Darkness Within

chapter 19, flashback🌸

Yay!!! It's time for a long awaited flashback!!!!! It'll be the whole chapter and may be short...
Warning the next few chapters may be flashbacks as well.
It .at be awile after I update this... My friend and I had a fight... So I'm not allowed to go to her house... So'll need another place to update... I'm sorry. Also... I'm really sick... And am on meds so if my grammer is worse then usual that's why.... Life is a bitch. *Sigh*
Flashbacks get cherry blossoms.

Flashback
Raven lay in bed, it had been a month since the man in the woods and she finally came out of her room.
She met all of her 'packmates'.
So I come from a family of wolves and vampires and wizards exist.
She snorted. Yeah right. Like I'm going to the into a giant wolf.
She looked outside.  But... I did see Uncle Crow turn into the Black wolf. So it had to be true.
Or we'll wake up and this will all have been a nightmare...
She sighed, tears threatening to fall. This was no dream or nightmare. This was her reality. Nothing could change what happened. No one could go back in time and change it.
She sat up and rubbed her shoulder.
"Raven... Get up, go do stuff." She murmmered to herself. Trying to get herself up. Her legs slid of the side of the bed and she stepped down onto the floor. Jolting from the cold as her feet touched the wooden floor.
She stood, feeling weak. She made her way to the door slowly. Very slowly.
Opening it, she peaked outside. Then she walked to the living room.
Crow sat on the floor, a mug of beer in his hand. He was laughing. His son and his sons cousin, who look like twins, were beside him frowning. Then they saw her.
"Sister!" They yelled before jumping on her.  She nearly fell backwards from the weight.
"Hello my little angels." She said, hugging them tightly. Still so happy they were safe.
"Oh I missed you."  She cried out, her voice cracking. She stared at the two she saved. "I'm so glad your safe." She whispered, stroking their hair.
"Are you finally going to play with us?" Sean asked.
"Like you promised?" Jean added.
"Of course... But first I should probably eat."
"Oh." They both said, expressions falling.
"I'll make you guys some food as well."
"Pancakes!" They cheered. I smiled looking down at them.
"Well little angels... Do you want to help me make pancakes?"
"Yes," Jean said. "We'll help." Sean grinned.
"Good boys."
She walked into the kitchen, seeing the two sisters. Clarrisa and Clare.
She nodded her head to them and went to getting the ingredients for the pancakes.
She explained to the boys what needs to be done.
"Good." She praised, happyness seeping into her voice. "Now mix them together."
The boys did as they were told andixed the batter.
"Good!"
Once it was all mixed, she scooped out three scoops of the batter and put it on the pan. The pan sizzled.
She repeated this eachtime the pancake was done. Soon they had enough pancakes to feed the whole family. Which was alot.
"You did so good!" She praised yet again. Giving the boys there pancakes. They dug in, stuffing their mouths.
She held the plate out to her aunt's.
"Would you like some?" She asked.
"Sure. Thank you dear." Clarrisa said, grabbing a few.
Clare looked at me then at the pancakes. "I'm so glad your awake and up!" She said, a huge smile on her face.
"Yeah. You know where the rest of the pack is?"
"The twins are playing downstairs with Lilly and Ryan. Um... The men are outside on protroll..... And I'm not sure where Jayline is...."
"Yeah thanks anyway."
Raven began her defend down the stairs. She walked into the basement to see Ratan tickling Riley. She was giggling her head of and Lilly and Sam were watching and laughing as well.
"Hey... I brought pancakes...." I said.
They all stopped and stared at me.
"Thanks..." Sam said as he grabbed some. He gave half to his twin sister. Lilly smiled at me and took one. "Thank you. Are you... Feeling well?"
"As well as one can be in this situation."
Ryan didn't move from his spot on the couch.
"Oh my goodness!" Lilly gasped as she bit into it. "Clare out did herself.... Theese are really good."
"Um... Clare didn't make them... I did... With Sean's and Jean's help."
Lilly stared at me. "Ryan you have to try theese."
