Almost Alpha [A wolf story] Prologue

There were four wolf tribes: Onyx, Blood, Tears, and Amethyst. I belonged to one of them. But I didn't know which. You see, I lived with 8 grown wolves, and I was a small teenage girl. I had lived with my parents until I was 10 before they forced me out of my house. The wolves spoke in low voices, but they were born to speak any language so they knew how to interact with enemies and sometimes other packs that were friends with them. In this case, they spoke English.

FLASHBACK

I sat on the couch and continued to stare at the TV like a stupid child. I was 10 years old, and everyone thought I was very mature for my age. But if they saw me now, they would change their minds. What do I have to say? I start writing what I think will be good and nobody reads it. When I write about a girl who loves music, but it isn't a romance story, it doesn't even get 1 person to view it. It makes me sad that nobody likes to read what I like to. Being forced to write love stories isn't my thing.

I pushed a lock of brown hair behind my ears and my green eyes stared, very bored, at the television. I heard barking outside and stood up. I raised my hands to the glass and peered outside.

Nothing.

But the barking seemed closer and closer, until I saw two yellow eyes blinking at me. I backed away from the window and went to go lock the door, just in case. The wolves here I knew were clever. But before I could go lock it, it opened and a..a wolf...a wolf stepped in. I screamed and backed away from it, but I was blocked by something soft. I turned and saw another wolf glaring up at me with electric blue eyes. I screamed and ran past him, but I knew they would catch up to me. My legs sped across the ground until I got into my garage, shut the door, got outside, shut the door, and leaned on it, out of breath.

I heard soft growling nearby and opened my eyes. I was surrounded by wolves. "SOMEONE HELP!" I yelled, but they were already advancing towards me. One of the wolves with thick gray fur and soft brown eyes lunged at me, snarling, and my whole world was sent into blackness.

END OF FLASHBACK

But now, let me explain to you why they captured me. Every tribe (Onyx, Blood, Tears, and Amethyst) is born to have a human leader. They have a new one every decade, and they captured me to prepare me. The one currently was Salvatore, a man at about 23 years of age. All destined leaders, or Alphas, are caught at mostly the same time, but the maximum span is 3 years, like Salvatore and I. He was caught at 3, and he's extremely close to being done with his leadership and moving on to the council.

Nobody ever told me what the pack was; they said they would tell me very soon, because I was still too young to understand. I hoped it would be Onyx or Amethyst, which are gems, and I like those colors. But anyways, I figured I was being told in a few days.

While I was destined to be the leader, I was treated like any other wolf, except they hunted for me. I was the first female Alpha ever (or, soon to be Alpha), but even when Salvatore was 19 (my age) the wolves still hunted for him. They constantly hunted rabbits, hares, squirrels, and a lot of dead birds and brought them back for us to eat.

But, the worst part was something that everyone was worried about--

For the 9 years I had been living here, I had not spoken one word to anybody. Why? If they found me boring, then they would let me go and Salvatore could continue as the Alpha, but it hadn't worked. So I was determined to speak today.

But anyways, who was there to talk to? The wolves wanted no part of me until I was Alpha. Salvatore was always busy doing his duties as Alpha and protecting the wolves.

What would I do?