the Pack. DarkShadow won’t live forever. And DawnLight will take his place when his father passes by. And who do you think will become Dominant Female?” She paused and let her words sink in. “SnowFall of course!”
   She jerked her head toward BlackFire, to see if he agreed. But BlackFire met her burning gaze steadily. “You are afraid the Pack will fall weak, under control by a pet.” FoxTail snorted and nodded.
    “Finally, somedog who understands!” She sat back down, and FlowingStream backed away, tail tucked between his legs.
    “But is it necessary to run her off?” He ventured.
    FoxTail looked startled by his question. “It’s dangerous! The Pack will forget the rules and forget how to defend theirselves. We can’t let it happen. BlackFire, I’ve known you for all your life. Trust me on this, it is dangerous.”
    BlackFire lay his head on his paws, but then turned to DarkStorm, who had kept quiet for a long while. “What say you?”
    DarkStorm looked at his paws. “I believe FoxTail has a right to worry about the safety of the Pack. SnowFall is not meant to lead the Pack I once led. I am ashamed of how low we have fallen. We have to take food from humans, and keep pets as our members. It is not right!”
    FoxTail looked satisfied. “If our once leader agrees, then we should do as I say.” Her amber eyes glowed. “We run her out tonight.” FlowingStream sat up straight, but said nothing. “I will gather some other wolves, and we will meet here at midnight. Sundown is fast approaching, so we must hurry.” She jogged off, head up and tail high. BlackFire could easily imagine her being the next female leader.
    BlackFire still did not feel right with her decision, but it was for the good of the Pack. He looked at FlowingStream. “Are you going?”
    FlowingStream replied without looking up. “It will break DawnLight’s heart; he is good friends with the she-wolf. But yes, I will come. If DarkStorm says okay, then it must be right. His word was once law, and he led us safely in the past. I trust him still.” FlowingStream heaved himself to his paws and followed after DarkStorm, who had been waiting in the bushes.
    BlackFire stared after them, lost in thought. Were they really right? He knew FoxTail would like to be Dominant Female, but don’t all she-wolves wish that sometimes? Or was FoxTail too ambitious for her own good? He knew her well enough that she would do anything for power. He sighed and walked slowly after them, waiting for midnight to come. Transformation of
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Chapter 12   Christine watched BlackFire return from his patrol. Puh, he didn’t even take any wolf with him! She thought crossly.
  Christine looked out of the corner of her eye at BlackFire. He was slowly walking toward her, and then just veered away to sit beside FlowingStream. They were talking in whispers. He had a weird feeling it was about her.
 Why had he wanted to talk to her? She knew that was what he was going to do, but he had just wandered away. Was she doing something wrong? She noticed GoldenSun, who’s ears twitched in amusement. Christine had been standing up, staring at BlackFire the whole time! OH, she must be looking so stupid!
  She walked over to GoldenSun and sat down next to her. “What is it?”
  GoldenSun pointed her tail toward BlackFire, with a amused look in her eye. “BlackFire, that’s it.”
  Christine stuck her tongue out in disgust. “Oh, yucko! I can’t believe what you’re saying is what I think you’re saying.”
 GoldenSun laughed. “So you think you know what I’m saying is what I’m saying is what you think I’m saying?”
 Christine fell over, pretending to be dead. “You’ve killed me with your knowledge.” Christine jumped back up.
  GoldenSun shook her head slightly and headed towards the cave, whispering over her shoulder. “Be careful, SnowFall. Only the leaders can have mates. That’s how it is.” Christine make a yugh sound. She didn’t like BlackFire at all! So why did everyone think she did?
  She looked at the group BlackFire and FlowingStream were in again. DarkStorm, FoxTail, and FogSky sat with them. Christine had already given up her suspicion of BlackFire, about him being ShadowNight. But a new suspicion formed inside her.
  Sudddenly, they started leaving. The all filed out of the clearing, and left. Christine started to follow them, but decided against it. She would talk to DarkShadow instead.
  Christine finished off eating a small sparrow, and headed towards the cave. But not before she heard a howl in the distance. An ear piercing scream. Someone was hurt, and maybe dead. Just then, a faint smell of blood flowed on the wind towards her. She let out a gasp and started running to the waterfall, barking. The blood she had smelled on the wind was BlackFire and FlowingStream’s.
  She ran into DarkShadow, her eyes glazed with fear. “Blood! BlackFire, and FlowingStream. They’re hurt somewhere!” The fur on DarkShadow’s neck rose, and he scrambled up the slope.
 “GoldenSun, SnowFall, DawnLight, let us go! BlackFire and FlowingStream are in trouble.” He gasped when he saw that FoxTail, DarkStorm, and FogSky were not present. “EVERYONE, let’s go! Follow the scent, SnowFall.”
 Christine ran out of the cave, water still dripping off her fur. She scented the air. Again, she smelled the blood scent. She put her head back and howled. And she ran toward the trees, the Pack after her. And she heard a gunshot.
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Chapter 13     DawnLight ran as fast as he could, side by side with his Pack-Mates. He cast StarShine an anxious glance. SnowFall had stopped running. He lifted his head up, and scented the air. Suddenly the whole pack stopped. DawnLight climbed onto a large stone, being the small wolf he was, and tried to get a better look.
    He gasped outloud, and the rest of the Pack stared out, horror on their faces. Beyond where they stood, fire was swallowing the forest whole.
   “No…” He heard most of the Pack whimpering and saying the same thing.
    “DarkShadow, what is going to happen now?” He heard RainDrop ask, her voice shaking.
    DarkShadow looked down on his family, eyes glazed with fear.    “We must try to find our Pack-Mates, and then leave the forest.”
    “What? But this is our home!” GoldenSun cried out.
    “There’s nothing else we can do.” DawnLight growled, his eyes never leaving the burning trees ahead of them.
    “I will go.” DarkShadow said softly. But just as DawnLight was about to object, they turned their faces to see two wolves making their way to them from the forest.
    “FoxTail, FlowingStream!” Some-wolf called out.
    DarkShadow ran over, as did NightFall, and they supported the two limping wolves.
    Something beside DawnLight in the bushes stirred. Out of the corner of his eye, he looked. What that….? He twisted his body around to see. Red eyes. Glowing red eyes. Blink. Still there. The black wolf in front of him turned and slowly walked away, ghostlike. With slow movements that could only be visible once every three seconds. ShadowNight would disappear, and reappear very slowly;DawnLight felt it hard to find him.
    ShadowNight must have wanted DawnLight to follow him, because DawnLight automatically felt his feet moving foreward. He disappeared into the bushes while the pack tried to heal FoxTail and FlowingStream.
ShadowNight was leading him toward the flames. Did he want DawnLight killed? DawnLight strangely felt calm, like something else was taking over his body. And that's all I wrote. I did this two years ago, lost intrest, and decided to let you see what I wrote.

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