Redd had followed the wolf for what seemed like forever. It probably wasn't more than 30 minutes. She kept her hand on the wolf's shoulder, twirling a small patch of fur between her fingers. They came to a large den with wolves of every colour. Some colours weren't as common as others but they were there. Redd's eyes looked over each one. Her jaw went slack. Each wolf was just as big if not bigger than the one next to her. Another black wolf with green eyes as fierce as the blue in the one next to her made her flinch back with a single look.

He was the alpha. The wolf next to her looked at her his eyes saying 'Sorry, stay here.'

The two black wolves walked off, leaving Redd who frowned slightly and looked around again. A sleeker black wolf with eyes just like the one that saved her walked up, followed by the rest of the wolves that seemed to match size. There were a few larger ones that stayed put and ones that Redd assumed were pups because they were the size of normal wolves. Redd held her ground as half the pack was now sizing her up. A 'pup' with green eyes and a reddish kind of fur ran up and tackled her. Redd yelped and hit the ground, her arms covering her face before she realized that the wolf was just trying to get a look at her.

She noticed a white patch on the wolf's chest and that its lower jaw was completely white. "You have odd colouring for a wolf." Redd smiled and giggled as the wolf licked her face.

She sat up to see a wolf with similar eyes but just as big as the others. Its colouring made it look like a very large fox. It had scarlet fur and black ears and legs. Its jaw had white that expanded over its stomach.

"You do to. Are you related or something? You both look more fox than wolf."

The larger red wolf seemed to grin as it picked up the smaller one. Redd stood and smiled.

"You guys are amazing."

A pure white wolf walked up causing the others to part and let her through. Her eyes were a reddish purple. She was the Alpha's mate. Redd swallowed tightly and looked half way down. She wasn't sure if saying anything would help her so she just stayed quiet. The white alpha made circles around Redd occasionally nudging her. She felt the hood of her hoodie get tugged and she forced herself not to move. She swore if this had a hold in it she'd flick the wolf's nose or something.

The female nodded and walked away as did the feminine black wolf with blue eyes and a few others.

A black wolf with white ears and paws came up and sat next to her with a huff. She blinked and looked at him. "You look happy."

It truth he was, yet he was always worried, always watchful. The wolf that looked like a fox sat on her other side and she sat between them.

"Since we're all sitting anyways," Redd smiled up at the two wolves.

The pack stayed in this state of relaxation for a while. Even the alpha and Redd's rescuer came back. He replaced the wolf that looked like a fox, who ran off to play with the smaller fox-wolf. The pack relaxed happily until suddenly the mood changed drastically. A worn brownish-black wolf ran out of nowhere and tackled the alpha. Redd heard screams but there were no humans around. The Alpha female and a couple other females herded the pups into the den and out of the way. The two wolves next to her were gone and attacking the intruder to help their Alpha. The larger fox looking wolf ran to Redd and laid down. It looked at her, his ears pinned back. Redd swore she heard a semi-familiar voice scream "Get on!"

Redd didn't think twice. She didn't have time. More ragged brown-black wolves had joined the fight. Redd swung a leg over the wolf and sat back like she was on a horse. This wolf was smaller but it felt the same as he took off. He stopped running only when they were about 100 yards from Redd's house. The wolf nudged her to go after she got off.

"Will you guys be ok?"

The wolf gave a short nod before taking off back towards the pack again.

Redd frowned. She turned sprinted back to her house and got Burakku. She didn't bother with a saddle. She put reigns on the harness, grabbed her bow and arrows, and took off. She knew where she was going and she made it there in time to have Burakku kick one of the invading wolves in the side. It yelped and fell over. The kick had broken a couple ribs. Redd picked up her bow and shot an arrow at a wolf who was headed for the pups. It howled in pain as the arrow pierced its back leg. She turned and shot another arrow at a wolf that was on the wolf that had saved her before. She jumped off her horse, who instantly ran home, and ran to the pups to help protect them. One of the brown wolves stopped and looked at her for a moment before being tackled by the Alpha male. The two wrestled for a few minutes until the brown one knocked him off and howled for a retreat. The pack chased off the remaining brownish-black wolves and Redd set her arrows down and turned to the pups.

"Are all of you alright?"

They whimpered and the fox looking one nuzzled her as the others looked to the Alpha female for comfort.

Redd smiled slightly before she was being dragged out of the den.

"H-Hey!" She looked up to see the black wolf with blue eyes. His expression was bluntly annoyed and Redd frowned. "There was no way I was staying home while you guys were in trouble."

She saw the wolf let go of her hood and she yelped as she fell. She tugged off her hoodie and looked the hood over.

"If you ripped this…," She frowned.

The wolf laid down next to her and waited. Redd put her hoodie back on and climbed on the wolf's back after getting her bow from the den. The wolf stood and stared back towards Redd's house. Once there she slid off and frowned at how worn the wolf looked.

"Are you going to make it back," she spoke softly, her tone worried.

The wolf nodded, turned and left.

Redd walked back into her house and dropped to the couch.

"What the hell was that about, Redd," Granny scolded as she walked in.

"Went for a walk, Granny." Redd's tone stated the conversation was closed for now. Granny sighed and walked into the kitchen to cook up some dinner.