O.K. this chap was a little harder 2 rite. I new what I wanted but wasn't sure as 2 how 2 rite it. And school has given me a serious brain cramp. So here goes nothing.

ShouldbeinHollyWood: Thanks 4 the review! I'll try 2 put some Xander and Andrew in this chap but I don't think it will happen, mayb next chap. O and what does this mean (buffy quote:dawn: 7th season)? It sounds like sumthin I should no, but my brain is blank.

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Michaelkosi13: Thanks 4 the review, there will b some stuff on the SIT now slayers soon. Mayb this chap.

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O and I no that at the first chap I was only doing disclaimer once, but I'm going to do it again. Remember when I said all the characters belong 2 Joss Whedon? Well, I lied. I own the Pack, and im working on buying SPIKE. Hehehe (You cant have him, Joss, get off!).

Truth

Buffy and Faith watched as the huge creatures milled about. They seemed to be waiting for something. Sure enough, less than five minutes later another Werewolf showed up. He was bigger than the others, and as black as the surrounding shadows, whereas the others were hues of brown and gray. He also had a more lupine appearance. His muzzle was longer, and his limbs not as stretched out and human appearing. His fur was thick and long, it hung off his body like… well, hair. He was obviously the Alpha Male, and the wolves followed him. Whoa! Big puppy.

"So, now what?" Faith asked Buffy, "Do we rush 'em? Charge right in and beat them to pieces?"

Buffy just looked at Faith. "What are you crazy? These guys are like three times our size! And incase you didn't notice, there are nine of them. We wouldn't last five minutes, and if we did you can be sure we would have been bitten at least once. I don't know about you. But I don't want to spend the rest of my life as a werewolf." Buffy shook her head incredulously and looked back at the werewolves. They were gone! OK, what just happened? "Where did they go?" Buffy asked looking around.

"Behind us." Was Faith's reply. Buffy whorled around, yup, Faith was right, they were behind them. Infact, they were close behind them, so close that when Buffy turned around she was looking right into the green eyes of the black wolf. Wow, and I thought MY eyes were green. "Um, hi guys! This your cemetery? Sorry we were just passing through. We're ah, tourists! Tour-ists. We lost our tour group, but we'll be going now." Buffy laughed weakly, and grabbed Faith's arm. "Come on, let's go." Buffy started dragging Faith towards the exit. "Wait a moment, youngling." Buffy froze. Who said that? Man, what a voice! Like Darth Vader's or something, really deep. But for some bizarre reason reminds me of velvet, weird. Faith glanced at Buffy nervously, "B…" The voice spoke again, and Buffy realized it was the wolf speaking, "Be calm, we shall not harm you." Buffy turned around and stared at the wolf, "You expect us to believe that? What are you crazy? You're Werewolves! Why should we trust you?"

The wolf suddenly howled, in a deep bass like his voice, and the others joined in. The other howls didn't make the hair stand up on the back of Buffy's neck like his did. The bizarre song echoed around the cemetery, and was answered by distant howls, none so eerie as the werewolves'. "Our brothers know we hunt this night." The wolf that had spoken was a smoky gray, her voice lighter and a whole lot easier on the ears. Buffy didn't like the sound of that, "Hunt, hunt what? What's going on? Who was that? Who are you?" The black wolf looked at her and then sat down on his haunches. "I am Luca Stormpaw, and this is my pack." He nodded to the gray wolf, "This is my Beta, Hura Veilsong. The large brown on the far right is Faithful. The light gray beside him is Marianna Crowfoot. The brown on her left is Calla Thinice. The silver on her right is Kipcha Ironpike. The two browns to his left are Imari Fleetwind, and Dusc. The reddish brown next to Hura is Balkar Longsight. As a pack we are known as the Direwolves." Luca turned his eyes back to the slayers, "You are the Originals."

Buffy gaped at him, Originals? Original what? "Cool." Faith elbowed Buffy, "Hey B, we're famous!" Buffy glared at Faith. "Yah, but famous for what?" Luca looked amused by this question. "For being The Original Slayers of course." Buffy and Faith stared at him, confused. "What do you mean Original Slayers?" Faith snorted, "Yah, we're not that old." Luca shifted impatiently, "That is not what I meant, I…" He cut himself off in mid sentence and sniffed the air. "Balkar, Hura!" The wolves responded to an unspoken command, and dashed off towards the north side of the cemetery.

The whole pack was on its feet, prowling, and waiting for the scouts to return. Luca was the only wolf sitting. Buffy sighed and turned to Faith, "What do you want to do after this?" Faith shrugged. "I don't know, patrol the downtown clubs or something." Buffy shook her head, typical Faith, always wanting to party. Buffy sat down on a headstone and looked at Luca. "What did you tell them to do?" Luca glanced at her before returning his gaze to the north. "There was a disturbance in the north end. I sent them to do some reconnaissance." He paused and said as an after thought, "And bring back the cause." Buffy nodded, that made since. "Um, I don't want to be rude or any thing but, what kind of Werewolves are you guys? I've never met a Were that could talk before, and certainly not one of your size." Luca turned toward her again and this time his eyes stayed on Buffy. "We are older and more pure than any werewolf you would have seen before, Slayer. Any werewolf you might have seen would be a hybrid, and mostly human. We have been werewolves for the majority of our human lives. The creature Oz, has only been wolf for six years, too short a time to be like us."

Buffy gaped at him, "How do you know Oz?" Luca looked away, this time to the east. "He came to us in his search for a cure."

"Did you help him?"

"No."

"Why not? He obviously needed your help."

"He wanted to be cured as if from some illness. We could not help him in that way, for we do not see our Change that way. And so I turned him away, to the east, and to the shamans of the Buddha."

"Why do you say 'we could not help him' but 'I turned him away'?"

Luca sighed, "Because my pack wanted to search with him, Hura wished to research the ancient Ones and see if they had a cure, an antispell for the wolf. It was my decides ion to turn him away, the pack wanted to help."

"But what harm would it do, to help him look? Why refuse that?"

"Because there is no cure for something as strong as this. Like the curse of the vampire, the only way to end it is death." Luca shook his head and looked at her with sad eyes. "There are some things you cannot change no matter how hard you try." Buffy understood. Just like I couldn't stop being the slayer.

The two that had been sent out returned at a fast lope. There was blood on their muzzles and the light of battle was in their eyes. Hura stepped up to Luca, "Vampires. They thought they could walk about on our night." She gave a short bark of laughter, "They were wrong." The other werewolves laughed at this. Luca grinned, it was an evil grin that sent shivers down Buffy's spine. "Let us remind them why they fear." And with that they all fanned off through the cemetery and out into Rome itself, searching for more vamps to kill.

Buffy and Faith were left standing alone in by the huge mausoleum. "Well that was interesting." Buffy turned to Faith, "Come on, we should get back and tell Giles about this." Faith was still staring after the werewolves, at Buffy's words she blinked and glanced at Buffy. "Already? Jeeves won't expect us back for another hour at least. Since we're already out here we might as well check out some clubs. Please, I mean we've been working all week, why not have some fun for once. Come on B, whadda say?" Buffy gave Faith a sideways glance, "What kind of clubs?" Faith grinned.

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