Darkness Rising ~ Book 1

Prologue

Mist swirled around the trees as the sound of fighting echoed through the still night air. "Haha! You thought you could beat me little brother?" Laughed a tall gruesome looking wolf. His mouth was burned so badly it showed six teeth on each side of his mouth. He gave his brother a scathing look and relaxed his grip.

"I still can!" Growled his brother, shoving the tall wolf off of him. He shook out his deep red fur and faced his brother with his hackles up and teeth bared. He waited a couple of heartbeats then leapt at his opponent. His opponent laughed and vanished from where he was standing. The red wolf stopped mid leap and skidded clumsily to a halt. He let out a howl of fury. "Come and fight me you cowardly shadow demon!"

Suddenly his feet were knocked out from under him and a heavy smothering weight landed on his back. The red wolf struggled under his opponents weight. The tall wolf just laughed and sunk his teeth into his brothers throat. A pair of blood red eyes shown through the mist, watching with interest. Her own paws itched to fight, to rip into her enemies fur and slash their throats. After of countless fights with her enemies, their blood permanently stained her white paws (the only white thing on her all black body). Finally growing bored, she stepped out of the cover of the mist and stood next to the fighting wolves. "Enough!", she growled, "there will be enough time for fighting later. For now, follow me."

The two brothers broke apart and looked at her in shock. 'How long had she been watching?' They wondered. The smaller wolf shook out his fur and stood up. "Go where my Queen?" He asked curiously.Just then a tall, muscular gray wolf stepped out of the shadows.

"We're off to see the wizard, the wonderful wizard of oz." He sang then started laughing. The queen shot him an amused look then shook her head.

But the gruesome looking wolf was more serious."Knock it off!" The burnt wolf snapped.

The bigger grey wolf immediately rounded on the black wolf. "Dont tell me what to do Shadow-Demon!" He spat. The shadow demon growled menacingly. He just laughed. "Go ahead! Fight me! You know what happened last time someone fought me." With a smirked and glances at the small ghost wolf. The red wolf shuddered as he glanced at the skull mask that the large wolf was wearing. Dried blood was caked under the left socket of the skull. Noticing the shift in the small wolf, he lowers his head. "Whats wrong Ryder?"

Ryder shuddered again as he remembered how he got that mask. "N-nothing, im just cold thats all." He stammered.

"That's enough my demons!" She commanded. "We must leave now!" She urged, itching to get to their destination.

"Where are we going?" Ryder asked again. The Queen looked at him with a hint of malice and madness in her eyes.
"We are going to send a prophecy!" The three other wolves looked at her blankly. She ignored them and continued speaking. "A prophecy of darkness..." She laughed wildly."Our time has come!" She howled, "Darkness will rise from the prison Light put us in!" She let out a howl of triumph closely followed by her companions. All around them the minor demons whispered and laughed. "This is it!" Darkness is finally rising...