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The Chia-Lupe
Part 1
Crystal layed atop a cliff, staring out into the plains with her emerald-green eyes. Her crystal-blue fur blew in the wind, ruffling it slightly. Her head was rest on her front paws, and her back legs were sprawled out behind her. Her tail lay still, she was not feeling very happy at the moment.
She lifted up her head, looking back at her pack, the Ayon Lupe pack. She was the outcast of the group. Sure, she had friends in it, but she didn't hang out with them much. She watched Magik and Sunshine play around. Magik was Crystal's brother, and Sunshine was her sister. They were both younger than her. They were only a year old, and still annoying pups. She was turning seven, and she really looked forward to it.
Papaya, Crystal's light green mother, watched her pups play with her mate, Ayah. Ayah was a fire Lupe, very strong, very fierce. Crystal always thought her mother had picked a weird mate, since they had such different attitudes.
Ayah was the alpha-male. He was watching the pups with no interest. He grunted as the pups rolled around and bumped into his feet. He bared his teeth, a low rumble emitting from his mouth. The pups sat up, whimpered at him, got on their stomachs, and whimpered more. Papaya nuzzled Ayah under his chin and he stopped growling. He got up and walked to the rest of his pack.
Runner, a white Lupe, was Crystal's best friend. He was a year older than her. He had just turned eight. He was roughly playing with his brother Taiga, a green Lupe. Ayah walked past them as Runner began to put his mouth around Taiga's neck. Runner stopped, his mouth half open, half around Taiga's neck. Ayah eyed them with his red eyes, grunted, and kept walking.
Skye and Hamakaze, Runner and Taiga's parents, got up from their laying position and barked a greeting to Ayah. Ayah stopped, nodded to them, and started to walk again. Skye and Hamakaze looked at each other, and layed back down.
Hayai layed in her mother's grasp madly. Her mother, Amai, was giving her a bath. Hayai did have a father once, but was killed in a battle against another pack of Lupes for land. Hayai hardly remembered her father, Arai. He died when she was only two years old. She was five now.
Amai stopped cleaning Hayai when Ayah came by. She really didn't like Ayah, since he never helped Arai when he was getting attacked. Amai just gave Ayah a look of greeting, Ayah growled, and kept walking up the hill. Hayai barked.
Crystal sighed. When Ayah went on top of the hill, it meant he was looking for prey. They ate Chia, just like the other Lupe packs do. Crystal stayed behind with the little pups, since she hated hunting Chias. She would so much rather be a vegetarian, but she had no choice.
Crystal once tried not eating meat, and just eating fruit. But it didn't work- there were hardly any trees in The Great Plains. She starved herself for a week, and finally gave up.
Ayah howled his hunting song. Papaya, Skye, Hamakaze, and Arai got up, nudging their pups to go with Crystal. The pups ran to Crystal, and Runner trotted behind them.
She stood up when Runner came. Crystal had a little crush on him, but she never showed it. The pups went back to playing, and Crystal and Runner sat together, watching the pack run away.
"I can't wait till the day I get to hunt," Runner admitted. "Just a year to go and Ayah will let me go along."
The rest of their pack soon disappeared from the hill.
"Why do you want to?" Crystal asked. "It's so mean . . . Killing all those little helpless Chias."
"Crystal, Chia's are made for a purpose," claimed Runner. "If they weren't here, us Lupes and a lot of other species wouldn't be alive."
"I know . . ." Said Crystal, putting her head down. "It's just not fair."
There was a long pause.
All of a sudden, Magik jumped on Crystal's back.
"C'mon, pway with me, bowing Lupe!" Magik said. 'Bowing' meant 'boring.' Magik had trouble saying his 'l's' and 'r's' properly.
Crystal never played with anyone. That's how she got her nickname: 'Boring Lupe.' Once and a while she'd play with Runner, but not often. She liked being alone.
Crystal wiggled so Magik would slide off her back. Soon a little thud was heard, the thud came from Magik falling on his bottom.
"Fine then!" Magik shouted, running back to the other pups.
Runner turned his head and watched the pups play.
"I'll play with you guys," Runner said, turning around and laying by them.
"Okay!" The pups shouted.
They all pounced on Runner. Runner laughed, and started playing with them.
"Watch them, please," Crystal said.
"Okay!" Runner shouted over the pup's voices.
Crystal walked down the cliff. Once she was up the hill, she saw her pack coming, dragging a piece of kill. Crystal sighed, turning her head. She howled the song that meant 'food's here,' and Runner and the pups ran to them all quickly.
