Chapter 2

"I'm in an ocean?"

Drake chuckles and says, "Yes, you are. Where else do you think you would be?"

"Oh, I don't know, maybe DRY land!"

"Wow… you're pretty rude."

"Yeah, well that's old news. Something new would be if you told me that I'm a flipping fish!"

Drake sighs and says, "Fine… you're a fish. There, happy?"

Alex growls slightly and says, "I wasn't being serious!"

As they continue swimming, Drake asks, "So… are you always this rude to others or is this a new thing?"

Alex sighs and, looking away from Drake, he says, "I… I… I'm so-"

"Orca!"

Drake suddenly disappears, leaving Alex alone. "Well great… this is just freaking great."

He continues to swim along, not sure where he's going. That's when he hears a very loud noise behind him. He turns his head… and sees six very large black and white… animals coming after him.

"Oh crap!" He swims as hard as he can, but the things were faster than him. Faster maybe, but being too big has…

One of the mammals suddenly appears underneath him, totally destroying his plan. "Well… crap."

"Hey… what are you?"

Alex turns to the one on his left and, deciding he was going to die anyways, he says, "I was… I was a wolf… I'm just trying to… to save someone."

"Oh, so you're the one the spirit told us about."

Surprised, Alex asks, "What spirit?"

"She told us that you needed help in rescuing someone. She said we were supposed to lead you to India."

"Oh… well… then thank you. So… which way is India?"

The mammals turn and lead Alex towards India… not like he was actually close to it.

After thirty minutes, Alex asks, "So… what are you?"

"We're orcas. The wolves of the sea."

"Ah… well I'm a wolf… just not right now."

One of the orcas laughs, but doesn't say anything. Alex decides it's best to remain quiet… being these creatures could actually eat him if they wanted.

"So… what's a wolf doing in the ocean?"

"Um… Aniu pushed me," responds Alex nervously.

"Oh… makes sense I suppose."

As the conversation ended, one of the orcas says, "Dry land spotted. Ok wolf, just swim straight ahead. And try not to die."

Alex nods and swims towards the coast. He could still hear the orcas, but they were getting farther and farther away.

As soon as he made his way up to dry land, he found himself unable to breathe. He coughs and struggles to breathe, but nothing is working. He tries to say something, hopefully to get Aniu's attention.

That's when he hears his bones shifting. But hearing it wasn't as bad as feeling it. He wanted to scream as his legs snapped back into place, but being unable to breathe made that impossible.

He felt his lungs reshape and the gills around his neck form back together… and now being able to breathe, he began to scream in pain.

As his back legs ripped out of his skin, he passed out.

When he came to, he noticed that it was dark. When he had climbed out of the water, it had been day still.

"Wow… I've been out for a while…" he says with a yawn.

He decides to get his adventure going again so he starts to walk into the jungle. Right before he even reaches the edge, Aniu appears in front of him.

"Great… are you going to push me again?"

She rolls her eyes and says, "No, I'm actually preventing you from going into the jungle."

"Why? I swam with orcas and sharks so I think the jungle will be perfectly fine."

"Yeah, but they knew not to attack you… well… the orcas did. But in that jungle, the animals don't know about leaving you alone. They may just kill you for food or because you're different."

"Great, I'm getting killed because I'm different. Thanks for the vote of confidence."

"What I am trying to tell you is that these animals have never seen a wolf, but they have seen dogs so… they may confuse you for a dog."

"Now I'm getting confused for a-"

"Oh shut up and sleep on the beach. When morning comes, head through the jungle."

Taken aback by what she said, Alex simply stares at her in surprise.

"What?"

Chuckling a bit, Alex says, "Nothing, nothing."

He walks towards the cliff wall before making a bed for himself by digging. Once his bed was finished, he curls up in it and falls asleep.

As he opens his eyes, he sighs heavily. "Great, a dream."

He walks around and notices that he's still in India. "Ah, good job dreams. Thanks for updating."

As he walks, a rather long animal slithers down from the treetops. "Um… even I'm confused at what that thing is."

It slithers down to the ground and, looking at him, it says, "I am Kala and-"

"Kala? Like 'I fell and broke my Kala bone'?"

Kala simply looks at him and says, "I can crush you."

"Yes, and I can run really fast."

Kala suddenly asks, "How is that a threat against me?"

"Because by the time you decide you're going to crush me, I'll be halfway through the jungle laughing."

