Ein's Backstory

Don't break

Ein POV

Werewolves big and small in my pack,
We've been through problems,
But nothing has ever beaten our knack
To get past the bottoms,
Of cases that just can't be solved.
This case now has been hard,
But our kind has evolved,
To see in this game the card,
That has been played,
To cause this disease.
But soon we will get aid,
And be able to seize,
The answer we've been looking for.
Hopefully it's not too late,
To fight in this war,
And escape this disease that we hate,
To save us all from the impending fate that it gives us all.

I ran the poem in my head. The reason why the poem didn't work on my parent's pack was because I wasn't the alpha of their pack. The poem was meant for the pack of the alpha who recited it. My parents hadn't recited it, only I had. It specifically said that in the first line, Werewolves big and small in my pack. Werewolves big and small  in my pack. I felt so stupid for overlooking that tiny detail. That black-eyed werewolf woman that had been sent to the spotted was right; it was my fault that my parent's pack had to go through this. I looked at my parents, my face showing the utter realization of why it got this far. "I-I'm so sorry." I told my parent's pack. Then I ran into the forest, past the burial area, far enough away to not hear my pack anymore. I then crumpled down into a wave of tears.

"Well if it isn't that one cocky werewolf alpha," said a voice. "Ein was it?"

I looked up and saw that strange red werewolf looking at me. "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME???" I yelled. "IT WOULD HAVE SAVED MORE OF MY PACK, AND NOW WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH OUR POPULATION DECREASING DRAMATICALLY!!!"

The red werewolf only laughed. "I didn't tell you because I thought you would figure it out yourself." he told me. "I did give you a hint though. Remember? I emphasized the first line."

I looked down. I vaguely remembered him emphasizing it. Everything had become a blur thought. "My parent's pack...what's gonna happen to it? Is it too late for my parents to say the poem?" I asked. At this point, I was willing to do anything, even give up my position as alpha to end this situation, to stop all the dying werewolves.

"Yes. If they had recited it, in the beginning, it would have been fine. But....they waited too long. But you got lucky Ein." he said. I looked at him with hope. Maybe I could use whatever I did to help my parent's pack. "You recited the poem right before it was too late for your pack, so your pack is gonna be fine."

My face fell. My pack was gonna be alright, but my parent's pack...."So there's no way to stop it now?" I asked.

"I'm afraid not." he said. "You guys are doing great, isolating the sick, but soon the bugs will make their way into the ground and make their way to the remaining werewolves in your parent's pack."

"Then what should we do?" I asked. Hopefully, this will stop everything and we can go back to normal.

"The only way out of it is to break up the pack and move somewhere else." he told me.

My eyes grew wide. No, this couldn't be the only way. There had to be some other way! "Isn't there any other way?" I asked frantically.

"Unfortunately no. You can try to move the whole pack to another place, but you, and everyone else, will be safer and better off in different packs altogether." he said.

My face fell. If it was the only way, then it would be best to do it. "How long do we have before the bugs go into the ground?" I asked.

"Some months. It would be better to break up before then, but you have until then to do it." he answered.

I nodded. "Thank you so much for your help. I'm sorry about what happened when we first met." I said.

"Don't worry about it." he told me. "I get that with every pack I try to warn but I've gotten used to it by now."

"By the way, I never caught your name." I said.

"I'm nobody important that you need to know. Just keep me with you in your heart and take that with you. Whenever someone does that, I then have the ability to visit them if they want to." he said.

I smiled. "Ok. Again, thank you for your help." I told him.

"You know, you're the first alpha I've run into to be able to recite the poem in time." he smiled. "Thank you for that."

Before I could respond, he waved and said "Goodbye Ein. It was a pleasure to meet you." Then he turned on his heel and left.

I waved back and smiled. Then I took a deep breath. "Ok Ein, you can do this." I told myself. Then I transformed and bounded off to my house.

When I got home, I immediately looked for my parents and told them about breaking up the pack. I explained to them that it was the only way to stop this, and why. When I finished speaking, I looked into my parent's eyes. They were stone cold. After a few seconds of silence had passed, my dad spoke up. "No. We are not breaking up the pack over this. There's another way and we will figure it out." 

"In a year?" I cried. "That strange werewolf that had warned me about the Spot Bug told me that solution and why. Believe me, I tried arguing but I realized that he was right."

"You shouldn't-" dad started.

"I didn't want to break up the pack, but think about it. If we had heeded his warning in the first place, then we wouldn't be here. Plus, can you see why it would be safer just to break up the pack?" I argued.

"Breaking up the pack is not-"

"We run the risk of getting more werewolves sick. Even though we would be the omegas in another pack, we wouldn't have to worry about this problem anymore." I explained.

"Ein you have to see-"

"No, I completely understand why you don't want to break up the pack. But can't you see it's the only way?" I argued.

"EIN THAT'S ENOUGH!" yelled my dad. "This situation is bad, but we are not breaking up the pack over it. If we have to move, then we will bring the whole pack."

"But-" I started.

"ENOUGH IS ENOUGH EIN! WE ARE NOT BREAKING UP THE PACK AND THAT'S FINAL!" yelled my dad.

I groaned and walked away. Well, that had turned into an epic fail. I went up to my room and thought for a while. Wasn't there another way? Breaking the pack seems extreme, but it would be the best idea. Dad doesn't get that!  I thought. Why doesn't he understand? No, why don't my parents understand? Mom didn't even try to back me up. Well, I can see where he's coming from, but the longer we wait, the less time we'll have....