A/N: HI everyone, it been awhile and it's good to be back! I still haven't recovered from my surgery but I'm able to start writing once again and now I present you with this new chapter which I am very excited about! Don't forget to fav, review my story and tell me what things you liked and what part you didn't! it really helps me write better chapters:)
On with the story:
Drops of rain softly fell from sky as strokes of lighting lighted it up every now and then. The wind blew strongly and hard across the land, moving the trees with every blow but not strong enough to shake them. Three figures could be seen among the tress as they walked under the moonless sky. One on them was bigger than the other two but he couldn't walk straight and trembled from one leg but he could maintain a slow pace as he followed his companions. One of two smaller ones had a black fur which suited the environment they were in perfectly and the last wolf was a she with a tan fur.
"if it weren't for those stupid bears, we would be in our den sleeping this storm off but NOOO they had come and try to invade our den! Freaking stupid bears." The big wolf known as Garth growled.
"and who's fault was it that they found us in the first place? Humm… let me guess, oh wait! I already know the answer! Garth." The tan furred wolf known as Kate said in a pissed off manner.
" a wolf's gotta go when a wolf's gotta go! It's not my fault they found me when I was answering nature's call! It could've happened to anyone of us!" he said blushing from embarrassment. This one of the few things he never thought would happen to him but he presumed wrongly.
"I don't think so, unlike you I'm always on my guard even when there is no threat near." Kate replied looking at him from over her shoulder.
"you say that now but you'll never know when danger strikes!" Garth said staring back at her.
"exactly! All the more reason to be prepared than being sorry!" Kate said slowing down a bit so garth could catch up.
"what if you weren't prepar…"
"BOTH OF YOU! STOP IT!" Dakota who had been quiet all this time said, causing the two to look at him blankly." Look What's done is done and it can't be undo! So Can we please forget everything and focus on finding some shelter to get out of this rain?" he said looking at Kate with pleading eyes.
Kate felt her insides twitch and straggle with the sudden guilt she felt. He was right. this argument was pointless and she knew in her heart that it wasn't Garth's fault too but she'd been too caught up with her messed up thoughts to see it." You're right Dakota." She said with flatten ears and a stare of shame in her eyes. Kate then looked at garth" I'm sorry Garth, I should've never blamed you from the start! It's just I've been really stressed out lately and it wasn't right to drop it on you." Kate said trying to keep her voice from shaking. As an ex-alpha, she wasn't used to apologizing to anyone except her family and now that she had become a Delta, she felt the feeling even less frequently than before! She had always been that perfect wolf and daughter her pack needed her to be and as future leader of the pack, she wasn't used to asking for forgiveness from someone who isn't even of the same pack as her.
"fine. Apology accepted. I'm sorry too. I will be more careful next time." Garth said looking away feeling uncomfortable talking about such private embarrassing subjects. Kate felt like he didn't mean what he said but the small smile on the side of his face, showed otherwise. The three of them nodded their heads as they walked along the road in peace and quiet.
After a long walk, the group reached a place where humans lived." Wow! What are those things?" Dakota asked with admiration in his voice.
Garth and Kate followed the direction he was pointing to and both answered at the same time" buildings!". They turned and looked at each other with their jaws wide open"how do you know about the dens which human use?" they asked simultaneously." Did Lilly tell you? Why?" again they both said at the same time. If Dakota hadn't interrupted them, they could've gone at it for Lupa knows how long but thankfully he did.
" Wow this has gone to a whole new level of awkwardness hehe hehe…" Dakota said smooch sounds to make them even more embarrassed. He knew both of them loved somebody else, but at the moment, it was the best way to make them stop arguing.
" stop it!" both of them snapped at the black wolf which only made him to laugh even harder seeing how red their faces were.
Finally, Garth stepped back and let Kate talk first." Yeah, Lilly used to tell me everything she learnt from her human related classes back in the day and you could say I picked up a few things from her." Kate said as her natural color returned to her face.
