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"I know," I huffed once more before curling up in my nest.
I missed being in the normal's den, I missed having to avoid stepping on wolves as I walked back to my nest, I missed my soft nest made of grass, feathers, reeds, and fur from pray that we had caught, but for now, this nest and this den would do.
I woke to the sound of movement in the nursery, something inside of me told me not to open my eyes and to act as if I was sleeping, I did as my instincts told me.
"Should we tell her we are going out," I heard Sarah whisper.
"No, let her rest," Andi whispered in return.
With that they both snuck out of the nursery and I chose that moment to lift my head.
"Where are they going? Even more importantly why wouldn't they tell me they were going somewhere?" I thought suspiciously before shaking my head trying to expel the thoughts.
"Whoa there, don't go accusing them of things when you don't know anything," I scolded myself, if they weren't telling me something they would eventually.
I laid my head back down and fell back to sleep.
"Ziva," Abby whispered nudging me with her paw.
I pretended that she hadn't woken me from my sleep, just to mess with her.
"Ziva, there is no way you are not awake, you are the lightest sleeper I know, now get up," she said more forcefully as she nudged me with her muzzle.
"Alright, alright, I am up," I said with a large yawn.
"Good, come with me," Abby said as she padded to the entrance of her cave.
I could see that it was still dark outside and that it would be a while before the sun came up.
"It is too early for this," I huffed as I heaved myself from my temporary nest next to Abby's.
She was sitting in front of her den with her tail uncurled and wrapped around her paws so that the white tip of her tail blended in with her white paw tips. The moon shined on her in a way that made her dark black fur shine and caused her bright green eyes to sparkle.
I brought myself to her side and I sat down next to her.
"What is it?" I asked her.
"I have received a sign from our ancestors," she said without taking her eyes off of the full moon.
She seemed unable to remove her eyes from the moon, it was like she was captured in it, as if she was seeing the sign as she spoke to me. While she was trapped looking at the moon, I was trapped looking at her face, I couldn't look away.
"What did you see?" I asked in concern.
"Stars, they were falling in the night sky, but they were falling in the wrong way, it was more like they were rising up against the night," she said and I could see fear in her eyes as she relived the vision she saw.
"Then, a wolf with ripped wings appeared under the sky as the stars continued to fall the wrong way, the wind seemed to whisper quick and wise advice, and the ground was covered in mud that already had paw steps in it. There was a feeling in the air that said the night didn't want the wind or the wolf there. The wolf seemed to step around the mud as much as it could and the wind blew around the mud as well, until finally the wolf fell into the mud and when it did it caused the mud to splash up and it seemed to catch the wind," she whispered.
"What do you think it means?" I asked her.
"I don't know, but before the vision ended, I heard a voice," she said.
"What did it say?" I asked.
"Stars will fight the night, a secret has been kept that will test friendship when it is finally revealed, two paths and two packs, one destroys one pack, the other will keep things the same," she said as her eyes glazed over and she spoke with a voice that sounded far away.
Just as she finished, a rock fell from the top of the wall that surrounded all of our dens, it kept our camp safe and hard to get to.
I looked up as did she as we were finally able to tear our gazes away from what had captured us. I saw a pair of glowing eyes, then another pair, and another, I continued to see more and more eyes.
"Pack of Rising Stars, Attack!" a deep voice screeched into the silent night.
With that, wolves started pouring into the camp.
I felt Abby leave my side and I imidietly turned to follow her, but she whipped around to face me.
"No, go get the normal's, wake them up, let them know we are under attack," she ordered and reluctantly I did as she asked watching as she raced toward Brownfur's den.
I turned and ran for the normal's den, pausing when I reached the entrance.
"Wake up, the Pack of Night is under attack," I howled into the den.
As soon as the words left my mouth, wolves were waking and getting to their feet before racing past me to run out into battle.
"Ziva, what's going on?" Tony asked me.
"The Pack of Rising Stars is attacking," I panted before turning around and looking for Abby.
She was running to Ducky and Palmer as they stepped out of their den, but before she could get there a she-wolf with grey fur and blue eyes leaped onto her back. The she-wolf was twice Abby's size and she pinned Abby easily, but Abby was hard to hold onto, she slithered around onto her back and started to grapple with the she-wolf tossing her over her head so that the she-wolf was under her.
They tumbled like that until finally the she-wolf had Abby pined so that she could not get away. Abby started to kick at the she-wolfs belly growling and snarling at her as she tried to bite the she-wolf anywhere she could.
I could tell that Abby needed help, running towards them I felt myself get mad, how dare she touch Abby.
I rammed into the she-wolf, pushing her off Abby and rolling with her. I pined her down and started tearing at her in a blind rage.
"Ziva," I heard Abby call, I looked up without releasing my grip.
"We don't kill to win," she said calmly.
I looked down at the she-wolf below me to see that she had fear evident in her eyes, her left ear was shredded and she had blood trickling from a gash on her cheek, I stepped up and back a little allowing her to run out of the camp in fear.
