They all slowly walked over, cautiously. Thunderwing peered up at the store keeper, and shuddered. He was covered in scars and didn't look the friendliest. Though he was selling fruit and spices. “H..hello, do you… know what time it i..iss?” she whimpered. He was a dark red colour and had a strange orange mane. His eyes were a solid black, and so were his wing tips. He was the size of a lumi;yetta, gigantic. “I'm Hyo, and all you have to do is simply fly through the Animus, and you'll be on you way, unless your not a moonclan member, then you be doomed to certain death!” Hyo gave a laugh. Their eyes widened. “What?” he asked “are you not…” he trailed off, already knowing that the answer to his question was a yes. “Follow me, now” he ordered. Unsure what to believe, they followed, glad they hadn't called out before. There was a row of red rock caves, and each one had a inhabitant. Except one. Hyo turned into that one. They followed, trying to make as little noise as possible. “Why are you here?” he asked, now looking stern. “Well, we were being attacked by a lumi;yetta and then, we woke up here” said Sharkfang. “Do you know the names of anyone who took care of you?” he asked, looking slightly less worried. “Well when i woke up, a few wolves were running away, they all had a black star marking on their hind leg.” Sparrowpaw said, matter-of-factly. “The one who helped me was named Thermal” Thunderwing added. “What! They are mad! Insane!” he looked really worried now. “We have to get you out of here, fast” “That shouldn't be too hard, right?” “The animus is lined with guards, no wolves except moonclan members!.......wait! I have an idea” he scourged around in a trunk for a bit then pulled out a necklace. It was beautiful, it had a black string with a aqua gem shard the same colour as Thunderwings eyes. “Take this” he handed it to Thunderwing. Yay! She thought happily. “Now wait here” Hyo pushed through them, then ran towards the center of this bustling city. They all turned to each other. A faint paw step could be heard in the distance. “Ack! What is that noise! What if they're coming after us!” Sharkfang panicked. “Sharkfang, why are you acting so, well, paranoid?” Northfang asked, proving a point. He had been acting weird, since he got the bracelet. A pack of bold moonclan members suddenly burst out of the entrance interrupting them.. “Run!” howled Dawnpaw. They all huddled close together. She closed her eyes tightly, hoping it was only a dream. They all thought they were doomed, until Hyo came through the wolves. “What are you wolves doing?” he demanded “Us, or those disgusting non-clanners” “You” “We are getting rid of these ugly beasts for you and your sister” “I don't have a- er, they are my servants, i can handle them, it's fine” he said, stuttering. They gave a glare at the group then turned and left. “What did they mean, sister?” she asked him. “Well, i had a sister named Crescent, but she exiled when she was a pup, the clan disliked her because she was, well, a black maned wolf cub, an illegal hybrid, we had the same mother, but different fathers” “Oh, that's sad” Thunderwing said, glancing down at herself. She had forgotten about her unusually long legs, and felt odd. “We should get you out of here, that's why i brought Draca, and her cart, i will explain on the way” He told them his plan then sat up in the cart, untangling the harness on the end. Draca attached her white, blue and green feathered pegasus into the untangled harness, then gave the wolves each wing binders and claw gloves, things a jailed wolf would wear so they couldn't scratch and claw, or fly. She gave them three maw-snares, of which Thunderwing and Dawnpaw refused to wear, which left Northfang, Sharkfang and Sparrowpaw using them. This was good, so the aggressive and smarty annoying ones wouldn't back talk or bite any of the Animus’ guards. They were pretending to be prisoners. “Kya!” Called Draca, her gleaming purple eyes and tipped wings disappearing beneath a black cloak. The cart flew straight up in the air. Sparrowpaw almost flew out, helpless, but Dawnpaw quickly gripped his wing with her jaw, glad she hadn't offered to put a maw-snare on. Sharkfang was huffing and puffing with anxiety, and if he wasn't wearing a maw-snare, he would be whimpering like there was no tomorrow. “Everyone, quiet, we’re almost there” Draca hushed. They all fastened their s nouts, Northfang, Sharkfang and Sparrowpaw had no choice too anyways, so husing everyone else was fairly easy. Gruff looking guards approached the cart. There were six or seven of them, all black, with purple, green or red feathers. One of them was holding a chain, which she traced back to a brown wolf with red wings and eyes, he was the one who saved them! She had the repay the favor. She slipped her jailings off and swooped off the cart. Everyone looked terrified. The guards however, didn't seem to care, why? Maybe they thought she was a MoonClanner. She approached the one holding the chain. He had dark green eyes. “I can take the, er, umm… prisoner?” she guessed. “Hmm… let me see- no” he huffed. “Is there anything i can trade you? I want to make him my.. Servant!” she exclaimed, feeling stupid for yelling at him. “Hmm, i could use a new sword, if you could get me one, i might make a deal” A sword, that was a little much, but her rescuers life was worth more, right? i hope you guys enjoyed this new story! if you like it, you can go to http://thelastmoon.weebly.com/ ~wolfie
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The wolves backed against the walls as lumi;yetta howl echoed throughout the cave.
“Guards, slowly exit, dont make any sudden movements, and put your metal claws away to make as little noise as possible” the Commander said This was a bad situation, lumi;yetta were one of the most violent beasts to exist. But what was one doing outside the IceClan territory? Let alone in a desert! Northfang nodded at Sharkfang, and a glint of bloody violence could be seen in their eyes, were they going to attack it? Thunderwing slipped into a crack in the wall, getting as far from the approaching beast as possible. A ball of fury exploded around them. It was lynx like, and had gray oval markings. It was a big as two wolves. The beast slashed her chest, and sent Thunderwing hurtling to the shadowy wall, but instead of falling to the stone barrier, she saw she had fallen through the wall was was falling. She blinked and focused on her new surroundings. It was a city, full of wolves just like her. There were cave of all sizes, families of wolves were playing outside in grassy meadows. There were many wooden stands, all surrounding a fountain. There was a lake in the distance, which lead into a river, then a waterfall. It was bedazzling. Why had she never been here before? Why had she just now found this place? It was right when she lost consciousness that she realized she had never used her wings to catch herself. *** Thunderwings eyes fluttered open, revealing a bright, torch-lit cave. “She's up!” “Huh? Oh! Cresent!” A dark gray wolf rushed over to her. Who was Cresent? She saw her chest was scars and dried blood now, and it looked like the beast had slashed her years ago. “Sweetie, you've been out for around a sun cycle” One sun cycle! How in the name of Canis had she healed that fast! Her friends! “I!” her chest hurt “i.. We have to help my friends” friends, it felt weird calling her allies friends “No, sit down, Eclipse, Luna and Mars took care of that, they are all safe in other medicine huts, and the beast… well it's where is should be” “Dead?” “The mountains” “So it's not dead” each word hurt her chest worse than the last. “No, and in fact, when Orbit went to look in the caves, after they went and helped your friends, she found 6 kits, and we took half of them back, and kept 3 of them to raise ourselves, then maybe lupei can be at peace with the Lumi;yatta” “Lumi;yetta, not lumi’;yatta” “Oh, in MoonClan we call them lumi;yatta” “Wait… MOONCLAN!” MoonClan was rumored to have disappeared, one moon cycle before the great war started. So how were they here? “Well, we have the power to disappear into shadows, and we can see in the dark, oh! And my name is Thermal, if you were wondering” Thermal, what an odd name. “Wait… thermal? Can i ask you something?” “Sure, dear” “Well… where am i?” The wolves backed against the walls as lumi;yetta howl echoed throughout the cave.
