The sun came up, bathing the cave in an orange glow. A small set of
black and white ears perked up, and he lifted his head, parting his jaws
in a long yawn. He glanced over at his sleeping mother at the other side
of the cave. He always had insisted on sleeping away from everyone,
especially the other pups, they had always bullied him. He was quite
small, and he was the runt of the litter. Next to his brother Raiden, who
was much, much bigger than he was.
He glanced outside the cave, seeing the other pups playing outside. He
pushed himself to his paws, padding outside onto the grass. He tried to
go around the group of pups, just to get noticed. "Oh, hey guys, look!" A
brown pup said. "It's Okami!" They all turned their heads towards him,
and he froze to the spot, shaking slightly. They started laughing at him.
"Look how scared he is!" He shook himself, ignoring them as best he
could, he continued to the far side of the camp, past the Hunters Den.
He sat down, looking around the camp, an idle expression on my face.
He noticed his father come out of the Guard's den, glance around, and
pad over to the entrance, likely to go to the border. Across the border,
where the desert is, the Sandpack lives. A pack of fierce wolves who
will kill over protecting their territory. All the pups were always told to
stay away from the desert itself where snakes and scorpions live, apart
from the Sandpack.
Raiden came out of the nursery, padding over to the Alpha's den. He
was probably going to ask to become a guard, again. Raiden was
definitely big enough. Then again, Raiden was always violent, maybe
the alpha wont let him until he matures a bit. As he thought that, Raiden
padded out, a huge smile on his face. He watched as Raiden ran out of
camp, the alpha following him.
He glanced back at the other pups, who were watching him and
murmuring to each other. The brown one got up and padded up to him.
He glanced around, realizing there were no adults around, all off hunting
and at the border. "I noticed you were all alone here, Okami." His
attention snapped back to the brown pup. "I thought we could give you
a little company." The pup gave him an evil grin, as his friends came up.