I DON'T NEED ANYMORE OC'S! Just want to put that out there. I will use all OCs I've been given, but that's it, okay? If I need OCs in the future, I'll make them myself, or ask others personally. Otherwise, I'm good for now. Okay, now that that's out of the way, I hope you enjoy seeing the new OCs I did use!
Okay, I'm really sorry to say, but I have WAY too many reviews to respond to, and no time in the day. So I'll just make a list of names, and I'd like to thank you all for your reviews! :)! You're so sweet! I used your OCs, too!
TTLKABC, Snowfall, Mc doge girl, Fan fic fanatic, ToyloverteamTTL, Fizz G, Mya Jain, 55 fighter, Dandadie, Briarfrost
A few special notes:
To Fan fic fanatic: That's so kind! I'm so happy to have people so nice to me!
Mc doge girl: THANK YOU.
Anyone who gave me an OC: They were slightly altered for the sake of the plot. I hope you still like them!
Okay, I should've just made a list yesterday, when I SHOULD'VE published this. Anyway, I hope you enjoy!
Moon yawned, stretched, and headed for the High Watches before the sun-dog rose. If she was good, and obeyed her Alpha, perhaps performing the task to her very best abilities, her sentence would be shortened. Maybe then she could share a den with Mickey, and properly nurse her pups. She just wished Alpha would give her a chance to speak!
Moon got to the top of the Watches, and shivered. The wind blew so fiercely, and she didn't have a thick undercoat. Twice she had to grip the ground tight with her paws to keep from falling off the Watches!
An hour later, Storm came over. "Moon, are you okay?" she looked at Moon's already larger belly, and sighed.
"Storm, I'll be fine…" Moon said, softly.
"But you look so cold!" whined the Fierce Dog.
"I'll be...okay." said Moon. She didn't bring up that with Storm's tightly packed, thin coat, she probably felt the cold twice as strongly.
Storm nodded, politely. "Would you like me to watch with you? You know, just in case? If anything happens, or if you feel the pups, I want to be there so-"
"Thank you, I'd love that." interrupted Moon. She didn't want to think of the potential disasters Storm could come up with.
They were only sitting there for a moment, when Moon raised her nose to the win. "Dogs! Dogs are coming!"
Storm's attention immediately snapped towards the ground level. It was true! About seventy dog-lengths away, what appeared to be a small pack was trying to enter the territory.
"Storm!" yelped Moon, "I'll get Alpha! You round up those dogs!" Storm nodded, and raced off. Moon knew the Fierce Dog would be fine alone, with her sharp teeth and claws, and large, rippling muscles. Moon only hoped the dogs wouldn't put up a huge fight. She didn't want Storm to get hurt, because then she couldn't hunt. Moon would need all the food she could get…
Putting that note aside, Moon raced down the mountain, and back towards pack territory. "Alpha!" she cried, running into the Alpha den.
"What is the meaning of this, Omega?" snapped Alpha, "Why do you wake me?!"
"Dogs!" panted Moon, "D-dogs are o-on the way!"
"Alert the hunters!" barked Lucky, "I'll tell Dart later to have a talk with the patrols about sniffing out threats."
"I knew putting you on the Watches was a good idea." whispered Alpha, with a wink.
Moon's eyes widened in surprise. Of course Alpha had a plan all along. She always did, especially now that she was with Lucky.
"Hunters!" howled Moon, running back down the mountain, "Scouts! Patrols! Everyone! There's dogs!"
All the dogs rushed out of their dens, and assembled at the bottom of the mountain, awaiting orders. Even Axel, Blix, and Chaser came, even though they were pups. No one wanted to miss this.
"Okay, all dogs, line up in order of rank." Commanded Beta. Alpha panted beside him, leaning on him for support. Her belly was so large it looked like she was about to pop! Those pups were coming soon.
