Wolf Colonies

Chapter Three

Kitano carried Osora on her back. He gray fur was nice and fluffy. "Were going to the river?" Osora asked, looking around. Kitano nodded her big head. "Arona told me you needed to clean yourself. The river has the cleanest water." The wolf answered. Although Kitano was half the size of the full grown wolves, she was still strong enough to support Osora on her back. They stopped by the rivers edge. Osora slid off of her friends back and felt the water. It was cold but she didn't mind. She took her boar cloak off and left it to rinse in a pool. She slipped into the water until she could just keep her head over the water. Kitano was also trying to get the grit out of her thick pelt. Osora rubbed her furless skin, rubbing of dirt and stuff. She dipped her head into the water, cleaning her greasy hair. Osora wished she had fur. The only reason she wore the boar skin was to keep her warm or to keep her from getting sunburnt. She used fruit juice to wash out her hair and make it soft again. Kitano was already napping in the sun. Osora decided to go fishing. Swimming upstream where a fish spawn is, she smelled human. Slipping into the shadows she saw a male human holding a stick over the water. A string of web was trailing into the water. It was tugged on by something in the water. At that moment, the human pulled out a fish. He's fishing? Osora recognized the boy. His name was Gray if she remembered correctly. Gray put his catch in the basket beside him and kept fishing. Osora started to feel numb from the cold. She swam back over too her side. She lay down beside Kitano to dry her skin. When Osora felt dry she put her boar pelt back on. Hearing a howl, she woke Kitona up. "Come on, sleepy head! Its time for the Dusk Hunt!" Kitona whined, curling tighter. "Go without me... I'm to... yawn.. Tired.." The gray wolf replied, falling asleep again. Osora rolled her eyes and began to run into the forest. Her feet skidded on the ground as she came to a halt. Arona was talking to Ryhan in a small clearing. Osora kept up quietly to listen. They were speaking in wolf language. Good thing Osora could tell what they were saying. "I'm not bringing my pup back to the human camp! I'm keeping her!" Arona growled at her eyes brother. Osora froze. Bring me back? Ryhan sighed. "Its for the best. They will keep coming now that they have seen her. You shouldn't have let her go to the camp in the first place." He growled. Osoras eyes widened. It wasn't her fault! Osoras thoughts were interrupted by an outraged bark from Arona. "I'm keeping her! I don't care if I have to die to make my point about how I love her!" Arona barked, turning away from Ryhan and running away. Ryhan drooped his head, thinking. Osora slipped away. They won't bring me to that place... Will they?

"Okay everyone. There is a herd of elk moving from the south. If we chase them west, they will stay at the field until our next hunt." Coalsis barked. Coalsis, Osora, Niagara, and Fusia were in the hunt. Fusia is a gray wolf with white dots and green eyes. She is kind but can rip you apart if you make her mad. Niagara is a silver wolf with blue eyes and black stripes. The small hunting party moved out. Osora followed behind Niagara. She was thinking about what Arona and Ryhan had said earlier. Coalsis halted the hunt as he spotted the elk herd. Osora snapped into attention. Coalsis lifted his tail, waiting. Right when he dropped his tail Niagara and Fusia dashed forward. Osora blinked, then followed the two females as Coalsis disappeared. Osora caught up to Fusia on the plains. Stems and grass stroked her legs as she ran. Fusia picked her up and ran full speed. The elk are big too, just like the wolves. Fusia caught up to Niagara and they kept pace. They gained up on a weak buck that Coalsis had cut off from the herd. Niagara grabbed Osora off of Fusias back and passed her to Coalsis. Osora felt as if she was a piece of meat being passed to each other for a taste. Coalsis swung his big head and tossed Osora at this elk. Dagger in hand, Osora landed on the elks back. The buck swung its head, antlers grazing the top of Osoras head. Osora stabbed her dagger into its leg and sunk her sharpened teeth into its flesh. Her long nails were dug into its pelt as it slowed down. Coalsis grabbed the elks leg and drug it down. Fusia pinned down its horns and Niagara went for the kill. Osora stopped biting it. Blood welled in her mouth. She swallowed it and licked her lips. Struggling she tugged the dagger out of the preys leg, wiping her face with the back of her hand to clean the blood. "Good job everyone!" Fusia barked happily. Niagara nodded and smiled at Osora. "You did good to slow it down." She turned to Coalsis. "And it looked like you wanted to toss her at the sky instead of the elk.." She added with a snarl. Coalsis lifted his black furred head defiantly. "We caught it didn't we?" He said with attitude. Osora smiled. "Should we call the pack?" She asked the wolves. Fusia nodded almost in unison. Coalsis just scoffed, then howled. Fusia and Niagara joined in. Osora smiled. Ryhan won't make me leave. I fit in so well! I'm just like a real wolf! She tipped her head back and replicated the musical howl of the wolves. She felt like one of them. No human will ever steal this happiness away from her.