The wolf Child
Chapter 1
She sat on a tree root and watched the sun set . As she watched it , she listened to the wolf pack howl in the distance . Her wolf pack .She was the pack leader's cub , found by him when she was less than a night old , unable to talk in any way , or walk . He had gently picked her up in his jaws , taken her back to his pack and their den , protected her when the pack had tried to kill her and adopted her as his own . His mate had fed her , along with her own cubs , her pack brothers and sister . And now she was sixteen .
That same pack sister trotted up to her . Blackpaw by name .
"Father has returned from hunting , he has brought meat back for you" she growled . The girl nodded . Blackpaw was the only one out of the whole pack besides her mother and father who was nice to her . Every other pack member thought she was a burden , unable to hunt for herself , but Blackpaw understood , as she had broken a paw at one time and had been unable to hunt , but was nursed back to health by her mother and sister . Ever since then , Blackpaw had formed a tight bond with her pack sister . As the girl stood , she tightened the fur around her upper chest to stop it from slipping . This fur was to cover her vulnerable places . When she was old enough to walk and use her forepaws properly , she had made a wrap from old reindeer fur for around her hips and between her legs , and then , when her nipples had grown larger , she had wrapped more fur around them to protect them from the cubs when they played for , she had soon learned , they were sensitive to even the slightest nip .
She entered the clearing where the den was , wondering why it was so quiet . Only moments before , the pack had been howling their joy to the moon . Then she saw it .
A strange wolf stood , surrounded by the rest of the pack . The strange wolf held a stone claw in its right forepaw . He had no fur , except on his head , just like her , he had no tail , just like her and he had grey eyes , not amber , just like her . Then , her father walked up to the new wolf , nuzzled against him , and growled " pack brother , welcome back ". Then he padded up to her and said " cub, this is Tall Tailless , your true father ". She was stunned . Then , without warning , she turned and ran , water streaming from her eyes . Tall Tailless crashed after her , but with her knowledge of the forest , she soon lost him . She climbed up a tree at blinding speed . The tree were she went when she wanted to be alone , as she alone , out of the whole pack , could climb .
Hours later , she sat in the tree , brushing her red fur , streaked with black , out of her bloodshot grey eyes . How could her father not be her true father , how could he have kept that from her . But he had told her that he had found her on her original birth night , and she knew he had not been lying .
She heard howls in the distance , it was her pack , calling her , and Tall Tailless back . That meant , that Tall Tailless was still in the forest . She looked up at the moon . It's last sliver was disappearing .She knew what that meant . An eclipse , and in its brief span , demons ran wild . Suddenly, she heard a scream , a tailless scream . she scrambled down the tree and ran in that direction . He may not be her friend , but a lone wolf is never alone for long .