The Chia-Lupe
Part 4
Crystal stared with her mouth open.
"What . . . By who?!" She exclaimed.
"The Firiya Lupe Pack! They want some of our territory! Ayah has ordered everyone to fight, not including the pups. They're in the forest. We'll go drop Tiny off over there. Hurry!" Runner padded off into the forest.
Crystal told Tiny to climb up on her back and hold on tight. She ran off after Runner.
The sun rose, and with that, a new day. Ayah woke up, yawning. He howled the song of awakening. The pack awoke too after a while.
It was just another morning, the pups were playing, the parents were talking and laying around, some were looking for Chias.
Ayah then heard a howl. He turned to see a Lupe's silhouette on a hill near where the pack was laying. At first he thought it was Crystal, but then more Lupe silhouettes appeared around the first one. It was another Lupe pack, and they had come in their territory.
He growled. He barked the parents stood up. They nudged their pups to Runner. Runner looked at Ayah. Ayah turned his head to the Lupe silhouettes. The parents understood. Ayah trotted toward them, the other Lupes following.
Once they could see their faces, Ayah recognized them immediately. The Firiya Lupe pack. The same pack they fought for land twice before, the same pack that caused Arai's mate to die. They had battled and the Firiya pack retreated, despite the fact that they had more members.
"This is our land," Ayah growled.
"We know," Malari, the alpha-male, said coolly. "We have come for this land."
"You have tried twice, the first time you were easily defeated, the second time, you caused one of my members to die. You were still defeated. Why try again?" Ayah growled.
"We are stronger. We have more members. It is near mating season, we will need more room. Pups will be born." Malari said.
Ayah eyed Malari and his pack. He turned and padded to Runner. His pack followed him.
"We're going to fight," Ayah said.
"What?! Why don't we let them have it? If Crystal hasn't come back by now, she's probably not returning. That decreases the chance of pups being born. I say we let them have some of our land." Hamakaze said.
"No! She's coming back," Papaya said. "For once I agree with Ayah. I say we fight."
Everyone was quiet.
"Okay, Runner, take the pups into a safe part of the forest. Try to go find Crystal. Once you find her, come back and help us fight. Taiga, since you're the oldest pup, watch the others. Be sure they don't wander too far or make too much noise," Ayah explained.
Runner nodded and padded off into the forest, calling for the pups to follow him.
Ayah turned back to the Firiya Lupe Pack.
"ATTACK!"
Crystal met Runner in the forest. The pups were huddled near each other, laying down. Taiga was sitting up, as if he was looking for someone. She assumed Ayah put him in charge.
"Taiga, keep Tiny with you guys. We have to go fight," Runner said.
Crystal looked at Runner. "Or find a way to make peace."
Runner nodded. Crystal ducked a bit so Tiny could hop off her back.
"Stay near the Lupes. They won't hurt you," she told Tiny.
Tiny nodded and skittered near the pups.
"Let's go!" Runner said. He padded toward their territory. Crystal followed.
They reached the hill that Crystal had walked over to escape. Once they were at the top, they could see the area where their pack usually stays.
They reached the top. Their pack and the Firiya pack was fighting. Their were loud growls, whimpers, and howls.
"We have to help them!" Runner yelled. He padded down the hill toward the fight.
Crystal didn't know what to do. She usually didn't fight in the territory attacks. She just stayed away.
Her pack was vastly outnumbered. Each Lupe had about 3 Lupes to fight.
An idea struck Crystal. She howled the 'stop' song.
No one stopped fighting. Crystal padded down the hill to the valley where her pack stayed. It was closer to the fight. She howled the song again.
Some of the Lupes stopped. She howled it even louder. Everyone stopped but Ayah and Malari, who were fighting each other.
Crystal looked their way. Someone whimpered loudly. Ayah fell to the floor. There was blood all over his fur. Malari was standing over him.
"AYAH!" Papaya yelled, and trotted over to him. Crystal followed.
"Ayah . . ." Papaya said again, and nuzzled him under his chin.
Malari eyed the two Lupes and backed away, giving them their space.
Ayah was laying on his side, his eyes closed. The other Lupes trotted over to them. They made a circle around him. The Firiya Lupes watched from a distance.
"Father . . ." Crystal said quietly, staring at his face, which was in agony. She felt bad for him for the first time in her life.
She could tell he wasn't going to live. He had many deep gashes in various parts of his body.
"Where's . . . Where's Runner?" Ayah asked, struggling to talk.
Runner blinked slightly and stepped forward.
"You . . . Are the new . . . New alpha-male . . ." Ayah said.
Runner blinked again. He looked confused.
"Wha-What? I'm not old enough! I can't even hunt yet!" Runner looked around. "Why not my father? He's older than me!"
"He . . . He doesn't know . . . When to fight and when not to . . . He'd rather not fight . . ."
