– which was what she was trying to do. Durango pounced up, ready on his four paws as soon as he saw who was helping him. He ran behind the bear – which was easier than normal since the bear was distracted – and gnawed at the bear’s hind leg. The bear roared in more pain as it lifted its foot to try and shake Durango off, but he didn’t let go. The bear soon lost balance and fell to the ground on his back again. Durango and his helper were too fast that neither of them got stuck underneath the bear this time. The wounds from the bears neck and shoulder were deep enough to bleed quite heavily on the grassy floor. The bear wasn’t going to get up in a hurry but that didn’t stop the two wolves from their hasty retreat in those few seconds they had.
As soon as they were a fare distance away from the bear, Durango turned to his savior, he was surprisingly thankful she happened to turn up at that time…Although he didn’t show it.
“What the devil are you doing out here?” Durango yelled at her. The wolf pouted in a ‘sorry’ formation. But she should have been the one yelling at him for running off on his own, after all he would be dead by now if it wasn’t for her.
“You didn’t tell me where you were going so I followed you,” She whimpered.
“There’s always a reason I don’t tell you where I’m going Litzy! It’s to get away from you!” Durango shouted. Litzy’s pout grew into a confused frown. Did her brother really not want her around anymore? She felt sick in her stomach at the thought and a few tear’s escaped from her eyes but she continued to hold her head down so Durango wouldn’t see them. She knew he would be even more angered if he found her like this.
“I’m sorry,” She said softly, trying to stop the rest of her tears from falling. Any other wolf would be yelling back at Durango’s selfishness. But Litzy wouldn’t dare, she looked up to him in the way others look up to role models. She tried to stay calm and strong like her big brother, but his previous words continued to pierce her within.
“Since you’re already out here you might as well stay with me, you’ll need my help in surviving out here and I can’t take you back to the pack,” ‘Otherwise Ronar and Terro will never live this down’ He continued in his head. But part of the real reason he didn’t want to take Litzy back was because he thought he needed her help more than she needed his, but he wasn’t going to mention that to her. He was the ‘best male of the family’ after all.

Chapter Six: NEW FRIENDS-------------Tuesday night

Naryia had been running for hours, running from that horrid scene. She tried blocking it out of her mind but it wouldn’t let her. Every time she had thought she got rid of those images, they came back even more detailed than before. For once her eyes were dry, so dry they stung, she never blinked, she never breathed and she never dropped her eyes from what was ahead of her. She didn’t stop to take a rest, ignoring the tiredness of her body, the aching of her world. The scene played over and over in her mind, she couldn’t stop it. Her stomach burned for food, she swore she could feel the stomach acid dissolving itself just to give her food and energy, but she didn’t need energy. As long as those images were in her mind she kept running. Soon enough her life faded, she could feel nothing, see nothing, smell nothing.
She had collapsed and fainted.
When she woke she felt some of the suns hot rays hitting her through the trees. But that wasn’t the only thing she had felt burning her. All the physical pain that she had pushed out from the night before ripped its way through her body and beyond. The pain in her eyes was still burning – even though they had been closed for half a day now. The pain of her tired muscled in her legs – so sore she felt it wouldn’t be easy to stand. The pain in her stomach from starving herself – it got so bad that she saw a small pile of rodents and birds, it was too good to be true and highly strange so she thought it was a hallucination.
That was until a wolf came out from behind a tree.
“Are you okay Miss?” He asked softly as if trying not to frighten her. Naryia was shocked; she had never spoken to any other wolves beside her father Norisus or her alpha Darian. But the most shocking thing of all was that he was talking to her. All other wolves have been cruel to her since birth, calling her names, pushing her down, yelling/screaming at her for no reason, blaming her for things she could never do, it was only a few years ago that everyone decided to ignore her. She was so used to being alone in the world that this encounter with someone willing to talk to her nearly made her faint again. When Naryia didn’t answer him, the wolf assumed she might have been in shock from the pain he thought she was in.
“Don’t be alarmed Miss, I won’t hurt you. I’m Baako, Eli will be back shortly with some more food for you. May I know your name?” Baako was ever so polite, which made Naryia’s shock grow. She continued staring at him, not saying a word. She looked over him, seeing if he was another wolf from her pack, even though they never spoke or went anywhere near her, she would be able to point out and name any wolf from her pack. But this kind wolf didn’t seem to be on the list. No wonder he was so nice to her, if he knew about her past then he would have acted like any other from her pack. She let go of the shock and decided to answer him.
“I-I’m Naryia,” She stumbled. This gave Baako a light smile towards her.
“Hi Naryia. We have collected you some breakfast,” He said, nudging his head to the direction of the food.
Naryia was so hungry she wouldn’t have cared if the food was given to her by a bear to make her fat and juicy, ready to be his lunch. She shot up as fast as she could to run to the food, but she got up a little too fast, for the pain in her legs had made her stumble to the ground again. This dreadful pain in her legs made Naryia ask herself ‘how far had I run?’ and even more ‘how far had I run without feeling such a pain?’ The frightening images from last night numbed everything she could physically feel.
Baako noticed her stumble and he was just as fast to be at her side.
“Are you okay Miss? You shouldn’t get up so fast if you’re badly hurt.” He warned.
“I’m fine, I just hadn’t realized how far I ran last night…” She explained. As soon as she remembered her running, she thought of what she was running from, but before the images made their way into her mind she shut them out with the pain of her stomach and legs. This pain was easier to deal with than that illustration playing in her mind. She stared at the food, wondering if it was a good idea to eat because as soon as that pain went away she would be overwhelmed by those pictures of the night before. Baako followed her gaze to the food, he thought she wouldn’t be able to stand and walk to it, so he decided to bring the food to her. One animal at a time – sometimes two – he brought over to her, piling them up in front of her for her reach. But the pile disappeared as soon as it was created. Naryia chomped her way into her breakfast. It felt so good as it went down. Her stomach was still burning but the stomach acid had stopped turning on itself and started dissolving the food. When all – or what was left of – the food was in front Naryia, Baako sat by a near tree, waiting for her to finish so he may get some more answers. But on Naryia’s last bite Eli turned up with a few more of his kill. He looked at Naryia and gave her a smile as he set the food down in front of her.
“G-Good morning,” He stuttered. “Nice to see you awake and eating… And alive for that matter,” He muttered that last bit under his breath as he walked away. Naryia looked down at the new, smaller pile of food. It consisted of the same as before:  Rodents and birds.
“Aren’t you going to eat any of this?” She asked them softly.
Eli stopped in his path but only his head turned back to her, giving her a face of disdain mixed with worry, as if to say ‘Of course we aren’t eating, it’s your food and you’re the one hurt the most.’ Naryia looked at him with a frown, staring at something on Eli. Since his back was turned to her, she found some scratches on Eli’s hide. They looked a few days old, just starting to scab and heal. That means he has been in a fight… Naryia started to worry. Not just because those scratches meant he may be a good fighter but now, with no dreadful hunger pain, her barrier to those memories fell. Those scratches on his back blended into the earlier surroundings of the previous day, blood everywhere and screams of pain. Naryia closed her eyes with haste but that helped the images come back faster so she opened them again and saw the deep, black and red marks on Eli’s back. They were all around her. She felt like she could run again, just like she had last night but the pain in her legs wouldn’t let her…..Pain…..Naryia found only one way to stop the reoccurring images. She stood up and turned her back to Eli, making sure she stayed standing for a while so the pain would run through her whole body without the sightly evidence of a fight. She needed to scream but she didn’t want to alarm anyone. Soon her legs gave and Naryia collapsed once again. As soon as she hit the ground two things happened. One: She took in a deep breathe and