Chapter 1

Introductions and The Boat

Ocean, I never thought in my whole life that I would be able to see the ocean. So majestic with the sparkles of light reflecting off the water, yet I still felt nothing in my heart for the oceanic beauty. There was only one thing in my brain that I truly wanted and that was death, but I am too noble and honorable to kill myself so I have yet still to meet my match on the battlefield. My body scared from my horrifying history, yet they are unnoticeable by my pure black fur that coated my body. I looked down at my reflection in the water to see a dark grey jagged line going across my left eye, down and across my muzzle and then down my right cheek. I shifted my gaze to my eyes to find two black orbs looking back filled with nothing. No emotion. No inner flame. No hope, but I still held two things in my heart and those two things are my beliefs and my family. I was born a pure breed wolf but I was by far the largest wolf you would ever see as my ancestors thought it would be good idea to mate with a Dire Wolf. As soon as I could walk on my own my pack abandoned me because of my pure black body coat because the Alpha Leader and Elders said that it was a bad omen so they left me to die in that cave. During that time I fought for my beliefs and survival and got myself a reputation and plenty of names by doing so. During my life I have been named many things such as Traitor, Low-life, Scum, Lone wolf, Barbarian, Demon, Devil, Archangel, Hero and many more things, some good and even more bad.

I was torn from my memories when I heard someone trying to sneak up on me. As soon as they were one foot away from me I turned as fast as I could and tackled them to the ground. All I could hear was laughter as I licked my master's face. That was until I could hear the sound of a bullet being chambered. I looked up from his face to be staring down the barrel of a gun. I instantly froze; my muscle flexed and I forced myself to dive to the side to avoid the bullet being fired. As I finished my role I turned to see my master get up and punch the dude with the gun in the face so I just sit down and listen to what my master would have to say to the trigger happy moron.

"What the fuck was that for John?" asked the guy that tried to shoot my head off but failed.

"THAT WAS FOR SHOOTING AT MY FAMILY DIP SHIT!" John my master yelled furiously. I wouldn't even call it that it was like a raging volcano exploded inside of him.

"You call that thing your family? Are you insane?" asked the guy again.

"THAT THING IS A WOLF! AND THAT WOLF HAS SAVED MY LIFE MORE TIMES THEN I COULD COUNT! SO IF I SEE YOU EVEN LOOK AT MY BOY THE WRONG WAY! SO HELP ME GOD! I WILL SLIT YOUR THROUT!" screamed John in the guy's face as he towered over him.

'And to think that John used to be a Christian Priest' I thought to myself as I decided to follow John that had now began the walk back to the port that was not too far away. I turned my head back to the guy and saw that he had just pissed himself as the dark patch of clothing near his crotch area was stained. I nudged my muzzle on my master's hand and as he looked down at me I flicked my head back at the guy. As my master tuned I kept on walking ahead.

"Troy when we get back to port you may need to change your pants." said John with a hint of humor.

"Come on Drake we still have a boat to catch to our new life." said John again as he continued to walk.

"There is nothing left for us here." He said sourly as he looked at me. All I could do is nod my head and hope for the best.

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It didn't take us long to find our way to the port since we just followed the main road that lead to the town that was just outside the port. As soon as we began to walk on the edge of town John was forced to put me on a leach so that nobody thought I was a stray wolf in town. As soon as we made it into the center of town John and I could already hear whispers on why John had a wolf as a pet but I thought it was pretty funny on how they thought that I was tame.

'Only in dreams can you tame wolfs.' I thought to myself.

The dog populations on the other hand, were in an uproar and seriously pissed off because I was in town. Some of the older dogs had heard stories about me and warned all dogs to keep their distance from me but most of the younger husky dogs in the sled teams didn't listen and began to annoy me and see what I would do in retaliation. In retaliation all I would do was bare my teeth and growl low and deep in my throat and they would turn tail and run. One group that we were walking past start piss me off because they just wouldn't stop barking and I could tell it was pissing John off because he began to clench and unclench his fists. As soon as we passed them they started to push it further.

"Yo wolfy. Why you walking away? Don't have the balls to face me because we all know you can't do shit in my town you small fucker. Come back here and show me how much wolf you are." Said a husky dog and by the size of him I am guessing that he is a lead dog. So I thought I had to put him in his place.

"I don't fight female dogs, especially bitches as small as you." I retorted back without looking and by the sound of things his pals thought it was funny because they were laughing like no tomorrow. I could hear him cursing at his pals while John and I turned the corner. I decided to close my eyes and let John lead me to where ever we were going. Then suddenly I was hit by something and tackled to the ground. But I could tell it was by accident because I felt no pain from claws and bites. I opened my eyes to find a small red and white husky pup no older than 12 months had tackled me into the snow. I could also see that John had been tackled by a 5 year old girl with red hair.

