CHAPTER 6
Red Wolf
The wind blew slowly through the forest making the leaves dance in the wind and up into the sky. As time passed and the sun began to set behind the mountains that rose so mighty in the sky began to cast elongated shadows across the forest. At the base of the mountains laid a opening to a cave hidden by brush and trees that grew on the side of the mountain, a tunnel swept down into the
stone cold earth eventually leading into a underground world hidden for centuries a place where nothing could die, could age, and could burn. Some people never believed that this place existed, in the center of the vast hidden world was a waterfall that that spilled into a small stream that entwined through the forest. At the base of the waterfall sat a wolf its scythe that sat against the wolfs back reflected the waters image onto the ceiling of the underground world. The top half a small antelopes skull sat connecting the blade to the black staff the blade jagged and stained slightly brown from blood. The wolfs deep red fur that covered the top half of its white coat blew in the slight breeze. The back of the wolf's neck was blacked and spiked out straight, at the bottom of the wolf's red coat dark black fur lined the bottom.
A scar stretched it's way from above the wolfs right eye, down then disappeared under a tattered old bandage that covered both his eyes, the scar came from underneath and stretched it's way across to the left and down the wolfs white muzzle. The wolf shifted slightly before giving a small grunt as he stood the scythe moved further onto the wolfs back, the wolf turned to the left and began to climb down the base and landing perfectly on the ground, not even making the fallen leaves move from the impact to the ground. As the wolf looked ahead into the dark opening of the forest. Swiftly but ever so silently the wolf began to run at a swift pace through the trees, only to the few other animals that saw the wolf only saw a red blur moving fast between the trees only to disappear when they looked again. The world around the wolf was blur as the wolf moved through the forest to a certain location. As the wolf began to see a bright blue light ahead the wolf slowed its pace the world around the wolf again began to return, as the wolf entered through the clearing it seemed as if the wolf had into another world the grass beneath the wolfs paws was soft and a luscious dark forest green, small but noticeable bright blue flowers sprouted in patches in the grass, the flowers seem to give off a strange lighter blue light that brightened the dark forest slightly.
A long the edge of the clearing giant patches of sky blue crystals sprouted from deep within the earth creating a crescent shape along the edge. Silently the wolf moved into the center of the clearing lying down in a patch of the blue flowers, the moonlight shone through a slight opening in the ceiling of the cave the rays slightly visible bounced of the crystals causing the crystals to glow and shine.
"Hades shouldn't you be leaving?"
The red wolf named Hades turned his head toward another wolf far across the clearing on the right, the wolf had a white chest, paws, muzzle, and under belie, the four legs along with the tail of the wolf was black, two black lines run down from the wolfs deep golden eyes to end just next to the wolfs black nose. The rest of the wolf's coat was a deep blonde color. Hades continued to look at the wolf until he began to talk in his deep voice.
"Aleu….long time no see."
"Stop avoiding my question Hades…I've known you for 20 million years so don't pull that crap with me."
"Hmph well fine then I guess I'll be going when the sun begins to peek over the horizon when the morning fog blankets the forest."
Aleu's ear twitched slightly before moving toward Hades and taking a seat next to him.
"You know you have to go back one day, you need to return to take back your place as the god of the underworld you know."
"I know but…I wont return until the time comes when the Guardian's need my help to defeat her…my sister…then I shall take back my place as ruler until then I have to find the Guardian's and help them on their journey."
Hades stood from his spot he nodded his head in farewell and turned away from her and in a puff deep black smoke he was gone. Aleu looked up toward the moon as she spoke.
"What a tragedy even though they hate each other do they really have the heart to kill one another…well what do you think Torren?"
Outside the entrance of the cave Hades appeared outside the entrance of the tunnel, taking in a deep breath Hades reared his head back and let out a mighty howl that grabbed the forest in fear, but as the howl died down a lone shadow soared through the sky above the wolf.
"CATERVA!"
The shadow above Hades began to ascended down to him as the shadow landed on a nearby rock its true form was seeable the shadow was a abnormally large black crow the unusual thing was that it had deep red eyes.
"Caterva fly ahead of me when we travel but stay close as well we don't want any suspicion."
The crow known as Caterva let out a cry and flapped his wings and took off into the night sky circling Hades before heading north.
"So the journey begins for me…"
Hades took off at astonishing speed before disappearing in a beam of black and red lighting, a excruciating boom echoed the forest and shook the earth and he was gone.