Sorry for not writing in a while! Anyway, here you go! Chapter 2! P.S, this chapter takes place the night when Anuk and Shalon howled at the moon and became mates (Chapter 1).

Shalon felt someone - or rather something - wake him up in the middle of the night. He woke up, and found his dear mate Anuk standing right beside him. "Why are you waking me up at such a late hour?" grumbled Shalon. "Sorry for waking you up, Shalon," said Anuk, starting to sniff the air. "But I smell another wolf around!" Shalon immiediately sat up when he heard this.

He raised an eyebrow and sniffed the air deeply. "Anuk," he finally said, "You're right. I smell the strong smell of wolf. Let's go!" And the pair followed the smell. It continued to grow stronger and stronger until it came to the point when Anuk and Shalon couldn't bare it anymore. And that point happened when they finally found the wolf they were looking for.

The wolf was very small - smaller than Anuk - and looked like a one-year old she-pup. She had firey-ginger fur and had dark amber eyes like Shalon. The midnight-black wolf growled at the pup. "Shalon, stop!" said Anuk. "What?" asked Shalon. "Shalon, don't hurt the poor thing," said Anuk, a look of plead in her eyes. "It's only a pup. It's not too young, but still." "Then what should we do with it?" asked Shalon impatiently. "This "pup" has intruded on our territory!" "We should go talk to it," said Anuk. "Fine," grumbled Shalon, and approached the pup along with Anuk. "Uh... hi," said Shalon, awkwardly. He avoided eye contact with the stranger pup. "Uh... hi," said the pup back. She also avoided eye contact with Shalon.

"Hello, young pup," said Anuk, smiling sweetly. She had a motherly tone to her voice. "What are you doing all alone in the middle of the night? You should be with your pack, sleeping." "I-I don't wanna tell you," responded the she-pup shyly, rubbing her left foreleg on her right foreleg. "It's okay," said Anuk gently. "You can tell us what happened. We won't hurt you, we promise." After a short silence, the pup replied, "Um... okay. I guess I could tell you. My name is Kimbra, and last week my entire pack got killed by hunters and I was the only one who survived."

"Oh, that's so sad!" said Anuk. "I feel sorry for you and your pack." "Thank you," said Kimbra, with a crooked grin on her face. "I'm sorry for you as well," said Shalon, with a bit of sympathy in his gruff, strong voice. "My name is Shalon, and this is Anuk." "It's nice to meet you both," said Kimbra, with a wide smile on her face. Anuk looked over at Shalon and said, "Kimbra, would you please give me and Shalon a moment alone? We have to discuss something." "Sure," said Kimbra. "It's no problem at all. But don't make it too long."

"Thank you," said Anuk. Anuk gave Shalon a serious expression on her face and said, "Shalon, follow me." "Uh... okay?" said Shalon, he looked back at Kimbra for a short while as he followed his mate.

Shalon and Anuk came to a tall thick tree that had dark green leaves. The leaves were still green because it was only early fall. "What is it?" asked Shalon. "Shalon," said Anuk, with another pleading look in her eye, "let Kimbra join our pack." Shalon raised an eyebrow as he thought about it. "Okay," he finally agreed. "But she'll need to learn to hunt." "Okay," said Anuk, looking the happiest she'd ever been, "and thank you, Shalon." "Let's go back to her now," said Shalon, smiling warmly. They walked back to Kimbra, warm, greeting smiles plastered on their faces.

"Kimbra," said Shalon, "welcome to the pack." At first, Kimbra was confused, but when she finally realized what Shalon meant she was practically jumping for joy. "..R-Really? OH MY GOODNESS! Thank you SO much!" Kimbra's eyes glittered like two stars. "Now calm down, little one," said Shalon. "You'll need to be serious about joining our pack." "Oh, right," said Kimbra, grinning sheepishly. "Now," said Shalon, "we're going to need to find food to sustain our strength. There's going to be a long journey ahead of us. Are you ready, guys?" "Of course," said Anuk. "I'd follow you to the end of the world, Shalon." "I'm ready!" said Kimbra, wagging her tail excitedly. "Then let's go!" And the three wolves left. Anuk and Kimbra followed Shalon close behind.

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Shalon, Anuk and Kimbra had been running for a very long time. They had run the whole night, in fact, and the sun was already starting to rise over the horizon. Its warm rays fed the flowers and plants. Anuk and Kimbra were starting to fall behind because they were getting tired. Finally, Anuk managed to catch up with Shalon. "Sh-Shalon! W-wait!" she panted. Finally, Shalon stopped. "Sh-Shalon," panted Anuk, her tongue hanging out, "w-we need to.. rest.."

Shalon yawned. He hadn't slept for most of last night so he was sleep-deprived. "Y-You're right, Anuk. Okay... let's rest." "Kimbra!" yelled Shalon. Kimbra finally stopped running. She looked very tired too. "Kimbra, we'll need to rest. We will continue our journey when day has come." "Okay!" called Kimbra. And they all laid down, closing their sleepy eyes, resting their heads on their front paws.

Afternoon.

Shalon felt warm, bright rays spread across his midnight-black fur. He knew afternoon had come. He stretched and woke up. So did Kimbra and Anuk. Shalon sniffed deeply. He smelled elk. Shalon could smell an elk herd close by. "Alright, everybody!" called Shalon. "It's time for us to continue our journey. I smell an elk herd close by." "Wow!" said Kimbra excitedly. "This is gonna be my first actual hunt ever!" Shalon turned back at Kimbra. "Kimbra, you'll have to stay here." "But why?" asked Kimbra, her ears drooping down with her eyes enlarging.

"Because you're still young," said Anuk. "And we don't want you to get hurt by the elk. They could kick you and even kill you."

"Oh... okay," said Kimbra, sitting down, looking at the ground sadly.