p style="text-align: center;"span style="text-decoration: underline;"strongAll Those Years Re Written-Chapter Twenty One:Outcast/strong/span/p
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p class="MsoNormal""An ambush?" Blaze asked tense./p
p class="MsoNormal"I nodded./p
p class="MsoNormal""It turned out to be a large number of wolves from our pack, running and demanding my sister for answers"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Why would they ask a six year old for answers?" Sally asked, holding her chest as if she was in pain./p
p class="MsoNormal""Remember Mimi was wise, like your dad right?" Clover mentioned/p
p class="MsoNormal""Right. Mia's power was to see the future, read clues, and solve every problem, and her mother saw that she was a great asset to the pack."/p
p class="MsoNormal""And Axel, what was his role?" Knuckles asked after raising his hand./p
p class="MsoNormal"The door opened after his question and we all turned to see Broody and Art walk in./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ax was the next Alpha." Brody said seriously./p
p class="MsoNormal""So. If Axel was the next Alpha-" Sonic began./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then what was emyour/em role...?" Amy asked, her eyes confused./p
p class="MsoNormal""Outcast." I smiled apologetically at her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Outcast huh?" Rouge mumbled, hugging herself, her expression slumped./p
p class="MsoNormal"Knuckles tugged her closer to him, making her smile, and I was overwhelmed at the amount of love they had for each other; and I just met them today./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why were you an outcast?" Cream asked timidly./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah it doesn't add up, since there were two boys, shouldn't there be some kind of competition between you two to see who was the stronger and more qualified brother to become alpha?" Tails inquired./p
p class="MsoNormal""Right. But with me and Ax, there was one significant difference besides our fur shades."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We didn't share the same mother."/p
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p class="MsoNormal""It's coming." She whispered in / "What?! What's coming?!" A panicked wolf asked, gripping her dress to yank her closer to him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Without a second thought, I shoved him away from her and took a protective stance before her and bared my teeth at him with a warning growl./p
p class="MsoNormal"He stood and looked down at me, judgement evident in his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal""Quit bitching and getting in her face." I snapped./p
p class="MsoNormal"I felt a sharp emwack/em at the back of my head, followed by snickers heard around the room./p
p class="MsoNormal""Language." Nes scolded. Stepping in front of me./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is it you want?" She demanded the pack of wolves before her. Despite her age, Ness was tall, her beauty etched in every fiber of her being, no doubt wisdom flowing through her./p
p class="MsoNormal"The wolf who was in Mia's face pointed to her. " The Wise said that emit's/em coming, and there are signs...beginning with emthat/em." He said glancing disapprovingly at me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I winced./p
p class="MsoNormal""You've got balls coming here to our emprivate/em residence, grabbing the wise as if she was a mere emdoll/em and on top of that, insulting my brother." Ax sighed, calmly stepping in front of Nes, arms folded./p
p class="MsoNormal"No matter how calm he seemed, I knew he was overrun with anger, but being Alpha in training, he was to keep his cool at all times./p
p class="MsoNormal""M-my apologies Sir." The wolf muttered, taking a step backwards. "However, it is the truth-"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Enough!" He barked./p
p class="MsoNormal"His commanding tone wasn't sharp yet, but despite it, all ears, including my own, Mia's, the wolves around us...even Nes, drew back our ears in submission./p
p class="MsoNormal"He sighed. I knew he hated having to use his Alpha Voice to get his point across, but he role me once./p
p class="MsoNormal"'emNo matter the discomfort, it's a responsibility to keep everyone in line under my tone, once the Alpha Voice is heard, you cannot, try as you might, disobey that , I'd never use it to harm anyone/em.'/p
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p class="MsoNormal""Where can I buy an emAxel/em..." Clover purred./p
p class="MsoNormal""Clover. Ew, he's like emfifteen/em." Blaze scolded/p
p class="MsoNormal""Cougar Coug-Ow!" Art coughed, from Amy's elbow in his ribs./p
p class="MsoNormal""Go ahead." She urged me, apology written all over her features./p
p class="MsoNormal"I nodded and squeezed her hand./p
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p class="MsoNormal""If it is indeed what had been predicted, we do emnot/em move until the Alphas say so." Ax informed the group./p
p class="MsoNormal"Murmurs circled until I saw the nerve in Ax's mind twitch./p
p class="MsoNormal""Is that clear?!" He demanded/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes Sir!" We chorused in union./p
p class="MsoNormal"He sighed, nodding his head in approval. "Dismissed." He said tiredly/p
