Hey all it's me again bringing you the eighth chapter. In this one the identity of the two unknown wolves is revealed. I must remind you that this is not an official re-write (hopefully that won't put any of you off reading it), that privilege goes to Sergeant Sargent II. Nevertheless Kurmara has given me his permission to write this story and again I take no credit for this story except the bits I've changed or added in, everything else goes to Kurmara.
Chapter 8 Family reunion
"My name is Shaun and she's Sheila" Shaun said pointing to the female wolf "and as for why we're here, we've been searching for a year and a half in order to try and find somewhere to stay as our old pack was..was attacked". The Alpha stood there for a moment thinking, finally he spoke "follow me, I'll take you to Winston. He's our pack leader". With that Shaun and Sheila followed the Alpha through the territory and up to the Pack leader's den.
As they neared the den the Alpha motioned for Shaun and Sheila to wait outside. "sir?" he asked entering the den, "what is it Roscoe?" Winston replied, "I found two wolves near the northern border who said they wanted to join the pack" Roscoe said. "Send them in" Winston said, Roscoe went outside and fetched Shaun and Sheila into the den.
"Now what are your names?" Winston asked, Shaun stepped forward "I'm Shaun and she's Sheila" he replied "where are you from?" Winston asked "we used to live in a pack deep in the northern mountains, at least we were." Shaun replied "what do you mean were?. What happened?" Winston asked intrigued immediately as soon as he said that he knew he struck a nerve as a tear escaped from Shaun's eye and Sheila started crying
Flashback
Three pups played around in their den whilst their mother watched them with a smile on her face. Suddenly they heard growling and snarling coming from outside the den "stay here I'm going to see what's going on out there" the mother said to her pups who had looks of fear on their faces. She hadn't even made it out of the den when her mate Scarl came in, blood dripping from his muzzle and caked on his claws. "What's going on out there" she asked her Mate before she saw the savage look in his eye. She didn't even have time to scream before she was on her back with the wolf tearing her throat out. "Muuum!" the pups screamed standing there in shock at seeing their own mother killed right in front of them, It was Decca who recovered first and he instinctively stood in front of his older brother and sister, preparing to fight to the death to defend them. "Decca get out of the way I don't want to hurt you I only want to kill your weakling brother and sister" the pup's farther said. "If you want them you're going to go through me" Decca growled, he then whispered to his two siblings "you two make a run for it I'll hold him off" he said "Decca don't you'll be killed" his sister Sheila said. "Better me that you two, goodbye big bro, goodbye sis now run!" Decca said as he leapt at his farther who dodged his attack. Decca's twin brother and sister both ran out through the gap that their farther had made dodging their brother's attack. When they emerged from the den Shaun and Sheila looked around in horror. There were bodies of wolves everywhere and the snow covered ground was caked in blood. Not stopping both of the young wolf pups made it to the tree line before a howl of pain stopped them in their tracks, then they saw Scarl coming out of the den and wasted no time in turning and running again
ten minutes later
both wolf pups sat on top of a ledge overlooking the valley. Sheila wept into her brothers shoulder "Mum, Decca" she cried and broke down again Shaun just sat there looking out over the valley, he knew only one way to let the sadness out, he stepped forward and started howling a mournful song for those who had died. After a while Sheila joined in and they both sat there howling a mournful requiem for their mother and their younger brother. After five minutes they finally stopped howling but then only because they had run out of breath "so now what do we do" Sheila asked "I,I,I don't know, go find a den I guess" Shaun answered and with that they both headed sadly off further up the mountain.
End of Flashback
"And after that we carried on journeying south, stopping at several places along the way until we came to here" Shaun finished, "hmm I see. Well you have my permission to stay here as long as you want" Winston replied, "really?, thank you" the two young wolves replied, "No problem, by the way you might want to go down to the lake and clean up before I introduce you to the rest of the pack, I'll show you where that is." Winston said, knowing who else would probably be at the lake at this time of day.
