"My name is Midnight and I am the last of my kind and I will have my revenge" a midnight black wolf said as she looked over the forest she had once called home. The night sky was little by the flames and the moon light was blocked by the smoke from the fire. The wind smelted of smoke and burning flesh and fur. The great wolves had been slaughtered and their home burned to the ground. With one final mournful howl Midnight turned her back on what was once her home, and left to hunt the down the ones who were responsible.

"GET BACK HERE YOU THIEF!" and old man shouted as he chased a young girl with hair as white as snow and deep sky blue eyes.

"CATCH ME IF YOU CAN OLD MAN!" She shouted back, as she continued to run thought the town square.

"There goes that little troublemaker again. Why hasn't the town elder kicked her out?" One of the townspeople said as they watched the young girl get away form the old shop keeper. It took her only five minuets to escape to her little hide out on the edge of town. Keeping a tight grip on her prize she slipped into a make shift building hidden in the woods.

"They still hate me and I don't understand why, I only steal what I need to live." She said to herself as she unwrapped a small loaf of bread and began to eat. She had eaten only about half of it when a loud crash out side made her jump. "What was that?" She thought as she grabbed a small knife and went out to investigate. There she found covered in blood but still alive a beautiful black wolf it was about the size of a pony.

Carefully she walked up holding her hand out. "Easy there I'm not going to hurt you, I just want to help. My name is Winter I wish to help you oh great wolf of the forest." Winter said as she placed her hand carefully on the wolf's forehead. Winter's blue eyes meet the wolf's golden ones. Just then Winter heard a voice in her head.

"My name is Midnight and I do not need a humans help" Midnight growled as she tried to stand up only to fall over in pain. Winter rushed to her side to help her but then the strangest thing happened. The moment her hand touched Midnight's wound a bright flash of white light surrounded the two of them. When the light finally faded all of Midnight's wounds were healed and Winters hair now had a single line of black.

"You are a Mage little one and by the looks of things I am to be your familiar, guardian and teacher. Great just what I did not need is some Mage tagging along." Midnight said as she got up to leave. "Come along little one neither one of us get a choice in this matter, now you best not waste my time." She growled as she walked off back to the forest. Winter stared in a mix of shock and aww as she watched Midnight walk off before turning back to look at her.

"Hurry up I haven't got all day Mage, the sooner I get you trained enough to fend for your self with out me the sooner I can go back to what I was doing before I met you" Winter heard Midnight growl. Quickly Winter ran to catch up to her new found friend. Never once did she turn and look back at the town she had been raised.

After about a week Winter finally got the courage to ask Midnight about her past.

"Midnight? Why do you hate humans so much?" She asked one night as they sat around a small fire.

"Humans are childish who fear and kill what they do not understand. They even kill each other for being different." Midnight said as she watched her young companion stare at the fire lost in thought. "Winter looks so sad and lonely almost like myself. No I will not let myself care for a human even if she is a Mage." Midnight thought.

"Your lonely aren't you Midnight wolves never travel alone, so I'm going to guess your an orphan like me." Winter said. Before she knew what was going on Midnight had her pinned to the ground fangs barred "Don't you ever compare me to you again Mage next time I might just kill you" Midnight growled before she let Winter up and went to lay down away from her.

"She may try and hide it but I can see she is lonely." Winter thought as she yawned and curled up her self drifting off to sleep.