Chapter 1 – The awakening (age 0)

A jet black raven swooped down quickly with his feathers glistening in the wonderful sunlight as he stretches out his talons to capture his prey; a white rabbit. The white rabbit squealed as the raven snagged its back, killing it within seconds with a crushing blow from his talons. The raven, though not a hunter, would become a hunter for the safety of his Goddess. With the limp rabbit secured in his grasp, he quickly bats his wings in order to gain the sufficient lift he needed to get back up into the sky with his prey. He flew higher and higher to reach past the multiple trees that lay ahead of him. He soared with great speed and precision to reach his beloved Goddess in time to see a great miracle that would surely happen soon. In the distance he could see the small cave that his Goddess was residing in. As he arrived, he circled the den multiple times to make sure that nobody had followed him to this location. He was always paranoid that a human would figure out that a bird was helping the Goddess and her mate. He allowed the wind to go through each individual feather on his wings to make a perfect graceful turn, over and over again around the den. At the final turn, he leveled himself at an angle to fly downwards onto the ground, landing as gracefully as a cat. He dropped the dead rabbit onto the ground and called out to his Goddess,

"Goddess! I have the meat for you and your unborn children. I do hope you will accept it and live strong for the rest of us."

A luminescent white wolf appeared from the recesses of the cave, with a noticeably large stomach. She walked with such grace and such knowledge and wisdom towards the raven. Her eyes shone a brilliant golden hue that sparkled when the sun's rays penetrated her irises. "Thank you, raven. You have guaranteed my safety and my sons." The white wolf said. She gently bent down her head, and picked up the rabbit with her large fangs, backing up slowly into her den to eat in the safety of her home. She chewed the rabbit ravishingly and ripped its dead body in no more than a few seconds. She swallowed the chewed pieces and licked at her lips and teeth as she finished her meal. The raven simply stared at the wolf with such peculiar awe in his eyes. He always felt that way when he stared at his Goddess. The raven had a peculiar feeling hit his stomach, he didn't quite understand what it was, but his instincts told him he should leave this place at once. The only thing to stop his basic instinct was the wolf's soft whimpers and growls of agony coming from his Goddess. The raven could hear his goddess's voice from inside his mind, a whisper commanding him to get her mate, Joutei. He looked confused as to what is happening, but he didn't disobey the order. He opened his wings wide in order to take flight but right before he even attempted to reach lift off, he felt a strong paw press down on his back gently, stopping him from taking flight. He turned around and saw the wonderful grey and white wolf. The wolf looked at the raven and nodded. He knew what was happening. He walked quickly inside the den and held his breath as he saw his lovely mate laying down, writhing around in agony. He couldn't do anything else but watch his beloved as she suffered through immeasurable pain of child birth.

With nothing else to do but be patient, he paced back and forth in the den. When he tired himself out he gently sat down in front of his love. Joutei was distraught, and he howled along with his mate's whimpers.

Deep within the forest the creatures stirred from a deep sensation that they all needed to visit the area that the pups were being born.

Joutei stopped howling and walked outside of the den, he couldn't be there any longer to listen to his mate's agony. He joined the raven who was sitting patiently on the ground outside of the cave. Joutei kept glancing back into the darkness of the cave as he anxiously awaited his little miracles. He heard footsteps coming from behind and he turned his head to see many shadows coming from the forest. These shadows moved in unison towards the den. He didn't know what was happening but his instincts told him this was nothing to fear or be worried about. Several seconds pass by as the shadows became deer, bears, regular wolves; they all came because of the instinctual feeling of life within the cave. Joutei hesitantly walked back into the cave.

"My love, look at the power of nature. They are all coming together in a peaceful bond." Joutei said to his mate. He hesitantly looked back towards the cave's opening to see even more creatures of the forest surround the opening.

She carefully opened her eyes to witness many eyes staring back at her from the mouth of the cave. She felt a powerful tug within her soul that also elevated the physical pain she was feeling, and she was able to breathe much easier. She looked up at her mate, and smiled. "It's time…" She said. She readied herself and began to push. She could already tell that it would be a long night for everyone.

Morning came very quickly for everyone. The whole forest had gathered at the mouth of the cave and stayed all night long until the pups were finally born. The mother of the pups had decided that in her heart, she knew the other animals needed to see the pups before they could leave. She also knew that the pups were too little to leave the den still.

"Joutei, could you come here for a moment? I have something I need you to do as I clean these two." She said as she picked up the little white fur ball and placed him between her front legs.

Joutei got up from his sitting position and walked over to his mate. He took in the sights of his two little pups; he couldn't help but be proud that they are healthy. He looked up to his mate, nuzzling her gently as he stared into her beautiful eyes. "What can I do for such a lovely thing?" He grinned, revealing sharp teeth.

"You need to get the animals outside of the cave lined up so that they can come see the two pups one by one until there are no more animals out there. I know this will take a while but it needs to be done, alright?"

Joutei was about to protest but he saw a nasty look from his mate that he knew he would lose if he were to protest.

"Alright, I'll go do that." He slowly turned around, shaking his head at what he had to do. He walked out of the cave, momentarily blinded from the sun. It is a nice day, he thought to himself as he plopped himself down on the ground.

"Alright, everyone! Listen up, I need all of you to line up in a line and you all can see my off springs one by one and then you all need to go back home." He yelled out so that everyone could hear him.

The animals all lined up as ordered and one by one they greeted the Goddess and greeted the two pups. The two young wolves didn't know what was happening because their eyes were still shut, but they knew in their hearts that this is what had to be done.