"I'm sorry for the loss of your mother and your brother, me and my mate eve were very good friends with both of your parents" Winston said as he led them down to the lake. Eventually they arrived on a ledge that overlooked the lake "wow" both Shaun and Sheila exclaimed as they looked out over the large expanse of water that glinted like silver in the rising sun's rays, then their attention focused on a wolf that was sitting alone by the edge of the lake "Who is that?" Shaun asked "he looks familiar but I can't put my paw on it". "That is someone you'll probably be wanting to meet. Wait there, I'll go and get him" Winston said as he disappeared into the undergrowth.
Decca smiled as he watched the sun slowly climb up over the horizon. He liked it here by the lake, it was peaceful quiet and beautiful, plus only he, Eve and Winston knew that this place existed. There was another in the Weston pack territory however but that was always packed with omega's Decca liked to be on his own, away from the chaos of pack life. "pfft Omega's" he said quietly to himself as he thought about those wolves that had life easy. They didn't have to hunt they didn't have to train and they normally didn't have to fight. All they have to do is have fun, play around and keep the peace however despite whatever else him or other wolves thought about Omega's Decca knew that they had one of the most important jobs in the pack, even if everyone else overlooked it, without Omega's you had no one to keep the peace, without peace fights would break out everywhere and the entire pack system would be ruined.
As Decca sat there engrossed in his thoughts a bush behind him rustled, he turned around and got into a defensive stance, a low growl emitting from his throat. "easy Decca. It's only me" Winston said as he stepped out from the tree line. "Hey Winston, what brings you out here at this time of day?" Decca asked "I was just coming down here to check up on how you are doing and also there are a couple of wolves that you'll probably want to talk to." Winston answered as he motioned for Decca to follow him and stalked off into the bushes, Decca, immediately curious followed closely behind.
Shaun was pacing around the clearing impatiently around the clearing whilst Sheila sat waiting for Winston to return. Suddenly a black blur shot out of one of the nearby bushes and tackled Shaun, sending both of them sliding across the floor. As they came to a stop Shaun noticed that the thing that had tackled him and now had him pinned was the wolf that they had seen down by the lake. "Is that really you bro?" the black wolf asked. Shaun who had been trying to throw the wolf off was taken aback by what the wolf said, he took a closer look at the black wolf. "Decca? Is that really you?" "well who else could it be" Decca replied. Decca stood aside and let Shaun up. It was at this moment that Sheila snapped out of the trance she was in after hearing Decca's name, she ran up and tackled him into a hug. "Decca we thought you were dead" she said, crying into his fur.
After a few minutes Shelia stopped crying and let go of Decca "It's great to see you two again" Decca said "I know. What happened to you after we left?" Shaun asked. Before Decca could answer Garth and Lilly walked into the clearing, "hey Decca what are you doing here and who are these wolves?" Gath asked "oh these are my brother Shaun and my sister Shelia. and bro, sis this is our cousin Garth and his mate Lilly" Decca said introducing them to each other "hi" Lilly said shyly "so Decca you were telling us what happened the day we lost you" "well after you left dad attacked me and threw me into a wall then I lost consciousness and the next thing I remember is uncle Tony standing over me in the den and asking me if I was all right so I told him what happened and then he suggested that I come and live in his pack until something else could be worked out. So I journeyed with him back to his pack and I stayed there for several months whilst he was arranging things with Winston" "Wait I don't remember ever seeing you around the pack?" "what you can't remember your best friend" "I only remember one black wolf. Kind of a loner, had no family but he was the happiest kindest wolf you could ever meet and he was my best friend, we did everything together and he was like the brother I never had .
