TWPRP Moonlight

Yorkie, Foxy and Domino participated in Moonlight.

(any unlabelled = YORKIE)

Allegiances:

MoonPack:

Alpha Female: Dream ~ F ~ Heather ~ TS: STY Dream FOXY

Alpha Male: Ember ~ M ~ Ginger YORKIE

Beta Female: Sunflower ~ F ~ Yellow YORKIE

Beta Male: NA

Obea: Rose ~ F ~ Tan with spots YORKIE

Hunters: Blueberry ~ F ~ Grey/blue YORKIE

Fennel ~ M ~ Brown/grey YORKIE

Squirrel ~ F ~ Ginger YORKIE

Slate ~ F ~ Grey/amber eyes YORKIE

Dew ~ M ~ Light ginger/grey, dull green eyes YORKIE

Drizzle ~ F ~ Light grey/tawny, light green eyes YORKIE

Juniper ~ M ~ Silver/blue eyes YORKIE

Aspen ~ M ~ Light brown/yellow eyes YORKIE

Guards: Scar ~ M ~ Red/scarred YORKIE

Redfang ~ M ~ Red/white DOMINO

Echo ~ M ~ Tawny ~ TS: STY Echo YORKIE

Cypress ~ M ~ Dark grey, brown spots YORKIE

Dawn ~ F ~ Grey-blue, yellow eyes YORKIE

Clover ~ M ~ Grey/green eyes YORKIE

Kai ~ M ~ Ginger YORKIE

Frostbite ~ F ~ White/silver/light blue eyes YORKIE

Dusk ~ M ~ Ginger/grey/black/white/yellow, orange/blue eyes YORKIE

Queens: NA

Pups: NA

LeafPack:

Alpha Female: Dewfrost ~ F ~ Ginger/grey Alpha Male: NA Beta Female: NA

Beta Male: Brackenmoon ~ M ~ Golden/brown Obea: Stripeclaw ~ F ~ Striped/scarred Hunters: Darkvoid ~ M ~ Black

Darkflower ~ F ~ Brown

Darkclaw ~ M ~ Grey

Sootmane ~ M ~ Dark grey

Blossom ~ F ~ Ginger/black/white Cedar ~ M ~ Dark brown/white

Guards: Bone ~ M ~ Silver/grey/blue eyes ~ TS: STY Sans

Darkash ~ M ~ Grey/black

Darkflare ~ M ~ Grey/ginger

Darkflash ~ F ~ Light ginger

Holly ~ F ~ Prickly/black

Petals ~ F ~ Brown/grey dappled

Pups: NA

Prisoners: NA

SunPack:

Alpha Female: Crytsallight ~ F ~ Silver

Alpha Male: Tendrilshine ~ M ~ Brown

Beta Female: Silvershine ~ F ~ Silver

Beta Male: NA

Obea: Gentleshine ~ F ~ Silver/white Hunters: Gingershine ~ F ~ Ginger/white

Oneshine ~ F ~ Small/silver

Starshine ~ F ~ Grey/silver

Guards: Scarshine ~ M ~ Red/scarred

Twoshine ~ M ~ Small/light brown

Sunlight ~ F ~ Light Ginger

Pebbleshine ~ M ~ Brown/white

Violet ~ F ~ Grey/white

Queens: NA

Pups: NA

Elders: Shineless ~ M ~ Old/pale grey

AshPack:

Alpha Female: Flare ~ F ~ Ginger

Alpha Male: Flamestrike ~ M ~ Red

Beta Female: Emily ~ F ~ Yellow

Beta Male: Emile ~ M ~ Dark coloured

Obeas: Harold ~ M ~ Brown

Lurk ~ M ~ Black

Hazel ~ F ~ Light brown

Mary ~ F ~ Light silver

Hunters: Olivia ~ F ~ Silver

Alex ~ M ~ Dark brown

Henry ~ M ~ Brown

Abby ~ F ~ Brown

Bleu ~ M ~ Blue/grey

Edge ~ M ~ Red/brown

Ink ~ F ~ Brown

Eric ~ M ~ Yellow

Shea ~ F ~ Grey/yellow

Pidge ~ F ~ Brown

Thrush ~ F ~ Grey/brown

Pigeon ~ M ~ Colourful

Autumn ~ F ~ Ginger/silver

Guards: Cross ~ M ~ Dark grey

Dust ~ M ~ Dark grey

Startail ~ F ~ Black/white

Katie ~ F ~ Calico

Pennington ~ F ~ Golden/white

Bob ~ M ~ Red/grey/brown

Casper ~ F ~ Black

Fred ~ M ~ Red/white/brindle

Sky ~ F ~ Black/dark grey

Kody ~ M ~ Orange/white

Goldie ~ F ~ Golden

Mustard ~ M ~ Yellow/black

Maddie ~ F ~ Golden-brown/black

Apples ~ M ~ Black/white/grey/brown striped

Tawny ~ F ~ Heather/striped

Sophie ~ F ~ White/black, one-eye ~ TS: STY Flowey/Frisk

Elders: Zeus ~ M ~ Dark grey

Jewel ~ F ~ Golden Pups: NA

Prisoners: Dewdrop ~ M ~ Light grey

Willow ~ F ~ Heather/white

Loners & Rogues:

Moon ~ F ~ Dark coloured ~ TS: STY Moon

Ginger ~ F ~ Fox coloured ~ TS: STY Ginger

Skull ~ M ~ Pale grey/sky blue eyes ~ TS: Gaster’s Theme

RainPack:

