This is for you, Dawn Lovix :) And Happy New Year to everyone!

NOTE: I DO NOT OWN HTTYD

They're Our Wild Family

It was another slow day in the South. All the kids were outside playing and trying to find things to do while the adults took advantage of time moving at a snail's pace and did all the chores they needed to do and then some.

For two young adventurous children of the South, today was a wonderful opportunity to spend time with their furry, four-legged friends.

"Awoooo!" Eret howled once he and Zenna reached the glen. From the brush, a whole pack of wolves came loping out with their tails held high and yellow eyes flashing. "Hello, friends! We got snacks for you!" Zenna chirped and emptied a small bag she had with her. A pile of meat bones tumbled out onto the grass and the wolves pounced on them hungrily. For a while, Eret and Zenna watched them feast from a respectable distance. They couldn't, however, resist edging a bit closer upon seeing the pups. Thankfully, none of the adult wolves were bothered and even dragged a few bones over to the two so they could eat. "Oh, it's okay. You can have it," Eret declined politely. "We're full, but thank you," Zenna giggled and pushed the bones back to the wolves with her foot carefully.

They'd been visiting the wolves and playing with them for months now and, amazingly, the wolf pack had accepted the two children into their own pack. Something about the two kids, who dared to disregard the tribal law of staying away from the sacred wolves, was different to the wolf pack that hunted near the village and it didn't hurt that they gave them meat bones every now and then. Zenna and Eret, of course, were careful not to get too close to the wolves whenever they hunted or ate. And they never, ever, considered the wolves as pets for they respected them too much to think of them like that. To them, the wolves were magnificent creatures and friends.

"You think we should give them names?" Zenna asked quietly as they watched the wolves. Eret raised an eyebrow at her quizzically. "Well, I was thinking it'd be less confusing for us. We can't keep calling them Mr. Wolf or Mrs. Wolf all the time," Zenna pointed out. "Yeah, but naming them would be like naming our pets. And we don't consider them as pets," Eret reminded her. "I know. I'm just saying that naming them could help us tell which wolf is which," Zenna shrugged. "But it'll still be the same thing, Zen. If we name them, they're our pets and they're not our pets," Eret replied shortly. "Forget it. I don't want us to fight over this," Zenna huffed and crossed her arms over her chest. But Eret could tell that Zenna was annoyed and just sighed. He tried to get her to talk after a short while but Zenna, still annoyed with him, shook her head and stayed silent. "I hate it when you give me the silent treatment…" Eret groaned loudly, getting the pack's attention.

The alpha male and the alpha female of the pack padded over to the two children and rested their heads on their laps. "She's ignoring me…" Eret said moodily, pointing at Zenna, to the alpha male. Zenna rolled her eyes at him and just stroked the alpha female's fur. "He's the one ignoring me, Nymeria. Don't listen to a word he says," she said grumpily.

The alpha female and alpha male both cocked their heads curiously while Eret face palmed himself.

"Nymeria? Zen, I told you not to name them…" the boy muttered. "And I obviously didn't listen to you. Besides, don't you think it's a pretty name? What about you, Mrs. Alpha Female Wolf? Do you like the name Nymeria?" Zenna said with a defiant smirk and cooed to the alpha female. The wolf blinked its golden yellow eyes at the little girl and, then, promptly licked her face. Zenna giggled and hugged the alpha female, burying her face in her soft silvery fur. Eret could see that there was no use trying to dissuade Zenna from calling the alpha female Nymeria and turned to the alpha male. "I don't suppose you want me to give you a name now, do you?" he asked the wolf timidly. In response, the alpha male whined. "Okay, I give…Hmmm…how about…?" Eret mulled it over for a bit before snapping his fingers. "Ghost. What do you think?" he asked before getting licked by the male alpha wolf.

Zenna giggled as Eret wiped the wolf's slobber off his face. "Okay, we can name them. But only so we can tell them apart," her best friend surrendered.

The whole afternoon was spent in assigning names to the wolves. Eret and Zenna knew that the wolves would never respond to them when they were called by their assigned names but, at least, they wouldn't have to keep calling them Mr. or Mrs. Wolf anymore.

Ghost and Nymeria were easily recognizable to them because, as the alphas, they were bigger than all the other wolves and both had silvery gray fur. Ghost, however, had ears tipped with white while Nymeria had dark markings on her muzzle.

Zenna and Eret gave all the wolves good names to show that they had high regards for them but, secretly, Ghost and Nymeria were their favorites.

Once the names had been given to each wolf, Zenna and Eret had fun playing with them the whole afternoon. They chased, they pretended to pounce on each other, and they playfully tussled in the grass. "I love them…they're like family to us and they treat us like their own even if we're not…" Zenna smiled as she and Eret rested after a long day of playing with the wolves. "They're our wild family…" Eret chuckled as Ghost and Nymeria curled up protectively around them.

Ghost and Nymeria nuzzled the two children. Yes, these two human children were part of the family, part of their pack…

And, as their wolf father and wolf mother, they would protect them.

I got the names of the two alpha wolves from Game of Thrones. I don't watch the series but I am familiar with Kit Harington's character of Jon Snow. Anyway, read and review and Happy New Year!

-GuardianDragon98