For and based on the ideas by CoyotePrime1100. I hope you enjoy.
Deep within a jungle near Seoni; a young adult, female Gray Wolf with a slightly older Black Panther of the same sex, were both walking through the wilderness together.
The Gray Wolf was Pink, the youngest sibling of the leaders of the Heera (Diamond) Wolf Pack. She was an average sized female, nearly indiscernible from any other Gray Wolf; but her most stand out features were her fur and her eyes. Pink's coat contained highlights of the same color as her name, and her eyes were a similar color as well with diamond shaped pupils; a genetically passed down feature of Heera's leaders. "It's not fair, Garnet," Pink whined to her Panther companion.
Garnet was a slightly larger than a typical Black Panther with heterochromatic eyes that made her stand out from other panthers; her right eye is ruby-red, while her left eye is sapphire-blue. "I'm sorry, Pink." Garnet sincerely said. "I know how much you wanted to be a mother."
For the longest time now, Pink has been pining to have puppies of her own; but no matter how seemingly hard she tries to find a mate, none of the males will take her. "Why am I still treated differently by the others?" Pink complainingly asks as both animals find a place to sit and rest. "The males all constantly tell me I'm too "immature" to breed, and what's worse is that Yellow, Blue, and even White agree with them. I'm a Heera too, and just as important as those three."
Garnet gave Pink a loving purr before staring into the wolf's rhombus-shaped pupils. "I know it's something you don't want to hear; but maybe it is not in your future to be a mother, yet."
"How can you say that?" Pink barked at the panther. "You know it's what I want more than anything."
"Would you mind listening to some friendly advice from an old cat?" Garnet asked of the younger canine.
"Fine," Pink said in a tone that stated she didn't have anything better to do than hear out the wise Black Panther.
"You have grown much now ever since I laid eyes on you as a pup." Garnet began. "And you have grown into a magnificent, strong, smart young she-wolf who still has a lot to offer on her own. I believe Yellow, Blue and White see that as well and want you to live that life before letting the responsibilities of motherhood take it away. You know your family always has your best interests at heart."
"I know, Garnet." Pink knew that her family cared about her more than anything, she wishes that they could understand how much she truly wants to start a family of her own.
"Come, we've trekked too far into the jungle; we should return to the Pack before it gets dark," Garnet told the Gray Wolf as she stood up on her paws.
[Waawaah!]
Pink's ears propped up upon hearing a high pitched, yet faint sounding echo coming from deeper within the tropical forest. "Garnet, did you hear that?" The Gray Wolf asked the Black Panther, who stopped in her tracks and turned to the female canine.
[Waawaah!]
"What is that?" Garnet asked, hearing the noise herself.
"I'll check it out," Pink told as she rushed headfirst into the broad brush of the woodland.
"Pink!" Garnet shouted to the impulsive wolf, who already put a considerable amount of distance between her. Garnet growled under own breath and tailed right behind her quickly sprinting friend.
[Waawaah!]
Pink continued chasing the noise as it grew louder and more repetitive; showing she was on the right track.
[Waawaah!] [Waawaah!]
The Gray Wolf kept on running until she eventually came across streaming river; where her trail had come to an end.
[Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!]
Pink looked for a way across the body of water but stopped upon identifying something floating down it; it looked like a giant leaf, but not a leaf blade exactly.
[Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!]
Pink finally caught that the sounds were coming from the unusual object; the Gray Wolf looked around a spotted a long, sturdy looking branch. She rushes over to and picks it up with her jaws; hauling it over to as close to the "leaf" as possible and manages to tow it over to her.
Upon further inspection, Pink realized the "leaf" was a carrier like the ones made in the "man-village;" if she remembers correctly, they were called baskets, and had creative designs on them. However, this one looked like it was recently made and wasn't placed in the water not too long ago. The young wolf also caught sight of something on the side of the basket; it was red, dry and smelt like… "Blood," Pink said to herself.
[Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!]
Pink peaked into the basket and took notice of a red cover with man symbols sown upon it; S. T. E. V. E. N; concealing something small, struggling and the source of the noise. The she-wolf removed the cover to discover the creature to be a bare naked man-cub. It was a little creature with dark chestnut hair and black eyes swaddled up in a pink fabric; its skin was also paler compared to that of other men that Pink had seen or had been described to her by the others.
[Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!]
The man-cub cried loudly but stopped upon noticing the peculiar wolf. Pink stuck her snout into the basket; sniffing the man-cub, who places its hand on her nose. The wolf backed away for a moment, before putting her muzzle back into the basket to smell the child once more. The hairless child began laughing with joy at Pink, and the she-wolf found herself chuckling too; she did not know why maybe it's most likely because of the creature's adorable innocence.
"Pink!" Garnet disappointedly shouted to the Gray Wolf. "You cannot just run off like that, do you know what White would do if something happened?"
Pink did not answer and just continued staring at the baby. "Pink, are you even listening to me?" The Black Panther asked.
"Garnet, look," Pink said to the large feline; who stepped closer to see what has seized the young she-wolf's undivided attention.
"A man-cub. What is it doing out here on its own?" Garnet asked herself, only to get her answer upon seeing the dried blood on the basket; before letting out a sympathetic sigh. "Pink, return to your Pack; I'll see to it that he is taken to a nearby "man-village."
"No, let me take him back to the Pack." Pink protested. "He's so small and helpless. I can raise him until he isn't."
"Pink, be reasonable about this." Garnet began. "You can't just…" Garnet paused as she felt something very wrong was coming their way.
"Garnet…" Pink began.
"Pink… Run…" Garnet ordered with a stern tone.
