Hey, my second story, HOOAH! Sorry, high school pep rally, Homecoming, and my principle was in the military, drill sergent I think, anyway, I don't own WolfQuest, people in the Minnesota Zoo do, here's the link (Get rid of the dots and put (.) in their place. (http://www(dot)wolfquest(dot).org/) And all this info about, "Specimen females" and "Dispersal males" one, that is one WolfQuest as well and two, there are also specimen males and dispersal females. Now that that is over, on with the story. And the setting is Yellowstone National Park. AND since we have NO idea what the wolves are saying, we are going to use the "Mighty Marvel Translator(Got that name off of a T.V. show of the Fantastic four from 1994-95(I wasn't born yet I think... Yeah I was. I love being 15.)) to make sure we know what they are saying, because we don't speak dog AT ALL!
The legend says, that two wolves were born, to save the wolves of Yellowstone, for a pack, a dangerous pack, has been killing them off, and picking only select few for their pack, while killing the others off. They have been doing this for hundreds of years, ever since Yellowstone National Park was created, and the rangers have never noticed. The two wolves of this tale, are Citlali, meaning 'Star' for she was as bright as the stars, and Lalawethika, meaning 'to make noise' for he howled so much, that it echoed all throughout Yellowstone. The beginning of this tale, starts out in the middle, for I, not only am I your storyteller, I am also.... The Watcher, for I see everything in Yellowstone, and this is no mere tale, this is the wolf legend of all wolf legends.... Now..... Prepare for the tale.....Of a lifetime.........
Citlali ran around, loving the air of Amethyst Mountain, but she knew it wouldn't last. She and her mate, Lalawethika, , would be moving to Slough Creek, way down off the mountain. She sat on the mountain top, waiting for Lalawethika, he went out hunting. He howled and she heard him, and ran in his direction. She found him sitting next to a large buck(BOY ELK for those who don't know).
"Lalawethika, tell me you didn't take this down by yourself?" Citlali asked.
"I did!" Lalawethika seemed proud of himself. Citlali didn't like the fact that he hunted a buck on his own, but she was glad he wasn't hurt. She knew all wolves hunted until they died, once they set their mind on something, there is no stopping them. Her white fur contrasted with his dark black fur, but his undercoat was white. She licked his cheek and started eating. That was their life since September, chase, hunt, kill, eat, and sleep. For four months they did this. They knew they had to move, winter was coming, and coming fast as Amethyst Mountain. They sometimes saw people drive past, so they ran to scare them away. One was a photographer, who they actually liked, and stayed with until she left. This time, she didn't come. When she did though, they were sleeping, and she took photos. When Citlali woke up she saw a note in the dirt, she didn't know what it said, but the initials she saw were on the person's badge, were in the ground, 'L.P' She smiled, and went to go hunt with Lalawethika.
They didn't exactly hunt, but they chased elk and ate off of the scattered carcasses around the mountain. They usually hit wolf territory and survived all the encounters with the stranger wolves, they usually scared them off, or killed them. Citlali and Lalawethika tried chasing off bears for fun, but they always ended up running away to nurse their injuries. Citlali and Lalawethika couldn't wait until they could move to Slough Creek to start a family. Citlali and Lalawethika's temporary home was under a cluster of trees, so they had protection from the sun, and rain. Citlali knew mating season was coming up, and they needed to move soon. Citlali licked Lalawethika's cheek. He turned his head and licked hers. They laid down in the sun, to dry off from a swim they had, chasing an elk. They chased it way out of the area they usually hunted, all the way to the slope of the mountain. Citlali looked out and saw the fantastic view, seeing everything. She saw a pack of wolves running and she noticed three dots were slightly smaller then the two larger ones. She sighed. She knew that they were a pack. She was part of one once, but after two years of learning the ways of the wolf, she had to leave, to find her own mate and become leader of her pack, with Lalawethika. She laid her head back down, and dreamed of what could be.
Lalawethika looked at his sleeping mate, as they dried off. He smiled a smile only wolves could show, and laid his head on her back. He felt her breathing rise and fall. The movement was so rhythmic, that he fell asleep as well.
"Boss, where do you think they are?" Asked an orange wolf, who had one part of his ear off, and he had a personality that was crazy, but loyal.
"I don't know, Collin, but if you keep asking me I won't be able to sniff them out!" Roared the boss, he liked the name boss, and the only one who called him by his original name. He walked through the forest, trying to sniff them out. His brown fur made him blend into his surroundings better then his partner. He smelled a scent and followed it, and found a cluster of trees, "Bingo."
"Bingo what?" Collin asked, then he yelped when Boss bit him.
"Shhh! They could be around somewhere." He sniffed for a while and found them sleeping.
"Do we kill them now?" Asked Collin.
"No. We must wait, for the opportune moment." Boss said, and walked away quietly, and into the brush, Collin close behind.
It was night when Citlali woke up, and she couldn't move. She felt Lalawethika roll over and wake up. He saw her, a ghostly figure in the night.
"You could pass as the legendary ghost, who some say, still stalks this land."
"Yes, but some say she's a black wolf, with white coloring... Like you." Citlali said.
