Fallen Wings, Chapter 1, Part 1

The bright sun and warmth of the day a few hours before had disappeared to the torment of lashing winds.1

Rain fell with thunderous clashes of lightning,shrieking, the storm stomped out all light. Once again the thunder rumbled and the ground trembled from the tremendous force raging overhead.
Three pairs of paws struggled to keep their balance as the earth rumbled its distress for all to hear.2

Near a small, thrashing pond three wolves and a small pup sat in a rounded circle. The pup lay sleeping at the feet of a pure white female.3

Next to her a iron grey male sat staring at the female and her pup with mixed feelings of hatred and disgust. Some ways away the females brother crouched with the same feeling of dark intent.4

The grey rose to his feet and addresed the smaler white wolf. "The time is upon us Fiera. Throw the damned puppy in already." snarled the shaman of the Black Moon Pack.5

Padding quietly next to his sister he whispered in her ear, "Yeas, little sister throe it in so we can go home." Jet black fur covered Caline's thin, but musculur body, two gem green eyes gazed down on his birth sister. The pup whimpered in his sleep as thunder rummbed overhead once again.6

Out of Fiera's litter this one pup is the only one to survive. Deep blue fur covered the sleeping pup. Suddenly with a clash of thunder, a strike of lightning, hard and pelting the rain began drumming down.7

Feira looked to the sky. I can not take a life she thought to herself. "Is there not another way to be ridden of this cruse?" she asked her brother. It was the shaman who answered. "No, we must kill the damned pup for the rest of us to live." Still staring at the sky Fiera thought to herself.8

Every year this happens. The alpha male and female pick out the odd colored pup and kill him. Sometimes it is even the mother or father that does it. Just like now.9

Can I drown a baby just like my father tried to do me? My fathers name was Malicious.10

Years ago when I was little I was picked to be the one to die for our pack's curse.Nobody tried to stop him when he went to the same pond where I stood now. At the time I had no clue how to
swim. Leaning over he dropped me right into the pond and ran off.11

Luck was on my side that day. Struggling, I finally managed to paddle to the shore. It had been raining that day too. Between her feet the puppy stired. Tired and worn, Fiera gently picked up the pup with her sharp, white teeth. She walked down the trodden, worn path to the small pond at the edge of her packs territory.12

Staring into the thrashing water she knew she could not be like her sire, but on one hand she had the death of her only pup, on the other the blistering end of the Black Moon Pack.13

"No!" Her howl was filled with agony and pain. Turning away from the rippling pool she took off into the dark Wavren Woods. "Follow her!" the shaman screamed in fury. With a snarl Caline leaped after his small, flexible sister. For a few minutes it seemed as if Fiera would get away, but she tripped and stumbled over the hard packed ground. 14

It didn't help that she was caring a bit more weight than she was used to.15

Suddenly, the ground disappeared out from underneth her. Falling heavily to the ground she gave her brother the advantage to snatch the samll bundle from her.16

He ran back to Razu, the grey shaman. Slowly, like a fire consuming dry wood her rage grew until it ws a full blown fury.17

Shooting forward after Caline she was completly focused on
catching him. Then Razu jumped on her back, sinkinghis teeth into her unprotected shoulder.18

Howling in pain Fiera thrashed about trying to dislodge him. Steping backward she slammed Razu into a tree. Yelping as the rough bark cut through his thick fur Razu let go.19

He fell to the ground now covered in mud. Dashing once again after her brother Fiera crashed into Caline's side just as he was about to drop her child into the pool. With a splash Caline was pushed into the thrashing water.20

Now awake the puppy started to whimper in distress. Gathering her child to close to her Fiera roughly picked him up and ran into the freezing rain.21

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Razu limped over to where Caline was climbing out of the lake.
Covered from head-to-tail in mud the black wolf colapsed on the bank. Razu sat down next to him. "How could this happen?" Caline asked, sighing.23

"We were so careful in guiding her along this path now look what has happened." "Its not our fault. He told us that she wasn't going to fight back." Razu growled back. "Come on Caline lets not keep Ora waiting any longer." Looking back Caline hesitated, staring at where his sister had left, then he turned following Razu into a flash of lightning.24

It was the only warnig for the Black Moon.25

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Panting heavily Fiera sat the puppy down in front of her. Fiera collapsed and sank down to her stomach. Whimpering the pup stood and stuck his cold, wet nose under her paw. Demanding her attention. A trickle of blood ran out the side of her mouth.27

Curiously the pup licked at the small drops of red liquid. With a start he spat out his mothers blood. Sorrow arose over me as I lay and watched my child stare back at me.28

If only I could spend more time with this bundle of joy. Painfully I made my desicion. At this time all I could do was warn the pup that danger might pave his future. Lurching to her feet once more she beckoned for the boy to follow her. Even though the thick mud and rain slowed him down a bit he did his best to keep up. Every now and then she'd look back to make sure he was still there. "Were are we going?" he whined. "Just follow me. "We'll be there soon enough." she said.29

Finally, after an hour of pushing through the underbrush they stopped before a tree. The tree was the oldest thing within the forest. Bell silver bark ran up and down the tree.30

Every color possible painted the leaves. The smallest root on the tree was six times bigger then a full grown wolf.31

"In the future when you need help and are low on hope. Come here and you will recieve the help you need." All the while Fiera had been talking the rain had become a slight drizzle. A pool of blood had formed under her.32

"Promise me you'll come back one day." The puppy looked up at her curiously. "I promise." he said, not knowing what he had just done. Lieing down she sighed in relief. She felt no pain now, only saw the twinkling lights of the old tree.33

Silently she began to fade away leaving behind her puppy.
That puppy's name is Nova.