All the dogs scrambled to do as Lucky said. Soon, there was a line from left to right of Boji, Snap, Bruno, Bandit, Fang, Endstone, Bella, Mickey, Blaze, Blizzard, Storm, Arrow, Stan, Woody, Daisy, Rake, Axel, Blix, Chaser, Dart, Breeze, Chase, Beetle, Thorn, Ruff, Sunshine, and finally Moon. Twitch stayed to the front beside Alpha and Beta, or as he was now called, Third Dog.
"Good." Said Beta. "Here's how we're going to arrange this. Alpha and I will be at the front. Third Dog will bring up the rear, and make sure we have no attacks from behind." Beta looked pointedly at the space where Third Dog's leg would have been, if he hadn't chewed it off. He didn't want Third Dog to get hurt. "Boji, as healer, I recommend you stay in the shadows, so you can heal any injured dogs. If things get too hectic, though, use that calm voice on them."
Boji nodded, and smiled, moving to the side.
"In the front, we'll have Snap, Bruno, Bandit, Fang, Endstone, Blaze, Blizzard, Storm and Arrow. They're the strongest. Behind them, we'll have our fast dogs, Bella, Mickey, Stan, Woody, Daisy, and Rake. Behind them, we'll keep the pups, Axel, Blix, and Chaser, safe. Storm, I want you to keep an eye on them." Storm nodded in agreement. "Finally, the patrols can be behind the pups, keeping them safe. Omega can stay with Boji." Beta eyed the small dog, knowing that'd be safest. "Boji, look out for her, if necessary. And Moo-err, Omega…" said Beta, taking a deep breath. "I…I want you to go with the fast dogs."
"What?!" barked Rake, "But she's-"
"Fast." Finished Beta, "No matter what rank, she's fast, and that's what matters."
"That's not-" continued Rake.
"Say everyone's fighting," interrupted Beta, "And you're in trouble, and Moon's the only one to help. Would ranking matter to you then?"
"But that's-" Rake barked.
"ENOUGH!" boomed Beta, "I am your Beta, and what I say goes! Unless you wish to challenge me, Rake, then hush!"
Rake whined, and looked away, though still grumbling under his breath.
"Formation, everyone!" barked Beta, "They're coming!"
"Um, Lucky?" muttered Storm, "There's something I forgot to tell you…"
"Not now!" barked Beta.
"But it's kind of important…" said Storm.
"Hush, Storm!" snapped Beta.
The dogs stood, in silence, as the foreign dogs approached. They were panting, and looked disoriented. But…there were only four dogs. And two were pups. One was an elder. Storm shot Beta a look. "Is this what you wanted to tell me about?" whispered Beta.
"Yup." Grunted Storm. In the chaos, she hadn't been given a chance to speak.
Despite clearly being outnumbered, the four dogs confrontationally faced the pack. Clearly they didn't want to, though, because their legs were trembling. Maybe they were trained to…
"State your business!" snapped Bandit, growling low in her throat.
Cleverly, to show they meant no harm, the elder-dog came forward. "I'm Moonstone." She said. "We mean your pack no harm, but-"
"Help us!" one of the pups, the male, screeched.
"We're fugitants!" howled the female.
"Fugitives." Muttered the Fight-dog with them, who was making Alpha's pack wary.
"What is the meaning of this?!" snapped Beta, raising his chin and tail, and puffing out his chest to show rank. "We have marked this territory. It is ours. Leave now or we force you to go."
The elder, Moonstone, signaled to her small pack to lower their tails. Good move, to acknowledge Lucky's rank. "There's a lot to explain." Said Moonstone. "To put it short, our old pack was evil. We're the only good dogs from the pack, and we left, because we're as good as dead there."
"Where's your mother, pups?" asked Moon, concerned. She couldn't help but worry about pups. "Your brothers? Sisters?" It was uncommon for only two pups to be born at once.
The black and grey male suddenly wailed. "Our mother was evil!" he sobbed.
The white and grey female started to cry, too. "Our pack only wants big, strong dogs! Alphas! With one supreme alpha!"
"We were the only pups deemed 'big enough' to live!" sobbed the male.
