Chapter 9: Eastern Pack History (written ?, 2012 to around Jan or Feb, 2013)

"Please, tell me more," encouraged Terra. They were both still in the cave.

"You seem interested in my pack's history. Why is that?"

"Well, they don't teach you much history in Omega School."

"Hmm... Well, here's something to learn." He cleared his throat. "Long... long ago. There was a wolf named Isaac."

"Wait. Is that the wolf who made that beautiful song, Fallen Pack?"

"Yes, you're correct, my great-grandfather." Stormfast continued. "At this time, the whole pack was about a mile, east to west, and half a mile, north to south. A river ran right through the middle. The same river I fell in and gut stuck here."

"So you fell in a historic river?" Terra said.

"Yeah. Funny way to remember it." He continued again. "In the first years of Isaac as pack leader, everything was fine. In those days everything was pretty much ordinary. It was until... an Alpha leader named Joseph came to Isaac one day. He told him that wolves from the east side of the dividing river were stealing caribou. Isaac soon just said otherwise, which made Joseph angry. He told everybody in the West to declare war but the pack leader forbid it. He wanted the pack to stay united. Joseph then said he will not hunt or train Betas until something changed. So they waited and waited, and nothing happened. Little did Isaac know that this will create harsher tensions. "Soon enough, the West declared war on the East. Plus, they seceded from the Grand Pack and created their own called the Western Pack with Joseph as their pack leader. After that, the Easterns did the exact same, leaving Isaac no longer a leader. Once the first wolf was killed. The War of the Divide started.

"Battles raged for a few years, including the Battle of Moonlight Howl Rock and the Battle of the Valley which was disputed territory. But nonetheless, this was the most recent, deadliest war the packs had ever seen.

"Towards the end of the War, the Easterns sent five wolves, which included top Alphas and a fellow Omega, named Peter to kill Isaac." Terra gasped. "They had tracked him down on a tree bridge, which was an old fallen tree that wolves used to cross the river. It was the last thing that connected the packs. Isaac had got on the edge on the tree bridge and jumped. The tree broke in half and fell in the river along with him. Both of the packs cheered in happiness that the "terrible" leader was dead as his dead body floated downstream. But what most wolves don't realize that Isaac is my great-grandfather. So it makes me sick to still here them cheer about his death." Stormfast began sobbing.

"Oh..."

"It's okay Terra,"

"I'm really sorry," she apologized.

"No need. The joke's on them." Terra started to cry.

"Please, please don't cry over me. Look, I'll teach you more. After the war, Isaac's mate had her only son, my grandfather, Bronx, who was the Eastern Pack leader after Peter, that fellow Omega. (He turned into an Alpha.)"

"Well, luckily, my pack's history has no wars in it."

"Yeah. Well, before Isaac was Cedar, before Cedar was Trey, and before Trey was Logan..."

"That's a lot of pack leaders."

"Mh-hmm. Packs mature over time."

"Really? Did you know, the name of my pack is the Pack of Honesty?"

"No," he said. "Interesting. How so?"

"We're always telling the truth so much, that our border pack, the Northern River of British Columbia, called us that."

"Hmm..." Stormfast tried to think of something to amuse her.

"Did you know that legend has it that before Isaac fell in the river he to the wolves who tried to kill him, 'If I die now, I will curse this river for my future family and the packs will suffer loss. The only way to break it was to unite as the Grand Packs again.' "

"Spooky," teased Terra.

Then something sparked in Stormfast's head. [The River Curse!]

Next: Chapter 10: Sparks


(Warning: A new special character is coming that will decide the end of this story. :) See you real soon.)