A/N: OK! So this is my first fanfic ever! Woohoo! Let's see, between me being mostly computer illiterate and having a very old laptop with a very old and outdated version of JAWS (which stands for Job Access With Speech and is a computer software for blind folks like me), it's only been about three or four years since I first attempted to join , so you can imagine how excited I am!

So anyway, this story is based largely on a verbal RPG my best friend and I play over the phone and have been playing for nigh on seven years or so. Yes, our game is our own version of Narnia. It has some of the original characters, like the high kings and queens, Jadis, and Aslan of course, but pretty much all of the other characters involved are ours that we created. Feel free to be as honest as you wish in your reviews, but please don't be brutal! If you don't like it, just say so, tell me why, and then you don't have to keep reading! Haha, just kidding. But seriously, be honest. I'm in the process of writing my own book saga as well as two or three other books on the side that I have ideas for. I thought that writing fanfics would be a great way to introduce my style to the masses and find out what a crowd of people would think of my writing. So don't hesitate to tell me straight out what you think! On with the story! Yee haw! :D

Chapter 1

Adrift, Then Abruptly Ashore

The lonely raft floated aimlessly across the reflective surface of the ocean, the moon's pale image flitting and dancing across the rippling surface. Three solitary creatures rode aboard the little raft, all three wolves, and all three pups. They had been forced to leave their homeland behind due to ravaging monsters known only to the pups as "The Dark Ones". The pups were siblings, two sisters and a brother were they, and even in the dark and foreboding night, the three were warm as they huddled together in a furry ball. The eldest was named Wild, presumably for her one-of-a-kind, completely individual wild appearance. No other wolf in existence held the same appearance as Wild. She was, for lack of a better term, a tabby wolf. Her coat carried every shade and tone from snowy white to the darkest black, and several shades of brown in between. All over her body, her fur was a swirling mass of the various shades of brown, black and gray. Her paws were solid white with only very small specks of brown, and the underside of the end of her tail was white, while the upper side of the end of her tail was black. Also, her lower jaw was pure black with a gradually narrowing stripe of black running down her throat. Finally, her eyes were a brilliant emerald green. All in all, Wild was the possessor of the ultimate camouflage. If she were to stand motionless or just barely swaying in the foliage on the edge of a clearing with her eyes narrowed just right and her tail held just so, she would appear to be nothing more than bits of dirt and bark decorated with the shifting shadows of the leaves on the trees above her. In the winter, with her tail arched over her back, it would appear to be a branch of some sort with snow gathered upon it. She could hide from anyone and anything, even her siblings, who went mainly by scent when playing hide and seek.

The second was Molbrin, the brother of the siblings. Molbrin was very dark in his coloration, being mostly a very dark and smoky gray, having just a few swirls of white on his chest and stomach. His eyes were the beautiful golden glow of wheat which most wolves possessed, but there was a sort of deep intelligence glittering in his eyes. He was extremely protective of his sisters, even though Wild was the oldest and kept a close eye on both of her siblings. Wild had actually come from a separate litter. They had the exact same parents, but Wild was the only pup that had survived the previous litter, and Molbrin and Arianna had been the only two that Wild was able to get away from the Dark Ones and onto the raft.

Arianna, being the youngest, was constantly bouncy and springy, never knowing when she really needed sleep. Often times, Wild had to hold her down for an hour or more and sing just to make her be still, and it would take another two hours to make her go to sleep. Arianna was mostly white with a few patches of golden brown complimenting her beauty. Complimenting her beauty even more was the fact that, unlike any other wolf, she had deep brown eyes. All three pups had something about them that made them completely different from any other wolf or four-legged creature. Wild had her coloration, Arianna had her eyes…and Molbrin could fly. They weren't entirely certain what it was that made flight possible for Molbrin, but Wild theorized that it had something to do with a sort of telekinesis he had been born with. They were all three magical and had very unique abilities, each unique to themselves except for their ability to shapeshift. All three of them could shapeshift and take on a human guise.

They had been adrift for days, all of them alive, but fatally thirsty. Wild had kept her siblings fed by catching fish that were unfortunate enough to swim right below their raft, but of course, she couldn't supply them with fresh water. As the sun slowly began to slip over the horizon, Wild's eyes lit up. She rose to her feet, her tail wagging in relieved joy. She stared across the undulating surface of the dehydrating field of water for a moment, first ensuring that she wasn't just getting delusional. When she was satisfied, she spun around and gently bumped Molbrin and Arianna with her muzzle.

"Molbrin, Arianna, wake up! It's land! We're gonna get off this raft!" she barked excitedly, trying to stir her siblings into excitement so that they could have enough energy to get up.

It didn't take Arianna long. She blinked awake, grumbled under her breath, but then flipped onto her belly and raised her head high, wagging her tail. "Land? Where is it, Sis? I don't se-there it is!" The pup gasped, her mouth hanging agape, her chocolate eyes wide in uncertainty. "But Wild…that looks just like home did…"

"It's not home, Ari," Wild assured. "Remember? Home was all black and burned. This place has trees. See? Look past the beach." Wild raised one paw and pointed.

Arianna followed her sister's paw, lifting herself to her feet in order to get a better view. "Oh, I see them!" she gasped after a moment, bouncing a little in her happiness.

