Chapter 7: We are Primus

Hey guys in this chapter Midnight will be living up to his promise to Draco and teaching him how to be primus material. Well I'm not going to go too far into the description so here it is. Hope you enjoy it.

The early morning sun can be blinding to even the strongest of wolves. Especially when you've had a night as rough as Midnight. He whined as the sun began to rise just over the hills and shine into his den, almost forgetting the previous events. He stepped outside and stretched his forelegs, he still had to exercise whether he wanted to or not. He was surprised to see Alcanus walk up beside him as eager to train as he ever was. Even more surprising was the sight of Draco walking in his direction, along with several other alphas.

"Aw, I thought it would just be me and you brother, why did they have to show up," grumbled Alcanus.

"It's ok Alcanus, they just want to see how rough it is to train as a Primus, and you know what they say the more the merrier," Midnight yawned holding back a chuckle.

"They also say three's a crowd, and there's like four of them," he complained. Midnight laughed and patted Alcanus on the head. Draco couldn't stand to look Midnight in the eyes as he walked up to the two.

"So you actually showed up, and you brought friends," Midnight laughed.

"Yes, they saw how well you hunted and they decided to tag along, I can tell them to leave if it's a trouble," Draco sounded ashamed of himself.

"Nonsense, the more the merrier," Midnight repeated with a smile. Draco saw Midnight smile and seemed to lighten up.

"Oh before we get started this is Echo, Lance, and Dimitri," Draco introduced the tree wolves. All of them were the same shade of light grey, and looked eerily similar to one another.

"Yes, we are triplets," one of them chimed in although Midnight wasn't sure which it was.

"Pleasure, my name is Midnight and this is my little brother Alcanus," Midnight felt bad lying to them, but he wanted to keep the truth a secret, for now anyway.

"So when do we get started," asked Lance eagerly. His tail was wagging and his brothers followed.

"Well if you really want to follow the strict training, then we pounce around the entire territory," Midnight said stretching his legs. All four of the wolves mouths dropped at the thought.

"But the territory is massive, it would take hours!" complained Echo. Midnight could only smirk.

"I did it yesterday in only one hour with a concussion, and besides we could make a game of it, first one back to here wins," he tried to make the task sound more pleasurable.

"If I wasn't so competitive I'd say no but dang it I love to win," laughed Dimitri.' "Good, GO!" shouted Midnight darting off in a rush. The others were taken by complete surprise, except Alcanus who only laughed and pounced after his brother. After the four realized they were losing they took off behind their teacher. In no time they caught up to him, but whenever they would get close enough to leap ahead Midnight would bound off a rock or a tree and dart ahead. Alcanus seemed to be enjoying the game as he laughed hysterically at his brother.

"Cheater you didn't give us a warning!" he laughed. The four alphas felt their legs begin to burn with every stride as they approached the halfway point. Midnight and Alcanus grew further and further away as Draco started to slow down and pant heavily.

"This is impossible" he whined. But even the triplets were enjoying the experience and they weren't about to let him ruin it.

"Come on Draco this is fun, even if we don't win it's great exercise," called out Lance as he jumped around a tree. Draco pushed himself to keep jumping as sweat poured down his face. It felt like hours had passed before he finally stumbled through to the finish line. The triplets were jumping around excitedly trying to argue over who was faster.

"Alright now that were all back together we can begin the next exercise," Midnight laughed as Draco dropped his jaw.

"But we just finished one shouldn't we take a break," he panted.

"Nope, the longer we train the stronger we get," Midnight walked over and helped Draco off of the ground. He was shocked to see that Midnight and Alcanus hadn't even began to sweat yet.

"What could possibly be next," he panted.

"Strength training," Alcanus replied excitedly.

"What do you mean by that," Draco began to grow nervous, pouncing was bad and he imagined this would be even worse.

"Well to start I'll need to see how strong you already are, so one of you show me your strength," Midnight looked around the bunch hoping for one to volunteer.

"I'll do it," Lance said jumping up in front enthusiastically. He looked around fro a minute and then leapt straight up into the air. He caught himself on a branch and launched himself towards the ground and landed with an powerful blast. When the smoke cleared he stood in the middle of a decent sized crater.

"Leg strength, very impressive," Midnight complimented. Lance smiled smugly and walked back to his brothers.

"That ain't nothing watch this" Echo jumped up to the plate not wanting to be outdone. He looked up the length of a tall maple tree and smiled. He leapt from the ground and grabbed the thickest branch on the tree with his jaws, splintering it instantly. He landed and smirked at his brothers.

"Jaw strength, you make a good hunter," Midnight smiled at him and looked at Dimitri who jumped up.

"I'll show both of you" he wasted no time in jumping straight up and cracking through six or seven thick branches and slamming down into a crater. He stuck his tongue out at his brother childishly.

"Hard headed and good legs, you're good, and now for you Draco," Midnight looked back to the remaining wolf. Draco smiled at him and jumped forward.

"I'll show you strength," Draco barred his fangs and picked up a massive boulder with his jaws. He smiled at them and slung it off into the distance. Midnight smiled and nodded.

" Good neck strength, best defense, now let me show you how it's done," Midnight pounced at the thick maple and jumped straight through the trunk. It crashed to the ground with a loud thump and he smiled at them. Their mouths were agape at this sight.

