Chapter four – The Pack is for life

Five years later…

A young black wolf ran through the forest, dodging trees and plants, along with the occasional animal. He leapt over a fallen tree, panting as he sprinted full out. Behind him shadows moved in the dark. Teeth glinted in the pale moonlight as the shapes gave chase. A grey blur pounced and slammed into the young black wolf. The two wolves rolled and separated. They growled at each other, but the black wolf backed off when two more wolves joined the grey. Green eyes darted around for a way to escape the clutches of three wolves in front of him, but it was two late. The three wolves leapt at him and pinned him to the ground.

Submit! They cried.

Never! He replied and threw them off. They fought. Minutes went by, the fight continued, but for some strange reason, none of them got hurt.

Children! I believe that's enough for today! A voice yelled form the tree line. A large white wolf emerged from the trees. The female Alpha of the White Moon pack had a fairly amused look on her face.

Awww, mum, it was just getting good! Cried Torsten. The wolf's face turned serious.

Torsten, come now, it's time to hunt, and we have some bad news. A sad look passed over her face before once again she was serious. The four friends looked at one another. It was bad if Hunter was sad enough to let her emotions through.

After returning to the pack's home – Wolf's Peak – The four settled down. The three 'attackers' with their Beta parents, and Torsten at the front, as his parents were the Alphas. The news broke the hearts of every wolf in the pack – the Old One was dead. Humans on the edge of the forest had killed him when he and his pack were headed to the Black Stone pack's territory, after spending a moon with the Red Gem pack. The bodies of the pack – including the Old One's – were being piled on a cart to be skinned for their fur.

As guardians of the moon, it is our job to retrieve our pack-brothers bodies and return them to the forest for a proper burial. It will not be easy, so all wolves above yearling will be going, except those who stay behind to guard the new cubs. That will be the Omegas' job. Protect them with your life, Dante, Hisa, Hunter said, naming the two Omegas of the pack, The rest of you know your positions, we've been through this before. Let's go and Celena have mercy on our souls.

Torsten crouched in the bushes at the edge of the village the Humans called Hogsmeade. He saw the cart from where he was, as an Alpha's son he was expected to help lead the mission. His mother gave the signal, a low resounding howl that swept through the village and made the Humans shudder in fear. He gave his own howl, this one sharp and piercing, one note was clear – attack. Wolves sprang from the under-growth, the plan was executed perfectly. That is until the last minute. The Alphas were defended as other helped them harness themselves to the cart. As soon as they were in, Hunter and Ink took off followed by the rest of the wolves, Torsten bringing up the rear.

They had almost hit the trees when a cry of pain shocked the cold, hard thinking from Torsten's mind. He looked back and saw Devaki holding her paw in pain. It was obviously broken. She limped towards the trees, but the Humans were closing in on her. Torsten didn't think. He ran at the Humans, shocking them into backing off. Run Devaki! He cried, growling and barking at the Humans. Eventually Devaki reached the trees as Torsten started backing up. The Humans were fearfully watching the trees, but all they could see was the young black wolf with the broken paw and the other black wolf backing away from them. It clicked that no more wolves were coming to help, and the Humans raised their wands. As one they cried Stupefy, All aiming for spots around the wolf. Like they had predicted the wolf dodged, right into the path of one of the stunners. Torsten fell to the ground. A howl startled the Humans form their 'victory'. They looked up and saw the tail end of the other black wolf disappear into the trees.

"Well, what should we do with this one?" One of the humans asked, "we couldn't even get a coat out of it?"

"Why don't we sell it to Hogwarts? Hagrid would love it for his class," another suggested. This seemed like a good idea for them and the men who captured the wolf tied him up and bundled him into a smaller cart.

The others watched for a moment as the cart started on it's way to the school, then went back to their daily lives. They didn't see a pair of fiercely burning amber eyes watching from the darkness, but they did hear when an anguished howl ripped through the bustling of the town. Everyone knew what it meant. The wolves were going to Hogwarts.

Three days later…

Oh, my head, said Torsten as he awoke, What happened, I remember…. Then it hit him, the battle, Devaki, the Humans. He looked around in shock. He was inside a small building, a shaft of light pierced the darkness around him coming from a small door. Torsten knew what this was, they were keeping him in a kennel, like a common dog. He growled and stepped into the sun, hissing as light hit sensitive eyes.

"Look here, everyone, our guest has woken up, now can anyone tell me what this fella is?" Boomed a voice. Torsten looked at where it came from. There was a human, larger than any Torsten had ever seen. He growled low. The man looked at him in shock, as if he didn't expect Torsten to be in anyway mean. Torsten barked at him and growled again., baring his teeth. A small gasp of shock made him stop. He looked over and started at what he saw. Twenty to Twenty-five small Human children stood there, watching him in fear. He realised quickly what this meant. They were learning about his kind.

Torsten looked at them curiously, it had been a long time since he had seen Human children close up. He walked towards them and they took a step back. When he reached the fence, a young boy in green pushed a girl, making her fall forward. She skidded, right under the fence. The girl looked up in horror, cringing as the wolf in front of her moved forward. Torsten sniffed the girl, sneezing afterwards and wrinkling his delicate nose. Humans smelled weird. The girl giggled slightly despite her fear and seeing the animal wasn't about to attack, sat up. The man moved towards the pair, and Torsten backed up, growling. The Man quickly moved away. The young girl held out a hand and shyly said "Hi.". Torsten looked at her suspiciously for a moment, then moved forward to sniff her hand and set his snout in it. The girl giggled as he licked her wrist, and moved her hand to scratch behind the wolf's ears. Torsten immediately turned to mush. It was official, he loved this girl. A bell rang in the distance and the girl stopped. "I have to go," she said, "I have other classes, but I'll come see you again." Torsten yipped and watched her go, before turning tail and walking back into the kennel, plotting how he was going to get home.

Well there ya go, sorry it's a bit late, but I had to go to the dentist, ugh. Anyway, sorry I didn't get Remus into this chapter, maybe I'll give an insight into what's been happening in the Human's world next chappie. Okay, can anyone guess who the girl is? Remember to look closely at the years that have gone by. And can anyone guess why Hagrid would be interested in Torsten?

Okay, reviews, thankies to all who reviewed and yes, Evergreen, he does have more than one scar, he was human in a pack of wolves who've had their cubs slaughtered by his kind, he's had to prove himself more than once, and ME, thanks, glad to know I'm improving. And sorry all if it seems a bit short. Review if ya want, but I won't push.