Garth nodded." Lilly has also been teaching me about human life ever since Delta school started." Garth said with a pinch of admiration for Lilly in his voice.
"so what should we do? Will we approach the humans in search of food or shelter or we take the long way around near the mountains?" Dakota said looking at snowy mountains not so far from them.
"humans?! Ha, we would be dead before we even get near that place. Haven't you heard all stories about those selfish monsters? The don't care about anything other than their kind and kill animals for fun! I rather trust my life to a mad wolf than ask humans for anything!" Kate growled with hatred.
"I don't know… don't get me wrong! I hate those human as much as you do but by choosing the mountain road, we are literary walking to the bear kingdom without permission and outnumbered." Garth replied sounding uncertain about this whole idea.
"arugh! Great here we go again." Dakota sighed as he listened to them arguing once again but he didn't last long." Hey guys, I'm ganna go wait under the stone bridge looking structure. Come there when you made up your mind." He said to them and began walking towards the human made bridge.
A/N: I'm sorry if this part has too many mistakes but I don't know much French and am using a translator for this. So to cover it up I wrote what I meant to write in {text}. from now on if you ever see one of these and couldn't understand what I wrote before it, you can read the original text from there.
"Bonjour Mr. Wolf. Vous avez l'air troublé. Ce qui semble être le problème? {hi Mr. wolf. You seem troubled. What seems to be the problem?" someone said from above a tree.
Dakota's eyes travelled up to where the voice was coming from. Right then he saw two figures drop down. One of down was a big bald goose with something like a walking stick in his hand and the other one was a yellow small duck with a leaf bag on his shoulder. Dakota could see some more stick heads standing out the bag.
"Non, pas vraiment. Moi et mes amis sont juste de décider de quelle manière nous devrions aller d'ici dessus dehors. {no, nothing really. me and my friends are just deciding on which way we should go from here on out.}" Dakota replied fluently in French.
"Ma-ma Qu'est-ce que nous avons ici? Un loup qui parle français et est bon à lui? !{ my-my, what do we have here? A wolf who can speak French and is good at it?}" said the old goose with excitement.
Dakota chuckled." Oui. Mais voulez-vous me dire pourquoi deux oiseaux sont jusqu'ici à l'écart de l'eau, parler à un loup ? Ne devrait pas être vous migrer vers un endroit plus chaud en cette période de l'année? {yes. but do you care to tell me why two birds are all the way out here away from water, talking to a wolf? shouldn't be you be migrating to some place warmer in this time of the year?}" Dakota asked.
"we should be migrating technically speaking but we are here to participate in the golf championships. as for your other queation. We just happen to find you guys by luck" The yellow duck said with a Canadian accent.
"what is this golf thing you speak of?" Dakota asked raising his eyebrow in confusion.
" ah, golf! It is one of the best creations of humankind. A sport! A test! A challenge of skill between the hand with a stick…" the goose said pointing to his wing." And the ball!" he said with a french accent pointing to a fairly round small pebble in the duck's hand.
" very interesting. Allow me to introduce myself; I'm Dakota from the newly untied pack of jasper." He said." And those are my friends right over there. Their names are Garth and Kate." He finished pointing towards the still never stopping arguinig wolves.
"I'm Marcel and this is Paddy. Nice to meet you Dakota." Marcel said pointing to the duck beside him.
"nice to meet you too." Dakota said.
"sir, can I talk to you in privte for a moment? It's really important." Paddy said pulling Marcel's wing.
Marcel wanted to stay but Dakota shook his head saying it was alright. So he went with him." what is it Paddy? Ne pensez-vous pas que le départ de notre client comme c'est désagréable ?{don't you think, leaving out guest like this is rude?}" Marcel said softly hitting the duck with his wooden golf club.
"*quack*!" Paddy yelped as he rubbed the back of his head hwere he had been hit and said" tell me if I'm wrong sir but I believe that she * ponits at Kate* is our old friend, Winston's daughter! Remember him? the leader of that Canadian pack in jasper?"
