A/N Okay just a quick note dependending on the pup and his or her challenge, they will either be written in first or third person.
Chapter 37: Everest's Challenge.
Everest POV.
To my surprise when I walked into the portal I surrounded by ice and snow just like the arctic where i'm from, slowly I walked across the snowy hills and plains. It had been a while since I had seen snow and i was making sure to enjoy every step I took. Finally I reached a huge hill seeing that I had nothing better to do I decided to climb it, when I reach the top I could see nothing but snow to the left, and ice to the right. It was just like my old home, I did really miss my home, but i have an even better one with Jake and my friends. I sighed loudly I knew that Jake was really really mad at me, for what I tried to do to Decker, but at that moment Chase made a good point. Chase told me if we didn't kill Decker at that moment he might try and kill us, I shouldn't have trusted that logic but at that moment I was afraid of what Decker might try to do. No there are no excuses for me trying to kill him, I'm not that kind of pup any more, not any more i'm not.
Suddenly my ears stood up on my head, something was coming towards me, I slowly turned around to see a large grey wolf coming up next to me. "There you are Everest", it had a soft sweet voice like a mother would, but her voice was also very cold almost like ice itself. "My name is Omen, i'm Destiny sister I was tasked in giving you this challenge".
"Yes ma'am I'm ready", I replied wanting to know what my test was,
"Good good", I watched as Omen slowly circled me, "as you know in order for you to pass this challenge you must face your deepest fear, and past. Normally I would agree to that because we have done this test before with other wolves, and even our own pups. But this is different I think the best way we can get results for your test is very simple, you're gonna have to fight me".
My eyes widened a bit, "what do you mean fight you?"
"Very simple all you have to do is fight me, after all it is what the white fang of the north love isn't it?" My heart stopped at that name.
"How do you know about them?" I asked Omen.
"What your original clan, your fam-",
"Stop it now!" I snapped, "they aren't my family I don't know what you're talking about!"
"Then why are you so upset", my breathing began to quicken as my heart began to pound in my chest, I took a couple steps backwards this can't be happening. "Answer the question Everest".
"That is none of your business I've heard rumors about them when I lived in that area", I told her quickly.
"Oh really then answer me this question", Omen closed her eyes then reopened them revealing bright red eyes, each eye had a black diamond shape in them. "Why do you look exactly like their Queen Frostbite, you even have King's eyes".
"I don't know what your talking about!" I snapped I quickly calmed myself down.
"What are you hiding little pup!" I took off running down the mountain. "You can't hide this any longer!" I heard Omen yell after me, Omen appeared in front of me, with a single punch she sent me crashing to the ground. She pinned me to the ground and I was staring into her bright red eyes, I glared up at her, "that's it you're getting angry aren't you, just admit it Everest you're the youngest child of the White Fang, the mission princess".
"No i'm not!" I pushed her off of me and pinned her to the ground, I lifted my paw up and went to punch her but I stopped just inches from her head. She didn't even look scared, suddenly my body couldn't move, it was like her eyes were staring straight into my soul. She knew who I was and where I was from, I couldn't hide this from her any more but I refuse to be that way any more. She turned the tables on me and pinned me the ground again.
"I can see it now Everest, you may be a husky pup but your father had wolf blood in his veins and so do you, you're from the White Fang clan the most deadly group of wolves in the world, these wolves are master killers, and enjoy fighting even more than us red eye users do. The second my sister saw you she knew it was you, the missing princess who ran away from home my question is why?" I bite my lip, the sudden taste of blood snapped me out of her red eye.
"You don't know me, I don't wanna life that way anymore all my life I had to fight, I didn't have a choice from day one I forced to fight other pups. I was forced I didn't have any fun, so I had enough and ran away 5 years later when I knew I could survive on my own", I told her.
"Do your friends know?" I looked at the ground I shook my head no. "why not little one". Omen walked over and gently placed her head on my head.
"Because i'm scared that my biggest fear, I don't want to be alone any more, but if my friends know i'm from a dangerous group of wolves what if they leave me", I said softly.
"Now what I know your fear you need to face it", I looked up at her confused, suddenly the snow and ice was replaced with grass, and flowers. I turned around and gasped I was right back at the lookout!
