How I Became A Wolf In A World Full Of Hunters

by awezomeuwuzero

Well, you know sometimes you don't get what you want. Like, I'm a wolf now. That happened. Sometimes the only thing you can do, is make the best of it.

2. A Red Wagon

Disclaimer I don't own RWBY.

Chapter 2

Ozpin(?)

"I had heard you were back." I sipped at my hot cocco, giving her a glance over my mug.

When I found half her arm and remnants of a bloody cape there was only one thing I could think. Yes, I was sad, but more importantly I was angry.

How much longer did she want this war to go on? Hadn't we lost enough?

"Back from my mission or back from the dead?"

"Both."

She sighed heavily. "It was a set up from the beginning. Grimm converged on my location and swarmed me. I could handle them easily but then this man came… he stung me. No, he almost tore my arm off."

"You seem fine now."

"It wasn't that way for a while."

I peered at her, searching. Rose was gone for weeks, and I had no idea what she had been through. "What happened Rose?"

"I was stumbling through the forest for a few days. A injured Beowulf closed in on me." She smiled. "Then Wolf saved me."

My eyes widened. "Wolf?"

"It's the wolf Ruby and Yang are playing with in the backyard." She grinned happily. "I used the last fragment of my power to send the Beowulf half to death, and Wolf killed it. After that… he started glowing. Whatever it was, it healed me. My arm, the poison running through my veins. The wounds I got from the scuffle. Unfortunately I was still pretty weak, and I stumbled through the forest for a few weeks before I found a village."

I leaned back, regarding the wolf burrowing in the snow in the backyard differently.

A healing aura? Glowing wolves? It seemed completely docile too. "Perhaps… I'll be looking into every fairy tale and legend. I'm sure there must be something. In the meanwhile rest up Summer. No more missions."

She smiled gratefully. "I appreciate it Ozpin."

"No, I appreciate you telling me. It's not everyday miracles happen."

………………

Wolf

It was nice living with Rose's family. Yang and Ruby were great kids, and I got a lot of love and affection.

I noticed I grew stronger quick. Faster to. I made sure to go out so I wouldn't end up a chunky wolf.

Summer knew I could understand her, so in the evenings we'd have long thought provoking talks.

Nah not really. I mean we did, but I couldn't exactly speak human. I could only speak wolf.

I was still the lowest link on the food chain though. Now if I was a sea monster Grimm….

The crunch of snow alerted me.

Yang was pulling Ruby along in a bright red wagon.

………………………………………

Yang Xaio Long

I loved mom. I did.

But she wasn't my mom. She was somebody else. I didn't like that, so me and Ruby were going to go live with my real mom. Ruby was happy to take a nap in our little red wagon as I pulled her along.

I didn't know how I felt. I was angry. My real mom wouldn't lie to me.

My arms were sore from pulling Ruby along. And she looked cold. I was cold too, because I had been pulling her for days.

Not really. But I was cold though.

Dad lied to me too, so he couldn't live with my real mom. Maybe he could still send cookies though-

The cabin in the photo was empty. No real mom. No anyone, anywhere.

My breathing picked up as I heard growling from the trees. Not the growling Wolf did, but mean growling. Growling that scared me.

Tall things emerged from the trees. They looked like Wolf but didn't. They were darker, with eyes that were a different color red than I was used to.

I brought Ruby out here. In the forest, with no one to help us.

Before a blur hit the closest monster.

"Wolf!"

Wolf looked angry. I had never seen Wolf angry but he was. I was scared as the two fought, the monster not able to reach Wolf with him on it's back, clawing and biting.

But the other two monsters turned to me and Ruby. Ruby was crying but I couldn't move. I couldn't move!

Wolf came to my rescue again, howling and barking at the other monsters, drawing their attention away from me. The one he was fighting wasn't moving anymore. I closed my eyes and hoped he'd make the other two monsters not move anymore too.

A few minutes later the noise went away. It was quiet again. Somewhere during that I was holding Ruby to my chest, letting her sniffle away like we were watching a scary movie.

A wet nose nudged my arm and I finally opened my eyes.

"Wolf!"

I hugged him, feeling safe in his warm fur.

The monsters were still. Parts of one of them were scattered on the snow, and looked like it was melting. I didn't know the monsters melted. Dad read me stories about them, and how heroes like mom fought monsters so she could go home and make cookies.

DAd!

I want to go home. I sobbed into Wolf's fur and he let me. Like how the other day he let me and Ruby make him look fabulous.

