off trying to hide there tears.

"We’ll….what are we supposed to do now?" said one of the wolves from the other side of the pack.

Mylah turned her head as well as the rest of the wolves and looked at the wolf.

This wolf was possibly the youngest wolf in the pack. (She was even younger than Aura) This wolf seemed to be named Eniah. They said that she lives with Kia, a wolf from the other side of the pack that babysat the young wolves. Since there were no other young wolves like Eniah, Kia only took care of Eniah. Eniah is an abandoned pup. She was abandoned from her mother a week after Eniah was born. Eniah’s mother, Shehli, was part of the pack when the two packs didn’t collide. Shehli had a mate named Tisk. Tisk was a mean wolf. He pretended to be nice to Shehli and she fell for it. Then, when she had her first litter which was only one puppy, Eniah, Tisk hid the puppy in a burrow and when Shehli went looking for Eniah, Tisk told her that she fell in the river and drowned and it was to late after Tisk found her. This was not true. Shehli was so sad she went away and left the pack and Tisk followed. Then when they were gone, Tisk killed Shehli and left Eniah in the burrow to starve. But then Eniah was found by the pack so they went to find Tisk and Shehli but what they found was Shehli’s body and then they found Tisk’s body on the ground with a bullet in his leg. A hunter saw Tisk kill Shehli and so he killed Tisk. Then, the pack found out of Tisk being evil because a wise old wolf saw the whole thing and told the pack after that. So, Kia was put to take care of Eniah for the time being.

Eniah was an all white wolf with blue eyes.

"We’ll??" Eniah said. Kia came over and tried to take Eniah away but then Luke said.

"Wait. She has a point….what will we do now?"

"Who’s gonna be our new alpha?" said Duke.

Everyone began to look at each other with a puzzled look on everyone’s faces.

"I know what were gonna do…" began Chuck, Dukes cave mate.

"Were gonna find out who’s gonna be the alpha! And we will have a meeting on Sequoia Cliff next week to decide who it will be! So, people who want to be alpha better have people who will vote for you by next week!"

Everyone looked at each other in agreement. Then, everyone began to part.

Then Shonie came over to Mylah.

"Hey!" she said.

"Hey!" said Mylah back.

"Are you gonna try to be Alpha?" asked Shonie.

"Oh, of course not! I’d rather not even try." Said Mylah

"Why!?! You would be great at it!" said Shonie.

"We’ll…I’m sure a lot of people will try to be the Alpha and I don’t want to start any commotion. I’ve had enough of that already." Said Mylah.

"Oh…ok…bye!" said Shonie.

"Bye!" said Mylah.

Then Mylah got back to the cave.

"Hey!" she said.

"Hey!" said Luke as he nuzzled her.

"How have you been?" asked Mylah.

"Oh, I’m good…What do you think about that Alpha thing?" asked Luke.

"Oh, I don’t know…I guess its ok as long as nothing bad happens." Said Mylah.

"I agree. I would hate if things got a little to competitive." Said Luke.

"I wonder if Sheko is gonna try to become Alpha" said Mylah.

A week had passed and they had found out that Sheko had tried to become Alpha. So did a lot of other people such as Duke of course. Then finally came the meeting. Everyone sat down and Luke went up to the front.

"Will the people who want to become the Alpha stand behind me."

Then, 5 wolves came up there. 2 of those wolves being Duke and Sheko. Everyone in the crowd turned silent.

"Will Bucken come forward and tell us why you want to be Alpha?" said Luke. Then Luke left the center when Bucken entered.

"Hello everyone! I’m Bucken and I am new to this area. I have found this place very nice and it reminds me no so much of home so I want to redecorate this place so it looks more like where I came from. I also want to add more games for boys so they can have a chance to play while the females do work. This way there is a change in the balance. I also say that everyone has to steel from the humans who live in the town near here. This way our food source will be a lot easier than hunting. That’s all." Said Bucken as he walked off.

"May Duke walk forward." Said Luke.

"Hi! I’m Duke. I love to win. I may not win all the time but I sure do like to. To win was one of the reasons why I entered this thing. So here it goes. I have lived here with the same pack for a long time and I love everything about it and mostly everyone. I want to keep things balanced but I do think we need change. I do agree that we should steel the food from the humans. Being what I am today makes me proud of what I am, a wolf. And I think that maybe conquering other packs would be a good idea. This would give us power. Thanks." Duke left.

"Um…may Lucky come forward." Said Luke.

