One day in the land of the forest spirit, the world would change. It was like no other, just another sunset. The sky was light, but the sun was going down, filling the land with wonderful colors. the green trees reflected the orange light and the hills beyond reflected purple. Many different types of flowers lay everywhere, swaying in the soft, gentle breeze. Herons and smaller birds dipped and dived at bugs in the sparkling water while fish swam around peacefully at the lake.
While that was happening, the forest was suddenly dying in another area. Trees suddenly turned brown and wilted, flowers shriveled up and died, and anything the creature touched turned brown with death. A blood curdling scream came up from the trees from the demon trudging beneath. Anyone would think of it as an ordinary deer except the fact that it had black, squishy, worm like things sprouting from every part in its body. The dear screamed and a wave of blood roared out of its mouth.
Suddenly an arrow shot out of the woods with deadly accuracy and went straight through the deer's neck. It embedded itself deep in a tree as the deer's head broke off and landed on the ground with a thud. The deer's body fell down with the head and the worm things turned to a disgusting black goo.
Kateo came bounding out of the brush on top of his wolf brother Jet. Kateo jumped off and examined the remains before the flesh burned away to just bone. "This is the fourth one this week, last week. What is going on"? He looked to his brother who's massive ears were swiveling around to see if there were any more nearby. "I don't know what is going on, but at this rate our dinner will turn into a demon", the Percheron sized wolf said in Kateo's mind. Kateo growled in frustration, he hated not knowing things.
Jet felt his frustration and nuzzled Kateo's arm, "Lets go check on the humans before we go home to bed. Maybe we can get this out of our heads if we know they are safe". Looking down at the wolf, Kateo saw that his brother was as worried as he was. He smiled and gently scratched the wolf's snout.
Looking over the valley on the peak of the cliff was Kateo's favorite views. Behind him Jet lay with his head up and his tail hanging over the cliff edge. The forest ended at a large lake that spread out, glittering in the silver moonlight. In the middle was a large island with lots of rice growing fields and a small village in the center. Beyond that were snowy mountains and the rest went into the sea. The giant island was hidden from any human and if one of their ships reached the magical borders, it would end up at the other side so there was no penetration from the outside. The boundaries also kept the bad air out and the sky as clear, other than the occasional clouds that blew in with purified wind. The boys loved looking over the valley because there was never any problems. The land was well guarded and the humans knew what they needed to do and where not to go.
One of the real reasons Kateo liked it up there was it gave him time to think. Sometimes he would figure out things that puzzled him, solutions to problems, or sometimes lost memories. Kateo sometimes pulled out bits and pieces like maybe a voice or some blurry image of the other life he had. The clearest was a face, slightly blurry, but mostly clear. It was a man holding him as a baby and silently speaking words of comfort to Kateo. The man had sea green eyes and black hair like Kateo did, but the man had a shadow of a beard and an orange T-shirt. He had no idea who the guy was or what his name was, but Kateo felt a connection to him.
Lost in thought, Kateo didn't remember staring until something caught his eye. One of the houses in the village was glowing green even though the humans always went to sleep on time. "Jet do you see that"? Jet had his eyes fixed on the window. "Someone is down there and doing something and it doesn't look or sound like meditating", the giant wolf thought. "Maybe we should go tell Mother, maybe she will know what that means", Kateo said, jumping on Jet's back. Jet then ran towards the cave they called home.
When they got there, Moro was up on the top of the cave, looking over the forest. The silver wolf jumped down when she saw Jet bounding up the rocks without getting tired at all. "Boys, you are home early, how was hunting? Did you shoot down anything special, or just squirrels"? "No, we got another demon", said Kateo jumping off of Jet, "Something is going on and I don't like it. Not only that, but we saw some green light from one of the houses. We need to check it out, maybe it has something to do with the…" Kateo stopped because Moro began licking his hair. He just stood there and everything tense about him relaxed. All of the things zipping around in his brain drained away into black nothingness. Ever since he was a baby, it always affected him the same way for some reason.
"Don't worry about this boys. I will talk to Okkoto tonight and try to clear this up. Now go to bed, you can check on the humans tomorrow", Moro thought and nudged Kateo toward the cave entrance. "Alright", Kateo agreed sleepily and Jet followed him. Moro tried to lick the black wolf, but he backed away in time. The rest of the night was quiet and safe, no demons, no weird lights, just quiet darkness.