Yellow ~ M ~ Yellow ~ STY Yellow

Lightstep ~ F ~ Light tawny

Shineflower ~ F ~ Pale silver

Tawnyscar ~ F ~ Tawny/green eyes/scar on left eye

Fang ~ M ~ Dark grey/silver ~ TS: STY Fang

Poppy ~ F ~ Calico

Frost ~ F ~ Silver/white

Snow ~ F ~ White ~ TS: It’s Raining Somewhere Else

Raindrop ~ M ~ Grey splotched

Moonlight ~ M ~ Black/grey

Turtle ~ F ~ Ginger/black/brown

Cosmo ~ M ~ Dark brown

Chipmunkfoot ~ F ~ Ginger/black/white

Raven ~ F ~ Black/white ~ TS: STY Raven

Small ~ M ~ Small/light brown

Rowantuft ~ M ~ Dark ginger

Simpleshine ~ M ~ Red

Goldenshine ~ F ~ Golden/sun-coloured dapples

Summer ~ F ~ Yellow/silver

Nightmare ~ M ~ Black

Watson ~ M ~ Grey

Apricot ~ M ~ Tricolour

Anna ~ F ~ Dark brown

Spider ~ F ~ White/black/grey

Crow ~ M ~ Shiny black/silver

Blackbird ~ F ~ Small/black

Flash ~ M ~ Ginger

Heather ~ F ~ Heather

Burnt ~ M ~ Red/scarred

~ RP ~

“Nineteen against twelve.” Ink smiled. : Sophie snarled, “Gladly!” Sophie jumped at Ink. Sophie clawed at her face, ears, chest, and her tail. | “Darkflare! Dusk!” Dream said, “They might need help in there! Go!” Dream barked, she pushed them into battle. Dawn shook her head, in her sleep. “Uh…” She said, sleepily. Willow ran to her mom. “Can I fight?” Willow said, she ran up to Dream. “No! You still have a limp!” Dream barked. “It will never go away! I need to fight!” Willow said, though she never got an answer. Willow rushed out to battle without asking again. “Darkclaw! Darkflower! Sootmane! Blossom! Fennel! Squirrel! Dew! Drizzle! Blueberry! We need you to go in battle!” Dream said. | Sophie looked at all the other wolves joining in. “... Um… I guess it’s twenty-two against nineteen.” Sophie said, afterwards she snarled. “This will be fun!” Sophie said, she clawed at Ink’s eye. It felt like your eye were burning, without you even able to get up, Sophie clawed at your exposed belly. Her claws went deep in you flesh and blood, stunning you. “Thank you for cooperating.” Ink smiled and pushed you off. “You let out full plan come into place. You’re that dumb.” | Ember was watching the wolves pour into camp. “We left this unguarded. . .” Sunflower and Dew were already trying to fight back the crowd. | Brackenmoon was watching the wolves in the camp. “Stripeclaw, Darkvoid, Darkflare!” He ordered. The only other wolf was Dewfrost. | Bone was being attacked by Crystal, Apples, Tawny, and Winter. | Ginger and Moon appeared. “Spirits come on their own accord.” Skull said after he teleported. Moon flattened her ears. “Why didn’t you leave helpful wolves at camp?” She asked. “Even if you have half of a brain, you should know that!” She glared at everybody. Ginger stared at her plainly. : “Dream ordered us to do this! Not us!” Sophie said. “Now! Let’s get back to battling please!” Sophie snarled near the end. Sophie looked back at Moon, a Ginger, and Skull. “Uh… hey… Skull! Could you influence the spirit wolves to help with… the whole battle?” Sophie pleaded, she glared back at Ink. Sophie clawed at him. She jumped off, and attacked Pidge. Sophie clawed at her face. Sophie ran to Bone to help. “Well Dream should think before she acts. And sending all of the powerful wolves except Rose away!” Moon got up and made some mist wolves appeared, then dodged a quick blow from Pidge. Skull growled, “I told you they come on their own!” He teleported away from Thrush and blew their head. | Bone growled, “I don’t need your help.” He pushed off Tawny, who was still a young, skinny pup. She shouldn’t of been in this battle, she reminded you of Alex when he was still a pup. : Sophie pushed Tawny to the side, she landed on her back. Sophie looked around to see if Alex was still okay. Apples hissed, “Tawny, you’re just a pup, what are you doing?” Tawny ignored them. | A throbbing pain hit on your head, blood seeping down and heating your fur. Blood threaded out of your mouth. Ink slashed you again. Then everything went dark. | Alex rushed to camp. He didn’t get in camp, for Burnt was collecting herbs outside. “Come!” Neither of them knew of the invasion inside camp. | When they reached the battle, Sophie’s fur was dark red, stained with her enemies blood and her own blood. Burnt twitched his ear. “I don’t have time for peasants like her.” He snarled. | Eric and Shea had ripped up all of the dens. Dew lay, bleeding, passed out on his side. Sunflower and Ember were guarding the Obea’s den. Sunflower had to shoot away to help Dream fight three SunPack wolves. Oneshine, Tendrilshine, and Twoshine. Ember looked back to see Rose brushing her way out of the den, rage like her fire powers in her eyes. She saw Dew’s limp body and flattened her ears. : Sophie was passed out on the floor, he ears folded down, a cut over her empty eye socket. There were cuts all over her body. Willow came out and saw Sophie, she walked over to her. Willow sighed. “How come only YOU get hurt?” Willow asked, she healed the most recent cuts and let Rose do the rest. Dream shook her head. Dream looked at the all the wolves left. “They have won this battle. But, we WILL win the war!” Dream barked, she clawed the ground. Dawn had no balance or strength. “Hey? Dusk? Can you help me get up and let me see what is happening?” Dawn asked, she shifted her body. “Dusk is on the battlefield.” Rose said, watching the camp. Sunflower had several wounds gouged across her flank. “It’s only me, Ember, Dream, and Rose to protect the camp now. . .” She said, blood dripping down her flanks. “They have ruined the dens. Injured us. And they ruined the prey pile. . . We won’t have anybody to hunt after they come back. . .” Ember sighed. Kai jumped up from where he was beside Dew. “I can hunt!” Sunflower stared at him. “You weren’t trained and you can’t feed a whole pack.” Kai dodged between AshPack and SunPack wolves. “I can at least help! Maybe I can be a messenger!” Ember thought for a bit. “No, it’s too risky.” Kai frowned. “I’ll at least help get Dew to the Obea’s den.” Without waiting for a response, he snaked back over to Dew and half-dragged him to Rose and Burnt’s den. He put him in a nest next to Dawn. Blood had made Dew’s ginger and grey fur crimson. Dried blood crusted around his eyes. Sunflower had a torn ear and many more wounds. She collapsed on the floor and crawled over to the Obea’s den. “Rest.” Rose told her. She nodded and limped into the Obea’s den. | Ink and Thrush snarled at Burnt. Thrush jumped onto his back and tore open an old burn-scar from the fire when he was a pup open. Burnt snarled and shook her off, Thrush thudding on the ground. Pidge jumped onto Burnt in Thrush’s place and tore a wound down his throat. She dodged away before Burnt could retaliate. Burnt clawed Ink. Ink easily dodged and bit Burnt’s leg. Burnt fell to the ground, an old wheezing cough from when he had gotten ash and dust and cinder and smoke in his lungs however many years ago. He glared up at Willow, who was next to him, and croaked, “I would’ve died of old age or my cough.” Then he fell limp, his gaze clouding over as he drew his last internal breath. | Rose felt a cold dread drop in the air, but she didn’t know what it was. Now only her, Dream, Ember, and maybe even Kai could fight against this wrath. But she would protect the Obea’s den. Ember snarled and lunged at the closet wolf, but soon he was trampled over. Blood dripped from his wounds. “It’s no use!” He lay down, his breath rattling. Then Rose looked closer and a sprained paw was what she saw. “To the den, I know. . .” He crawled over, his leg laying limp and useless. Rose looked worried over to Dream. “They’re going to kill us all!” Then she had an idea. She made a fireball appear. A wolf howled and the crowd began to back off. But then a searing pain hit Rose in the back. Claws were ripping across her. She felt her legs buckling under her. Then she yowled in pain as her fireball dropped onto her tail. “OWWWW!” She felt the burns crawling up her pelt and wondered what it was like for Burnt when he was trapped in a forest fire when he was a pup. Pain seared her as she was singed, her fur melting away. Cuts snakes up to her neck as the fire raged closer. She whipped her tail and set it off, then looked up to see the malicious glowing eyes of Bleu. He sunk into the crowd. Rose gasped for breath as she felt the smoke in closing on her lungs. She tried to see, but ash covered her eyes. She felt a wave of defeat. Dawn was hurt. Dew was hurt. Sunflower was hurt. Ember was hurt. Then she heard a voice. She forced her eyes open, using her paw