“Guards, slowly exit, dont make any sudden movements, and put your metal claws away to make as little noise as possible” the Commander said This was a bad situation, lumi;yetta were one of the most violent beasts to exist. But what was one doing outside the IceClan territory? Let alone in a desert! Northfang nodded at Sharkfang, and a glint of bloody violence could be seen in their eyes, were they going to attack it? Thunderwing slipped into a crack in the wall, getting as far from the approaching beast as possible. A ball of fury exploded around them. It was lynx like, and had gray oval markings. It was a big as two wolves. The beast slashed her chest, and sent Thunderwing hurtling to the shadowy wall, but instead of falling to the stone barrier, she saw she had fallen through the wall was was falling. She blinked and focused on her new surroundings. It was a city, full of wolves just like her. There were cave of all sizes, families of wolves were playing outside in grassy meadows. There were many wooden stands, all surrounding a fountain. There was a lake in the distance, which lead into a river, then a waterfall. It was bedazzling. Why had she never been here before? Why had she just now found this place? It was right when she lost consciousness that she realized she had never used her wings to catch herself. *** Thunderwings eyes fluttered open, revealing a bright, torch-lit cave. “She's up!” “Huh? Oh! Cresent!” A dark gray wolf rushed over to her. Who was Cresent? She saw her chest was scars and dried blood now, and it looked like the beast had slashed her years ago. “Sweetie, you've been out for around a sun cycle” One sun cycle! How in the name of Canis had she healed that fast! Her friends! “I!” her chest hurt “i.. We have to help my friends” friends, it felt weird calling her allies friends “No, sit down, Eclipse, Luna and Mars took care of that, they are all safe in other medicine huts, and the beast… well it's where is should be” “Dead?” “The mountains” “So it's not dead” each word hurt her chest worse than the last. “No, and in fact, when Orbit went to look in the caves, after they went and helped your friends, she found 6 kits, and we took half of them back, and kept 3 of them to raise ourselves, then maybe lupei can be at peace with the Lumi;yatta” “Lumi;yetta, not lumi’;yatta” “Oh, in MoonClan we call them lumi;yatta” “Wait… MOONCLAN!” MoonClan was rumored to have disappeared, one moon cycle before the great war started. So how were they here? “Well, we have the power to disappear into shadows, and we can see in the dark, oh! And my name is Thermal, if you were wondering” Thermal, what an odd name. “Wait… thermal? Can i ask you something?” “Sure, dear” “Well… where am i?” “You’re in the Darkness realm, a place only MoonClan members, like yourself can enter, unless one of us bring someone down here” That wasn't what she had expected for an answer. “Now get your rest, we set off tomorrow” What was tommorow? Thunderwing closed her eyes and rested her head on the moss bed under her. When she woke up, she felt amazing, as if she had never gotten hurt. “Crescent, come, we have to get packing” Thermal appeared in the doorway. Packing? She didn't have anything though. She got out of the moss cushion and stretched. “Come, we must hurry, there isn't much time left” She clawed her way over to Thermal and followed her down a long torchlit hall. The stone walls were glistening with oil, a way to protect anything in the other end, if someone tried to break in, they could light the walls with fire, then no one could enter or exit. A grim room slowly came into view. Inside, there were lupis relics, perseus’ fire shield, Seawing’s staff, Alpha Cobra’s sword, Falconwings bow and arrow, and the most legendary hero, Amberfang’s metal claws! “Where did you get these?” questioned Thunderwing, shocked “Dear, none of those wolves were from other Clans, they were all from MoonClan” Thunderwing stumbled backwards with disbelief. How was this possible. She couldn't believe it! “Now, we must choose a weapon for you, you’re going on the same journey- the one they all failed on” This was confusing. “Do you have anything in mind?” What would she choose? While she was daydreaming about what weapon to choose, Thermal handed her a satchel. “This is what you’ll need, and use this bracelet to shoot an arrow, pull it back like you would a bow, the release, a flaming blue arrow will slowly form, then shoot as if it was a real arrow. You have unlimited arrows, so, don't let this out of your sight” Thermal handed her a silver cuff with glowing blue markings. “May i try it?” she asked, “Go ahead” Thunderwing pulled back an invisible arrow, and as she did that, a blue arrow materialized, and shot as she let go. This was amazing! “Now Cresent” why was Termal calling her Crescent? “Your friends are waiting, go and start your journey” A map popped up from her bracelet, and a black dot told her where she was, this was a new feature! She scampered through the hallway, going towards the other dots, which she guessed were her friends, there was a white one, a ocean blue one, a brown one and a orange one. “I forgot to tell you! There are 6 buttons, each is a new feature!” Thermal called. Thunderwing kept running towards her friends. she saw they were in the market and raced through other crowds of lupei. Dawnpaw and all of her friends were just ahead of her. After shoving through a few more crowds of wolves, she finally approached her friends. They each had a satchel and a band like herself. “Thunderwing! Check this out!” Dawnpaw called. She held out her horizon coloured paw as if she was wielding a sword, and the gold and orange band was replaced with a sword in her paw. It was just like Thunderwings bow. She noticed each of the wolves had a band too. Sparrowpaw had a bronze and green band, Northfang had a thin quartz looking one with a purple design, and Sharkfang had a wooden one made from what smelled of driftwood and had red markings. “you all have one?” she asked, slightly disappointed. “Ya” they replied “So, a wolf named lunar came and told us that we leave thid morning” northfang said. “Oh, i forgot, we do leave this morning” “When is that exactly?” said Dawnpaw, confuzed. She did have a point. They didn't have a sun in this realm, they couldn't tell when morning was.. They all looked around, suddenly realizing how confusing this realm was. “Maybe i can try calling for someone, they all seem fairly nice here” suggested Thunderwing. Northfang and Sharkfang were admiring their new weapons, Northfang’s was a axe, and Sharkfang’s was a spear, with a shark tooth tip. “What if this hurts someone? Are you guys sure we should use these- why is that lupis looking at me like that!” everyone ignored Sharkfang. “I wouldn't do that, they probably aren't all that nice, maybe we should ask one of the ones selling something, preferably not one selling weapons though” sparrowpaw said smartly. phoenix threw her belongings into her satchel. the dragon was pacing back and fourth, mumbling things to himself.