The Lupes dropped the food, and the pups started to dig in. Ayah barked furiously. The pups whimpered, and backed off. Ayah turned to their parents.
"You must teach your pups manners! The alpha-male always eats first," he growled.
The females licked Ayah quickly on the face in apology, the males layed on their backs, showing their white bellies. It was the sign of apology and 'you are the leader.'
Crystal sighed as Ayah started to dig in. Soon he signaled that the others could start, since he was no longer very hungry. The others dug in, and Crystal walked off.
She followed her pack's scent to see where they had made their kill. She had always went back to see if there were any survivors. If there were any, she'd bring them to a Chia pack. She didn't hate Chias like most other Lupes do.
The scent soon stopped, and Crystal looked around. She heard a little whimpering. Crystal looked around for the survivor.
Alright! Crystal thought to herself, another Chia to save!
She followed the Chia's sent. It led to the small patch of bushes. She lifted up her paw, and moved it gently aside. There sat a small, green Chia, with its hands to its eyes. It was crying.
The Chia removed its hands from its face and looked up. Its large, yellow eyes suddenly showed fear.
"Please! Don't hurt me!" The little Chia shouted.
It started to get up, but Crystal grabbed it's hair gently with her teeth, picked it out fo the bushes, and set it out near her.
"I'm not going to hurt you," she said. "I want to save you."
The Chia blinked. "Save me? But you're a Lupe! Lupes eat Chias!"
"I'm a different kind of Lupe. I like Chias. I like saving Chias who's family has been killed."
The Chia just blinked at Crystal.
"My pack is the one who just attacked," she said.
"Oh," the Chia said. "I'm all alone now. My mommy pushed me in these bushes, and she never came back to save me."
Crystal sat next to the Chia. "What's your name?"
"Tiny," the Chia said.
Crystal giggled. "That name fits you. Mine's Crystal. How old are you?"
"I'm a half year old."
"Let's say we go find you a new pack, eh buddy?" Crystal asked, getting up.
"Sure!" Tiny shouted.
He got up, and started to walk with Crystal out in the open.
Crystal heard her mother sing the song of return.
She ignored it.
The Chia-Lupe
Part 1
Crystal layed atop a cliff, staring out into the plains with her emerald-green eyes. Her crystal-blue fur blew in the wind, ruffling it slightly. Her head was rest on her front paws, and her back legs were sprawled out behind her. Her tail lay still, she was not feeling very happy at the moment.
She lifted up her head, looking back at her pack, the Ayon Lupe pack. She was the outcast of the group. Sure, she had friends in it, but she didn't hang out with them much. She watched Magik and Sunshine play around. Magik was Crystal's brother, and Sunshine was her sister. They were both younger than her. They were only a year old, and still annoying pups. She was turning seven, and she really looked forward to it.
Papaya, Crystal's light green mother, watched her pups play with her mate, Ayah. Ayah was a fire Lupe, very strong, very fierce. Crystal always thought her mother had picked a weird mate, since they had such different attitudes.
Ayah was the alpha-male. He was watching the pups with no interest. He grunted as the pups rolled around and bumped into his feet. He bared his teeth, a low rumble emitting from his mouth. The pups sat up, whimpered at him, got on their stomachs, and whimpered more. Papaya nuzzled Ayah under his chin and he stopped growling. He got up and walked to the rest of his pack.
Runner, a white Lupe, was Crystal's best friend. He was a year older than her. He had just turned eight. He was roughly playing with his brother Taiga, a green Lupe. Ayah walked past them as Runner began to put his mouth around Taiga's neck. Runner stopped, his mouth half open, half around Taiga's neck. Ayah eyed them with his red eyes, grunted, and kept walking.
Skye and Hamakaze, Runner and Taiga's parents, got up from their laying position and barked a greeting to Ayah. Ayah stopped, nodded to them, and started to walk again. Skye and Hamakaze looked at each other, and layed back down.
Hayai layed in her mother's grasp madly. Her mother, Amai, was giving her a bath. Hayai did have a father once, but was killed in a battle against another pack of Lupes for land. Hayai hardly remembered her father, Arai. He died when she was only two years old. She was five now.
Amai stopped cleaning Hayai when Ayah came by. She really didn't like Ayah, since he never helped Arai when he was getting attacked. Amai just gave Ayah a look of greeting, Ayah growled, and kept walking up the hill. Hayai barked.