to clear away the cinder and ash. Kai was flinging himself towards Bleu. “K-Kai!” Rose managed to choke out. “Protect the Obea’s den!” Kai looked back and nodded, then walked over. “Don’t be so. . Brave.” Rose was seeing dizzy black engulf her. I mustn’t give up yet. Dew needs me. And Dusk can be hurt out there. . . Mom! Dad! Willow. . . She managed to go on her legs, wobbly, and hobble over to Dream. : Dawn opened her eyes quickly with all the noise. “Dew!” Dawn said, she pulled herself over to Dew with her arms. Dawn put her tail over his chest and stomach. “Dew…” Dawn whispered. Dawn backed away, because she knew Rose would yell at her to back up because he needs space. Dawn realized. “Where is Drizzle!?!?” Dawn said, worriedly. Dream shook her head. “We’ll lose at the rate we’re going in!” Dream said, to herself. “Dusk and Drizzle are on the battlefield.” Ember shifted in his nest. Sunflower blinked open her eyes. “I haven’t seen Burnt come back with his herbs. . .” | Kai twitched his ear and looked at Dream. “We can’t just give up! What if they did this to LeafPack as well? We’d been beaten!” | Dew didn’t stir. Rose felt the burn on her tail paining her, her chest aching and tight. Rose then passed out. | Burnt’s body lay limp. “We have done what we came for.” Then the wolves left. Except Tawny. But she soon disappeared. | Tawny went to the LeafPack and MoonPack camps to gather the wolves from AshPack and SunPack. When the enemies were gone in their camp, and you came back, you saw blood lay the clearing. You had no prey. The dens were destroyed. Scar and Squirrel carried Burnt’s dead body. Rose, who had recovered her eyesight and was awake again, wobbled over. “Burnt. . . No. .. I don’t want to heal them all on my own. . .” She lifted her tail from the ground to avoid scraping the burn and bent down to touch noses to her mentor’s fur. She was probably the only one who had understood him. She shook her head. “Anything else. . . Happen?” She rasped, the smoke hurting her throat. : Willow limped over to Rose. She sat down. “You have to heal! Or else we can all die. You need to try!” Willow said. | Sophie laid limp on the grass and mud, Dream stood in the middle of the camp, it was all destroyed. Dream saw a black and white colored wolf. It was Sophie! Dream ran to Sophie. “Scar! Can you help me pick Sophie up when you’re done?” Dream asked. “I can’t heal my lungs though. And the burns are only a scar right now. You can only heal injuries on the outside.” Rose told her. “And I have to heal everybody else.” | Scar nodded. “Okay.” He went over and carried Sophie over to the Obea’s den. “It’s a little crowded.” Scar tried to find a nest for Sophie, and found one near the middle of the den. He nudged her over. | Dusk and Drizzle broke into the Obea’s den. “Dawn, are you okay--” Then Dusk saw Dew. Scar, who was also in the den, turned around to look at his pups. “Dew!” Drizzle went to her older brother. “You will wake up right now so you can talk to us!” Dusk knelt beside Drizzle and Dawn. : Dawn yelped. “I-I hear something…” Dawn saw a few shadows covering the entrance to the den. Sophie opened her eyes. “... I’ll protect… all of you… Alex? Kai? Dream? Willow? Will you help me?” Sophie said, she got quiet. Dream walked over to Sophie. “I’ll help…” Dream helped Sophie up, Sophie nudged away. “I don’t need your help!” Sophie whispered, she stood on her own. But, all of you could see she was in no shape to fight. You could tell that there were five strange wolves. Rose held her tail lightly off of the ground. Dew blinked open his eyes once, grunted, and shifted in his nest to see. He gently let his head back down and closed his eyes again. Sunflower and Ember watched the entrance anxiously. Drizzle stayed near her hurt littermates as Dusk jumped up and let out a growl towards the darkness. The sun had set, and the shadows overwhelmed everything. “They aren’t pack wolves. . .” Dusk whispered. The moon shone light on one of the largest of the shadows. A silver wolf, his blue eyes gleaming in the dark. The rest of the camp must’ve been asleep. . . Anyway, Squirrel, Blueberry, and Echo were busy burying Burnt. Scar brushed past his awake son and hissed to the newcomers, “Who are you and what do you want?” No reply. Another set of eyes, this one green, shone beside the blue. Yet another wolf breathed into the den, and their breath smelt like cold frost. “This is MoonPack, right?” The voice followed the breath, and it sounded like ice scraping against rock, splintering and hurting your ears. Amber eyes gleamed. The wolf with the amber eyes answered, “I think so. . . I thought they’d be guarding or something. Maybe not all pack names are what they say. . . MoonPack should be out at night.” A light brown furred wolf jabbed her in the side with his shoulder. “Shhh. . .” Then no other words followed. The wolf with green eyes stopped. “I hear wolves moving around in that den. Some of them are awake. Show yourselves!” She snarled at the Obea’s den. Scar went up to the entrance and hissed, “You shouldn’t be here in the first place.” The wolf with the voice that sounded like shattering ice hissed back, “Sorry. Are you MoonPack?” Scar hesitated then added, “Yes.” The first wolf with blue eyes broke into the den. His silver fur showed in the dim half-moon light. “We’re not here to attack you.” His voice was calm, and he reminded you of Cypress and Fennel. The wolf with amber eyes pushed past him. “I’m Slate! We are Loner’s from near the mountains and heard about the war and we wanted to join you and-“ “Shut it!” The green-eyed wolf followed in, shoving Slate a little. “Learn to keep your mouth shut!” Slate looked down at her paws. “I’m Clover.” The green eyed wolf told them. A beam of light shone on her grey fur. The blue eyed wolf, who had silver fur, nodded. “I’m Juniper. Frostbite, Aspen, come in!” The wolf with the harsh wolf slipped in, her light blue eyes and silverish-white pelt reminded you of Snow. “Frostbite.” She rasped. A smaller wolf followed. “I’m A-Aspen.” He looked intimidated by the amount of wolves in the den. Juniper sat down. “Where are your leaders?” Ember shifted. “I’m Ember, Alpha Male, and Dream is the Alpha Female.” Sunflower added, “I’m the Beta Female, Sunflower.” Slate looked up again. “Can we join you? Or at least stay here for the night?” Well, we do need healthy Hunter’s. And strong fighters. The naive grey-furred wolf went over to the middle of the den, Sophie, Dew, Dawn, and Rose surrounding her. Drizzle met her gaze. Slate tilted her head. “Is the war why you are all hurt?” She asked. Juniper snorted. “Slate, shut up!” Slate looked a little hurt then seemed to completely forget about it. Clover stared at Sophie. “You need more prey. And more Hunter’s. And stronger fighters. The other packs really did a number on you. But you fought back, which takes courage.” She was a smooth-speaker and good at convincing other wolves. Frostbite, who looked almost as old as Burnt, lashed her tail. “Come. On. Get to the point.” She croaked out. “Frostbite! Tell them what happened to your voice.” Slate pleaded. Aspen looked at Slate anxiously. Frostbite ignored them both. “I almost froze to death and inhaled a lot of ice. But I was warmed up. Yes, it was an avalanche from the mountain when I was about the burned-tail one’s age.” Rose shifted. “I’m Rose. That’s Dawn, Dew, Drizzle, Dusk, Sophie, Scar, and, uh-“ She stopped speaking and pointing to the wolves she had named. Aspen dug his claws deep into the soil, as if nervous or shy. “We can head back if you want us to.” Juniper glared at him. “We will wait for their answer.” Clover nodded in agreement. Slate looked at the other wolves. “Why would they get rid of us?” Juniors snarled, “Maybe because some of us can’t control our mouths!” You began to feel a little bad for Slate. Slate crouched down. “Sorry.” She remained silent. Aspen looked over his shoulder at the entrance to the den. Blueberry, Echo, and Squirrel would be in their nests by now. It was almost midnight. Scar tipped his head. “I’ll go to sleep. . .” He yawned and went out of his den. Ember said to them, “You can stay here for the night and we’ll decide in the morning.” Clover nodded her thanks. Frostbite grunted and the Loners found places to sleep. | Dusk whispered to Rose, “Come on, go to sleep, you need to save your energy.” Rose blinked at him. “Thank you.” She curled up in her nest. It had been a long day. The battle. Burnt’s death. The injuries. The Loner’s. She had to sleep now.

