(This is the actual author here! Thanks for everyone who has read and reviewed. Here's Chapter Three!)
"Are we there yet?" Kisa moaned, like a child except only a young wolf cub, she was bored and tired. She wanted to be at the Sanctuary already. From what she could tell, it was a heavenly place, she hoped there would be dancing dogs, she seemed to like them a lot now.
"Sorry Kisa but I don't think so. If it is, the Sanctuary looks pretty bleak to me." Moon replied. "Don't you mean plain and boring?" Kota asked. "That's what bleak means." Lira snapped, her attitude towards Kota was the same as usual, maybe a bit worse because of all their walking.
They had left civilization about two hours ago and from as far as Moon could see, there was absolutely nothing for miles. There was only the bare ground, with a couple of almost bare trees here and there.
"How about now?" Kisa persisted, she desperately wanted to be at the Sanctuary. Gareth rubbed her head gently with his hand, "We will get there Kisa, you just have to be patient." Kisa looked up at him, with her big, innocent eyes. She nodded, "Okay, Gareth but I'm tired!" At that moment Gareth picked her up off the ground and she rested on his shoulders, her hands around his neck. It's what humans might call a, "piggy back ride." Kisa smiled, liking the new view and getting to rest her tired paws. "Thanks Gareth!" she smiled.
Moon smiled at the two of them. Though Gareth didn't talk much, from what he could see, Gareth was a good person. He took care of Kisa like an older brother would a little sister. Lira noticed the three of them but she stay quiet, Moon thought he saw a small smile on her face but it disappeared a second later.
Kota was muttering to himself, most likely upset that Gareth was probably getting attention from Lira because of the way he was taking care of Kisa. "I could do that if I had a little girl with me…" he mumbled.
A white blur went past them. Moon looked at his companions; hoping one of them would know what it was. Kota was in his wolf form, his ears perked up; he was in a crouching position. He looked like he was hunting down something. He dashed at the white blur, becoming a bit of a blur himself. There was a sound of a satisfying crunch and Kota came back proudly, a white rabbit in his mouth. He dropped it to the ground, quickly changing to his human form again. "Food."
Kisa cheered, "Yay! Food!" Gareth smiled lightly at this reaction. Moon threw a disgusted look at the dead rabbit. "You're kidding me right? I won't eat that."
Kota shrugged, "Suit yourself." He tore apart pieces and handed one to each of the wolves. There was a piece for Moon still there though. Lira nudged Moon a bit. "You could… make a fire."
Moon's face brightened, "Yeah! That's it, thanks Lira." He scrambled around looking for sticks, then brought out a lighter he had in his bag. "I came prepared." He grinned at the wolves as they watched him. He set the sticks on fire and soon there was the aroma of fresh rabbit.
Moon bit into the cooked rabbit. It wasn't the best meal he had but he could live with it, he had a feeling he might be eating like this for a while. It gave him an urge to want to get to the next town for some real food. He knew there were supplies in his bag but it was better to try and conserve them, who know what lay ahead for them in the future.
Moon wiped his mouth as he finished off the rabbit. He stood up and they started off again after Kisa finished. It was peaceful walking in the middle of nowhere till there came a sound like gunshot. Lira jumped in front of Moon, he could see her going from wolf to human. Things seemed to be moving too fast or too slow, Moon couldn't tell. Kota was standing with Gareth next to him both of their fists clenched, or fangs bared from Moon seeing Kota's wolf form, he couldn't see Gareth's. Kisa was behind them, clenching onto Gareth's leg.
"Get down!" Lira shouted. Another bullet fired. Moon went down as quickly as he could but he must have been too slow. Searing pain went through his arm and his sight blurred. He could hear a faint voice sounding like Lira's calling out to him as he blacked out.
( I know you all hate me for the way I ended it but I will put up more this weekend, let's pray I don't have a lot of homework. I'm sorry I took so long to put this chapter up. I'd like to thank my friend for letting me use her username and I'm still using it now. Please R and R.)