finally her satchel was full. "where in the night kingdom?" Phoenix asked "the prision" "why the prison" "i'll let her explain that" she groaned, then clawed her way over the the window. outside the window was the Sandwing school. she had found this tower, and no one had ever come up it, it was rumoured that a sandstorm had closed the entrance a few years ago. She jumped out, hovering in the air. Leaping out behind her, the dragon groaned as he wobbled from side to side. This was going to be a long flight. (6-ish hours later) They had finally approached the nightwing kingdoms boarders. A hard rain had apparently been following them, and Phoenix's wings ached and hurt. "So.. where is the prision?" She questioned. "Over there" his tone had changed, something wasn't right. She soared to the ground, deciding it would be better to walk there instead of being the only thing in the sky and the only thing the nightwing could see. She rested her talon on the wall, taking a deep breath. How would she save Sahara? How would she even save herself? Ok so, I'm sorry I haven't updated in a while! I'm very sorry, but I will make a pt. 3 and maybe a pt. 4 “Now give me the amulet” she heard Jadepaw demand. Through the movement of the guards, similar to the wolves, she saw a figure. It had Crimson eyes and a dark brown pelt. Thunderwing couldn't quite tell who it was, only that they had offered to give her mother something in return for herself. “I will give you the necklace when you manage to get me all the outclaw lupei” “We never agreed on this” “Well, when you're alpha, you can decide who and what you give and take” That's when it hit her. The guards weren't from DesertClan, their coats were far too dark. They were skyclan guards, and the wolf who Jadepaw was working with, was alpha twister. The most feared and sinister lupis in all of Canis! “Guards, i've changed my mind, get her too” the guards turned to face Thunderwing’s betrayer. They tackled Jadepaw down, then Alpha twister changed her mind, “kill her” “No!” cried Jadepaw. “Bring the thief to my palace, we can decide her fate there, and once we leave, kill it” Thunderwing felt bad, and didn't realize she had started speaking, in fact it didn't feel like her own voice. “Let her live! Please!” “Oh look’ the little liar is speaking up for her mother” The guards clamped chains on thunderwings paws and binded her wings. They gripped her wing membranes and pulled at the chains. As they yanked her out of the cave, the Shriek of pain sliced through the air. Thunderwing winced as the smell of death filled the air she was breathing. The ledge under her disappeared and the wolves carried her over the canyon and the market place. Alpha twister flew in front of the lupei, barking strange SkyClan commands. “What are you going to do to me?” Snapped Thunderwing over the howl of the wind. “Hmm, keep talking and you won't live to know your fate” That one phrase made Thunderwing fasten her mouth closed, to avoid the same fate as her mother. Without warning, the guards dragged her back down the tunnel, and over the market. After half a sun cycle, an odd lifeless mountain came into view. There was a palace of stone atop this rugged hill, but instead of going inside, like alpha twister and a few guards, Thunderwing went down into a cavern with the other guards. Inside, there were 3 cages, each holding 2 lupis. One cage, the biggest one, held two WaterClan members, the older looking one was grey and had dark blue wing tips. It's frill was raised, which made him seem a lot bigger than usual. Curled in the corner, sleeping peacefully was a pale grey lupis. She had a sweet aqua color for her frill, webbing and wing tips. Before she could get a glance at the other cage, she was tossed into the cage like a rotting mouse carcass. In the cage, glaring down at her was a big IceClan wolf, her spikes were sticking straight up, claws extended. “Please don't kill me!” she cried, whimpering to the lupis. “That's how you scare a wolf, Dawnpaw” the beast snapped. A golden wolf peered through the cage across from hers. She had shimmering pink feathers and glistening eyes. Was that Dawnpaw? She turned around to get a better look at the once seemingly evil lupis. She recognized her, but from where? Jadepaw! She had been on the same raiding team as this prisoner! Her name was North something, fang maybe? “North…” she trailed off, hoping her friend would finish her sentence. “Fang, Northfang” she replied, Pleasing Thunderwing. “Wait… you’re Thunderwing, the outclaw, working with Jadepaw, right” “I wouldn't say working with her, more like working for her” the name Jadepaw stung her. “But, you’re Thunderwing, right?” “Yes” “Thunderwing!” Northfang wrapped her bone-chilling wings around her. “Do you remember Sparrowpaw and Dawnpaw?” Sparrowpaw, no, but she did remember Dawnpaw, she was the sweetest outclaw ever. She shared everything she had raided, which usually wasn't a lot. Thunderwing had loved when Dawnpaw went on raids with her, until she was caught. This was where her raiding team had disappeared to. “Yes, I remember Dawnpaw” Thunderwing said calmly, trying not to seem immature. “Great!” Thunderwing had never imagined a outclaw that devious to be this friendly, but maybe that's because she was on the same raiding team. “Supper!” called a guard from the end of the tunnel. He put a big juicy chunk of meat in the center of the round cavern, then walked away. It was just out of reach to all of them. The torchlight flickered and then blew out. Thunderwings eyes adjusted as the winds from outside grew loud and screeched for it's share of the meat. The WaterClan members howled, and a guard groaned. Thunderwing heard the treacherous shuffle of sharpened claws in the tunnel. He bumped into a wall, and Thunderwing let out a squeak of laughter. “When the wind dies” the wolf said, before he turned around. What did that mean? ‘When the wind dies’? Was something going to happen to the SkyClan? The wind howled until the smallest trace of moonlight entered the room. The wind slowly hushed. The menacing shadow of an armoured lupis cast along the floor, in view for everyone. What was happening. It quietly tiptoed down the hall, and if Thunderwing had fallen asleep, she wouldn't wake up, eve when his razor claws lightly tapped the ground. Something was gleaming in his eyes. He was the wolf from before. Who was he? What did he want? He turned to face her. She slowly stuck a key into the lock, and glared at her while the door opened. He was going to kill her. Northfang had fallen asleep, and Thunderwing couldn't fight a armoured wolf this size alone, even with her agility. Instead of attacking, he motioned for her to wake Northfang up and to leave. She lightly tapped Northfang, still watching the strange lupis. Northfang groaned and peered up at her and the wolf. She instantly got up, and exited. The wolf mumbled something to Northfang as she passed. This was strange. He did the same for every cage, but when her to to the WaterClanners cage, only the armoured wolf made it out, before the other guards started attacking. “RUN!” howled the wolf. The small WaterClan member whimpered and stuck her paw through the cage. The WaterClan members nuzzled and then flew away, over the guards heads. The other lupei followed, and so did Thunderwing. The sudden blast of wind and rain sent Thunderwing tumbling across the sky, and into the valley below. Leave under her crinkled as she thudded against the hard, cold ground. Everything was blurred and