Chapter Four; Jack Meets Luna
Jack groaned as he slowly lifted his heavy head and shook it while pulling himself up onto his feet. "What happened to me?" he asked himself while he tried to regain his balance. That's when all of a sudden he heard something that sounded like a dog sniffing behind him, only his hearing was intensified and he could actually smell him as well. He gave out a loud shriek when he realized a black dog was sniffing his butt and quickly pulled himself away from him.
"What in the world do you think you're doing!?" he barked. "Oh I'm sorry, where are my manners,.." the other dog began before he turned around and raised his tail up into the air. "Do you want to sniff mine first?" he asked him. "What kind of question is that!? Of course I don't!" Jack yelled at him. "I may be unhygienic, but that doesn't mean that I'm crazy!" he snapped. "Wait a minute, why is a dog talkin' to me?" he questioned as the animal turned back around and dropped his tail. "First of all I'm a wolf, not a dog, and second of all I've never seen you around here before. What pack are you from?" he asked.
"What do you mean what pack am I from?" Jack asked him. "You know, your wolf pack. Are you lost or something?" he asked him. "Wolf pack!? I'm not a wolf!" Jack yelled. "Oh really? Well you sure look like one to me." The wolf told him. "What!?" Jack cried as he ran over to the creek and looked down at his reflection before shrieking again. The wolf was right he looked exactly like him. "It can't be! I'm naked! And I've got this thing comin' out of my ass!" he yelled breathing frantically as he raised his tail and glanced back at it before starting to run around in circles and eventually tumbling over his paws and falling onto the ground.
"Hey watch it!" A smaller voice exclaimed as Jack tried to slow his breathing down even though his heart continued to pound against his chest, and he looked down under his behind and saw that a tiny white cub was buried underneath it. "Oh, sorry doggie." He apologized as he stood up and turned around to face it. "Wow, you sure are heavy." The cub said. "Where's your pack anyway?" it asked him and from the sound of its voice, Jack guessed that it was a girl. "Listen guys, I know that this may be a hard concept for you to grasp, but I'm not really a dog, or a wolf, whatever ya call it since they're all the same to me. "I'm a human, pirate actually to be more precise." Jack told them.
"Isn't that the same thing?" the cub asked him. "No, it's not actually." Jack told her. "Well then a dog and a wolf aren't the same thing." She said. "Yeah well you still come from the same family! The point is that I have this long lost sister who is really a witch and she magically turned me into a wolf!" he told them as the other black wolf and the wolf cub looked at each other and busted into laughter. "It's true!" Jack snapped. "I like you, you're funny." The cub told him as Jack rolled his eyes. He should have guessed that they wouldn't have believed him.
"My name's Luna, and this is my uncle Max. What's your name?" she asked him. "Jack." He muttered crossly before he turned around and started walking away. "Hey! Where are you going!?" Luna cried. "To find Sarah so that she can change me back, I really don't wanna be stuck walkin' on all fours the rest of my life." He explained as the tiny cub ran after him and stopped when she caught up to him and started walking beside him. "Is Sarah your sister?" she asked him. "Yep, but I don't even know why you're askin me considerin' that you don't believe me anyway." He said.
"You talk funny." She said. "Well that's how pirates talk, and I'm a pirate." He told her. "Can I play? I wanna be Cinderella. My mother used to tell me stories about her all the time, but then she got sick and died. I promised her that I would do my best to find my father." She said. "Look that's all really touchin' and stuff but I can't help you, so good luck findin' him by yourself." He told her as she just sat down and sighed while she watched him walk away into the woods.