Ready To Run

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Nature can bring a lot of beauty into our lives. Nature has a way of affecting our moods and it can force us to change our plans. Nature is responsible for the sun, clouds, rain, and snow. When it is sunny and bright outside, we feel cheerful inside. When it is cloudy and rainy, we often feel gloomy. When there is a beautiful and starry night, the moonlight makes us feel romantic. When we see the leaves budding on a tree or when a timid flower pushes through the frozen ground, or when we smell the freshness of spring, new hope will always come to us. Nature is truly an intrinsic part of our lives.

When we wake and see a sunrise, when we walk and feel a breeze, when we gaze at the mountains and the splendor of the seas, when we see the earth renew its beauty at each season of the year, and when the stars shine at night, we should be so very thankful but still many take it for granted. So as the brooding alpha makes his way through the ever so bright forest, he takes his time to grasp every aspect of it. The way the branches swung slightly in the breeze. How the leaves crunched under his feet after every step he took. How the clump of dandelions in the grass made it seem like a glow of soft sunlight, and just the very essence of it all. Making his last rounds around the pack house the young alpha stopped abruptly when he heard a soft rustling in a bush.

Turning his head to the noise Zayn tilted his head and squinted his eyes a bit. His normally beautiful whisky collided red turned j to a bright flaming amber colour. Making his way closer to the sound Zayn started to feel something...almost like a calming and fond feeling deep in the pit of his stomach. Pushing the bushes back slowly the alpha's eyes widened slowly as he saw a baby cub slightly kicking around in his sleep. Looking down at the cub almost in some sort of weird trance Zayn doesn't even know what came over him, but the next thing he knows he was carrying the cub in his arms. Rubbing his fingers through the silky brown fur of the cub, Zayn turned on his heels and looked around for any guardian of the cub. When he found none the brooding alpha sighed and started to head back to the the pack house with the cub in his arms still. His eyes constantly glancing between the path and the cub as he walked slower than normal to the house. Once there Zayn walked up the five cement steps to the doorway, and inside the warm house.

"Well that's something you don't see everyday." Zoie said from the love seat across the room. A book was propped in her hands resting on top of her knee, with what looked like tea next to her on the small wooden table. She was a beta to the pack and only eighteen, but acted more as the pack mother so everyone wouldn't end up hurt or just going straight up insane. She normally goes out of her way to avoid people, but when she inevitably have to interact with them, she makes it seem like there's nothing in the world she'd rather be doing. Because she is such an active and interested listener, Zoie is able to fully focus on others when she find them interesting and engaging. Given this, she dosen't participate in small talk, but if it's a topic she's truly interested in, she's an amazing conversational partner.

Her light brown eyes looked over the cub in the alpha's arms, and made a soft humming sound as she thought. "You didn't steal someon's baby did you? That would be very un-alpha like of you." She said as she tightened the long strands of her dark brown hair that was inside of a high pony-tail. In the front of her head was a thick section of blue hair from when she had dyed it, which interlaced with the brown really well actually.

Rolling his eyes at the younger girl, Zayn shook his head and cradled the sleeping cub in his arms carefully. "No...I found him in a bush surrounded by a bunch of leaves. I think someone may have left him there. There weren't any traces of any other scent, but I don't think he just wandered over here all by himself."

Zoie nodded and stood up tucking the book under her left arm. "I'll go get some food cooking for him then. He should be waking up soon hopefully." She said not really giving Zayn a chance to answer as she threw a loose cover over her slightly tanned shoulders, as she made her way to the kitchen. Zayn just rolled his eyes at the beta's mother like ways and grabbed another blanket from the closet, so he could wrap it around the cub. Taking a seat on the ground, Zayn wrapped the covers around the cub and situated him in his lap. Looking down at the small wolf in his lap Zayn brushed his fingers over the wolfs fur on the tummy, and laughed when the cub moved around a bit.

A mile away from the pack house is one of the pack members, Tierra. She's an omega and it's very rare for them to run off on their own without their alpha but she still does it. She likes her freedom.

She's busy running back towards the house though, a flash of gray and white fur to anyone who's watching her run from the outside.

She caught a whiff of a new scent as she approached the house and her usual dark brown eyes turned into an amber color as she climbed up the porch steps before shifting into her human form which doesn't look as fierce as her wolf form. She's only eighteen, one of the youngest of the pack. Her skin is a smooth brown, short and her hair touching to her shoulders. Tierra grabbed her ripped jean shorts and pulled them on before pulling a knitted navy blue sweater over her head. She stepped into the house and followed the scent until she reached the living room where Zayn is sitting down on the floor with a baby cub in his arms. Now she's not the one to be rude to any newcomers, she's sweet but also very curious so as soon as Zayn looked to her a million questions started flying out of her small pink mouth.

"Why does everyone assume I stole a baby?!" Zayn asked when Tierra asked the same question Zoie had a few seconds ago.

"Well...you can't really reproduce, and you don't smell like anyone else sooo.." Tierra muttered out then turned her face to look at Zoie as said girl made her way back into the room with vegetable soup, and a warm grilled cheese sandwich. Watching her friend set the food next to Zayn that most likely for the baby wolf, Tierra let out a small sigh before sitting across from Zayn so she could watch the cub as well.

Just then the rest of the pack makes their way through the doors. Liam and Louis the two beta's of the three could smell the new scent a few miles away, so they ween't that surprised when they saw a new person there, but they were surprised to see a baby cub in their alpha's arms. Niall the second and only other omega of the pack didn't smell it until they had gotten a few yards away from the house. All three of the guys shared a similar look before they turned to Zayn throwing questions at him just like how Tierra had done.

"I mean if you legit stole a baby, I will not judged you....well I would actually, but I wouldn't say it out loud or anything." The crystal clear blue eyed omega said, as he sat next to Tierra so he could get a better look at the cub.

"If you stole the baby Zayn I will report you to the fucking authorities. You are a great alpha, but kidnap is not okay and you should know this." Liam said looking at Zayn with a bewildered expression on his face before he turned to Zoie. "And I thought you were suppose to be the responsible one? How come your not talking to child services right now?!"

Zayn grumbled to himself about the 'amazing' faith his pack had in him. Running his fingers over the cub's ears softly, Zayn cut Liam's little ranting off with a simple look and a quick flicker of his eyes. Once his pack was silent again, including Louis and Zoie who were just not showing much interest in the conversation, but talking about how over dramatic their pack brother was instead. "I did not steal the cub alright. I found him in a bush surrounded by a bunch of leaves. I think someone may have left him there. Because I don't think he just wandered over here all by himself." Zayn explained again this time not even giving eye contact to the pack, but focusing on the baby wolf instead.

After a few more questions were asked from the pack, and everyone go to carefully hold the cub. The pack had dispersed and went to their own sections of the house. Zoie had put the soup and sandwich up, and went to her room with Tierra so they could finish watching reruns of Full House episodes. Louis, Niall, and Liam went outside again to finish their game a football, leaving Zayn by himself to look after the cub.Taking him upstairs with the blanket still wrapped around the baby. Zayn made it to his room, and rested the baby wolf on the bed. Once the cub was set properly on the pillows and the cover Zayn sighed and nodded at his quick work. Looking out the window, Zayn could tell that it was getting pretty late. Closing he curtains a bit, the alpha looked back to the still sleeping cub before shifting. His jet black fur contrasted with his amber eyes perfectly. The alpha walked around the room a bit, until he found a comfortable spot by the window. Laying down with his head laid on the ground so he could still have a nice view of the cub. Minutes passed and Zayn slowly let himself fall drift off with hopes that the cub would remain asleep.