Chapter 8:
Diego came into the cave the next morning. He knew that Felipe was tired but it was for his best interest that he got the hang of it as soon as possible. Besides it always was a dream for Felipe to help Zorro more actively. He would be able as long as he could keep his werewolf part under control when being a human.
Felipe was still sleeping, although the sleep was restless all night from everything he went through. Diego hoped that it wouldn't leave psychological wounds, even though being a full werewolf now, it healed the physical pain he had gone through. Diego chuckled and nodded his head. Felipe wasn't on the cot anymore but he found him curled up between the legs of lying down feared stallion. Toronado normally slept standing up so it was a surprise when Diego found them like that. He was going to let them sleep for a little while longer, he had the training to prepare with the help of the book. He could ask Dorian for help but the less the werewolf uncle knew the better. He was going to try and train Felipe himself first.
The most important thing for them to get under control was his hearing or pretending to have a lack of it that is, which wasn't going to be easy with the fact that his hearing ability was now ten times stronger. Especially when he would be tested being deaf like it happened in the past.
A light breezing sound made it clear that the stallion with a soft hard had been awake and had noticed Diego's presence.
Diego closed his book and slowly walked to the stable, leaning down next to the seventeen hands tall stallion, "Thank you for taking care of him, old boy." Diego whispered stroking the black horse his head between his eyes, "I know how much you hate, sleeping laying down."
Toronado nuzzled in Diego's chest, "What do you think of waking him up, hmm. It's time for his first training."
"Felipe? Wake up." Diego tried to say as soft as possible. The young boy rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Looking around in confusing until remembered the early morning.
The young boy had been twisting and turning for an hour. It was so bad that Toronado couldn't sleep either and peeked inside the cave by sticking his head through the door of his stable, "Can't sleep?" He asked Felipe through their link.
Felipe sighed, "No, I can't seem to forget all the pain from last night, not that I am in physical pain but it's more whenever I close my eyes I see the cage and remember the pain."
"Come on, you can sleep here if it would help." Toronado thought back. The stallion that was feared as much as Zorro had a kind heart deep inside him, especially for the people he cared about.
Felipe walked towards the stable and saw that Toronado had laid himself on the ground. Felipe understood immediately what he was doing for him. Felipe trusted the horse with his life so he curled himself between Toronado's forelegs and hind legs, laying his head on its strong shoulder. The body warmth of the stallion was just was Felipe needed. He had stayed there until Diego had woke him up.
An hour later Diego stood at the same place where he tested Felipe his abilities for the very first time the book in his hands. They were training the ability to control his hearing. Something that ran smoothly. Something Diego was really glad about because this was the most important even more important than the shifting itself which was the next thing. The shifting part didn't run so easy though. Diego had started with Felipe in a sitting position like a wolf would sit down. How badly Felipe wanted to he couldn't calm down enough to shift and that disappointed him.
The next day he started his chores again which was a good thing to get control over the hiding of his hearing and his newfound strength. Which was a new problem, he broke several broomsticks during the weeks.
The training was going on for about three weeks now and he started to get better in the shifting. One evening he was waiting for Diego to appear but his father by heart didn't show up. That alone was a huge alarm bell but when an arrow flew past him and landed on a tree next to him with a little note attached to it he knew Diego was in big trouble.
Diego and Victoria had been taken. Felipe felt the anger rising in his chest and for the very first time, Felipe jumped and landed on his four wolf legs. The anger made him shift in the air for the very first time. He didn't even have to think about it. This time it happened like he had done it for years now. The newly black wolf with the neon green eyes started sniffing around hoping to find their scent.
Zorro
Diego was sitting as last one in the tavern right before siesta. He and Victoria hadn't had much time with each other since his reveal and Felipe's first transformation. Over the weeks Victoria's attitude grew colder towards Zorro. Diego had a suspicion that it was her way to deal with him being Zorro and try not to get too much attention to her. What she didn't tell him though was that it was also her way for them to be together. Until yesterday Diego was shocked when Victoria exploded, yelling at him that she was sick and tired waiting for him. She wanted a family. Zorro was shocked, he didn't know what to say but Victoria wasn't finished yet. She also revealed to Zorro that she loved her best friend and she was going to tell him that as soon as she saw him. The whole pueblo knew who Victoria's best friend was.
"Well, if that's your last word, I think you made your choice senorita but know that my feelings for you are real," Zorro said with a sigh.
People looked towards one another, "I know but I have a choice to make and I chose for the certainty of having a family. I know Diego loves me too. You better not harm him, Zorro. I will stay your friend, as long as you promise me that."
Zorro nodded before he left the town, for once not chased by the alcalde and his men. The Alcalde smirked evilly this could work into his advantage, Zorro losing his love to the coward of the pueblo. A wounded fox would make mistakes in the future and he would be there when that happened.
Diego stepped into the kitchen, Victoria was away way too long for his liking. She had promised to come and sit with him. It wasn't proper what they did but he made sure that nobody knew he was still there.
He saw victoria with a knife at her throat. He wanted to fight him off but was hit on his back with one of Victoria's heavier pan's, blackness hit him immediately. Victoria was taken away over the man's shoulder after gagging her. The man who had hit Diego carried him over his shoulder like weight nothing.
Diego regained consciousness in the same cave Felipe had his first full transformation weeks ago. They were both sitting in the cage. The place guarded by several werewolves. They didn't know that their alpha wasn't so superior anymore that a new king had risen.
Diego looked around but Dorian wasn't with the pack. He hoped that he knew about this and that he could reach Felipe in time. Victoria was still gagged but her eyes showed fear. Especially when the moment came that Diego was taken out of the cage and pushed in front of the Alpha male.
The werewolf was ready to start his human meal when he was smashed against the wall by a familiar black wolf with neon green eyes and another familiar by his side. Dorian had found Felipe. Felipe or Hurricane like he wanted to call his wolf side, stood growling towards the pack, who immediately knew what the color of those eyes meant. The new king had found his way to the pack. The pack bowed all except the Alpha male, he didn't want to give his position up, not even for the new king but before he could reach Felipe or Hurricane at this moment Dorian attacked the alpha male and made an example from him by biting a piece out of his throat.
Hurricane gave Dorian the order to lead the pack in his absence as his right hand. The pack was led by the old rules again, staying away from humans, eating only weak animals.
That was the day that Zorro was known as the masked fox and his wolf.
Diego and Victoria used this kidnapping as an opportunity to get married quickly without suspicion.
This is how the legend of the fox and wolf found his origin.