Chapter 20: Home Again Home Again!
While Cutter, Strongbow and Skywise were being led back to Blue mountain by the humans Alex and the other wolfriders were getting closer to them. Alex could sense them nearby.
"We're getting closer to them. The wolves can smell them." One-Eye said.
"Good, I want Strongbow by my side and well. He shouldn't have gone on this quest with Skywise and Cutter." Moonshade said sadly.
"He'll be fine." Nightfall said looking at Alex who was looking over her shoulder at all the wolfriders.
They didn't know what they were getting into. They didn't know how dangerous this place really was or the people inside it. They knew little of what Alex has told them about the gliders and even less about Winnowill...the worst of them all.
Alex walked in silence as they kept moving. She was too afraid to tell the tribe anything else about Winnowill and Lord Voll and all the others. She especially didn't want to say anything about Lord Voll getting killed.
"Alex...why so quiet?" Redlance asked.
Alex jumped. Then she saw that Redlance had come to stand next to her to keep her company. At first she didn't say anything but Redlance wanted to know what was bugging her. But Alex didn't mind because he was a good friend and she liked his company.
"Alex..."
Alex looked at Redlance. He knew something was wrong that's why he kept asking her.
"I can't take you guys into Blue mountain...it's too dangerous." Alex said shaking her head.
Redlance didn't say a word. He didn't know what he wanted to believe. He knew that something might be wrong but he didn't know what to do about it.
Three days pass. Cutter, Strongbow and Skywise are almost to Blue Mountain. But Alex took a short cut that Petal Wing knew of to get there quicker. They made it to the mountain before Cutter.
"We have to go in and help them." Clearbrook said.
"No we don't." Alex said.
Moonshade started to send to Strongbow. "NO! No sending!" Alex said.
"Why not? My lifemate might be in trouble." Moonshade said.
"The black snake knows everything. She'll feel your sending..." Alex said looking at Moonshade.
Moonshade didn't care. She wanted to see if her lifemate was hurt or not. She sent to Strongbow. But there was no answer. He was still too far away to know that she was sending to him.
"NO! Moonshade st---AHH!" Alex sent but Winnowill stopped her from finishing her sending. Alex fell to her knees and held her head.
"Don't bother the poor thing when she's trying to find her lifemate, dear Alex. It's not nice." Winnowill sent.
Alex knew she was laughing in the mountain. She could feel it.
"You gave us away!" Alex said angrily and stood up.
"What are you talking about?" Dewshine asked confused.
"That snake now knows we're here." Alex said pointing to the mountain.
"But how?" Leetah asked.
"She's the worst---------"
"There they are! Get them!" Someone yelled and Alex turned her head to see a group of humans coming after the wolfriders.
"Run!"
The wolfriders ran but they weren't fast enough. The humans caught them and took them into the mountain. Cori and Jayra were left outside because the humans thought that they were part of their tribe and that they had found the wolfriders for them.
"What are we going to do, Cori?" Jayra asked looking at all the wolves.
"We'll have to stay here and wait for Uncle Cutter and the others. Then we'll tell them what happened." Cori said.
"But what about mother and the others? We can't not help them." Jayra said.
"Mother would have wanted us to stay and wait for Cutter and the others Jayra. Why do you think she didn't tell us to run or follow them?" Cori asked as he bent down behind a large bolder.
Jayra joined him. "But what if they get hurt?"
"Mother will protect them as much as she can until Cutter gets here." Cori said.
"But..."
"Hush."
Jayra kept her mouth shut from then on. She was watching for Cutter, Skywise and Strongbow to appear anywhere near them so that she could tell them what happened.
While Cutter, Strongbow and Skywise were being led back to Blue mountain by the humans Alex and the other wolfriders were getting closer to them. Alex could sense them nearby.
"We're getting closer to them. The wolves can smell them." One-Eye said.
"Good, I want Strongbow by my side and well. He shouldn't have gone on this quest with Skywise and Cutter." Moonshade said sadly.
"He'll be fine." Nightfall said looking at Alex who was looking over her shoulder at all the wolfriders.
They didn't know what they were getting into. They didn't know how dangerous this place really was or the people inside it. They knew little of what Alex has told them about the gliders and even less about Winnowill...the worst of them all.
Alex walked in silence as they kept moving. She was too afraid to tell the tribe anything else about Winnowill and Lord Voll and all the others. She especially didn't want to say anything about Lord Voll getting killed.
"Alex...why so quiet?" Redlance asked.
Alex jumped. Then she saw that Redlance had come to stand next to her to keep her company. At first she didn't say anything but Redlance wanted to know what was bugging her. But Alex didn't mind because he was a good friend and she liked his company.
"Alex..."
Alex looked at Redlance. He knew something was wrong that's why he kept asking her.
"I can't take you guys into Blue mountain...it's too dangerous." Alex said shaking her head.
Redlance didn't say a word. He didn't know what he wanted to believe. He knew that something might be wrong but he didn't know what to do about it.
Three days pass. Cutter, Strongbow and Skywise are almost to Blue Mountain. But Alex took a short cut that Petal Wing knew of to get there quicker. They made it to the mountain before Cutter.
"We have to go in and help them." Clearbrook said.
"No we don't." Alex said.
Moonshade started to send to Strongbow. "NO! No sending!" Alex said.
"Why not? My lifemate might be in trouble." Moonshade said.
"The black snake knows everything. She'll feel your sending..." Alex said looking at Moonshade.
Moonshade didn't care. She wanted to see if her lifemate was hurt or not. She sent to Strongbow. But there was no answer. He was still too far away to know that she was sending to him.
"NO! Moonshade st---AHH!" Alex sent but Winnowill stopped her from finishing her sending. Alex fell to her knees and held her head.
"Don't bother the poor thing when she's trying to find her lifemate, dear Alex. It's not nice." Winnowill sent.
Alex knew she was laughing in the mountain. She could feel it.
"You gave us away!" Alex said angrily and stood up.
"What are you talking about?" Dewshine asked confused.
"That snake now knows we're here." Alex said pointing to the mountain.
"But how?" Leetah asked.
"She's the worst---------"
"There they are! Get them!" Someone yelled and Alex turned her head to see a group of humans coming after the wolfriders.
"Run!"
The wolfriders ran but they weren't fast enough. The humans caught them and took them into the mountain. Cori and Jayra were left outside because the humans thought that they were part of their tribe and that they had found the wolfriders for them.
"What are we going to do, Cori?" Jayra asked looking at all the wolves.
"We'll have to stay here and wait for Uncle Cutter and the others. Then we'll tell them what happened." Cori said.
"But what about mother and the others? We can't not help them." Jayra said.
"Mother would have wanted us to stay and wait for Cutter and the others Jayra. Why do you think she didn't tell us to run or follow them?" Cori asked as he bent down behind a large bolder.
Jayra joined him. "But what if they get hurt?"
"Mother will protect them as much as she can until Cutter gets here." Cori said.
"But..."
"Hush."
Jayra kept her mouth shut from then on. She was watching for Cutter, Skywise and Strongbow to appear anywhere near them so that she could tell them what happened.