Runner looked very worried. "No, no, I can't! You . . . You'll live. You'll be okay."
"No . . . I won't . . . The pack . . . Is yours . . ." Ayah groaned once and his eyes closed. His chest lowered in his last breath.
"Ayah . . ." Papaya sighed quietly. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She nuzzled his face.
Runner looked at Crystal. Crystal could tell what he was thinking: Should I be the alpha-male?
Crystal nodded.
Runner looked more confident.
"What is your decision?" Malari asked. He had overheard everything. "Continue the fight, or give us some of your land?"
Runner sighed. "You may have some of our land. But we get to choose where," Runner decided.
"Very well. I must say you have chosen wisely. I respect you for that," Malari bowed his head in respect.
Runner blinked. He wasn't used to this must respect.
"Your alpha-male chose wisely. We will return tomorrow to get our land," Malari said. He howled the song of joining. His pack walked to him. They walked over the hill and out of their sight.
"Did I do the right thing?" Runner asked Crystal.
Papaya spoke up. "Yes, you did. We have more land than we need. I don't think any of us felt like fighting anyway . . ."
Everyone gazed down to Ayah's lifeless body.
Crystal sighed. "Go and take your place."
Runner nodded, knowing what to do. He trotted up to the hill where Crystal and he had come to see their pack fighting. He howled the song of the new leader.
Taiga had heard the song. He knew the battle was over. That also meant Ayah had died, and someone had taken over. That someone was his brother. He could tell his voice. He and the pups ran to where their pack was.
The Ayon Lupe pack joined in the song. Taiga did too, since he was old enough to know the song. The other pups just howled happily. Tiny listened for a while and also howled in happiness.
The Firiya pack had come and taken their land. Not the Ayon pack's favorite resting stop, but a few hills away. It wasn't much territory, but the Firiya pack accepted it.
They decided to cast Ayah's body into the river.
Mating season came. Runner asked Crystal to be his mate. Crystal agreed, but said they should wait till next mating season so the pack could adapt to their new leader. But Crystal agreed he would be hers forever.
Actually, you could say that a pup was brought into the Ayon pack, because Runner and Crystal agreed to 'adopt' Tiny. The Firiya pack never challenged the pack for more land. The whole pack was glad.
The next mating season passed, and Crystal gave birth to a pup. She named her Neko, just like she did in her dream. She was light blue too, just like in her dream.
The Ayon Lupe Pack was happy.
The End
Part 4
Crystal stared with her mouth open.
"What . . . By who?!" She exclaimed.
"The Firiya Lupe Pack! They want some of our territory! Ayah has ordered everyone to fight, not including the pups. They're in the forest. We'll go drop Tiny off over there. Hurry!" Runner padded off into the forest.
Crystal told Tiny to climb up on her back and hold on tight. She ran off after Runner.
The sun rose, and with that, a new day. Ayah woke up, yawning. He howled the song of awakening. The pack awoke too after a while.
It was just another morning, the pups were playing, the parents were talking and laying around, some were looking for Chias.
Ayah then heard a howl. He turned to see a Lupe's silhouette on a hill near where the pack was laying. At first he thought it was Crystal, but then more Lupe silhouettes appeared around the first one. It was another Lupe pack, and they had come in their territory.
He growled. He barked the parents stood up. They nudged their pups to Runner. Runner looked at Ayah. Ayah turned his head to the Lupe silhouettes. The parents understood. Ayah trotted toward them, the other Lupes following.
Once they could see their faces, Ayah recognized them immediately. The Firiya Lupe pack. The same pack they fought for land twice before, the same pack that caused Arai's mate to die. They had battled and the Firiya pack retreated, despite the fact that they had more members.
"This is our land," Ayah growled.
"We know," Malari, the alpha-male, said coolly. "We have come for this land."
"You have tried twice, the first time you were easily defeated, the second time, you caused one of my members to die. You were still defeated. Why try again?" Ayah growled.
"We are stronger. We have more members. It is near mating season, we will need more room. Pups will be born." Malari said.
Ayah eyed Malari and his pack. He turned and padded to Runner. His pack followed him.
"We're going to fight," Ayah said.
"What?! Why don't we let them have it? If Crystal hasn't come back by now, she's probably not returning. That decreases the chance of pups being born. I say we let them have some of our land." Hamakaze said.
"No! She's coming back," Papaya said. "For once I agree with Ayah. I say we fight."
Everyone was quiet.
"Okay, Runner, take the pups into a safe part of the forest. Try to go find Crystal. Once you find her, come back and help us fight. Taiga, since you're the oldest pup, watch the others. Be sure they don't wander too far or make too much noise," Ayah explained.
Runner nodded and padded off into the forest, calling for the pups to follow him.
Ayah turned back to the Firiya Lupe Pack.
"ATTACK!"
