He howled in grief to the sky, collasping from saddness. It was Giga, and she just lay there with her throat torn open. Why'd it have to be Giga? He thought in pain.
"You need to learn how to survive. You have depended on your mothers fur and milk for too long." She growled. "What about Fern? Will she die? I need her!" Storm yipped in pain. She smacked him hard on the head with her tail. "She may die, and your upset because you need her to protect you? She may die from protecting you!" She snarled. She then went silent, and ducked her head down. Her greasy black fur trembled from something Storm didn't uderstand. "Look, I'm sorry." She said. "Come, I must show you something." She ran him until they reached a freshly marked border. "Eww, what is that smell?" Storm asked, wrinkling his snout. "Barkinra pack" She answerd, with a hunger in her voice. "This is what is called a border. You can cross at all times, unless importent reasons. Here you will learn news from them by small talk, scent, or urine." She stopped. "Smell that tree. What can you see in your head?" She orderd Storm. He closed his eyes, taking slow, deep breaths in. He saw a vison of 5 healthy pups bouncing around, surrounded by adult wolfs. There was a big, muscular wolf who was proud. He had these pups with a wolf who was weak from giving birth. "There is a wolf, bigger then the rest, with another weak wolf. They are surrounded by pups." He told her what he saw. She continued to tell him the law of the wolfs. Then, out of nowhere, a slender, muddy brown coated wolf leaped out of a bush and knocked down Giga. He licked her face, slowly going down to her neck. Giga knocked him off with a powerful smack of her paw, and he looked very hurt. "We are aloud on here. It is the law of Lone Wolves!" Said Storm bravely standing up, puffing his small chest out. Giga laughed, and the brown wolf spoke. "Fern's?" He said. "Why doesn't the pup go back over there with his mom, and we can do this alone?" He mumberd in her ear. "Storm, go check on Fern. You have much more to learn." Said Giga.
He thought of all the things Giga tought him. Laws, orders, hunting, fighting, herbs, friends, enemys... the only thing he didn't understand until now was love. He howled in greif for her. She had saved the life of Fern as well. He stood up. The most importent thing she tought him was to accept fate, and move on. He stood up. He walked slowly to where Dexter was waiting. The kitten was not there. He sighed. Dexter had followed him. He walked over to the dead body. Dexter was poking Giga. "why are you crying, Storm? She is just sleeping. WAKE UP!" Dexter yelled. Storm smiled. yes, Giga WAS sleeping, in a happier, more free place. "Come, Dexter, we should go see Fern.
He woke up, buried in crunchy leafs. His massive bidy was hidden from all the colors that rained down on him. He got up to check the borders of the packs. As he walked, a attack caught him by suprize as a creature swept down on him. It was the dead pine wolf. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!" He snarled, not daring to admint he was scared to the bone by her. "Come with me, please." She said quickly. She ran him, for at least a mile until there was a massive river, which rushed into a waterfall. The she-wolf looked like a snake as the swam through the water, her beautiful tail swishing back and forth. He rolled his eyes. Show-off! He thought. He jumped in after her, holding back a yip as the cold water rushed through him. As he padded onto sandy land, he smelled something. Alpha. The she-wolf had a smug grin. By the scent, the alpha was a huge, short-temperd wolf who would kill any stranger on his territory, including him. The wolf tricked me into coming here! He got up, panicing, only to be smacked on the head by a painful tail. The massive wolf sniffed him over. "I asked for an experinced wolf, a strong, smart and fit wolf, not a lone wolf reeking of cat and fox wandering around on the territorys." The alpha snapped. "I am not weak, stupid, or unfit, alpha!" Storm intrupped. Wrong answer. Teeth sunk into his leg, and he stood his ground as the teeth hit flesh. The alpha showed his now blood stained teeth. "You DO NOT call me alpha unless you are in MY PACK." He snarled. "Altough, I like his additude, and his scent tells me he is a experinced, strong, sneaky and wise beta-like loner." Said another voice. A pretty she-wolf stepped out, her fur as bronze as bronze, with golden speckles dappeld all over her majestic body. Her creamy white chest and underbelly was the only un dappled part. her eyes were the color of the sun. Storm bowed his head down before her, as well as the she-wolf. "I say we give this one a chance, starting at omega. If he fails us, we will kill him and let the eagle colany eat a feast." She spoke with chance. Storm was alarmed. Kill me? Why? Did I do something? What do they want? Is Fern and Dexter okay right now? He was worried about the last question. The only other thought he didn't understand, was Omega. What did it all mean? His belly turned to rock as he was lead into the dark woods of the forest.