"Runt! My baby litter brother! He was so small, and the moment I saw him, I knew I'd take care of him! But after a week of our eyes being open and him not growing, mom…mom…" whimpered the female.
"Mom ate him!" howled the male. "She ate all our litter siblings! She said they weren't alphas!"
Alpha's pack gasped, horrified by the hideous deed. How could a dog practice such cannibalistic behavior?!
"Hold up!" barked Beta. "We're going to take you back to our den-for now. We'll talk, and see how we can help, IF we can. If you're too much of a threat, you go. You got that?"
All four dogs nodded, as Beta eyed the large male. "How do we know we can trust him?" he barked.
"Tornado is my son." Barked Moonstone, proudly, "I raised him right." No one dared to ask what happened to her other pups, but Moonstone answered, anyway. "My alpha ate the others…"
The dogs had assembled in the Gathering Hall (a warm cave with a rock outcropping above a large, open area where Alpha and Beta sat to give announcements.) with Moonstone, Tornado, and the pups (whose names had been learned to be Thunder Dash and Lightning Dash.) in the center of the cave. The pack gathered around them, in order of rank. Unfortunately, Moon was behind all her packmates, and could hardly see.
"I do believe I should explain." Suggested Moonstone.
Alpha nodded. "It seems that'd be best."
Moonstone sighed. "My pack, as they're called, the Dark Forest Pack, are evil dogs with evil intentions. They want a pack of all strong dogs. The Alpha is a wolf named Bonecrunch." All the dogs gasped. Even if their previous Alpha had been a half-wolf, no one had ever heard of a wolf leading a dog pack. "His Betas, he has multiple, are all half wolves. Either they cross with German Shepherds, Dobermans, Rottweilers, or Pit Bulls. That's all he'll satisfy for. He only accepts big dogs. I was low in rank for being a Husky/Golden Retriever. But I'm a clever actor, you see, and pretended to be so loyal to him he couldn't possible eat me. You see, his favorite snack are dogs…" Once again, the dogs gasped. "Things were one…bearable. Never good, but never so horrible. Once, Bonecrunch was content to terrorize his own pack, but now he's believing the earth-dog belongs to him! A pack of fierce-dogs came to him a while back, and have been spreading crazy ideas! They say he's in charge of all, and he's above the earth-dog! They even spread their own stories of spirit-dogs, such as the Fear-Dog, which they claim rules over the pack, and, as they call her, 'Great Mistress Blade, the dog of Battle.'"
Beta gulped. "Blade? Did one of these fierce-dogs happen to be named 'Mace?'"
Moonstone thought for a moment. "Yes, the fierce-dog leader. Why, do you know him?"
Beta gulped, again. "If Mace is involved, this could spell trouble for every dog surviving!"
Moonstone nodded. "I know, I have the scars to prove it."
"Come on." Said Beta, "We're taking you to our pack, for now. We must discuss this, then make a decision."
The dogs turned to go, followed by the large new dog, that was making Alpha's pack uneasy. "How do we know-" barked Beta, uncertainly.
Moonstone winked, and knowing look in her blue eyes. "Tornado's my son. I raised him well."
Soon, all the dogs had gathered in the Gathering Hall (a warm cave with a rock outcropping Alpha and Beta sit on to give announcements to the pack.) with Moonstone, Tornado, and the pups (whose names had been learned to be Lightning and Thunder Dash) sitting in the open center. The pack gathered around, in order of rank. Unfortunately, that meant Moon was at the back of the pack, and could hardly see.
"We came to warn you." Said Moonstone. "Our pack is on the way, and they want to obliterate you."
"Do they know of us?!" barked Beta, worried.
"No, they want to obliterate all packs in general." Said Moonstone, "I learned of you through one of your scent markings, which was near our territory. I marked it, to cover up your scent."
