Chapter Two Of Lilly Pads Pup Hood: Rowkeye’s living nightmare!
Rowkeye, began to dream, he was in a field playing with his sister, how wonderful he felt when he frolicked in the tall grass and waving flowers swishing side to side, then his sister Lilly Pad raced ahead, as he followed her he saw a horror, lying dead in the pond was his sister, and she was battered and bruised, covered in scratches, and above her was a black wolf head four scars slashed across it’s face, and it howled and then Rowkeye woke up, he saw his sister still lying beside him, what did that dream mean?
He didn’t care, he didn’t want to know some thing that horrifying mustn’t be a good thing, that day he followed his sister around to make sure nothing would happen to her, he couldn’t live with himself if anything happened to her, it wasn’t worth thinking about, the next day he thought nothing bad would happen, so he didn’t follow her, that night Lilly Pad came up to her brother…
“Can you keep a secret?” She whispered Rowkeye nodded, “Nelloka’s invited me to play with him at the pond tomorrow, isn’t that nice of him I wonder what he’s up too..?” She Paused Rowkeye wondered to, what would happen to Lilly Pad?
The next day he followed her down to the pond, and he waited, then Niearmy leaped out from behind a bush and murdered Lilly Pad, Rowkeye froze up, the horror he was seeing his own sister murdered before his very eyes he wanted to cry out for help, but he couldn’t Lilly Pad slashed Niearmys face before she fainted, Niearmy cried out in pain, then finished her.
“No!” Screamed Rowkeye, then Niearmy saw Rowkeye, she raced after him, and grabbed him by her claws digging them in his back, then scratching down, Rowkeye Screamed out in pain, “Your NEXT!” Niearmy grinned, then suddenly before she could finish her work, Kensuke leaped out, and chased her off, Dogrose raced to the side of her dead pup, “No, no… it can’t be? Your… no…” She tried helplessly to revive her pup, but she would never awake…
The pack came and paid their respects to Lilly Pad, Dogrose cried and refused to leave her pup, the pack had to lead her away, Rowkeye and Wolfen cried that night and slept by their heart broken mother, and Kensuke a father who lost so much, but now lost his daughter the only thing he had to remind him of what he used to be like, but now he had nothing but a forgotten memory a mate that would forever sorrow, and sons who where breaking themselves up because they longed for their sisters comfort, but she would never return the next day Niearmy and her followers where exiled out in to the mountains and so was Nelloka and Dkota, angered and confused Kensuke choose Rowkeye for the next pack leader and never truly loved again, his heart faded and Browlow, he hated Niearmy even more, he wished she was dead he lost his wife and now his granddaughter to her evil ways, he stayed silent and alone ever hurting like the rest…
Rowkeye felt worse, as he new he could have done some thing to help but it was too late now, he had to live with the gilt, maybe if he was braver, he thought he would have saved his sister, but he ever blamed himself…
The next day Rowkeye spent learning the things he needed to become the next pack leader, "Rowkeye, one day I need you to take my place that was your sisters duty but now falls to you, youare the next leader and my son the one true next leader," Said Kensuke firmly.
Rowkeye stepped in his fathers big paw print, and gazed up at his powerful father, "Dad? Will I ever be as powerful and as brave as you..." He whispered Kensuke looked down at his young pup, "Son, bravery is not born with or some force that makes you do noble things, do you think a wolf is given bravery or the chance to be brave?" Such wisdom his father had, Rowkeye only dreamt of having it, he looked down at his paws, "Father?" Rowkeye looked up but his father had gone back to the den, his mother now came up to him, "Yes son, what is it?" His mother was beautiful, just like the flower 'Dogrose' "Mother, will father ever be proud of me? He never seems to be proud of me..." Rowkeye hugged his mother, "Oh, my child he loves you and your brother... and so do I..." Dogrose nuzzled her child "let me teach you about the world... It's a beautiful frightening place but if your ready to open your eyes to it then just maybe... you'll be ready for the kingdom," Rowkeye replied, "So your saying you need to look deeper than whats in front of you, like get to know the person before you judge them..." Rowkeye smiled at his mother she always made things seem ten times brighter.