silent. She laid there helpless as guards swooped down to her. Sound slowly filled her ears. “Thunder!” she heard Northfang howl. Northfang and the waterclan member changed direction and gripped her by the wings, before the guards could get her. The forest under her was blurry and a mess. She tried focusing on the wolves ahead of her. *** They had been flying for 1 sun cycle until the DesertClan camp came into view. A few sun movements before, they had just approached the desert of the lost. Dawnpaw gave a short, high yip, one only a Desertclan member could produce. Tan, white and dark coloured head popped out from the red and pale brown tipis the western desert clanners lived. A large brown wolf came out from the biggest tent. He was wearing a black and red headdress, and had black markings along his legs and chest. “Dawnpaw, this way” he said as they landed. Dawnpaw walked forward and the Lupis approached her. “Commander Addax” she acknowledged. The leader of the western DesertClan was the commander, and the eastern part was ruled by Alpha Viper, along with her daughters, Zebrawing and Oasispelt. Light tan wolves wearing head feathers ushered them to guest tipis. “There, Northfang and Sharkfang, the waterClan member set her down one of the four leaf hammocks. As Sparrowpaw, Northfang, and Sharkfang climbed in their hammocks, settling in, Thunderwing slowly closed her eyes, resting after the long dreadful day. *** “Thunderwing, Thunder, wake up, there's a huge Sandstorm coming” she heard someone say to her, nervously. She immediately got up and jumped down to the camel skin rug. There was a new clay jar and a leather bag that smelt like meat. Northfang and Sharkfang were discussing survival plans, and Sparrowpaw was studying an old yellowed scroll that had been on the tiny wooden table in the center of the tipi. Dawnpaw was napping in the tipi beside Thunderwing. “Great, you’re up” Northfang turned to face her. “There's a sandstorm outside, no one can leave their tipis or go anywhere until it over, there is water in the jar, and food in the leather sack” Sharkfang said. Thunderwing padded over to the sack, untying the string and taking a piece of meat. Shadows blacked out the small sliver of light that the sandstorm allowed inside the tent. SkyClan. “Get the meat, a canteen, and a satchel each” Demanded Northfang, taking charge, “we will use the sandstorm as cover” After the lupei had loaded up, they snuck through the flap, creeping along the windy desert ground. Thunderwing crouched, her belly fur touching the sand. Yelps filled the air as tents ripped with slashes from long metal claws. “Do we have them all?” a grim, scratchy voice said in the distance “Tell me Addax! Do we have them all!” the voice screamed “Yes” Addax sighed Addax didn't betray us? Why? Most wolves cared only about their safety, and theirs only. “Fine, if you're lying, i'll use Alpha Twisters weapon” hissed the wolf, was that Commander Hawk? “Faster” worried Northfang. Thunderwing sped up, into a quick jog. How did the SkyClan find them? The sandstorm slowly faded, and the wolves were still in view to the SkyClan. “There!” a dark brown lupis howled, as it lunged at them. They all spread their wings, trampling over the dunes. Soaring into the sky, another dramatic sandstorm approached. There was no way anyone could fly in such a terrible storm. How could they escape and fly through the storm? The tunnels! That's how they always escaped when they were on raids! “The tunnels!” exclaimed Thunderwing “Of course!” Dawnpaw yipped! “They are behind the Lybria oasis waterfall” “Then we have to dive down, RIGHT NOW!!” howled Sparrowpaw The wolves all suddenly dived and cut straight forward, zooming into the waterfall. The cave was pitch black and was carved from dark red stone. Her eyes adjusted to the darkness. “Wait, there's one problem” Sparrowpaw interjected “how do we escape them! SkyClan is the fastest clan! We can't outrun them” “But we can hide from them!” if there's one thing Thunderwings learned, it's that SkyClan has absolutely no night vision, which means hiding in theses dark tunnels would be easy. “Everyone! Find the first crack that you can find, hide in it, and wait out the SkyClan. We will hide in squadrons, How many of you have night vision” ordered Northfang “I do” Sharkfang answered, should she tell them? She was from the same raid team, they had grown up together, after all, “i do too” she spoke up. “I have a slight vision, i can go alone” Sparrowpaw said, trying to seem brave. “Great, Sparrowpaw, go alone, I’ll, go with Sharkfang, and Dawnpaw, go with Thunderwing” Northfang had already left with Sharkfang. Sparrowpaw was gone, and out of view, probably already hiding. “Dawnpaw, come, we have to hurry” Thunderwing raced through the tunnel, searching for a place to hide. A small crack came into sight, and thunderwing rushed forward, crawling into the small space. Dawnpaw was close behind her. She peered up, and saw there was an entire cave! Big enough to hold all the wolves. “Dawnpaw, stay in the cave, i am gonna get Northfang, Sparrowpaw and Sharkfang” Dawnpaw nodded as Thunderwing raced out the cave. “Northfang, Sparrowpaw, Sharkfang” she whispered, just loud enough so they could hear her. “Thunderwing?” Northfang stuck her head out from a crack a distance away from Thunderwing. “Northfang, you and Sharkfang go hide with Dawnpaw, follow her scent, i'll go find Sparrowpaw” “Ok” The wolves snuck out of their hiding place, keeping as quiet as possible. Northfang touched her nose to the ground as Thunderwing sped across the hall. She couldn't smell sparrowpaw, he had used his herbs to clear his scent, but she could hear his panting. “Sparrowpaw. Come!” she called, the sound of the waterfall covering her voice. Sparrowpaw trotted out of his tunnel, bracing himself. “Sparrowpaw, we have to go- follow me to Dawnpaw” Thunderwing warned. He nodded and followed Thunderwing to the cave. “Cover our tracks behind us” she ordered. Sparrowpaw reached into his satchel and took out a bottle of what looked like orange sand, leaves and spices. He removed the cork and the smell was overwhelming, something a lupis would never walk into. It was too strong. The two crawled into the tunnel, and spread out in the cave. “You.. can put that away” Northfang said, backing away as far as she could. “Ok, but don't go any further, we don't know what lives down there, for all we know, this could be a dragon or Cham Wolf cave” Sparrowpaw lectured. Northfang stopped backing up as the smell ceased, though it was still strong in the air. They all stopped breathing for a second as the clinking of metal claws exploded into the dusty cave air. “Commander, no one is here, besides that… bleh… horrible smell” a dry, crackling voice said, a guard. “Keep searching, i know they’re here, i used to work with them… until-” the Commander stopped. “Do you smell that?” the clanking of metal claws stopped. “Lumi;yetta” “What?” “Lumi-yetta!” “I'm still confused” “Ugh, Hawkwing, explain lumi;yetta to this idiot” “Yes sir” “Lumi;yetta is a wild cat thing that lives in the mountains. They eat many weaker creatures, like aquallia-fenaca, or pegasi. Also, they are covered with long oval markings and more in their face. They have long skinny tails with a fluff ball on the end. They are fluffy too” “Ohhh, so like, those snow cat things?” The commander roared with anger, “YES!!” A deep, low growl suddenly split the air. “Shhh, I hear something” the commander said, worry in his anguished tone. ok, so this