" you know what! I think you may be right Paddy but I remember them being French! Not Canadian." Marcel said nodding thoughtfuly.
"no they were Canadian sir." Paddy said.
"no they were French." Marcel replied.
"Canadian!"
"French!"
"CANADIAN!"
"THEY WERE FREN…"
This is were Dakota decided to step in." ehh guys it really doesn't matter wither we're French or Canadian but you got the part about Kate being Winston's daughter right." DaKota said pulling them apart.
" true, true. I see reason in our French friend's words Paddy boy." Marcel patting Dakota's shoulder." But this brings us to the question, why are you so far away from home?" he asked rubbing under his beak.
" ahh that's a long story! As for the short version, Kate, Garth got wolfnapped by humans along with their mates Humphrey and Lilly and I also got caught in the middle of it when I was drinking at the river." Dakota explained blushing while explaining the last part.
"hum… I see. Those human with their stupid idea's for repopulating has brought trouble to your kind once again but fear not. We may just have the right tool to help you guys out. Now let's meet you friends. I will explain everything then." Marcel said as he flew near to the unbelievably still arguing Kate and Garth.
"hello miss Kate, hello Mr. Garth. what do you say we forget about all this *which way to go* nonsence and follow us so we can show you a better way to get home, hum?" Paddy said shaking wings with the two very confused wolves.
" ehh, Dakota care to interdouce us to your new bird friends before Garth decids to eat them?" she said hitting Garth who was drooling while looking at the brids, in the back of his head.
"ouch that hurt!" Garth said rubbing the budge on his head.
"oh right, guys these two are Marcel and Paddy and they are also old friends of your father Kate." Dakota said pointing at each one as he introduced them.
"my father? Really?!" Kate asked with a surprised expression, shaking paws with Marcel and then Paddy.
"aww, look at you all grown up from the little pup you were to a beautiful alpha! I bet Winston is proud of having a daughter like you!" Marcel said pulling Kate into a hug with his big wings
"thank you for your kind words but I'm a delta now. So is my sister." Kate said with a smile as she hugged the big goose back.
"excuse me, a del what?" Paddy asked rising his wing.
"A delta, are a group of wolves who are specialized in combat mostly in defending, stealth skills such as infiltrating enemy bases, hunting targets regardless of their size and danger and leadership skills that are better than alphas in many ways." Garth explained.
"wait does this mean that you are now ranked higher than your pack leaders?" Marcel asked placing one of his small golf balls on the ground.
"yeah, I guess so. why?" Kate answered.
"nothing. It's not important, hehe hehe. Anyways, We should get back to the subject of getting you three home." Marcel said swinging his golf club in the air a few times.
"rrriiight, but how do you plan on helping us anyways?" Kate asked with a confused and curious expression.
"with that!" Marcel said hitting the ball. They watched it fly through the air and hit its target which was a cargo train.
"splendid. A tremendous shot indeed sir!" Paddy cheered clapping his wings as Marcel preformed a bow towards him.
"so what you're saying is, if, IF we get on board, then this train will just drop us at jasper? I don't think you noticed but humans usually don't give rides to wolves!" Kate said looking at the human who were loading some big boxes along with stacks of hay onto the train.
"leave that part to us. If we all work together, it will work. Trust me, I've done this for so many wolves other than you! You'd be surprised how blind some humans are." Marcel said with a weird goose laugh that made his neck bend all the way to his back which sounded more like a bird choking on his own breath to Kate's ears rather than a laughter." Augh! My back! It's gotten all cracked up again." marcel said grabbing his back." Change of plans, first we rest till I can move again then we will sneak you onto that train!" he said falling down to ground.
"Great! Just great! More time to waste! Dang it!" Kate sighed as she glanced over at the train one more time before going back into the forest; dragging marcel with her.' Just wait Humphrey, I will find you! I promise.' she thought as she walked into the depths of the unknown.
