'Kara, where are you?' Alex called through their mind link. When there was no response, she called again. 'Kara, its not funny anymore!' Alex's paws pounded the earth as she heard a howl, assuming it was either her parents or Kara. As she rounded in on the wolf, she saw it was niether her family or a regular wolf.
The whitish grey wolf looked at her, green eyes sparkling. It snarled once before bounding away. Alex stood in shock for a moment, too shocked to do anything. But just as she started to follow, a black wolf darted past her. This one was considerably smaller than her or the stranger, but followed on his trail.
Alex tried to follow, she really did, but they weaved through the trees so rapidly and quickly she couldn't catch up. Just as she tried to weave between two of the trees, she misplaced her steps, and then hit her head against of the trees. She yelped out in pain, trying to shake off the pain.
'Alex!' Kara called, stepping behind her. She nudged her sister, whimpering a bit.
'I'm ok, Kara,' Alex said. She shook her head one last time, turning towards their house and trotting forward. Kara quickly followed the auburn wolf. 'There's a new shifter on our land.
'No way!' Kara replied. The blonde wolf caught up to her, turning slightly to peer at her sister. 'What'd they look like?' She asked innocently.
'The first was a grey white one, slightly large, and green eyes,' Alex said. She growled lowly before continuing. 'The second was actually quite small, black, and I didn't have time to catch either one's scent.' Again, Alex growled. It stopped as Kara tried to comfort her, brushing lightly against her. They rounded near the house, both having come home before having a walk in the woods.
After shifting back, they threw on their clothing and walked inside. Alex started to make dinner, both girls silent as Kara finished her math homework.
"So what did you think of Lena?" Kara asked while fidgeting with her pencil. Alex stopped stirring the pot of noodles and strained them.
"She's a Luthor, Kar," Alex shrugged, now pouring the strained noodles into the hot pot. "A Luthor can not be trusted." Now she pours spaghetti sauce on the noodles, stirring it together.
"But- but she could be different!" Kara blurted and quickly fidgeted again. "She could be completely different from Lex!" At that Alex laughed sarcastically.
"Good one, Kara," as Kara deadpanned, Alex went on. "Fine, fine. But she grew up in the same environment, with the same parents. That whole family is bad news." Kara now became angry. She knows what its like to be judged solely on where you come from.
"She could be different," Kara argued, eyes narrowing and arms crossing.
"Kara, her brother is your cousins enemy," Alex said, setting the rather forcefully down on the table. "They are ruthless, evil, and just bad!" Alex scoops two bowls out, sitting with one and pushing the other to Kara.
"A family doesn't define you, Alex!" Kara yelled. Alex stood when Kara did, dinner forgotten.
"For them it does!" She yelled back. Kara, frustrated, threw her glasses onto the table and stormed out of the house. As she jumped down the back porch steps, she shifted and ran into the forest. Hot, angry tears filled her eyes as she grew more and more frustrated.
Stupid Alex, she thought, Lena could be different! She doesn't have to be like Lex. Or Lionel! Or Lillian!
Kara continued through the forest, slowing eventually to a walk. She realized she didn't realize where she was. Looking around, she didn't even catch her pack's scent.
'Alex?' Kara called. When she didn't hear an answer she whimpered. 'Alex!?' She spun around, trying to catch Alex's scent at any point.
'Kara, where are you?' When she heard her sister's response her tail wagged, ears perking.
'I I don't know,' Kara said. She spun and caught sight of a fallen sign. 'Wait, there's a sign that fell. It has the words "Get Out" spray painted in green on it and-'
'Turn south and high tail it. Meet me there,' Alex interrupted.
'But-'
'No, get down here now,' Alex sternly said. Kara huffed, but turned south and ran as fast as she could until a breeze blew Alex's scent to her nose. She followed it and saw the auburn wolf laying, eyes closed.
Kara huffed a bit of laughter, thinking of a plan. She then flung herself into the other wolf, both wrestling and playing similarly to how pups do.
'Alright, alright,' Kara said 'you win, Alex.' Alex triumphs by standing, high and proud as she stuck her nose in the air.
'Alright, so what was that?' Kara asked as they start towards the house. Alex sighed before speaking.
'Not now Kara,' Alex looked away.
'But, wh-'
'Just drop it, Kara!' Alex snarled. She felt bad for it when Kara shrunk back. She sighed again, starting a new conversation.
'I'm sorry for saying those things about Lena,' Alex apologized 'but I don't want you to get hurt.' Kara nodded.
'Its ok, I get why you are worried,' Kara agreed. She really did understand why Alex was worried, because she had the same worries about Alex. 'But I'm 16 now, Alex. I'm not that scared little thirteen-year-old girl anymore.'
Alex nodded as the backyard came into view. They lived about half a mile from the town, but they always shifted and changed in the forest just in case.
"I get, Kara," Alex nodded again "and I'll try, I promise, but just know if she hurts you, I will hurt her." Alex looked seriously at Kara as Kara pulled her sleeve down. Kara nodded, understanding her sister's worries.
The rest of the night passes with no problems. They eat dinner, watch tv, study. Eliza comes home late that night, kindly telling them to go to bed, and they listen.
Kara starts to think of the black haired girl, of the scent, and of how she seems to draw Kara to her.
She eventually makes a mental note to befriend this girl, and find out what is up with her wolf scent.
