Puppies Quest

>- Chapter 3 ~>

Saturday, Month of Diamond, Sixteen-Seventeen.  (2/1/1617)
Fang yawned, tiredly blinking open his eyes as he stared at the ceiling before smiling softly as he took a few seconds to cherish the peace. It was calming, just the soft snores of his pack around him, their scents mixed up, the occasional mumble. He sighed, chuckling softly before he got up, albeit carefully as to not wake up anyone else before walking towards his room. 'Whatever...right, get breakfast cooked, figure out what to do about Painite's potential wrath, uhhh. Right! Rebellion investigation...' He thought, making out a mental checklist for himself before heading back out to the kitchen. He stretched his arms, listening to the snores of the pack before pausing in the hallway. His ears twitched, sniffing the air at the unfamiliar scent slowly filling the area. He narrowed his eyes, letting out a soft growl before turning back around, staring in confusion at the change in furniture. "The hell...." He muttered before walking over to his pack, lightly shaking Danny's shoulder, watching as nothing happened before the room slowly shifted. Fang clenched his fists, feeling his breathing speed up as he stared at the familiar forest with odd wooden eyes that seemed to track his every movement, pieces of masks from different Platinum guards on the ground. His head whipped around, staring at the foggy forest, the ash grey trees watching his every movement. He stepped forward, hearing a crunch beneath his feet before gulping at the shattered mask below his feet, small white flowers innocently poking through it. He shook his head, freezing as he heard something behind him before bolting, tripping over different roots that he knew hadn't been there before. He turned sharply, cursing himself as he stopped for breath, offput by the eerie silence surrounding the black and white forest. He ran his hand along the leafless and branchless tree body he was next to, his nails following the scar lines. He looked up at the pitch black sky, narrowing his eyes before poking his head through the large gap between the otherwise side by side trunks. He tilted his head in confusion, staring at four large trees, which seemed to have...faces? He looked at the one on the four left, tilting his head at what could be a sorrowful expression, large vines and leaves forming what someone could assume was wings. He looked at the one next to it, whose expression was similar but more...disappointed? Weird. He looked at the one on the inner right, flinching at almost mocking and amused expression it was showing. The one on the far right seemed just..blank, almost unreadable. Then his eyes fell on the large, black shadowy wolf, standing and saying something about something to itself? The trees? He subconsciously clawed at one of the eyes, freezing as the eyes on the four large trees and trunks snapped in his direction, staring directly at him while the head of the shadow wolf snapped at him, glowing green eyes locking onto him before his vision was clouded. He silently registered the sounds of fighting, clashing, a gunshot, and screams. His siblings screams. He suddenly felt just eight again, holed up in a closet as he watched his Mom get shot through a crack in the door, his Dad already dead. He clutched his chest, feeling blood on his hands. He stared at the forest floor, down on his knees as he clutched his human like ears with his hands, ignoring the pain in his chest while his secondary ears pinned back. 'Damnit- I-I can't breathe...think Fang think- What did Mama always say to do in these situations- fuck, my head hurts-' He felt his head spin before he heard shouting, suddenly feeling someone shaking him. Within an instant the forest was gone, and he was staring down at the ice covered floor of training Ground Beta. He idly registered someone having their arms around him, yelling at the other guards to get Jaidite. He still felt blood on his hands, which, was weird. He shouldn't feel any blood, it usually disappears after he wakes up- wait, he hadn't fallen asleep though. He had just been going over basic rules and maneuvers with the newest batch of cadets. He silently shoved the guard off of him, standing up shakily as he looked around. 'Assess the area....figure out if anyone is hurt, make sure none of the cadets are hurt, double check the situation-' His thoughts were cut off by the familiar feel of Rosa's arms, feeling an intense wave of calmness washing over him before he felt his world go black, passing out as the familiar scent of his Mom washed over him.