~? POV~

How dare this man take me from the pack! I may be human-wolf but I don't belong in a cage! His kind killed my family, and the pack took me in. Where are we? How long has it been? I am so hungry. Here comes one of his people, and he has a sharp stick. I barely remember when I was human, but that is a spear I want to say. Why no food? He sticks the spear into the cage and tries to get me with it. I snarl back, baring my canines to him. A rumbling growl in my chest, and my eyes quickly catch glimpses of others around. The alpha male, was talking to someone, and turning my head so my ear faced his direction I heard what was being said.

"Oh, that is just some animal we are taking back. Completely wild and dangerous, if it could get out of the cage, which I assure you it can not. Please let us stay the night, we will be out by morning." That was the man, but who was he talking to?

"Sure thing, as long as you keep men guarding that cage. Merida! What do you think you are doing?" a woman's voice yelled out, just as a redhead girl, probably the same number of seasons as me appeared.

"Mum, its a lass!" she yelled, which pissed off the one with the spear.

"This thing looks human, but it is just an animal. We found it living with wolves and interacting. Thing can't even talk," he snorted, much like the wild hogs that the pack avoids.

"That doesn't mean that you can cage her up like that!" the girl argued, Merida maybe.

"Merida! That is enough. Sir, is there anyway we could take this lass off your hands?"

Only problem is that the man with the spear was pissed that he was being ignored and grabbed Merida as the lady called her, and got in her face. I quickly scampered to the side of the cage they were outside of. Launching my hand out I grabbed his wrist and squeezed forcing him to let go. He faced toward me in his anger and my other hand grabbed his shirt and yanked him against the cage. I snarled and growled in his face, and he dropped his spear in fear.

I knew I ought to be weak from going a couple days without food and water. That I shouldn't be able to lift a brute like him when I hadn't been able to move around in the past couple weeks. That I shouldn't be this angry when I didn't know her, but I was and could. I think this scared them more, and dropping him after his body spoke of surrender; I looked at Merida and using my eyes checked for injury. Seeing the slight tear on her dress from the tight grip, I got a chance to see the black and blue skin. This made me angrier and I rammed against the cage wall.

Howling, I quickly turned to face the man, before thrashing even more to get at him. He stumbled backwards, but I didn't stop and just keep throwing myself against the cage. Growling the whole time, I was shocked when I saw a hand in my cage. It was small though, not one of the men's and looking up I saw the girl had her hand in my cage. I noticed everyone shocked that I had stopped, but I didn't want to hurt her. I pushed my head against her hand and whimpered, upset that she was injured.

"Shhhh, it's okay. It's just a bruise. I'm fine, you protected me, saved me, and now you need to calm down, rest," she answered, changing some words when I cocked my head to the side confused. When she said bruise she glanced at the mark.

"I think it is safe to let her out as long as Merida keeps by her. What is her name?"

"She can't talk ma'am, so she doesn't have one. I am not so sure though. She just attacked my man and..."

"After he grabbed me! She was making sure he didn't hurt me, now open this cage, or get out!" She yelled at him. When he glared at her and advanced toward her, I quickly wrapped my arm around her stomach and pulled her back against the cage and put my other hand up in front of her to stop him some. My hand that was up was bent to be in front of her chest and the hand curled up a little like a claw. A growl rumbled in my chest as I put my crouched body as close to the bars as possible. The cage was small so I couldn't stand, but it was long so I could stretch out at night and during the day if I wanted.

"Sir, I think it would be a good idea for you to throw the keys to Merida and once the lass is on the ground to leave and go to the next town. This is twice you have threatened my daughter in some way and I will not stand for it!" the huge guy said. He smelled kinda like Merida, who smelled like pine trees and lilacs.

"My Lord, that is not..."

"Do it now, and then leave," the big man ordered again, and surprisingly the man listened and threw the keys to Merida. She caught them, and went to walk away, but my arm stopped her. Letting her go since she wanted to I kept an eye on the men to make sure they didn't try to hurt my mate.

Wait mate?! How? I just...wolf instincts...we can tell by scent and actions...I...her...mate? This is paradise, I can't even talk to her, but I can understand most of what a 5 year old knows. That is how old I was when I was taken in by the pack, but I can no longer speak it. I heard a creaking sound and looking toward the door I saw it open and went toward it only to get chocked by the collar around my neck that was chained to the cage wall that was as far from the door as possible. Though I could reach the wall to either side just not the wall with the door.

"Go ahead and get in the cage, she will just attacked. My best guard almost lost his hand to her mouth. She has wolf teeth in case you missed that."

I looked at her and tried to tell her that I would never hurt her. I couldn't not after I met her. She just looked at him and raising the thing she wore, she climbed in. "Merida!" the lady called again.

"Don't worry mum, she won't hurt me."

I just stared as she came closer and when she got close enough I put my face into the part of her neck that meets her shoulder and nuzzled her. She wrapped her arms around me, "I hope you don't mind but you need a bath." Then I felt lighter, as if a weight was lifted. I heard a thunk and looking there laid my collar, "Come on, let's get you out of this cage and into a bath." She left the cage and I followed the clothe I wore was torn and barely fit. My pack brother, Snowdrift, and I had taken it from outside a family's home. It was about a year old and had been cleaned along with me in a river, though the last time I had cleaned myself was during the last full moon and the next should be three days from now. (Yes she can tell days and weeks and uses them when she focuses, but she also uses how I view an animal would tell time. She switches between them, like how sometimes I say something and other times it is somethin' though is happens with all -ing words)

I crawled out and stood on two legs, which was something I never stopped doing even when the pack took me in. I realized I was about a head taller than Merida and my eyes quickly took in my surroundings now that the clothe wasn't in the way. I was outside a giant stone man made thing, and was surrounded by humans.