Crystal met Runner in the forest. The pups were huddled near each other, laying down. Taiga was sitting up, as if he was looking for someone. She assumed Ayah put him in charge.
"Taiga, keep Tiny with you guys. We have to go fight," Runner said.
Crystal looked at Runner. "Or find a way to make peace."
Runner nodded. Crystal ducked a bit so Tiny could hop off her back.
"Stay near the Lupes. They won't hurt you," she told Tiny.
Tiny nodded and skittered near the pups.
"Let's go!" Runner said. He padded toward their territory. Crystal followed.
They reached the hill that Crystal had walked over to escape. Once they were at the top, they could see the area where their pack usually stays.
They reached the top. Their pack and the Firiya pack was fighting. Their were loud growls, whimpers, and howls.
"We have to help them!" Runner yelled. He padded down the hill toward the fight.
Crystal didn't know what to do. She usually didn't fight in the territory attacks. She just stayed away.
Her pack was vastly outnumbered. Each Lupe had about 3 Lupes to fight.
An idea struck Crystal. She howled the 'stop' song.
No one stopped fighting. Crystal padded down the hill to the valley where her pack stayed. It was closer to the fight. She howled the song again.
Some of the Lupes stopped. She howled it even louder. Everyone stopped but Ayah and Malari, who were fighting each other.
Crystal looked their way. Someone whimpered loudly. Ayah fell to the floor. There was blood all over his fur. Malari was standing over him.
"AYAH!" Papaya yelled, and trotted over to him. Crystal followed.
"Ayah . . ." Papaya said again, and nuzzled him under his chin.
Malari eyed the two Lupes and backed away, giving them their space.
Ayah was laying on his side, his eyes closed. The other Lupes trotted over to them. They made a circle around him. The Firiya Lupes watched from a distance.
"Father . . ." Crystal said quietly, staring at his face, which was in agony. She felt bad for him for the first time in her life.
She could tell he wasn't going to live. He had many deep gashes in various parts of his body.
"Where's . . . Where's Runner?" Ayah asked, struggling to talk.
Runner blinked slightly and stepped forward.
"You . . . Are the new . . . New alpha-male . . ." Ayah said.
Runner blinked again. He looked confused.
"Wha-What? I'm not old enough! I can't even hunt yet!" Runner looked around. "Why not my father? He's older than me!"
"He . . . He doesn't know . . . When to fight and when not to . . . He'd rather not fight . . ."
Runner looked very worried. "No, no, I can't! You . . . You'll live. You'll be okay."
"No . . . I won't . . . The pack . . . Is yours . . ." Ayah groaned once and his eyes closed. His chest lowered in his last breath.
"Ayah . . ." Papaya sighed quietly. Tears rolled down her cheeks. She nuzzled his face.
Runner looked at Crystal. Crystal could tell what he was thinking: Should I be the alpha-male?
Crystal nodded.
Runner looked more confident.
"What is your decision?" Malari asked. He had overheard everything. "Continue the fight, or give us some of your land?"
Runner sighed. "You may have some of our land. But we get to choose where," Runner decided.
"Very well. I must say you have chosen wisely. I respect you for that," Malari bowed his head in respect.
Runner blinked. He wasn't used to this must respect.
"Your alpha-male chose wisely. We will return tomorrow to get our land," Malari said. He howled the song of joining. His pack walked to him. They walked over the hill and out of their sight.
"Did I do the right thing?" Runner asked Crystal.
Papaya spoke up. "Yes, you did. We have more land than we need. I don't think any of us felt like fighting anyway . . ."
Everyone gazed down to Ayah's lifeless body.
Crystal sighed. "Go and take your place."
Runner nodded, knowing what to do. He trotted up to the hill where Crystal and he had come to see their pack fighting. He howled the song of the new leader.
Taiga had heard the song. He knew the battle was over. That also meant Ayah had died, and someone had taken over. That someone was his brother. He could tell his voice. He and the pups ran to where their pack was.
The Ayon Lupe pack joined in the song. Taiga did too, since he was old enough to know the song. The other pups just howled happily. Tiny listened for a while and also howled in happiness.
The Firiya pack had come and taken their land. Not the Ayon pack's favorite resting stop, but a few hills away. It wasn't much territory, but the Firiya pack accepted it.
They decided to cast Ayah's body into the river.
Mating season came. Runner asked Crystal to be his mate. Crystal agreed, but said they should wait till next mating season so the pack could adapt to their new leader. But Crystal agreed he would be hers forever.
Actually, you could say that a pup was brought into the Ayon pack, because Runner and Crystal agreed to 'adopt' Tiny. The Firiya pack never challenged the pack for more land. The whole pack was glad.
The next mating season passed, and Crystal gave birth to a pup. She named her Neko, just like she did in her dream. She was light blue too, just like in her dream.
The Ayon Lupe Pack was happy.
The End