1"Go to sleep!" I snap.
"tell me a story!" cries Riverpaw.
I sigh and swish my silver and black tail.
Riverpaw fun runs up and looks at me wide awake.
"Fine." I sigh.
As the other pups gather around I start the epic tale.
2 Dark shapes moved through the moonless night.
The stars winked faintly as through wishing for their larger companion.
The growls of predators and the desperate cries of their prey could be heard from miles away.
The small red fox leading the way would jump at the smallest sound as though afraid of a danger that lurked in the shadow of the trees.
"Are we almost there?" Growled a deep voice.
"We wouldn't be lost if you hadn't taken a wrong turn." A smaller more feminine voice snapped.
Shadow was pulled out of her thoughts by the bickering voices of Lionheart and Snow.
Lionheart glared at Snow with hazel eyes.
"Would you to stop? We have discussed this." Shadow said calmly.
Snow sat down her white fur looking dark grey in the darkness of night.
"We should get more sleep or we won't be able to keep up this pace."
Lionheart slowly came to a stop just in front of Snow.
"She's right." Lionheart yawned.
The fox stopped with a jump and lay down a bit away from the three wolves.
"There's something about that fox that makes me nervous." Lionheart growled quietly as he laid his head on his massive paws.
"I agree." Shadow said in her cool manner as she watched the skies with sharp green eyes.
A falcon flew down from the sky and landed on Shadow's shoulder.
The black wolf flicked her ears in welcome and the Falcon clicked his beak back.
Snow sat up silently and flinched as she watched the bird.
Shadow looked at her quietly. Snow still didn't like the Silvertalon.
"Where have you been!?" growled Lionheart lowering his ears.
"Really want to know?" Silvertalon hissed through his beak.
Lionheart held the falcons gaze for a moment, then but his head back down on his paws with a shake.
Silvertalon bid the wolves good night and flew off to sleep in a near by tree.
Shadow and Snow watched the stars until the sound of Lionheart's snores echoed through the night.
"Shadow?" Snow said softly turning to look at her.
She nodded and slowly lowered herself to the ground.
"What really happened? All the packs have stories about you...but all of them tell of a brute who..."
Shadow closed her eyes tight, trying to block out the flashing images of her memory.
"You mean how did I get banished?"
Snow flinched at the sharpness in her voice.
Snow slowly slid down to lay next to Shadow.
The black wolfs eyes opened anger flashing and began the story.
They didn't notice as the small red fox crept closer to listen.