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A/N This is the sequel to The Twelve. Enjoy!
Chapter 1: New Lands
Lupe's POV
Ever since I turned into a moon wolf, I had been busy with my new training. I had learned a lot from Peridot, my teacher. I knew the rules and restrictions to being a moon wolf, or a moon she-wolf. I learned the customs and habits of moon wolves in a pack.
"Females are valued, though males are still remembered," Peridot told me, though I wasn't paying attention. I was back to my human form, with meadow green eyes and black hair I had cut to my shoulders, and I was watching a worm crawl in front of my sitting self. "Lupe!"
"What?" I jerked up.
"Were you even paying attention?"
"Yes," I lied.
"What did I just say?"
"'Were you even paying attention?'" I responded. Peridot shook her head. In human form, she had long black hair, a tall figure, and light, lime green eyes.
"I was talking about how females and males play different roles and how they are respected."
"But you've already told me all that!" I had become very stubborn since I had been accidentally bitten by Peridot.
"Really? Then what is it?"
"Females are valued, but males are still remembered." I responded. Peridot sighed.
"Great Lupa, you have the patience of a pup." Though some may think of that as a compliment by the way she said it, a pup has no patience at all.
"We keep reviewing the same thing over and over. When will you teach me something new?" I asked her.
"Well, I suppose I haven't told you about the wolf name yet, now have I?"
I had the urge to look into her eyes for answers, but I knew better. Peridot was more dominate than me and for a low ranked 'pup' like me to look into a more dominant's eyes would be considered an offence.
"No, you haven't."
"Lupe, before your third claw moon, you must have a wolf name for yourself. While in wolf form, that is the name you will be known as, but while in human form, you will be known simply as Lupe." She explained.
"That only gives me two months!" I exclaimed. I had turned once already, and that was about one week ago. "Less than that really!"
"Then you had better get moving. Go wander near villages or towns. But never make contact with a full human, never enter the village. You may go." Peridot excused me.
I was happy to be done with that lesson, yet I was also panicked. I only had two and a half weeks before I turned for the third time. So I ran in my human form to a nearby village in a valley.
The humans living there were all farmers. I hid behind a water tower and listened in on some farmers talking.
"Yeah! I'm kind of sad Kai's a ninja now." A tall farmer with brown hair said.
"I agree, isn't his sister going with him too?" A short, stubby one replied.
"Yeah, what was her name?" The tall one asked.
"I think its N…" Before he could finish, a blue dragon landed in front of the small building. The two farmers scurried away screaming so they wouldn't get squashed under the large dragon.
I looked out from behind the water tower to see two humans, a boy in blue and a girl in red.
"You sure you don't need help?" The blue one asked.
"Yeah, thanks for bringing me here Jay. I just need to grab a few things if I'm going to move in with you guys." The girl replied.
Before the blue Jay could argue, the girl ran to the house.
I stayed behind the tower and watched the bird-named human talk to himself, using different phrases, probably practicing for the girl. I heard a great deal of banging and clanging and was tempted to go in the house to help, yet I remembered Peridot's warning to stay away from humans.
After a gong went off, the blue human whispered something or someone's name under his breath before flipping a blue hood on and running to the house.
"Nya!" He exclaimed to the red girl. "You're okay!"
I decided to sneak away before the blue human and 'Nya' saw me. They were dangerously close to where I was.
As I backed away, I snapped a twig, causing them to turn. I dropped to the ground and waited for them to leave.
"What was that?" Jay asked.
"I don't know. Probably just a squirrel. Come on, let's go back." Nya said.
As they walked back to the dragon, I crawled back into the dense forest. I made my way back to Peridot's cave. When I arrived, it was already nightfall, and the full moon, or wolf's eye, glittered in the sky.
"Where were you? What did you find at the human village?" Peridot asked me as I entered.
"I saw a blue male human named after a bird, and a female human called 'Nya.'" I told her.
"What was the male's name?"
"Jay. And he dresses in blue, how ironic, I just realized that."
"That was a ninja Lupe! You stay away from them! They don't understand the difference between moon wolves, and werewolves." Peridot tensed when she mentioned the moon wolves' arch enemy.
"I don't see how they could mix us up. I mean, we turn on wolf's claw; they turn on wolf's eye. That's about a week apart." I ranted.
"Speaking of which, you'll turn again in less than three weeks, right?" I nodded. "So you'd better start thinking about a name. And remember, it has to end in 'a.'"
In the customs of moon wolves, the males must have a name that ends in 'o' and the females must have names that end in 'a', unless the wolf is a pack head, then the name must end in 'e'.
"I'll think of one tomorrow. I'm too tired right now." I walked over to a small corner of the cave, lied down, and closed my eyes.
"Really? Aren't you hungry?" Peridot asked. My eyes shot open.
"Yeah, a bit, why?"
"Get up!" She ordered me. I reluctantly got off the floor and walked over to her. "Here." She handed me a knife made out of bone.
"What's this for?" I asked her. She smiled at me.
"You're learning how to hunt. But this time, you'll be alone. Bring back a deer and I'll help you with your name."
"Fine, I'll be back." I ran out of the cave and started my hunt.
A/N Here it is! First chapter of sequel! Hope you all liked it! Please review! But no flames!