Kala chuckles before launching his attack, grabbing hold of Alex's chest. He wraps himself around Alex and, continuing to laugh, he asks, "So… how are you going to run now," and he starts to squeeze.

"I… oh… I…"

"Alex!"

Alex suddenly wakes up and, looking at Aniu, he asks, "What is it?"

"Python."

Growling slightly, he asks, "Why does everyone say the animal? I don't know what a python is!"

"Okay, a giant snake that can crush you is coming and you need to run!"

Deciding that was a little too much information about the python, he gets up and, spotting the snake at the far end of the beach, he's about to run… but he suddenly stops.

Looking at the snake, he asks, "Kala?"

The snake stops and, raising its head, it asks, "How… How do you know my name?"

"Well… oddly enough, you were in my dream."

Kala simply stares at him and asks, "Alex?"

Aniu simply stares at Alex and says, "I don't want to know how you know this, but you need to get out of here."

"In a minute, I'm talking to Kala."

Sighing heavily, Aniu decides that it's probably best to just watch and see what will happen.

Alex sits down and asks Kala, "So, how come you're on the beach?"

"Because in my dream, you said you were on the beach."

"I figured, but how come you're here? I mean, did you want to talk or-"

"In my dream, I tail-pegged you."

Not knowing what that is, Alex asks, "Oh… what's that?"

"Basically, I shoved my tail straight up your-"

"I'm done."

Alex suddenly turns and starts to walk away.

"Where are you going?"

"Away."

"Okay…"

Stopping, Alex turns and says, "I doubt this will ever happen, but if you ever encounter two wolves named Ryan and Kyle, I want you to eat one of them and keep the other for your… tail-pegging purposes."

Kala chuckles and says, "Alright… but why?"

"Oh, just because I don't like them."

Agreeing to what Alex said, Kala asks, "Where do they live?"

"Mexico."

Kala nods and heads off into the jungle.

Aniu looks at Alex and asks, "Why did you send that python after Ryan and Kyle?"

"Because Kyle tried to rape me and Ryan did the same. I'm just glad I came out of there unpenetrated. Thank God for teeth."

"I do not want to know what you mean by-"

"I grabbed Kyle by his scruff and threw him off of me. Ryan became afraid so I tackled him and cut him up. I didn't do anything with my mouth down below."

Aniu smiles and says, "Good, because if you did, you wouldn't be the Alex that I remember."

"And how do you remember me?"

"Passionate. You are very passionate. Hunter just wanted to mate with every female he saw, but you wanted one female to have pups with. Every time you saw a female, you fell in love with her… and you cried out to the stars when you found out Hunter already mated with her. When Balto left to save the children, you told Jenna-"

"If he isn't back in time, I'll go and look for him. True love shouldn't be shrouded in fog and mystery."

Aniu smiles and says, "And when Balto came back, you told Jenna to go see him. And she did. You were so sweet and nice. When my granddaughter ran off, you told Balto-"

"You better go after her or I will."

Aniu chuckles and says, "Exactly. But all the sudden, you changed. What happened?"

"Kodi happened."

"What do you mean?"

"He turned on me. He said I wasn't his uncle anymore. He told me that I was a monster and that I didn't deserve to live."

"Why would he tell you that?"

"Because… Because he found out that Dusty has a crush on me… and she licked my cheek. He got mad and… started hating me."

Aniu sighs and, placing a paw on Alex's shoulder, she says, "I'm sorry… Alex. When this is all over, I'll tell Balto to tell Kodi to apologize."

Alex smiles and, as he stands up, he starts to walk through the jungle.

Making his way through, he hears a loud roar… and fear floods his mind. His legs start to tremble and he starts to run as fast as possible.

"Oh God… Oh God… Oh God…"

Hearing another roar, he continues running.

"Why me? Why me? Why me?"

He had no idea how long he had been running, but he suddenly breaches the tree line and continues to run.

"Alex, you can stop now."

Alex skids to a halt and, as he slides along the dirt, he slides into a stack of crates.

Aniu rushes over and, seeing him, she starts to laugh. His hind legs were sticking straight up in the air as he rested on his chest and head.

"Are you… Are you okay," she managed to ask between laughs.

"Why does everything hurt?"

Aniu chuckles a bit and she walks over before moving one of the crates. He suddenly falls forward, landing on his back.

"Ow… that hurt…"

"Okay Alex, time for you to get going… I'll give you a minute to recover."

He smiles and says, "Thank you…"

Aniu simply vanishes into thin air, leaving Alex alone.