The Pack

Prologue written by Alii

Battle cries rang through the forest as wolves battled for land. The snow was falling, and wolves were dying. Shadow figures of wolves were a flurry of claws and menace. The snow turned crimson red as a gray wolf slumped to the ground. A pregnant she-wolf was running away from the battle, and a shadow noticed her. He charged after her in the snow, howling with triumph. She staggered through the snow, and the shadow caught up. He was bigger than the other shadows and stronger too. He was about to give the she-wolf a killing bite to her, when the bushes exploded as a gray wolf clashed into the shadow. They rolled around in a ball of fur and the gray wolf yelped, "Run, Lokita. RUN!" Lokita glanced back as she ran away. "This is madness!" The shadow, with red gleaming eyes stared daggers at the frail wolf. He lunged at the wolf, his claws glinting in the moonlight. His smile was full of evil as he whispered, "No, you are mistaken Rock, leader of the Moon pack. This is WAR." He sliced his claw down Rock's throat and turned to the fighting wolves. The shadow wolf jumped on a high rock and raised his paw, showing Rock's blood. The wolves gradually stopped. The wolves in the Moon pack stared at horror, while the other dark ones smiled in menace. They all howled in joy and laughter. The shadows last cry through the darkness was heard as he and his pack vanished in the forest. "We will destroy your pack, when the time is right!" Lokita ran back to her husband's pack to make sure everyone was safe. A wolf smelling of medicine rushed over. She cried to Lokita. "Why were you running?! You shouldn't even be here, you should be resting! What if-" she was cut off because Lokita started howling in pain. A wolf that was black and white stared at the medicine wolf? "Her pups are coming, right?" she nodded. "This will be hard for her because of the grief of her husband's death." The wolves gathered around and howled for their loss of a leader. After what seemed like forever, a neon colored pup slid out on the ground. "I will name him Neon, for his beautiful neon fur. He will be the new leader." said Lokita as her head fell slowly to the forest floor. "May Wolfstar light her path." whispered the medicine wolf.