p class="MsoNormal"Without another word, all six wolves left our home, the quiet retiring as they left./p
p class="MsoNormal"I glanced back at Mia and stopped to meet her height. "Are you okay?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"She looked at me, pure adoration on her eyes before tears started to fall, making me feel uneasy and I tugged her in my arms, wanting to protect her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey its okay, that guy was just a dick."/p
p class="MsoNormal"emWhack/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""Ow! What the fuc-"/p
p class="MsoNormal"emWhack/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""OW!" I complained, releasing Mia from my arms and glared at the white wolf towering over me./p
p class="MsoNormal""Language." She growled./p
p class="MsoNormal"I heard Mia's string of giggles and turned my gaze and smiled sheepishly as she rolled over laughing./p
p class="MsoNormal""So you think that's funny huh?" I grinned, attacking her./p
p class="MsoNormal"In minutes we were rolling all over the floor, even Ax joined in, finishing us both off by hooking each arm around us, his strong grip holding us captive./p
p class="MsoNormal"It might have looked like he was choking us to our death, but Mia and I knew better./p
p class="MsoNormal"This was the closest we ever were to each other, here safe in our brothers arms, laughter ringing from our mouths./p
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p class="MsoNormal""How old were you back then?" Amy asked wistfully/p
p class="MsoNormal""Ten." I smiled./p
p class="MsoNormal""Wait a second." Clover interrupted. "You came to New Haven when you were like twelve right?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"I nodded. "Almost thirteen." I added./p
p class="MsoNormal""And your eighteen right now." Amy added./p
p class="MsoNormal"I nodded already knowing where this was going./p
p class="MsoNormal""So this happened eight years ago.." Sonic whispered./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah, eighth year today." I smiled tightly/p
p class="MsoNormal""Shade you don't have to finish this today-"/p
p class="MsoNormal""No Pinkie, it's important." I said glancing icily at Sally, daring her to say something about my 'emlittle back story/em'./p
p class="MsoNormal"When she just lowered her gaze I took that as my cue to continue./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Supper was quiet. Too quiet./p
p class="MsoNormal"I glared at Nes, and she winced although she hadn't made eye contact with me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I did the same to Mia, getting the same reaction. I turned it to Ax, who bravely locked eyes with me, his eyes calculating something and I could practically see his gears turning./p
p class="MsoNormal""What?!" I barked./p
p class="MsoNormal"He sighed. "Mia we've barely got an hour left." He scolded her./p
p class="MsoNormal"She only shook her head, rising from her seat and jumping into my lap, wrapping her arms around me and sobbing uncontrollably./p
p class="MsoNormal"I held her and instantly got overprotective. "Is it that guy again? Don't worry, I'll bust him up if he tries anything."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Iz not him!" She sobbed, tightening her grip on me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I glanced at Ax, probing for an explanation./p
p class="MsoNormal"He tensed for a quick moment before a sound brought my sensitive ears at alert./p
p class="MsoNormal"The door was ripped open and her heavy clicks of heels against the hard wooden floor made me wince, holding Mia closer to me./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is the meaning of this?" she barked, already using her defined Alpha Voice./p
p class="MsoNormal""Wise, remove yourself immediately!" She barked./p
p class="MsoNormal"Without a second thought, Mia's arms released me, and she plopped to the ground, her feelings still etched into her adorable face./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's your fucking problem?!" I demanded, rising from my chair./p
p class="MsoNormal"emWhack/em./p
p class="MsoNormal""Language." Nes sighed./p
p class="MsoNormal""Shade, just sit down." Ax said calmly./p
p class="MsoNormal"I sat. He didn't use his AV, but he didn't need to, I'd always listen to Ax./p
p class="MsoNormal"Always./p
p class="MsoNormal"I couldn't wait till he made sixteen so he could finally be the leader apart from this...woman./p
p class="MsoNormal""Were leaving." She commanded, not even sparing me a single glance/p
p class="MsoNormal""Why?" I bit at her. "We've got a whole hour left-"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Someone as insignificant as you couldn't possibly understand the importance of why I need emmy/em children to leave with me." She spat./p
p class="MsoNormal"Taken aback by her sudden outburst, let alone the first sentences she's ever spoken to me in my entire life, I had no will to talk back to her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alpha." Ax warned. "Shade be good." He said with a smile, one I've never seen him wear, it was-sad./p
p class="MsoNormal""Wha-"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Bye bye big brother." Mia smiled, tears running down her face./p
p class="MsoNormal"I stooped down to her level , wiping her face. "It's okay, you'll see me tomorrow." I promised./p
