but held back for fear she would only be chased away.
Christine watched her parents for the longest time. She smelled a new scent. Wow, there were so many scents she never knew! She looked around. Christine always thought that dogs saw in black and white, but she saw in the most beautiful colors in the world. Some colors that no one ever knew existed! She noticed so many things invisible to her before.
Teresa and Mike were gone. Probably to the police, she thought.
She heard rustling behind her. She tried to stand on two’s, but failed. She hit the ground and came nose to nose with a wolf puppy.
Christine would have screamed, or howled, if she hadn’t been in such a brave mood. “Who are you?” She demanded.
“Ah!” The puppy started to run, but Christine was too fast. She stepped on his tail. “Ouch! Hey, let me go!”
“Then tell me who you are and where you’re from.” Christine growled loudly.
She studied the puppy closely. White with ginger and golden streaks and amber eyes that glowed. How unusual!
“I…I’m DawnLight of WolfBane Pack.” He yipped proudly.
“Oh, I’m so impressed!” Christine growled.
“Who are you?” He added more loudly.
“I’m Christine.” She barked. “I come from far away, and I…” Maybe she shouldn’t tell him? After all, she killed their leader! “I’m lost.” She admitted falsely, losing her pride.
DawnLight seemed convinced, but all of a sudden, burst out laughing. “That’s the stupidest name I’ve ever heard!” He rolled on his back, and then quit laughing when he saw the look of rage on Christine’s face.
“If you ask me, you’re the most stupid pup I’ve ever met! And the rudest!” She started to trot away, but he ran in front of her.
“Hey, I…” He put his head down. “I’ve got to confess too. I’m lost just as you. And I’m sorry.”
Christine raised her furry eyebrows. Was this for real? “You mean it?” She sat down in astonishment. It was only a second ago this pup had been mean and uncaring sounding.
“Nah, I’m kidding!” He ran laughing through the woods and farther away from her wanting her to chase him.
“You little creep!” Christine ran after him and as she almost had him, he squeezed into a crack in a large pile of rocks. Christine squeezed herself in as well. “Wow..”
In front of her, was a dusty clearing, bushes growing along the edge. It was the WolfBane Pack’s Camp! She looked around. In the middle there was a large stump where the supposedly pack leader stood with other wolves around him. Christine backed away a little so they could not see her.
On the left side of the camp, there stood a small pond of water with a waterfall over it! Christine looked in amazement. It was so beautiful…
On the right, was another stump pile with dead animals such as birds and squirrels. Christine guessed it was like a refrigerator. All around the camp stood small nests of twigs, grass, and moss. Obviously, that was where they slept.
Christine strained her ears to hear the conversation. She saw a black male wolf with a white chest and tipped tail speak.
“DawnLight, you met another wolf? Are you sure you didn’t eat too much fresh-kill today?” Christine noticed the little sneak, DawnLight, sitting beside the black wolf. The little creep! She was sure to be run out of the forest now!
“I saw her, DarkShadow, I really did! Maybe she can become our new female leader! She WAS very beautiful dad.” Christine, beautiful? Go figure. She was a dog, for goodness sake! Christine looked at her coat. Maybe wolves considered her fur charming?
DawnLight seemed desperate now. “Oh, C’mon dad! She’d only be a temporary one until ma gets back! We NEED a new leader until then.”
DarkShadow spoke and looked ashamed of DawnLight. “There are no other wolves in this forest besides us.”
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Chapter 3
DawnLight tensed. Was he trying to convince his own father to take Christine as his mate? NO WAY, Christine thought, I’m NOT going to allow myself to be that dog‘s mate!
Christine listened harder. DarkShadow whispered something to DawnLight she didn’t catch. DawnLight left the clearing and looked as if he was going hunting, his head low in embarrassment.
Christine followed him on light paws. She planned on hitting him from the back, which is exactly what she did. Christine leaped onto him, pressing his nose into the mud. “What the heck was all of that back there?” DawnLight tried to look confused. “Don’t play with me, I know what you tried to do!” She bared her teeth. “Wow, what sharp teeth I have, all the better to eat DawnLight with, of course!”