Molbrin, who was just now beginning to stir from all the commotion, grunted and stretched, his claws quietly raking the thin planks of the raft. "What is it…land?" he mumbled, dragging himself to his feet to stand on Wild's opposite side. He scanned the approaching shore warily for a moment, then tilted his head. "Hey Wild? Why is there snow on the ground? It's the middle of the second season…"

Wild furrowed her brow, squinting against the sun's reflection to see past the sand. Sure enough, Molbrin was right; beyond the sandy terrain of the beach, she could see the glistening pure white of snow, and yet every last tree was still green. It was very confusing, but at the same time it was very ominous, and Wild felt her stomach tighten with unruly dread as she gazed at the odd spectacle. "I don't know…" she answered honestly. "Maybe we've gotten farther away from home than we thought."

The three stood in silence, watching the new shore slowly inch nearer and nearer until at last, with a slight jostling of the raft, they ran aground and the three pups lept nimbly off of the raft onto the sand. Wild immediately turned and trotted back out, grabbing the raft in her jaws and tugged it in, anchoring it on the beach.

"Why are you doing that?" Arianna wondered, puzzled.

"So that if this place isn't safe either, we'll still have a way to leave," Wild explained.

"Well, this time, if we have to leave, can we at least hunt a caribou first and take it with us?" Wild chuckled at Molbrin's inquiry. Even if the young wolf was still too small to fully think things through logically, he did present fairly good ideas at times.

"A caribou might weigh us down, Mol," Wild explained gently. "But I'll tell you what; I'll see what sorts of things I can find here that are lightweight, and I'll stock up. Then maybe we can keep a little bit of meat with us, and then keep all the lightweight stuff so we'll have something to eat other than fish. Is that okay?"

Molbrin nodded, looking a bit disappointed, but accepting. "Sure…what do we do now?"

"We need to try to find someone, maybe someone who can help us…at least find someone so we can determine whether or not this place is hostile." The two smaller pups nodded, and Wild slowly began to walk up the beach toward the snowy beyond. Molbrin and Arianna followed close behind, each of them lightly pressed against Wild's flanks.

Wild kept her ears pricked, her eyes and nose alert, and her footfalls as silent as she knew how. She was a very stealthy wolf, and was excessively cautious. The air was full of unfamiliar scents, the only known scent to Wild being the snow and the faint sweet underscent of magic in the very air of the land. Slowly, Wild left the open security of the beach and strode into the snowy wilderness, almost immediately feeling an eeriness in the atmosphere. There were no birds singing, not even any winter birds. It was very unsettling, and Molbrin and Arianna now walked beneath Wild's belly between her front and hind paws.

As they came upon a clearing, Wild decided it would be best to cross right through the center; there was something about these woods that she didn't like at all. It seemed as though the feelings of danger were coming from the trees, but that couldn't have been right, could it? What could trees possibly do? Sure they were alive, but they couldn't move or grab innocent passers by…or so she thought. They got about halfway across the clearing without incident, but just as they were passing over the halfway mark, a tree suddenly rustled without a breeze or a creature to encourage the sound. Wild's ears pricked even higher and she bristled from nose to tail. Truth be told, she didn't know how to fight…she only knew how to carry her brother and sister and run. The rustle came again and she spun around faster than she could process herself, but even that was too late.

With a flash of misty white light and a yowl of fear, Molbrin was gone. Wild spun in rapid circles, calling out for him, but there was only silence. Arianna whimpered, crouched low on the snow, flat on her belly. Another rustle sounded from the other side, and that was all Wild needed. She wanted desperately to go find Molbrin, but she knew she had to save Arianna. In one swift move, she snatched Arianna up by the scruff of her neck and spun around again, thinking that she was heading back toward the beach, but she was actually going deeper into the thick woods. She bolted, flying like lightning, her paws kicking up snow as she ran. She could feel something chasing her, but she was too afraid to look back. Instead, she kept running, pushing herself as hard as she could until her muscles burned and her lungs ached. Still she ran, determined to keep herself and Arianna safe, at the very least.

Eventually the something pursuing her slipped away, but she didn't notice. She was too panicked, and only crashing into something else would stop her advancements, and that's precisely what happened. Without warning, something huge and dark was ahead of her and she slammed into it with a loud and stunning thwack! Lying on her back, seeing spots and stars, Wild slowly lifted her gaze as the things enormous shadow fell over her. She closed her eyes, anticipating the death blow. She had saved her siblings from the Dark Ones, only to seal their fates with this new terror…this new dark thing. She could feel it leaning closer to her, feel its hot breath grazing her fur. Yes, this was it…they were going to die.

A/N: Yee haw! Chapter 1's up and done! YES! I'm so excited! I hope you like it so far. I know it really didn't give much in the ways of personalities, and don't worry; Molbrin will show up later. He's the main character of this story, so don't worry, he'll be back! Please review, and tell me at least what you think so far of what I've given you.

Oh, and just a warning for my future readers…I'm a huge fan of cliffhangers, so anticipate some sort of cliffhanger at the end of most of my chapters! The way I see it, it's just another way to keep you reading! ;P

R&R, and I promise to keep going and give out lotsa candy at the beginning of the next chapter! Hahaha.