"Sorry for smacking into you Mister. I wasn't watching where I was going." said the little girl as she climbed off him.

"It's ok I wasn't watching where I was going either." replied John who was just getting up. As soon as he stood he towered over the girl.

"Where is your mom and dad young lady?" asked John.

"They are just over there getting tickets to the big boat that we are going to ride on." said the little girl with plenty of excitement while pointing to them.

"Well why don't I walk you over it is very dangerous walking around on your own." said John as he offered the girl his hand. He looked over at me and saw that the pup was still on my chest staring at me. "Well at least their getting along." He laughed as he began to walk to the girl's parents.

"You do know that you can get off me now." I said to the little pup because I didn't want to be too far away from John just in case.

"Oh, yeah sorry." said the little girl pup with embarrassment as she climbed off me. As I was getting up I could still see that she was still staring at me.

"See something you like?" I asked as I looked down at the little pup.

"Um…I…I…"said but I interrupted her.

"Don't worry I was just kidding. The name is Drakeire and you are?"

"My names Jenna." She said softly and looking down while blushing. I couldn't understand why.

"Come on climb on my back we have to catch up to John before I get into serious trouble." I said as I kneeled down. She looked hesitant at first but eventually with some encouragement she climbed on. "Now hold onto my neck, ok." I said as I began a slow trot towards John who was having a conversation with the girl's parents. I could tell Jenna was scared at first because she was accidently digging her small claws into my neck but I ignored that and kept going. As we were approaching, Jenna was now confident and had her small front paws on the top of my head while her hind legs were wrapped around my rib area. As we were approaching the group the little girl saw Jenna on my back but was too scared since I was taller than her.

"Jenna!" the small girl yelled but didn't move. So I slowly walked into the middle of the group and lay down so Jenna could get off my back easier. The girl came up and hugged Jenna then turned to me but her parents stopped me.

"No Rosy he might bite you." Her mother said quickly and pulled her to them. I wasn't really bothered so I just lay down fully to get some rest while John talked away.

"Don't worry about Drakeire, he is a gentle giant and is a playground to the kids. Trust me my son used to love climbing all over him." He said as he looked down at me with a fake smile. I could tell he was reliving painful memories by the look on his face.

"I am sorry but did you say 'used to'?" asked Rosy's father with great curiosity.

"Yeah, my wife and son are dead now, but luckily this guy saved my life." He said as he crouched down and rubbed the back of my neck. He stood back up and said "But that was over a year ago now and that's why I am catching the next boat to Alaska then we're heading to Canada to start a new life." Rosy's parents were in shock and the first to act was Rosy as she slowly walked over to John and hugged him.

"I am sorry about your family mister." She said softly as she began to cry.

"Don't cry Rosy. I have finally moved on and am about to start a new life with the only family I have left." said John as he pointed to me. I slowly stood up and nudged my muzzle with her arm. She turned around and hugged my head.

"I am so sorry about your family John." said Rosy's father.

"Don't worry about it Tom I moved on." replied John.

"Don't mean to intrude but where in Canada are you going to go?" asked Tom's wife.

"Don't worry about it Jane and to answer your question, I don't know. Anywhere but here is fine by me." replied John as he watches Rosy return to her parents.

"Would you excuse us for a minute." asked Jane.

"Yeah sure the boat doesn't leave for another 3 hours anyway." said John as he crouched down to me and rubbed the back of my ears and under my muzzle. I loved the feeling under my muzzle as it was one of my weak spots. "Like that don't you boy." All I could do was close my eyes and push against his hand. I could sense someone watching me so I opened my eyes and looked around and found Jenna just sitting there looking at us. I flicked my head in a motion that said 'come over'. So she slowly got up and rubbed Johns hand with her muzzle. John turned around and was just about to rub behind her ears but then Tom and Jane called him over. So he got up and walked towards them. Jenna was about to leave and I could see it by the look on her face that she was battling something inside her head.

"You okay?" I asked with full concern. 'Well that was new. Wonder where the emotion came from?' I thought to myself.

"What? Um, yeah I'm fine. Why do you ask?" she replied.

"It just looked like*sigh* never mind. So, why are you here anyway? You don't look like you belong here. No offence." I said quickly.

"None taken, our plane landed about an hour ago to refuel but something happened to the wings so now we have to take the boat to our new home in Nome, Alaska." she said. I was about to reply but then we were interrupted by Rosy screaming.