"Everest over here", I turned around to see Marshall with his famous smile on his face, I couldn't help but smile as I ran over to them. Suddenly I heard a scream, I turned my head to the right to see Skye wide eyes and pointing her paw at something. I watched as a blooded Rocky came limping up with Zuma on his left and Rubble on his left.
"Oh my God what happened!" Ryder demanded I watched with wide eyes as none other than Omen came walking up, she looked truly terrifying she didn't seem like the same gently wolf from before, she was now a true beast. No wonder they called her Omen "The Bringer of Death!"
"What do you want!" Ryder demanded.
"Everest", I looked at Omen who was only looking at me, "if you want to pass this challenge all you need to is make sure I don't kill any of your friends as well as get me to admit defeat". I knew that only I could hear her.
"I'll ask you again what do you want!" Omen looked at Ryder with a glare that meant only one thing. Omen let out a howl that sent chills down all of our spines, she then ran forward.
"Pups get to the lookout and lock the doors now!" Ryder ordered, in any normal case I would have done what he said but this was different. I ran right at Omen, I heard Ryder calling me but at that moment I didn't care, in any other circumstance I would do as Ryder tells me but this was different. Suddenly I stopped dead in my tracks, I couldn't move even if I wanted to.
"Run!"
I knew that voice it was my older sister's voice, she was the one who taught me how to hunt, she taught me how to fight, she taught me how to be a warrior.
"Run if you are face to face with an opponent you cannot win then run!"
"Are you just gonna stand there or are you gonna fight!" Omen knocked me out of the way and ran towards my friends. I got up and ran after her she was just about to reach an injured Rocky when I jumped on her back.
"Run!"
"Shut up!"
"Run Everest you aren't strong enough!"
"Be quiet!" Omen flipped me off her back she turned around hit me across the face sending me crashing to the ground. Omen ran back after the other who managed to get into the lookout safely, but that didn't last long, Omen keep ramming herself against the door trying to get them to break, and slowly but surely the glass was starting to crack. "Leave them alone!"
"Make me", Omen looked back at me with an evil smile.
"Run!"
My body wasn't listening to me it was currently obeying my sister's orders, slowly I began to back up, "no stop it!" My head was hurting, my whole body was beginning to hurt and I couldn't control it.
"Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!"
Omen finally broke through the glass, I ran forward and when I finally got inside the building I screamed, my friends were all bleeding and injured. My was down on one knee crying, Omen had tore off his arm, Marshall, Skye, Rocky and Chase all had deep scratches on them. Zuma and Rubble had the same injury they were missing their front left paw. I pushed Omen out the way and stood in front of my friends, "Please stop it!"
"Why should I, if you can't handle this than you can't handle a war Everest", I watched in fear as Omen began to walk towards us. "You were fighting wolves yesterday, an army of wolves and dogs and you suddenly don't want to fight me!"
"I wasn't fighting the strong wolves!" I screamed, "I was fighting the wolves I knew I could beat, everytime I fight an opponent stronger than me I always hear my sister telling me to run away!"
"Then let me end this!" Omen sped up.
"Please just stop!" I began to think about this, my friends would do anything to protect me, and what would I do, I would run away. "I won't abandon them, I won't let them die or anywhere else!"
"Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run! Run!"
"NO!" I screamed, my head was pounding inside my skull I placed my paw on my head, "GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" With a loud howl I thrusted my claw into my skull.
Back to third person pov.
Omen looked at Everest a little shocked at what had just transpired, "What just happened", Omen watched as Everest began to laugh.
"You got me good sis", Everest ignored the blood leaking from her forehead, she was currently looking at her paw which had a small ice shard sitting in the middle of it. "Glacier you must have planted this ice shard in my head, you made sure that I would obey you no matter what. You made sure I never forgot my lessons". Everest lifted up her paw and wiped off the blood leaking from her forehead.
"Do you feel any better now?" Omen asked.
"I feel a lot better in fact I might say that I feel released", Everest watched as adventure bay disappeared and was replaced with the ice and snow again.
"That's good, however in order for you to get to the next part of your challenge you are going to need to defeat me still", Omen told her as she dug her claws into the ground.
"That's fine Miss Omen", Everest was finally ready for this fight.
"Fine then!" Omen stood on her hind legs, "then i'll let you have the first attack".
"I've seen this move before and I hate to tell you take it will not work on me", Everest noted.
"What move little one i'm only offering you the first attack", Everest only shook her head.