NOW WITH HUMPHREY: (THIS IS FROM HUMPHREY'S POINT OF VIEW!) _just felt like writing in first pov again XD cuz I didn't find the 3rd pov suitable for this part_
I slowly opened my eyes and realized I couldn't see anything. I groaned hardly as I rolled my stiff body to the side.' What?! Where am I?' I thought blinking a few times to clear my sight, but all I could see was blackness! I struggled to maintain my balance as I pushed myself up but failed miserably. A moan escaped my mouth as I fell down back to the ground. I didn't feel any pain. I didn't have any injuries either but my muscles for as hard as rock so I decided to rest for a bit. At least, till I got the strength to stand up again.
As I was resting I heard some footsteps coming from far away. I was blind and my healing powers weren't working so I had to use my ears instead. I lifted them towards where I heard the footsteps and waited as they got stronger and stronger and then they stopped.
"Ahh I see you've finally woken up. Good, the king will see you shortly. I suggest you don't move around a lot until your nerve system become completely functional again." said a soft girly voice. Everything went silent for a moment then I heard her start to leave the room. "wait! where am i? what happened to winged wolf? Where is Lucifer?! Answer me!" Humphrey demanded getting frustrated for not being able to see anything.
"what are you talking about?! Take it easy there, big guy. You were probably hallucinating. Everyone does it when they first come here. Now, I will come back for you in a little while. I just have to inform the king of your awaking first." She said and then footsteps could be heard once again.
I didn't protest this time. I was too shocked to say anything at all!' was it really all made up in my mind? Have I gone mad or something? But… but the stiff body and the feeling… what is going on here? Lupa damn it! I knew this was a bad idea from the get-go. Augh I should've taken my chance when I had it but noooo… let's learn about some stupid wolves trapped in this painting. It will be interring! Humph! I really need to be more careful next time or else I could really end up dying.' Humphrey thought as he tried to find the nearest wall.
'keep it together Humphrey! You still need to find Lilly and get out of here ASAP, but is this the right choice? Shouldn't I be playing it safe when I'm blind and lost in Lupa knows where?! Damn it! I'm getting both paranoid and crazy at the same time.' Humphrey thought as his head bumped into a wall and the smell of the wall-material stuff filled his nose the soil smelt like the one back at the tunnel when my apparently unreal fantasy session happened.' Good, at least I now know somewhat that I'm still in the tunnels.' I thought as I began walking along the wall but ended up hitting another wall after only taking 10 steps.
'okay note to myself: Use those freaking paws next time!' I thought, rubbing my now scratched nose till the pain went away. I started to walk along the other wall and just as expected I hit a third wall.' Am I inside a cell or something? 'I thought now losing hope a finding a way out.
I sighed and hopelessly began to walk along the last wall almost sure that I would hit some bars or something. After the fifth step I felt a warm liquid touch my paw. I yelped withdrawing my paw.' What was that?' I raised my paw to my face sniffing it only to get hit by the stench of blood.
'did they bring me food or something? Man I haven't eaten anything since last night. If you could call that green sticky stuff food that is!' I thought remembering the little meal I shared with the nameless pup. my stomach began growling from hunger. I open my mouth to take a bite but suddenly realize something.' What if they drugged this meat with something?' was that even possible? I didn't know, but I didn't want to get drugged again! I already had enough trouble being momentarily blind; how dare they even think of such acts?! Who do those murderers think they are!?'. I don't know why but I got really angry all of a sudden.
I felt something trigger inside of me; a sudden surge of energy ran through my body. even though it wasn't as strong as the one I felt while I met Dean and Homefree, it moved my body a quite a bit. I felt my heart pump blood much faster than before and my bones grow along with my skin and other parts changed to match the growth but my teeth remained the same. All the stress and pain in my body went away as my eyes changed to their signature color of gold and with that the transformation finished.
"Ahh much better. Guess this power of mine does look out for my heath condition and triggers when it needs to! huh, it did activate on its own when I got angry and felt hungry. that's good to know." I said out loud to myself. I noticed that I could see with my eyes after the change.' Ok then now let's see what did they brought me.' I thought eager to chow down. Becaluse with my enhanced sense of smell I knew the blood was pure
I almost puked when I saw the bloody figure in front of me. it was the three legged pup!