"Really! They can come with us!" Rosy screamed as she looked at her mother. Jane replied then all I could see was Rosy sprinting towards us faster than any 5 year old should and tackled me to the ground and hugged me tight and then suddenly pulled Jenna in as well, so it was an awkward situation for us. "You get to come to my house for a few months." She said softly in my ear. All I could do was smile. A genuine smile. In my heart there was this funny feeling that I had not felt in over a year.

Happiness

'Oh have I missed that feeling.' I thought to myself as I rolled over so that Rosy was on my stomach being careful not to roll on her. Jenna had escaped from Rosy's grip and had put a little bit of pressure on her to keep her down. I think began to frantically like Rosy's face all the while she was laughing. After about 30 seconds Jenna got off so Rosy could stand up. As I was getting up I looked towards John and Rosy's parents and they all had smiles on their faces. I turned and saw Rosy chasing Jenna but they stopped and looked at me when I began to walk towards them then I turned to my side and kneeled to let Jenna and Rosy climb on my back. Jenna knew what this meant and climbed onto my back and got into the same position she was on before. Rosy just looked at John.

"Don't worry he can carry up to 150 pounds of gear on his back. Also this is the first time I've seen him kneel to someone so fast. It took my son 2 months to get Drakeire to kneel and give him a ride. To him it's a sign of Trust and Friendship so I wouldn't refuse if I were you. It is very rare." said John while carefully watching Drake to see what his angle is.

"So what type of dog is Drakeire? I have never seen his type before." Said Tom while he watched his daughter climb onto my back then I slowly rise.

"Now what I am about to tell you may shock you and could you please keep your voice down as well?" he asked then continued once they both nodded. He turned and looked at Drake and as if sensing that John wanted me I turned and nodded to John, giving him permission to tell them my small story. "How do I say this?" turning back to Tom and Jane "Drakeire is not a dog. Drakeire is a Wolf. But before you freak out I have had Drakeire since he was 9 months old and he has not bitten me once and has saved my life more times than I could count." Both parents just looked at him like he was crazy then turned and looked at their daughter who was laughing like crazy as I did some jogging, tail chasing, standing on my front legs and then finally my hind legs, then I began to walk back to the trio. Tom and Jane were surprised by how gentle I was with Rosy and also when I nodded to them in respect then bent down so that Rosy could get off. I was surprised that Jenna stayed on so I let her then turned and faced the group. As they were talking I decided to talk to Jenna.

"So Jenna, why didn't you get off?" I asked as I was very curious.

"No particular reason except that the view is a lot better up here than down there and it's extremely comfortable." she replied as she laid her head down on the top of my head and began to fall asleep.

'Well this is an awkward situation.' I thought as I began to follow John and the others that were heading towards the boat.

As we were nearing I began to pick up even more dog scents than usual then I finally realized that I would have to be kept in a massive caged area with other dogs.

'This isn't good.' I thought but pushed the fear that was creeping up back down because I had to prepare for another fight. As if sensing my fear John turns around towards me.

"What's wrong boy?" he asks and all I do is nod to the loading bay where all the dogs are spending the trip in. He looks over and nods his head and turns back to me. "Don't worry I will come and visit you and Jenna and feed you personally." All I can do is nod my head carefully since Jenna is still on my back asleep.

'How the hell can someone sleep on someone else's back?' I thought to myself as I walked over to the ramp that lead into the cargo area that the dogs would have to stay for the duration of the boat ride. 'Great I have to share a confined space with a bunch of dogs and there is no privacy.' I thought as I entered the boat and stepped of the ramp and looked around for a place to lie down. The cage was about 50 meters by 20 meters. 'Not a lot of room in a fight.' I thought to myself as I spotted a free corner so I decided to head to the corner before someone else took it. As I made my way to the corner every single dog in the cage stopped talking and watched as I moved my way to the corner. Less than 10 feet from the corner someone calls for my attention.

"Hey wolfy, you still walking away from me I see." said the lead sled dog.

'Not this bitch again. Why can't they just leave me alone for than 30 minutes.' I thought to myself as I continued to the corner. 'Damn, I am going to have to wake Jenna to deal with these guys.' I slowly shook my shoulders to wake Jenna up.

"Jenna wake up, wake up Jenna." I asked softly as I shook my head slowly and put myself in a sitting position so she would gently slide to the ground still asleep. 'Wow and John calls me a heavy sleeper.' I thought as I turned my attention back to the lead sled dog and his posy.

