Into the Wilderness chap 2
Loud banging could be heard throughout Blaine's room. Blaine grabbed his pillow and pulled it over his head. The banging on the door continued and proceed to knock in patterns. Blaine curled up in a ball hiding under pillows and blankets. Next thing Blaine know is that his blankets have been removed forcefully.
"Blaine-ny, time to get up." A voice called out.
"N-n-noooooo, to-o tired." Mumbled Blaine.
"DOG PILE!" Another voice called out. Blaine eyes snapped open and he jumped out of the way but his leg got caught under one of the bodies that jumped on his bed.
"Guys, seriously?" Blaine looked at his bed. Jeff, Nick, Trent, Wes and David sat up and looked at Blaine.
"Come on, we are going to go do are wildlife assignment. That means we are going into the forest." Stated Wes
"Maybe we might run into a wolf." Sang Jeff. Just than Blaine bolted up and jumped out of bed. Running around his room looking for clothes to wear. Blaine stopped when he heard laughter. He turned to look at his friends, they are all in tears. Blaine huffed and went and change. He came out all dressed with his hair gelled back. He grabbed a daypack and put his notebook, a pen, cell phone, compass and a water bottle in the pack, and headed to his dorm door. He looked back at his friends waiting for them to follow.
They headed down to the cafeteria for breakfast. Blaine made sure to grab the essential food groups before the found a table. The rest of the boys followed. They dug into the meal and discuss what needed to be done for the assignment. They have to go to the river and check the pH levels. Figure out what plants are nearby and to identify, categorize. Take samples of the soil in four different boys finished their breakfast then trekked down to the edge of the forest. The spilt off into partner. Blaine was with Jeff, Nick with Trent and Wes with David. Blaine and Jeff took off to the left.
"So let's head west for about a mile." Suggested Jeff. The two took off heading west and enjoyed the walk. As they walk, Jeff turned to Blaine "So what is the big deal with you and wolves?" Jeff watched Blaine as Blaine though about the question.
"Well Jeff, they are simply a magnificent creatures. They are great hunters and they are like one big family. They all care for each other. When they howl at night it is a beautiful song that they sing." Blaine looks at Jeff, "You know that each night the howling is different fro the previous night." Blaine stopped in his tracks, Jeff looked over to Blaine and sees the sadness in Blaine's eyes as the remembers something. "One night, about ten years ago, the song was just filled with so much sorrow and grief, all I could do was weep. I remembered hearing the beautiful sad song. My heart broken that night, my parents were confused to why I was crying. I told that the dogs were sad."
"Wow, I never really stopped and listen." Jeff breathed out.
"Come on, let's get this assignment done." Blaine changed he subject and he started to get the sample of the soil. "We need to go half a mile north to hit the river." Jeff looked up from where he was looking at the plant. About 35 minutes later they reached the bend before river. When they heard splashing water. The two boys looked at each other with confusion. There were no rapids nearby. Cautiously the approached the river and hid from view. The two gasped at the sight before them. In the river by the far bank was a black wolf, but what surprised them the most was that there was a young boy on the river bank also, and was very naked. Blaine and Jeff stayed hidden from view as they watch the two. Blaine noticed that the boy had to be in his teens. He had pale skin that was covered in mud, and blood. His hair was matted down with mud, leaves and twigs. His muscles were well defined as he ran around on all fours. They watched as the wolf and boy tackled each other into the river. A twig broke under Blaine's foot and the two stopped and looked in their direction. The boy and the wolf rush out of the water and took off. Blaine silently cursed at himself for stepping on the twig. The two boys looked at each other with wide eyes. They silently agree to head back to campus. They walked in silence as they try to process what they saw.