Betrayal~The Lost One

Chapter 4~Forgotten

"Ashhearted, you attack Flutter, Flutter, defend yourself. And....GO!" he growled. Ashhearted was doing well for his first teaching. Callister was stuck in the medicine den for the next moon. He had to many deep wounds to risk losing blood. It would take his body a while to replenish it and he couldn't walk on his once dislocated leg for a while.

Shakeing himself he turned his mind back toward the battle. Ashhearted leaped over Flutters head and truned around clawing at her back legs. Flutter turned around baring her teeth and swatted him away. Ashhearted slid beneath her and pummeled her stomach, then pushed upward as hard as he could. She landed with a thud against an oak surrounding the hollow. Everyone held their breathe waiting for the she wolf to get up. Even Thistle and Skunk looked over with worried eyes. Ashhearted slowly padded up and nudged his sister.

In a flash Flutter sprang up and swept the paws out from under Asheheart. Landing with a thus he looked up with a good humored gleam in his eyes. His sister grinned. Prancing around him she stayed just out of his reach.

"Gotcha!" she crowed. Ashheart gritted his teeth and lunged at the she wolf as she boasted. "Pinned ya!" He teased. Flutter grew hot under her fur and heaved upward lifting her brother off. She gave her chest fur a couple of quick licks to hide her embarrassment then she padded over to Blackheart.

"Was that ok?" she asked, a look of worry in her eyes.

"Great? Great?!" he scoffed.

Flutter winced. "It was horrible wasn't it! We will try even harder this time! Just say the words and I'll pin 'em again!"

Ashheart growled. "Hey!" he said only half offended.

"Flutter quit your babbling! That was brilliant! You will be full warriors in no time!" he praised. The two wolves blushed with embarrassment and scuffed the ground with their paws. He called over to Thistle. "We are heading back to the camp! If you need any help come immediately." he said meaningfully. Thistle nodded then went back to training. As Blackheart padded back to camp he thought for a moment. "Why don't we patrol?" he asked the two apprentices.

"Awesome!" They answered in unison.

He padded into the clearing with Ashheart and Flutter at his side. Nodding for them to head for the caribou that had been brought down and dragged back to camp they went to eat their fill. Calling Jinx and Shimmer he headed toward his den. Turning around he settled into his bed. "Ashheart, Flutter, and I went to patrol the border after training and I smelled The Pack of Falling Gorge very close to the border but still in our territory. I have decided to send messengers to the other wolves requesting a meeting at the sacred river. I figure it be only best that I send you two and two other wolves. Talk to Twister and Rosepetal. I feel she could use a mission plus that means th3eir will be two hunters and two warriors representing The Pack of No Stars."

Both She wolves 'nodded and padded out of his den. As he circled his nest to take a nap he reminded himself to make Rosepetal a Hunter tomorrow. 'It will be good to lighten the packs mood after what happened to Lupis..." That was his last thought before he fell asleep.

He padded through the forest until he spotted Shimmer ahead. Feeling a surge of delight he raced forward to meet the she wolf. She let out a friendly growl but it turned into menacing one midway. His eyes widening she lunged for his throat and clamped her jaws around his neck. Before he awoke he saw what he thought was Whiteshadow fading into mist....

Blackheart woke with a start. 'Just a dream!' he thought. He remembered the delight he had felt when he saw Shimmer. 'Could it be....' He wondered. Shaking his head he thought of the way she had attacked him and Whiteshadow being there. 'Probably just a nightmare, not a warning.' He told himself. 'Any dream with Whiteshadow is a nightmare.' he chuckled to himself.

Padding into the clearing he spotted shimmer. Trotting over her he licked her cheek. She jolted back, surprised at the jester. After the short shock she leaned forward and licked him to. Cal was sitting outside the Healers's den.

"Alright you to love birds! Get a den!" he laughed. Blackheart grinned while Shimmer bristled in indignation.

"WE ARE NOT LOVE BIRDS!" She roared at the male. Blackheart felt a surge of disappointment at her words. Cal noticed and raised his tail in defeat.

"Alright! Alright. Your not love birds. Would you just shut-up?" Callister growled. Shimmer let her course fur lay flat and she smiled. "Oh! At least I'm not the one limping around moaning all day!" she teased.

Blackheart felt a tinge of jealousy at the two wolves. "Shimmer, could you lead a hunting party? That caribou wont last much longer. We will have to burry it soon." he growled trying to break up the two.

Shimmer nodded looking away from Cal. "Alright. Do you want to come?"

Blackheart's ears pricked at the invitation. "I suppose so." He said coolly. More excitedly he added. "I'm sure it will be fun. When shall we leave?" he asked.

"We can leave right now." she replied. "Lets take Ashheart, my apprentice, Lilly, Thistle, and Jinx as our Warrior. That should be enough?"

"Ok. Let's go!" He trotted to the Hunters' den and called the wolves. Walking over to the Warriors' den and called the othe wolves. After gathering the wolves he let Shimmer take the lead beside him as they headed toward the elk herd that was seen entering the valley.

Shimmer stroked Blackheart's back with her tail while the other wolves conversed with each other. Leaning over she whispered in his air. Meet me tonight at the creek please." With that she melted into the other wolves conversation without lettin Blackheart say a word.

The party had brought down two elk. The pack had feasted tonight. As Blackheart trotted throught the trees he shivered. 'This will be amazing...' He thought. He was defenatley turned on. As he neared the creek Shimmer melted out of the shadows. "Hello Blackheart." She barked happily. Blackheart sped up until he was galloping toward her. Tackling her they rolled down the hill through dandelion fluff until the splashed into the creek. Licking her face he dived under and grabbed her paw dragging her down. The last thing he remebered clearly was dragging himself onto the bank with Shimmer right behind.

Blackheart blinked open his eyes and found Shimmer right beside him. Standing up he stretched.

He then remembered. 'The prophecy! I totally forgot about it!' He looked back at Shimmer and smiled. How could have he remembered?