Chapter 1: Claire
Tsume jolted awake from his light slumber to lots of yelling. A young girl was thrown into the small cell that he, Toboe, Kiba, and Hige were in.
"Ouch! That hurt, you big meanies!" she complained to the guards, who only mocked and jeered at her.
"You shut up, filthy, wolf-scum!" shouted one of the more serious guards as he slammed the heavy metal gate. "No talking, understand me?" he talked down to her, ignoring the others in the cell. The guard turned and strode away, leaving the young wolf. She stuck her tongue out at him and wiped some blood from her lip.
"Meanies..."she repeated under her breath. She looked up and noticed the other wolves. She looked at them in awe, then regained her composure. "Hi!" she greeted brightly, startling them. They had expected her to cower or something, not be so friendly. "My name's Claire! What's yours?" she asked Toboe, the nearest wolf to her age.
"Uh...Toboe," he answered, slightly taken aback. He brightened up though, and fell to gabbing light-heartedly with the strange young wolf. He introduced Tsume, Kiba, and Hige, and Claire talked about where she was from. Tsume paid little attention to the two pups. He couldn't even tell which was more annoying. Groaning softly--he didn't want the others to hear him complain--he rubbed his temples. He was getting an awful headache.
CRASH!
Everyone froze in place, looking between the metal bars. There was some yelling down the hall of cells and the few other prisoners came to the gates and stared. Four guards were trying to subdue a pretty young woman, who was fighting them with all her might.
"LE-MEE GO!" she roared, and broke one's neck. She bared her teeth, and Tsume saw fangs. She was a wolf. At the sound of the female wolf's yelling, Claire had climbed out from under the lone bunk and looked hard at the struggling young woman.
"SILVER!" she called in delight, distracting the wolf long enough for the guards to over-power her.
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After being over-powered and knocked unconscious, the female wolf was thrown into the cell. Spitting at her threw the cell bars, several of the soldiers mumbled under their breaths. Claire stood still, like a rock or a statue, in horror. Kneeling down stiffly, she stared at the wolf, her silvery fur matted with the blood of soldiers as well as a little of her own. Her soft, human face was covered in bruises and spit, as well as more blood. Claire's eyes watered up, and tears ran down her dirty cheeks, washing several layers of grime away. Toboe came over slowly, and wrapped his arms around Claire, attempting to comfort her. Hige was just completely shocked, and he could only stare on. Kiba watched, eyes narrowed in hatred at what those damned humans had done to her, she had only been protecting herself, and they nearly beat her to death. Now, Toboe was going to want to take care of these two, and they were going to delay their search for Cheza, who had been taken by other soldiers. He sighed, he couldn't very well deny wolves who needed a decent pack, and theirs was just a bunch of males, not very good for continuing the species. Tsume looked over at Kiba curiously, having heard the sigh. Kiba was still staring off into space, looking through everybody as if they weren't there. Tsume looked back at the unconscious wolf, who Claire and Toboe were busy cleaning.
"It's a good thing that tonight's a full moon, huh?" Toboe asked Claire, trying to make conversation. Tsume glanced around, very bored.
'This is a worthless waste of time...We should've been out of here ages ago...' he grumbled in his head.
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After about an hour, the full moon rose, silver moonbeams shining
through the barred window, and the silver wolf healed slowly, her cuts
and bruises disappearing. After about another hour of healing, she
slowly stood, her knees shaking. She opened her eyes, revealing a right
eye the color of fresh spring grass and a left one the color of a clear
summer sky. Claire ran to her, wrapping her arms around the legs of the
female, calling, "SILVER! YOU'RE ALRIGHT! OH THANK GOODNESS!"
"Claire!" she cried, getting on her knees and hugging Claire, sobbing into her shoulder. "Thank God you're alright!" she mumbled, and the guys all stood back, giving the two emotional women plenty of space for their reunion.
Hey! I hope that this chapter wasn't too short...review please! Oh, and please don't flame me! Remember that I'm just starting! Also, when Toboe says that he's about 2 or so, he means in human years, not dog/wolf years. Get it? Got it? Good.Anyways...until next time(like next chapter!) TTFN! Ta Ta For Now!
-Silver