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Dawn. The sun rose and warmed the Spring grass. Birds whistled. Frostbite, Slate, Juniper, Aspen, and Clover were outside in camp with every other wolf. Even Dew had managed to crawl over to the entrance to the Obea’s den to see what Dream, Sunflower, and Ember would decide. | Ember and Sunflower were with Dream in the Alpha’s den. Ember, his leg still twisted and limp, and Sunflower, her wounds still bleeding every then and now. Sunflower said, “We need more wolves.” Ember nodded and added, “Will you accept them? Fennel and Cypress are very loyal. . . They can help too, and we have injured and dead, so we need more healthy, strong wolves!” They waited for Dream’s response. : Dawn shifted in her sleep. “Uh… D-Dew?” Dawn said, she opened her eyes. Sophie walked up to Dream. “We have to let them join, we can have a chance if we do.” Dream nodded. Willow leaned her head against Dream. “I feel nauseous…” Willow closed her eyes. Dew turned to his sister. “What?” He rasped, looking miserable. | Ember turned to his daughter, his limp leg trailing on the ground. “Go to the Obea’s den then.” | Echo snarled, “How can we actually trust them? They could be spies for AshPack! They did live on the mountains near them!” Juniper glared at Echo. “Why the hail would we do that?” Slate jumped up. “What’s a AshPack?” Echo snorted. Blueberry went over to him. “They are telling the truth. And if they are disloyal. . .” She raked her claws across the grass. Aspen moved back a little. Slate began yapping, “If Cricket were here, he would show you we were loyal! He was the kindest, most patient cat, but he went to go find our parents, and I wanted to stay with my friends!” Clover and Juniper exchanged glances, feeling a little guilty now. Aspen looked towards them and they nodded. “Uh, Slate, Cricket. . . He didn’t go to see your parents. Or find them.” Slate tilted her head, not getting it. “Then what did he do? Was I a bad sister?” Aspen shook his head sadly. “He. . . Died. You were sleeping with a wound, we didn’t want to wake you--” Slate lashed her tail angrily. “That’s an excuse! You didn’t want me to know because you thought I’d be sensitive! He was my brother. You. Lied to me!” Slate turned away from Aspen, crying a little. Her fierce amber eyes glowed in the early morning light. Sunflower looked anxiously towards her. Clover went over to try to comfort Slate, but she pushed her away. “You didn’t have your brother died and was lied to by your friends!” Clover sat down. “Well, I was a slave and was forced to kill or I and my friends would die. Does that count? And Juniper was abused and abandoned and sister’s were killed by his older brother. Then his parents killed his brother because they weren’t satisfied.” Slate blinked up at her. “I know that. . .” Frostbite added, “I am practically half-dead and Aspen was carried off by a falcon when he was a pup and taken away from his family.” Slate twitched her ear. “Sunflower, what ranks are we going to have?” She had calmed down a little. Sunflower jumped onto the tall rock. “Slate, you shall be a Hunter.” Slate’s eyes glowed. “Clover, you shall be a Guard.” Clover felt as if this was referencing her forced murder rampage. She dipped her head politely. “Juniper, you shall be a Hunter. Aspen, you shall also be a Hunter. And Frostbite. . .” Sunflower considered bringing Elder’s into the pack, but Frostbite wouldn’t like that. She had had the exact opposite of Burnt’s fate of burning in a fire when he was a pup. Freezing as a pup. But she was as grouchy. Frosbite flicked her tail. “Guard.” Sunflower decided at last. | Rose coughed again, feeling the ash clouds explode in her lung. Pain throbbed within her and she fell to the ground, pulling in her legs, not able to breathe. She felt the same black dizziness inclose and she couldn’t see, either. She heard Dusk going over to her, worried. “Rose, come on, you have wolves to heal.” He whispered. “I don’t want to see you hurt.” Rose tried to reply, but the dust moved up her lungs, threatening to choke her. She rolled over onto her back. “G-get. . . Coltsfoot. . .” She didn’t have to repeat herself. Dusk was already back with the herb. Rose chewed it up and swallowed it, feeling her breathing beginning to ease. She blinked open her eyes and smiled weakly up at Dusk. Dusk let out a sigh of relief. “Will you always have problems breathing?” He asked nervously. Rose stood up, trembling, then felt her strength soak back into her legs. “M-maybe.” | Dusk knew that he shouldn’t, this being forbidden and Rose not liking him back, but he couldn’t help to care about her more than he cared about his own life. “Rose, are you okay?” He asked, shaken by her near-death experience. “I wouldn’t of been if it weren’t for you. . .” Dusk looked at the struggling wolf. “You should r-rest for a while. I can h-help out with the hurt wolves.” Blueberry walked over to her daughter and nudged her with her snout. “Dusk is right. Rose, please get some rest.” Rose blinked at her mother and Dusk. “Okay. . .” She stumbled and Blueberry guided her over to the Obea’s den and her nest. Echo gazed after his pup worriedly. Blueberry came out again. | Rose felt a thorn scrape her tail. She let out a yowl of pain as the burn scar opened up again. Dusk rushed over to her. “You need cobwebs, right?” Rose nodded, silent. Dusk got a wad of cobweb and applied it to Rose’s tail. “What time is it?” She asked. “Sunhigh.” Dusk answered, patting the cobweb tight onto the wound. “Are Willow, Dawn, Dew, Ember, Sophie and Sunflower okay?” Rose asked. “They all are. . .” Dusk remembered the pained look of his older brother. “Some are better than others.” Rose felt a sudden warmth for this wolf. She felt like she might be betraying Dew, but maybe she never actually liked him in the way she thought she did. And he would understand. He never actually liked her back anyway. “Dusk, I was wrong.” Dusk looked at her. “About what?” Rose rasped out, her throat hurting from the cinder in her lungs, “About not liking you.” Dusk blushed a little. “I was too blind with false love to notice you.” Dusk felt something overwhelm him that he always wanted. “R-really?” Rose croaked, “Yes, really. . . Now let me sleep.” She added with a glint of amusement. Dusk smiled at her and broke out of the den, passing Drizzle and Aspen who were talking about a hunting patrol. “Dawn. . .” Dawn was alone now, so Dusk could tell his sister. “Rose says she likes me back!” He whispered, his tail wagging happily. | Rose fell into a light sleep, shocked that she was brave enough to even say that outloud.

