Story Title: Seekers' Path

Genre: Action/Adventure; humor

Rating: T (for violence)

Story Summary: She was lost in a myriad of despair, grief, and hate. The only thing she had left was her promise of revenge. When she was young, she was deeply betrayed and has never trusted again. Will she take her revenge or will the Loonatics teach her to trust and forgive again?

Disclaimer: I have nothing to my name besides the plot line and my OC

A/N: Aloha! Hikyrrou here. I have finally started writing again. New show, but it's still a written work. Well ya. This is my first time writing a Loonatics Unleashed fanfic so sorry if there's any OOCness. By the way, I've disabled anonymous reviews due to bad past experiences. Some people just love to take advantage of the fact that you can't reply. (utters a steady string of curses) well please R&R. enjoy the first chappie!

Chapter 1: Dreaming

She had loved it at their summer home. They hadn't been rich, but they still had enough for some luxury items. Her older sister and younger brother had been looking forward to this trip for a while now. So had she.

Her parents drove them all the way from their home in the city for three hours until they reached their small wooden cabin situated on a secluded beach. There were several summer homes along the fringe of the forest surrounding the lake. One of them belonged to their family friend.

When they had arrived, they had been greeted happily and enthusiastically by the fellow cottage owner. The trip had been fun, yes, but the girl had been looking forward to swimming and spending time with her family. Despite her older sisters teasing and her younger brother's annoying attitude, she still loved to spend time with them. Having the family friend around didn't hurt either.

The first day they got there, they swam all day. Her parents watched on the beach with the family friend. The routine had been the same every summer. Throughout the time they were there, they did lots of different activities. On one of the last days there, her and her siblings had been playing hide-and-seek in the woods.

"Ready or not, here I come!" She heard her little brother yell the start of the game from her hiding place. She didn't quite know where her sister was, but she was sure she was well hidden.

She heard the breaking of twigs and the scattering of leaves on the ground as her brother approached her. Quickly, she scampered away, making sure not to make a sound. She was quite good at moving silently. She always won the hide-and-seek games, both when she was hiding and seeking.

As she was running she saw out of the corner of her eyes her sister hiding in a bush. Their brother was coming and she didn't seem to notice. She sniggered aloud accidentally. She quickly chided herself mentally for making a noise. She saw her sister look towards her and heard her brother calling. "Ha! I heard you! I'm gonna get you this time!"

She climbed the tree that was beside her to try to hide herself. Her brother's footsteps were right below her now. She hoped he wouldn't notice her. She had a record to uphold after all.

She could see him now; right below her. She held her breathe in vain hope that she wouldn't be found.

Just as he was about to look up, the voice of the family friend rang out through the forest. "Children! Your parents want you inside now!" Her brother turned around and her sister stepped out of the bush. He looked over in disbelief at her. She sighed to herself. Saved by the adults.

She dropped out of the tree right beside her siblings. The both yelped in surprise and she just giggled. The three of them walked back towards the cabin together.

They hadn't realized it but it had grown late. The sun was fading and the stars began to emerge. The odd part was, their parents never really cared how late they were out, as long as they got at least some sleep. Why did they want them in now? Her siblings were thinking the same thing.

When they emerged from the forest, the family friend was waiting for them. They smiled sweetly at the children and went into the cottage behind them. Their parents entered the living room from where the small children had entered. "Well hello there, what are you doing in so early?" The three children looked at their mother in puzzlement. Hadn't she called them in?

"Well," the voice of the family friend floated sweetly over the children's heads, "I thought we could do a…little something together."

The children turned towards her as she slashed downwards with a long knife. Her older sister screamed in pain as the knife pierced her flesh. Her brother and she screamed in terror and her parents gasp in horror. The friend had a demented look of pleasure on her face which was now specked with blood.

The two children ran towards their parents, trying to flee from the mad killer behind them. The older sister lay slain at the feet of the so called 'friend'.

With their breathing ragged, she advanced upon the now terrified family. The mother was now screaming for her eldest daughter. The father was trying to shield the family from anymore deaths. "Run, everyone. Run!" Their father was yelling at them to run but his cries were drowned out by the rest of the family's screaming.

The murderer now lunged forward at the father. He held off her first attack, but she was so savage that he was quickly overpowered. With several thrusts from the knife to his chest and sides, he also fell.

The mother now snapped out of her stupor, grabbed the children, and ran for the back door. Her younger brother tripped and fell. The murderer fell upon him as well. The mother dove onto the murderer with a savage scream, trying to protect her son. The mother tore at the murderer with tooth and claw.

The girl ran for the nearest door which happened to be a small cubby hole which she was just able to fit into. She slammed the door tight and hoped to dear god that she wouldn't be found. She sobbed silently in terror for her family and herself.

Outside she could still hear the fighting and screaming. She could hear her brother screaming and the murderer laughing, and then she couldn't hear him anymore. She heard her mother screaming in rage.

The girl was growing more and more terrified now. What was going on out there?! She shut her eyes and folded her ears tightly against her head. She hugged her knees as tears of fear poured down her face. She heard her mother's final screaming and the last insane laughter of the once family friend.

Rylie Wolf awoke with a start. She was covered in a cold sweat and was shaking slightly. It had been awhile since she dreamt of her past.

The light blanket she had been wearing was now only covering her left leg as she sat up in bed. She wiped a paw across her face, feeling the sweat running down her muzzle.

She swung her legs over the side of the bed and stood up. She was still a little shaky from the dream but she could walk.

Rylie stood still a moment, taking stock of her surroundings. It was approaching dawn outside so it was still dark within the abandoned shelter she had found. It wasn't wood but it wasn't as quality metal as the rest of the new world. The electricity bill hadn't been paid in who knows how long, so the only light source was the sun outside which at this time, still hadn't risen.

She proceeded to the bathroom next. The water wasn't running here anymore either, but she had collected some the night before.

With a cloth she wiped the thick layer of dust off the cracked mirror. She dipped a second wash cloth into the water. She washed the sweat off her face with warm, refreshing water.

Rylie lowered the cloth and stared at her reflection with slate grey eyes. With a paw covered in teal fur, she brushed her raspberry red hair slightly out of one of her eyes.

Her eyes narrowed with determination as she clenched a fist and turned her attention to the window where she could barely make out the city of Acmetropolis. She would never forget the promise she made to herself; her promise of revenge.

A/N: Well there you have it. The first chapter. Ya it's kinda short, but it's good. It is good…right? Please say it's good… But ya. This is my first Loonatics Unleashed fanfic. Thanks to CalicoKitty13 for her help on this. She's the Loonatics expert, not me. But I wanted to write this cuz now I'm really getting into this show. Yes I realize that all the descendants are the same gender as their ancestor but I decided not to follow that. You got a problem with that then don't read this. I have no time for whiners whose only purpose in life is to annoy others. I get enough of that at home. Well ya. Please review. You know you waaaaanna.