Love of a Wolf
By: Alys
PG
Part 2
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(I want to say, this part is in first person
because it is easier to right the scenes. P.S.
There are no scouts, but i like Serena having a
talking cat. It makes things more fun.)









I ran. I ran though the park that I had
always walked through before. It seemed so
different now. I had never seen it like I saw it
now. Instead of the relaxing side of it, I saw
the side that he wanted me to see. I saw the
hunting range. I saw not trees and bushes, but
places to hide and wait for a victim.

"No! Stop this," I shouted in my head. But he
did not hear. It was a battle I went though ever
night. Every time he came we fought. I always
won, but sometimes it was close, very close.

As we ran, I saw though eyes that were mine, but
not mine, and I listened thought ears that were
also mine but now were his. Even though I was
he, and he was I, we were still two different
beings. A soul split in half, both sides
fighting for control, neither ever strong enough
to have it for to long.

Suddenly our ears pinpointed a sound. Footsteps.

"No," I thought as we started to run towards the
sound. We were silent. We always were. There
ahead of us I saw her. A girl was walking along
the path staring at the stars. She didn't even
seem nervous or scared. We were close. She
looked so familiar. Like I knew her from
somewhere.

"No please stop this. Now! This is not right.
You don't want her. STOP!" I shouted at myself,
at him. He did not hear. He kept moving closer
and closer. Suddenly I heard a snap. A twig. We
had stepped on it. The girl turned. We were on
her in a flash. Our paws, bigger then most hands
pinned her down, and for the first time I
clearly saw who it was.

Serena.

Growling he moved in for her neck. To me it was
in both slow motion and to fast too see.

"NO, STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!" I shouted, and as
hard as I could I jerked back my head, away from
hers'.

I stood there. I was in control. He voice was in
the back of my head as I watched her.

"Kill her," it said.

"No. I will not allow it."

"Now, she is food, meat."

"No she is special. She is not food. She is a
friend. You can't, We can't I won't allow it."

"Friend?"

"Yes," I thought. It was hard to talk to myself.
I needed to explain to myself and it was hard.
How could I make myself understand that we could
not hurt her. That she was important to me. "She
is part of my group. My pack."

"Pack. Friend. I am in charge?"

"Yes. She is part of my pack. I can't hurt her."

"No. Leader does not hurt pack. They follow, we
protect."

"Yes," I gave a mental sigh. "We must protect
her. She is special."

"Yes," said the voice. And for the first time he
was silent.

I focused in on her. She was shaking, and she
was watching me. In her eyes tears formed and
fell down her face.

"No please don't be afraid," I thought. I had to
show her I was not going to hurt her. But how
was I going to do it?

"Getting off would be a start," I said to
myself as I moved away from her. I moved slowly
and when I was off I sat down and watched her.

At first she did not move. Worried that I had
hurt her I stood up again. She sat up in a
flash. Moving away the best she could sitting
down she backed her self into a tree.

"Please don't hurt me. Just don't hurt me.
Please go away," she whispered over and over
again.

"I don't want to hurt you," I said silently. She
couldn't hear me. I knew that. I had to do
something. I whined. I whined like a puppy that
was alone. I got down on my belly and crawled
towards her slowly, and as I did I wagged my
tail. And I watched. She had stopped chanting
and stared. I thought I might have even seen her
smile the briefest smile I had ever seen her do.
A foot away from her I stopped, and did the
stupidest thing, or at least in my opinion. I
rolled over onto my back, and with my tail
between my legs I whined like an idiot.

"Look, I am not going to hurt you," I said in my
mind to her again. I wish she could hear me.

"Good dog," she said as she watched me make an
idiot of myself. "Nice boy. You - you don't seem
that bad," she continued as she moved a hand
towards me. I continued my act. Slowly she
placed a hand on me and moved it down my side. I
wagged my tail a bit faster.

She continued petting me for a moment before she
stopped and moved her hand away.

"Silly dog. So you're the big attacker of the
city? Its hard to believe that when you act this
sweet."

I rolled over. She jerked back again. I stood.
Standing I towered over her when she sat down. I
wagged my tail and whined. She moved nearer
again and placed a hand in front of my face. I
did what I saw dogs do every day. I licked it.
That did it. She giggled as my tongue went over
her hand again. Moving closer I licked her face
a few times. That won her over.

"Aw. How cute. How can people say you are so
nasty? Well I guess I can imagine. You did
pounce on me. I for sure thought you were going
to kill me."