DawnLight sighed. “Okay, okay! I’ll tell you. My mom, BushyTail the Dominant Female, was-” He broke off as they heard someone lurking in the shadows. DawnLight lifted his nose into the air, and yelped. “Run!” He took off while Christine stayed, planted to the ground.
She saw the disguised face of Mike, with his gun pointing at her. She stared at him and howled. He shot, but she had already leaped away. Why had her own father tried to murder his daughter?
“He tried to kill me…” She panted. How could her own father think that she…“Oh, I get it.” She whimpered. Mike must’ve thought that she killed Christine. She was Christine!
DawnLight pulled her by her tail into another bush. “Have we lost it?” DawnLight woofed without hardly any breath left in his lungs. Christine almost cried then and there, but she held the tears back somehow.
Christine felt as if she were floating rather than standing. “Yeah, I think so.” They sat there for a long time.
What was it you were going to tell me?” Christine whimpered.
“Well…” Christine heard DawnLight whimper. “BushyTail was my mom, and she led a patrol not long ago. We were starving for food, and still are.” Christine noticed how thin he looked.
“She and the patrol found a human camp with food. I didn’t go, but the others say it was delicious.” Christine held her breath. She knew what was coming. She had known it since DarkShadow called DawnLight son. Poor, poor DawnLight.
“Something was hiding! It…it was a young human and it threw something hard and black as night at my ma…The others say she was knocked out, and she’ll be back as soon as she’s fit enough to find us. I hope she’ll come back soon, I miss her.” DawnLight lay his head on his paws.
Christine’s body went cold. She’d killed a young pup’s mother! Not just any pup, a pup that would one day rule the pack, according to the stories she’d heard from Mike.
“I’m-I’m so sorry, DawnLight.” And she meant it! OH DEAR, she’d sounded like it too! Was DawnLight suspicious?
“Don’t be. Besides, my ma’s sure to come back soon! She’s tough.”
DawnLight looked as if he actually believed it. Christine felt like a knife was driven through her heart.
“Anyway, I saw you and thought you were really pretty, and I was sure DarkShadow would like you. I could tell you had no pack…And I thought you might want to stay with us. But seeing as my dad doesn’t believe me…” DawnLight looked expectantly at Christine.
“Uh, DawnLight…I can’t.” Christine saw the look of disappointment on his face.
“What? Why? Where else could you go? And besides, you’d only be a temporary leader. Not for long, when my ma gets back you can-” Christine interrupted him before he could finish.
“DawnLight, who told you your mother was coming back? How can you believe that stuff? It’s just stories!” Christine growled.
“DarkShadow said she’d come back!” DawnLight growled loudly at Christine.
Christine noticed that she needed to get a grip. It wasn’t this pup’s fault. And who else could help her return to normal? If she wanted them to trust her, she’d need to earn it herself.
“I’m sorry, I’m just upset because of the hunter…” And that was part truth.
DawnLight’s ears flattened. “Can we please go now?”
Christine looked at the sky. It was almost pitch black. “No, it’s getting late.
You can come get me in the morning.”
They agreed, and DawnLight left Christine in search of shelter.
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Chapter 4
DawnLight sighed and began his journey back to camp. Who was the real Christine? She had a weird, human-like name. He gasped. What if she was a pet? Nah, Christine would never let a human handle her, gosh, she won‘t even let anyone handle her! He thought.
All he could catch on his way home was a scrawny rabbit. He growled and his ears flattened in frustration. He could do better than that! The Pack was starving, and needed food. Winter was already here, and snow covered the ground. Prey was even more scarce than usual.
It’s the human’s fault! Their guns kill everything in sight, and frighten the prey! He could almost howl aloud at the waste of food. Humans have their own food! Why can’t they just leave us alone? We were here first.
He pushed through the familiar snow-covered bushes into the clearing. He had known his pack his whole life…Why should they starve now, if his life was only beginning?
He laid his catch on the Stump-Of-Food and went to see if anyone noticed his return. Nope. He crouched down beside FogSky and FlowingStream, who were already eating the skinny food they caught.
“Here, young one.” FlowingStream shared his squirrel with DawnLight. DawnLight’s mouth
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