Total Eclipse of the Heart- Chapter 11
Hi and Welcome to Mac’s Twi-Attack. I know I was gone last week but I’ve been in a new routine and doing some research for my own project.
Let me share this with you too! I am a Twilight Advocate….. Yep, like you didn’t already know, but I have to explain to some of my closed minded friends why this collection of books is worth a read, and not cultish, or devilish. It really gets my hair up when someone tells me that this Saga is not meant for Christians. BLAH! It has all the right ingredients, just because there are vampires, and werewolves… God gave us an imagination, also this series has inspired a lot of people to read again.. YEAH! Anyhow that was on my mind… Just my thought for the day!
I also found this mix on www.twilightguide.com of the Eclipse trailers. It is so good! You almost get the whole movie. Why do they do this to us… 
What I love the most is that the fans who make these trailers are more in tune with the feel of the story than the music producers. The song really fits. What do you think?
Total Eclipse of the Heart: Chapter 11- Legends
This was a long chapter. It opens up to a family scene. Just a bunch of family and friends roasting hot dogs over a 
bonfire But with a closer look you’ll realize this is not your average family since this family is tied together by something they never chose. They are wolves by blood not by choice. The entire pack and the older counsel members are all present. They eat and relax, getting into a comfortable position for legends to be told. The feel in the air changes as Old Quil begins his stories all the way back to the beginning.
Quileute’s were not always wolves, first they were spirit warriors. They could leave their bodies to protect their people. They were not able to touch them physically but they could 
use the elements and the animals to scare off warring tribes. Then many generations past and a great Chief named Taha Aki came . He was a good leader but was tricked out of his body by Utlapa. Utlapa killed his own body and took possession of Taha Aki’s and pretended to be him. He then forbade anyone from changing into their spirit warriors again. Taha Aki was sad and roamed around unable to do anything else. He once commanded a wolf down on his people, but the wolf killed one and this mad him suffer more. The wolf followed him around. Desolate he asked the wolf if he could make room for him and the wolf said ok. So, Taha Aki lived on inside the wolf. Men of the tribe were banned from the Spirit World but one had slipped into it because he understood the wolf. When he saw what had happened he tried to go back to his body but Utlapa killed him as he was reentering it. This mad e Taha Aki very angry and he burst forth out of the wolf into a new glorious body. This made the transition from spirit warrior to Wolf. Taha Aki would not let anyone go into the spirit world again. Taha Aki fathered many children and some became warriors and others did not. This is how the wolf transformation was passed on through the tribe.
When Taha Aki met his third wife he decided he would not change into a wolf again, he would age with her. She was his true spirit wife. When he was very old trouble came. Women were disappearing from the other tribes. A group of his sons went out in search of what was stealing the women. They found a trail, but they did not return. This happened again and the Wolf warriors went out. Only one returned but he came back with a cold, stony corpse that he had torn into pieces. The pieces reached out for each other and this horrified the Quileute elders so they burnt it. This was the beginning of the Cold One, or Blood Drinker story. Only one wolf was left to protect them. But soon the mate of the dead Cold One came. She killed as she came. This beautiful cold creature faced of with the last wolf and killed him. When Taha Aki saw this his rage was so great that he burst forward into his wolf. He was fighting her and his wife “The third wife” was distraught. She had just seen her child killed now it was defeating her husband. The third wife knew he needed a distraction. She knew what she had to do, she took a knife, knelt down and stabbed it through her heart. This was exactly what Taha Aki needed to gain the advantage. Two of his young sons became wolves too and they killed the woman. With the death of his Spirit Wife, Taha Aki never changed back to a human and never rejoined the tribe. Quileute men stopped becoming wolves until a larve coven of Cold Ones showed up. They said they were not like the others and formed a treaty.
Bella was so wrapped up in the stories that she didn’t realize the time or that she fell asleep. Jacob had dirven her to the treaty line. Jacob was playing nice, he even called Edward. Bella was too tired to tell Edward everything but something stuck with her. Who was she most like?
Thanks for reading and have a great day!
~Mac
June 1st, 2010 at 3:03 pm
Some people like to complain for the sake of it. My Mum has just read the Twilight books and she is 100% Christian and the thought of them being evil, wicked or anything else never passed her mind.
Edward was always worried about his and Bella’s soul and when he thought Bella had died and heard her voice he thought he had gone to heaven. So ignore snide comments and just enjoy the Twilight Saga.
June 8th, 2010 at 8:59 am
Good Morning!! as I think your doing a great job!! I also agree this series has got people young and old reading and enjoying reading. I have talk to so many people that said they hated reading, they didnt have time, and after reading The Twilight series they all said the same thing…I forgot how much I liked to read
!! I know I am thankful, I have read the series a few times more than I like to admit but I have added a few new one in between!! I am actually have just started reading Eclipe again!! I am so excited!!!