"How did you do that" asked the triplets in unison. He smiled at them and brushed the woodchips from his head.

"Practice, alright we can work or strength later, for now I want all four of you to practice stalking, and I want you to stalk me," Midnight nodded at them as he caught Lilly's image in the corner of his eye. They nodded in understanding and darted off to begin their hunt.

"Lilly," he exclaimed excitedly running over to his love. He nuzzled her and licked her making her giggle.

"Well, I was going to come spend some time with you but if you're busy-"

"Oh, no we were actually just finishing up, and I'd love to spend some time with you," he beamed a smile at her.

"Not until I speak with you first," Pykros said emerging from the den. Midnight whined but Lilly licked his cheek to cheer him up.

"Lilly you go on ahead, I'll catch up in a second," he smiled at her as she walked off into the woods. He looked back at Pykros who got down to the grit of the conversation.

"Son I wanted to tell you this last night but with all of the commotion I figured I'd said enough," Pykros' heart skipped a beat as he grew anxious.

"What is it dad,"

"Well, it's why I came here, I need you to come back to the old pack," Pykros spoke softly knowing Midnight's initial reaction.

"What!" he shouted.

"Ricoh, he killed all of the betas and ran off to Val Kyrie, we fear he is preparing for war, we need our primus' back to defend us, please son," Pykros sounded stern as he shot a pleading look towards his son. "Buy-"

"Listen how about a deal, you come help us, and I will allow you to marry Lilly," Midnights eyes shot wide open at the bargain. He and his father both knew it was forbidden for a primus to love, but he was going to pass up regulation to defend his pack.

"Let me think dad, give me till sundown and I will let you know," Midnight slowly walked off with his mind spinning. He could marry Lilly if he went back and fought, it sounded too good to be true. The more he thought the better it seemed, besides if he got hurt he could use his tears to heal himself, he was invincible. He was so caught up in his thoughts he almost didn't notice the wolf pouncing at his from behind. He rolled to the side sending Lance flying to the ground.

"You crouched too low, you took to much time to jump," he criticized as he helped up his newfound friend. Lance couldn't help but laugh at himself.

"I'll get you next time you'll see," he laughed as he rushed off into the woods. Midnight laughed as he watched Lance disappear and then looked around for Lilly. He finally noticed her and rushed to her side. She jumped a little at his surprising entrance, but eventually she just laughed and licked his cheek. But he couldn't help but think of the proposition his father had given him and his smile faded. Lilly took notice and nuzzled him.

"Something wrong?" she asked sweetly. Her voice turned his legs to butter and made all of his troubles fade away.

"It's my dad, he wants me to go back and defend my old pack, he says there is a war coming and if I fight," he trailed off, he didn't know whether she would be happy to fin out or if she didn't want to marry him.

"What, what happens," she waged her tail excitedly.

"He said that if I fight, I can, I can marry you," he looked at her hopefully. He felt his heart drop as her smile faded and she started to cry. She tackled him to the ground and wrapped her arms around him. She cried into his chest softly.

"I want to marry you but I don't want you to have to fight," she cried even harder at the thought of losing him. He wrapped his arms around her and tried to comfort her, he hated to see her like this.

"Lilly, everything will be ok, I promise," he whispered softly into her ear. She sniffled and tried to calm down.

"B-but w-w-what if something-happens t-to you," she gasped through her sobs.

"Nothing will happen to me, I will be fine," he kissed her. She blushed and hid her face in his chest.

"Please be ok, I don't want to lose you," she whispered. He smiled at her and licked her cheek. Eventually she calmed down enough to climb off of his and stand up. Although she still felt the urge to cry she managed to walk alongside him for the rest of the afternoon. Draco, Lance, Echo, and Dimitri had unknowingly given up when they saw Midnight walking with Lilly, and he decided to thank them for that later. After a while they ran into Kate and Humphrey and the four lovers walked together and enjoyed the company. But Midnight still couldn't get that deal off of his mind and the others took notice.

"Something wrong buddy?" asked Humphrey. Lilly started to tear up and sniffle but Midnight nuzzled her.

"It's Pykros, he wants me to go defend my old pack from the upcoming war, and if I do, he will let me marry Lilly," Midnight hung his head low and Lilly started to cry. Humphrey and Kate both gasped in shock while Midnight comforted Lilly.

"That's a hard decision, I wish there was someway we could help," Kate and Humphrey lowered their heads.

"Watch Lilly while I'm gone, keep her safe for me," he looked back at them.

"You mean you're actually going!" they shouted. Midnight nodded slowly.

"Yes, but not for Pykros, for Lilly," he licked her cheek and nuzzled her. It was the hardest decision he had ever made in his entire life.

The sun soon faded away and brought about the end to another day. Pykros told Midnight that they would leave for the old territory at sunrise so he spent the entire night with Lilly. They shared a small den in the middle of the territory and it was a night neither of them would ever forget.

Ending of chapter 7, wow when I first started typing I didn't expect to get this far and have this many hits. I'm glad you guys like it so much. Don't forget to please review, it means a lot to me. Chapter 8 coming soon, until then pimpdaddy007 out.