"No your not this is a classic mind game that will only work on the weak of heart who don't wanna hurt someone. You allow your opponent the first attack as a way to make them believe you are stronger than, this makes them more nervous and I know from experience the more nervous you are the weaker your attack will be!"
Omen began to laugh she dropped back down to all fours, "I see than, you have a lot more battle knowledge than I thought, than let's just see what you can do". With that being said Omen ran forward with lightning speed. Everest was expecting this and responded by throwing a punch right when Omen was in her face, Omen easily dodged and landed a punch right to Everest stomach. Everest jumped backward to gain some distance, she began to take slow deep breaths. Omen took advantage of this, she rushed in and landed a punch to Everest jaw causing her head to snap left. Omen then took advantage of this and landed another sharp strike to Everest neck sending her crashing to the ground. Everest quickly hopped back to her feet and throw a punch, Omen side stepped Everest and slammed her paw on Everest neck and pinned her to the ground.
"Let me go!" Everest struggled under the older wolf's paw.
"Don't move!" Omen applied more pressure to the back of Everest's neck, "You've done extremely well Everest but i'm afraid this battle is over. You just don't have what it takes to throw a killing blow evidence by the fact that you could've killed multiple wolves the other day but you choose not to. That is the biggest problem that you and your friends currently have, do you really think that your opponent will knock you out! No they will kill you in a heartbeat you need to learn that during a war it is kill or be killed!" Omen kicked Everest in her side sending her flying, "You cannot hesitant to kill! You can't hold back! Unleash the beast inside! If you don't than you will never be able to protect your friends!"
Everest eyes went wide, she then slowly closed her eyes, "Protect my friends".
"I'm ending this now", Omen announced as a green aura slowly engulfed her front paws, "Aura Smash". Omen rushed towards Everest, "this is it you have failed!"
"Don't hesitate to kill, kill or be killed, unleash the beast inside", Everest breathing began to slow down. "She is right if i'm gonna protect my friends…. No my new family then I have no choice".
"I guess she has accepted her lose", Omen noted seeing that Everest wasn't even attempting to dodge her attack.
"It's been a long time since i've switch my light on", Everest took a deep breath and her eyes snapped open, her pupils got smaller. Omen swung and Everest easily blocked it, Everest then landed a huge punch sending Omen flying backwards. Omen dug her claws into the ground to stop herself.
"Wow so this is a the white fang famous ability", Omen licked her lips, "when a member of the white fang is ready to fight their pupils will get smaller signifying that they are ready to kill". Omen was truly memorized Everest had seemed to be able to almost transform herself, "that glare is so beautiful, the aura around her is colder than ice".
"Miss Omen I must apologize", Everest told her as she began to walk in a large circle around Omen.
"What for little pup?" Omen never took her eye off her opponent.
"Because when i'm in this state I tend to lose control", Omen walked in amazement with every 10 steps Everest took there seemed to be more of her.
"Oh I see you are just a pup and you already mastered rhythm clone, fooling the enemy with after images, by stepping down on the ground in a certain way you can create clones", Omen watched as 20 Everest's came running at her from all angles. Omen cut through one of them making it disappeared, she cut down any clone that came near her until there was only one left. Omen ran forward and pinned it to the ground, "nice try pup but it will take more than that to ", Omen let out a groan as she went crashing to the ground, she was rolled onto her back and pinned there by Everest. Omen turned her head to the side to the Everest she was on disintegrated, "so you used your clone as a distraction and then attacked me from behind". Omen smirked at Everest.
"Miss Omen I know you only did those things to help me learn that to protect my friends I sometimes have to unleash my true self, however let me make one thing clear", Everest held her claws close to Omen neck, she added just enough pressure to cause a flew drops of blood to spill. "If you ever threaten my family again, I will kill you!"
"Understood little pup and Everest on more thing ", Omen suddenly broke Everest hold on her, she jumped up and with a single strike knocked Everest out, "Congratulation Everest you have passed your test". Omen lifted Everest onto her back and opened a portal. "That was fun!"
Next Time on the Rise of Decker, Zuma is now up to bat but what could Zuma's Challenge be when he says that he is fearless.
Zuma: This shouldn't be easy after all i'm not scawed of anything!
Destiny: We will see about that little pup.
Zuma: Next Time on the Rise of Decker Zuma's Challenge.