is chapter 2! hope you like it! and be sure to comment your characters for a chance to have them in the books!! ~wolfie The shadow soared over the sandy canyon. Hollow canyon echoes filled the crisp nighttime air. Deviously, the black lupis dove down into the canyon, a cloud of blinding sand rising around her. She dodged other lupei at a rapid speed, stealing all she could see. Lupei shouted at her, rage from within erupted inside her, but she knew better than to yell back. It would take the guards directly after her. A few tan coloured wolves started chasing her, but they weren't nearly as skilled. Finally, she was in the escape cave. Jadepaw, the wolf who had found her in the wild had dug these holes in every territory, so her children could escape if the guards chased them. Thunderwing landed and trudged down the dark tunnel. Her eyes illuminated her surroundings. She was a WaterClan member and was able to see in the dark, though she couldn't breathe underwater. Jadepaw had told her that she was an unwanted hybrid, and that she had adopted her, and rescued her from the Great Lightpaw rivers clutches. Thunderwing heard a shuffle from down the hall. She pulled her paw back and swiveled her ears around to hear any more noise. She swished her tail back and forth for a moment, then kept walking. The faint firelight of the red cavern was slowly coming into view. And that's when she saw it, she gasped with horror. DesertClan guards filled the cave. They had found their theif. The rushed at her, helmets clanking with back armour. For a slight second, she saw Jadepaw, a devilish grin on her once welcoming face. The rough guards pinned her down and surrounded her. this is a story i'm writing and might get published! no copying please! this also goes along with tidepaws story! ~wolfie Jebora hated school. It was the middle of the year and no one cared wether she wanted to play around like a normal dragonet. Sahara, her best friend poked her on the shoulder. Jebora sat up and paid attention to Camel, the boring history teacher. She had been day dreaming again. "Can anyone explain how Dune founded 'Dunes school for gifted desiwings?" Camel asked in his usual boring tone. The second the end of the day bird cawed, Jebora grabbed her satchel, dumped her ink wells, charcoal lump, scrolls and worksheets inside of it and sprinted out the cave entrance. The sun radiated off the sand and momentarily blinded her. Other Desiwings filled the bordered courtyard. Sahara once again poked her shoulder from behind. "Tonight is Commander Venoms birthday, you gonna come to the feast? Cobra said that there would be fried scorpion" Sahara explained. Cobra was Commander Venoms son, and their best friend. His scarred face suddenly burst into their conversation. "Cobra!" Squeaked Sahara. "Guys! Come!" He said "Why?" Jebora asked, confused. "There is a little bit of snake left from the full moon festival! And we can eat it in the cafeteria!" Announced Cobra. The three of them hurried off to the cafeteria. Trampling over smaller dragons. "Watch it!" Some of the younger dragonets squeaked, while others roared or shoved back. "What is the real reason you want to come here?" Asked Sahara, wanting information. She was right, snake was a normal food in this school, so why was Cobra so excited? "Well, in history class, Camel said that....... my family is part of an acient Cham blood line, and guess what? I found out I have some Cham!!" Boomed Cobra. Jebora didn't think Cobra having Cham was very good, though he had many friends (just Sahara and her) he had too many enemies. Like Quicksand and Viper. "This can't end well" complained Sahara. "It will be fine!" Cobra came back. Jebora preferred to stay out of these particular conversations, they can get pretty heated. As the two hissed and roared at each other, Jebora slid away to find her other, less happy friend, Viper. As she approached Viper, a scowl spread across the once welcoming dragons face. "Why won't you just take that sand filled face of yours and leave me alone!?" She hissed. Geez. Hi guys! So o hope you like it! Part two is coming soon!! ~Wolfie disclaimer- this is not a short story, but a draft of a full blown story, so enjoy!!!! Wolves of dawn: city of ashes
The forest was full of deer, it was summer almost fall. A pale white wolf launched towards a large sick deer. The deer scrambled to its feet, jumbling its noises together in a terrorized moan. The wolf sprinted towards the deer, sinking its teeth into its leg. It let out a shattering Yelp then bucked the wolf in the face as it jolted into the forest. The wolf cursed under his breath, as a red-tan wolf came out of the bushes. "You can't get behind it, kilan" he said. Kilan grumbled then rubbed his face. "You need to learn to hunt a deer" he snapped, "Ok, I get it, gramps" he mumbled, "I am only three years older than you, and five years worth more mature, Mr. Grumbles!" The wolf barked "and my name is Jackin to you!". 'Whatever' kilan thought with a quiet growl. Kilan saw Jakin trudging away and followed like a mouse and cheese. "You must learn to hunt proprley, or you have a great chance of being omega, and we don't want that do we?" He said, quickening into a jog. "Nope" Kilan replied. He ran ahead to meet up with Artemis, his best friend. She trotted up to him, swaying her fluffy tail behind her. "Oh, come on, did you fail again today?!" She groaned. He slowly noded. "You're gonna be beta, and soon, the older pack members will become elders, which means that we will soon become warriors, well I, will become a warrior, you on the other paw...." she continued. He glanced around trying to avoid her lecture of why he will become omega. The dull cave was overhanging the meeting zone, gray green moss swaying back and fourth. A little stream squirted out the side and into the river that ran along the camps boarder. The lush trees danced in the wind while smaller ones bent over like giants were stepping on them. The alpha slowly droned along to the edge of the overhanging cliff. Kilan turned his head towards the alpha and trotted towards the gathering spot to listen. "Everyone" the alpha howled "it is time for the warriors to become elders, and trained pups, to become the next generation of the beta pack warriors" he finished." Which means it's time for a naming ceremony, all yearlings, come forward and receive your full names" Chapter 1 The rain pattred on the stone roof. Athena's cave was small sized. The front entrance was covered in a tangled layer of vines, green light usually shone through, but now fog flowed through. A pale wolf head suddenly popped through the tangle of vines. "Athena, it's time for training, Posideon and Luna are waiting" Athena nodded her head and pawed her way through the the vines. As she stepped onto the soft grass she could feel the hard drops of rain sink through her pelt. Her trainer, kilan, told her to quicken up. She hurried into a trot then to a run. She saw Posideon and Luna in a damp clearing. As she and kilan approached they rose from their seats. "Ok, our first skill today will be battle moves" he growled " after we will have a battle to show alpha our moves". "Wait, kilan, will all of us become warriors?" Posideon squeaked nervously. " well, yes, since you three are the best warriors in out pack" replied kilan. "Wait, what about jackil, she's better than all of us" mumbled Luna. " yes Luna, but jackil is a year older then all of you, which means she was one of the warriors who went to rescue beta" finished kilan. "Now back to training" as he finished speaking her lunged at them, each scrambling away in different directions. Athena yelped as his paw hit her tail. Athena twitched her ears, commanding all of them to attack at the same time, but in different directions. Athena let out a bark the echoed through the buzzing woods. All the pups launched themselves at kilan's pelt. Posideon hit him so hard that kilan stumbled and fell over. Kilan let out a yip of amazement. He then snorted, telling them to get off and sit. "Did we do well?" Asked Luna. "Yes, but you must be able to do all that before I pounce, I thought any panic, but for the first time, you guys did, well, the best I've ever seen" kilan said calmly. "So, does that mean lessons are over?" Asked Luna. "Ya, I am starving, I missed breakfast" complained Athena. 