I almost jumped as someone landed next to me. "Uncle Qrow!"

I hadn't seen him in forever, and he didn't look too good. He panted, eyes glancing rapidly across the snow, before flinching at Wolf. "Get away from her!"

I didn't see him do it, but I watched in horror as Wolf was kicked hard across the snow, the sound of something crunching reaching my ears. "Uncle Qrow no!" I screamed, running up to Wolf.

He wasn't moving, and I felt horrified. I never felt so helpless!

No, he was making sound. That means he wasn't still. "Wolf!" He looked up at me, licking my hand when I put it on his nose. I knew he was trying to comfort me. He still wasn't moving though.

Now. Now I felt angry. So so angry.

I screamed at uncle Qrow, although I couldn't remember what I said. I was just so mad. I was shouting for a while and when I finally calmed down Wolf was laying next to Ruby in the wagon, although I made sure to keep him awake with my talking. Mom said I was great at talking. Not as good as Ruby though.

Qrow didn't talk at all. Which was good. I was mad at him. Ruby was worn out from the crying, and then even more sobbing after Wolf got hurt, so she was content to rest with Wolf giving her comfort.

I felt so happy seeing the house. I was never running away again. "MOM! DAD!"

……………..

Taiyang

I didn't think I'd feel so much dread again, so soon.

If I felt so much mourning after Ozpin pronounced Summer dead, then I felt so much fear after I realized Yang and Ruby were missing.

Summer called Qrow immediately, and he quickly got here and ran off after them. Rose and I searched near the house, in case they came back.

After a hour or two of constant worry I was so relieved when Qrow arrived, pulling a red wagon carrying Ruby and Wolf, with Yang walking along side them.

"MOM! DAD!"

"Sweetie!"

I had never seen Rose move so fast. She reached down and crushed Yang into a hug. "Never. Never! Do that again!"

The girls went upstairs while Qrow sat down on the couch, drinking heavily.

Summer came back inside and I looked at her, giving her a frown. "How's Wolf?"

"Two of his ribs are broken. He's toughing it out, and is nipping at me irritated every time I try to move him from the wagon." She sounded weary but had a smile on her face. It reminded me of the times when she talked about being in the woods with Wolf. Depending on him for survival, having him hunt for her when she was too weak to even walk. "What happened Qrow?"

Qrow took another drink. He had a real problem. Rose had been talking about breaking him out of that. "The hell is that wolf?"

Rose and I shared a glance. "What do you mean?"

He glared at us, irritated.

Before sighing.

"Yang told me she found an old picture of Raven."

The name put dread in me. I felt 10 times heavier. "The cabin?"

"The cabin."

I hadn't thought about the cabin in a long time. So that's why she ran away?

We were quiet for a few minutes, each of us thinking about the missing teammate of our old team. And Yang's mom.

Rose looked up. "Why is Wolf hurt?"

Qrow grimaced. "I got there, dead Grimm were scattered everywhere, and Yang was sobbing into that wolf's fur."

"Dead Grimm?" Rose looked shocked. "How many?"

"Two, and what was left of a third."

Three dead Grimm. That didn't make sense. A wolf couldn't…

But Wolf wasn't any ordinary wolf. He had that aura thing, that healed Rose. My Summer.

"So Wolf got hurt protecting my girls."

"Not.. entirely."

Summers eyes snapped to Qrow. I tried not to draw attention to myself, aware of the mood switch. It was best not to get in the way of that. "What?"

Qrow caught his slip, and winced as he realized he was in deep shit. "He's a wild animal. I didn't know what to think-"

Rose punched the shit out of him.

"YOU HIT MY WOLF?!"

"nO I kicked him!"

I just did my best to stay out of it, which I learned from experience. Summer Rose wasn't someone to get irrationally angry, but hell hath no fury.

…………………..

Wolf

The dick kicked the shit out of me, but thankfully my ribs healed in a couple of days.

It was an amazing feeling, being able to take out three bigger, stronger creatures, and coming out on top.

All for two minutes, before Qrow kicked me, but still it felt great.

Yang and Ruby got more clingy, which sucked whenever I wanted to roam the forest as a free lone wolf, but great for cuddles.

I think it was Qrow that saved them in the show, unfortunately I was there to play hero and now I took all the head pats. Suck it Qrow.

Yes, maybe I resented him a little bit. I mean, who wouldn't am I right? Every time he was at the house I made sure to snag his little flask and slip outside and bury it. And whenever Ruby and Yang were fawning over me I made sure to send him smug glances.

