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Chapter 13

Silverside panting from being tired got to the hot gates and got to his den and smelt blood and he just ran to the smell. He smelled 2 different blood trails one smelled familiar then he remembered that it was one of the MacNaan wolves blood and almost collapsed at the thought of that then the other smelt like Maya's and Marlo's friend Shadow. What is with me am I going cag mag? Silverside asked himself. Silverside then padded off to Maya and the rest.

Marlo's ears pricked up in his thought; he noticed Silverside walking by.

"Hey Marlo" Silverside said with a bit of sorrow in his voice. "Can I ask you something?"

Maya tilted her head. "Marlo has dozed off into his dream world again" The scarlet wolf said as she nudged Marlo. He still just stood there, glassy eyes shining as the sun's rays hit them. It was pretty creepy when they didn't blink.

Marlo blinked; he had been tired lately, but he was not sure why. He trotted up towards Silverside. "Yes?"

"He turned into stone to. What is up with you guys lately? Or what have you been eating?" Maya said as she curiously looked at Marlo's tired face.

Marlo shrugged.

Maya rolled her eyes.

"What?" Marlo barked. "It happens."

"I know...sometimes it gets awkward...your eyes don't blink and they get all..." Maya stopped.

Marlo laughed. "I don't know why it happens. I just get a deep thought and stare into space."

Maya nodded, agreeing with him. "I did that a lot when I was a pup Gnaw Wolf. I'd be gnawing and then suddenly doze off and have some weird things carved in the bone"

Marlo whimpered. "I'm a Watch Wolf and I don't even know how to gnaw well. My mum taught me a little, but I can't like you can."

"It's not really fun gnawing, I'm kinda glad you never had to do it though so..." Maya smiled. "If you did learn how to be a gnaw wolf, you wouldn't have been here now would you?

"I might have won the Gaddergnaw." he said.

Maya grinned at Marlo. "I know that," she said. "But the alternative, if you had become a gnaw wolf, you probably wouldn't be here. And you aren't exactly a gnaw wolf since your father just never made you one."

"But only gnaw wolves can become Watch Wolves. I guess I became a gnaw wolf just to come into the Gaddergnaw."

Maya's head ached from trying to figure this out. "GAH! IT'S SO HARD TO GET THINGS THROUGH YOUR HEAD! YOU ARE VERY HARD HEADED!"

Marlo laughed. "Thank you?"

"YOU ARE WELCOME!" Maya said, and she shook her head.

"Soo..." Marlo said. "How was your watch?"

"Very strange. Considering that Jay had bugged the heck out of me before he went strange and ran into the forest after saying something about snake," said Maya without stopping.

"You have heck?" Marlo joked. "And he was so annoying it came out of you? Weird."

Maya groaned and passed out only thinking: Idiot!

"Maya?" Marlo gasped, running up to her.

"The only way to wake me is to get some sense into that head of yours," Maya said in a ghostly tone.

"Maya is smart," Marlo said. "Is that sense enough to you?"

Maya hopped back up and smirked. "Of course I am, it's enough sense to me to know that you know me more."

Marlo laughed. "Well, what do you say about me?"

"You're the best numbskulled funny wolf I've ever met," spoke up Maya, not looking directly at Marlo.

"Why, thank you!"

"Still welcome," Maya sighed. "Although I wish you knew how to understand what I say better"

"What do I not understand about it?"

"When I was talking about Jay annoying the heck out of me. Should I have said scat?"

"That would have been weird."

"Yeah. For example 'JAY ANNOYED THE SCAT OUT OF ME!'"

Marlo cringed. "Ew,"

Maya burst with laughter.

But suddenly Jay appeared with Audren at his side!

Marlo jumped with surprise and took a step forward. "What are you doing here?"

Jay looked at Audren with a smile. "Getting ready for the second half of our plan" Audren said, Jay getting in front of Marlo's way with teeth bared.

This is not going to be good, Marlo thought. "What do you want?" Marlo barked.

"Why would I tell you, puny brown wolf?" growled Jay, he backed Marlo up again.

Audren, on the other hand, had already pounced at Maya, but Audren ended up biting the dust and face-slamming herself into the ground.

Marlo jumped forward, clawing Jay and knocking his head down to the ground. He then jumped in front of Maya, backing up to keep her away.

"AROOOO!" Jay howled with pain, but he got back up. Audren shook her head and snorted, then had joined back with Jay and crowded both Marlo and Maya. Snake had then walked up, mouth foaming with his chance to finally kill off Maya and her friends.

Marlo barked, shoving Jay back. He threw his head back, howling with fear and hope. Some more Watch Wolves trotted towards them, wondering what was going on.

"You... I remember you," Silverside growled. "You were one of the wolves that attacked my second milk giver," Silverside dropped down into a fighting pose, waiting for a response from Jay. "This is what I feared, Marlo," he said, looking the way of the brown wolf.

"Then we have something in common," Marlo answered in a little growl. "Jay, what is it you have against us?"

Jay snarled. He didn't know that Silverside would be here. "YOUR MILKGIVER WAS ASKING FOR IT!" He snarled, Jay snapped his jaws around Silverside's neck. Audren then barked at Marlo and Maya

Marlo clawed at Audren's face, jumping away from her before she could fight back. He tried to get to Silverside before Jay did.

Silverside wasn't the best fighter but he bucked Jay off and launched himself at Jay again.

Marlo, once Silverside had knocked Jay down, pinned him again. "Don't you dare try and hurt my friends!" Marlo yelled. He grabbed Jay's head in his paws and bashed it against the ground, trying to knock him out.

Jay had jumped out of the way though. Audren and Jay both attacked Silverside at the same time. Maya whined.

Marlo jumped onto Jay, pushing him down. He knocked at Audren, but she did not appear to be injured. The other Watch Wolves were rushing in, fighting as well.

This cannot be good, Silverside thought to himself so he ran to try and gain some ground.

Marlo ran towards Snake, ready for a fight.

Audren had managed to escape the crowding Watch Wolves, they were attacking Jay. Audren whimpered but became brave when she saw Maya was unguarded as Marlo attacked Jay. She's dead... she thought, Snake ran Maya towards a dead end and Audren and her master cornered her.

Silverside launched himself at Audren before Maya could get hurt

Marlo clawed at Jay, looking around. He could see Silverside, but not Shadow or Maya. Then, out of the corner of his eye, he saw Maya being cornered.

Snake came closer to Maya, her tail tucked beneath her and she whimpered, Snake then launched at Maya and with that, bit her.