, by who?"

"By Edward. None of the Cullens thought it was possible so they didn't know to warn her or Edward"

"Good god. But what will this thing she is carrying be. Surely it won't be a normal baby"

"That is why Hulien and Nahuel are here. Nahuel is half human half vampire he was born in the Amazon a century and a half ago. A human carrying a half vampire Fetus is very dangerous Nahuel's mother died. Nahuel and Hulien know what to expect and what to do, they have come to help Bella and to make sure she and the baby survive the pregnancy and birth"

"My word. So you are binding yourself and your pack to Bella because she is pregnant?!"

"Yes and no. To be precise I am binding myself and my pack to Bella's child. I feel strangely drawn to the child both Bella and I are certain that he or she will be my imprint."

"Well That makes your actions much more understandable. I guess the thing to do now is to go and talk to the pack and figure out who is running with who"

"Yes that a good idea the sooner the better,"

" the meeting take a while and first I have to gather them together, I was on patrol with Paul when u called"

"Ok give me a call when you have spoken to them"

"I will. Goodbye for now"

"Good bye"

I hung up the phone

I decided to stay outside whilst I waited for Sam to call back and it occurred to me that building a snowman while I was waiting seemed like a good idea, after all what was the point of being around so much snow if I wasn't going to have a little fun with it. I wondered if my wood carving skills would be translatable to snow carving. There was only one way to find out

An hour later I was dripping wet and very pleased to discover that I was fairly competent at snow carving. A pair of snow people now stood in the front yard. A petite woman cradling a tiny baby and a large man standing protectively beside her looking lovingly down at the baby in her arms. I was just standing back admiring my handy work when my phone rang.

"Hey Sam" I said picking it up. How did the meeting go"

"It went well. The pack were understandably shocked by what has happened but they got their heads round I t pretty quick"

"That's good does anybody want to come join me up here"

"Yeah actually. You've got two wolves definitely heading your way and one problem, also Quill said to say to you he would love to be in your pack but he has to stay in la push because of Clair.

"That's fine I was expecting him to stay. Whats the problem?"

"Seth. He is dead set on joining you but he is only 14"

"That fine he can come, I had a feeling I might have to make an exception for him, if any wolf is suited to living with vampires its Seth"

Sam chuckled

"Your not wrong there"

"Who are the other two

"Embry" Sam stopped talking

"That's only one name Sam. Who else"

It sounded like Sam had taken a deep breath

"Leah"

"LEAH?! I yelped, I was utterly dumbfounded

"I thought she didn't like me"

"It's not u she doesn't like its partly being a wolf and mostly being around me so much, you know that. Anyway first off she knew you would make an exception To the age rule for Seth and wants to stick with her brother. And secondly she thinks that being in your pack will be easier than being in mine, for her and For me. To be honest I do agree with her on that. If she gets Away from me and stops having to be in my head all the time she might actually have a shot of being happy as a wolf"

"That's very true. Three wolves isn't bad and that leaves you as a pack of seven. That's a good size."

"Yeah."

"Can you think of Anything other issues we need to get worked out

"I can't think of any issues but I do have one question"

"Shoot"

"Well your the top alpha now and that means you make the rules. Are there any new rules you want to pass on about the way we defend the tribe"

I paused for a moment. I hadn't considered that

"Yeah. As a matter of fact there is. Bella's survival really does depend on Hulien's help despite her diet and it's made me think about the vampires even the red eyes more as people. So from now on I want the wolves to be geared towards defence not offence. If a red eye comes into the area try to drive it off. If it shows signs of wanting to make contact do so but be careful and explain that the area is protected and hunting humans is prohibited. Obviously you should attack if they attack you or if they get to close to a human but try not to kill them."

"Your serious?"

"Very serious. one thing I've learnt being around the cullens and the Denalis and Hulien and Nahuel. Is that vampires are people even red eyes, and they all have friends and family that love them just like we do. We would be devastated and furious if someone killed a member of our pack or any other member of the tribe without extreme provocation, I don't think that we have the right to attack them without extreme provocation either.

"Alright" said Sam sounding thoughtful, I got the feeling I might have just got through to him.

"so in a nutshell try to drive off hostile vampires rather than directly attacking them. Talk to any that seem willing to talk and explain that the territory is protected. Attack only if a vampire attacks us or seems about to attack a human and even then do our best not to kill them unless they leave us no alternative, is that right? "

He still sounded sceptical maybe I hadn't got my point across as much as I thought I had, I had to be sure he followed through.

"Yes" I said using the alpha command tone "those are the new rules for dealing with unknown vampires of any eye colour"

"Alright then. Explaining all this to the council is gonna be fun, I don't think"

Telling the council hadn't occurred to me

"I'm sure it will be fine if you have any problems give me a ring and I can talk to them on speakerphone"

"Alright then. Thanks. Leah Seth and Embry have just left, they should be there later this evening."

"Ok, do u want me to give you a ring when they arrive?"

"Yes please"

"Alight"

"Thanks. Bye for now"

"Bye." I hung up I turned snapped a quick picture of my snow creations and headed back into the house to check on Bella and bring her and the others up to date. I hoped that Tanya wouldn't mind that three more wolves were coming.