unfamiliar.

"Luke?" said a shaky almost sick voice from the other side. Luke turned and faced the other side. There he saw a wolf that was shaking, water filled eyes, skinny, and looked sick.

"Shonie?" he said walking towards her.

"Yes. It’s me…"said Shonie.

"What happen? You like terrible!" said Luke.

"I-I couldn’t feed myself because I don’t have any food to trade with Sheko. I’m hungry and it’s been a long time since I have played or seen anyone. Where is Mylah? I miss her so much." Said Shonie practically crying.

"I know…but you can’t see her right now…I was just being chased by the guards. It’s too risky for you to go out there and see her." Said Luke. "You should actually go home right now…"

"I know…I saw you running…that’s when I came out to see you…I have seen other wolves running to but those were on different days…I really do hate this…" said Shonie. All of a sudden a howl was heard. "I-I have to go." Shonie said as she ran off.

The next day, when Mylah woke up, she peered out from the Red Wood. There was a guard sniffing around. Mylah knew she had done nothing wrong so she stepped out to ask the guard what was going on.

The guard answered "I was chasing after a wolf yesterday. He seemed to have come from this direction. You don’t happen to know anything…do you?"

Mylah felt scared.

"I wonder if they chased Luke yesterday. What if they caught him going back to his home? I hope he’s alright." Mylah thought to herself.

"Um…no! No I haven’t. Um…I’m sorry but I haven’t seen a wolf in a while. I would be surprised if I saw one yesterday. And if I did, I would have told you." Said Mylah.

"Hmm….ok…keep an eye out…and don’t go out!" said the guard as he left.

When he left, fully left. Mylah snuck out and ran fast down to where she thought Luke might be.

"Luke?" she whispered.

"Mylah? What are you doing?" said Luke from his burrow. "Get over here or they’ll see you! There still out there!"

Mylah ran into his burrow and hid.

Then, they saw the feet of one of the guards. (The guard Mylah saw before) They stayed low and quiet as they watched the wolf sniff the air. Luke and Mylah started to grow tense as they saw him recognize that they were close. Mylah and Luke started to get ready to make a run for it when all of a sudden; they herd a howl from another guard. Then the other wolf near them left. Then Mylah got out from the burrow and faced Luke with concern.

"Luke, a guard came up to me today and told me about a wolf snooping around here yesterday. I know it was you…"said Mylah. Mylah looked down at the ground as she waited for a response.

"I know…but I could not do anything about that now could I. I was looking out carefully and all of a sudden the guard appears. I’m sorry." Said Luke as he nuzzled her.

Mylah nuzzled Luke back. "I know…it’s just that…if they did find you…I wouldn’t know how to live with myself…I would be so sad." Said Mylah.

"And I would feel the same way if the same thing happened to you." Said Luke. "Which means…I want you to leave…"said Luke. Then Mylah backed away from him a couple of steps and said "What? Wh-What do you mean?" said Mylah.

"I need you to escape. I want you to leave this pack. I will feel happy again knowing that you are safe. But…with you here…I feel as if you are in danger and I don’t want anything to happen to you…that is why I visit you so much. I take my risks to see you to make sure you are all right. But to know that you are away from this nonsense will make me happy. Mylah, it’s not a choice for you. I need you to leave. I will be waiting here for you. Come back when everything is better." Said Luke.

Mylah could not speak. She was too sad to speak. She felt as if no words could express how she felt. She felt a pain in her stomach of the sorrow. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she stood there. Her ears faced back because they could not face forward with happiness. Her tail was low to the ground. Mylah knew Luke was right but she wish he was wrong and there was some other way.

As Mylah left, she thought to herself about how much she loved him. She remembered the good times they had together and the time when they first met. Mylah started to cry as the rain started. She felt all alone in the world….she felt like there was no place or someone in the world that could comfort her. Mylah put her head down in sorrow as she walked through the empty forest. She finally walked out of the pack territory and every step she took she felt herself a stranger to herself and everyone she knew.

"It’s my fault…No one even knows I have left...I feel helpless." she said as she cryed. She started to run in sorrow. She ran deeper and deeper into the forest.

Finally Mylah got so tired that she finally stoped. She noticed she was in the deepest part of the forest. She looked around. It was nice.

