27 March 2012
A howl escaped her lips forming a beautiful song of a perfect melody. Her silver grey fur was shining in the moonlight, her gold eyes dancing with knowledge. She looked over at her small pack and barked "we are at the grizzlies peek, the sun will rise soon so close your eyes for the precious time you may..." Then she turned around and walked into the forest.
As she sat down next to the lake she felt a soft warm little body settle down next to hers. She looked down to find her smallest pup Storm looking at her. "What is it Storm?" she asked her small son. "The other pups are being mean to me, they tease me about my howl and my bark. They say it sounds like a weakling howl. Mama why do they do this?" said Storm his eyes full of worry and sadness. She knew she needed to tell Storm about his gift but the time did not seem right at all, so she just nuzzled him and said "Oh Storm, you will be a hero someday..." then she picked him up by the scruff and began to walk back towards her pack.
It was the middle of the afternoon and her pack was getting hungry, she was unfamiliar with this terrain so she honestly didn't know where to find a food source. "Rain, you Aspen and Feather can go and hunt east from here while Meadow, Rock and Ice go and hunt to the north valley." Then she turned around and headed towards her mate Snow. "Storm's been having a tough time?" he asked licking her ears. "Yea, sadly the time is not right to tell him about his gift, the prophecy." She said as she began to nervously scratch the rocks. "Dusk, we should tell him soon." Said Snow looking into her eyes, his green eyes where dead serious. She looked at him hard and barked angrily "I just finished saying the time is not right!" "Well I am saying the time is right Dusk! You can't protect them against their destiny! They need to embrace it! Meet me by the lake with Storm tonight at sundown." He said leaving Dusk angry, sad and worried...
"Mama wait! Your going to fast!" yelped Storm as he tripped over his own little pup legs. "Oh Storm stand tall and proud, be a proud wolf!" Dusk barked as she nudged his backend. Soon they arrived at the lake where Snow was waiting. "Come sit Storm..." he said as swishes his tail back and forth. Storm eagerly sat down beside his father as she sat down on Storm's other side. "Storm, you are not like other pups." She began "you are the pup of the prophecy..." Storm looked at her startled then yipped "what does that mean Mama?" he asked as his gold eyes shone with innocence. Snow hesitated then said as calmly as he could "It means you either kill the pack or let it survive..."
To be continued...
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