Ninetales, the fox pokemon. Coated with the beautiful golden-white fur, this pokemon is sought out by many trainers. It is also sought out by the most horrible people as well who want their fur for profit. Deep within a forest in the Johto region, lives a large pack of Ninetales and Vulpix. The leader of this pack is a Shiny Ninetales called Goldfire. Instead of a male that usually leads a pack of whatever, this pack follows a female. The pack is getting ready for hibernation and is gathering any food that is in the area. Vulpix gather berries from the berry pushes nearby, so the parents can keep an eye on them. Ninetales do the hunting, but the really rely on berries if they wake up from hibernation early.
Goldfire was watching over her pack from a high rock. She saw her kids playing with some of the other Vulpix. She had two daughters and a son. The daughter's names are Summer and Fluffy. The son's name is named Blaze. Goldfire also has a mate names Inferno, who is currently hunting with the other male Ninetales.
Goldfire heard a commotion and looked to see the source of the noise. The Vulpix children were yipping because the males were back from hunting. Hunts usually brought back sentret, furret, and mareep. However they had something else with them this time, a tauros. It was so heavy, four Ninetales had to drag it back to the pack. Everybody was cheering for such a large catch. Goldfire went to see her husband while the other wives went to see theirs.
"Where did you find this thing?" Goldfire pointing towards the tauros.
"We saw a trainer abandon it, so we just waited till he left to get it."
The word "trainer" made all the ears in the pack stand up. The last time trainers were here; they had to abandon their last home. A ten-year-old boy found their home and told his friends about them. They lost five Ninetales and three Vulpix's that day. Families torn apart, children without parents, parents without children. The fact that a trainer was out this far in the woods scared the pack. Goldfire felt something wet hit her legs and looked down. It was Summer who was crying about the trainer out in the woods.
"Mommy, are they going to take us away." You can hear the sadness in her voice.
"No honey, mommy will make sure nothing happens to you guys. Now go play with your brother and sister."
"Okay mom." Summer went to play with Blaze and Fluffy.
The thing that the children don't know is that at their old home, one of the Vulpix's taken was their other brother, Shortails. They couldn't even open their eyes during the attack, so they never knew that they had another brother.
"Inferno, did you and the other hunters see any other trainers?"
"No, it was just the one kid. We didn't pick up the scents of any others."
"Okay, I just don't want to lose another kid."
"Nothing will happen to them. Know let's begin to eat with the pack."
As night began to fall, the pack was eating the tauros and some of the furrets for dinner. Goldfire's family got to choose what to eat first, while the rest of the pack choose after them. The pack was enjoying their dinner when one of the scouts they had came running into the cave where they all lived.
"Goldfire, we have multiple Houndoom on the borders of our land!"
This statement made everybody stop eating and began to look around. The Houndoom pack has been causing trouble for the Ninetales pack. They arrived out of nowhere and have caused terror through the forest. The Houndoom have been poaching from their lands making hunting a little harder this year than before.
"Flametail, go back out with the other scouts and wait for the hunters to be there." Goldfire stood tall while talking.
"Yes ma'am"
"Inferno, lead the hunters to the border towards the scouts. I will stay here with the other mothers and keep the children safe."
"Yes dear"
And with that last word, the cave was filled with the howls of Ninetales and Vulpix getting ready for what could possibly turn into battle. Inferno lead the strongest of his pack towards where the Houndoom are while Goldfire began to herd the children towards the back of the cave. Husbands gave their wives and children hugs before going out.
"Be careful, I don't know what I'll do without you," said Goldfire.
"Don't worry honey."
"Dad we love you," said all three of his kids at the same time.
"I love you guys too." He gave each of his kids and hug and a kiss on the forehead. He gave his wife a kiss on the lips and led the hunters out.
With the males gone from the cave, the females took their children into the cave to keep them safe. Five Ninetales are going to watch over the children while the rest keep lookout by the cave opening. About two hours later, the females could hear the far away howls from the Houndoom. They have heard these howls before. The howls are from when they are in battle with another pokemon. With the howls, Goldfire and the other women stood ready if any of the Houndoom comes to the cave.
Hours went by and now it was morning with none of the male's home. The women of the pack were beginning to become nervous that none of their husbands were home yet. All that thought was interrupted from the sound of bushes being rustled. Goldfire told everybody to get into fighting positions for whatever was behind the bushes. Goldfire let off a warning growl before it was answered back with a growl from another Ninetales. The males have returned, from what the females can see, a bloody battle.
Multiple Ninetales had scratches and bites all over their fur. The once golden fur that they had was now being covered with the red smear of blood. The men came into the cave and were immediately greeted by their mates. All the commotion woke up the Vulpix who let out barks of happiness that their fathers were home. Everything seemed fine until the females started to notice that some of the males aren't in the cave. The worried words from wives and children were starting to fill the cave. Goldfire noticed that Flametail was the last one in and asked what happened last night.
"Flametail, what in the name of Arceus happened out there."
"The Houndoom were preparing to launch a sneak attack on the pack when we were all asleep. They're trying to take over land from other packs to increase their land."
"What about the battle"
"We ambushed them from all angles. They had about thirty houndoom and about ten houndour."
"Houndour, why were they there?"
"Apparently these houndoom make their houndour attack the children of other packs while their parents attack the adults."
"They make children slaughter other children."
"Yes"
"What about the males who aren't here."
"The battle was fierce, attacks being thrown all over the place. We were able to kill about twenty five of the houndoom and four of the houndour were killed as well." Goldfire can hear Flametail's voice become weak for what he said next.
"We lost six members last night. Flametail began to say the names of who was lost, only for when he said the last name, the cave filled with the cries of the wives and children of the lost males. Other members from the pack tried to comfort the women and children who lost the husband/father. Goldfire can't even imagine how they feel right now, but then she began to look around for Inferno. She was more occupied with her pack then her mate. She began to frantically call his name and looked around the cave. Fluffy, Summer, and Blaze were also calling for their father.
"FLAMETAIL, WHERE IS INFERNO!"
"I'm sorry Goldfire he's gone."
And that is going to wrap up part 1 for my very first chapter story. Part 2 will deal with more of the aftermath of the battle and what will Goldfire do about losing her mate. Will she move on or will she take revenge on the Houndoom pack?