Chapter 2

OK I know I said in about a week but I got excited and started this early.

Delilah and Mark walked through the forest. They had been here before but never alone. The two were nervous not knowing what could be watching them. The moved together sides pressed against each other for not only support but for defense. With their sides pressed together they looked in opposite directions so they could warn the other of imminent danger. Suddenly a twig snapped to their left. Delilah froze and stared at the spot. She saw a slight move within the shadows of a bush fearing the worst she readied herself to run and Mark quickly followed suit. They stared and listened. Suddenly a bush behind them rustled and they turned their heads back around. They saw nothing. Now confused Delilah scanned the area.

She was talked from the side by a shadow and quickly screamed. She kicked at the creature and fought for dear life.(Heh… dear, pun not intended)

"Agh, stop it you don't have to kick like that." It shouted.

"Wha-what? Who are you?" She said again confused.

"Relax it's me, Charles. Jesus Flower why did you do that? Did I really scare you that bad?" Charles said.

Delilah froze and stared at the thing that talked her. He was a large caribou, bigger than Mark yet he seemed skinnier and more nimble. He had small nubs of horns growing out of his head and he had a pale yellow pelt with brown speckles.

"YOU!" Delilah shouted now angry. "I THOUGHT YOU WERE A WOLF OR SOMETHING THAT IS WHY I WAS FIGHTING! CHARLES I'M GOING TO KILL YOU"

"Jeez Flower calm down I can't help being as nimble and smart as a wolf." He replied with a smirk.

"First, quit calling me Flower it's annoying. And second how did you do that?"

"Oh, did I mention I was smart? I think I did, I have been following you guys this whole time and to be honest you two were kind of scared already. As for how I snuck up on you whenever you walked I took a step at the same time just longer so I could get ahead. And when I did I broke a stick to get you to look at me but when I saw your reaction I just had to make the best of them so I through I rock and waited until you started to look around and then pounced."

"Okay now where is Mark?"
"He took off as soon as I attacked."

"Some friend he is."

"Hey fight or flight. Survival of the fittest. He just wanted to live."

"Yeah, yeah whatever. You really are as nimble and stealthy as a wolf you know. No one has ever snuck up on me like that before."

A sharp laugh emanated from the bushes.

"HA HA. You hear that guys no one has ever snuck up on her before!" a voice rang out from behind them.

"I hear you Frank, there is a first for everything." A second voice echoed.

"Can we kill them now I'm starving?" another voice came from behind them.

"Oh, the poor dears. Look how scared they are. I think we should let them live." A female voice replied.

Delilah spoke up. "Excuse me! Who are you and what do you want?"

"Oh where are our manners?" four wolves stepped out of the bushes.

The one to the far right was a dark brown wolf with a long scare from left ear to his cheek and had white socks. The next one to the left was a small but intimidating white wolf with red streaks across her back and emerald eyes. The other two were obviously twins because they looked exactly the same, except the other had a tuff of red hair dangling from his head. They were large and muscular with black fur and white socks they had red eye patches and stared hungrily at the young caribou.

The one to the right spoke first "I am Frank and this is my mate Shannon." He said pointing to the female next to him. She dipped her head in hello. "And this is Greg and George." Gesturing first to the right and then the left of the twins. "And as for what we want, well if you were listening to our conversation that should answer it for you."

Delilah stood there frozen. She was shocked. How could they be so quiet? They snuck up on two maybe three caribou in the woods with the ground littered with sticks. She thought. So this is how I die. She looked at the twins and a new found hatred boiled in her. No I won't be food for them, at least not without a fight. She took up a fighting position and readied herself for the attack.

The wolves stared at her and began to laugh again. "How do you suppose you will fight us off? We were made to kill your species. That is how we live and how we die. You can't kill us all, and if you do somehow manage to beat us some other wolves will just come along and kill you. Just give, up it's over."

"It may be but I am not going down without a fight." Delilah retorted.

"I admire you pup for that, so how 'bout this we let you live, but next time… no mercy." The small group melted back into the woods and soon was gone. Delilah stood back up from her stance and turned to leave calling Charles to follow.

Charles P.O.V

I have never seen her like that. I knew she was tough and always ready to flight, but that caught me off guard. I mean she stood up to wolves. WOLVES! The bane of our species and she got away unscathed! She is something else. I thought as I walked behind her still shocked, from my earlier encounter.

I had known Delilah since she was born. She is only a few months old and is a small caribou, but she has steel in her bones. When Delilah was just one month old her mother Cheyan was injured during an attack by wolves. Delilah took care of her and nursed her back to health. Since then on I always wanted to be around her. She was so caring and loyal, but almost never happy. The only time she showed joy was when she first met Mark. She had known only a hand full of calves and never really got along with them, but Mark was different. He tolerated her and even enjoyed being with her, But he is weak! He abandoned her to death, even if it wasn't real.

I don't know why but he really gets under my pelt. He always follows the rules, always stays close to his mom, and is never afraid of telling on some one. The only time he doesn't seem to care about limits is when he is with Delilah.

"What are you thinking Charles?" Delilah asked

"He shouldn't have done that."

"Who?"

"Mark, he just abandoned you without a look back!" I don't know why but I was feeling very protective of her.

"Oh relax I will get him back some way."

"It doesn't make it right. He should have stayed and tried to help."

"You mean like you did?"

That caught me off guard and I began to blush a little, "Yeah right, like I did."

"I know you worry about me sometimes, but I am fine I can easily out run a wolf and I have sharper hearing and seeing than any other caribou in this park."

"i just don't want anything bad to happen to you." I said under my breath.

"What?"

"I said I just wanted you to be safe is all."

She stopped and turned to face me, "You're nice Charles, but you can't always be around and Mark can't either. So stop your worrying and let's get back before the others notice."

Typical Delilah always getting into trouble and then struggling to get out of it.

"Alright then Flower let's go." I said with a smile

"Stop calling me that she called back, but I was already gone."

Delilah P.O.V

Charles has been acting weird lately. He has been much more protective of me and I can't seem to get away from him. Thinking about Charles gave Delilah a tingly feeling inside of her that she couldn't identify.

As she began to ponder it Charles suddenly stopped causing me to skid to a halt right behind him. "What's wrong?" I asked as I peered around his shoulder.

"They're gone." He said quietly.

"What?" I ran in front of him and stared at the empty field that once housed my herd. "No, no, no! Where did they go! They couldn't have left us behind, could they?"

"I think they did." He replied

"Why? Why did they leave us?"

"I think this was Mark's doing."

"How could you say that? He wouldn't just make the herd move to abandon us! Could he?"

"He may not have told them to move but I am willing to bet he ran back here after I talked you and told the leader who then made the herd move. Either way he caused them to move abandoning us."

My heart broke when he finished. They left us because Mark had to open his mouth. I couldn't hold back the tears anymore and I began to cry.

Well that sucks don't it? I mean come on you just scared off wolves so you could live and then you get back and your whole life is gone. Wow I can't believe I wrote that. That is so uncharacteristic of me. Usually I am the one who gets screwed like that. Like this one time. I had to do a class project with a partner and I missed the day we were presenting. I did the whole project and took it with me and what did my partner do. He said, and I quote, 'my partner did not do his part of the project so I couldn't finish mine' really man! I did the whole god damn thing thanks for that. See what I mean? Any ways I have bothered you enough

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