'a rabbit or mouse would be nice, but the hunting team isint back yet, why can't they just hurry up already' Athena thought. "Fine, but after supper, you must each see me, ok?" He said. "Ok" they all replied. Athena trudged away, hoping to learn more. "So, what rank do you think I might get!" Yiped posideon trotting up beside her. "I think you might become a hunter or warrior" she said sarcastly. "Um, duh" said Posideon. Athena smirked then ran towards the pond of water by the overhanging. "Come on guys!" She called. She saw Posideon sprint past her and fly into the pond drenching her completely. She snorted then bared her glittering teeth. Posideon's dripping wet head slowly lifted from the glistening water. "Luna, Athena, come on, I think I see a rabbit!" Called posideon. Luna's head shot up from the sand at the word rabbit. She sprinted through the pond and stopped where posideon was. "Where is it!" She howled quickly. Athena walked through the warm pond keeping a sharp eye out for any sudden movement. A tiny movement started rattling the bushes. She saw a flick of red in the opening of the bushes."Posideon, that's a fox, squirrel brain" said Athena, trying not to laugh. Suddenly alpha's sharp howl sliced through the air. Everyone's head shot towards the ear splitting noise. Athena slowly trotted towards the alphas perch, keeping her head faced in his direction. Posideon rushed past her along with Luna. As she arrived into the crowding pack as alpha hspoke. "Scouts, I have a mission for you, there is a western pack, they are slowly approaching our boarders, and if they come any closer this could be a threat, which means that we must prepair in case, and katin, you will choose your best warriors. Everyone, meeting dismissed" alpha finished. 'Hmm, another pack nearing our border, seems odd, considering we have been the only pack in this forest for years, no way they could of outgrown their territory' thought Athena suspiciously. "When do you think patrol will leave?" Asked posideon. "Probably at midnight tonight, gives them half a sun cycle to prepair" replied Luna. "Posideon" called Katin, kilans sister, she was a red-brown colour with emerald green eyes. She was the lead warrior, and helped kilan, the lead hunter, sometimes. Katin stepped towards Posideon. "Posideon" she asked, "I would like you to, well, help us on spying on the boardering pack" she asked "would you come with us?" Katin asked."do it, this will improve your chances of becoming a lead hunter or warrior" whispered Athena. "Ya, do it, It will help" commented Luna. Posideon stepped forward "I accept your offer, Katin" he woofed. Katlin smirked "you don't have to be all, like, well, very fancy, you could just say yes" "I do agree with Katlin, Posideon" remarked Athena. Posideon snorted with disbelief. "Oh I'm sorry for being respectful!" He snapped tossing his head back and walking into his cave. It was a Gary shadowy cave, full of cob webs, he hated them but his den had a little tickle of water that always ran into a little pool of water, where he swam to relax. Katin growled in her throat the went back to training her troops on the grassy clearing in the vast, forbidding forest. "So what do we do now?" Asked Luna thoughtfully. "I don't know, mabey play chase with the other season cycle old pups?" Athena replied. Luna noded , "I will go ask around if anyone wants to play" Luna yipped while bouncing up and down on the gray stone rock. "Ok"Athena replied as Luna ran off glancing at every movement on her way. Athena yawned then padded off to her cave. The sort grass was like a carpet under her paws and the smell of fresh kill hung in the air like clothes to dry. Wolf pups yipped happily while others grunted and snarled as they trained for battle or to hunt. As her cave finally arrived in front of her she lowered her head to enter, but to her surprise, there was a dark brown wolf, there were only two of them in her pack, one of them was a pup, the other was its father, who was on the scout mission right now. "Who exactly are you?" She questioned nervously. The wolf grunted then swished its tail. He suddenly jerked around and bared his teeth. He howled for her pack but the wolf interupted her with a high pitched noise, but the other wolves didn't seem to hear it. "I said, who are you!?" She snarled "I'm, well, let's just say a, well, unusual wolf" he croaked in a shaky, dry voice. She walked up to him cautiously, ready to dodge any attack. As she pawed him and he turned to dust sthen took to the wind.Suddenly Sprocket, a hunter who favoured making gadgets out of whatever she could find, approached Athena from the back of the cave. "Did you see the brown wolf?" Sprocket asked. "Yes , you saw it too!" she barked, "I found it in the forest, near the forest border, along with some ashes and water in some sort of clear substance" sprocket yapped. "You found it" Athena said relaxing. "Yes" relied sprocket. "But what is it?" Questioned Athena. "I don't really know, but it came from this" said sprocket, reviling a tiny metal and red glass box. Athena stuck her head out and touched her nose to the box, taking a series of tiny sniffs. "Mabey it belonged to one of those destroyers, it may be one of their weapons" figured Athena. Sprocket growled at the weapon then took it into the thick jungle. "Bye!" Called Sprocket happily. Athena clenched her jaws then walked towards the betas training course for the backup alphas and betas. She barked "betas, please come!". Betas woofed to the four wolves and gritted over. "What" maytes asked. "Me and sprocket think that the destroyers are advancing, faster than normal now too, she found a metal box with a fake wolf inside" warned Athena. "Ok, I will send the rest of the warriors who are not going with katin, and I will send a message to dakota to lend us. A scout form her scout team" said beta. Suddenly Luna bounded through the training class, interrupting everything carelessly. All the wolves snarled at her as she put her tail between her legs. As she came closer she saw a worried look appear on Luna's face. "What's- all the pups!" Interrupted Luna. "What?" Replied Athena. "All the pups, their all sick!" Panted Luna quickly. "WHAT!?!" Screamed Athena. 