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Chapter Two: Friends in a Pub
As Ame approached the pub, she suddenly stopped; was what she doing the right thing? It wasn't as if she knew this guy: she was only going on gut instinct. What if he had friends? What if he secretly wasn't a wolf and really wanted to abduct her? Nevertheless, she still decided to go inside.
Walking into the pub, she noticed some distinct differences between this and her usual resting area. The old, drunken men were replaced by middle-aged men and women, and the alcoholic smell in the air had been replaced by, well, just average air. She looked around the pub for her friend, whereupon she saw him with four others; one with tanned skin, grey hair and a tight leather suit, one with sandy golden hair and a yellow jacket, a younger one with chesnut hair and a red shirt, and a woman with tanned skin, dark blue hair and a fitted dark blue jacket. 'Kiba' must have picked up her scent, as the next ting she knew, he was calling her over.
As she sat down, she crossed her legs awkwardly, as Kiba introduced her to the rest of the group.
"This is the girl I was telling you about: Ame." Kiba introduced, as each of them introduced themselves,
"Tsume." The tanned, grey haired one growled, as he turned his head to the blond teen,
"I'm Hige! Pleased to meet ya!" The sandy haired one smiled, as Ame shook his hand,
"I'm Toboe! I hope we can be good friends!" The chesnut haired one smiled, as Ame smiled back.
"I'm Blue," the woman said, smiling and extending a hand, "I'm glad I won't be the only woman in this group." She smiled, as Ame pondered. Was this the 'Blue' that Quent talked about? It would've made sense.
"I'm Ame..." Ame said quietly, trying to avoid any eye contact with the rest of the group. Suddenly, Kiba put his hand on Ame's arm, making her blush,
"Thanks for coming, Ame. Must be weird talking to a group of strangers." He smiled, trying to lighten the atmosphere. Abruptly, Ame's well trained ears heard the clicking of a lock as she turned her head to see the bar tender locking the door.
"Is he meant to be doing that?" Ame wondered aloud, worried. There were around 20 people in the room; it couldn't be closing time yet.
"You'll see in a minute." Tsume smirked, as the blinds closed and the lights dimmed.
"Is it time?" A male wolf asked, as the bar tender nodded his head.
"For what?" Ame asked, starting to become infuriated with curiosity. Toboe, feeling sorry for her, answered her question,
"It may not seem that obvious Ame, but this is a 'wolf organisation,'" Toboe started, excitedly, "Over the last couple of years, some of the older wolves in big cities have started developing businesses that can help us still feel at home. This is one of those places!" He said, as all the 'people' that had been sat down in the pub turned into wolves.
Kiba, unlike his hair colour, was a snow white, Tsume was a grey wolf with a scar across his chest, Hige was a blond wolf with a collar around his neck, Toboe was a red wolf with bangles around his front paw, and Blue was a dark blue wolf. Ame herself was a light grey wolf, with her feather necklace around her neck.
Across the room was an old haggard wolf, whom of which had seemed to have lived a thousand lifetimes, and had also previously ventured to the place that they sought.
"We need to talk to him. He knows where we're going." Kiba stated, leading his 'pack' to the old wolf. Kiba walked with Hige, Toboe with Tsume, and Blue with Ame.
"Where'd you get your feather necklace?" Blue asked, as Ame sighed,
"The woman who I used to live with gave it to me. I left her a few years back because of instinct." Ame put bluntly, as Blue looked at the ground,
"I once had an owner, pops; only that's what I called him. Everyone else knew him as 'that crazy old drunk' or 'Quent', but to me, he was pops." She sighed, almost reliving her entire life. Ame's eyes lit up as she heard this. 'I know Quent!' was what she wanted to say, but before she knew it, they were surrounding the haggard wolf.