"I heard she was pure white, like you." Some think white wolves are albino, they're not, they have some gray coloring, only pure white wolves are albino, Citlali had some gray coloring.
"You know I have gray in some areas."
"I know, but it's hard to tell." He licked her and howled at the moon. Citlali followed his example, then they started moving back to their home. As they walked, they just chatted about the night, how the hares were in abundance that month, and how the elk were disappearing.
"I think we should hunt the hares, I know they're just little snacks, but they're too many." Citlali said, "We need to hunt them until they are at their level where they aren't as annoying." She said as she bit one.
"Yeah, we should fill our bellies then, so that way, when we get a little hungry, we just hunt the hares." Lalawethika said, then he smelt a enemy wolf in his territory, and they both started marking everything again. When that was done, Citlali laid back down and went to sleep. Lalawethika quickly joined her. When they woke up in the morning it was foggy, a sign that warm air was mixing with the cold ground. Citlali yawned and nuzzled Lalawethika, who woke up, and they both went off in search of breakfast. They both got hares to munch on, and that kept them full as they walked around the small area of Amethyst Mountain they occupied. Next door were the albino wolves, who have been albino since their ancestors. They thought Citlali was one of their cousins from afar, but when they got close, they could see the gray in her. She used to be apart of the most famous pack in all of Yellowstone, but when it was time to find her own mate, the pack fell apart, and the parents began anew. Lalawethika was part of the least famous pack, where they stole other pack's food when they weren't looking, his father was strong, but not that fast, and his mother was fast, but much too week. Lalawethika was right in the middle, perfect balance. The other pups died, they couldn't survive, only Lalawethika did. As he and Citlali rested after an encounter with a specimen female, he saw an orange wolf walking by. He smelt like the wolf who walked through his territory and he growled at him. The orange wolf seemed skittish, and ran off. Little did the orange wolf know that Lalawethika was the one he was looking for the other day. Lalawethika, didn't know that either, and thought he was a dispersal male, like he was until he found Citlali. They started walking again, following an elk herd, even though they didn't want to hunt, plus these elk were malnurished, hardly a good meal for two wolves.
"Lalawethika, did that orange wolf seem familiar?" Citlali asked.
"Familiar as in, smelled like the ones from our den?"
"Exactly. He also smelled slightly of the other scent."
"Probably got into a fight with him, don't worry my dear, soon we will be out of the mountain, and down in the valley with a family of our own."
Citlali smiled at the thought.
"I would be proud to be the mother of your pups." She licked Lalawethika, and Lalawethika knew that mating season was going to be upon them soon. Good thing wolves didn't hibernate, otherwise they'd be in trouble if Citlali became pregnant, he couldn't wait. He always wondered what would happen if you mixed a black wolf with white. He knew it would be gray, but they could have black and white colorings. He nuzzled her and she nuzzled back. She touched noses with him and he smiled.
"I love your smile."
"I love you." He whispered.
"I love you too." Citlali licked him again, and walked ahead of him, slowly. He watched her tail move side to side, as if taunting him. He swallowed and walked quickly to catch up. They didn't know that someone was watching them.
Boss was watching the white wolf and her mate run and play, like nothing was going to hurt them. Well they were wrong, for you see, Boss's pack was the most feared pack. His pack consisted of 10 black wolves, for night searches, 10 white wolves for the winter, brown for fall, and none of them moved in spring, that was when they took care of their pups, if a pair had any. His pure brown coloring was broken by a white arrow on his forehead, which his parents named him after.
"Arrow? Are you coming?" Asked his mate, Kalina, who had most of the pack with him. The rest were sons and daughters who left, found mates, and came back. To the, being in their father's pack meant the world to them. Arrow chuckled, three generations were in his pack.
"In a minute dear, just checking out the new blood." He said, looking at the white wolf.
"She's a dispersal wolf, with her mate, why are you going to take them down?"
"They are a threat to the pack."
"How?" Kalina asked.
"The white one is the daughter of our rivals, and the black one.... The black one is from the pack which we eliminated a few months ago."
"Ahhh... I see, so by capturing the white one, it will force our rivals to fall and obey?"
"Exactly my dear." He licked her cheek," It will also give me a chance to get the black one to join, he would be a fine right hand."
"What about Collin? Dyea's(pronounced Dye-ee) mate?"
"He almost messed up by walking right passed them, so, I am demoting him and promoting Kane until I get the black one."
"Kane knows of this plan?"
"No, I'm going to tell them tonight, at the pack meeting." Arrow said, and walked away from his ledge. At night Arrow grabbed the stolen metal he had gotten from a passing car, and scraped on it until a fire came from a fire he and his pack made, after watching humans build one. He howled and the pack assembled.
"Friends, family. Tonight, we join together to pick a new right hand. The nominees are, Collin, and Kane. I hope you choose wisely. Kane, Colin, come." They walked over, "Who votes for Colin?" Dyea and a many others howled, "Who votes for Kane?" Howls rang out, louder then the others, "Kane, by the vote of the pack, you are my new right hand!" The wolves erupted in howls and growling in approval. Dyea nuzzled Colin, saying he'd get it again soon. Arrow congratulated Kane and sat down at the head of the fire as some wolves fought/danced around the fire, perfectly choreographed.