'Ok, we need umm, water, giant leafs and ummm, shade.' She thought quickly. "Do you know what to get Luna?" She asked. She nodded her head in reply then ran off. Posideon ran up to her with the same worried look Luna had. "Did you here?" He asked. "Yes, now go tell alpha and beta" she barked "got it" he said running off. She ran to the thick weaved pine forest on one side of their camp. A tall pine tree became tiny as Athena scraped thick pieces of bark off to use as holders for the water. She found a big leaf and put the bark on it. She gripped the stem of the leaf with her jaws and dragged it down the patchy path towards camp. She noticed a line of wolves waiting to take the bark to the river in the camp and bring it to the sick pups. They all ran up to her and grabbed one each. Their furry bodies in knots with a giant mess of bark. Once they had all left she saw there was only a single piece of bark left. She picked it us as a group of wolves ran past her all yelling something about Mexican dogs or wolves or something. The river water rushed past her as she dipped the bark in, filling it up to the top. 'What's gonna happen to the pups, it's their first season, and for some their first moon cycle.' She thought worriedly. She sighed then tried to think happy thoughts, but every thought just ended up being bad. She carried the water to a tiny runt named discordia, she had a black pelt, with one green eye and one blue eye. She was only two season cycles old. She looked weak, but she was the strongest of her litter, and so far was a survivor from the sickness. She whimpered for water as Athena approached. "Drink up discordia" said Athena trying to cheer her up. "Athena, I'm scarred, can you sing to me?" The pup asked. "Ok" replied Athena. "Hmm, hmm, sleep little pup, it's time to be strong, you can heal fast for tomorrow, if you are not better, sleep your days away, here in the cave of shadows. It's time to heal up now, it's time to go play, here in the cave of sunlight. Sleep little pup, it's time to heal now, so you may see tommorow" sang Athena. Once Athena was done, discordia flopped lazily on they floor, snoozing peacefully. she slowly rose from the floor trying not to wake discordia. As She trotted out she remembered her mother singing that song to her, it felt like she hadn't heard the song in decades. She peeked her head out of the cave entrance and saw all the pups sleeping on the ground, in cozy leaf blankets, a wolf hovering over each one of them. The Stars hung low tonight, for Athena didn't know what illness this was, or if it was deadly at all. Suddenly she heard a series of unfamiliar howls and foot steps. The bordering wolf pack was coming closer. She howled for her pack to run as fast as they could, but it was too late, the had grabbed beta and were dragging him back to camp, and along with beta missing, the patrol had ran away, and all the warriors and hunters had deep bite marks all over them. Without beta, their pack would die out, and they patrol dogs had all ran away, thinking everyone was gone, the warriors and hunters were helpless, and along with all of this mess, a pack of African wild dogs had recently escaped the zoo, they knew this cause their scout team had seen it happen while patrolling. So Athena gathered up all the wolves, along with her friends and started cleaning and bandaging their wounds, wrapping them in thick leaves. Some of the whimpered when she glazed their wounds in aloe, it was said to help cuts, or was it something else. They all slowly seemed to get better by the day, but half of them might never walk again. Chapter 2 It had been a week since that attack and the patrol was slowly returning, each with their own news. Until they stopped coming back. Three quarters of their scouts were still out there. "What do we do?" She asked cenuny, their medicine dog. "I don't know, but whatever we do, we must do it now, or else they might all die off if their in the wild without a full pack, but Athena, you need to start a new pack, it's not ever safe here any more" Athena nodded then hugged cenuny and ran to her den. She took her leaf side bag and put a rabbit and a mouse inside. Then trotted outside. As the thick pine forest approached Athena clenched her jaws, afraid of leaving her pack. Athena was in the middle of nowhere. Everything seemed cruel. She was skittish from all the terror that was bubbling inside. Suddenly she caught the faint smell of a freshly killed rabbit. Her icy blue eyes lit up like the night sky as she ran, ran like she was running to the moon. Finnaly she stopped, her paw pad still, terror slowly crawling up her spine. It was a lone wolf. Lone wolves were feared by all pack wolves, they never meant anything good. They had all betrayed or left their packs unless their pack died out. Their survival skills were amazing, but bad for others. This wolf had a scar running down its front right leg. It had one white sock. One of his eyes were an orange, while the other was a discoloured yellow. He grunted when he walked by. She saw him walk into a hole in the ground and Athena secretly followed, trying to stay hidden. His ear twitched as he dropped the rabbit onto the floor. "Wolf" he murmured as he made eye contact with Athena. she yelped as he did so and started quickly backing up. He lunged at her then started yelling. "Why are you here!?" He howled "I-I just wanted a pack!" She blurted "well in that case" he said backing off "I have been wanting a pack for a little bit now" he said. "Oh, my name is blurry, people call me that cause well I don't know my name, and neither do they" he continued. He tense muscles slowly relaxed as he sat down quietly and began telling her about his past life. "And that's it" he finished. "Well that's nice" she said he wasn't really a loner, he just got lost while hunting with his pack. "Wait, what was your pack called? And did you have a past name?" She asked. "I think so, my name was a-a do something, i honestly forget and my pack was something like the alps pack" he said confusingly. "Alpha pack by any chance" she asked " and was your name adornkig?" She added "THAT IT!! ARE YOU FROM THAT PACK!?!?" He howled happily. "Yes but" she said, crying on the inside. "But what?" He asked worriedly. "We, well, we're attacked by a new rival pack, scout all ran away and the warriors and hunter are all wounded, not badly though" she said. "Oh " he replied calmly looking down at his paws. She thought that she just depressed him greatly. "It's ok" she said nudging him with her paw. "But I never got to say goodbye to my pack" he said whining. "Just relax, my friends, my family, everything I know is gone to, but we need to move on" she said, tugging at his leg. After the talk, he finnaly agreed. So they set out, hoping to find lone wolves. "Oh, we should call it the beta pack" said Athena happily. "Well, I mean it does sound nice, like named after the alpha pack" he replied. "Exalty!" She woofed. As she saw him scanning the horizon, she noticed a grim expression come across his face. "Stay" he rasped. "Why, what is it?" She questioned. "Something, I don't know a wolf or bear, something big like that" he barked. "Well if it's a wolf, then we need to ask them to join our pack!" She growled.suddenly a dark grey wolf jumped down from a tall pine. There was a scar sunning across his left paw, his eyes were a dark shade of blue and had hints of green in them. A forbidding scowl appeared on his face. "What do you want!" She barked, jumping in front of 'blurry'. "Just a little squad of followers to worship my every move, not really much is is?" Hissed the strange wolf " cut it out scar!" A strange and new wolf shouted from behind them. "Oh really, you and what army, fox?" The wolf growled. "This army!" She said as a group of wolves jumped from out of the canopy. "Back off now, scar, leave these travellers alone!" The new wolf barked again. "Fine, but don't be so sure next time" hissed the wolf one final time before running into the