p class="MsoNormal"She only shook her head, her smile never leaving her face, and the tears still remaining to run down her cheeks./p
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p class="MsoNormal"I was confused, upset ...but most of all-I was terrified./p
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p class="MsoNormal""An ambush?" Blaze asked tense./p
p class="MsoNormal"I nodded./p
p class="MsoNormal""It turned out to be a large number of wolves from our pack, running and demanding my sister for answers"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Why would they ask a six year old for answers?" Sally asked, holding her chest as if she was in pain./p
p class="MsoNormal""Remember Mimi was wise, like your dad right?" Clover mentioned/p
p class="MsoNormal""Right. Mia's power was to see the future, read clues, and solve every problem, and her mother saw that she was a great asset to the pack."/p
p class="MsoNormal""And Axel, what was his role?" Knuckles asked after raising his hand./p
p class="MsoNormal"The door opened after his question and we all turned to see Broody and Art walk in./p
p class="MsoNormal""Ax was the next Alpha." Brody said seriously./p
p class="MsoNormal""So. If Axel was the next Alpha-" Sonic began./p
p class="MsoNormal""Then what was emyour/em role...?" Amy asked, her eyes confused./p
p class="MsoNormal""Outcast." I smiled apologetically at her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Outcast huh?" Rouge mumbled, hugging herself, her expression slumped./p
p class="MsoNormal"Knuckles tugged her closer to him, making her smile, and I was overwhelmed at the amount of love they had for each other; and I just met them today./p
p class="MsoNormal""Why were you an outcast?" Cream asked timidly./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah it doesn't add up, since there were two boys, shouldn't there be some kind of competition between you two to see who was the stronger and more qualified brother to become alpha?" Tails inquired./p
p class="MsoNormal""Right. But with me and Ax, there was one significant difference besides our fur shades."/p
p class="MsoNormal""We didn't share the same mother."/p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol';"✨✨✨/span/p
p class="MsoNormal""It's coming." She whispered in / "What?! What's coming?!" A panicked wolf asked, gripping her dress to yank her closer to him./p
p class="MsoNormal"Without a second thought, I shoved him away from her and took a protective stance before her and bared my teeth at him with a warning growl./p
p class="MsoNormal"He stood and looked down at me, judgement evident in his eyes./p
p class="MsoNormal""Quit bitching and getting in her face." I snapped./p
p class="MsoNormal"I felt a sharp emwack/em at the back of my head, followed by snickers heard around the room./p
p class="MsoNormal""Language." Nes scolded. Stepping in front of me./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is it you want?" She demanded the pack of wolves before her. Despite her age, Ness was tall, her beauty etched in every fiber of her being, no doubt wisdom flowing through her./p
p class="MsoNormal"The wolf who was in Mia's face pointed to her. " The Wise said that emit's/em coming, and there are signs...beginning with emthat/em." He said glancing disapprovingly at me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I winced./p
p class="MsoNormal""You've got balls coming here to our emprivate/em residence, grabbing the wise as if she was a mere emdoll/em and on top of that, insulting my brother." Ax sighed, calmly stepping in front of Nes, arms folded./p
p class="MsoNormal"No matter how calm he seemed, I knew he was overrun with anger, but being Alpha in training, he was to keep his cool at all times./p
p class="MsoNormal""M-my apologies Sir." The wolf muttered, taking a step backwards. "However, it is the truth-"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Enough!" He barked./p
p class="MsoNormal"His commanding tone wasn't sharp yet, but despite it, all ears, including my own, Mia's, the wolves around us...even Nes, drew back our ears in submission./p
p class="MsoNormal"He sighed. I knew he hated having to use his Alpha Voice to get his point across, but he role me once./p
p class="MsoNormal"'emNo matter the discomfort, it's a responsibility to keep everyone in line under my tone, once the Alpha Voice is heard, you cannot, try as you might, disobey that , I'd never use it to harm anyone/em.'/p
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p class="MsoNormal""Where can I buy an emAxel/em..." Clover purred./p
p class="MsoNormal""Clover. Ew, he's like emfifteen/em." Blaze scolded/p
p class="MsoNormal""Cougar Coug-Ow!" Art coughed, from Amy's elbow in his ribs./p
p class="MsoNormal""Go ahead." She urged me, apology written all over her features./p
p class="MsoNormal"I nodded and squeezed her hand./p
p class="MsoNormal"span style="font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol','sans-serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Segoe UI Symbol';"✨✨✨/span/p
p class="MsoNormal""If it is indeed what had been predicted, we do emnot/em move until the Alphas say so." Ax informed the group./p
p class="MsoNormal"Murmurs circled until I saw the nerve in Ax's mind twitch./p
p class="MsoNormal""Is that clear?!" He demanded/p
p class="MsoNormal""Yes Sir!" We chorused in union./p
p class="MsoNormal"He sighed, nodding his head in approval. "Dismissed." He said tiredly/p