"those good for nothing bastards! What have they done to you?!" I growled with anger. Just seeing the innocent pup like that made me want to slice their throats. His whole body was a bloody mess of cuts and claw marks! As if someone tore open every scar he had! I culd even see a broken bone sticking out of his cut off leg.
My emotions got a hold of me. I claw my arm, letting the healing process began from the biggest wound.' I shouldn't be helping him! if I do, those who have imprisoned me here will know of my powers and my chance to escape will be ruined but I can't bring myself to let him die; he is too innocent for this kind of life! Maybe I can bring him with me? humm… I'm sure Winston wouldn't mind letting him join the pack, right? I mean I was adopted into their family so why couldn't they adopt him? yeah I'm pretty sure they can take care of him.' I thought as I bleed over his wounds with happiness because now I knew I could help him get a better life!
As I healed him, I noticed that it didn't burn me from the inside like when I was healing Lilly but then again, I wasn't physically touching the pup unlike the time I healed her.' Humm… let's try out this theory.' I thought bringing my paw near his mouth so his teeth were touching my blood. Right then I felt a sharp sting in my arm running its way through my body making me feel slightly uncomfortable. I then removed my hand from his mouth and the pain went away as well.' Hum... that's Interesting, good to know.' I thought continuing to heal him.
I had healed most of his outside wounds when I noticed that the once broken bone in his cut off leg looked a little bit longer.' No way! did I really just did that?! but how is this even possible? These powers are truly god like.' I thought smiling with excitement because this meant I could help a lot of wolves who had lost eyes or limbs; If I could escape with my life that is. And now I had to take the pup along with me because it's not every day you see a wolf regrow a leg!
I sighed looking down at the little pup. his body was good as new! Heck if you didn't know he had lost his leg, you couldn't tell there was scare there in the first place! Even that would be gone in a day or two but the same couldn't be said about his soul. I knew from experience once you lose everyone you love, you can never forget the pain and agony. I was really lucky Kate found me that day. if she hadn't, I would probably still be trying to get revenge on those wolves; all messed up and would have never found out I had a brother nor the fact that my parents had survived.
A light bulb switched on top of my head 'that's it! I finally figured it out! I finally get it why I feel so close to him because him and I are so alike! He's felt the same kind of pain I felt and maybe even more but he didn't have anyone to comfort him. that's why I feel so petty for him and am so focused on saving him.' I thought looking down at the pup. now that he was fully healed and his fur was regrown, he was sleeping like little angel which brought a smile on my face.
I noticed that unlike my imagination he wasn't completely grey furred and there were small spots of black on his back which went down along his body and his newly generated back-right paw was completely black as well. I covered him with the only a halved leaf which I found in the corner of the small cove and walked out to the unknown." Just hold on I will come back to get you."
CHANGE OF POV: THIRD PERSON WITH Lilly _don't worry we will have more first Pov's in the near future! I promiseee:p_
Lilly waked up shivering from the cold surface she was sleeping on. Her eyes flickered open as she scanned the environment around her. She looked at the walls of a small cave with confusion trying to remember how she got here but nothing came to mind.' Where am I? the last thing I remember was… augh… I was trying to hunt some food and all of sudden everything went black. Speaking of food, I'm really starving too!' she thought and her grumbling stomach confirmed it.
Lilly heard some heavy breathing from the corner of the cave and when she looked up, she froze in her place. The cove was actually really small! She could even see opening from here but the problem was a big black wolf was guarding or rather sleeping at the entrance with a lot of scars all over his body representing the battle's he had been in. 'shoot! my way out ticket is right there but that big wolf is blocking my way!' she thought trying to find a way to escape.' Fighting is out of options. Even though Garth has taught me some moves I couldn't possibly take on a wolf that size! Not yet at least. Maybe I can sneak past him… hummm… that could work. He does look like a heavy sleeper. If I put make my steps carefully and be careful to not step on any leaves, I could easily walk past him with all the noise he is making. Yeah! I should do that.' she decided moving to a stealthier position than she was before, slowly making her way to the entrance of the cove.
