Pack Mentality: A SkinWalkers Tale

Chapter 1

Prologue

The full moon rose above Hollywood California casting a soft glow over the prestigious city. Cars drove around either going home from work or on their way to work. It was a Friday night and many people were going to clubs or away for the weekend. Clubs were opening up around the city letting in the night life into their doors. People were dressed in their finest clothes to try to get in the most exclusive clubs were stars danced. Bouncers would turn people away if they didn't deem them worthy enough for entrance.

On the outside of the city a father with his two sons were on a small camping trip. Over the fire sat a stick and on that stick sat a few trout that they had caught that day. They sat around laughing and joking like fathers would with their sons. The smell of the cooking fish filled the campsite making their mouths water at the smell. But they weren't the only ones enticed by the smell of the cooking fish. They heard some branches crack and they looked up to see melting out of the darkness came a large grizzly bear. It stopped and looked at them before it reared up and roared at them.

The father reached into the fire and pulled out a large stick with a flame on it. He waved it in the bear's face to try to ward it off. The bear just roared at him and swung its paw out and knocked the torch from his hand. He looked at the bear is it roared at him again. As a measure to protect his children he moved them behind himself and looked at the bear. He may die but he was going to make damn sure his children would live. He looked as the bear reared up and roared at him. The bear suddenly stopped roaring and looked around the dark woods. The father saw this and so he started to look around but he saw nothing. Until he heard a growling, a canine like growling coming from behind the tent and so he looked back and his eyes grew wide.

Melting out of the darkness was a red furred wolf with bright orange eyes. It was a huge beast nearly the size of an SUV. Its lips were curled back exposing the rows of white glistening teeth. Its eyes were locked on the bear as it stepped forward in-between the bear and the humans. Its fur bristled as its back arched more giving it the illusion that it was much larger then it was. The bear roared as it reared up and swiped its paw at the wolf. The wolf jumped back a bit with a bark as its growl deepened. It turned back to the family and barked at them as its way of telling them to run. It turned back to the bear as it charged at it.

The wolf bounded to the left and dodged the bear and looked at it as it came to a stop and turned to face it. The bear roared at the wolf and stood on its hind legs and let out another powerful roar. The wolf barked and jumped forward and slammed its paws into the bears chest. The bear however wasn't phased by the attack and so it slammed its paw into the wolf's side. The wolf let out a pain filled yelp as it bounced to the ground. It looked up as the bear charged forward and swiped its paw and gave the wolf a powerful strike in the side of the body. It pinned the wolf down and looked at it as it barked and struggled to get free.

Suddenly the bear was slammed into by a powerful force knocking it off of the wolf. It rolled across the ground and finally came to a stop and got back onto its four paws. It looked to see another wolf an all white wolf with brilliant blue eyes. It walked over to the other wolf and gently nuzzled its nose under the other wolf and helped it back to its feet and both of the wolves nuzzled into each other. They looked at one another when the bear roared making both of the wolves look at it. They looked at each other and then back to the bear and ran for it.

The bear stood on it hind legs and roared at them as they split up. The red wolf jumped forward as the white wolf jumped up towards the head of the bear. They slammed into the bear at the same time knocking it to the ground with a thunderous crash. The wolves quickly sunk heir teeth into the bear and as they did they shook their heads violently. The sound of flesh ripping could be heard through the wood as the wolves ripped out flesh of the bear.