Part 3, The Pack Comes Together
It had been many years since Dragon, Saphire, Snickers, Patches and Classique ran to Neopia Central. Since then, their small pack had grown. Dragon was the alpha male, Saphire the female, Snickers, still Dragon's petpet. The only difference was now they had betas. Not just one set, but two! The first pair of betas were a loyal Desert Lupe named Raven and his mate, Guinivere or Guin for short. She was a stunningly white Lupe. The second pair of betas were a pair of faerie Kougras. Hermies, the male was a powerful attacker and Jema, his mate was as dainty and delicate as a flower.
Dragon had two female pups, almost to adulthood, Ivory, the blue Lupe and Twinkle the starry Lupe. There were also two Gelert pups, Classique and Miricle. They were the same age and looked like young pups, when they were really teenagers, and boyfriend and girlfriend.
There was a small group of pets who used to be owned. The four of them were always together. There was Shadow, the oldest, who was a male Shadow Gelert. Then came Sagwa, the female brown Aisha, but she was a lighter color than most brown Aishas. She had a glittering purple scarf that she always wore, though she never knew where it came from. Finally there was Aria, the yellow Korbat. Aria had a strange quality about her, she, instead of having just yellow wings, had a yellow body too. In fact, she had more fur than a normal Korbat and was completely yellow. The three of them had a petpet that all three treated as their own. Aria was the one who Diamond, the faerie Anubius, obeyed mostly.
The pack also had a red Zafara named Kyra. She was older and seemed to be like the group elder. There was also Hero, the fire Gelert who, while escaping a battle, hurt his paw badly and couldn't run. Darron was a starry Lupe, quite young with a shy attitude.
The pack also had four Unis. Emma, striped with a love for ice and cold temperatures, Patches of course, Rose, a sweet pink female with a curled mane and tail and finally Flame. Flame was Rose's boyfriend who was strong, tough, athletic and fire colored.
This was no ordinary day for the pack. This was the day Dragon became a father, not for the first time, for he had two teenage daughters, but now he got his first son. As Saphire led the pup out of the den, Dragon was so proud he thought he would burst with pride. But the Lupe puppy wasn't the only baby born that day. From another den came a Baby Kougra. Jema and Saphire stood together and watched the babies play. Dragon sniffed, first one, then the other.
"Both boys." Dragon said.
"Since he is a boy," said Saphire. "I shall name him Spirit." at this Spirit jumped up and down to show how happy he was with his new name. Saphire then picked up her green son and gave him his first bath.
"I shall name my son Kougrall." said Hermies.
"That's a wonderful name!" remarked Jema.
Little did they know, but at that very second, a Faerie Ixi was being tortured. In the deepest reaches of Meridell, Lord Kass sat in his Citadel, watching a chained Faerie Ixi do some juggling. She dropped a ball. She dropped them all.
"You bore me, I've seen plenty of jugglers in my day, and none are as bad as you. Bring me the elemental!" he roared.
The Ixi trembled as the gigantic Darigan elemental stomped into the throne room. The Ixi bit frantically at her chains but to no use. The elemental stomped closer, closer, closer. Suddenly, the idea came to her. She stomped at the chains, managed to brake threw them, and flew off. She flew hard and fast with the angry elemental hot on her tail. She finally flew far enough away and the elemental stopped chasing her.
"If you ever come back, I'll eat you!" roared the panting elemental. By this time the Ixi was quite tired. She flew a little further and laid down to rest. When she woke up, two Lupes were staring down at her, drooling. She knew when she was wanted for dinner and flew off. She was headed in the direction of Neopia Central.