Beta nodded. "But they will find you." Continued Moonstone. "And you must leave, or they will fight." She sighed, "I had to run away. If my secret was out, I'd be as good as dead. And the pups…I don't want them raised to be evil…"
"We could never be evil!" howled Thunder, "We watched our litter-siblings get killed! We would never follow such a path!"
"We loved them!" howled Lightning, "And now they're gone…"
Moonstone sighed. "Of course, I meant to say, I wouldn't want them hurt."
"Then we must leave." Said Beta.
"Wait!" howled Moon, "We have to take them with us!"
"Mind your place, Omega!" barked Alpha, "That is Beta and my decision!" Moon slunk to the back of the pack, again.
Beta sighed, and turned to Alpha. "They will die without us."
"I know." Said Alpha, "But how can we tell if they're loyal?"
"They have much information about their pack." Said Beta, "We could keep an eye on them. And what if they have more information to help us?"
"Every pup deserves a chance at life." Continued Beta, eyeing Alpha's stomach.
"Yes!" whined Moonstone, "If you can't take Tornado and me, at least take the pups!"
Alpha sighed, and looked over the outcropping. "You may all stay, for now."
Tornado and Moonstone smiled, and nodded, smart enough to know not to show too much joy. Unfortunately, the pups being pups, jumped around with joy, yipping happily.
"Yay! Finally a girl dog to play with!" yapped Blix.
"But we'll need to come up with some ranks." Continued Alpha. "Moonstone, being that you're an elder, maybe Boji could teach you the art of healing?"
Boji nodded. "I will train her immediately." Boji then led Moonstone away.
"Tornado." Said Beta, "You look like you could be a fine hunter." Tornado nodded, and raised his tail with pride. "But we must start you at a lower rank, as is pack custom. How about…one rank below Blizzard." It was reasonable. Storm still had to fight for a higher rank, and Arrow was still serving his punishment for working with the fierce-dogs. "You may fight for a higher rank, if you desire, after a turn of the moon-dog."
Tornado nodded, and sniffed around, searching for the dog known as 'Blizzard.'
When he found the scent, his tail couldn't stop wagging at the sight of the beautiful female. "Hello." He said, "I am Tornado."
Blizzard smiled. "I know, silly!"
Luckily, Tornado had fur, so no one could see his blush. "I knew that."
"Alright, alright." Growled Blaze, "Let's break up…" he eyed Tornado, "Whatever that is."
"But Blaze," whined Blizzard, "Shouldn't I…show Tornado around?"
"No!" barked Blaze. "I will! And I'll teach him the rules!"
"Alpha already told me the rules!" protested Tornado.
"No, my personal 'stay five dog-lengths away from my sister' rule!" growled Blaze, leading Tornado away.
"Pack, gather around." Said Alpha, once Boji, Moonstone, Blizzard, Blaze, and Tornado had left. "Pups, go to the pup den." Axel, Blix, and Chaser nodded, and led Thunder and Lightning to the den.
"Pack, this is very serious." Barked Beta, "It sounds like the new enemy is twice as powerful as the fierce dog pack."
"But the fierce dogs are among them!" barked Sunshine, in panic, "We know they're more powerful than the fierce-dog pack!"
"And now there's wolves involved!" barked Dart.
"And pups…" whined Alpha.
Mickey silently vowed he's protect his own pups with his life, if necessary.
"As pack, I must tell you this will be a hard journey." Said Beta, "We have pups that might be born on the trail. Even if we don't find permanent territory, we might need to stay somewhere for a long time. But it's that, or get eaten alive by a rebel pack."
"What if the rebel pack tries to separate us?" asked Bandit.
Beta didn't want to bring that up, but it was a valuable point. The rebel pack might find value in dogs like Arrow, Storm, Bandit, and Bruno. Whatever happens, we fight. We can't let the pack separate us. Without Pack, we have nothing."
All the dogs nodded in agreement. Of all the things they disagreed about, the importance of pack meant everything to all of them.
