Rising from the Ashes

Chapter 1

"Please just-just shoot me in the head already!" Elenora spares the shaking blonde a bemused look "Or stab me-me, whatever you pre-prefer." Never in Elenora's 23 years of existence had she met someone more dramatic than the blonde sitting across from her "It's better than freezing to death!" Elenora rolls her eyes before looking over the map. Her friend had been begging to go to an apartment building or something of the kind but unfortunately, Elenora can't find anything available so she has to sit and listen to her friend complain about the cold weather every hour of every day. "I'll be-be an ice cube by the end of the-the day, just-just you wait!" Elenora ignores her trailing a finger across her map as she tries to find the best path possible to take "Do-do you hear that Nora?" Elenora, being the good friend she is, hums as if she's paying attention to the blonde. "That's the-the sound of your best friend freezing to death."

"We can try the neutral lands further North." Elenora muses to herself, Mia her friend of four years had stopped in her complaining at the word north.

"North!"

"Yes, north. We'd be safe close to Alpha Scott but...no we wouldn't." Elenora mutters as she looks to the vast amount of land next to Alpha Scott. She had almost forgotten just who is the neighbor of her old time acquaintance "Alpha Bardrick." She repeats the name the most rogues had heard of.

"Alpha who now?" Mia questions, hearing the hatred in her friends tone. Well, maybe not hatred but definitely a fair share of distain.

"Of course you don't know his name." Elenora slaps her forehead, a frustrated growl leaving her. Elenora had mentioned the Alpha to her friend, she had literally wrote down all things Mia needed to remember to survive as a rogue if they were to ever part, including places and people to stay away from. Alpha Bardrick was the very first name she had wrote down. Okay, that's a lie. The King had been the first but Alpha Bardrick was a close second. "Alpha Bardrick of the Bloodmoon pack, Mia. An Alpha who would try and have us killed if we step near his lands. He just happens to be the neighboring pack to one of the few Alpha's willing to help a rogue."

Mia is silent for a moment, thinking over what Elenora had just said "So what your saying is..." Mia trails off before her jade eyes peek up between dirtied locks of hair "We don't have to go further north." Never mind, the blonde hadn't been thinking of anything but the cold weather. Elenora sighs, with a shake of her head she looks over the map once again.

"Don't sound so happy about it Mia." Elenora mutters as she looks over other possible places they could go "Though the trip there would be less than pleasurable, if we went to Alpha Scott we'd have a nice warm bed and food in our stomach every night." Mia's eyes light up at the very thought.

"Wouldn't we still be on neutral grounds, I can't imagine you stepping foot on pack lands." Elenora slowly shakes her head, most times she tries to avoid pack lands at all cost but admittedly, though she can find information elsewhere, the library in a pack would have more information than that of a quick stop in a bad part of town. She has better luck surviving if she is aware of what's happening in the world outside of the endless amount of trees surrounding her. Not to mention it isn't a terrible idea to form alliances. She had long since been able to control most her abilities, or at least the more powerful ones. Now it's the problem of a permanent place to stay. She wants a home for her daughter, an honest to god home that isn't a cave. Though Elenora hadn't wanted to stay on pack lands again, it'd be the safest option. If she finds a pack she trust at least.

"Supper?" Mia questions, Elenora nods her agreement before standing and grabbing all things necessary for hunting. The moment she steps out of the cave, Elenora waves her hands in the air in front of the cave opening. A burst of flames explodes from her, a mind blowing warmth filling her as it does. With controlled precision, Elenora creates a firm barrier to keep away all danger from her long time friend "Thanks!" Mia calls from inside the cave "It's already warming up too, added benefits." Elenora can hear the smile in her friends voice but for some reason her friends mood is quick to sour. "Your gift would be perfect if it wasn't for you setting me on fire all the time." Elenora scowls at her wall of flames.