Well, It is now an M rated story, hurray! Warning, the following chapter has a lemon...or two...or three...or eight... just kidding haha. Let me first take a few minutes to give credit to the creators of some awsome Ocs in this story, for they created them. I simply wrote them in. Stormypeltsrose for the wolf pup Stormy. Justnick for the mysterious grey wolf, Allen. Soilder for an upcoming character. Rainfire of Riverclan for Ruchira. Also, this story has been bumped to M for a reason. I'm not holding back on language anymore yes, lemons will also be seen. If you don't like this, why are you in the M section? Enjoy the chapter, sorry for the delay, I'm busy on the weekends.

Chapter 6: The Birds and the Bees

Humphrey slowly walked behind his mate, watching her tail swing back and forth after every step with a happy grin.

The sun was a bright orb in the sky. A yellow flame seemingly floating in an ocean of solid blue.

Humphrey felt the familiar spasm in his chest that constantly reminded him that he was not yet cured of Diablo's parting curse.

It felt odd to Humphrey. Before his heart had stopped, he felt as if that any second he would collapse and die on the spot. What was strange was that ever since Daren had brought him back, although he did feel himself growing weaker with every passing day, he had felt one hundred times better, almost like the posion had been slowed by a drastic amount.

Humphrey frowned as he continued to walk behind his mate.

He didn't understand what his opinion on Daren was. She had saved his life a few times now, and she was always nice to Humphrey, even carrying him on her back until now. It was just that... she did things that resembled Diablo sometimes... talking about the 'darkness', her skin seemed so attracted to itself that whenever it was cut, it crawled back together, she was extremely old, yet she looked as if she was in her prime.

Humphrey let out a small "oof" as he crashed into Kate's rear, to absorbed in his thoughts, and what he was staring at, to notice that the group had stopped.

"Humphrey!" Kate said with a giggle when she realized what he had been so caught up in.

"Sorry," Humphrey said with a blush.

"Don't be," She said with a sly smile.

"You see? That's what you're suppose to do Flare, stare at MY butt, and flirt with me. But nnnooo, you're too interested in giving grandma compliments to notice that I have been swinging my hips with extra sway the entire way here!" Faith said hotly, her dark blue fur drinking in the sun's light.

Flare sighed, as did Daren.

"Faith, my name is not 'grandma' it's Daren," Daren reminded her for the hundreth time.

"Well Flare is my mate, not yours!" She said immaturely, sticking out her tongue at Daren with an angry frown.

"Well, he isn't sleeping with ME. So how does that make him MY mate? He seems completely content with you beside him at night. Besides, if you could hear what I do coming from his head, you would never second guess your relationship." Daren looked at Flare with a small grin "While we are on the subject, can you try to think a little quieter? Especially when all you think about is sex."

The four wolves shuffled uneasily, they had decided, while Daren was away either to hunt or scout, that besides her unatural talent to heal herself, and in a way, others, she also always seemed to know what you were thinking.

Flare blushed an amazing red, visible even through his crimson fur.

Faith looked shocked "Really?"

Flare blushed more intensly "Of course Faith you're my mate and I love you."

Faith squealed before knocking Flare to the ground, eagerly kissing his face.

Humphrey smiled as he heard Daren mutter something along the lines of stooping to their level of immaturity.

Kate smiled and gave Humphrey a kiss of his own.

Humphrey's heart accelerated as their muzzles collided.

"...Yes, well now that everyone has had their kiss, can we get going? Humphrey, you are not healed, and your life is still at serious risk." Daren said with a hint of impatience.

Faith gave her mate one last seductive lick across the cheek before getting off of him.

Kate also finished her passionate kiss with a slow withdrawl of the tongue and a wink.

Humphrey smiled stupidly.

Daren shook her head before turning and continuing to walk through the thick woods.

"I still hold firm to the belief that you four are much to young to be mating, and it surprises me that neither of you have become pregnant yet. In fact, it's actually slightly worrying." Daren said as she continued to walk, the four young wolves following behind her, close to his or her mate.

Humphrey frowned. He had thought of that, and they had mated quite a few times, yet Kate never seemed to become pregnant.

"Is their something wrong with me?" He thought with dread.

