Part One : The Pack
Saba yawned as she rode along in the car . How she loved car trips . They were perfect for sleeping on . Unknown to Saba was the purpose of this trip . All of the sudden WUMP , POW ,SCREECH ! Saba was on the ground .'' OWWWWWWRRRRRRR '' , she howled to her human . But no answer came . How could this happen , Saba thought . Her hind hurt and `she was filthy . All of the sudden there was a noise in the bushes . She began to tremble . And then a lean blue-gray shape appeared . ''What is this , a dog or a wolf , Lunos ? A muffled sound sound came from the bushes . ''You're right Lunos , it's part wolf '' . ''Who are you '' Saba cried in surprise . The wolf's reply was ''Come with us '' . Saba told the wolf all about her . And how everyone said she looked like her mother . Then it was the wolf's turn . She told Saba that her name was Sable and that she was a beta wolf in the Flightpack .''We're taking you to see Shena the pack leader ''. As they trekked along an unseen danger was behind them . Suddenly out of no where a sound broke the silence ''ROOOAAAARRRRRRRGRGGGRRRR'' . A huge bear snarled behind them . Sable , Lunos and Saba made a run for it . Lunos tripped slowing them down considerably as he ran . Saba and Sable helped him up and kept going . ''Oh no '' Sable yelled as they approached the waterfront . ''TURN , TURN , TURN '' Sable yelled again and again as they ran in a hairpin turn . They slipped and fell toward the water . Then there was a howl from the top of a hill . A beautiful gray wolf with silver ears and yellow eyes appeared on the hilltop . The bear turned to attack but then shrunk back and began to whimper submissively . '' I am quite sorry about the bear '' , the gray wolf said . ''I am Shena the pack leader , I trust Sable and Lunos have told you about me ''.Y-yes they have .'' , Saba stammered . They walked together in total silence . Saba felt that there was a strange connection and understanding between her and the wolf . Saba began to piece it together in her mind Sable said ''part wolf '' so that must mean there is wolf in my heritage and if Jenna is a pedigree husky , that must mean . . . Balto ? Saba followed the wolves example of walking quietly as she thought about her wolf heritage . Soon they came to a tree stump with a hole in it . ''Here is the den '' Shena said ''Go on into it '' she continued slyly . Saba stepped in expecting solid ground and not knowing what was going to happen . Whhhhooooossshhhhhh . Suddenly Saba was sliding down a hole head first . She slipped and whooshed until she finally came to a stop . Some wolves and wolflings were down in the cave where it was dark and cool . UMPH ! Something hit her back . It turned out it was Sable sliding down . Then ARRUMMPH! Lunos crashed into Sable . Then Shena came sliding down ,but she landed on her feet . And then she leapt upon a high rock to announce Saba's coming .
Part 2 :The Teaching
Shena howled ''We have a newcomer who has not yet learned her wolf voice .We will help her find it . Now we will demonstrate for her , AWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO '' It was the most beautiful sound Saba had ever heard in her whole life . She tried to match it , ''Arrrwwwwoooo''. ''Do not worry little one '' , Shena said ''Your voice will soon be as brilliant as ours '' . '' The next day the teaching began . Early in the morning they took her out to hunt . Then in the middle of the day they took her to watch the pups . Then at sunset she fought . Then that night Saba tried to howl again , it was better than the first time she had howled . The orange bandanna that matched her mother's flapped in the wind . Then she realized something , Bold , a wolf who had been on the hunt was sitting next to her . ''Good , eh '' , he said . ''Yes, but not as good as yours '' . They sat there in total silence . Then they nuzzled each other . And then slid down into the den and Saba and Bold went back to sleep . When Saba woke up (or rather woken up ) it was really early . She was used to sleeping in a a soft plaid dog bed in front of the fire and sleeping as late as she wanted to . ''YAWN '' , she was really tired . Boy , she thought This is going take more than a little getting used to . They walked out to hunt . Two years passed with the pack . Saba had mothered 3 wolf dog pups . But two disappeared when Saba returned to the den . So only her daughter , Dusty remained . One day Shena was out cast for a reason unknown to the pack . A wolf named Moon Breeze took over . He was a strong male wolf who all of the females adored , but he was only interested in Saba . But Saba hated Moon Breeze and would not answer his proposals to mate . Dusty was now eight weeks old and had grown up around nothing but scorn . Soon it was clear she had to mate with Moon Breeze or she would be killed . Finally she gave in . She mothered a brown male wolf pup she named Scorn because of all the anger and scorn that she felt for Moon Breeze . Saba raised Dusty and Scorn together .
Sable and Lunos the two wolves who had brought her to the pack in the first place , and Bold her true mate were her only friends . Dusty was growing up fast . But one day when Dusty was four months old Saba told her ''Wolf dogs are not welcome around here , and you don't deserve anymore anger or scorn around here . There's a place I know where my brother Kodi lives and where you will be well cared for . Tell the lead dog that Saba sent you and you will have no trouble at all .'' She gave her directions to the place in which she spoke of . So Saba raised Scorn well . And she and Bold gave birth a new female gray wolf pup who she named Hill Storm . Hill Storm did not grow up around anger and mistrust as Scorn and Dusty had for Bold had overthrown Moon Breeze . And Moon Breeze left the pack never to be seen again .
Part 3 : Her Voice
Saba and Bold raised two more pups called Tikva and Carreta . and after three years Saba finally found her voiceAWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO'' Saba howled .
Epilogue
Dusty grew up to be a great sled dog on the US mail dog team . And Tikva , Carreta , Scorn and Hill Storm grew up into fine wolves . Bold and Saba lived long and happy lives together . Saba's owner got a new Chow Chow puppy named Nana .