On one side of her was a running sream. All around her was fresh green grass and trees around her but seperated. Then she kept walking forward, she saw to one side of her a big tree. There was a big hollow spot in the tree from the ground and went up the tree. Mylah walked to it and went inside. Inside it was nice and warm it seemed. No one was living inside of it. Mylah decided this is where she would stay.

Mylah slowly started to lie down in the hollow tree and started to think of all the people shhe knew and started to cry again and cryed herself to sleep that night.

The next morning she woke up and her eyes hurt terribly. She closed her eyes fast at the pain of the sun in her eyes and the fact that they burnt. She slowly turn her body around to face the back of the inside of the tree and opened her eyes again. She waited a couple of seconds until she could see clearly again. Then she thought about last night again and remembered the people she would remember then sighed a bit. She almost felt like she would never see them again. Expecially Luke. She decieded to keep her mind off of that and got up and stretched. Then she walked outside.

Mylah looked around, she noticed it was a beautiful day. Even though the air was cold. She saw some neighbors pass as they were hanging out with eachother. It reminded her of home a little but when she saw two couples she felt a sad feeling come over her and she just started to walk towards the stream she saw. There she took a drink and started to clean herself. She looked at her sad reflection in the water and sat there staring at it for a while in memory of them.

As she was staring into the water she felt someone push her into the water.

"Whoooaa!!!" Mylah said as she started to go diving into the water.

A big splash formed and Mylah got up but still in the water and shook herself off a little then looked to see who knocked her in the water. There she saw a wolf was all white with gray socks on all fours. They were low socks but not really low. She had gray ears and gray under the eyes. Her muzzle was white like the rest of the body and her tail was gray also. She seemed to be the same hight and looked like the same age as Mylah. She had the lightest blue eyes Mylah had ever seen, they were almost gray. She was a slender wolf and looked so sweat.

"Oh my gosh! I'm so sorry! Are you alright?" the wolf asked.
"Yeah. I'm fine." Mylah said.

"My name is Annie. What's your's? I have never seen you around here before. Are you knew?" Annie asked.

"Yeah. I'm new here." Mylah said as her eyes slowly fell to the ground. "My name is Mylah."

"Mylah..." Annie said. "Hmm...almost sounds familiar. You from around here?"

"No. We'll...yes....in a way...sorta...I do live in these forests but no where near here." Mylah said.
"Ooohhh so you are new huh! We'll what brings you around here? Oh, so foolish of me! I shouldn't ask those type of questions. I'm sorry." Annie said.

Mylah smiled at Annie. She liked Annie. She seemed to make happyness in the world and that's what the world needed right now. Expecially for Mylah.

"No. Don't be sorry. It's ok if you ask those questions you see..." Mylah told Annie the whole story.

"Oh...I'm so sorry. You must be in a lot of pain right now..." Annie said.

"Yeah but for some reason you have made me feel happy." Mylah said smiling.

Annie looked up from the ground with a smile on her face. "Thanks. Hey, you wanna hang out with me? I'm sure it will be fun that way you get to meet everyone." Annie said.
Mylah smiled feeling her joy redeeming. It felt good to be back in a way but she still missed them. "That sounds like fun." Mylah said.

Then Annie started to jump across the stream so Mylah did too. They walked a little bit then Annie said "This is the hunting grounds." she said in a smile.

Mylah looked around and couldn't help but smile. It was beautiful. There was a whole bunch of wolves there and there seem to be tons of bunnies everywhere then Mylah looked over and saw one puppy grab a bunny then say "Look Mama! Look what I got!" It all seemed so wonderful some what almost like home. Then Mulah with out saying anything just started to hunt feeling free again with no worries at all like nothing ever happened before.

The whole day went fantastic. Everything was wonderful. She met new people and everything. "We'll bye Mylah! See ya tomorrow!" Annie said. "Bye!" Mylah said.

Mylah entered her hollow tree again that night and felt satisfied almost.

3 Months Later...

It was winter now and there was snow on the ground. Mylah had her first puppy a month ago when the first snow came. Mylah's baby looked like Luke except it was a girl. Mylah decided to name her puppy Massie. She was beautiful. Mylah only had one puppy and that was Massie.

"Annie...I have been thinking about taking Massie to live with Luke. I want him to have her for now. I will see her after a while. I will have Roru take Massie