I awoke at the howl that announced that the Pack of Rising Stars was attacking. Quickly I made my way to the front of the nursery as the mothers and there pups went to the back. Wolves were pouring into the camp from all sides, I looked back into the nursery to notice that Sarah and Andi still were not back.
"Where are you, I can't do this on my own," I whined.
My attention was cruelly brought back to the battle when a wolf wrapped its jaws around the scruff of my neck.
I jerked around until I slipped from their grip, then I ducked down before launching my self up and wrapping my jaws around his neck. I whipped my head around giving him a good shake before releasing my grip sending him flying into the camp clearing. He quickly got up and charged again, I charged at him as well, meeting him half way. We grappled clawing and biting each other. Finally I broke away from him, we stood there for just a moment glaring at each other and trying to get our breath.
"You rotten fox," I panted at him.
His eyes roared with anger and he lunged at me once more, locking us in battle.
I bit his paw and ripped causing the skin on the pad of his paw to rip away, with that he ran off whining.
I whipped my head around to see a wolf trying to get into the nursery and rage filled me, causing my paw steps to be even quicker, how dare he attack defenseless pups and mothers. I leaped onto his back and latched my jaw onto his ear, he let out a loud howl of pain and began to jerk and jump to try and get me off of his back.
He tried to roll over and crush me, but just at the last second I jumped off taking the top of his ear with me. I spit the tip of his ear out and turned around to see him running of howling in pain.
As I watched him go with a feeling of triumph, I was unexpectedly hit by a wolf from behind, she bowled me over and pinned me onto my back.
I looked up into her ice blue eyes as she glared down at me.
"You stupid wolves, always thinking you're the heroes, well look at the little hero now, trapped under a big bad wolf," she snarled before biting at my ears just hard enough to make me whine.
Tears threatened to spill over, but I held them back and started to run my claws across her light grey belly, which was hard when one of my paws had no feeling.
She released my ear and glared down at me once more as I fought to get out of her grip.
"What's wrong, are you tired little hero," she mocked.
"Stop it," I growled snapping at her jaw, but she moved out of the way just in time.
I was no match for her, I was in pain, I was still recovering, and I was already so tired, but I would fight until the my last dying breath for my pack.
She leaned down to bite me again and I thought I was done for, but she was interrupted by a loud howl.
"Pack of Rising Stars, retreat," howled their alpha.
The she-wolf glared at me once more before growling and running off with the rest of her pack.
I lay still on the ground panting as I tried to get my breath back.
"Ziva," I heard Abby whisper as I stood in the clearing.
My legs were shaking, I had a cut above my eye causing blood to drip into my eye and block me from seeing, I had a torn pad, and I had a long and deep scratch down my side.
"Lean against me," she whispered and I did as she requested.
She started to lead me to her den and I shook the whole way there. She had me lid down in my temporary nest, then she started to tend to my wounds.
She pressed some cobwebs against the cut on my eye gently, but I still flinched from the sting it caused.
She cooed to me the entire time, whispering sweat comforting things to me.
When she finished she told me to rest before she started toward the entrance of her den, quickly I lifted my head.
"Abby?" I called in alarm.
"Its alright Ziva, I need to go out and help Ducky and Palmer tend to the wounded, you stay here and rest," she cooed.
Reluctantly I laid my head back down, trying desperately to go to sleep, but the rush from the battle was still in my blood, causing me to shake.
Abby came in every once in a while to check on me, but every time I was still awake.
After a while I noticed Abby hadn't checked on me in quite a bit, I slowly made my way to the entrance of the den to see all of the wolves both young and old, both seriously injured and mildly injured all gathered around the camp clearing, most of them had there fur standing on end, their eyes hard as they stared at Hyperdemon and Quickthinking.
I lay there for a while until Angelstep came over to check my wounds, she didn't bother moving me, she seemed to sense that I didn't want to be moved. I was upset, angry, in pain, and very, very tired.
I smelled a familiar scent in the wind suddenly and I quickly got to my paws. I watched the entrance of the camp as Andi and Sarah walked into the clearing with confused and concerned looks on their faces.
I curled my lips back, planted my ears flat against my head, put my tail straight down and growled, "Where have you been."
"We," Andi started, but she let the sentence trail off, I'm guessing because she saw the shape I was in.
"She has a point, where have you two been while the Pack of Rising Stars was attacking our camp," Brownfur said accusingly.
"If you think we lead them here you wrong," Andi growled at him and I felt as if I should jump to her defense.
"Hyperdemon and Quickthinking may have not been present during the battle, but they are not traders," I growled at my alpha.
"Then explain why they were not here," he snarled at me.
"I don't have too, I trust my pack mates as should you," I retorted.
"That's enough," Angelstep growled using her 'alpha's voice'.
"Every one needs to rest, not start new quarrels," she continued in a normal voice.
With that Brownfur walked away and everyone turned their attention somewhere else.
I began to walk back to the nursery so that I could rest when Andi fell into step beside me.
"Thank you for," Andi was cut of by me putting my tail up and signaling for her to stop.
"Don't thank me Hyperdemon," I said harshly, I knew I would regret it later, but for now, I allowed myself to be angry.