Citlali saw the smoke and wondered what was happening, but she thought nothing of it and went to sleep. Lalawethika saw it and thought it were campers or something, and went to sleep.
When the wolves stopped dancing they all howled. Arrow ran away, to get meat for his family, he killed 4 elk and one buck. He howled and the feast began, wolves came and brought the meat back to the fire and they all started eating, now they just didn't jump at it all at once, it goes from Breeding Pair(Arrow and Kalina) and went down the line from there. Kalina's coloring was beautiful, with brown, bluish gray, and white, all mixed in. They went down the line to eat the kill, soon all that was left was the bones. The wolves doused the fire with dirt, and went to sleep.
In the dawn of the new day, Citlali woke up, stiff from walking around all day yesterday. She laid there until the sun was a little higher in the sky, she moved slowly, so she wouldn't wake up her mate, and left to get a small breakfast. As she did though she saw a strange wolf, with the markings of an arrow on his head. She turned around and ran away as fast as she could. The wolf followed, she knew she could outrun him, the tales she's heard from her mother say of a wolf with the marking of an arrow, as strong as a bull, but as slow as a human. She ran through the trees, he was losing ground, she ran back and tripped over Lalawethika.
"What gives?" He asked.
"RUN!" Citlali yelled, Lalawethika turned to look and saw the wolf.
"RUNNING!!" He ran after her, his stamina keeping full, the wolf with the arrow slowed down and had to walk. Lalawethika and Citlali kept running until they reached the edge of the mountain, he nudged Citlali.
"Are you OK?" He asked.
"Yes, you?"
"I'm OK, I tried getting us some breakfast, but then he came out of nowhere." Citlali sat down.
"Hopefully he won't bother us for a while." Lalawethika said, licking her. She nodded, then heard many howls, "I stand corrected, he must be Arrow, the most feared wolf of Yellowstone." They saw 10 brown wolves moving in on them. Citlali and Lalawethika licked each other, and split up, running in opposite directions. Citlali ran as fast as she could, dodging everything that was in her way. Five against one was not good, especially if you were the one. Citlali ran through a lake, and turned a sharp left, hoping she lost them. She found Lalawethika running to her and they ran to each other, with the brown wolves following, they both turned to her right, and the pack of brown wolves crashed into one another. Citlali and Lalawethika ran a good deal away, and turned around to see them still trying to untangle themselves. Citlali licked Lalawethika and they both ran for a good half hour before hitting a steep cliff, Citlali saw that there was no escape, since now ten black wolves were blocking their path, and a sea of white, and then brown. Lalawethika looked behind him, and gulped at the sheer drop.
"It's too late now, white one. You'll come with us!" Arrow said from the front. Citlali growled.
"I will never join you!" Citlali said, "I'm staying with my mate!"
"You're mate is flawed." Arrow said.
"My mate may be flawed, but his heart is pure, and that's good enough for me!" Citlali said, and stepped closer to Lalawethika.
"Did you just call me flawed?" He asked.
"No, I'm trying to get him off our tails."
"Then can you do it without insulting me?" Lalawethika asked.
"Ahhh, you are the black one I saw. You will make a fine right hand." Arrow said.
"I thought I was your right hand?" Asked a brown/black wolf.
"You are, my son, but he," Arrow said, walking around Lalawethika, "Is strong, pure of heart, and has some special quality..."
"What?" Asked Lalawethika.
"I don't know, but I intend to find out!" Arrow jumped on Caleb and they started fighting. Citlali was about to be dragged away when she bit one and tore his jugular. She did that to about fifteen wolves before Arrow jumped away, running and saying, "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" Lalawethika had a bleeding leg and saw Citlali and the wolves.
"Are you OK?" He asked.
"Yes, but you're not." Citlali said, and started licking his wounds. He moved away, "What?"
"You have blood all over." She looked at her self.
"Oh, that's theirs." She pointed to the fifteen wolves on the ground. He gasped.
"You did that?"
"Yes." She seemed sad.
"What's wrong?" He asked.
"I...I just killed my own kind." She whimpered. He led her to a lake and they started swimming to wash off the blood. Then they laid in the glow of the setting sun, falling asleep next to each other to keep warm as the sun fell, and night swept in.
Lalawethika is a male name from the Shawnee language meaning "he makes noise", I thought it would fit him, since he does make a lot of noise.(It was under "Native American" in the Random Name Generator website) and Citlali is a female name from the Nahuatl language, meaning "star" because she's a white wolf, and at night(If there was night in the game) she would, in my opinion, glow like the stars.(Also under "Native American" so don't blame me!) ANYWAY, their names WERE going to be Leah and Caleb, but my sister said that when she read "Leah", she thought it meant ME because my name is Leahwannabe479, frankly, I didn't see the difference, but she did, and I'm starting to think others might too. So, please review, and subscribe, and favorite, and I'll see you next chapter, sorry for the shortness of it too.