and once she was gone Soul started crying.

‘Don’t worry. She’ll forgive us. I promise and I mean it.’ Rex whispered as he nuzzled Soul.

‘ She’s gonna run away like any other wolf dog would. We must be Nome’s worst parents.’ Soul said as her tears went down her face and stained her beautiful white fur, turning light grey. She nuzzled Rex like she was never going to nuzzle him again.

‘ Come, stop your crying, it will be alright
Just take my paw, hold it tight
It’ll be alright…’ Rex sang quietly as he nuzzled back.

‘ It’s happening all over again…I just wish that we could turn back the hands of time, then everything would be okay. Why…?’ Soul asked as she tried to hold the tears back, but they overpowered her.

‘ I don’t know, I just don’t know. I wish I did though, but she can’t keep me locked out the house. I should see how she’s doing.’ Rex said as he gave Soul a last nuzzle before he left. He then walked out the dog door and over to his house. Once he was inside, Lisa was nowhere to be seen or heard.

****

On the borders of town, Lisa ran beside the ocean waves thinking of all the lies that her parents told her and her siblings.

‘ I know why Dad never let Nita and me into the forest because he didn’t want us to revert back to our wolf selves, but he did.  I just wish that he told us sooner…’ Lisa breathed as her tears also took over. She then stopped and howled loudly with much sorrow. She then saw a figure in the horizon and walked over to it. Once she was closer, she saw a creature that she thought that she would never see: a pure wolf. It has claw marks across its dark brown snout, neck and a rip in its right ear. Its entire body was dark brown except for its legs that were half light brown. Lisa only had one thought in her wolf dog mind: get it to safety. Without a second thought, she dragged it over to the mine shack that she used to play in when she was a pup. There was no blankets or anything soft in the shack except for herself, so she huddled herself closer to the wolf and shared her warmth with it.

The next day…

The wolf still hadn’t woken up and Lisa had nearly given up hope for it surviving. She hadn’t moved from its side since she found it and her parent’s thought that she had run away, but they didn’t go looking for her as Rex felt that she was still around town.

Near noon, Lisa was still sleeping with hopes going through her head. A strong wind them blew against the shack walls and woke Lisa up, but it also woke the wolf up too. It opened an eye and saw Lisa standing above him.

‘ Aniu…?’ A male voice coming from the wolf asked.

‘ Um…no. I’m her great great granddaughter: Lisa, daughter of Rex and Soul and granddaughter of Fang and Dakoda also known as Fly. How did you end up on the beach?’ Lisa asked as she sat down and watched the wolf sit up.

‘ Well, I can’t remember much, but I’ll tell you what I can remember. My pack was under attack of a grizzly bear and I had to protect my father who was alpha of the pack. In the process, I managed to bring down the bear, but it was by a river, which I fell into. I remember just barely, that my half brother tried to save me, but was stopped by my mother, Bramble who had eyes like crystals and soft light brown fur that matched her gentle voice. My half brother was called Firepaw and has a very dark past…which we don’t talk about. Thanks for saving me though.’ He said.

‘ What’s your name?’ Lisa asked.

‘ Shain. Soon to be alpha of the Wind pack. We travel with the wind and sometimes, it brings us back, but only if we’re close to it like me.’ He explained.

‘ What was your half brother like?’ Lisa asked wanting to know more about his family.

 ‘ A brother I guess, but he was found before I was born so I don’t know much about him except for his secrets.’ Shain said as he struggled to stand up on all fours. Lisa helped him and noticed that he had a silver bracelet on his front right leg and started wondering. Once Shain had the strength, he walked outside with Lisa and she led him to Nome.

 ‘ You should see my dad first. He’ll know what to do.’ Lisa said as she and Shain walked down the streets of Nome. The townsfolk stared as they walked past their homes, thinking that wolves were invading, but Lisa and Shain ignored them as they approached Rex’s house. Inside Soul and Rex sat beside each other by a burning fire until Lisa and Shain walked through the door as the wind blew the fire out.

 ‘ Dad?’ Lisa asked.

 ‘ Lisa? Is that you?’ Rex asked. He and Soul then turned their heads towards Lisa and ran up to her faster than a roadrunner.

 ‘ I thought that you’d run away.’ Soul said as she and Rex nuzzled Lisa. As Rex nuzzled Lisa, Shain noticed his scar and thought what to him could be the impossible. Rex then noticed that Lisa had brought a guest.