Storm walked into the pup den, and let out a bark, to alert the pups she was there. It was hard to believe her, herself, had once been their age. She wasn't that much older, but it still felt like a decade…
Storm had always liked watching the pups, because they were so roly-poly and fun to be around. Also, they happened to be a great way to pick up information, because they just couldn't seem to keep their yappers shut.
At that moment, Thunder Dash was telling a story of some large reptile he encountered while on the trail to their pack. "So there I was." Barked Thunder Dash, "It was me, against a giant scaly creature! Lightning, Moonstone, and Tornado were too afraid to move!" Storm highly doubted that, but who was she to ruin the pup's fun?
"Oh, Thunder, it must've been so scary!" barked Blix.
"It was." Said Thunder, "But I don't let a little thing like fear get me down."
"What did you do?!" barked Blix, in shock.
"I bit that thing on his tail!" barked Thunder, jumping around like his story was a message from the sun-dog himself, "I wrestled that thing to the ground, and wrapped its tail around its neck, and pulled until it collapsed!"
"Oh, Thunder, you are sooo brave!" cooed Blix.
Lightning rolled her eyes, and walked with Chaser to the other side of the cave. "It was a gecko." She said, "And Thunder bolted for the trees. Tornado was the one to toss that little thing aside."
"Not true!" barked Thunder, from the other side of the cave.
"I'm sure Thunder is telling the truth." Purred Blix, "He has such a trusting face."
Storm rolled her eyes, but smiled. "Oh Blix, you flirt with every male pup!"
"You make it sound like there's a lot!" whined Blix.
"Yeah, every pack that passes through our territory, you inspect." Chuckled Axel.
Blix sighed, and her mood suddenly grew gloomy. "I really don't want to leave this territory. It's so wonderful!"
Storm sighed. "I know, pups, but we have to. It's the only way we can protect from the enemy pack."
Later in the day, once the pups had gone to sleep, Storm went back to searching around for clues of Moon's innocence. She inspected Moon's old den, and the place where the food was hidden. "Hmm…" she muttered to herself, sniffing around. There was a scent of old meat leading from the food storage to Moon's den.
"Wait." She whispered. "The scent is low to the ground, like it's been dragged…" She gasped. "Moon's a big dog! She wouldn't need to drag meat, she could carry it!"
Suddenly, two dogs approached her, as though they'd been spying. "So." Said Rake, "You know our little secret.
Woody snarled, and took a threatening step closer.
"How dare you frame Moon!" barked Storm, "You have no pack honor!"
Rake snarled, and lunged at her, before jumping back. "We did this for our alpha, Twitch!"
"Twitch isn't your alpha!" growled Storm, "When will you be able to see that!?"
"Lies!" snarled Woody, "Twitch is our one and only alpha! He is more worthy of being patrol leader than Moon!"
"But Twitch is promoted, now!" snapped Storm, "Who do you need to keep holding Moon responsible?!"
"Because." Snapped Rake, rolling his eyes as if the answer were obvious, "We can't just give ourselves up or we'll take the punishment."
Well, yeah. Storm wanted to nip her own tail for asking such a stupid question.
"But you're never going to find out what happens." Growled Woody, stalking closer.
Storm snarled, and lowered her head, baring her teeth. Woody was stupid if he thought he could take her on. But as Rake approached from behind, Storm knew she couldn't fight both at once…
Before she could react, Rake sprang at her ear, the one that wasn't torn, and bit down hard. Storm yelped, and tried to shake him off. She was about to raise a leg to try to kick him off, when Woody bit into the leg! Storm yowled, and rolled onto her side, protecting her stomach, but also throwing off Woody and Rake.
"What has gotten into you two?!" howled Storm, "We're pack, remember?!"
"No, we aren't!" snarled Woody. "Breeze and Whisper and Chase and Twitch, they are our pack. You aren't."
"We owe you nothing." Snapped Rake.
"Let that go!" yowled Storm.
"It's your fault Whisper died!" accused Woody. "You deserve to die!"
