moon shining outside. Inside the cave the group talked quietly about their plan on reaching Alaska, for even Aniou was not fully sure of what would happen. Then suddenly out of the night came a howl, a howl full of pain, a howl that was close by.

 “What should we do?” Kar asked.

“Investigate, they sound hurt…no they are hurt…she’s badly hurt” whispered Fell “Others are close by… the ones who hurt her…..she was lucky….they want something….her. We have to help her”

“Then we shall” Aniou replied as Fell bounded out of the cave.

      Running as the fast as his paws could carry him Fell bounded over the ice, his wolf instincts leading him towards the injured wolf. Something in Fell told him to hurry, the Sight open, telling him of the she wolf’s condition. Rounding a small hill Fell saw her, a silver wolf with deep bleeding wounds all over her body. Hearing his tread she opened her eyes briefly.

“Relax I will not hurt you, I heard your howl and I am here to help.”

“Please… coming….attackers…they will” she gasped.

“They cannot hurt me, I have gifts few other wolves posses” Fell replied as voices drifted towards them.

“It is them….please go… they will.”

“Hurt you…they mean to kill you…you are a threat to them….the last living heir of…The one who commanded they kill you…he murdered your father to become pack leader…a title which rightfully belongs to you.”

“How do you know that?” the female gasped looking up at Fell in awe.

“I have a gift called the Sight I can see into the minds of others if I need to, it helped me find you. Relax I will protect you, I swear” Fell replied as a quartet of grey/black/brown wolves rounded the hill.

“Well well what have we here? A little wolf, our prey in fact” said a leader. “Now my friend if you would step aside we can finish with her.”

“No.”

“Come now we only wish to talk, we are her pack, we can take care of her” said another.

“You mean kill her, you mean to kill her, that is what you were ordered to do” Fell replied causing the four to step back.

“I do not know where you got that idea from she is hurt we came to help her.”

“As soon as I leave you will kill her, just like you killed her older brother” Fell snarled.

“How do you?” stammered the leader.

“I know everything about you. Your pack leader ordered her death. Yes I know about that, for I am the wolf of the shadows, the master of the night and magic” Fell howled, using the Sight to send them flying into the snow. “Oh and one more thing, say goodbye to your memories.”

    For the first time since gaining the power Fell called on the deepest powers of the Sight, using it to erase the wolves memories, planting new ones, ones in which they had killed the female. Just as he was finishing Kar, Aniou, Taika and Sakari arrived, all surprised at the sight and Fells actions. Seeing them Fell gazed at them, a cold fury in his eyes. Using her magic Aniou lifted the wolf onto her brother’s back, all staying silent as they walked back to the cave. Once inside Aniou summoned her power and began to heal the she-wolf, the magic working quickly on the cuts. Gradually the she wolf opened her eyes, amazed at the sight of the group laid around her.  

“Where I am? Who are you, why did you help me?” she stammered looking at Fell.

“I am Fell. I helped you because….you did nothing to deserve this.”

“I am Aniou” at this the wolf gasped, as all wolves knew who she was.

“My name is Kar.”

“Sakari, relax you are safe.”

“Thank you, you saved my life” she replied turning to Aniou.

“I healed your wounds, it is Fell to whom you truly owe you life, he saved you form those who meant you harm.”

“Fell I am in your debt, thank you for saving my life…what you did…. Not many wolves would do that….what you did your powers… I have never.”

“A curse and a gift” Fell replied bitterly. “I did not mean to scare you I did not look to deep into your mind, only what I needed to help you. For one thing I did not look for your name I would like you to tell me.”

“I am called Starlight. Everything I said was true Fell, now I am alone” Starlight replied collapsing into tears.

  Seeing her pain Fell nuzzled her moving so that he lay next to her understanding all too well the pain she was feeling.

“We need some sleep, our questions can wait until morning” Kar said looking at Starlight.

“I suppose that would be a good idea, I’ve seen her past, the most recent parts of it…This is deep….tomorrow though” Fell replied settling down to sleep.

     The following day Fell awoke to find that Starlight was no longer lying beside him, with her paw prints leading outside. Following them Fell walked up to the top of the hill, finding Starlight gazing out across the ice. Walking over to her the pair stood with the wind blowing through their fur, watching as a pair of arctic foxes played in the snow.

 “Who are you Fell of the Shadows? You are no normal wolf I can see the resemblance between you and Aniou, a wolf who has recently taken up her position.”

“You know of those matters?”
“Yes, all wolves know of her predecessor’s actions and Aniou’s appointment.”

“I am Aniou’s brother, she and I…..well we have been through a lot together, our life has been hard” Fell replied handing his head.

“I can see that. The Sight, wolves of this land also have that legend. An arctic wolf will be born on the same day as a human child. That child will be marked by a star and will bring about the wolf human, and the wolf will see into the human’s mind.”

“You know too much. Aniou and I the legend came true in our homeland….we both saw into the human’s mind” Fell replied telling her all that had happened to him.

“You have been through so much Fell Shadow Wolf, more then I have, a gift” Starlight whispered as tears fell from her eyes.

“A curse as well. It drove me from my family and home, drove me here to the north. Kar….my adopted brother….he went through….but now……he has Aniou….he is healing with her….he never had the power… I am still cursed.”

“Cursed?” Starlight asked looking at Fell. “I remember what you did last night, the Sight allowed you to save me. Not so much a curse as a blessing in that case Fell Shadow Wolf.”

“It was the first time I have called on the full extent of my powers. Now those who attacked you think you dead…..You have lost your family because of me…..I saw your past…. I had no choice….I am sorry” Fell whispered in reply.

“Do not be, you did it to save my life, those memories are painful…..it all happened a mere three nights ago. Fell it hurts so much” Starlight replied falling into the snow and letting out a long pain filled howl.

        Watching her howl Fells heart out went to her as the grief and true nature of the events hit Starlight for the first time. Lying down next to her Fell put one paw over her, licking away her cheek in sympathy.

“Fell, is everything alright?” asked Aniou walking up to them.

“No” Fell replied as Aniou laid down next to Starlight.

     Together the pair stayed with Starlight as she cried, soon being joined by Kar and Sakari. After a while Starlight’s tears subsided and she slowly told the group of the events that had brought her to them. Starlight was a wolf of three years old her father Shooting Star had been the leader of a pack who lived on the coast ruling a rich territory. Days before a brown male wolf called Thunder had attacked with a pack, murdering her father and older brother. Thunder had been exiled by Shooting Star three years before, for what reason Starlight did not know, only that he had broken the wolves law. On finding Starlight, Thunder had tried to woe her, but she has fled out of terror, prompting Thunder to order her death. Now an outcast Starlight was unsure of where to go or what to do.

 “I am sorry for what has happened, I know why your father exiled Thunder, he was right in what he did” Aniou said nuzzling Starlight.

“Why?”

“I…I cannot tell you, not after what you have been through, he committed a terrible crime. You were not born at the time….the consequences of his crime were long lasting…your Father ordered that you cubs had to be shielded from them. After Thunder had been exiled he forbade the entire pack from ever speaking of those events.”

“He enforced that rule. Until Thunder attacked I did not know who he was, it was if my Father was trying to erase those events.”

“He was he wanted the events to be forgotten.”

“Now I am all alone, my pack is at the mercy of Thunder, my Mother…..my friends….they will be so hurt…..he will rule our land…destroying everything we defended.”

 “He does not have a true claim, that land belongs to you Starlight, you are Shooting Star’s