Chapter 1 Trains
Runt's POV
"So where are we going?" I asked my siblings as we walked away from our den.
"To the northern pack where else would we go?" Claudette asked like it was obvious. We walked to our new friends' den. Their names were Fleet and Magril, they walked out to us and Fleet issued a challenge.
"You guys are pretty good log boarders right?" He asked with a smirk on his face knowing my sister couldn't resist a challenge.
"Yeah we're the best why?"
"Well that's funny cause my friend Ed said we could take you in a race." Fleet said and it was an almost instantaneous challenge accepted.
"When and where?" Claudette asked
"Tomorrow at noon on Rail hill." Fleet said. Rail hill got it's name because at the bottom were the railroad tracks. I hated going down it because it hurt to hit the tracks.
"Challenge accepted." Claudette spoke for us and we went our separate ways. I found myself on a hill with my siblings practicing for the race.
"Claudette do we have to do this?" I asked
"Yes we have to prove we are the best Runt." Of course we did, she had to beat anyone who challenged her.
"Besides Runt it'll be fun." Stinky said. The next day at noon we met with our opponents, Ed, Fleet, and Magril. We would take off at the same time and first one to cross the train tracks wins. We got on our logs.
"3,2,1! GO!" Fleet and Claudette yelled and we took off down the hill. We took the lead, until we hit a rough patch of grass which caused us to slow down a lot. They caught up to us and we were neck and neck. I heard a train horn, we looked at the other team who had heard it to. We tried slowing down but we kept going.
"Fleet what should we do?" Claudette called out.
"I don't know!" He shouted back as the front of the train passed in front of. We put our paws down in hopes of stopping. The other team did the same and we collided with an open boxcar. We were thrown in hitting hay.
"OWE!" Stinky yelled I looked over to him Ed had landed on him. I got up and scrambled to out but something caught me I watched as our home went further and further away.
"Runt we're going too fast." Fleet said. Now we are all on the train going who knows where and it didn't take long for everyone to get mad at each other.
"This is all your fault!" I yelled at Claudette
"No this is all Fleet's fault!" She yelled
"You didn't have to accept the challenge it's not my fault you have so much pride!" He yelled back
"I wanted to impress you!" Claudette screamed back.
"Would you all stop already!?" Ed yelled
"You stay out of it!" All of us yelled at Ed and Magril. After around another hour of yelling we were all to mad to speak to each other. We all went to bed mad in separate corners of our boxcar prison. We woke up and the train had stopped do we jumped out into the new world. None of us wanted to speak to each other but we all had the same idea run into the nearby forest. We kept running until we came across a den, we hesitated to go in.
"I'll go in maybe they'll help us get home." Claudette said no one objected to it since she was the main reason we were in this mess. A bird flew in ahead of her though.
"Huntly there's some wolves outside." I heard a voice say. "Come on get up!" I heard a loud groan as a wolf walked out, he yawned. His coat was grey with some faded black spots here and there he had also had faded mask that was barely visible.
"Um there's kids here." He said confused.
"I told you so, now what do you want to do about them?" The bird asked
"We need help getting back home..' Claudette said
"Nope I'm going back to sleep." The wolf walked back into his den and the bird hid his face in his wing.
"Sorry about him feel free to go inside if you want he won't bite." The bird offered us we walked inside. "My name is Split, and the wolf is named Huntly."
"My name is Claudette, and these are my brothers Stinky and Runt." Claudette introduced us.
"My name is Fleet this is my sister Magril and my friend Ed we're from Jasper. Can you help us get back." Fleet asked
"I believe I can." Split said as Stinky went back further into the cave.
"So Huntly are you going to help?" Stinky asked the wolf groaned and got up.
"I guess I have to since Split can't even find his way north." The wolf walked to the rest of us I just then noticed how scrawny he was.