woods. "Hi, I'm silver, and this is my group" the wolf said happily. "Silver?" Mumbled blurry. "Would you like to join our pack, silver?" Asked Athena, mabey a bit too soon. "Although I would love to, I don't really know you, for all I know you could be one of scars men" said Silver. "Trust me, we are not" yelped Athena. "Well, I guess we could give it a shot" blurted Silver. "This is violet, that's rio, over there is macaw, and there is also vulture, canopy, moose and diamond" she said pointing to every wolf with her snout. Ab That night the moon was so small you had to squint to see it. Silver and her gang had dug a secret hole and piled up on there, meanwhile, Athena had to sleep on half frozen grass, that was also wet to the touch. "Do you think Silver likes me" Athena asked blurry. "Does she seem to like anyone?" He replied, "besides her team, I guess not" "Well there's your awnser" "But i don't get it, if she didn't like us, then why did she say she might join our pack?" "I don't know, some wolves are weird like that" "But what if she does trust us, even the tiniest bit?" "Go to sleep" concluded Blurry, burying his face in a pile of moss and weeds. Athena sighed then rested her head. She dozed off, wondering what Lilian would do on this situiation or what posideon might say. The past is the past, this is the future, Athena would remind herself each time she felt like crying over her packs loss. The tall grass was waving in the field. It tickled Athena's underbelly as she wisped by. A low howl sounded from the grim looking forest. "Athena, come my darling" is whispered. Athena stepped forward, unaware of the Wolves stalking her from behind. Suddenly, the wolves lunged. Everything slowly went black......... Athenas eyes shot open, her underbelly low, tail between her legs. Silver rushed to her side. "What is it?!" Silver barked as macaw, rio, diamond and the other wolves swiftly surrounded her. "Wolves attacked me" stumbled Athena. "Sweetheart, there are no wolves in the area" "In my dream, and they all looked like your warriors..." Chapter 3 She saw a warrior slowly creep away, as if a fog was slowly pushing him away. "Vulture!" Snapped Silver, baring her fangs in the direction of the wolf. "Silver, dear, you never should of trusted me" smirked vulture. Suddenly a wolf, similar looking to Scar lunged at Silver. He pined her down and sank his blood stained teeth into her pelt. "Macaw! Rio! Moose! Diamond! Please! Help!" Howled silver, but unfortunately, all the other wolves were pinned down, and moose and Macaw were limp like leaves, pools of blood around their bodies. Athena tried to run towards Silver to help her, but a big wolf had thrown himself at her. "Help!" She studdered. "It's too late little wolf, join scars army, or you and your friends will die" barked the wolf. Athena heard the wolf attacking Silver ask her the same question. "I'd rather die!" Silver snapped at the wolf. "Fine, but your choice will give you a punishment worse than death, Alpha wants you, and Blurry alive" the wolf threw thick chains around Silvers neck, and they did the same with Blurry. Before he left, he ordered the guards one last thing, "kill the rest" "No!" Screamed Silver as they slashed Diamond, giving her a mortal wound. "Please! At least let the pup live!" Called Silver, tears streaming from her eyes. "You heard her, keep the pup alive, she can be used later" What? Use me later, to get Silver to talk? No! As the guard let her go, she bolted off into the woods. "No! Don't run!" She heard Silver howl. "Go find Alpha, tell him the prize escaped" Athena scrambled across the forest floor, fearing everything. Every owl screech, every bird caw frightened her. Suddenly an owl sat down n front of her, spreading its wings, "the beta pack needs you" it said in a shaky voice. "The beta pack doesn't exist, I just came up with that stupid name!" Snapped Athena, "but what is there already is a beta pack?" Hooted the owl. Athena shook her head as if she was imagining the owl, and when she opened her eyes, the owl was gone. How odd. Suddenly she heard the sound of metal horses, or speed boxes. She peered out and saw multiple speed boxes and a female furless in a long red dress. She looked closer at the speed boxes, they were racing! Once they were out of sight, she sprinted across the stone pathway. The city of the furless was a place where the strike pack would never find her, especially Scar. She was able to watch their battle tactics and saw their size while they were battling, she knew they were from the strike pack. Between the furless' stone dens, Athena tucked her tail between her legs. Dog barks and rumbles from speed boxes echoed through the alley. Maybe she could find a fox who wouldn't betray her? Or she could keep moving, and maybe she could find a new forest. No! She had to go back and save Blurry and Silver, or she would die trying. She wisped around, but suddenly something yanked at her tail. She swiftly turned her head to find a big gruff man, his chest was bulky, and thorns of fur stuck out from his chin. Brown hair stuck straight out from under the stained green cap. A snarl crawled across his face, revealing a crooked smile. Athena quivered, did her want her? He hooked a silver wire around her neck and dragged her across the stone pathway, and threw her into a rusty white van. As he locked her in a cage, other dogs in the cages yipped. It was over. Chapter 3 Athena allowed herself to be thrown into a slightly bigger cell than the one in the speed box. Eclipse was a Galaxiwing. she always had been. living on the moon, hiding in the shadows, and minding her own business.
Her friend Luna swooped onto the grey stone tower called her room. The moonlight outlined Luna's slim body and shone through her thin wings. "Queen Scorpio is sick!" Announced Luna, suddenly breaking away from the grace before. Sick? Wasn't queen Scorpio immune? Unless...... no, it couldn't be. "The suniwings sent us a slaughter scorpion, and told us it was a piece stone, when she opened it, it stung her, the entire tribe is in chaos!" Screamed Luna. Queen Scorpio was her mother, and was the only one who cared about her when her father and siblings died. "Is there any way to heal her? Your brother, Heatwave, should know, he's smart" suggested Luna. Honestly, heatwave was her cousin, but when Eclipses parents went to war with the suniwings, his family had taken her in. Heatwaves mother was a nurse and his father had broken his wing in battle, so he was useless until he could fly again. "Heatwave would just tell us where to go, so why not just go to the tropiwings, they know the cure to lots of venom injections and war wounds" "But can't we see heatwave? He's sooo cute?" Said Luna making googley eyes. "What!?" "Nothing! I said nothing!!" "We should start soon, the queen is getting worse by the second" worried Luna A few minutes later the two dragonets were standing on the stone cliff, the planet, nimbus, slowly coming into view. The galaxy looked so peaceful, almost if there was no war. As they dragonets set off, a dragon rushed at them with comet speed, and glared at them darkly... Hope u guys liked it!! This is a closed species, so NO copying!!! ~wolfie |
AuthorHello! i see you have stumbled across my short story blog! please feel free to read to your hearts content! ~Wolfie Editor Hello! I am the Editor of The Nerdy Wolf, and I will be fixing up all the mistakes, so everything you read is properly spelt! ~Liv
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