"Um…hi…I’m Lucky. I think that maybe we should move back to where we belong and just separate us again. I hope you agree with me because I’m the lucky one! It’s in my name! Thank you." Lucky left.

"May Ilaney please come forward." Said Luke.

"Hi. I’m Ilaney. I was the sister of Aura. (Ilaney’s eyes started to water) I think that since things have gone horrible and it’s been coming from the new side or the side that was first here, I think everyone should go there separate ways…cause I am…" said Ilaney as she ran away into the woods crying. Then everyone’s voice started to talk as they watched the sisters leave the pack. Sheko grinned.

"Quiet please! (everyone settled down) It looks like someone has left the competition. That leaves Sheko. Sheko your up.

"Hello everyone…I am Sheko and I know I have been the witness of two murders but I need to tell you I did none of them. I was just a witness and I am very sad about it. I needed to tell everybody that. I want things to be the same. I want nothing to change all I want to do is calm everything down and get everything back to normal. Please understand what I am saying. Let’s get everything back to normal and let everything settle down." Then Sheko sat down.

Luke entered the circle with 2 wolves. One was black and the other was white. They seemed to be discussing something. Then they came up to the center with Luke.

"Ok everyone. Here is who it is gonna be. Bucken, we know you miss your home but redecorating is not the solution. Also the idea of stealing food from the humans could mean death and it is too risky. And I know all wolves would love more games but putting the females to work without our help is not necessary. I’m sorry Bucken, you are not the Alpha. Duke, you are very kind but since you wanted to be in this because you like to win, you are not the Alpha. Lucky, I’m sorry but going home is not the answer. You are not the Alpha. We’ll that leaves us with one person and that one person has to be it…that is…Sheko?? No!" said Luke. "Yes!" said Sheko as she jumped up.

Mylah got up and said "No!" The thing that feared those most had now come true…

2 Months Later

New rules had been past, horrible rules. The rules had to be as followed- 1. All wolves most stay away from each other and can not talk to each other unless permission from Sheko.

2. All wolves can not go hunting with out permission from Sheko. If you do not have any sort of food for Sheko, you can not go hunting.

3. No one may go out of there caves unless you have something for Sheko such as Rule number 1 and 2. If you go out with out permission, you will be put in a human trap by Sheko’s guards.

Same goes for the other rules.

A wolf walked fast with its head low and being quiet among the shadows of the pack’s territory. The wolf kept its eyes open for any sign of Sheko or her guards. The wolf leaped into the brush and walked threw branches and leaves until it finally got to a fallen Red Wood Giant tree.

"Mylah?" said the wolf in a whisper voice. Then a wolf came out from the eatened away Red Wood Tree.

"Luke!" said Mylah in a whisper voice.

Both wolves were skinny and al the wolves had turned skittish.

Mylah ran up to Luke and nuzzled him.

"Where have you been? Did Sheko catch once on your way over here?" asked Mylah.

"No, they have just been all over the place more and more it is so hard to sneak out. I don’t think were gonna be able to keep sneaking out a lot longer." Said Luke.

Mylah nuzzled Luke once more.

"Oh…I hate this! Just to see one another, we have to sneak out! This is a mess! I don’t know what to do! I haven’t seen Shonie for the longest time! Sometimes…I even forget who she is or anyone else as matter of fact." Said Mylah with tear filed eyes.

Luke nuzzled Mylah.

"I know…" said Luke. "I gotta go…before they catch us…bye Mylah." Then he left before Mylah could reply.

On the way when Luke was going back, He herd a voice.

"Hey you!" it shouted. Luke jumped around to see who it was. It was one of Sheko’s guards. Luke started to run and the guard started to run too. While he was running he noticed hiding wolves, shaking in other caves. It was horrible and Luke couldn’t take it. Then Luke came to an end where a big wall got in his way of going any further. Luke looked up but it was too tall to climb. He looked to the sides but there seemed to practically be no end to it. He turned around and he seemed to be cornered. Luke started to growl at the wolves barring his teeth. The wolves growled back then tried to pounce at him but when they tried to pounce at him; Luke jumped over them and ran as fast as he could. The wolves started to run after him. But before they could catch Luke, Luke disappeared into the darkness. Finally, Luke got back to his burrow. His burrow was small but it was shelter. Luke waited in his burrow for a long time until the scent of the 2 wolves was gone, out of the air. Then, Luke came out of his burrow and shook of the brush from the twigs of his burrow. He slowly and cautiously looked out into where everything was. He looked where they had come from and they were not there. Then all of a sudden he herd a voice that certainly seemed unfamiliar.

"Luke?"