of Litzy, Durango's sister.
"Litzy! You just scared my lunch away....AGAIN!" It was the third time this week Litzy got in the way of his hunting, he couldn't exactly blame her, and she was very fond of her big brother. He was always looking out for her as the big brother he was. She possibly took it a little too seriously, between all her brothers and sisters, he is the only one she cares so much for, sometimes it seems like she doesn't even know the others exist.
"Oh sorry brother, I didn't realize you were hunting..."
"If I wasn't hunting then why did I come with the hunting crew to get us some food?" Durango asked rhetorically.
"Well I guess that should have come to my attention," she thought. "But I missed you. I had to come see you!"
"You could have seen me AFTER I caught the buck?"
Litzy was starting to feel sorry and sat in the grass, she hated it how her brother was always angry at her lately, she didn't know what she was doing wrong and since she didn't know, she wasn't sure how to change it.
"Just go home Litzy!" Durango yelled to her, Litzy hesitated, she didn't want to leave her brother.
"Litzy I said GO HOME!" He huffed, she finally turned away nearly in tears, and she had never made him that angry before. She wandered back to her den, it wasn't strange to see her wandering around without her brother but still everyone had to stare at her in amazement and wonder. No one else could put up with Durango's harsh attitude, but Litzy seemed to love him more than anything. Some thought that took courage, some thought that took high levels of care and love, some thought it took determination and others thought she was just plain crazy. Whatever their thought, they gave her looks of admiration or confusion. Of course Litzy never saw anyone stare at her; you could say she was blind by her own little world she lived in. She saw neither her accomplishments nor good deeds, but has always found the disappointment she held on others, saw the disapproval in one’s eyes towards her little, rare mistakes.
The day had passed and Durango was home with some kill for the pack, along with the rest of the hunting crew. Of course, with all his anger he had in him from Litzy's disturbing actions earlier on in the day, Durango had killed the most. You could say that Litzy had actually helped Durango in his magnificent catch of the day, getting annoyed enough to improve his hunting skills. But Durango never saw it that way, and because of this, he thought of himself as the best. Neither of them thought Litzy had helped in anyway. Most of the pack didn't even realize, but there were some that had noticed, their parents -Gemmy and Erlando- and some of their siblings -the eldest brother and sister, Terro and Ronar.
Terro and Ronar were jealous of their relationship, Litzy never interacted with them (or any of her other siblings). When they were pups Terro and Rona tried to help Litzy because she was the youngest and wasn't very bright, they tried becoming friends at first then slowly have a sibling-loving relationship. But Durango wasn't patient; he butted in on their progress because he wanted to be the better male, and the 'big brother'. He does not regret doing what he did but he does not like it as much anymore either. He thought it would have been a normal situation when he would get the praise and as they got older she would still appreciate it but eventually get her own friends and make her life. But it hadn't turned out that way at all.
Terro and Ronar decided to get back at him for stealing their kid sister away from them. They both walked up to Durango, who was lying in the grass for a short nap, all that hunting would make anyone tired.
"Hey Durango, dear brother. How have you been?" Ronar slyly greeted.
Durango's head shot up at the sound of his sister’s voice. Terro and Rona looked down at the tired wolf at their feet. They had evil smirks on their grin (they're not very sneaky like that) but Durango just shrugged it off and rolled over hoping they would go away.
"Tired I see? Ha! Typical!" Terro huffed. "I suppose all the little puppies need their daily naps," He commented.
"Especially when running after small little calfsies," continued Ronar in a baby-like voice, as if trying to poke fun at Durango.
Durango stood up, still keeping his back to them, and told them in an irritated, deep voice, "I am not a pup anymore, I killed more than half the moose you could ever kill put together!" he then turned to face them, he didn't look very tired, but he felt everything they couldn't see. "Now if you don't mind, I would like to sleep," he said trying to stay calm, they were annoying most of the time and they were his siblings so he should have been use to it, but he still had the annoyance left in him from Litzy and was trying hard to keep himself from napping at them.