He didn't think he was ready to be a dad, but still, Daren had a point...

Daren stopped walking and breathed in the air deeply, her black fur looking a deep, dark purple in the sun.

"What's wrong?" Flare asked, suddenly alert.

"...I smell my people. But I don't understand...why are they this far away from the Shadowlands? I even took us through an alternate path to avoid them."

Why can't you take us there, and then to the Valley of the Light," Humphrey asked with a cock of his head.

Daren laughed "You would be killed, and I most likely, would be punished severly for helping you."

"They woundn't kill you?" Humphrey asked.

Daren laughed again, but darkly. "They wouldn't dare."

Humphrey didn't care to ask, some things were just not worth asking with Daren.

"Well, what are we going to do then?" Faith asked curiously.

"...I'm not sure, we can't kill them, that would risk everything."

"What do you mean? If we killed them, these wolves you're talking about wouldn't find out for days." Faith said with a hint of annoyance.

Daren shook her head "No, but he would,"

"Who's he?" Kate asked, taking a seat amongst the fallen leaves.

Daren frowned, "The Reaper, Shade, whatever his name is now,"

The word was like a rusty blade in Humphrey's chest.

"The Reaper? ...Diablo said that he was the Reaper...but he's dead now, so there shouldn't be a problem."

Daren sighed, a look of hurt in her eyes "Alas, you did kill him Humphrey. That, however, does not mean there is no Reaper. The Shadowlands will always have a Reaper. Just like the Valley of Light will always have an Adeodatus."

Faith groaned angrily "I can't take this anymore Daren can you explain to us what all this is? What's a Reaper? Who's Shade? How do you do all the weird things you do? How are you over one hundred and not dead? And what the hell is an Adeodatus?"

Daren looked at the four wolves in front of her, all asking the same questions with their expressions.

Daren gazed up at the sky, the blue ocean now spotted with white, puffy clouds.

She had wanted to tell them the night Humphrey's heart stopped, and the idea of it had slipped her mind the day after. They had been traveling for a little over a week now and they were still ignorant to what they had gotten themselves into.

"I suppose you do deserve an explanation..." She said quietly.

Faith smiled, taking a seat next to her mate.

Daren looked around at the thick trees around her, it wasn't safe to be in one spot for to long, especially when the scent of Shadow Walkers still clung to the air.

Humphrey let out a tired groan as he sat down with Kate.

Frowning, Daren gave into the little voice in her head that told her everything would be ok, and sat down as well.

"Very well..." She said with a sad expression. "I will start from the beggining," Daren said, gazing at the extremely curious faces around her.

"A long time ago...there was a girl about the same age as all of you. She was happy with her life, living with her father and mother and playing with the other wolves by day. She was training to become the next pack healer, and she loved to go down to the clear lake and pick the beautiful white flowers by the shore. They were called Abila flowers. They had the wonderul habbit of healing anyone that drank it's nector, they were the girl's favorite. You see, there are no rankings in the pack I used to live in, as there are no rankings in the Shadowlands, or the Valley of Light."

The thought struck Humphrey as odd, with no ranking, how did they stay organized.

Then again, the ranking system had really taken a hit back at the Eastern and Western territories. Ever since Kate and Humphrey had announced being in love with each other, things had changed.

"The girl was naive, ignorant to the world around her, and one day, despite her father's warnings, she thought she heard her mother's voice coming from the forest. The girl had been forbidden to pass the Spiraling Gate, but, being as young as she was, foolishly disobeyed her father's orders, and ventured deep into the woods in search for her mother."

"That was the day she met her best friend. When she was a good distance into the thick woods, she was confronted by a muscular, young wolf. The wolf told the girl that he was there to kill her."

A shiver crawled down Humphrey's spine as he listened.

"Yet, the girl was not afraid. The wolf had told her that he admired her bravery...and her beauty. It was a rash, and a hormonal driven action, but when the wolf approached her, the girl kissed him. You see, the girl had been born with the ability to in a way, read minds. She knew that this wolf wouldn't hurt her, and even though this wolf's mind was clouded in a thick fog of darkness, the girl saw good in him."

"That's messed up," Faith whispered to Flare with a frown.

Daren ignored the comment and continued.

