Chapter 4
4 moon phases later
"Mom! I look fine!" Nico was steady complaining as mother bathed him. My father was bathing me and being the "lady" I am, I held as still as possible. He was rougher than mother but he tried so I'll give him credit. "Are you nervous?" he asked. "A little bit but any pup would right before a half-wolf ceremony." I chuckled when Nico got lose from my mother but she simply stepped on his tail and kept bathing. Every once in a while I would think about the prophesy that one of the she-wolves talked about and a question burned in my mind. "What do you think I will be named?" My father stopped grooming for a minute in thought before he said "I don't know, maybe something for your lovely coat." He picked up a pine cone so he could brush out the knots. "Not likely," I said,"probably something for my weird eyes." I was always iffy about my eyes. By the time I noticed that my father stopped brushing he has one claw under my chin so I was looking up at him. "Your eyes aren't weird and I will skin anyone who says differently and turn them into a rug." I wanted to laugh and cry at the same time so I settled for a smile. "Come here, I have something for you." As I followed my father across the pack cave, he led me to a small cavern, inside were some of the reddest, most delicate holly berries I have ever seen. "I thought they would look beautiful on you." "Thank you father" I said as he tucked it behind my ear. He gave me a quick hug just as a loud deep howl echoed through the cave. It was time for me to become a half-wolf.