Hey everyone! Today is Halloween! Get excited! Anyways, I felt like posting this. I've been working on it for a few days, and I like it a lot. I love Christmas, the snow, the coziness of family-and-friends time! So anyways, this story begins in the winter, following a she-wolf on her journey South, following the herds which she lives off of. She ends up in La Push, and meets some mysterious wolves, who change her life forever. This first chapter is just introducing the character and is a small glance at the simple, poetic life she lived. I really hope you like it! And don't worry, there will be action eventually! Read and Review, please!
~ Kat ~
Lone Wolf
Chapter 1 – Nature
The snow crunched under my white paws as I crept through the grey Northern forest. It was silent as death, the moonlight casting long shadows of trees upon the glistening silver ground. An owl hooted once in the distance, the only sound. The endless black-blue sky teemed with shimmering stars.
I walked slowly, enjoying the solitude. A large meadow, lay ahead, soft and rolling in its blanket of snow. A shadow stood by the river that ran through the clearing, its head bent to a hole in the ice where the river ran too quickly to freeze. I recognized the spikes that crowned the head; antlers.
I lowered myself, blending my silver self with the whiteness all around. Step by step, I closed in, breathing slowed to silence. When I was within twenty lengths of the great creature, its head snapped up. Caught.
The great buck leapt from the stream in a fluid motion, a creature of beauty, nature at its finest. It dashed through the snow, white powder flying up behind its hooves like wings. It was very fast. But I was faster. I was the ultimate natural fighting machine, my finely tuned muscles propelling myself through the drifts.
Length by length, I gained upon the buck, pushing myself forward as fast as I could go. Were I successful, this would be my first meal in weeks. Food in winter was not easily come by. Save the breathing and footfalls of us both, the forest was hushed and serendipitous.
Four lengths…three…two…one…springing forward with a final push, I landed with awesome agility upon the great creature's back. My massive weight made this a clean kill. His spine snapped and our mass of limbs tumbled down into the powder beside an immense dark tree.
Rumbling my self-satisfaction, I shook off the powder and carefully surveyed the dead creature, finally finding the best spot to begin. I dug in, settling myself into the blood-spattered snow, filling myself with beloved sustenance.
Finishing my meal after a long while, I returned to the stream to clean myself. Blood was a strong stench; it would give me away to my quarry. The remains of the kill would be my gift to the scavengers. It was way of nature.
Through the forest, I reached a bluff that rose from the snow like a king, casting a shadow upon the valley below. Reaching the top, I raised my head in hunt ritual and called my song of victory to glowing mother moon.
So...what did you think? Please let me know! Where do you want the plot to go? What should happen to the she-wolf? When she arrives in La Push, who should develop a certain fascination with her? I was considering Paul or Jacob, but if you want someone else, let me know who and why! More will come very soon...but only IF you review! Haha, just kidding, but truly it would really help if you tell me what you think! That's the way to keep my ideas coming! So, dear Readers, REVIEW please!