She tried to calm her body down but the shivering wouldn't go away. she felt something claw insides of her throat making breathing very hard for her. Even though Lilly knew this feeling was unreal, it still didn't stop her from trembling. She was scared! Of course she was! Who wouldn't be if they were in her place? Dragged away from her family and pack, lost, hungry, wounded and now all alone. How could this get any worse?
Lilly regretted what she thought about how this couldn't get any worse because as soon as that thought passed her mind, a wind blew and drove some leaves into the cave, covering the floor and making it impossible for her to escape and precisely making everything worse! The amount of leaves which were driven into the cave were so many that Lilly doubted she could place a step forward without smashing a dead leaf under her paw and even though her prison guard looked to be out cooled, she wasn't sure if she could make it without him waking up.
'I just had to open my big moth and challenge fate to make things harder for me didn't it! Now how am I supposed to get out of here?' Lilly thought stumping her tail on the ground lightly. She noticed a few leaves take off into the air as her tail hit the ground and suddenly she got an idea!
'I don't know if this works like I think it does but I guess, it's worth a shot.' She thought with hope turning her back and began spinning her tail clockwise as fast as she could. Slow a current formed from her action blowing the leaves out of the cave. A smile of pride was pulled on lily's lips. for once in her life not only she had used her brains to figure out a plan but actually she had succeeded in preforming it! It may seem small to the achievements of her sister but hey this was her little victory and she had every right to be happy at this moment.
After clearing out a path, she wasn't nervous or scared anymore. It could've been the andornalie in her blood or it could've been the sashaying feeling she felt in her gut but whatever the reason was; she was going to use it and get out of this place once and for all.
Lilly crouched slightly and step by step started to walk past the sleeping wolf. She slowly inhaled before taking a step and exhaled before taking another trying to be as quite a possible because she knew even though Kate and her used to play *hunt the caribou*_ basically the tag game they play in the beginning of the movie_ all the time, she never caught Kate! She acutely couldn't because she was too good in hiding her scent or using the environment as camouflage and other things she didn't even know about so she used whatever tip she learnt from that time to her advantage.
She had passed more than the half of the way when something unexpected happened. It wasn't her fault that her stomach had growled demanding for food in exactly the worst time possible! Poor Lilly didn't even have time to reacted before the now fully awake gurad jumped on her knocking her out cold with the strike of her paw once again!
The last thing she felt was a sharp pain in the back of her head and feeling a warm liquid dripping down all the way to the back of her neck before she fell unconscious.
CHANGE OF POV: Flame's POV_ so yeah a lot of switching we have in this chapter but it's really mercenary because I have to move everything forward at the same time for this to work out. You will see what I mean in the next or maybe next next chapter when …_
Flame stood silently looking straight forward as he listened to Sarah explain what was about to happen to almost literally any wolf that could walk in our pack. everyone had come to wish them good luck with their mission. Nearly over a hundred wolves had gathered at the base of the snow covered mountain which they called heaven to wish them luck; that was about more than 90% of their pack. Sarah was standing on a fairly flat looking platform a bit above others. You would imagine she needed to shout on top of her lungs so everyone could hear what she was saying but in fact she was speaking like how she normally would because everyone was very quiet! So quite that you could even hear a fly flapping its wings. you could also hear the wind making its way through the crowd, taking Sarah's voice along with its way.
