Orphan Wolf

10 Home*

"Wake up, middle schoolers!" I hear my dad call.

I sit up and look around my room. 6th grade! I still wake up sometimes smiling. My life changed so much 5 years ago. Ruby is a pain. She went from best friend to sister overnight. It's annoying.

"Wake up, you little turd!" She yells, throwing my shoes at me. I tie them together to make them easy to carry, so I get hit twice.

"Hey, leave my stuff alone, dog breath!" I yell back.

"If you'd stop living like a pig and clean your room, I wouldn't have anything to throw!" She responds and runs off.

I look around again. She is right. I need to clean up.

"Alaric down here now!" Dad yells.

"Coming!" I call down to him.

I hop out of bed. I nearly trip over my dirty clothes in my haste to get downstairs. I run as fast as I can, skidding to a stop in the kitchen. My socks make me slide, and I slam into the counter.

"Careful pup!" Dad says as he gives me a plate. "Eat quick and get ready. You guys are running late."

"I'm not! I've been ready for an hour. I can't wait! We actually get schedules and more than one classroom! It's like we are in high school!" She says bouncing. I can see she is already dressed with her hair in a braid.

"Not so fast, little wolf... I'm not ready for high school!" Dad says to her.

I eat as fast as I can. "Thanks, dad!" I say as I run out of the kitchen and back to my room. I pull a random shirt from my closet and pick up a pair of jeans from the floor. I give them a sniff... woh! Not those ones! I throw them down and find a cleaner pair. I run to the bathroom, wash my face, and get dressed. As I remove my shirt, I see the three lines that cut across my torso.

Why did mom take me away when I was little? Why didn't Dad come? Why were we attacked?

These questions plagued me for the last few years. At first, I was just happy to be here, but now... now I want answers.

"Alic, come on! The group is ready to leave!" Dad yells up to me.

"Coming!" I yell back. I throw a shirt on and run some gel in my hair, spiking it. Dad hates it, but I think it looks cool. I throw my shoes over my shoulder and run downstairs. "Bye dad love you!" I say, giving a quick hug.

"Alic, wait, socks!" Dad says as I jump off the porch. I turn, and he tosses me a wad of socks.

"Thanks, dad!" I yell as I run to catch up to the group.

"Hey Alic!" Ti says as I join them. He was kinda a jerk at first... still is sometimes, but he's my best friend. We're stuck together a lot with my dad being Beta. Mrs. Whitman watches us a lot. I kinda feel bad for her 4 kids! Ti, Malak, and Ruby are 13, and I'm 12. I don't think we need watching as much anymore, but depending on the day, we still get dropped with her.

"Hey Ti!" I say, hopping on one foot as I put a shoe on. "How was your summer?"

"Good!... Grandpa helped us run faster. He's old, but man, is he quick! Must be because he was an Alpha... I think I could take you now!" He says.

"Dream on! I will always whop you, Alpha, training or not... you're just too slow... I guess it's a good thing you'll have me as Beta!" I tell him.

"That's what you think!" He responds,"once I became Alpha, I'll be the strongest wolf in the world just like my dad! I came from two Alphas... How can I not be the best?"

"Umm, I think you two are forgetting something... Malak might get the Alpha!" Ruby says.

"Yeah, right!" Ti say. "I was born first, and I'm stronger!"