Crystal sighed. When Ayah went on top of the hill, it meant he was looking for prey. They ate Chia, just like the other Lupe packs do. Crystal stayed behind with the little pups, since she hated hunting Chias. She would so much rather be a vegetarian, but she had no choice.
Crystal once tried not eating meat, and just eating fruit. But it didn't work- there were hardly any trees in The Great Plains. She starved herself for a week, and finally gave up.
Ayah howled his hunting song. Papaya, Skye, Hamakaze, and Arai got up, nudging their pups to go with Crystal. The pups ran to Crystal, and Runner trotted behind them.
She stood up when Runner came. Crystal had a little crush on him, but she never showed it. The pups went back to playing, and Crystal and Runner sat together, watching the pack run away.
"I can't wait till the day I get to hunt," Runner admitted. "Just a year to go and Ayah will let me go along."
The rest of their pack soon disappeared from the hill.
"Why do you want to?" Crystal asked. "It's so mean . . . Killing all those little helpless Chias."
"Crystal, Chia's are made for a purpose," claimed Runner. "If they weren't here, us Lupes and a lot of other species wouldn't be alive."
"I know . . ." Said Crystal, putting her head down. "It's just not fair."
There was a long pause.
All of a sudden, Magik jumped on Crystal's back.
"C'mon, pway with me, bowing Lupe!" Magik said. 'Bowing' meant 'boring.' Magik had trouble saying his 'l's' and 'r's' properly.
Crystal never played with anyone. That's how she got her nickname: 'Boring Lupe.' Once and a while she'd play with Runner, but not often. She liked being alone.
Crystal wiggled so Magik would slide off her back. Soon a little thud was heard, the thud came from Magik falling on his bottom.
"Fine then!" Magik shouted, running back to the other pups.
Runner turned his head and watched the pups play.
"I'll play with you guys," Runner said, turning around and laying by them.
"Okay!" The pups shouted.
They all pounced on Runner. Runner laughed, and started playing with them.
"Watch them, please," Crystal said.
"Okay!" Runner shouted over the pup's voices.
Crystal walked down the cliff. Once she was up the hill, she saw her pack coming, dragging a piece of kill. Crystal sighed, turning her head. She howled the song that meant 'food's here,' and Runner and the pups ran to them all quickly.
The Lupes dropped the food, and the pups started to dig in. Ayah barked furiously. The pups whimpered, and backed off. Ayah turned to their parents.
"You must teach your pups manners! The alpha-male always eats first," he growled.
The females licked Ayah quickly on the face in apology, the males layed on their backs, showing their white bellies. It was the sign of apology and 'you are the leader.'
Crystal sighed as Ayah started to dig in. Soon he signaled that the others could start, since he was no longer very hungry. The others dug in, and Crystal walked off.
She followed her pack's scent to see where they had made their kill. She had always went back to see if there were any survivors. If there were any, she'd bring them to a Chia pack. She didn't hate Chias like most other Lupes do.
The scent soon stopped, and Crystal looked around. She heard a little whimpering. Crystal looked around for the survivor.
Alright! Crystal thought to herself, another Chia to save!
She followed the Chia's sent. It led to the small patch of bushes. She lifted up her paw, and moved it gently aside. There sat a small, green Chia, with its hands to its eyes. It was crying.
The Chia removed its hands from its face and looked up. Its large, yellow eyes suddenly showed fear.
"Please! Don't hurt me!" The little Chia shouted.
It started to get up, but Crystal grabbed it's hair gently with her teeth, picked it out fo the bushes, and set it out near her.
"I'm not going to hurt you," she said. "I want to save you."
The Chia blinked. "Save me? But you're a Lupe! Lupes eat Chias!"
"I'm a different kind of Lupe. I like Chias. I like saving Chias who's family has been killed."
The Chia just blinked at Crystal.
"My pack is the one who just attacked," she said.
"Oh," the Chia said. "I'm all alone now. My mommy pushed me in these bushes, and she never came back to save me."
Crystal sat next to the Chia. "What's your name?"
"Tiny," the Chia said.
Crystal giggled. "That name fits you. Mine's Crystal. How old are you?"
"I'm a half year old."
"Let's say we go find you a new pack, eh buddy?" Crystal asked, getting up.
"Sure!" Tiny shouted.
He got up, and started to walk with Crystal out in the open.
Crystal heard her mother sing the song of return.
She ignored it.