"I almost did," I thought as I wagged my tail
again.

Patting my head, she stood. My head still came
to her shoulder. I watched as she started down
the path again. I started to follow without even
telling myself.

"Protect," came a voice from the back of my
mind.

"No, you need to stay here. I can't take you
home. It is probably safer here…" she stopped
mid sentence. Tilting her head she studied me
for a while. "No, it is only safer for you here.
What if someone else comes through here? You
didn't hurt me, but you might hurt someone else.
What am I going to do? Should I turn you in? But
they would kill you for sure. Maybe I can
convince my parents you are a different dog. Or
should I be saying wolf. Though I have never
heard of a solid black wolf before, or any breed
of dog having blue eyes like that. No, my
parents would never believe me. Could I sneak
you in? Oh I don't know. I think I am losing it.
Here I am talking to a wolf that has attacked
almost more then 30 people in the last couple of
months, and I am trying to protect it. That's
it. I have lost my mind."

She was pacing. She looked so cute when she
paced. "Whoa there, when did Meatball Head
become cute? When in the world did I start
calling people cute?" I shook my head. That
caught her attention. She looked at me again.

"You better stay here. Maybe I will come
tomorrow mourning to see if you are ok. But I
think you should stay. Stay boy. STAY!" she said
as she turning and jogged alone the path.

"I guess I should stay," I said to myself as I
sat down, or at least tried to. I told myself to
sit but my legs started to walk along the path
ahead of me, and his voice was speaking to me,
telling me to follow.

"No, she said to stay," I shouted at myself.

"Follow. Protect. GO!" shouted the voice. I was
losing control again. I started to run and
exiting the park I put my nose to the ground and
followed.

Her house was not far, and when I got there she
was just closing the door. Quickly I jumped into
a bush in the yard.

"Now what? She's gone inside. I can't go to her
there. Why am I even following her? I don't even
like her. Or do I? Oh this is so confusing. I
hate this. Why in the world can't I just be a
normal human?" I said to myself as I sat in the
bushes like an idiot, thinking about how this
would have never happed if I had just left the
arcade sooner. It I did I could have been
further away from the city.

I would have kept moping if I hadn't heard her
voice. Looking around I saw her. She was out on
her balcony, staring at the sky again. I had a
feeling she did that a lot.

"I don't understand. That animal is a vicious
killer, yet he seemed so, I don't know, so nice.
His eyes, they seemed almost human. I know that
it's weird, but it seemed to me that he wasn't
just a normal dog. What do you think Luna? Do
you think I am nuts?"

"No, I don't think you are. Weird things happen
all the time. Hey I'm living proof. I mean how
often do you find a talking cat?"

"Yea, I guess you are right. I guess if it is
not crazy to talk to a cat, I guess it is not
crazy to believe that there is something
different about that dog, or wolf I should say."

"Whoa! Serena has a talking cat? And I thought I
was weird. Yikes, What am I doing?" I had gotten
up again. Walking, my body started to move out
from underneath the bushes. "Why fight it?" I
thought as I gave in and let my body do what it
wanted. Crouching down I realized that I was
going to jump. I looked to see how high and
thought that it could be possible right before I
launched myself into the air. I didn't quit make
the jump. I hung there halfway over her railing,
and as I started to pull myself over I realized
that I must of scared Serena out of her mind.
Looking up I saw that I had been right. Serena
was pressed against her balcony door, holding
her cat in fright. Pulling myself all the way
over, I waked up to her and licked her face. "I
better stop this before it becomes a habit," I
thought as backed away. "Please don't be
afraid," I said silently to her. "Please?"

"Oh my god! You scared me half to death. What
are you doing here?"

"Serena? Is this the dog?" asked Luna as she
looked at me with a look of confused curiosity.
I looked at her as she stared straight into my
eyes, like she was trying to see my soul.
Shaking her head she looked back at Serena.

"Yea Luna, that's him. I guess he followed me
home. What do you think of him? You see what I
mean? Its not like he is just standing there.
It's almost like he really is listening and
understanding. Do you see it?"

"I do."

"It's weird, but I guess weird things happen all
the time, no? What do you think I should do? I
mean he can't stay hear can he? What if my
parents found him?"

"Well, are you going to make him leave? I say
just leave him and he will go away," said Luna
as she stared at me again. "Yes, he will go
away," she said again, almost like she was only
talking to me.

"I guess you're right. I wonder if he has a
name."

"I do have a name," I whispered silently. "It's
Darien."





End Part 2