"my people, a long time ago before we named this place our home, we lived up far in the North Where our fathers lived and their fathers lived before them but due to a series of unfortunate events *Sarah pauses to look over the crowed, gulping to clear her throat* we got erased from the face of the earth by the hands of our enemies but thanks to Lupa's blessing, we were brought back from the heavenly lands and this time with even more strength running through our vines.* gives the crowd a comforting smile and the crowd bursts into confirming chatters* and now we have found our hero, our true leader, the fate holder, and it is our duty to make sure he gets back to where he belongs which That's right beside us.* the crowd erupts into cheering for a short while* as some of you may know from scot's report, Humphrey our leader has been taken hostage by the minions of the Dark King therefore we have assembled a special task force which I think with saying this, I'm talking for everyone and we all know that they are up to the task. they are to infertile the enemy's base, retrieve and escort Humphrey back to pack territory. They will depart in two days' time so I suggest you use that time to finish any unfinished business you have with them. Thank you. That will be all." she said stepping off the platform.
Flame stood there without even moving a muscle. He's mind was at another place. Ever since he had that fight with Sarah he's just not been the same! Sarah was his best friend maybe even more than that, she was like his little sister and it hurt him as much as it hurts with Humphrey when he sees any of them in pain or discomfort. He still hadn't figured out why she was mad at him in the first place. Whatever is was, he wanted to make it up to her before he left because as much as flame had faith in himself and his comrades, he knew this was going to be one heck of break in especially if that one eyed bastard was there as well. That wolf alone has the power of hundreds and experience of thousands.
"eeh… flame are we done here? Because If you don't mind I would like to go back and check on Aurum, she's been having trouble sleeping all week because of the pups! Those little devils have a energy of a wild moose!" Argentum said smiling at the thought of his family.
Flame came back to the real world which caused his head to snap at Argentum _or Rg for short_ in a weird way." What did you say?!" he said louder than he intended to.
"I'm sorry I shouldn't have asked. Never mind!" Rg said taken back by flame's voice.
"oh no, I didn't mean to snap at you! I was just caught up in my own thoughts and didn't quite hear you." Flame quickly explained, regretting for snapping at him.
"hey it's alright! I understand. With your brother being held in that dreadful place and everything that has been going on around the pack. it's only natural to be stressed." Argentum said with a nervous laugh.
Flame sighed loudly putting his thoughts away for the moment." Yeah, I guess you're right. I swear sometimes I'm MORE worried about Humphrey's life than he is himself! Kate, is all he can think about these days." Flame said staring at the ground for a bit and then brought his head back up." So what did you want anyways?" he asked trying to avoided the subject of *Kate* because he didn't want to explain everything once again and get shouted at for breaking pack law.
Argentum seemed to catch on what Flame was trying to do and decided to not push him." oh right, I wanted to know is it okay with you if I spend the next two days with Aurum and the pups?" he asked with a big grin on his face which made him look a bit like Humphrey; at least in Flame's eyes.
"oh of course you can. I mean, it's your free time! And it's up to you to decide what you want to do with it. Not me. heck you can even ask to not participate in this mission if you want to! you know taking notice of your family's condition, you have every right not to… " Flame was interrupted by him.
"tsk tsk tsk Flame since when have I ever backed off from a mission?! Like since never! Flame you've helped me with so many things throughout my life that I am forever indebted to you. Plus, I hold you dear to my heart as if you were my brother And this is Humphrey we're talking about for Lupa's sake! Your brother, our leader, you think I would miss out on this?! Like no freaking way!" he said shaking his head in disapproval.
"sorry I didn't mean to upset my apparently new little brother." You're right. I just didn't want you to feel like you had no choice but to come with us but now I know you can handle it." Fame said slyly hit him in the shoulder.
"it's alright, I understand. You should get some rest as well. You've not been yourself since you got back." Rg said returning the punch.
"I know. Don't worry about me, I've just been really stressed these days." Flame said." Now come on go! you don't want to keep Aurum waiting, she might bite off your tail for doing so." Flame said with a chuckle.
Rg grasped , his face Turing white as if he saw ghost and in the blink of an eye, he began running like his tail deepened on it which made Flame burst out laughing.
Flame's laughter, slowly turned into a grin. Flame felt happy about how much have Argentum and Aurum had changed since they joined the pack. he stared at him until he could only see the small trail of dust as it dropped to the ground and thought about how he was the one who found them when they were only one month old.
