DISCLAIMER: I do not own Wolf's Rain, only the idea for this story.

Grace's P.O.V

Jake led me on a tour of his so called, "town." Jake was the wolf who'd found me under the tree. He had taken me to his pack were I was given a warm welcome from all of his friends and family. I was given food and even a place to rest. I was just like part of their pack! The though brought back cold memories. The fire, the humans, the bullets, the death. All of it plus the dream. The only memory of the fire I had was running away to the town. I was never shot, was I?

"Grace, good morning! I hope you slept well. There is someone here to see you. He says that his name is Tsume. Do you know him?" Jake asked suspiciously.

"Uh, yeah. I do know him. Thanks for all of this, but I have to leave now," I replied.

"But you've only just arrived! Let us welcome this newcomer and the two of you can stay for the rest of today," Jake pleaded.

"Sure, okay, but can I see him?" I asked.

"Of course you can! He is on the edge of the tree line," Jake smiled and I set off to find Tsume. I wandered around for a bit. I asked a few of the packmembers, but they all just smiled and continued whatever they were doing. I finally spotted a grey tail.

"Tsume! I'm so glad to see you! I thought you guys left me and...," I was cut off.

"Can it girly. Let's get going," Tsume interuppted.

"But I thought that maybe we could stay here for a day or two. I mean the wolves here are a little weird, but their if food and places to rest, so why not?" I asked with big puppy eyes.

"Because this place doesn't feel right. I found this place by chance. The wolves don't have any scents. The only wolf I smell is you and me," Tsume mumbled.

"So what, this place might be strange, but... I see what you mean. Let's go," I sighed. There probably was something strange about this place and it would probably end in some kind of trap. Right now, we couldn't take chances we needed to find Kiba.

The two of us wandered through the forest until we reached the clearing. We were right back at Jake's pack.

"What!? How is this possible!? We didn't take any turns or anything!" I gasped. I looked over my shoulder, but Tsume was gone. "Tsume. Tsume! TSUME!" I screamed for him, but to no avail. I was alone with a pack of wolves who didn't have scents in the middle of a forest that I couldn't leave.

Tsume's P.O.V

"Girly we're... huh?" I didn't understand. She was right beside me a second ago. I yelled for her, but there was only a faint howl in the distance. I ran to it and luckily found the pack again. She was there, but her scent was almost gone. "Grace! You don't have a scent anymore! What happened?" I asked.

"I-I don't know! I was right beside you and then I was back here and you were gone and I can't leave and I'm sorry!" She wailed. I tried to lead her away, but she always dissappeared. We finally gave up and I howled for the others. They all came to the camp, but I warned them. We all decided to stay there. We stayed on the outskirt of the clearing and Grace stayed, too. She didn't seem hungery or tired, but I could see the slight outline of her ribs. We stayed for a week when I finally let out a howl. It was a howl of frustration, saddness, and even slight lonliness. I let the song drift from my muzzle and slip away with the wind. When I finished, I curled up beside a tree and waited until sleep fell upon me.

"Wake up, wake up!" a hushed voice commanded. A human was squatted down in front of me with a finger to his mouth. I took a moment to register his appearance. He had a scraggily beard and was only a few inches long and was brown, not grey. His eyes were green, but I could have swore that they went to blue. He had on a small vest that had all sorts of pockets stuffed with plants. His undershirt was long and black. His pants were also black and his shoes were brown. He was an older human and laugh lines and other rinkles were spread throughout his face.

I stayed quiet, but I didn't trust this human. The others were also awake, except Grace. She seemed like she was in a trance. Her eyes were open, but they were glossy and her ribcage was fully shown. The human hoisted grace onto a wagon and sped off we all followed him until we came to a small cottage. He unloaded Grace's limp body and went inside. We all followed suite. He sat her down on a table and examined her.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Marley McMee at your service," he said while still examining Grace.

"What are you doing?" Toboe asked this time.

"I'm known to do many things. To some I'm a healer, but to others, I'm a wizard. What I'm doing, well, there is a whole list of things I'm doing at this moment, but if you're referring to your friend, I'm trying remove her curse. You see, that wasn't a normal pack of wolves. They were ghosts. Whatever they feed you, it has a death curse. You don't eat, you don't sleep, and you don't think. You're friend is lucky. A few more days and she would have been one of them," Marley replied.

"Oh, so you're a good human?" Toboe asked.

"Yep," Marley answered. Toboe jumped with joy. "Oh no," Marley suddenly ruined the party.

"What is it?" I asked.

"Oh no," Marley stared at my soul. Grace was gone for real this time?

Kiba's P.O.V

I ran without knowing where I was going. I didn't smell any humans, so either they didn't know I was gone yet, or they were far behind. I continued my run until something caught my eye. A flower, no, a lunar flower. A simple lunar flower was swaying in the breeze. My heart suddenly froze. Something was wrong and I knew it. Something happened to the others, otherwise I wouldn't feel like that. I didn't know why, but something was telling me that one of them was dead.

GRACE! NO! What will happen next!