"What a lovely morning. I know Sandy and mom would have loved this. Guess I should get started hunting. Huh? Is someone there?" Alexis asks as she hears something nearby and looks around seeing nothing.
"Huh. Odd." Alexis says as she walks off.
*Timeskip*
"Ah. Perfect conditions for a hunt. Now if I can just get over to the herd without something spooking it." Alexis says as she is crouched down in some grass watching a caribou herd and getting closer before the herd gets spooked and begins to run.
"Huh? Oh crap." Alexis says as she runs after the herd and quickly separates a baby from the herd and quickly kills it.
"That was not easy. But least I have my- what the heck? Where did my meal go? Hey! I know you're out there! Come out!" Alexis says as she pants before turning away for a moment to look at the fleeing herd and then looks back to see her kill is gone and sees the blood trail leading to a bush.
"Please don't hurt me. I'm just a pup." A voice says revealing to be a sand wolf pup appearing a little younger than Alexis.
"A young sand wolf? What are you doing out here? Where is your pack?" Alexis asks.
"I could ask you the same thing. You're not much older than me." The pup says as he smiles mischievously as Alexis gives an annoyed look.
"Mind your manners kid. Anyway where is your pack and why did you steal my breakfast?" Alexis asks annoyedly.
"Please I only needed it because my mom is ill. She can't hunt for us no more. We have no pack." The wolf says as Alexis looks at him curiously.
"No pack huh. Well where is your mother? I'll take you to her." Alexis says.
"Oh uh she is in that direction at a rocky den area we found." The wolf says as he points in a direction as Alexis looks to where he is pointing.
"That direction? But there's no dens that I recall in- hey! Come back here with my feather and meal!" Alexis says angrily as she sees her meal is gone along with a feather from behind her ear and sees the pup running with them a ways away.
"Gonna have to catch me first!" The pup says as he runs into the woods.
"Phew this kid is fast. But not fast enough." Alexis says as she runs and jumps into the trees and begins jumping onto branches.
*Timeskip*
"Ha! Got away from her." The pup says as Alexis spots him below her near a river.
"Not quite kid." Alexis says as she jumps down from a branch startling the pup.
"Get away from me." The pup says as he growls.
"Give me back my meal and my feather and I might." Alexis says as she snarls.
"Not a chance." The pup says as Alexis growls in annoyance.
"Hey be careful over there." Alexis says as she sees the kid backing onto a not so stable log over the river.
"Make me!" The pup shouts as he starts losing his balance and causes the log to splash Alexis.
"Watch it!" Alexis says annoyedly.
"Whoa!" The pup shouts in alarm as he then falls into the river.
"Kid!" Alexis shouts in alarm as she runs after the pup beside the river.
"Help! Please I can't swim!" The pup shouts as he struggles to swim while Alexis tries to keep up with him.
"Hold on! I'm coming!" Alexis shouts as she then jumps into the water.
"Help!" The pup shouts as he goes under before Alexis goes over and grabs him and pulls him above the water as he coughs.
"Gotcha! Hold on to kid. This isn't gonna be a fun ride." Alexis says as the pup tries his best to hang onto her.
"No need to tell me twice." The pup says.
"Now if I can just swim with these currents I can get us out of this river." Alexis says as she is struggling in the water in attempt to get to the sides of the river.
"Watch out! Waterfall!" The pup shouts in alarm.
"What? Oh shit! Hold on!" Alexis shouts in alarm as she sees the waterfall and quickly wraps herself around the pup as they go over the falls.
*Timeskip*
"Ugh. What happened?" The pup asks as Alexis is watching him wake up from nearby.
"I saved your ass that's what." Alexis says annoyedly as she drops her kill from earlier nearby.
"You... saved me? Why?" The pup asks curiously.
"Look you might be a thief but you're still a pup. I didn't wanna see you get hurt." Alexis says as she sighs.
"Thank you." The pup says weakly as he coughs up some water.
"Uh-huh. Here." Alexis says as she tears off a chunk of the meat from her kill and drops it in front of the pup.
"You're giving me part of your kill?" The pup asks in surprise.