After Flame and them finished their search for any other possible survivors, he had brought them along with him to join the pack. even though they weren't originally from the pack, somehow the temple accepted them as its guardians and they have been living with the pack ever since. just a few months ago, they fell in love which it was quite obvious to everyone except them! And In the end, on one normal moonlight howl, some of Argentum friends dared him to ask her out to the howl and he being the one wolf who never backed down from a dare did so and you can guess the rest.
Flame urged himself out of his thoughts because there were more important matters to attend to." Mark!" he said calling for the third and last person in their squad who was temporary filling Aurum's place. Flame felt both happiness and sadness about her condition. He felt happy because she now had a family of her own which she deserved very much but at the same time she felt sad because with Giving birth to her two adorable pups, she couldn't help them with their mission and even though it was very brutal and selfish of him to think this way, he couldn't help it.
"Yes sir! How may I be of help?" Mark responded like how a solider would talk to his commander.
"well how about you first drop that respect carp and talk normally to me? you think you can do that?" Flame asked.
" yes sir! I can do that si..r.." Mark said biting his tongue at the end, upon realizing that he had messed up.
" And you did it again!" he sighed, rolling his eyes.
"sorry si… err I mean… sorry about that… Flame. Better?" Mark said blushing from embarrassment. He wasn't used to talking like this to higher ups at all.
"better," Flame nodded. "now tell me, when you were following my brother out there; did you happen to see him with a white female wolf about this high* shows the high with his paw* and a really well kept mane which is covering one of her purple set of eyes?" Flames askes describing Lilly's characteristics.
"Jeezz! Flame you really got detailed there, I suppose you really know her don't you?" Mark said but quickly realized he had stepped over a line when he saw Flame scowling at him." I'm sorry! Didn't meant to make you angry or anything I just…," Flame raised his paw making him stop at his words, while he rubbed his temples with the other." It's alright. You don't know what happened but she is kind of my responsibility long with a few other wolves from now on and we kinda have to go for her too if we go in for Humphrey." Flame said scratching the back of his ear as he looked away to cover the shame he felt in his heart.
"okaaay… then. I'll trust what you think is right. Humm… let me see. They did bring in a few prisoners. Two of them had brown furs so they couldn't be her. Then there were two white pelted one's but I really didn't pay attention to their eye's or gender and both of they were in pretty bad shape but no wounds. So maybe she's one of them." He said with a hopeful smile.
"yeah, maybe…" Flame said with a low voice knowing that the chances of her even reaching the base were pretty slim. He hated himself for abandoning her but he really had no choice! If he hadn't left her there, he would still be stuck there and Humphrey would also be stuck in Dark King's claws but now they had a chance! Even if it was small but at least, it was something!
"Flame are you okay? You look like you haven't slept at all last night. Wait are you sick?" Mark asked putting his paw on Flame's forehead.
"stop acting like my mother! I'm fine!" Flame harrumphed blowing his hand of his forehead.
"fine, shheeesh! What's the matter with you! I just don't want to fail in this mansion and as a friend I am worried about your health. That's all"
Mark said rubbing the back of his paw where Flame had scratched him.
"I know and thank for caring but seriously I'm fine! Why does everyone think otherwise?!" Flame growled angrily.
Mark wanted to say ' because you are definitely not ok' but the death glare on Flame's face suggested otherwise. So he kept his mouth shut.
"that will be all. now if you don't have any more checkups for me, I like to go and prepare for my mission." Flame said grumpily as he took off into air and towards the top of the mountain.
A/N: so am I the worst evil person you've ever met to leave three cliffhangers in one chapter? Well yes in matter of fact I am the evilest author you'll ever meet but worry not my friends because I'm In middle of spring break right not and have a lot more time to get into the next chapter.
By the way, I'm really sorry about the delay on the recent chapters. I'm just trying out new method of describing people in this story and I haven't even scratched the surface of how to use dialogs properly. So bear with me as we progress throughout this story.
I love ya all! thanks for waiting all this time! You are the reason I'm still here.
see ya next time
Peace in, love out