Yang and Summer talked about Summer not being her real mom, and thankfully Yang didn't develop a dangerous fixation with hunting down her real mom Raven, and actually seemed to be content telling Summer that she was so lucky to have her. I made sure to rub against their legs as a sign of care.

The only complaint I had was the fact they tried to feed me dog food. Like fucking gross no way. That was before Ruby and Yang deciced to put glitter or some shit in there, and to be honest it didn't taste that fucking bad. I made sure to give them nuzzles of approval. Ruby had said she found bottles of the glitter in Summer's secret cooking stash.

I didn't know why Summer had glitter or a secret cooking stash but Summer was into some weird shit.

I especially liked the black glitter. When it mixed with the dog food it tasted like bacon.

After eating glitter, I realized a lot of things tasted better than what they normally did. Including Summer's couch cushions.

The glare I got for that wasn't worth it, but it was a close thing.

I also tested out my abilities. I mean ability.

Not for any particularly heroic reason, just that I heard Summer wanted the driveway clear of snow, and I remembered my aura had melted the snow when I used it.

Trying to get it to work again I figured out I could turn invisible. So that's a plus. It also let me sneak around more and surprise the family. I found a love for pranks.

I grew bigger but I didn't grow older. It was weird but I could feel the difference. I was glad I wasn't operating on dog years, or er, wolf years. I'd be a grandpa wolf by the time Ruby started Beacon.

"Wolf."

I perked up at Summer calling me.

I gave her a curious bark and she nodded. "More training today buddy."

I grinned excitedly, padding over to the practice mat.

………………..

Ozpin(?)

I finally stopped. There. That was the book.

It was covered in dust and older than most of the other books in the library.

On the cover had the detailed outline of a wolf's head, almost taking up the whole cover. Oval shaped eyes etched, and hair spread out like a lion's mane. It didn't say who the author was.

Opening it carefully I read out the text to myself.

'Late in my travels of seeing the world beneath what lies, I heard old tales of a wolf that glowed like spirits.'

Yes, this was the book. I kept reading.

'I searched for months, chasing what seemed to be just a fairy tale. Until I saw them.

Bigger than what they should have been, they guided me to a cave in the snowy mountains, where it opened up to a cavern where massive monuments of what seemed like remnants of an ancient civilization once studied things like I did. I learned the secrets of magic from them, these Spirit Wolves, where they taught me how to harness my soul and draw it out before me.'

The author went on for a while, detailing things and instances he noticed about the wolves.

Until I caught something he said, hours into the book.

'... late at night I wondered their origin, but the beasts of magic never whispered into my ear their secrets, only someone else's. A year ago I hiked back up to the mountain, but inside the cavern was nothing. Like a mirage I woke from, only a single wolf. I looked and only I stared back. It was me myself.'

I leaned back, frowning up at the ceiling.

What did that mean?

…………………………..

Wolf

"Wolf!"

I barked out an affirmative, rocketing into the nearest Beowulf. Summer handled the Usra, whipping about and taking down hordes of Grimm.

It took me a solid minute to take out the Beowulfs close to me, and I felt happy at my new strength.

I wasn't going to be anywhere near a normal Hunter's proficiency, but I was definitely beyond the realm of a normal wolf.

And I had gotten bigger. The size of an adult grey wolf, even if I was black. And I had enough strength to throw Beowulfs around now. Ursa took some time though, so Summer let me deal with the fodder.

Summer was thinking of getting back in action. Remnant needed her, and she had a good vacation away from that. So I was with her deep in the forest helping her get back up to par.

She breathed out a heavy sigh. "That's the last of them."

I snorted out an affirmative, padding over to her as she took a seat.

She patted my fur, looking out over the tree line. "Doesn't this take you back?" I gave her an inquisitive glance. "When we were struggling to survive in the woods-or well, I was struggling to survive? Not so many Grimm, but it does bring back memories."

It did. I mostly remembered the eye candy and her swaying hips, but I still remembered. It was only a few months ago after all. I nodded, leaning further into her hand, encouraging her to go on.

"It didn't click then, but I completely depended on you for survival." It was true. "I've never said it, but thank you."

It was times like these that I felt my heart warm. I was glad to have met Summer, despite the circumstances. She was a good person and I was happy being her Wolf.

I gave her hand a little affectionate nip, nuzzling her arm.

Life was good.

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And that's the chapter! It feela really good to write again, especially for you guys. I'll have my main stories updated soon, I'm just trying to get all these ideas out of my head and on digital paper.

Bye everyone!