Ryan stalked forward, eyes hard. He grabbed one and put it in his mouth. He bit down and started to chew.
"They're ok." He said.
I looked down. "There's more upstairs... I'm going to go bring these to the rest of the pack if I can find them."
Raven walked back upstairs. She went into the Living room, Crow and Jayline sat on the couch talking.
"I made pancakes you want some?"
"Yes." Crow said, grabbing a handfull. Raven gasped. "You... Um... Jayline... Would you like some?"
"No." She growled. Raven nodded and went to the door that led outside. She stopped.
She breathed in then pushed open the door.
"Um... If any of you can here me! I made pancakes." She called. "Just come and get them in the house. If I need to make more I can."  She stepped down of the deck. The grass was soft under her feet. She giggled.
"It's not so bad out here is it?" A voice asked from behind her.
"No." She turned, a small smile on her face.
Behind her stood Jared and Skylar. They grabbed the pancakes, the whole plate and ate it.
"There was like... Thirty pancakes on that..."
"Yeah and?" Skylar asked.
"Your idiots." She said, turning to walk into the house again.
"Little sis? Are you ok? Do you need a hug?" Skylar teased.
"Yeah... No." She said. Turning to face the house.
Then she was on the ground, pinned under a large furry body. A wolf.
She screamed, fighting to get away.
"No. No. No. No." She cried.
"Get off her!" Skylar screamed. Jared himself was now a wolf.
The wolf on Raven got off, and turned to face Jared.
Jared growled, snapping his jaws.
He lunged at the wolf and they took of to the trees. Growling and biting at eachother.
"Damn it. I thought they got rid of the strays." Skylar cursed. "CROW!" Skylar called.
Crow was out in a flash, the others with him.
Clarrisa and Clare on his left with Jayline. Ryan on his right.
"Jared after him?"
"Yeah."
"What happened?" Clare asked, voice cold and flat.
"The wolf attacked Raven. Jumped on her and held her down. He didn't seem to do any damage... Your ok, right Raven?"
Raven sat on the ground staring at the trees.
"I know that wolf...." She whispered. "I know that wolf."
"Do you know his name?"
"No."
"Then how do you know it?"
"He's like Crow. I didn't know his name... But I reconizd the wolf."
"Where was this wolf from?"
"He's..." She looked at the ground. "I don't know... I just know him." She lied. She knew him from her dreams. He often spoke to her.
"Get her inside. Keep her and the kids in one area. Ryan and Skylar gaurd them. They are our future. Do not let them be harmed. When there's one Stray... There's normally more."
Raven was ushered inside with the other kids. The wolves inside were on high alert.  Raven sat, Sean and Jean in her arms. They burried there face es into her side.
"Um... Are they going to hunt him down?" Raven asked. None of the wolves answered. She looked to the floor again.
"Yes and any others he brought." Lilly said. Smiling gentaly at Raven. She moved closer and brought the twins with her.
"This happens a lot. But once you change... You ether gaurd the young ones or go out on the hunt."
"Oh. What happens if they catch one?"
"You'll find out."
Raven nodded and leaned back against the couch, Sean and Jean crawled over her and lay on the couch curled up together. They each had an arm around Ravens necks and fell asleep.
"You know... Your the only one who they feel safe with."
"Oh?" Raven asked.
"Since Sean's mother died they became distent. They treated her much the same as they treat you. Only she was a full human. So once they change... They would have been much stronger then her. But she could hold her own. She was Crows wife after all." She laughed. "Jean was Crows sisters kid. She was on the run. Left the pack when she was fourteen. She came back with a babe in her arms and asked Crow to take care of him. She left after that and he's been her ever since." Lilly said.
"So... Are you a wolf too?" Raven asked.
""No. I'm just Rylan's girl. Plain old human. But I'm happy to be part of this family."
"Yeah..." Raven mumbled as sleep started to make her tired.
"I wonder though... Will you be a wolf to? I mean your mother was human." Lilly said, her voice quite and muffled. Raven didn't reply. She was already asleep.