"Needless to say, the wolf kissed her back, and the young naive girl fell in love. She would sneak out to meet him some nights, and they would lie together in the dark woods and watch the stars through the trees."

A tear slid down Daren's cheek, crystal clear.

"Eventually, the girls father discovered where and what she had been doing all those nights, and when he found out with whom, he was furious, and forbidded the girl to ever contact the wolf again, calling him dangerous and vile. Of course, the girl refused to stop seeing her love, and in the middle of the night, kissed her parents softly and fled from her home, never looking back. When she told her love what had happened, he comforted her, and that night, they became mates."

"The next day the wolf took the young girl to his home. At first, the girl was afraid, for the place he took her was savage and cruel. Despite the bluntness of the place, the girl grew use to it, and soon resumed her studies on becoming a pack healer, under a different teacher."

"The girl was happy, and spent many nights with her mate, whispering vows of love into his ear..."

Daren began to cry softly.

"But then... her mate began to change... his heart turned cold, and she was no longer welcome in his den at night. She resided to the pack healer's den, wich now belonged to the girl. She waited for her mate, never having the courage to confront him about their love due to how quickly he was now angered. The girl waited for many moons, until one day, her mate did visit her. The girl was devastated to learn that all previous love had vanished from his heart. He was changed, changed by forces I would rather not mention. The voices in his head told him things, horrible things that even the girl didn't know. He only shared one thing with her, who is half brother was. Even though what he told the girl came to her as a shock, the girl still loved him with all her heart. That night...her mate forced her to accept a vow. A horrible, dark vow...it changed the girl's life forever."

"Unwillingly, the girl was forced into the dark bound, and swore to serve what she feared until the end of time, that night, the girl became Vernula of obscurum. A servant of darkness..."

Humphrey flinched, the word had an evil, dark vibe to it.

"The girl waited, and waited. Her mate rarely visited and when he did it was only for a purpose. Leaving the young girl to tend to the ill and wounded for many years. The girl was lost in a ocean of grief, until, one day, many years later, her mate visited, and asked for a horrible poison, one to kill his enemies slowly."

Realization began to dawn on Humphrey as he gazed at Daren.

Daren began to sob uncontrollably, for once, looking her age.

"You ask me why I don't die, that's because the oath I swore prevents me from doing so unless killed, Light Walkers and Dark Walkers also live much longer then you wolves from the North, South, East, and Western packs. You ask me why I can do the things I do, the ability to heal by taking the wound among myself was granted to me when I swore the oath, as well as my Curatio sal, the ability to heal cuts with my spit. You ask me who the Reaper is, or what he is. Now, the Reaper is Shade. A Reaper is the transformed soul of a Vernula of obscurum cursed to kill for eternity. You ask me all these things yet you don't ask who the Reaper WAS...I will tell you,"

Daren began to shake, crying more and more, her tears soaking her dark fur.

"He was my friend, my mentor, my protector, and...the love of my life...the Reaper was the girls mate, my mate...his name was Diablo..."

Garth groaned softly as Lily licked his chest.

Her mate lied on his back, staring up at her with a silly grin.

"Do you like that?" Lily asked in a seductive voice.

Garth only nodded.

Lily smiled and began to drag her tongue down the length of his body, not stopping when she reached his thighs.

Lily didn't need to hear his soft whimpering to know what to do next and slowly got to work, making her mate shudder in ecstasy.

Lily put as much passion and energy into the act that she could, but her mind was elsewhere.

The tall, jagged mountains loomed over them, casting their dark shadows over the land as a light snow began to fall to the ground.

Snow was off hunting, the sun being obscured by the mountains seemed to help Snow in her hunt, for she brought back better prey everytime.

Garth bucked his hips, making her giggle.

Removing her tongue from its new toy, Lily stood up and gave Garth a wink, before a nod of approval.

Garth was behind her in a flash, eagerly entering her with a moan.

Lily squirmed in joy, it had been a while since Garth and her had mated, and she had been looking forward to this for quite a while.

"Oh Lily..." Garth moaned softly.

Lily groaned as Garth increased his speed, bucking her hips against his.

"Oh Garth, it feels so good..." She whimpered.

