Authors note: Please remember that some words are spelt differently in Australia than in countries such as America etc. This means that some words that may appear to have a spelling mistake do not e.g. colour, favourite etc.
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Disclaimer: I do not own Blood and chocolate or any of the original characters. I do, however, own Shay and Ebony.
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I was not in the least bit pleased about my father's decision to move interstate and join a new pack. Although I understood his reasons to move, I felt I was abandoning my pack by doing so. Try as I might to change his mind I knew it would be no good, he had made his decision. This, however, did not stop me from sulking in my room all afternoon. Our pack had been involved in a dispute over territory and it hadn't ended well for our pack, or the rival one for that matter. Our pack had severely decreased in numbers. A lot of my friends had been killed along with our pack leader. This is why my father had decided it was best for us to join a new pack; it is not safe to belong to a weak pack and ours was weak in numbers. I was so relieved when I had found out that my friend Ebony would be coming with us. We were joining a pack that was in need of some females of Ebony and my age. Apparently they had a few males of our age but not enough females to be their mates. I was not pleased about being promised off to a bunch of male wolves who I had never even spoken too. Just as I was beginning to feel sorry for myself Ebony came crashing into my room.
"Still not packed yet? We leave tomorrow." She said as she flung herself onto my bed.
"No, I haven't even started packing yet, unlike you I am not looking forward to moving." I said as I climbed onto the bed beside her.
"It will be a fresh start Shay. And there will be lots of young wolves for you to pick from. What's not to like?" Of course the teenage males were the only thing Ebony was thinking about. They were the only thing she ever thought about.
"I just feel like we should be building up our numbers and rebuilding our pack, not deserting it for some pack we've never even seen before"
"Wake up Shay, our pack is gone. We have no choice but to join a new one. I've heard about the leader, Gabriel, he's supposed to be amazingly good looking." Ebony said, again letting her hormones get the better of her, "Do you want me to help you pack?"
"No. I'll do it later." I had no desire for Ebony to be rifling through my things; sometimes she could be a little too nosy.
"Don't be so grumpy Shay. The move will do us all good. We can't hang around here forever. Besides, it will be good to be around more weres of our own age. It will certainly be good for you." After the last sentence she wiggled her eyebrows up and down suggestively, making me laugh.
It was true that a lot of the male population of our pack had had their eye on me for a potential mate. More than that, they had fought over me. I, however, had not been particularly fond of any of them in that way. They had been my friends and that was all.
"Hello, earth to Shay. Are you listening?"
"Yeah, I'm listening" I said, trying to recall what Ebony had been talking about.
"So you're coming tonight or not?"
I realised she was talking about the last run of our pack. "Of course I'm coming." I said, already looking forward to it. It would be a sad run though; I knew I would miss my friends and the rest of the pack most tonight than any other night. It would feel so strange to be running without them.
"I'll see you out there then" Ebony yelled out as she ran out of my room.
I looked around my room. I would miss it here. We had lived here since I was borne and I was definitely not looking forward to leaving. I wondered what the pack we were going to join was like. I didn't know a lot about them. I knew they weren't a huge pack and that they had moved twice in the past 2 years (something about a fire and a meat boy). I had heard that their pack leader was drop dead gorgeous but I had also heard that he had a mate (not that I had told Ebony yet). That was the extent of my knowledge about them. Mostly I was concerned about the males of my age. I was not looking for a mate and had no intention of doing so anytime soon. I knew however that certain words had past between my father and the pack leader. These Words concerned me, Ebony and the teen males of their pack. There was no way I was going to allow myself to be unofficially bargained off. Of course if I refused to choose a mate, well, there was nothing anyone could do about it.
"Have you started packing yet?" I heard my dad yell from downstairs.
"Uh, yeah." I yelled down to him. I knew he would be angry if he found out I still hadn't packed a thing.
I let out a deep sigh and began to pack my belongings into boxes. While I was packing I found an old photo. It was a photo of me and most of the old pack. As I was looking at the smiling faces in the picture I felt a lump start to form in my throat. I swallowed hard as if trying to force the lump down my throat. Tears started welling up in my eyes but I refused to let them fall. I saw my mum smiling up at me from the picture, I didn't want to think about her and what she had done to me and my dad. Trying to forget everything that had happened in the past three months, I looked out the window and saw the big, silver moon. It wasn't full but even the sight of a half moon was enough to make the animal inside me stir. I felt the change threaten to overwhelm me. Suddenly I could deny it no longer. I felt the change ripple through my skin. I ran through the house and out the back door. I threw my head back and howled at the moon. Suddenly I heard the faint howl of what was left of my pack. Tonight we would run together for the last time.
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A.N I know it's a bit short but I've already written the next one and it's longer. Please Review!