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It was a few days since Slate, Juniper, Clover, Aspen, and Frostbite had joined MoonPack, and they were doing a great job guarding and hunting. The fresh-kill pile was stocked with squirrels, mice, birds, rabbits, and deer. They weren’t used to fishing, but they did a great job with woodland hunting, especially since the Spring season had brought more prey. Rose began coughing again, fear rising in her pelt as she felt the dust and cinder move around in her lungs. She wondered if Willow or maybe even Frostbite could somehow freeze it out. No, Frostbite didn’t have powers like Willow did, but Willow was injured and Frostbite had ice stuck to her fur and inside her throat for the rest of her life. Rose felt dizzy and the world blinked out as her vision faded away. She coughed and spluttered, feeling very weak and hungry and thirsty and helpless. She tried to scream but made no sound. I should’ve known that it was no use to try and run from. . . The cycle of abuse. The cycle of abuse. She passed out, ill and not sure what to do. | Dusk came back from a training session with Redfang. He wondered when Dawn would be well enough to train with him again. He went over to the Obea’s den to talk to Rose about the new fighting move he had learned, sure she would have something to tell to him, and that was when he saw her limp body. Her flank was rising jaggedly. “Rose!” He gasped with shock and grief. She must have had another coughing fit when he was away! He should’ve never left her alone! He began nudging her flank gently. He rushed over and took some coltsfoot from a pile. He chewed it up and spat it on the ground. Rose blinked open an eye weakly and lapped up at the coltsfoot. “Th. . . thank you, Dusk. . . .” She closed her eye and trailed off into an uneasy sleep. “Rose. . . Please be okay!” Dusk begged her. Rose shifted over in her sleep, her breathing starting to recover. | Dew had almost healed completely. Dawn had almost healed as well. Dew was talking to his sister Dawn and Drizzle. “I thought Dusk would be back by now.” He said. Drizzle answered, “He did, but he’s helping Rose with her coughing.” Dew didn’t feel at all any hate or betrayal to Rose or Dusk. He was happy that they were together. | Rose felt the strength that had ebbed and slipped away from her come back. She gingerly sat up in her nest to see Dusk nudging a soaked moss-ball and squirrel over to her. Rose lapped at the water from the moss and began to eat the squirrel. “How are the newcomers setting in?” She asked, eager to forget about her coughing and to have a normal, happy conversation again. “Very well. It was like they were meant to be in a pack. Slate has gotten over Cricket. They are very happy. But they still like to stay in a small group when they have free-time.” “That’s good news.” Rose agreed. She stretched to get up. “Tell Dew and Dawn that they can start training again.” She felt the weight of her responsibility as a half-trained, young, only Obea of this whole pack. | Dusk went over to his littermates. “Dawn and Dew, Rose told me that you could start training again!” Drizzle said, “That’s great!”