Garth responded by thrusting faster, his aim hitting its mark everytime.

"Lily...I'm...coming close..." he whispered in between pants.

"Good..." She purred.

Garth began to buck his hips as fast as possible, preparing Lily for what would happen next.

Lily let out a loud squel of pleasure as she felt the warmth of Garth's release enter her quickly.

Garth chuckled as he swung into the tying posistion.

"Lily...thank you..." was all he could say.

Lily grinned widely "Anytime..." she responded, out of breath.

A sudden shift in the snowy bushes alerted the tying wolves just in time to see Snow emerge from the frozen woods, a good sized rabbit in her mouth.

"Oh..."

Stormy sat in Winston's den nervously, her sister behind her and Haze and Glacier to her right.

Stormy smiled, Haze's fever had broken the night before, and now he was back to his old self, just like Helen had said.

The day had been long and hard, Alpha training seemed to grow more difficult everyday, and now the sun had begun to sink into the horizon, setting the world in a peaceful orange glow.

"Where is she!" Crystal said impatiently.

"Where is who?" Haze asked with slight curiosity.

"My friend," Crystal said without a glance at Haze.

"Is i..."

"It's not 'mama sita'" Crystal said with a look of aggrivation on her face.

"Aww," Glacier said with a pout.

"Stormy didn't you invite someone to?" Crystal asked.

Stormy smiled nervously, she had invited Orro to Winston's den earlier to meet her brother's and sister before Winston talked to the boys, and Eve and Helen talked to the girls.

A wonderful scent hit her nose a second before Orro walked through the den entrance, the setting sun making his fur seem aflame.

"Who is that..." Crystal said with a very interested face.

Stormy smiled, glad to see that Crystal already liked her friend...Well...Her boyfriend.

Stormy giggled as she ran up to meet Orro. She liked the way 'boyfriend' sounded on her tongue.

A few seconds later, the tongue that liked the word 'boyfriend' so much, seemed to like the actual thing more then the word, and clashed against Orro's as their muzzles collided in a fierce hello.

Crystal's mouth hit the floor, and Glacier's eyes grew wide. Haze looked horrified and covered his eyes.

"I'm so glad you came," Stormy said with a grin, after breaking off the intense kiss.

"Of course I came," Orro said in his rich voice, moving his muzzle closer for another hello.

Stormy happily obliged, kissing him with gusto.

Ever since she had said yes to the question of wheather or not she would be his girl friend or not, most of Orro's nervousness seemingly died, but not all of it.

Stormy grinned before turning around and gazing at her siblings nervousley.

"Guys, this is my boyfriend Orro."

Orro waved shyly.

Crystal looked to shocked to speak, but manged a few words "H-how...wh-what...ho-how...how!"

Orro grinned before answering nervously "Hi, you must be, ugh, Crystal right?"

Crystal melted "Hehehehehe" she giggled, blushing deeply.

"Hi," Haze and Glacier said, staring at Stormy with wide eyes.

"Well hello Orro, Stormy, hi Crys!" A velvet voice responded from behind Orro and Stormy.

Crystal smiled "Hey Ruchira!"

Haze's eyes bulged as Glacier began to drool.

A young, lean Alpha gracefully walked into the den, her cinnamon fur only relenting around her muzzle where it turned a beautiful red. Her paws were a gentle white, and a perfect stroke of grey draped her back.

Even Stormy gaped, she was beautiful, even more so then Crystal.

Her hips curved, leading into the extremely lean, and sexy Alpha's body.

Ruchira stopped and stole a look at Orro "Damn," was all she said before reluctantly tearing her eyes away from the orange wolf.

"Hey you two," She said with a wink, when she noticed Haze and Glacier staring with open mouthes.

"H-h-hey," Haze said with a shakey grin.

Glacier just continued to drool, looking at the gorgeous wolf with cinnamon fur as if she had just descended from Heaven.

"It's kind of dirty in here," Ruchira said with a frown, flicking at invisible dirt.

"I know!" Crystal said in agreement as she began to lick at her paw.

"Hey did you see that guy fall on his face during stalking practice?" Ruchira asked with a grin.

Crystal giggled "Yea, and he fell right into a pile of caribou sh..."