‘ You brought a friend?’ Rex asked as he stopped nuzzling Lisa.

‘ Yeah. He’s why I came to you. He says that he’s part of the Wind pack and the alpha’s son.’ Lisa explained as she showed Shain to her parents.

 ‘ Hi. I’m Shain and I just wanted to ask, but are you the Rex?’ Shain asked as he faced Rex.

‘ Well, yeah. I am. The one that defeated Zack and a wolverine, saved my mate by going over a waterfall and brought two dogs back together.’ Rex answered with a questioning look on his face.

‘ It’s an honour to meet you. I’ve heard so many things about you and all the packs fear you…it’s just amazing how a wolf like your…’ Shain stammered quickly.

‘ I’m not a wolf!’ Rex snapped.

‘ Word of advice: never call a wolf dog a pure wolf.’ Lisa whispered to Shain.

‘ Rex!’ Soul said just before Rex attacked Shain.

‘ I’m very sorry Rex, but all the packs say that you’re a pure wolf that lives at the edge of the forest and sometimes with humans.’ Shain explained as Rex sat next to Soul.

‘ Well, they’re wrong. Except for the Thunder pack, I know that they’re good because…’ Rex began, but was stopped by his memories of Nita.

‘ I’m gonna go and find a place for Shain to stay for the night.’ Lisa said as her dad turned away and lay down. Shain left the house with Lisa and once again led him somewhere else.

Midnight…

Shain and Lisa were sleeping on Balto’s boat since he was at Jenna’s. Suddenly Shain woke up to the sound of distant howling. He quickly stood up and ran to the bow of the boat, listened carefully and howled back.

‘ I’ll be coming home, but with a visitor.’ Shain thought as he stared at a sleeping Lisa.

Dawn…

Lisa woke up and looked around. She wasn’t on the boat anymore; she was in an empty cave. She stood up and walked outside the cave and into a clearing in the forest!

‘ How did I end up here?’ Lisa thought as she saw three pups playing with each other. She also saw four more wolves talking to each other by a large rock that looked like her father’s in the other clearing. Shain walked over to Lisa as she looked at her surroundings.

‘ Have a good sleep?’ Shain asked as Lisa walked to the centre of the clearing and stared at a piece of sky.

‘ Yeah, until I came here last night.’ Lisa answered as the wind blew against her.

‘ Shain has a little girlfriend.’

‘ Firepaw!’ Shain shouted. He turned to see a black wolf with dark brown spots over his eyes and a red scar in the shape of two moons crossing each other on his chest and on his snout. He had a black and brown tail that matched his legs.

‘ Hi. I’m Lisa, daughter of Rex and Soul and great great granddaughter of Aniu.’ Lisa said as she walked towards Firepaw, but he walked past her and ran towards a range of mountains in the distance.

‘ You’ve met Firepaw. I’ll introduce you to my parents.’ Shain said as he led Lisa over to the wolves that he was talking to. Lisa recognized his mother from his description and his father was brown with a black underbelly, but had a huge scar across his eye that made him half blind.

‘ You must be Lisa. The wolf dog that looks like Aniu. I’m Bramble and my mate here is One Eye.’ Bramble said as she and One Eye walked towards her.

‘ We wanted to thank you for saving Shain. He’s our only real son.’ One Eye said. Lisa then pulled Shain towards the cave. Once they were inside, Lisa started asking questions.

‘ Why did you bring me here?’ Lisa asked.

‘ I was called back to my pack and I decided to bring my savior with me.’ Shain answered. Lisa then went back outside, but Shain stayed inside. She walked over to Bramble who was sitting on the giant rock.

‘ Bramble? Can I talk to you?’ Lisa asked. Bramble then jumped off the rock and over to Lisa. ‘ Why has Shain got a silver bracelet on his front right leg?’

‘ That’s a long story, but I’ve got the time. When Shain was a few weeks old, Man came to the forest looking for wolves to kill. I managed to get Firepaw and One Eye into safety, but I left Shain on his own and Man took him away to a place called White Mountain and one of them gave Shain to his daughter and she raised him as a puppy, but he never forgot about us and every time a storm came, he would try to escape with the wind, but his human kept him back. One day, when Shain was about 11 months old, his human gave him his bracelet and

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