"Yeah. I never found my feather though. But right now that's not what matters. Why did you steal from me. You know the law for our kind doesn't look upon that well. Especially stealing from other wolf species." Alexis says annoyedly.
"I stole because I was hungry. And I took your feather because I like soft things." The pup says apologetically.
"And what about your mom? Where is she? I'll take you to her. Now." Alexis says annoyedly.
"No, no. I can find her. Thank you for saving me." The pup says as he stands up.
"You're welcome kid but don't do something like that again. I'll admit you have talent in the thief trade but it's not one you wanna start. Now go back to your mother and be careful from now on. The next wolf you come across may not be so kind towards a pup." Alexis says.
"Yes ma'am. Thank you." The pup says happily.
"Don't call me that please. My name is Alexis. I don't like being called that. Im not that old." Alexis says as she blushes slightly.
"Right. Thanks miss. You're really, really kind you know." The pup says as Alexis playfully rolls her eyes at him before picking up her kill.
"Yeah well just doing what I was raised to do. Protect and help others. Now run along. And do me a favor. Don't steal from me again. I'm not happy about losing my feather and if you try that again I will knock you on your tail kid." Alexis says as she looks at the pup.
"Understood." The pup says before Alexis runs off.
*Timeskip To At Night*
"Oh mom. I really miss you. You, dad and Sandy. I wish you were still here." Alexis says as she is laying on a hill watching the stars before hearing rustling in some bushes and gets up.
"Who's there? Come out! I know you're there. I'm not afraid to fight!" Alexis says as she growls before seeing the pup from before.
"It's me miss Alexis." The pup says as he smiles.
"What are you doing here kid? I thought I told you to go home to your mother." Alexis says annoyedly.
"That's the thing. I can't." The pup says.
"And why not?" Alexis asks annoyedly.
"I don't have a mother." The pup says as he looks down sadly.
"What?" Alexis asks curiously.
"I was born in a very small pack and my parents and I stole when we began to have problems with food. It got us kicked out. My father died when he went hunting one day and he never came back. My mom was killed when we ran into a bear. I've been on my own for two years. I steal because it's all I know and I have no choice. I can't hunt for myself well. So I scavenge and steal to survive." The pup says sadly.
"So that's why you stole from me earlier." Alexis says as the pup nods.
"Yes. I'm really sorry." The pup says as he looks down guiltily.
"You could have just told me you know. I would have shared my food." Alexis says.
"I didn't know. Again I'm truly sorry. Here. I found your feather for you." The pup says as he places Alexis's feather he stole at her paws.
"My mom's feather." Alexis says as she smiles seeing the feather before placing it back behind her ear.
"Your mom's?" The pup asks.
"Yeah. I know how you feel kid. I lost my birth family when I was 3 and lost my adoptive mother a couple years ago. So I know how you feel in terms of just surviving." Alexis says as she looks down.
"Is it because of your eyes?" The pup asks curiously.
"How did you-" Alexis then gets cut off by the pup.
"I heard that a special wolf with a special eye color was able to control all the elements. I heard she has supposedly disappeared and there's been a lot of issues around wolves with special eye colors since then. But when I saw your eyes I figured it was you. I didn't notice till after you saved me from the water." The pup says as he happily smiles and wags his tail as Alexis gives an unamused look.
"You're a very strange kid you know that." Alexis says annoyedly.
"So I've been told." The pup says as he chuckles mischievously.
"So what now? Gonna turn me over to someone?" Alexis asks.
"No. I was hoping you would let me tag along with you." The pup says.
"Huh? Why?" Alexis asks curiously.
"No one wants me in their pack for long because I'm a pup with no real skills apart from tracking. I was hoping I could stay with you and learn to hunt. Then I'd leave you alone. Please?" The pup asks as Alexis sighs.
"You don't have to leave kid. You can stay with me if you want. I could use a little company." Alexis says kindly.
"Really?" The pup asks as he smiles.
"Sure. Just don't go stealing my feathers or go telling people about my secret and we'll call it even. Deal?" Alexis asks as she smiles.
"Deal!" The pup says happily.
"So anyway what's your name?" Alexis asks.
"Fang. Fang the sand wolf." The pup says as Alexis chuckles.
"Well Fang I'm Alexis the moon wolf." Alexis says.
