Chapter Two - - Report.

'Well you're certainly doing well.' the two young wolfos had removed themselves from the snow to run alongside the newcomer. 'What's your name?'

The Wolf sighed, hiding his panting, 'I don't have one.'

The wolves glanced at each other, saying nothing as the trod along, the freezing wind doing nothing to their skin. The silence turned awkward, the young wolfos put off by his response.

'I wasn't born, I was made. I never got a name.'

The thin pawed wolves seemed to accept this, much better than having no name by choice or lack of pack love. They trod along, the pups turning un-expectantly around a tree and staying there, breathing. The Wolf stopped, padding back to the two pups, panting heavily. The two chuffed lightly, and he growled absently - they were laughing at him.

'We have names,' the one on the right said, followed by the left, 'I'm LightPaw.'

'I'm LitheClaw.' The right finished.

The Wolf cocked his head to the side, the realising that the two - LightPaw and LitheClaw were twins. It wasn't unheard of, but it was still rare. The Wolf's ears swivelled to the direction they'd come from, but the twins didn't seem fazed. The Captain ambled past, barking in their direction, somehow knowing where they were.

'We have to go, we don't want that pale bitch coming after us.'

Whatever remnants of his human side that was left in him made him growl, before realising - with the help of a pointed glare from the Captain - that he merely meant female. Zelda was not his ally, but Link's. And the faster his wolf side realised, the better. Midna on the other hand… He chuffed, hoping his human counterpart took the right… mate.

The foursome loped swiftly through the barren landscape, heading towards the chasm between the peaks and the route to the Yetis. More wolves popped up, sentries watching, some of them galloping up and playfully tackling the two pups that flanked the Wolf. The Captain barked softly, lightly warning them that they were returning from a mission, and were not to be bothered until they talked to the Alpha.

Many more wolfos were spotted ahead, and the Wolf began to see the start of their world. There were quite a few mothers taking care of pups that were the same size or smaller than the one who'd fallen by the human guards. It made one wonder how short-handed they were if they were recruiting mere puppies. The ones flanking him were teen pups, but the one that fell… like the human equivalent of a three year old.

The Captain kept leading the way, only now could the Wolf see the Alpha's large form resting next to some puppies who were just smaller than his eye. He watched over them like a great-grandfather, eyes calm as they wrestled and yelped. He slowly moved his head off his paws, turning to face the Captain, not bothering to ask for a report. A moment passed and he let out a long breath.

'I knew it was too soon for him.'

There was a moment after the giant wolf said that where the whole mountain range seemed to go quiet, before slowly returning to life, as if asking for permission. Even the wind was softer against their pelts.

'So, you have made your way back to us.' The Alpha mused, gaze flicking over the Wolf before settling back on the pups, who hadn't stopped playing the whole time - they didn't know what happened. 'It's about time, we've come to a bit… a bit of a standstill with the other pack.'

'Bunch of flea-bitten mutts…' The Captain muttered, the Alpha either ignoring or not hearing his murmur.

'We've always had squabbles with the neighbouring pack, territory lines and food fleeing to the border…' He leaned his head to the side slightly, before turning his eyes back to the Wolf. 'Things have become worse though. Recently… LightPaw was sent to deliver a message to the other pack about a possible pack of humans treading into their land… We may not be allies, but their Alpha is my brother and we tend to rally against a bigger threat.'

The Wolf nodded, made sense. Even more so if the two brothers were close before splitting off to two packs. He fought the urge to lay down and listen to the large wolf's voice, it was low and sort of crackly, but it reminded him of someone. Who, he wasn't sure.

'At any rate, LightPaw made it into their land, flanked by their Captain's wingmen, only to find their eyes were no longer the proud crimson, but rather like dead trees.' The Alpha went silent, as if trying to register the idea himself. 'They did give him passage, as is custom, but brought him to a place where their best warriors lay in hiding. Sensing the danger a moment before he would have been in combat he sprang to his paws and made haste to me. Now, they grow as bold as to cross into our territory and try to pick us off. What happened to them I do not know. I cannot believe my brother is a part of it. Rivals we are, but never enemies, and certainly not without reason.'

Link's wolf side nodded slowly, understanding the confusion the alpha must feel. He kneaded the ground with his forest hued paws, claws crunching through the tiny snowflakes. He said he would join the Alpha when his human counterpart released him… but there was a lot for him to do before he even thought something like this would face him.

'You are joining us at a rather important time young one.' The Alpha smiled, just showing a sliver of teeth, 'The Captain will assist you in your assimilation into the Pack, same with LightPaw and his sister.'

The Wolf looked over at LitheClaw in shock. She was the stronger of the twins?

'There is also the matter of your name. It isn't as though we call you blue eyes all the time.' The Alpha chuffed, turning back to the puppies, leaving the Captain to roll his head - rolling one's wolf eyes is practically impossible - and motioned for the Wolf and the twins to follow him. A respectable distance from the Alpha, the Captain sneered.

'We could always call you "mutt".'

The twins chuffed loudly before darting forward, to keep up with the now hasty Captain. Leaving the 'mutt' to gape before charging after them.