Lupus – A CoAD FanFic
Chapter 1 - Rain
A.N.: My first fanfic. Ever. I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it. But I get high at the mention of Torak so I doubt it! xD
Rain fell from the dark, foreboding sky. Lightning flew overheard and the sky lit up like a flame. A cold, naked body lay on the floor shivering. Tears fell from his face onto the ground and mingled with the rain. His long, honey-blonde hair seemed almost black as the dirt was smeared into it. He had a scratch across his cheek which bled slightly. A wolf howled in the backdrop and the body screamed.
Torak and Renn followed Wolf through the dense, earthy bracken. Thorns pricked Torak's gaunt, scrawny face. A drop of bright red slid down his pale face. He rubbed it onto his finger and then onto his jerkin as if nothing had happened and kept on moving.
They came to a clearing and Renn's eyes widened when she saw what they had been tracking. She ran towards the naked body, bleeding and dirty and wrapped it in a blanket that she'd had the foresight to bring with her.
Torak walked up to the body and crouched down. He put a hand on his chest and another over his mouth to confirm he was still breathing. No emotion showed on his face while he hauled the body over his shoulder and retreated back to the Raven camp with a grim expression on his face.
"Is he going to be OK?" Renn asked, peeking her head into the shelter. Torak was sat on the floor leaning over the barely-breathing body.
"I think so. He's having a bit of trouble breathing. His throat is clogged up with mud but he's vomited the most of it." he replied without looking at Renn. She sat down next to him and held his hand, almost squeezed it, and they sat there for a while staring desperately at the dying body.
Eventually, it began to splutter. The eyes flickered open and Renn gasped. The boy looked confused. He blinked a few times and then his eyes widened. He shot up immediately and hit his head on the beam and collapsed again. Renn and Torak sat silently for a few heartbeats then screamed with laughter. Even Wolf looked amused. The short, pale boy opened his eyes again and glared at Torak for laughing. His face burned from blank white to flaming red with embarrassment.
Suddenly the fourteen summer old grinned and everybody laughed again. The laugh ended in a cough and the boy got up.
"Hello." he smiled. He wasn't quite sure what he was supposed to say. He was pleased he'd been rescued but still didn't know who his rescuers where. Perhaps they were bad guys too? Maybe they were out to help the evil ones?
Suddenly he was extremely intimidated by the two grinning figures above him. What to do?
Torak: Lupus doesn't own CoAD at all.
Lupus: But I really want to! And if I did Renn would have got off with Torak in Book 1. :D
Renn: I'm sorry but you'll never own me.
Lupus: … Meanie...