A Runaways Love.

snow stung my eyes as I ran. I was running away from my home, because I had been accused of something I didn’t do. The tears where pouring down my eyes as I heard the howls and laughter of the pack behind me. I didn’t want to turn around because I didn’t want to see their jeering faces and bright eyes. “why did this happen to me!?” I thought. “why me?” I continued as their laughter faded away and I was running away from the only place I had ever known.

My legs where stinging. I had to stop. I saw what seemed like an abandoned cave and walked in. it seemed empty. So I layed down and slowly drifted off to sleep……..

“Stormbringer!”said a voice “come here” “coming”I replied. I walked into a den and saw my mother laying there. “I have something to tell you” she said “come in……and…and sit” I noticed her voice was a little wavery so I looked up and saw tears forming in her eyes.”mother whats wrong?” I asked…….

“kid come on!” a gruff voice interupted my dream. I opened my eyes and saw the most stunning wolf I had ever seen.he was almost pure white, but when he moved it seemed as if there where brown and grey spots shimmering under his pelt. His eyes where the brightest green and he was not much older than I. “hey…girl who are you and what are you doing here?” he said “well…?” “um…..im stormbringer” I said “and I ran away from my home” “why?”he said tilting his head. “because…..because”I managed to get out “well…..its none of your buissnes” “oh really?” he mumured, turned around, walked to a rock, flopped down and sat there studing me I was a young wolf of about three years with a stunning white coat and grey socks and I also had icy blue eyes which was unusuall for a wolf. “your really thin” he said “where you tortured or something?” “no!” I snapped “ I really don’t eat that much” I could feel my cheeks burning. “mmmmm”he grunted “well are you hungry?” “yeah a little bit”I said. I felt like a foolish child. “well Ill go hunting then” he said and turned twoards the entrance “be back in a while” “wait!!”I said “can I come?” he stood there thinking it over “well I guess” he said.

As we walked out of the cave he said “by the way my names icetrail and I was banned from my pack”

“I would have been baned if I hadnt ran away” I said “why where you banned?” “hey”he said warmly “I asked you first” “fine ill make a deal with you if you tell me why you where banned ill tell you why I ran away” I said. “fi…..deal”he replied “but first lets catch dinner” “okay” he took off and I ran to catch up with him.soon we spotted a young cow drinking from an almost frozen stream. “you take the left ill get the right”he said. I skimmed low to the ground getting nearer to the cow when I was close enough and had checked to see if icetrail was close enough I sprang up and took off icetrail doing the same. When the cow realized what was happening we where already upon her. I jumped at her neck while my partner the right flank. She struggled and kicked, but I managed to clamp my teeth around her throat and as soon as I felt warm blood gushing out I stopped biting down. She stoppped her struggling and collapsed. I stood there as I watched the life leave her eyes. Soon they where glazed over. And we enjoyed our dinner.

We padded back to the cave with full stomachs “you’re a good hunter” he said looking at me. “your not so bad yourself” I replied.we walked into the cave and I went to the corner I had fell asleep in and layed down crossing my paws I expected icetrail to go to the rock he had laid on, but to my surprise he padded over and sat next to me “well” he said “I made a deal so I guess I gotta go first” he sighed and lay down “well about a year ago…………..”

I watched him as he told me how the alpha males son of his pack slyly plotted to kill his own father and how he got icetrail into it by leading the pack on a hunt by the migration lands. The son who was named darkcloud startled the caribou on purpose and it trampled half the pack. As the others went to get help darkcloud pulled his dying father behing the bushes and told him he did it all and finished him off. And when icetrail tried to find out what had happened attacked him and smeared his fathers blood on him to make him look like it was his plan when the otyhers came back they saw what had happened and icetrail was banned from the pack. “and I found this cave and lived here ever since” he finished and looked away and I thought I saw tears forming so I comforted him by nuzzling his ear he told me he was okay by licking my cheek. I blushed and he smiled. “now its my turn?” I asked “yeah but lets go bury the moose so no one else can get it” “sure” I said. He stood up and stretched them turned to me. I didn’t know this untill I had stood up and our noses touched. I drew back surprised.

He turned and walked to the entranch stopping to wait on me.we buried what was left of the moose and reyurned to the cave to hear my story.

To be continued……