"Are you trying to say you're the better wolf?" Terro asked rhetorically.
"HA! If you were the better wolf you'd be out there hunting all alone and not sleep for days!!" added Ronar.
Durango showed his teeth and held his ears back, "Challenge accepted," he growled.
"It's settled then? Tomorrow you leave alone, fend for yourself until the 7th day. Kill anything you find, from rabbit to bear, even a wolf perhaps. Then we shall see who is the better wolf," Said Ronar in a fearful mysterious voice. Durango thought nothing of it, he already knew he was the better wolf and would do anything claim his rightful place. He was still standing there growling, thinking about the looks on their faces when he succeeded.

Chapter Three: ELI'S PACK------------Monday

Eli was in his cave curled up with his siblings as the morning sun rose. He got up and stretched, seeing his family still asleep he had to creep slowly around them to get out. His mind was focused on the entry of the cave and what he would do when he got out. He'd run around the trees and flee through the forest until everyone else woke up. But his thoughts were interrupted by a yelp and a scratch upon his leg.
"OWW!! Eli watch where you're going! You stood on my tail!" Venity screamed as she hacked at his leg with her claws out of reaction.
"Oh I'm sorry," he whispered trying not to wake the others, but now since his focus was on her, he tripped over Boyra and landed on Tacco. The both of them woke from his impact and began yelling at him also. From all the 'bangs' of Eli tumbling over mixed with the screams of pain and yelling harsh words, they all woke up Naxxy and their parents. They all complained and barked at Eli, but Eli's goal was still the entrance of the cave, he ran for it and left them to complain behind him. He sighed to himself in relief, feeling the harsh sun on his skin mixed with prickly cold wind in his fur. He breathed in deeply, this is the reason he got up in the morning. After his morning run he returned to the pack, expecting them to be awake, as they always were. They were all gathered around the pack leader, it took him a while to figure out something important was going on. He ran for the group trying to listen to what the conversation was about.
"I'm sorry to say, we need to exchange someone for their loss," The pack leader -Fali- shouted to them, although he didn’t sound as heartbroken as the pack, Eli didn’t pick that up.
"What's going on?" Asked Eli. The whole pack turned to the wolf that interrupted. The leader gave him a sly smile.
"Will someone please explain to him what I just said?" he turned to the pack, removing his smile and replaced it with annoyance. Patty was the next one to speak.
"Eli dear, you know that pack outside the ridge of the mountain?" she said softly and slowly.
It took him a while to remember but he soon replied with a simple "Yea?"
"Well...Ryn found a wanderer on our territory, she attacked and they died instantly, lucky for us they have forgiven this mistake and let us live but in exchange for one of us." she explained.
"Oh is that all?" Eli had trouble finding the seriousness of the matter. This gained him a lot of unhappy looks. "So who's the one going then?" he asked having no real care.
"They have given us till dawn to decide," this time it was Ryn who perked up.
"Well shouldn't it be you, Ryn? I mean it's clearly your fault we are in this mess," Shot Naxxy.
"Excuse me for trying to help my pack, it was his fault for being in our territory, but of course I didn't mean to kill him," Ryn shot back, she was a very independent wolf, great fighter and always stood up for her own opinion.
"You never mean it! But somehow you always manage to get us into trouble!" Piped Venity.
"That is not true, I don't do half the stuff Eli does," Ryn shot a glance at Eli, trying to make him feel bad, but because of his slow registration he gave her a look that meant 'Wait....why are you looking at me?'
Fali walked up to him and started talking before the girls could fight again (the pack was mainly made up girls, just how Fali likes it. With every chance he gets, he tries to get rid of the rest of the males, so he is the only one left)
"Maybe Ryn is right," he announced, never letting his sight off Eli as he walked uncomfortably close to him. "Maybe we could exchange Eli, considering he is the downfall of this pack." there were some gasps, only few were shocked and disappointed to his latest opinion. Yes Eli was slow and pulled the rest down but he couldn't help it, he tried