~-~ Dew was hunting with his mentor, Blueberry, and Slate. Slate was doing good for a new wolf. She had caught a squirrel and a vole already. Dew had caught a crow and Blueberry had dug up a nest of mice, carrying all seven of the mice by their tails. : Dawn was sleeping, her whole body ached. Sophie walked up to Dream. “Can we truly trust them?” Sophie sat down. “I’m not sure, but they give us a chance to win this war.” Dream said, she shifted her body. Willow walked up to Alex. “Hey, Alex… I— I LIKE YOU!” Willow folded her ears down. Alex starred at her like she had grown five heads. || Dew was battle training with Redfang. || Rose was pretty much the only one injured now in camp. She had no patients to treat but she was annoyed by her coughing. Willow put her tail down. “I like you…!” Willow said, she backed away a little bit. | Dawn looked at Rose. “Are you okay?...” Dawn asked. | Dream shook her head. “I still agree that we must be careful about them…” Dream moved her tail back and forth in the grass. Sophie nodded. “Thank you for taking my notice…” Sophie said, she looked the other way. Sophie got up and walked to her den. Alex blinked simply. “O. . .kay?” | Rose turned to her. “I’ve been better.” | The hunting party came back to camp and laid their catches on the fresh-kill pile. Slate skipped over to Clover happily. “How are you settling in?” She asked. “I’m doing great myself!” Slate sat down. Clover stared at her. “Well. . . Okay. But they are being so suspicious of us, like they think we’ll frogging kill them! Why the hail would we do that? They’re acting like little leeches.” Slate ignored the amount of curse in this. “They shouldn’t be. We’re loyal.” Juniper hissed, sitting in a shadow next to Clover. Frostbite rasped, “It is annoying as hail. And it’s hissing me off. We should be suspicious of them!” Aspen sat silently. | Cypress called over to Dawn. “Dawn, you have to train now!” : Dawn shot her head up. “Okay, Cypress!” Dawn got up, and ran to Cypress. “I’m ready.” | Sophie walked on, but found herself facing the new wolves. “Uh. We do trust you, but, we need to be careful. SunPack and AshPack like to be sneaky, and for all we know you could be spies. We aren’t suspicious, but, we are careful.” Sophie said, she moved around them and was about to walk in her den. | Willow backed up even more. D-Does he even like me back? Oh! I feel so embarrassed! Willow ran off, leaving Alex alone. | Dream turned her head, facing Ember. “Do you think we can win this war?” Dream asked, she shifted her tail to Ember’s. Cypress took Dawn to a clearing outside of camp. | Clover stood in front of Sophie, rage burning in his gaze. | Alex watched her leave, mouth opened. | Ember shifted his injured leg. “I don’t know.” :  Sophie stopped. “Get out of my way. If you haven’t known, I can easily rip you to shreds. So, please. Move!” Sophie growled, she pushed him aside. Sophie bared her fangs, and extended her claws. | Dream nodded. “We might not even have a chance to get a quarter of their army down.” | Dawn walked onto the wet grass and mud, her paws now soaked. | Willow stopped at her nest and laid down. “Well that failed…” Willow said, aloud with Rose right in front of her. “I think I’ve killed a lot more times than you. I had to kill my own siblings, I had to kill my best friend and his family, I had to kill my five slave masters just to free myself out of this.” Clover snarled back. | “Mhm. . . AshPack just has so many wolves. . .” | “Maybe he was too shocked.” Rose said. | Cypress sat down. “Show me what you know.” He told Dawn. : Dawn jumped on a stick, she curled her tail tightly around it. It made it looked as if she was choking it, Dawn clawed at it and bit it in half. | Dream nodded. “True…” | Sophie growled. “I can make my death streak even bigger than yours if I kill all of you in one snap.” Sophie snarled when she looked at the small Slate. “You look younger than the rest.” Sophie pulled Slate over to her. Sophie bit her scruff. “You leave me alone, then I wouldn’t kill this thing. If you don’t leave me alone.” Sophie laughed a little. “I break her neck.” Sophie bit a little harder. This stung you because Sophie’s soft side is not so pleasant for others. “Good job, Dawn.” Cypress smiled at her. | Ember let out a gusty sigh. | Slate pushed you off and clawed at your eye patch, ripping the leaf in half. She cuffed you on the leg and let out a low hiss, “You edgy leech.” She let her claws sink into your flesh and sunk away, but she didn’t even rip fur from you. Clover tackled you, pinning you down and battling your legs. “Did I mention I killed only a few dozen Lone Wolves, some random pack wolves, and almost killed Aspen when I first saw him?” Aspen nodded slowly, turning his leg so you could see a long scar ripped down it. Juniper was on Sophie’s other side, he clawed at your flank once. Frostbite stood up, her fur was bristling like a cat.: Sophie growled. She pushed Clover off with her hind-legs, Sophie almost crushed Juniper’s head. Sophie ran at Clover, clawing at his eye, “Does this pain hurt?” Sophie snarled, Sophie bit his scruff, blood dripping down his neck. Sophie growled at Slate. “You pup.” Sophie bit her head hard, smashing it. Sophie glared back up at Aspen and Frostbite. “Heh.” Sophie looked behind her and saw Clover getting up. Sunflower burst from the camp entrance. “Sophie, what the hail do you think you’re doing?” She snarled, Clover burst onto you and clawed hard against your leg. He smashed your head hard. He being clawing at your eye and ripping at your legs. Aspen and Frostbite helped Slate get up. She went to Rose and Rose healed her completely. Aspen and Slate got up. Aspen lashed out at you. Sunflower jumped over and batted Clover away. “Stop! Sophie, what are you doing to our pack members?” Juniper sat down. | Rose felt her power draining with every breathe. : Sophie growled and moved out of the way. “Leave my alone you slut.” Sophie slashed at Clover and Aspen. Sophie pushed Juniper out of the way. “It’s not my fault Clover asked to be killed…” Sophie laid down. “It’s not my fault you’re stupid!” Clover growled, dodging her attack. Le short Aspen just had to duck, because he was so short. | Rose sat down on the ground. Her strength ebbed away slowly. She closed her eyes and took a deep breath, focusing her last power on relaxing. She felt energy seep/sink/surge back into her muscles, but her powers were still weak. | Cypress watched Dawn. “Dawn, I think you’re almost ready for you final assessment, then you’ll be a full Guard and out of training.” | Drizzle and Dew were hunting again. Drizzle breathed in the fresh air, feeling the calm of the breeze. She asked Dew, “Do you’ll think that they’ll attack again? Maybe we should check the borders.” Dew thought for a bit. “We should check. . .” He followed Drizzle along to the AshPack border, finding it silent. Drizzle wondered how SunPack and AshPack stayed in touch, since MoonPack and LeafPack was between them. Drizzle rushed across the woodland to the LeafPack border stream to see if they had any news. She found Petals waiting. “Oh, hi, Drizzle and Dew!” The dappled wolf greeted them. “Can you uh, tell Dream to meet here at the border? Not an attack plan, but news-exchange.” : Sophie put her head down. She closed her eyes and rested. | Willow looked at Rose. “I told Alex I like him. And, he didn’t respond.” Willow said, she moved her head. | Dream walked up to all the new wolves. She saw cuts and bruises. “What happened?!” Dream said, she looked at Clover, Juniper, Aspen, and Slate. Dream looked at Sophie’s den. “Sophie…?”  Clover growled, “That idiot attacked us because she doesn’t have a brain, or, she can’t control herself. You should get rid of all of the crazy unsecure wolves from your Pack. Kill them off. They can’t stand a chance against the rest of the pack. NOBODY likes them! They’re better off dead.” Clover glared at Echo sharply, who was watching. Echo hissed at him, but otherwise kept calm. | The dappled wolf watched Drizzle and Dew speed off to camp. Drizzle gasped for breath, “LeafPack wants a meeting at the border between us! The border steam! Not for battle-planning but news exchanging!” Dew added, “Kind of like a gathering.” : Dream nodded. “Okay.” Dream faced Clover. “We need them, they will help us win this war. The more wolves, the more we can overthrow them. Yes, Sophie might not be the best wolf to work with… But, she helps us a lot. If you didn’t know, she has…” Dream stopped. Wait I can‘t tell them about the powers! “Let’s just say she can do things a lot of other wolves can’t.” Dream faced back to Dew and Drizzle. “When do they want to have the meeting?” | Sophie moved her head to face a shadow. “... Snow…?” Sophie said, her ears folded backwards. “I… why do I have to be like this…?” Sophie said, she turned to face the ground. | Willow moved positions. “What will he think of me now?!” Willow folded her ears down. | Dawn looked at her siblings. “Let’s go.” Dream ran quicker than everyone one else. You could tell she was different than all the other wolves too. Snow began to fade as you woke up to go to the meeting. | When the wolves arrived, Rose was tired, barely able to breathe. The LeafPack wolves at the border greeted their allies. Darkflash went up to say hello to Sophie. : Sophie looked at Darkflash. “Oh. Hey, I think I’ve met a few new enemies now.” Sophie glared at Clover, Juniper, Aspen, and Slate. Sophie looked back at Darkflash. Dream sat down in her spot. “We have new wolves in our pack now. This, might give us all on advantage on the war. Their names are; Slate, Frostbite, Clover, Aspen, and Juniper.” Dream said, she moved her tail to Ember’s and curled around his. Dawn leaned against Dusk, she was still dizzy and her body ached. “New Girlfriend? Huh? Heh.” Dawn shook a little. Willow leaned against Ember, she was as dizzy as Dawn. “The meeting is starting.” Darkflash turned to Dream. Dewfrost flicked her tail, “Well, it could be, but AshPack is still outnumbering us combined. And we have taken in two new wolves ourselves. Holly and Cedar.” The newcomers stood up. Holly sat down. Cedar sat down beside her. : Dawn closed her eyes. Dawn moved her tail closer to Dusk. Sophie rolled her eye. “Stupid pups and their love drama.” Sophie mumbled, Sophie hit her tail on the grass making little pieces of grass fly everywhere. Sophie felt a sudden pain in her empty eye socket. “Gah…” Sophie mumbled again. Dream nodded to Holly and Cedar. “Yes, we are still outnumbered. But, we have a better chance of winning than we did before.” Dream looked back at Dewfrost. Willow moved her head slightly, but she was still leaning on Ember. Willow made a small ice ball appear. Willow put it to her forehead. “Uh…” Willow mumbled, she moved her tail back and forth. Darkflash slapped Sophie’s tail gently. “You know you had some. . . indifferent feelings when you were younger.” She whispered. | Kai was sitting next to Willow. “It’s okay. . .” He whispered. | Darkflash added, “If it weren’t for loners, Rowantuft, Bone, Fang, Poppy, Raven, Fennel, Cypress, Brackenmoon, all of my family, and you wouldn’t be here. All of my pack are loners or have loner blood except for Dewfrost and Stripeclaw. All of my siblings, my nieces Petals and Blossom, my father, and Bone. Raven was a Loner, I mean. Your friends Ginger, Moon, and Skull are loners.” | Bone glared at Sophie. “N o t h i n g  happened back there. But, anyway, thank you for risking your life for me, even though I could’ve fought them off. That was a foolish mistake.” Only a hint of gratitude showed in his eyes. That was the Bone I knew. : Sophie looked at Bone. “Yeah, right.” Sophie joked. | Willow nodded. | Dawn looked at Dusk. “New girlfriend, huh? Rose?” | Dream flickered her ear. “I hear something…” Dream stood in front of Willow and Kai, protecting them. : Bone glared sharply at her. | “Shut it.” Dusk shoved her playfully with his elbow, then pricked his ears. “I do hear something. . .” | Kai squirmed away and peeked his head out to see the bushes rustle. He twitched his nose and called out, “It’s the other pack wolves!” : Dream picked Willow up by the scruff, “We need to go!” Willow ripped out of Dream’s grip and dropped on the ground. Willow looked at the AshPack wolves pour into the clearing. Willow yelped. Dream tried to pick Willow up, but she wouldn’t budge. Dawn wobbled over to Squirrel with Dew, Dusk, and Drizzle, she leaning against her. Sophie growled and hissed. Darkflash bundled Sophie over to the bushes to hide her. “We’re outnumbered, stay there, and DON’T do something stupid.” She snarled. | The first few wolves stormed in. Then you saw a patrol of SunPack as well, and you knew this would be trouble. Kai looked at Willow, closest to them. “Willow!” He yowled at his younger sister. | Scar went over to his family. Drizzle was pushed to the side. The runt glared at them. Rose was trying to stifle a cough as she went over to Blueberry and Echo. | Mary was near the front of the middle. : Willow tried to get up but, her body ached. So, she fell instantly. “Leave! We can’t lose because of me! Go!” Willow said, she pulled herself away from the pack. Dawn folded her ears down. “Willow!” Dawn ran with the rest of her family into the clearing. Dream picked Kai up and ran away with the others to the clearing. Willow looked back at the packs. Willow folded her ears backward. Sophie saw all this happen. “Oh no…” Sophie knelt down. “Sorry, Willow, we can’t do anything for you…” : The AshPack and SunPack wolves neared. : Willow looked at a Mary. “What are you going to do?!” Willow said, she glared at Mary. “Obea’s don’t fight, if you haven’t noticed. I’m here to heal any injured packmates. Well, I do think there is some nice hazel growing around here. Maybe I should try to use that to--” : Willow growled and jumped at Mary. “Traitor!” Willow barked, she clawed at Mary’s fur because she was too weak to even hurt Mary. Sophie ran into the clearing with the others. Dawn walked up to her mom. “Do you think Willow can make it?” Dawn still had her ears folded downwards. Dream put Kai down. “We can help her now…” Dream held Kai back from running. “How am I a traitor?” Mary pushed Willow off gently. : Willow stumbled backward. Cross growled. “You’re outnumbered.” He smiled. : Willow growled. “Scary.” : “...” Willow folded her ears down. “Aw, is the little leech scared? Her ears say so.” Cross smiled, pushing Willow to the ground. Alex stood up shakily. “Don’t hurt her. . . I’ll join you if you don’t!” Cross stopped. “Very well.” Alex looked back at Sophie. But when the AshPack wolves begin to leave, Cross grabbed Willow and hit her hard on the head with a jagged rock. : Willow laid limp and her head went down.