"Ew ew ew, ew ew ew, I know, don't repeat it, it's so disgusting, I will make sure I never get to close to him." Ruchira interrupted with a face full of disgust.

Haze looked at Crystal's friend with lust.

"She looks like an adult..." he thought with a grin.

Haze gazed at the incredibly hot she wolfs stomach, then her hips, then her b...

Ruchira snapped her head up in a flash, the feeling of someone watching her drawing her attention away from cleaning her paw.

Haze blushed with embarrassment, only to gap when the she wolf smiled at him, giving him one quick wink before returning to her paw.

Haze's heart fluttered.

Haze thought about walking over to Orro and Stormy to get a better look, but the two seemed busy, nuzzling one another passionetly.

Haze's thoughts were interrupted when Stormy's head shot toward the entrance of the den, revealing to him, the entrance of a streaming line of wolves their age.

"What the hell, I didn't know we were having a Howl, I would have gotten ready. Besides, the moon isn't even full." Ruchira complained.

Stormy watched in shock as all the Alphas from Alpha training walked into the large den, she even noticed a few Omegas, their shy faces sticking out in the crowd.

Many looked at Orro and Stormy, who were obviously together by the way they were sitting, Orro's paw gently resting on Stormy's hip.

Everyone except Orro seemed to stare at Crystal and Ruchira.

Some gaping like Glacier and Crystal had.

"Why are there so many people," Orro asked nervously.

"I don't know, but don't be nervous, besides, if you get really nervous, we can always kiss again, I don't mind if these people see."

Orro smiled intensly "I'd like that a lot,"

Stormy grinned widely. She didn't know what was wrong with her, but lately, she could barely contain herself around Orro, and she believed he had the same problem, for sometimes she would see him staring at her body, his eyes all the words she needed for her to know what he was thinking.

The whole reason the Alphas were meeting here seemed silly to Stormy, and slightly embarrassing.

Stormy was about to lean in and kiss Orro when she saw a small, scrawny brown wolf approach Haze and shove him over. She was running acorss the den in a flash, Orro right behind her. Stormy saw Crystal and Ruchira stand up and jog over as well.

Haze was on his feet in a second, preparing to pounce when he noticed King's giant friends slowly walk over, eyeing him suspicously.

"Why are you being such an ass?" Ruchira asked King angrily, helping Haze off the ground.

"Why do you have to be such a bitch?" King responded.

"Why do you have to be so freaking dirty you little grimlin," Ruchira replied in a cool voice.

"Why did you shove my brother!" Stormy snarled, shoving King to the ground.

King snarled as he rebounded, catching Stormy across the face with his right paw. He was small, but he was very strong, even if his body deceived him.

Stormy fell to the ground with a whimper, her head hitting the ground with a small thud.

The den was dead quiet, all eyes on the current conflict.

Orro was on him in a flash, slapping him over and over again across the face with a snarl.

Stormy screamed as one of the brown wolfs friends ran up to Orro, and effortlessly slammed him up against the wall.

Orro let out a small yelp before sliding to the floor, motionless.

The den errupted then, screams and shouts of encouragement rang and echoed.

Stormy ran to Orro's motionless body and whimperd "Orro...Orro are you ok?"

She let out nervous breath as he stirred weakly "My ribs hurt..."

Stormy hugged him closely as the fighting continued. She saw Haze and Glacier hanging from one of King's friends back, scratching and biting.

"ENOUGH!" A shrill vocie peirced through the den.

Stormy looked up to the den entrance, and through the crowd of wolves, noticed Eve, Winston, and Helen all standing by the entrance.

"THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE!" Winston boomed.

The den went quiet, the only sounds were Orro's short whimpers as he tried to stand up, succeeding only through the help of Stormy.

"What happened," Helen asked, sternly, but not loud enough to be considered yelling.

Stormy was about to speak up when Eve held up a paw "You know what? I don't even care, but if it happens again I WILL TEAR THE ANTAGONIZER OPEN!"

Stormy saw King flinch, and smiled.

Eve smiled evily "Since you all can not be trusted to sit and wait patiently, I think instead of dividing you, we will have the talk here, with the girls in the room boys,"

Eve was rewarded with a freakish amount of groans of displeasure.

