The Lone She Wolf

Chapter 2: Meeting Him

River's POV

I've been limping/ running for a few hours now and I'm exhausted. When I look around I'm in the woods but it feels off. There's a weird scent in the air that's confusing me greatly. That's when I see them. Three humans. I have only heard about humans through stories my dad would tell me and my sister. I whimper at the loss of my family, but I can't let them see me so I duck down into an abandoned fox hole. When I here them start to speak I come forward a little bit to hear them. "Man that was a great hike! Let's stop and eat!" The first human said. He has shaggy blonde hair and brown eyes and probably stands at about 6 feet tall. "Sounds good to me. I'm starving!" the second human says. He has short brown hair with grey eyes and stands at about 6 foot 2. "You two could eat forever." the third human says. He has shortish brown hair with beautiful blue eyes and stands about 6 foot 4. It's weird though. I feel oddly drawn to him. The other humans start laughing and they all sit down and eat. After awhile of watching them eat and talk I notice that one human looking for something. I can't quite put my finger on it. I'm about to approach the hikers when a bear walks towards them. Great. I can't stand bears... The humans stand slowly with all their food packed away. The bear won't have it though. He walks towards them more and stands on his back legs. The humans are frozen. If I don't help they'll die. I've seen this bear kill many wolves he is ruthless. Right when the bear starts to attack I jump out of the hole and lunge at the bear.

Chris's POV

Jake (first human), Dan (second human), and I (third human) are all having lunch after our hike and I keep looking around for something. What exactly I do not know. I see an old fox hole and I am drawn to it. I am about to go towards it when a huge bear comes out towards us. By the looks of it this bear has been in many fights. The guys and I all stand slowly to walk away but the bear comes closer and stands in his hind legs. He's about to attack when this white wolf lunges out of the fox hole and bites into the bears legs. He growls in pain before swatting at the wolf. It dodges and bites the bear again. I want to go help the wolf but Jake puts a hand on my shoulder to hold me back. I look at him and both Jake and Dan are looking at me and they look freaked out. I motion for us to go before the fight ends when we hear a loud tear and growl. We all look over and the wolf tore out a piece of the bears throat and the bear is limping away. I get a good look at the wolf and it's fur is white as snow. Except for all the bite and claw marks on it's body. The poor thing looks like it had been in a war. "Let's get out of here before something else shows up." Dan says looking over at Jake and I. "Yeah I don't want to be around if another bear decides to explore a hiking trail." Jake responds. I take another glance at the wolf and it's laying on the ground out cold. "Guys we can't just leave this wolf to die. It saved our lives." I say kneeling next to the wolf. Which turns out to be female. I gently pick her up and start walking back to my jeep.

River's POV

This bear and I are locked in a fierce battle. After the second bite the jerk smacks me into a tree and I run up and jump on his back biting down on his shoulder. He spins around trying to through me off. He stops and sets down on all four paws. I let go of his shoulder and we begin circling each other. He gets distracted and I take this open window and lunge at his throat. I tear out a piece and he throws me off and I take the piece with me. I hit another tree and hit the ground with a thud. When I look up the humans are looking at the bear they see his torn throat and watch him limp away to die in private. That's what us animals do when we are about to die. We go off alone lay down and let our souls pass on. That's what my mother did when she was bitten by a vampire. When a vamp bites a were or a wolf their venom is fatal to us. Anyways, I look up and the humans are coming towards me. I growl and try to get up only to fall back to the ground. The one human whose name I learned is Chris leans down and gets me in his arms. I whimper in pain and he strokes my fur. That feels good... wait am I purring? Yupp sounds like it. "Dude, Chris is that wolf purring?" Jake asks "Yupp" Chris says matter of factly. He starts to walk down the path careful not to jostle me too much when Dan asks, "Wait, are we taking it with us?!" Chris looks at him annoyed, "She's not an 'it' and yes she is coming with us. She saved our lives. We can't just leave her to die." Dan nods and they continue walking. I snuggle into Chris's chest and listen to the sound of his heart beat. The gentle way he rocks me while he walks eventually lulls me to sleep.

When I wake up I am in a car wrapped in what I believe humans call a 'blanket' it's pretty cozy. I look around and Dan is in the back with me and Jake is riding shotgun while Chris is driving. I try to get up to see were we are when a sharp pain shoots through my side. I let out a painful yelp causing Chris to jerk the steering wheel startled. We don't wreck but he glances back at me worriedly. I try to go to him to offer some comfort but the pain shoots through me again. I yelp once more and hit the ground of the floor. Blacking out...