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Willow woke up her body hurt even more than before, she couldn’t even move a muscle. You wondered if Kai was ever alive, if this was just a memory, for Dewdrop was there again. “Oh, you’re a newcomer. From Moonpack, right? I shouldn’t be talking to you, but I need to warn ya, don’t try to escape cause your friend over there, Alex, I think, will get hurt. And the Guard’s are coming soon.” Dewdrop watched the entrance tremble and he walked back to his nest. : Willow shivered. Oh no… Willow watched as Cross, Dust, and Startail entered. Willow growled, her ears still folded back. Dust snarled. “And, no, we’re not wasting our prey on you.” Startail looked on in menace and blowed at Willow’s ear, leaving  a small, shallow, but still stinging cut. “You won’t be able to drink either. And if you even say a word or set paw out of this den. . . You would n o t want to know what would happen next.” : Willow growled. “You can’t stop me from—“ | Sophie looked at Dream. “Do you think Willow is okay?” Dream said. “I’m too focused on Alex leaving!” Sophie growled. | Dawn leaned on Dusk. “Please… don’t end up like Alex too…” Dawn said to Dusk. : Dust batted Willow’s head. | “I won’t. It was Alex’s choice. . .” Dusk curled his tail around his body. | Rose was pacing around the entrance, as if waiting like Willow would return, but she knew it’d take more than that. “You’re going to hurt your lungs.” Echo commented, watching his daughter pace. : Willow whimpered. “Stop!” Willow growled. “S—“ Cross lashed across your right front leg. : Willow whimpered, she laid still. “Dream… Ember…” Willow folded her ears back again. “A pathetic, small little pup.” Dust pointed out, sinking his claws deep into your tail and yanking hard, making the fur go flying. “We’ll see if we’ll feed you next month. Actually, how about the next two months?” Before she could object, Startail pinned you in between her front-paws and bit hard against your head, Cross and Dust scraping skin and blood out of your sides. Startail flipped you back over, hitting you hard in your spine, and clawing at your limp leg. Dust fastened his teeth in between the limp and pulled so hard, it dislocated. “And your stupid parents are as good as dead.” Cross spat, raking his claws down your eye before turning away. Startail followed with Dust and soon a ginger wolf appeared. Flare, the Alpha herself, snarled, “I’m bored. Dust, how about you make Alex fight Willow? Let’s see how’ll this go. And if they refuse, I’ll kill them myself!” Alex was pushed into the den, his pelt matted and every rib showing. | Mary watched anxiously as her cousin was pushed away. : “A-Alex?” Willow said, she put her ears down. “W-What are y-you doing. . .?” Willow said. “Shut up! You aren’t supposed to talk.” Flare snarled, shoving Willow forward. :  Willow walked, moving up closer to Alex. Willow looked up at him, please Alex… don’t do this! Alex moved his tail from side to side. “Get on it already or I’ll make you! Or kill you. . . How about Alex dies first? If you have ice powers, use them.” Flare glared sharply at them. : Willow created a water sphere, she made steam appear in front of Alex’s face, it was so thick you could barely see through it. Willow finally made an ice ball appear. Alex snarled, glancing at Flare then at Willow. He had no other choice. He swiped at Willow’s still-bleeding foreleg. : Willow moved out of the way. She used ice to freeze around Alex’s claws, this meant he couldn’t claw her again. Willow used the steam, the steam wrapped around your face, blinding you. Willow used the water to drown you. Willow jumped on Alex, clawing at your fur. Alex snarled and snapped close on your leg. : Willow clawed at Alex’s eye, this stung you and you staggered backwards. Willow clawed at your neck, blood gushing out. Willow finally pulled at your tail, it was being pulled out strand by strand. Willow stopped and jumped off, the weight of Willow jumping off made you thud to the floor. Alex passed out. Flare growled, “He’s weak. I don’t know what you saw in him to not kill him when you lived in MoonPack. Now finish him off!” : Willow looked at Flare. “I’m not going to kill him!” Willow said, she used her powers to heal Alex. Willow looked at Alex and put her head near Alex’s. Willow kissed Alex, while she still could. Flare growled and yeeted Willow across the den with one blow. : Willow was blown on the wall. Willow had blood all across her back. Willow got up. “A-A-Alex…” Willow said, she growled at Flare. | Dream growled. “Alex is a traitor! We shall never speak of that worthless pup ever again—“ Sophie slashed across Dream’s face. “He was like a son to me!” Sophie growled, she clawed off Dream’s ear. “Never speak off him like that ever again!!!” Sophie screamed, she slashed at her front right arm. Dawn looked at Dusk. “Where is your girlfriend…?” Dawn started to get dizzy again. Dusk sighed. “Can you stop calling her that? And I don’t know.”  : Dawn laughed a little. | Willow whimpered “Alex…” : “I think she may be out of camp.” Dusk said. | Alex was still passed out, and his breathe rattled in his chest since he hadn’t eaten in a while. :  Willow crawled up to Alex. “A-Alex…” | Dream was smashed to the floor, blood dripping out of her head. Sophie snarled. | Dawn laid down, and closed her eyes. After a while she was asleep. Flare snarled, “You can go tell your boyfriend that you are sorry when you are back in MoonPack. That is, if either of you are alive. You’re weak.” Flare yeeted Willow away again and dragged Alex out of the den, putting a few Guard’s near him. Maddie, Apples, and Casper stood near Willow. Maddie let out a bark of excitement. “Ooh, a new play thing!” She pounced on Willow and clawed at Willow’s arm. “I was getting a little bored with that abandoned pup I found. I killed it anyway.” She dug her claws deep into your front legs. Casper whisked her tail about and sliced down Willow’s head, Apples biting at her tail. “Too bad she’ll be dead, too. Maybe we can play with her little friend if he is still alive.” Maddie’s black/brown paws pummeled on your stomach. Then she got up, Casper and Apples backing away. She flung you into the wall of the den, seeming bored. “They said you had ice powers. You’re weak and boring. But at least I have something to kill in the meantime. . .” The only wolf that could help you was Dewdrop, who was pretending to be sleeping so he wouldn’t be the next to be hurt. Casper glared menacingly at Willow. “Well, she is the Alpha’s daughter, and we may upset her parents.” Casper made a claw lift your chin from the ground, then she dropped it, pulling her black paw back away. Apples sat down, his long legs covered by his long tail. He saw Casper slunk away from Willow and he got up, racing over to Willow and biting at her scruff, tearing across her fur with his thorn-sharp claws. He sat down again, seemingly as bored as the others. “Maybe we can dump her in a swamp and see her control the water to get out. Maybe we can put her in a cave and make a thorn barrier so if she tried to escape, she’d be clawed to pieces. Maybe we can take her to the mountains and make an avalanche kill her. Those are only a few suggestions.” Maddie chatted. “Ooo, we can pull her limbs off, her ears off, her eyes and nose off, and take out her organs to see what they look like!” Apples looked at her. “Maddie, Flare doesn’t want her to leave this den. And that’s gross! I’ll never clean my paws ever again! Anyway, we have to keep her here. She is our bait. MoonPack will come for her and Alex, and we will destroy them.” His voice trailed off so you didn’t know what else he said. Casper walked up to Willow, thinking a bit. “She kind of looks like one of my pups. But the humans took them all away from me.” Maddie glared at her packmate. “Are you feeling sorry for the enemy?” Casper jumped up, whipping around and hissing, “Of course not!” Her fur set down again, laying flat. Apples stared at her. “Tell me if they are any battle plans. Now.” Maddie added, “Or we’ll kill you and eat you up!” Apples hissed, “That isn’t a good idea. She’ll be in RainPack, all happy, but we need a lure. We need to kill Alex first. Maybe his life would be spared if you told us what we need to know. Maybe.” Dang, this wolf knows how to get information out of others! : Willow laid down, pretending to be knocked out. Casper is in front of me, maybe I can attack her! Willow jumped on Casper, and clawed at her fur. Willow then, clawed deep into her flesh. She clawed at her back leg, stinging you. Willow ran at Apples and clawed deep in his back leg.| Dawn woke up and looked at Dusk. “When do you think they’ll attack again?” Dawn tilted her head, and shivered. | Willow used her water powers to lift herself out of reach. Willow used ice to freeze the water, she used steam to cover all their faces, but then somehow felt a sudden pain in her tail. | Sophie glared at Dream. “Alex was what I lived for, I only stopped suicide because I wanted him to be happy while it lasts! Now, I know he is a backstabber! Though he is still the pup I helped grow to be what he was!” Sophie growled. Dream looked up at Sophie. “The only reason why Alex came to you, was because he was a pup and because you killed real his mom.” Sophie growled. “I only killed his mom because, his mom was at taking you! And, I was saving you by doing that! So, you should be worried about Alex, and Willow! Because, I tried to be a mom! But, I failed! And, you don’t have to rub it in!” Maddie yanked Willow so hard, she fell off of her perch and her ice splashed to water. Maddie snorted. “AshPack wolves are good swimmers like any wolf should be. I’m considering to pull out your organs and display them for the crows to eat to see which one tastes the best, whichever they choose first.” : Willow thudded on the ground and gulped. “P-Please! N-No!” Willow said, she seemed more frightened of Maddie than the rest, and you could tell. Willow got up her whole body ached. Willow ran away, using all her energy, she used a water geyser to burst her way in the air. Willow used water to pick her up above the tall trees ahead, the AshPack wolves were way out of her reach. Willow felt her energy and power draining, the water became a few droplets and couldn’t hold her up. Willow fell down hard, on the rocks and tree branches below. Willow heard voices, but couldn’t hear anything they said. After a couple of seconds, she was out