The next morning the boys headed straight for the village. They never used the strip of land that the other guardians used, instead they went over the water. Kateo had this special power that allowed him to control water, even walk on it. Whenever he was on Jet, the wolf could walk across water also.
Without any problems, Jet bounded across the water and onto the island. They both walked around and quietly checked for anything suspicious. Nothing, everyone was acting normal, going out their ordinary lives. Men and women were working in the rice field, talking to each other, or meditating.
"Good morning Kateo, I haven't seen you in a while", piped a voice behind him. When he turned around he saw his favorite human in the entire village. Her name was Velen, she had blonde hair and blue eyes. Her features were a little elfish, but she was kind and smart. She taught Kateo how to read, write, and sew. She also told stories about where she came from. She told him that she was born in Virginia, but went to a place called Camp Half Blood before she came to the island. She never told Kateo about his past in fear that he or her son Clive might want to go there someday in search of their fathers.
Standing at her side was Clive, Kateo's ex-best human friend. The boy was younger than Kateo and shorter with his mother's blue eyes, but had brown hair. He had a mischievous grin and a long nose that stuck out of his round head. Kateo and Clive used to hang out and talk about their future and stories about some civilization called "Ancient Greece". They had stopped being friends when Clive began plotting against Moro and the forest.
"Well, well, well, if it isn't wolf boy. Hello Wolf Boy, have you been howling to the moon lately"? Clive taunted and let out a mocking howl that sound nothing like a wolf. "Silence", Jet snapped, causing Clive to jump three feet back, "Don't you ever speak to a member of the wolf clan like that human. You are already on a thin line so don't push your limits or I will have to kill you". Clive just smiled fiendishly and pursed his lips in mocking pity. The giant wolf growled and walked over to check a bowl that was sitting around with some weird liquid. "Clive that is enough. Please do not mock the great beasts. I don't want to lose you like the way I had to leave your father behind", his mother tuned in, voice shaking. Clive chuckled, "Don't worry mother, you will see father again soon, just be patient and I can make it happen".
Kateo was confused until he heard Jet think, "flame bruel". Kateo then spotted Clive's plan to late. He pulled on a string which started a fast and clever system of string, stones, and wood. It separated into three different systems that caused one to pour a barrel full of flame bruel all over some loose logs on the roof above Jet. The last two caused the logs to burst into flames and roll of the roof. "NO", yelled Kateo and he pushed his brother out of the way of the flaming logs. Kateo wasn't as fortunate as Jet, he was crushed by flaming logs. One landed on his leg and pinned him under, causing the bone to break. He screamed in pain and flame bruel seeped onto his leg and burned like acid through his deer skin pants.
Jet saw what was happening and went to help Kateo. Before he could reach the burning log a booming sound erupted nearby and something pierced Jet's shoulder. The wolf fell on his side and whined in pain as blood began to stain the stone pathway.
A crowd gathered around murmuring and staring in shock at something behind the burning wood. Then the log suddenly got heavier and the tip of an M16 appeared in front of his vision. Behind the black gun stood Clive, completely ignoring the flames, smiling wickedly down at Kateo. The wolf boy was in too much pain to think about how Clive got the gun, but he was able to quietly pull out his boar tusk knife when Clive wasn't looking. "Say goodbye Kateo, I will make sure you stay dead".
Before Clive could pull the trigger, Kateo slashed at the gun with his knife and the boar tusk cut right through the metal, which disintegrated into sand. The bullet went in his left shoulder, but he ignored the lightning speed, Kateo grabbed his bow, nocked an arrow and shot it at Clive. Clive was lucky the arrow didn't take his head off like it was supposed to, instead it went straight through his shoulder.
Jet finally got over some of the pain from his bullet wound and jumped at Clive. In hesitation, the boy grabbed a bucket full of black liquid and threw it on top of the giant wolf. The black stuff seemed to spread along the wolf and pull him under a puddle. Clive looked at Velen who had fainted from shock. He chuckled and walked over to Kateo, putting his leg up on the log like he did before. "You know Wolf Boy, my mother has always thought fondly of you, compared me to you. I have always been jealous of you and your life, living with wolves, eating meat, and getting to do whatever you want. Now I am more powerful than you and I know more than you. I don't have to kill you right now, I want you to feel fear of the world". He then poured the same liquid on top of Kateo. Then there was complete darkness, and Kateo couldn't breath as the ink surrounded him and took him away.
Finally I can get this chapter posted. I hope you enjoyed it and what do you think of the characters? I would love to hear your comments about them and any feedback about the story. Enjoy and keep dreaming my friends.