Lilly smiled at the three. "You two should get some sleep to." She said to the twins.
"But it's morning!"
"And if they catch however she out there you won't sleep all night."
"Fine." The twins huddled together and dozed off. Falling asleep.
Lilly looked at Ryan. She stood up and kissed him.
"Good night my love." She whispered before she went back to the group and falling asleep.

With the pack
Have you found them? Clare asked.
No. Their scents gone. Clarrisa growled.
How are we supposed to find them now? Jayline asked, a bitter tone to her mind voice.
Where the hell could they have gone? It's not like Jared to do this. Crow growled. He looked around. Sniffing the ground.
Wait! I got something. It's faint. But it's Jared's scent.
He took off running, fallowing the scent.
It was night fall the time they found Jared. He was passed out on the forum, in his human form. Naked. Blood dripped from his shoulder.
Clare take him home.
Clare ran over to his unconscious body and grabbed the boy. She tossed him over her shoulder and he laid on her back. She ran toward the pack house.
Crow sniffed around.
"Where's your little She-wolf?" A voice asked.
The wolves snarled and growled.
Where is he?
I don't know.
Find him.
"We almost got your little She-wolf... But of course he got a little side tracked... He forgot how she smelled of course. So he hesitated in bringing her here... As she smelled scared. But then again she's always scared. Ever since the whole... Raped in the woods thing." The voice spoke.
"Stop toying with them." Another voice growled. His voice seemed more ferel.
"They're less then I thought there'd be." Anouther voice chimed in. Female this time. "Are the others gaurdians the little babies?" She spoke, voice teasing.
"You know... If we were the kind of pack you are... Your young ones would be killed and your women would become ours. How's that... What's her name... Lilly? How's she? You took her from her pack right? Yeah. Told her her pack was killed in a battle. But you killed them." She laughed. "You also torture your own pack mates! Poor Raven. As she changed yet? Are you going to find a male and mate her with him like you did her mother?" The girl growled. "Like you did my mother? Where's my mother huh? Where is she!"
"Ivy. Quite. You'll only get yourself killed." A woman's voice spoke, deeper then Ivy's. "Besides.... Your mother made her choice. She chose to leave you. Where is our Dear Clare?"
Crow growled. His Black fur raising. He stocked forward. Fangs exposed.
"Aww... Is the puppy mad?" A male voice cooed.
"Shut it."
"Alright. Crow, Clarrisa, Jayline change. We need to have a proper conversation."
Crow looked at the two She-wolves. They changed.
A whistle sounded. "Damn girls. You got some junk."
They women crossed their arms over their chests.
Crow changed and stared at the people Infront of them in the shadows.
"Well. Well. Well. It's been awile Crow." A male said. They moved into the light.
Their was two women, and three males.
Sabrina, Ivy, Jake, Gabriel, and Alex. The Crimson pack.
"What do you want?" Crow growled.
"Well.... Considering all you've done... Revenge would be nice. But we're just settling for... Your little She-wolf."  Sabrina said.
"Why do you want her?"
"Oh... That's a secret." Sabrina grinned.
"Sabrina... Why are you doing this? We've done nothing to you." Jayline pleaded.
"Well... Yes... You have actually. Maybe not you personally. But your Alpha... Jake has. He did something I will never forgive. And to get revenge. Im going to take his daughter."
"Alpha.... We need to go. We're running out of time."  A male voice spoke. A new voice, one Crow didn't reconize.
"Yes. We'll be back. And Raven will be ours."
"Wait. Please.... Why are you after Raven. She's already broken."
"You all failed her. Your the ones who let her BREAK!" Ivy screamed. "YOU FAILED HER!"
"Ivy. Calm down." Alex said, grabbing her.
"The reason we're going to get her is simple." Alex said. "We're going to save her."
Then they left, walking out. Leaving the pack in shock.
"We need to get back. This was a derversion." Crow growled. He changed and bounded back to the house. He burst in, not bothering to change.
Raven was askeep on the couch with his two boys. They were safe. He sighed and and track out side. To the spot they keep clothes. Changing into his human form he grabbed some clothes.
Walking into the house fully clothed.
"Your already safe...." He mummerered, sitting beside her. "Your already safe."