Flashback
Two young wolf pups were chasing each other through the valley that ran down the eastern territory of Jasper, one of the pup's had reddish brown fur whilst the other one had black and crimson fur. "come on Garth you'll never catch me" the pup with black and crimson fur said as he narrowly ducked under a fallen log "you'll never escape me caribou, I'm the best Alpha ever" Garth replied as he jumped over the log and continued running however he got distracted for a moment and crashed headfirst into another log, "oh it seems I just did" the black pup laughed, then he started running again as Garth recovered. Suddenly the two pups stopped as the ground at their feet started shaking "this is bad, what should we do?" Garth asked "erm, run" the black pup said as the stampede of caribou turned round the corner just ahead of them. The pups wasted no time in turning around and running back the way they came. As they ran the valley got narrower and the caribou were getting closer suddenly the pups spotted a ledge at one of the sides of the valley "up there" the black furred pup said and both pups raced towards it "hurry those caribou are getting closer" the black furred pup said as Garth jumped for the ledge and managed to grab onto the edge of it but the shaking ground made him lose his grip, he slipped back down onto the ground, the caribou were almost on top of them now. The black furred pup went and sat just underneath the ledge "climb onto my head and you should be able to reach the ledge" he said to Garth without hesitating Garth climbed on top of the black furred pup's head and managed to climb onto the ledge, he turned around to grab his friend but the Caribou were already thundering past. Eventually the stampede subsided and Garth jumped down from the ledge. "Decca?. where are you? come out, the stampede's gone, now we can play again" Garth said as he looked for his friend. He looked for 10 minutes, his calls getting more desperate. Suddenly a paw land on his shoulder, he looked up and saw that it was his dad. "Decca can't play with you anymore. I'm sorry" Tony said to his son, when he heard this Garth was confused but he soon realised what his dad was talking about but. Garth started crying as he had just lost his best friend.
end of Flashback
"so my friend was killed in the stampede and I never even got to say goodbye. So you can't be him and like I said I never knew any other black wolves" Garth said "I almost was killed in the stampede but not quite here's what happened to me" Decca said
Flashback
Decca had just helped Garth onto the ledge but now the Caribou were almost on him, he quickly rolled into a spot that was in-between the legs of the thundering stampede, however he knew he had to get out of there so he started running along with the Caribou, he saw a hollow log and jumped inside it, he hadn't been in there long however when the Caribou hooves smashed both ends of the log, narrowly missing Decca. Immediately Decca jumped out and started running again. As he was running he noticed a path winding up the side of the canyon and made his way over to it whilst trying not to get killed by the stampede. Eventually he made it and was climbing up the path when Tony came down towards him , "ah Decca I've talked with Winston and we both agree that you should go and live in the Weston pack as an Omega" Decca was shocked at what Tony just said "But why. I don't want to go and live in the Weston pack!, I don't want to be a stupid weak Omega!. I want to stay here!, I want to go to Alpha school!, I want to play with Garth!, I want to hunt Caribou!" Decca said. "you're going to the Weston pack and that's all I'll say on the matter!" Tony said. Decca sat there staring daggers at Tony but Tony was not backing down. Finally Decca gave up "Fine but can I at least say goodbye to Garth before we go?" he asked with his head down and aa depressed look on his face. "I'm sorry but we have to go immediately, Winston is expecting us" Tony said as walked up towards the tree line, motioning for Decca to follow him, Decca took one last sad look down the valley before following Tony.
End of flashback
"So that's how I ended up in the Weston pack as an Omega" Decca finished. "wow it seems you've been through a lot since the last time we saw you" Shaun said "you don't know the half of it" Decca replied. Just then Sasha came walking down the path towards them "wait is that..." Sheila started "yes it's Sasha" Decca finished "well it looks like everyone's coming back from the dead" Shaun joked, earning him a punch to the shoulder from Decca. "Hey Decca, what are lot you doing down here?" Sasha asked as she approached them "hey erm...Sasha Decca was just telling us what happened to him after your pack was wiped out" Lilly replied. "Wow there's quite a crowd drawing in now, this place is even busier than the feeding grounds after a successful hunt" Decca joked as he began to tell his story.
Ok so first I sincerely apologise for the fact that I haven't updated any of my stories in a long time butmy GCSE's have been on and they along with revision have kept me busy and meansthat I haven't had as much time to write out new chapters as I would like. But my exams and school are finished now and I have about 14 weeks beforeI go to college so I will have plenty of time to update my stories. Secondly I think that that bit with Decca/Humphrey growing up with Garth in the eastern pack would make a great story and I think I will make it but it will be set in an alternate storyline and I'll start work on it as soon as some of my other stories are neared completion. Finally I'm sure your all familiar with the drill by now so I'm not going to say it. This is xXShadowTheWolfXx Signing off