"Now," Eve said, narrowing her eyes at King "Who knows what mating is?"

The den grew silent once more.

A few wolves raised their paws into the air, the small number included Crystal, Ruchira, Haze, Glacier, a few others, and lastly, Orro.

Stormy blushed and giggled.

Eve smiled "Well not enough of you, my husband and I have told all your parents what we plan to discuss with you tonight, and they have agreed to it. Helen is here to answer any questions you might have."

Winston cleared his throat as he nervously stared at the large group of curious wolves. "Well I guess we can begin then...Eve dear, are you sure you don't want to...you know...seperate them? Things may get very awkward."

"No, they acted like pups so we will treat them like pups, now, who's ready for story time?" She asked evily.

"Okay...ugh so boys, I know how you get...ugh...urges..." Winston seemed to nervous to speak.

Eve patted him lightly on the back before smiling as she looked at the group of young wolves "Who knows what a penis is?"

"AAAAAAGGGHHH" The group of wolves responded, the boys hiding their faces from the giggling girls.

A young omega raised his hand.

"Yes dear?" Eve asked sweetly.

"It's the thing that boys have!" He said, eager to answer correctly.

"That's right, good job," Eve said with a sweet smile.

"Now, who knows how to mate?" Eve asked again, embarrassing the wolves further.

A young Alpha rose his hand quickly, waving it back and forth eagerly.

"Yes?" Eve asked with a grin.

The male wolf smiled, and answered without a clue to what he was actually saying "It's when the guy puts his penis in the girls mouth and then she bites it off and feeds it to the caribou!"

The crowd errupted into laughter, making the young alpha frown.

"Now who in the world told you that ludicrous lie?" Wisnton asked before Eve could.

The young Alpha grinned "A really pretty wolf with dark blue fur, I think her name was Fate...Fade...Oh! It was Faith! Her name was Faith!"

Winston shook his head "She would do that wouldn't she? No, the girl does not bite the penis off the boy and feed it to the caribou when mating." Winston said with a nervous chuckle.

"No but sometimes the boys penis goes in the girls mouth," Crystal and Ruchira answered at the same time.

Eve looked shocked "Well...yes...but that's different from mating... What do you two know of sex? Would you like to come up here and explain it to your classmates since you know so much?" Eve asked slightly angry.

Ruchira shrugged "It's called Oral sex right? Yea sure I'll teach the class what I know, Crystal would you please be my assistant?" Ruchira asked with a giggle.

"Sure," Crystal said, following Ruchira up to the front of the of the den, to stand beside a very upset Eve.

Ruchira smiled "Well, when the the male wolf gets an erection..."

The crowd of wolves burst into laughter, some male wolves looking very uncomfortable.

Crystal laughed along with her friend.

Eve frowned, yet Helen and Winston smiled.

"Fine, we will call it something else," Ruchira said with a grin.

"How about we call it a...um... a duduh, and we will call a girls area, a duba." Ruchira asked the wolves, everyone single one laughing to the point of tears.

Stormy frowned when Orro laughed and immedietly stopped, whimpering as he held his side.

"Ok, so the boy gets on top of the girl and puts his duduh inside the girls duba," Ruchira giggled.

Crystal began to cry from the pain of laughing to hard.

"I swear you were born an Omega," Crystal laughed at her friends.

"Then what happens?" A voice called out from the crowd.

Ruchira smiled "Well from what I've heard, it feels really good, then the girl gets pregnant because the guys duduh go sspplloosshh inside the girls duba!"

"It looks something like this hahaha," Ruchira said before giving Crystal a questioning lool. Crystal nodded, still laughing.

Ruchira walked behind Crystal and put her two front paws on her back, making some very crude body movements.

Haze was the first out of the den, his tail tucked tightly between his legs.

Seconds later more and more males began to rush from the den, their tails inbetween their legs.

"Oh dear," Helen said, chuckling lightly.

Winston sighed before following the blushing boys out of the den.

Stormy looked at Orro cocked her head.

He had tried to stand up as well, but had stumbled in pain. Now he had his back toward Stormy, his tail tucked tightly in between his legs like the rest of the males.