"What do you want sled dog?" I question with a neutral tone. I heard a giant horn sound and then a great growl sounded and then I felt the boat beginning to move. I turned my head and saw that Jenna was still asleep. I turned my attention back to the dogs.

"As you can see wolfy, you are hogging all the females." replied the sled dog with a sly smile all the while not taking his eyes off of her body.

'He just had to be a sadistic bastard didn't he.' I thought to myself as I got in a defensive position right over her body.

"The first one to touch her gets a broken jaw and the second gets a broken leg. And you" I pointed to the lead sled dog "I only have one question. What is your name?" I asked in a neutral tone again.

"The names Winner wolf, so prepare to be beaten. Get him!" he yelled at his posy as he pointed at me.

'10 on 1 still not a fair fight, for them. At least I know what to put on his gravestone now.' I thought to myself as the first guy lunged at me but I stopped him by grabbing his forelegs and throwing him to the ground and then I just clawed at his face leaving 3 long and really deep gashes across his face. I know he was out of the fight so I charged into two others tackling them to the ground and smashing their faces into the metal floor knocking them both out. I turned around to find myself surrounded by 4 dogs and looked towards Jenna to find that she had just woken up to the sounds of battle and had backed into a corner with two dogs preventing her from escaping as Winner was closing in and preparing to have his fun. As soon as one of the dogs guarding her touched her to pin her down I pushed myself even harder as one of the dogs charged but all he got was a kick to the face and he was out like a light. I turned my attention to the other three dogs sneering at them and snapping my powerful jaws causing them to back away in fear.

I turned my attention to Winner and assessed the situation. One of his dogs was blocking my way while the other dog was about to mount Jenna. So I then pushed myself harder and charged straight for the dog mounting Jenna and just shoulder barged the dog blocking out of my way and causing him to go flying into the fence, clearly hearing the sound of bones snapping and tackled the dog that was pinning Jenna and sent him flying into the cage as well and punched his lower jaw with my paw, no claws just my paw. After hearing the echoing sound of a bone snapping I turned around and stood over Jenna again in a defensive position. I stole a glance downward and could see that she was just staring at me with wide eyes. As my body began to cool down from the adrenaline surge I could hear cheering and looked around the cage on the outside to where the walk-ways are and could see a group of people covered in soot cheering and exchanging money. 'Atleast their happy, I just beat up six dogs and made another three piss themselves, wait where is num' my thoughts were interrupted by another dog tackling me into the cage while biting my shoulder and scratching my ribs with his claws.

"No!" I heard Jenna scream.

It took me a second to realize that it was Winner who was doing this, so with all my strength I bit down on his left foreleg and continued to put power into my jaws until I heard a resounding snap and a scream of pain. I then pushed off the cage and through Winner a good 12 feet before skidding to a stop 15 feet away. I just realized that the group had stopped cheering but then my ears were ringing by a sudden roar of approval. 'How can 5 people make so much noise?' I asked myself but I simply ignored them and lay down next to Jenna had since been watching with tears swelling in her eyes since I had been hurt in a fight.

'Why is she so worried?' I thought to myself as I checked my body for injuries. 'Multiple scratches on both left and right rib areas, easy to fix but the ones on my back are going to be a bit tricky. Not bad for 10 on 1 but I'm lucky that 3 of them decided not to fight.' I thought to myself as I cleaned my wounds but also keeping my eyes and ears in the direction of the dogs who have now crouched in a corner and assessed their bodies. As I finished cleaning my rib wounds I lay down on my stomach to get some rest but then I felt someone licking the wounds on my back and noticed that it was Jenna.

"Jenna what are you doing?" I asked trying not to be embarrassed since I couldn't clean my own wounds.

"Uh, um…I…I was just cleaning your wounds on your back so they don't get infected." She replied shyly looking away trying to hide her blush.

"Well thanks for that. I am flexible but not that flexible." I said finishing with a laugh, putting my head on my paws. "Well I am going to catch some sleep so just tap me on my head if you want to wake me." I said slowly closing my eyes.

"Goodnight Drakeire and thanks for saving me." She said softly while she finished cleaning my wounds.

"No worries and call me Drake, friends call me Drake." I replied unmoving.

"Ok. Goodnight Drake." She replied in a bare whisper.

"Goodnight Jenna" I mumbled back. 'This is going to be one long bloody boat ride.' I think to myself as I eventually falling asleep, entering the black void of nothingness.

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A/N: Hey guys and girls I just want to post this and see if the story is good. If it is I will continue on with the story. Reviews are always welcome both good and bad so I can see of I am good or not.

I only own my OCs the rest is goes to Universal and Amblimation Studios.

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