Those big sticks are things that they shoot us with, and this fur we're sitting in is dead animals!" Akeelah instantly pulled her tail away from Odin and ran back to her pack. "Help! The hunters are coming! Run! Hide!" Odin tried to run with Akeelah, but he slipped and fell and made a big thud as he hit the ground. One of the men turned and looked directly at him. Odin froze, and he whimpered as the bullet skinned his paw. He got up again, but he paw that got hit was bleeding, and he touched his paw to the ground to run. He cried out in pain. Akeelah heard his yelp and she hurried back to save him. She dragged him and gave him to her mother. Marselina was heartbroken, and she carried him away from the hunters, who were now in hot pursuit. Detani saw a dozen hunters charging at her and shooting wolves left and right. She saw her father protecting Marselina and Odin. Dayton then called to Detani, "Detani! Come to me! I can't let anything happen to our fami-" There was a gunshot. Then; Silence. The leader fell, and the hunter who shot him was right behind him. Marselina heard the quiet, and she cried out, "Dayton! Detani! Akeelah! Where are you?!" Detani went up to her father, and Marselina came too. Dayton was panting, and then he let out his final words to Marselina. "I'm sorry I broke my promise..." With that, he laid his black and white striped head down, and died.
"Dayton..." sobbed Marselina. Detani leaped gracefully on to his body and whispered in his ear, "Goodbye, Papa."
Chaos was breaking out everywhere, and Odin passed out from the loss of blood. Akeelah was nowhere to be found, and Detani was growing weak from all the running. Marselina picked up Odin and Detani and started to dash away from the dead pack, but then she remembered. "Redsong." she breathed. Marselina screamed, "REDSONG! REDSONG! Redsong, please be alive! Please..." Since the hunters were gaining on Marselina, she couldn't go back and look for Redsong now. She ran and ran and ran. Then, when she tripped and broke her leg, it happened again. There was a gunshot. Then; Silence. Detani could only watch in horror as her mother died. "No! Mama! No!" Marselina told her daughter, "Detani, listen to me. Never let anyone take you away, not even the hunters. Just keep going. Believe in yourself, and never let go of hope. Never..." Marselina was passing fast, so Detani said, "Don't worry, Mama. I'll never let go. I love you, Mama. Tell Papa I love him too." Marselina smiled and said that she will tell him that. Then, Marselina died.
Detani couldn't believe it. In only one hour, both of her parents died, her brother died, and her sister went missing. But she never let go of hope, just like her mother told her. She never let go of hope even when she went back to the Red Clan's territory, and there was no live wolves. They were all dead. Suddenly, a shadow emerged from the bushes, and Detani was sure it was another hunter, so she hid under another wolf's broken body. But the shadow wasn't a hunter at all. It was Redsong. Detani leaped onto Redsong with joy, and they were both so happy knowing that they were alive. Redsong smiled and asked, "Where's your mother, Detani? Is she alright?" The little wolf's smile vanished, and she told her, "Oh, um, she's with Papa and, um, Odin too." Redsong asked again, "Well, where are they?" Detani started to cry, and she said, "They are telling Papa that I love him." The red wolf finally understood. They were all dead. Redsong couldn't take care of Detani, so she led the pup to another pack called the Black Clan. "Prince, this is Detani." informed Redsong. "Her mother and father died, and I can't take care of her, so can you?" Prince scowled, but then he agreed. Redsong licked Detani and told her, "Don't worry about a thing, darlin'. Prince is the pack leader, and he will take good care of you. Remember, never let go of hope. There is always hope. Don't let it die inside of you." Detani and Redsong said goodbye to each other, and Redsong disappeared into the forest.
Prince shoved Detani out of his way, and he randomly picked a wolf out of the crowd. "Let's see... Trek!" A brown and tan wolf stepped forward and took the wiggling ball of fur. Prince's icy gaze met Trek's calm, yellow eyes, and Prince said, "Trek, this is your new pup. If she dies, I blame you." That frightened Detani, so she started to whimper. "Shut up!" screamed Prince. "These are the rules, mongrel. You stay out of my way, you live. For now." Detani flattened her little velvet ears to her head and started to cry again.
Two weeks later...
Detani had grown very close to Trek. Even though he wasn't her real father, he felt like a father to her. He would always bring her food, wash her fur, play pirates with her, and catch frogs with her. One day when they were catching frogs together by the stream, Prince stomped his way right onto Detani's tail. She howled in agony, and Prince scratched her face. "Get away from my stream, you trespassers!" Trek stepped in and said, "Don't blame her, Prince, it was my fault. I didn't know this was
your stream." Prince pushed Trek into the water, and he threw Detani in with him. Prince broke out laughing. Trek got up and brushed Detani off and dried her. Prince howled, "No wonder your parents are dead! And the sad part is, they wanted to leave you. You were too much of a burden to them!" Then, Detani ran into Trek's hut with tears streaming down her face. Trek ran and followed her in, giving Prince a stern look.
Trek asked Detani what was wrong, and she told Trek the whole story. She just couldn't hold it in any longer. She poured out her heart and soul into telling him what happened. Trek widened his eyes at the part when she said that Akeelah went missing. "Is she still alive, then?" he asked. "She might be, but I'm not going to look for her because she probably is dead. I don't need any more heartache than I already have. Still, it would be nice to know if she's alive." Trek warmly smiled at her and said, "Yeah, but we should probably get some sleep now. It's getting late." Trek laid down and Detani curled up next to him as they sank into a deep sleep.
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