Moon and Stars

Chapter 1

Feather prowled at the head of the patrol. Slash, a senior warrior walked up to her, a haughty tilt to his head. "Feather, there is a fox on our territory". Feather nodded "show me"

Slash barked, attracting the attention of the whole patrol, and jerked his head in a "follow me!" motion. The thundering of paws echoed through the night.

Petal was running through the tall grasses, hearing soft howls and pawsteps. She jerked awake with a small cry, feeling sharp teeth pierce her scruff. She looked up to see a bright orange wolf, with rage in his eyes. She started trembling with fear, and swore she saw a smirk cross his face. She felt blood drip down her neck and black spots fill her vision. The wolf shook her, back and fourth "what are you doing on our territory, fox" he snarled "this is a pack terrritory?" She thought "I-I d-didn't know I-it w-was a p-pack territory" she whispered "I-I c-can l-leave. P-please don't k-kill me."

A She-wolf walked up, radiating authority, which only made Petal tremble more "Raya (Ray-ah) Feather, why don't we just kill the fox, Dead-leaf is approaching and with that means less food. She is only a scrap, but it's better than nothing" Petal let out a small whimper "a raya? Now I'm going to die in the face of the leader. Oh Deah (dee-ah) if I must die, please make it quick" She went limp in the wolf's jaws. "Slash!" The Raya sounded shocked "you don't mean that, do you?" She looked shocked, and a bit confused. "Killing a fellow Howl? Dead-leaf may be coming, but we can persevere through it like all the other moons." Slash rolled his eyes "she is also Jadu" Slash's eyes widened and he looked down at Petal, still in his jaws. "Drop her. Now Slash" the Raya said sternly. The wolf called Slash opened his mouth and dropped her.
Petal stood up quickly and wobbled, her tail in between her legs, and showed her neck in submission. "Come" the Raya said simply. "Yes Raya" Petal answered meekly.

They walked deeper into the forest, and the surrounding wolves started relaxing. Petal opened her mouth to ask a question, then thought the better of it. "Yes?..." The Raya said, watching her "Umm. Raya. W-where are w-we going?" The Raya smiled at her kindly. "We are going to camp, little one" Petal nodded "oh, o-okay"

They saw a large tunnel, surrounded by daisies the color of skies at sunset. "Wow" Petal whispered softly. "I know right? I never get tired of it" the Raya's voice was close to her ear, and made her jump.

They went down the tunnel, their pawsteps echoing. The tunnel snaked around different roots of trees, not going much deeper, but longer. Finally, they emerged out of the tunnel into a large trench, filled with so many scents of wolves, that Petal froze, frightened. "Don't worry Foxling, they won't hurt you" The Raya said soothingly "yet" muttered Slash. "If Devite (de-vee-t) Crow doesn't say its allowed, then it won't happen." Raya Feather said sternly, giving Slash a hard look.

Raya walked into a den. Petal took that opportunity to look at the camp. The den Raya Feather went into was made of large maple leaves, and thick vines, covered in blue morning glories all around. A den next to it had an herby scent, and was covered in daisies and had the same secure leaf-and-vine covering. Around it grew many poppy plants, and some goldenrod. "Those are items for the Sami, that must be their den" she thought with an internal nod. As she watched, a young she-wolf walked out of the den with a ball of moss dipped in mouse bile, and into another den. "That must be for the elders" Petal thought. The den for the elders had a special patching of moss around the leaf-and-vine covering, and all around it, sunflowers grew very tall.

Petal looked at the four other dens. "The one that Raya Feather went in must be for the Raya and Devite" she thought. "The one with all the squealing must be for the pups. And the other two must be for the Cie and Fean. But which is which?" She asked herself.

An older Wolf, with bright orange fur similar to Slash's, came out of a den surrounded by dandelions and some orchids grew in and out of the leaf-and-vine covering. He poked his head into the other Den, which was surrounded and covered by lily of the valleys. He shouted in the den "Canary!! Just because you are the Sona and Laoner's pup, doesn't mean you can sleep all day!!"

"That means the first one is for the Cies, and the other one is for the Feans" Petal thought, smiling.

Her smile disappeared as Raya Feather came out of the den, and nodded at her. "Crow would like to see you now" she said, turning back towards the den, and giving Petal a backward glance.

Petal walked in the dimly lit den, looking down as she came into the sight of the Devite. "This is the fox pup you found Slash?" He asked, looking behind her. "Yes Devite" Slash said, bowing his head slightly. "Slash, you are dismissed" Devite Crow said, nodding his head towards the exit.

Slash turned and walked towards the exit, but not before glaring at Petal one more time. "Pup" Devite said. "What is your name, how many lunars are you, and what are you doing here" Petal answered softly. "My name is Petal, I am 3 lunars old, and I was just sleeping, I didn't know that it was your territory"

Devite Crow only nodded, his yellow eyes now glowing Gold "you are telling the truth" Petal looked confused for a moment. "That must be his Jadu, telling if something is telling the truth" she thought, internally nodding.

"Well Petal, I must discuss this with Fe- Raya." Devite Crow nodded Raya Feather over to a corner, and started whispering to each other. In no time at all, they walked back over to Petal.
"Petal" Devite said "we have decided to-"

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Sorry this is kind of short, I just wanted to get a chapter out for you guys.
Thank you for reading!!!