Three little boys that came up to my knee came running toward us; they reminded me so much of my little pack brothers and sisters that I dropped down low and looked to play. They got the idea while Merida and the others stared, as they spread out with their arms wide. I quickly copied and lunged at them hoping to grab one, but they evaded. Next I know one is on my back with is small arms around my neck.

I spun in a tight circle hoping to get him off, and it worked. He hit the ground and I pinned him with one hand as the other two came at my sides. Laying my foot gently on his chest I grabbed the other two in each arm and laid them next to their brother. Thus pinning all three. I let my lips pull back and smiled at them, and they smiled back. Only suddenly I was hit hard in the side, and after flying through the air I twisted to land on my feet. I saw the big man holding a club charging at me.

I realized that he was acting like the alpha of my pack, especially when his kids were in danger so I stood down. He came at me and raised his club, I ducked my head accepting that he felt I had threatened his pups. Only the blow never came, looking up I saw the three boys in front of me standing on each other's shoulders to block the blow.

"Move boys!"

They just shock their heads and looked at him more closely as if trying to tell him something.

"Da I think they were just playing. I mean she didn't hurt them and was gentle," Merida spoke up, and the three of them nodded.

"Sorry lass, its just they are my sons and..." he started, looking upset so I just smiled, knowing my wolf-father/alpha would have done the same thing. "Why are you smiling? I just hit you with..."

"Because she forgive you, right?"

I nodded like I saw the boys do. She just smiled at me and it made me even happier. "We need a name for her we can't just keep calling her lass," the alpha woman said, coming to stand next to Merida and the alpha man.

"What do you think it should be? Mum? Da?" Merida asked, looking at them.\

"Nope, you get to name her, since you will be caring for her," the woman spoke.

"But Elinor..."

"No buts Fergus this is Merida's job."

"How about Faolchu? Since it means wolf and she acts like a wolf more than a human?"

"That is a good name, now teach it to her," Elinor spoke.

I just stared and looked to the stares before looking at Merida again. I waited and when she came toward me she knelt in front of me. "Faolchu..."

I just nuzzled into her neck again, trying to show I understood. She pushed me back and I just looked at her cocking my head to the side. "Faolchu..."

I decided to try nodding my head, and she smiled. "She knows!" she cheered, standing and jumping up and down.

I could see how happy she was, so I tilted my head back and howled to light and airy howl to join in the celebration. She paused for a second, before the boys grabbed her hands and got her to dance some.

When the howl (from now on when she howls it is like singing to her) ended I smiled only to have my arm grabbed and be pulled toward the giant stone thing. "This is the castle that my family, the servants, and I live in. You will be living here too now, so lets get you cleaned up."

I got pulled into a specific area of the castle, "This is my room, where you will be staying also since I think you might scare the servants, and this is were I bathe and now time to get you clean."

Once the water was drawn, I jumped in not bothering with the clothe and started to rub at my skin. I heard a strange sound coming from next to me and saw Merida shaking, but with a smile.

"I am laughing, which means I find something funny. You need to take the shirt and pants off. (No Faolchu will not have a kilt, and I say this because for hunting in the woods it would not help and have decided that while kilts are common, people know of pants, just don't use them except for war. This may not be accurate but it is a fanfic so don't hate on this) Then you use this to wash your skin while I give the clothes to the servants to wash."

When I cocked my head confused, she worked to remove the clothe on my torso and I got the idea. Standing I removed the clothe from my torso and even though Merida got really red she yanked at the clothe on my legs. Removing those as well she handed me a smaller clothe and took mine away. Sitting back into the tub I stared at the clothe. Merida came back without my clothes and saw me staring at the clothe. She quickly took the clothe from me and rubbing something on it took to rubbing my skin with the clothe.

After a while I was done and all the dirt was off. Looking at the clean bowl of water in the corner of the room I saw darker skin than Merida's but not too dark (sunkissed) and grey eyes of choppy ocean water. Short, shaggy, wild, yellow hair (Kiba's hair from Naruto except blonde) and a couple scars. I saw Merida's reflection as she stood behind me.

Her hair the color of the blood sun and wild, her skin whiter, but still not white, and eyes blue like the sky on a clear and sunny day. The clothe covering her the blue of the lake by the pack's cave with snow like white showing through, along with gold like the wheat of the land outside the woods were Snowdrift and I found my clothes.

Handing me a clothe that was the green of the trees' leaves in hot season (summer) I pulled it over my head and it reached down to my upper legs (mid-thigh). She grabbed my hand and pulled me toward a raised thing in the room. She laid down on it, and I looked at her. "This is called a bed, when you want to sleep or just lay around this is were you do it unless you are in the fields or woods."

I nodded to show I knew and looked for one for myself. Only bonded mates slept together, or pack siblings, but non-bonded mates tried to keep distance so as to not break before the rituals could be completed.

"I only have this one, so we will need to share, but I trust you to not do anything and I swear that I will not do anything to you, okay?"

I knew that I didn't want to risk it, but I trusted her and knew how to control myself as my pack brother, Shadow, learned, when I almost hurt him badly (think broke bones) during a play fight. So I laid down far from her to make sure she wasn't made to be upset (uncomfortable, but she doesn't know this one yet) and slept.

Should I continue with this?