What Ornlu saw was a forest. A large snowy forest. However, this forest was surrounded by large walls. This worried Ornlu. Were the flat-face's imprisoning them for attacking one of them? If they were, his pack was in serious trouble. There was no way his father or mother could scale these walls!
After marveling at the walls for a minute, he noticed something from the corner of his eye. He looked over in that direction to see a wolf pack sitting nearby. There was a mother, a father, and a wolf pup, much like his own pack. The pup however was light brown, unlike Ornlu, who was an albino.
The containers opened, and Xavier leaped out, skidding to a stop and turning to face the flat-faces. Zhena cautiously walked out, looking for any more danger. Ornlu cautiously walked from his own container, following his mother. Suddenly, Xavier leaped at a flat-face who had been releasing them. The flat-face fell to the ground under his weight, but more flat-faces shot off small noisemakers, making Xavier turn back and return with his pack. The flat-faces exited the strange enclouser, leaving the two packs together.
Ornlu was scared kow. What would happen to them? Would they starve? He didn't see any elk or cyotye to hunt. Not only that, but the large walls prevented any view of the outside world, which frightened Ornlu even more. He felt a tickling on his side. He yelped and lashed out at whatever was by his side. The other wolf pup jumped out of the way and said, "Whats your problem! I was only checking you out."
Ornlu stared blankly at her. He sat down and scratched his ear with his hind leg. "Checking me out?" he replied, somewhat confused.
She walked up to him and sat down in front of him. "You know." she said.
"No, I don't." Ornlu replied.
"You don't...know?" the pup said half to herself. "What? You've never me a wolf from another pack before?" she said sarcastically.
"Well...no." he said.
"Well, let me be the first one. I'm Aekisa, proud alpha pup of the Wolf Vista pack."
"Wolf Vista pack, huh?" Ornlu said. "I'm Ornlu. Alpha pup of the Mount Logan pack. Actually, i'm the only pup."
Aekisa giggled a little and said, "Well, coincidentally, i'm the only pup of my pack too."
They both thought the other was going to be a good friend.
Xavier walked up the the male of the pack and held his tail high, baring his teeth, the universal wolf sign for 'Listen up bub, I'm boss now.'. Uh-oh, that means that a fight was brewing....
Both the wolves were ready to fight, when the unknown one simply put his tale down and said, "I am Jared, alpha male of the Wolf Vista pack."
Everyone introduced themselves to one-another. The mate of Jared's name was Zandu. They all had a feeling things would only go uphill from here.
THAT NIGHT...
Aekisa and Ornlu sat under a light produced by a flat-face creation, talking about recent happenings.
"So, you're telling me that this place is called a 'zoo', and it's where they take wild wolves who they don't know where their from?" Ornlu said unsurely.
"Uh-huh!" Aekisa said. "Not just wolves though. Bears and beaver, and even big mountain lions!"
Ornlu looked around and said, "But we are unable to hunt anything?" he asked.
"Nope. The flat-faces come and bring us meat every day. Not only that, but if any of us get sick or hurt, they heal us and make us all better! It's awesome." Aekisa replied. She had no problem with that, but Ornlu did.
"But a wolf is meant to run wild, and hunt down elk! We are meant to be free and get our own food! Lick our wounds and move on!" he exclaimed.
Aekisa thought a second and said, "We also have a bunch of toys. I mean, come on. I know your wild and everything, but live and learn, right? You'll learn to love this place."
Ornlu simply turned away and looked up at the full moon. The adult wolves were up talking as well. Ornlu inhaled very deeply, and did something he knew he could do and Aekisa couldn't. He howled. From his heart.
AAAAAWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
All three of the Mount Logan pack harmonized perfectly. It sent chills down Aekisa's spine. Xavier walked out into the open and looked up at the moon. "Oh great moon, we ask a favor of thee!" he called out into the sky. "We are not meant to be here! My son shall never learn how to live in the wild if we remain here oh great moon. Please, let us find our way back to our territory in the wild! Oh great moon, we give thanks for the prey you give us, the snow you cause to fall, and the pups you allow to be birthed, but we cannot appreciate your deeds untill we escape to the wild, to live free once again!" All the while, Xavier's voice was rising, untill it was so loud, the beavers a few enclousures over could hear them. "Here our plead oh mighty moon! HERE THE CALL OF YOUR CHILDREN!"
All 3 Mount Logan wolves to a very deep breath, and once again howled, as if it seal the deal.
AAAAAWOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Then, a the moon began shining brighter and brighter, untill is was almost as bright as day. A beutiful humming filled the ears of everything for miles upon miles. Then, the humming slowly faded away, as did the glow of the moon. It returned to normal.
"W-wha-what was th-that?" Aekisa asked nervously. "Y-yes...what was it?" Zandu also asked.
"That..." Xavier said,
"Was the call of the moon. She heard our plea." Ornlu finished.
