here is chapter three thanks to WargishBoromirFan for telling me how to do this correctly. once again i wnat constructive critisum if you feel you have to be mean, then do so I don't care as long as i can get better.

Chapter 3

He knew he name. He knew her real name. How? Why? Who was he? This reddish wolf knew her name. Trella could not stop thinking this. It made her uneasy and she growled softly in warning. The other wolf began to fidget prancing a little in place.

"Trella" he whined, "don't you remember me? We use to play together at Granny's when Samar brought you over. I've been looking for you Trella. I've been running all night since I heard your howl."

The crowed had quieted waiting to see what the two wolves would do. Now Trella could hear the cling of her opponent's silver bangles. He bowed to her in the canine invitation to play.

A similar scene flashed through Trella's mind of a younger wolf inviting her to play. With the summer sun warm on their backs. It had been a life time ago. She had taken the invitation with a pounce on his back.

Too embarrassed to admit she had forgotten his name she did the same as she had then. She pounced on him and grabbed his ear playfully wagging her tail. That led to an energetic game of pouncing and nipping. All the while he was barking her name happily like a chant over and over again. He was the same as he was back then when they were pups. Trella froze looking at her old friend she now had pinned on the ground. He hadn't changed but she had. There in the pit with them was proof. The dead dog she had killed still lay only a few feet away.

Toboe P.O.V.

Toboe noticed Trella's freeze and her quick glance at the dog she had killed. He hated the fact that she had been the one to kill it but he also knew death was part of life and killing was a part of a wolf's life. He wasn't a pup anymore he knew the dangers that came with life same as he knew the joy.

Over head the crowd began to boo wanting to see them fight not play. "Trella," getting her attention he nuzzled her and said "let's leave here. With both of us we should be able to break out of here. You and me, out in the wild like it's suppose to be."

She hesitated

"You don't want to stay here do you?"

She shook her head quickly.

"Then let's go. Out of the pit, through the door, quick and simple. They won't know what hit them."

"Okay." She murmured so softly Toboe could barely hear her. She slowly got up off of him and waited for him to stand.

Toboe took the lead jumping up out of the pit with ease and headed for the door. Trella close behind. They were out the door with no problems and under the open sky while the audience was scrambling in panic and dog handlers were trying to get to their guns and traps.

The two wolves ran together leaving behind the chaos. Toboe led the way with Trella's stride matching his. "There's a river up ahead. Once we cross that we're free of this place." he explained, "there's no bridge for miles so the humans won't be able follow."

At the river Trella skidded to a stop while Toboe ran and lightly jumped from rock to rock quickly crossing the river. He was already use to finding his grip on slick ice so the wet rocks were easy for him to cross. Trella hesitated on the other side of the river watching Toboe cross. Already she could hear human shouts. If he can do it so can I. She backed up a few steps to run and jumped for the rocks, and promptly slipped freezing soaking two of her paws making her yip. Toboe turned back seeing her still on the river.

"Trella! Come on you can do it! The rock to your left will do fine! Jump there!" Toboe himself gracefully leaped onto the rocks towards her.

Trella whined not liking the fast moving water one bit and jumped. "Good now to your right" Toboe encouraged.

On her forth jump she slipped her hind legs plunged into the river."HELP!" her front legs clawed at the rock finding little to hold on to. Suddenly teeth locked onto the scruff of her neck. The human shouts could be heard over the roar of the river. Glancing over Trella could see men taking aim at them with their guns.

"LEAVE ME! RUN! THEIR GONNA KILL US BOTH!" She shouted at him

"No!" came the muffled reply "I spent to long thinking I would never see you again to leave you now!"

A loud bang sounded and Toboe slumped falling into the river. The current dragged both wolves downstream.

Chapter four is under construction. please review.