p class="MsoNormal"Without another word, all six wolves left our home, the quiet retiring as they left./p
p class="MsoNormal"I glanced back at Mia and stopped to meet her height. "Are you okay?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"She looked at me, pure adoration on her eyes before tears started to fall, making me feel uneasy and I tugged her in my arms, wanting to protect her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Hey its okay, that guy was just a dick."/p
p class="MsoNormal"emWhack/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""Ow! What the fuc-"/p
p class="MsoNormal"emWhack/em/p
p class="MsoNormal""OW!" I complained, releasing Mia from my arms and glared at the white wolf towering over me./p
p class="MsoNormal""Language." She growled./p
p class="MsoNormal"I heard Mia's string of giggles and turned my gaze and smiled sheepishly as she rolled over laughing./p
p class="MsoNormal""So you think that's funny huh?" I grinned, attacking her./p
p class="MsoNormal"In minutes we were rolling all over the floor, even Ax joined in, finishing us both off by hooking each arm around us, his strong grip holding us captive./p
p class="MsoNormal"It might have looked like he was choking us to our death, but Mia and I knew better./p
p class="MsoNormal"This was the closest we ever were to each other, here safe in our brothers arms, laughter ringing from our mouths./p
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p class="MsoNormal""How old were you back then?" Amy asked wistfully/p
p class="MsoNormal""Ten." I smiled./p
p class="MsoNormal""Wait a second." Clover interrupted. "You came to New Haven when you were like twelve right?"/p
p class="MsoNormal"I nodded. "Almost thirteen." I added./p
p class="MsoNormal""And your eighteen right now." Amy added./p
p class="MsoNormal"I nodded already knowing where this was going./p
p class="MsoNormal""So this happened eight years ago.." Sonic whispered./p
p class="MsoNormal""Yeah, eighth year today." I smiled tightly/p
p class="MsoNormal""Shade you don't have to finish this today-"/p
p class="MsoNormal""No Pinkie, it's important." I said glancing icily at Sally, daring her to say something about my 'emlittle back story/em'./p
p class="MsoNormal"When she just lowered her gaze I took that as my cue to continue./p
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p class="MsoNormal"Supper was quiet. Too quiet./p
p class="MsoNormal"I glared at Nes, and she winced although she hadn't made eye contact with me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I did the same to Mia, getting the same reaction. I turned it to Ax, who bravely locked eyes with me, his eyes calculating something and I could practically see his gears turning./p
p class="MsoNormal""What?!" I barked./p
p class="MsoNormal"He sighed. "Mia we've barely got an hour left." He scolded her./p
p class="MsoNormal"She only shook her head, rising from her seat and jumping into my lap, wrapping her arms around me and sobbing uncontrollably./p
p class="MsoNormal"I held her and instantly got overprotective. "Is it that guy again? Don't worry, I'll bust him up if he tries anything."/p
p class="MsoNormal""Iz not him!" She sobbed, tightening her grip on me./p
p class="MsoNormal"I glanced at Ax, probing for an explanation./p
p class="MsoNormal"He tensed for a quick moment before a sound brought my sensitive ears at alert./p
p class="MsoNormal"The door was ripped open and her heavy clicks of heels against the hard wooden floor made me wince, holding Mia closer to me./p
p class="MsoNormal""What is the meaning of this?" she barked, already using her defined Alpha Voice./p
p class="MsoNormal""Wise, remove yourself immediately!" She barked./p
p class="MsoNormal"Without a second thought, Mia's arms released me, and she plopped to the ground, her feelings still etched into her adorable face./p
p class="MsoNormal""What's your fucking problem?!" I demanded, rising from my chair./p
p class="MsoNormal"emWhack/em./p
p class="MsoNormal""Language." Nes sighed./p
p class="MsoNormal""Shade, just sit down." Ax said calmly./p
p class="MsoNormal"I sat. He didn't use his AV, but he didn't need to, I'd always listen to Ax./p
p class="MsoNormal"Always./p
p class="MsoNormal"I couldn't wait till he made sixteen so he could finally be the leader apart from this...woman./p
p class="MsoNormal""Were leaving." She commanded, not even sparing me a single glance/p
p class="MsoNormal""Why?" I bit at her. "We've got a whole hour left-"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Someone as insignificant as you couldn't possibly understand the importance of why I need emmy/em children to leave with me." She spat./p
p class="MsoNormal"Taken aback by her sudden outburst, let alone the first sentences she's ever spoken to me in my entire life, I had no will to talk back to her./p
p class="MsoNormal""Alpha." Ax warned. "Shade be good." He said with a smile, one I've never seen him wear, it was-sad./p
p class="MsoNormal""Wha-"/p
p class="MsoNormal""Bye bye big brother." Mia smiled, tears running down her face./p
p class="MsoNormal"I stooped down to her level , wiping her face. "It's okay, you'll see me tomorrow." I promised./p
p class="MsoNormal"She only shook her head, her smile never leaving her face, and the tears still remaining to run down her cheeks./p
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p class="MsoNormal"I was confused, upset ...but most of all-I was terrified./p