Rake, at once, bit down on her muzzle, shutting it, as she was still laying on the ground. Storm couldn't even bark in protest, as Woody sent a long scratch down her flank. She shook hard, but the dogs held strong, and the blood draining from her side was making her dizzy…
"What is the meaning of this?!" howled Beta, running closer. "You attacked your own pack mate?! Why?!"
"Moon…food…innocent…" Storm choked out.
"Storm? Storm!" barked Beta, "We need to get you to Boji!"
"No…Moon's innocent…" Storm repeated, before letting her head thunked to the ground.
"She'll be okay." Muttered Beta, before barking orders. "Mickey, deliver news of Moon's innocence to Moon, Alpha will make the real verdict later. Arrow, bring Storm to Boji!" Mickey and Arrow nodded, dutifully, before going about their duties. Then Beta turned his cruel gaze upon Rake and Woody. "You two, there'll be severe consequences for your actions.
"Moon!" howled Mickey, joyously, as he ran up the mountain, "You're innocent! Well, Alpha hasn't decided yet, but she can't deny the new evidence, especially with Woody and Rake's behavior…Moon?"
Moon had dropped on her side, panting heavily. "M-Mickey…" she whined.
"Moon!" howled Mickey, dropping beside his mate.
"A pup…is on its way…" she whispered, "I'm so tired…"
"But you're early!" barked Mickey.
"It doesn't matter." Said Moon, "My pup is coming, and it's coming NOW!"
Whoa! That's a lot to take in, ain't it? Moon's pup is about to be born, Storm got attacked, and a rebel pack is on the way! Okay, about the rebel pack, a lot of you suggested I make an 'evil pack', and at first I was like, 'Nah…' but then I started to get ideas, and well, here I am. To answer a question, the evil pack won't know Moon personally. Also, it IS Woody and Rake who framed Moon, not the bad pack. But you'll hear more from them soon!
OC Glossary:
Tornado: Grey and black border collie/German shepherd mix. Fierce, protective, loyal, and loves to fight against enemies. Interested in Blizzard, though Blaze isn't pleased. (;)) Former member of the rival pack, son of Moonstone. (Fizz G's OC)
Moonstone: White golden retriever/husky mix with pale blue eyes. Wise elder, kind and loyal. Former member of the rival pack, mother of Tornado, caregiver of Thunder and Lightning. (Mya Jains' OC)
Thunder Dash: Black and grey collie/husky mix with hints of a bluish color. Fun, adventurous, loyal, and competitive pup with his eyes on Blix. (55fighter's OC)
Lightning Dash: White and grey collie/husky mix with hints of a yellow color. Loyal, fun, dare devilish and competitive pup who likes to tease Thunder about his crush. (55fighter's OC)
Evil pack OCs:
Okay, here's a few named dogs from the evil pack. Most probably won't have a very significant role.
Bone Crunch: Evil wolf, leader of the Dark Forest pack. Little known about him, besides that he's evil, terrorizes his pack, and wants to destroy all other packs, taking every strong dog for himself. (55fighter's OC)
Nightingale: Evil half wolf/half Doberman. Evil, clingy, ferocious, and bitter. Bone Crunch's mate. Very jealous, and oppressive of the female dogs she sees as threats to her authority (and vanity.)
Rosko: Half wolf/half Pit Bull. Bone Crunch's loyal second-in-command. Evil, sneaky, and angry dog.
Shadowfang: Half Doberman/half German shepherd, hunter in rank, secretly wants to become leader. Angry, bitter, treasonous, and bad-tempered.
Malice: Half wolf/half Rottweiler, lesser-Beta, who is jealous of Rosko for being first-Beta. Has plans to kill Rosko. Angry, jealous, bitter, mean-spirited.
No Name: Omega, was decreed by Bone Crunch to 'not deserve a name'. Runty half poodle/half shepherd mix with a bum leg. Often tormented by Bone Crunch. Only allowed in the pack to carry out lowly jobs, but cannot leave the pack. Depressed, weak, and low self-esteem are his traits.
Other dogs: All fierce dogs from Blade's former pack.