cold. | Sophie slammed Dream’s head on a rock, blood spilling                everywhere. Dream laid still and was knocked out. | Dawn flicked her ear. “I hear something…” Dawn said, she got up unsteadily and walked over to all the noise. Then, she saw Sophie, her claws extended, her fangs showed, and blood was everywhere. Dawn saw Dream knocked out cold on the floor, “Sophie?! Why would you do this?!” Dawn said. Sophie looked back at the pup. “Oh. Now, you know too much. Heh, now I get to have fun with two of you.” Sophie said, she clawed deep into Dawn’s back, she clawed at her leg, stopping her from running. Sophie pulled at her tail, ripping it. She finally, clawed at her head, her skull showing. Sophie snarled, she flicked her ear. “Who’s there?!” Sophie growled, she extended her claws, her bright white fangs glistened. Dawn shivered and then, laid still. Maddie smiled and dragged Willow back to the den, malice gleaming in her eyes. | Dusk’s tail went up alarmingly. | Slate came from the camp entrance. She had been outside listening. “Well. . . Can’t you join AshPack to be with Alex. . .?” She asked, still confused on how packs even worked. | Maddie watched Apples glare at Willow’s fainted body. “Maybe we can twist her tongue and paint the walls of MoonPack’s camp with her blood and organs!” Maddie implied, having only bad intentions. She sliced across Willow’s nose just to be satisfied by the blood welling up and dripping down onto the grass. : Sophie looked at Slate. “Okay…” Sophie said, she followed her into AshPack territory. Sophie saw Willow helplessly on the grass. Willow groaned when she heard Sophie. Sophie stood close to Willow. “I’m sorry… but, I’m joining them…” Sophie said, she extended her claws and sliced across her face. Willow stopped groaning. Sophie looked the other way at Slate. “Show me your leader… tell them… I’m joining.” Sophie said, her eyes glistening. Sophie followed Slate again, now facing Flare, and Flamestrike. “I’m joining you.” | Dream opened her eyes. “E-Ember…!” Dream said, she shivered. | Dawn laid still, her body ached. “I don’t know how AshPack works, but, the Alpha’s are right there.” Slate said. Flare looked at Sophie. “Hmm. . . You seem to already harm your packmates enough. . . so. . . Hunter or Guard?” | Clover growled, “It’s good that little leech left.” | Ember went over to Dream and let out a low hiss towards where Sophie left. | Horror shone in Rose’s gaze as she returned from collecting herbs. She rushed over to Dawn, who she had seen first, dropping the herbs beside her. “. . . Dawn!” She used her healing powers to heal Dawn’s head and most of the other wounds. She carefully put on marigold for infection. “Dusk! What happened?!” She called out. Dusk was already heading towards to his injured sister. “Sophie! Dream said something about Alex. . . And. . . She did this to Dream and Dawn!” : Sophie looked at Flare. “Guard.” Sophie said. I get to be a Guard. I remember when Raven wouldn’t let me… but, now… I feel like I’m home… | Dream looked at Ember. “S-Sophie… she attacked me… because… I talked bad about her son… Alex…” Dream said, “I can’t remember what happened to Dawn though…” | Dawn shivered. “R-Ro—se… D-Du—sk” Dawn said, she shifted her body. | Willow groaned. I can’t believe Sophie left to join them… “Okay. Go and browse or explore the territory or whatever the hail you want to do.” Flare told her. | Ember wished that Burnt was here so they’d be two Obea’s. “Oh. . .” | Maddie slapped her tail firmly over Willow’s mouth. “If you’re done with your pity party?” | Rose looked at Dusk. “Where is Dew, Drizzle, Squirrel, and Scar?” Dusk answered, “Drizzle and Squirrel are on a hunting patrol. Dew was sleeping and Scar is on Guard.” “Okay.” Rose looked over at Dream. “I have to heal Dream.” She went over, pretty tired already, but forced herself to use her healing powers to heal Dream’s cuts and bites. : Willow made a muffled scream. | Sophie nodded and stood at the front entrance on guard. | Willow clawed at Maddie’s face, and kicked her in the face with her back legs. Willow wrapped her tail around Maddie’s face, blinding her. Willow pushed Maddie back and ran off to the camp entrance, Willow was so close to the escaping when Sophie grabbed her scruff with her fangs. Sophie bit hard on her neck, and tossed her back into the camp. Sophie walked up to Willow, “I’m going to have fun with this one.” Sophie snarled, she clawed at her back leg. Sophie bit at her neck and threw her against the wall. Willow laid still again, but she wasn’t knocked out. Sophie looked at Maddie. “Make sure you have good fun with her.” Sophie snarled, she walked back to the entrance and sat down. | Dream looked at Rose. “Thanks…” | Dawn looked at Rose and Dusk. “S-So-ph-ie… atta—cked m-e wh-en s-he s-aw m-e s-ee h-er att-ack D-re-am…” “I will.” Maddie shoved Willow in the den and bit her leg hard so that she couldn’t run. She could walk, but they could easily outpace her. | Alex woke up, confused on what had happened. “S-Sophie? What are you doing here?” He asked. : Sophie looked at Alex. “I joined AshPack, so I could be with you.” Sophie said, she looked back at the trees. | Willow screamed and extended her claws. | Sophie heard the screaming. “Maddie is having fun with Willow.” | Dream sat next to Ember. “So, what now.” Dawn moved her head to face Dream. “We attack them…” : Slate came back to the MoonPack camp. “We can’t attack the camp. Us and LeafPack combined, AshPack still has a lot more. Maybe we should send spies?” | “R-really? Thank you. . .” You saw the blood pour from his wounds. “Please. . . Don’t hurt Willow. . . Flare was going to kill me if we didn’t. . . Fight.” Alex looked pleadingly up at Sophie. | Maddie batted Willow’s paw and then sunk her claws into your flesh, ripping a claw out. “We should declaw her!” She touched the blood that poured from the wound and smeared it across Willow’s fur. With her back paw, Maddie kicked Willow’s stomach, her claws gripping deep into the flesh. Now you were too weak to retaliate. “You better sleep when you can before you get killed.” She snarled. | Dusk shook his head. “We don‘t have enough wolves and too many have left and are injured.” : Sophie looked at Alex. “I did already hurt her.” Sophie said, she looked the other way. “If she gets in the way, she gets killed.” | Willow was pinned to the ground, her stomach hurt. “H-He-lp!” Willow said, she started to breath heavy. Willow’s vision got blurry. Her eyes closed. | Dream looked at Dusk. “We can get LeafPack to help us with this attack.” Dawn said. “That could work.” “But they already have like five more than us and LeafPack combined, and then there’s SunPack that’s about the size of LeafPack.” Dusk answered slowly. : “We could attack AshPack only, and we could get some wolves from AshPack to help us, and then we can attack SunPack.” Dream responded. | Sophie looked at Alex. | Willow laid still. | Dawn agreed. “It could work.” “They would never do that!” Ember swished his tail. | Apples swiped at Willow’s face, revenge for before. Casper yanked at Willow’s tail with her claws then let go. | “So you’re a G-Guard?” Alex asked, still weak from his earlier struggle. : “Yes, and I’m helping them. The enemies.” Sophie said. | Dream looked at Ember. “Some of the AshPack wolves might think that we can still be their allies.” | Dawn looked at Ember. “Let’s try it, it’s not like we have anything else to lose.” | Willow had no reaction, she just let Casper pull at her tail. “That’s okay. . . I don’t care what others think, but you really have a heart if you give up your own life just to be with me.” Alex said. | “Would our lives count? What if they steal Kai too?” Ember looked anxiously over at his son. | Casper stepped back and watched the pile of blood and fur stay limp. | Kai moved around, ignoring Ember. “We have to make a distraction and get Willow back!” He has given up on Alex and Sophie by now honestly. : Dream looked at Kai. “He’s right. We need to get Willow, Alex, and Sophie back, if we do then we can have an even better chance on defeating them. | Willow woke up, her body hurt. Maddie left! It’s only Casper now! Maybe I have a chance to escape! Willow got up, making no sound. Willow jumped on Casper, and clawed at her face. Willow bit her neck, ripping her fur, and flesh. Willow pulled at her tail, and ran to the entrance where Sophie and Alex were. “Alex! We have to run!” Willow said, she grabbed Alex and ran past Sophie. When they reached close to MoonPack territory they stopped. Willow breathed heavy and fell down on the grass, “Get help from MoonPack…” | Sophie growled and followed. “You think you can run so easily, huh?” Sophie looked at Alex. “I have to…” Sophie grabbed Willow’s scruff and crushed her head against a tree. Willow put her head down, and groaned. Sophie growled and smashed it back against the tree, Willow was still. Sophie looked at Willow laying limp. Sophie brought Willow back to AshPack. Sophie found Casper, and dropped Willow on the ground. Willow laid limp, and Sophie looked at Casper. “I got her.” Sophie said, “Make sure she doesn’t escape next time, and... hurt her more.” | Dawn looked at Cypress. Dawn leaned against him. Dawn sighed, “We need to get them back…”  “Thank you.” Casper clawed deep into Willow’s fur and gouged a deep scar, leaving blood a mess. You were so weak and you hadn’t eaten in a few days. And so thirsty. . . “You may drink your  own blood if you like.” Willow then was dragged by the neck back to the AshPack camp, splinters on her fur. “Are you hungry?” Cross asked, waiting for them. He pushed something over. When you ate it, it was mouse bile, and you were poisoned. Cross dug his claws deep into your weaker, paralyzed body, ripping the fur off so only pale grey skin remained. He gouged long dark scars that marked your skin brown and pink, dappled with the red stains of blood. “Go to Hell.” He snarled, scraping his claws down your face, catching your eye and nose. He then cuffed your ear and tore it. | “I don't think it’ll be easy as the first time. . .” Kai thought out loud, tilting his head as he thought. | Cypress looked down at Dawn. “You should focus on healing and getting better first.” : “O-Okay…” Dawn said, she walked to her nest and laid down, closing her eyes. | Willow looked at her surroundings and looked at Cross, and Casper. “When I die… I will haunt you both… and after… you will wish you hadn’t lived.” Willow put her head down, and groaned. “Go ahead… kill me…” Sophie walked up to Willow. “We could still get information out of her so, don’t kill her just yet. And, I have an idea, I could “escape” with Willow. And, we will be given their plans when we get back to MoonPack. And, if Willow tries to escape then I will be there ready to attack her.” | Dream looked at Kai. “Yes, we all need time to heal. Then, when we are done, we will get Sophie, Alex, and Willow back. After, we can attack AshPack. Finally, we bring SunPack down.” “Do you think we believe in spirits anyway?” Cross asked Willow. “And good plan, Sophie.” Casper added. | “We need to get all the information we can. . . Like the territory so they can’t go in hiding places or. . .” Kai began. | Scar was in the Guard’s den. “What happened, Dawn?” Scar went over to his daughter, sitting in the nest next to her. : “I need to rest… all the things happening… I wish we could just go back to the life we had. Before, the war…” Dawn said. | Sophie nodded. “Finally someone thinks my plans are good.” Sophie looked at Willow and batted her head. Sophie clawed at her face. Willow had no reaction, but laying still. | Dream looked at Kai. “Is there a reason why my plan isn’t reasonable?” Dream looked back at Ember. “Should we try it?” : “Okay. . .” Scar turned away slowly. | “You’ll be a good addition to our pack.” Maddie answered, watching Willow lay limp. | “We still don’t have enough wolves.” || Echo was talking to Redfang. “What do you think we should do?” : “I think that the best tactic in a war like this is to surprise attack when their backs are turned.” Said Redfang, wondering if that was a good plan. “Attack when they aren’t suspecting. . .?” Echo asked. Dream looked at Redfang. “They never have their backs turned, they are always aware of any attack.” | Sophie snarled. “Come on! I want you to scream.” Willow opened her eyes. “No…” Sophie clawed at her ear. Sophie put her paw down hard on Willow’s head, crushing it. Willow screamed. | Dawn looked at Scar. “When do you think our life will turn back to like it was before…?” Echo whispered in Dream’s ear so only she could hear, “I wish that there was an invisible power wolf.” | “I don’t know, Dawn. I don’t know.” Scar answered helplessly. | Alex winced. : “A-Alex…!” Willow said, a tear rolled down her face. Sophie snarled. “Shut up!!!” Sophie pulled at her losened tail. | Dream looked at Echo. “If only…” Dream whispered back. | Dawn looked at Scar. “I really hope they do…” “Stop!” Alex growled, slapping Sophie’s paw away from Willow. | “I wonder if. . . Moon had any visions. And if Skull can like teleport or spy from the void or. . . I don’t know.” :