"W…" Pink tried speaking, only to get cut off by a mighty roar from a ginormous, female, Bengal Tiger; who leaped from a nearby brush towards Pink; who pulls herself and the basket away from the enormous tigress in the nick of time.
This was no ordinary tigress; this was Jasper, one of the most vicious Bengal Tigers in the jungle. She was identifiable by her considerably sturdier build, evil amber eyes and sandy-red stripes on her body instead of black ones conventional to ordinary tigers. "You, the she-wolf," Jasper growled at Pink in a ferocious tone. "The man-cub is mine."
"Run! Now!" Garnet ordered the Gray Wolf as they fled back into the jungle with the tigress following being at frighteningly rapid speeds.
[Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!]
The infant cried from the basket as Pink ran her heart out to put as much distance as she could from the monstrous assailant.
The Gray Wolf and Black Panther leaped over fallen trees only to have Jasper charge through the wood like it was a minor inconvenience; continuing her pursuit after the two smaller animals with murderous intent in her eyes.
Pink then took notices of hardy-looking vines dangling down from a tree in front of them and had an idea. The she-wolf ran ahead of her Black Panther friend to the ground touching vines, with Jasper following from behind just as planned; due to Pink's slimmer figure, she could navigate through the plants with the basket in her jaw with ease.
Since Jasper did not possess this advantage; her body was tangled up in the vines and found herself struggling to escape as Pink and Garnet delved deeper into the brush. Every time she tore through one vine another part of her body would get entangled; this left the tigress trapped, but no one knows for how long. "You can't keep it from me forever!" Jasper roared. "The man-cub will be mine to kill one day!"
"White!" A male wolf called the pack leader, garnering her attention. White was a massive White Wolf that stood far taller than any of the other wolves in the Heera Pack; much like her daughter Pink, she had the same diamond-shaped pupils. Sitting next to her was her other two daughters; Yellow and Blue, both were Gray Wolves like Pink, but had yellow and blue highlights in their respected coats and had diamond-shaped pupils much like their mother and little sister.
The latter two were watching as Blue's daughter, Amethyst, played with Yellow's and her other pups. Amethyst was smaller than an average Gray Wolf pup and had mauve highlights in her fur that matched with her name.
"What is it whelp?" White asked of her kin in a robust, sophisticated voice.
"Pink and Garnet have returned from the jungle with something that you need to see for yourself." The wolf respectfully responded.
"Grr. What has she done now?" Yellow groused; her voice was like her mothers, but without the sophistication. "She can't go one day without getting into trouble of some sort."
"Calm down, sister," Blue told her sibling; the tone of her voice was opposite Yellow's, sophisticated without robustness. "Maybe it is not as bad as you fear it to be."
"We shall see, my dears." White calmly told. "Here she comes now."
Pink stepped forward, while Garnet waited with the guards as she was not called ahead. The young Gray Wolf still held the basket in her maw as she stepped before her mother with confidence and slight fear.
"What do you have there, daughter?" White asked with curiosity. Pink said nothing at first as she placed the basket before her sisters; where their eyes all laid witness to the sleeping man-cub. "What is a man-cub doing here, where did you find him?"
"I discovered him by the river." Pink explained. "I saved him from Jasper. He was all alone, and I couldn't just abandon him to that thug."
The three older wolves looked up at Pink with concern; they recognized who and how dangerous Jasper is. Though the tiger is no match for someone like White; Pink would be easy prey for the monstrous cat. Blue let out a sigh, having already guessed as to why Pink brought the infant with her. "Pink. It won't be the cub you wish to have."
"I know. But he needs me." Pink protested in a low voice, trying not to wake the sleeping child.
"But...its… it's... Pink look at it. It's a man's cub; he's not of our species." Yellow responded in a harsher tone. "No, absolutely not, you must take it to the man's village."
"Take him to the man's village?" Pink asked her eldest sibling. "But it's a three-week journey, not even someone as fast as Garnet can reach it in time. Without milk, he'll die!"
"Yellow, taking him to the man-village is not our decision," Blue told her slightly older sister. "The laws state that if the jungle wants him..."
"So, I can keep him?" Pink asked Blue with a perkier tone.
"Pink we cannot allow you to put the pack in danger!" Yellow barked.
"He's a child; does he look dangerous to you?" Pink asked. "Or have you just turned yellow-bellied over the years?"
Yellow snarled and barked at her sister for accusing her of such a thing.
[Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!] [Waawaah!]
"Now look at what you've done," Pink yelled as she got in between the more massive wolf and child.
"Enough Yellow!" White ordered her daughter, showing off her fangs. Yellow growled to herself and fell back into line. "Are you positive the child was alone?"
"Yes." Pink somberly said; as she finally got the baby back to sleep. "I found blood on his basket… human blood. I assume because of Jasper."
"Are you certain of this?" Yellow asked her sibling in a much more composed tone than before.
"Yes," Pink answered. "No one else will be able to care for him."
White let out a small chuckle before looking at her youngest daughter. "You've always wanted to have children. Very well, I'll allow this."
Yellow looked at her mother with disbelief but said nothing; to the Heera Pack, White's word was law. No other wolf, not even her daughters, were above it.
"Thank… thank you kindly, mother." Pink gratefully expressed with tears in her eyes. "I know he'll be a good son and a more magnificent wolf…"
"We said he could stay," Blue told her sister, as she turned and walked away to her resting place.
"But that doesn't make him our kin," Yellow concluded, as she followed behind Blue.
Amethyst walked over to Pink and the baby, sticking her head up to look at the man-cub before turning to her aunt. "So... what kind of name are you going to give him?" The small pup asked.
"I think I'll stick with the name given to him by his parents, in memory of them," Pink told her young nephew while she read the letters on the coverlet. "His name will be, Steven."