Ruchira giggled, tears streaming down her beautiful face. "I guess that little example really turned them on,"

Crystal laughed again, before holding her stomach from the pain.

Helen padded her back and chuckled.

Orro sat, horribly awkward in a den full of girls, trying to hide himself from them.

"Orro, what's wrong?" Stormy asked in a whisper.

"I-it's um...um...nothing S-Stormy," he replied.

"Orro...don't lie to me," She responded with a monotone voice.

Orro seemed to blush such a deep red that Stormy feared he might lose his beautiful orange coat and turn red furred.

"It's just that...um...the thing...that just happened...I kinda...well...thought of you being the one...ugh up there...doing that...and it...well..." Orro looked so embarrassed Stormy thought he might cry.

Orro looked at her in the eye and mouthed just exactly what was wrong with him.

Stormy blushed, unfortunetly, another girl was watching and also realized what was wrong with Orro, and all the other boys for that matter.

"HAHAHAHAHAHA" She laughed, and soon the whole den was looking at Orro and laughing.

"Shut up!" Stormy yelled at them when she realized that Orro might just cry anyway.

"Now girls, it's nothing to laugh at, and Orro it's completely normal." Helen said with sympathey.

Orro frowned and stared intently at the wall.

Stormy squeezed in front of him and nuzzled his blushing face.

"Stormy please, this is only making it worse..." he pleaded.

Stormy rolled her eyes and hugged him, making sure to keep the lower part of her body, away from his.

"I'm not going to look Orro, and I will never laugh at you for telling me something like that," She told him as she held him gently.

Orro sniffled "Can I put my face into your fur? I...I don't want these girls to see me cry..."

Stormy nodded, giving any girl that was watching them a nasty stare.

Orro began to sob into her fur, and although she loved to embrace and comfort him, there was something about his sobbing that worried her, it sounded like he was crying in pain.

"Orro, are you crying because you're embarrassed or because you're hurt?" Stormy asked suddenly in a small whisper.

"B-both, bu-but it's n-nothing," he replied.

Stormy frowned, and lightly put her paw againt his ribs.

Orro let out a loud yelp, turning every head in the den, even Eve and Helen's.

"Oh Orro I'm so sorry," Stormy apologized as Orro's sobbing grew slightly louder.

"Yo-you pr-promise yo-you won't l-look, or th-think of m-me as a we-weakling?" He asked her through his muffled sobs.

"Of course not..." Stormy soothed.

"Stormy is everything Ok back there?" Helen asked.

"No it's everything is fine Helen," Stormy said, but when the old wolf looked at her, Stormy made a faint shake of her head.

Helen frowned and began to walk toward the back of the den, Eve following her with a curious expression on her aging face.

"D-don't l-look Sto-Stormy be-below my wa-wait, do m-my ri-ribs look o-ok?" He asked, taking his teary eyed face away from her tear soaked fur.

Stormy frowned, he looked so sad. Stormy gazed at his ribs closely, her anger level rising as she noticed the awful bruise, followed by the swelling.

"King did this!" She thought angrily.

"Sto-Stormy, th-they are s-starting to h-hurt mo-more and m-ore..." Orro said before letting out an agonizing scream and falling to the ground.

Stormy's eyes caught a glimpse of something...but quickly neutralized the memory and sat in front of Orro so she blocked out his waist and below.

Helen and Eve burst into a run at the sound of his scream.

"Th-they hur-hurt so b-bad," he screamed.

Some of the girls in the den started to look nervous.

"What's wrong with him?" One girl asked with a scared expression on her face.

"St-Stormy..." Orro said in between pained gasps.

"Yes?" She said, nuzzling him gently.

"I th-think m-my ri-ribs a-are b-broken."

*Twitches* Almost 7,000 words, you better enjoy the chapter. Haaha just kidding, I hope you do though, I proofread it a few times and it should have very few mistakes. Hope the chapter made you laugh, it made me laugh to write it. I hope you paid close attention to Daren's story. If you did, and you already know the twist (or you think you know) Pm me, do not leave a review with it and ruin it for others if you're right. Read and review, if you do review, don't forget to support your review. Have a goodnight/goodmorning. Poor Orro, hahaha I'm just mean.

~Bravobravo