Hi! I'm back after a small break and creating this new story. I gave up on 'the King' because of the lack of interest. Hopefully this will go down better!
This starts before the First Movie's first scene, a while before in fact. The next few chapters will occur after the last movie.
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The black of night entrenched the valley, shrouding all that fell before it in a deep eclipse. Every wolf beneath this veil of darkness took cover from it, hiding themselves away from the dangers that lurked across the stretch of land. One wolf was not covering herself: a crying, black female who was sheltering her pregnant stomach. Her mate had disappeared into the trees about an hour ago, and she was prepared to give up her prolonged search. She searched worriedly, constantly trying to find her lost husband. The sky grew ever darker, and the night had chased away the sun. The female collapsed in agony and pain. Now came the rain, and the ground beneath her turned to mud.
The wolf was slowed down by her scars, on her ankles and on her legs. These were caused by the same evil force that had taken her and her partner to the point of fleeing their homeland. The sound of crying began to gather a faint echo, as the black female felt her stomach contract and her water break. The infant came out of her womb in the flash of a lightning bolt, and the black pup was already half out after 30 seconds. Her tearful screams tore the valley apart, as every creature within a few miles heard a fainter version of her woes. Many wolves tried to ignore the screams as a bear attack that they could not do anything to prevent (so as to comfort themselves).
One wolf came dashing out of the western trees with two companions. The grey male who led the group soon traced the horrid noise to the female, who was lying in the mud with a small pup wallowing in the dirt beneath her. The scene was unimaginably distressing, even for the three highly trained male alphas who found the wolf in her horrendous state. With several barked orders, one of the wolves (a young alpha called Winston, the recently appointed leader with two very young daughters of his own) allowed the terrified wolf beneath him to climb upon his back. The trio ran towards the healer's den with the mother and new-born on Winston's back. The mother was so mortified by the previous events that she had fainted.
The healer was in shock at the state of the female, and quickly ordered the leader of the pack to let her down. Within minutes, the healer was accompanied by several other assistant healers. The healer was Winston's wife, Eve. They were currently in a very loving relationship, as Eve had just given birth to their second daughter, Lilly. She was born completely white, which caused questioning from some and speculation from others. Still, nothing could break the love they felt with their young family.
"Winston, please leave me to tend to this poor girl." Eve told the pack leader with a hint of anger. Winston had never been very 'helpful' for Eve. He was too brash and aggressive to be gentile enough to handle a surgical operation. Winston nodded at this and allowed the youthful female to tend to the bleeding, fainted wolf that Winston had discovered in the valley.
The black pup that had just been birthed by the scarred female was led to a small den across the valley, on the other side of the pack. Inside was a dark grey, alpha wolf called Eric, who was intrusted to take care of the orphans in the back. The little pup was not ordinary in any way: its eyes were brown, but a very dark and red shade and its fur was so black that the pup could very easily hide in the dark. When Eric saw the pup, he gave Winston a look of horror. Something was off about the pup, that was certain.
Winston attempted to pass the pup to Eric, but it snarled like thunder. Eric backed away, and Winston chuckled slightly.
"You can handle him. You handle everyone else." Winston said, almost tauntingly.
"Winston, with all due respect, this is NOT a pup that I could handle. He just has an aura about him." The carer told the great leader of the west with an equally angry snarl.
"I thought you loved pups? That's why we intrust you with them." Winston responded. Eric did not reply through words, and simply took the pup to the back of the den. He knew better than to argue with him. Winston nodded and left.
Back at the healer's den, the black female had begun to awake. The assistants of the healer left into the rain, and dashed across the muddy landscape to their own dens. The blonde healer helped the black female to sit down in a comfortable way. The poor wolf was still in shock at something, and so Eve decided to help her by letting her lean on Eve's shoulder. The female showed signs of getting into a more stable condition and began to relax. Her dark brown eyes opened fully and she seemed to use them to scour the den. She seemed horrified that she could not find something. She talked finally:
"Where am I? Where's my pup?" She asked the wolf she was being supported by.
"You are in the Western Pack of Jasper. Your pup has been taken to a safe location. You may see him when you feel ready." Eve explained with a caring tone.
"I'm ready now. I need to see him. Where is my mate?" She continued.
"We haven't seen you mate. Are you sure you're okay? You only just woke up." Eve responded with compassion for the nervous black wolf.
"I'm fine, can we go?" The black wolf asked.
The two wolves got up from their position and began to leave the den from which the black one had recovered.
"What is your name?" Eve asked.
"My name is Rhiannon." The Black female told her. "Rhiannon, Mate of the Leader of the Southern Pack. Well, former leader." She continued.
"'Former'? What happened?" Eve prodded.
"His brother. His sick, twisted brother. I always knew he would do something like this. He wanted power, so he killed my sister and made me and my mate go into hiding. He found us a moon ago, so we have been running across Jasper ever since. My husband is lost, and I have little hope for him. I was always prepared, though." Rhiannon explained to Eve.
"I'm sorry to hear that." Eve responded. Rhiannon nodded and carried onwards.
After several minutes, the pair had trekked across the pack and had arrived at the den in which Eric and his mate cared for the orphans of the pack. The entire park was covered in darkness, but the moonlight was enough to guide an experienced Alpha to whatever his or her destination would be.
Upon entering the den, a horrifying sight emerged. The new pup was alone in the corner as Eric, his mate and the other pups tried to huddle around the other corner. A trail of blood led from the pup to the others and one pup was seriously injured halfway between.
"Eve! Please take this pup away! And heal the other one!" Eric barked with a sense of franticness.
"What happened here?" The two females asked in unison.
"That spawn-of-Satan of a pup attacked all the others. Take him away!" The received as a reply.
"He's three hours old, you idiot!" Rhiannon said defensively.
"Look at his claws." She was instructed. Rhiannon took a look at her son's paws, and was horrified. They were as long as a normal wolf's and sharper than a knife. They were stained in blood. The pup was almost able to walk, as well. If this was what this pup was like when it had just been born, what would it be like when it was older? What problems could it cause and who could it hurt? Everything raced through the mother's mind as a possibility of what was to come.
"He's an early learner, I guess. I'll take him away, because you obviously can't handle pups!" Rhiannon shouted at the clump of wolves. With that, she took her son and turned to leave. "I'll take care of him, as you can't." She shouted aggressively. Rhiannon then left with her pup, leaving the others in awe. Eve then helped the injured pup as the others removed themselves from the corner and resumed the actions they were undertaking before the whole scenario.
That pup was not good news for the Western Pack (or Jasper as a whole).
So, that was the prologue to my new (hopefully better than any other story I've done) story! Please review and favourite and all of that. It's all greatly appreciated, trust me.