The sun beams dawned across the emerald tree tops. A white Lupe laid on the
cliff's edge and watched the sun rise. He was thinking of the war. It was in
only a few days. His name was Whiteblaze. Whiteblaze sat up and stretched, then
turned to look at his pack. His mate, Raindrop, slinked over to him. Her spectacular
white coat shone in ever sunbeam. She sat beside Whiteblaze and smiled at him.
"What is worth smiling over, Raindrop?"
"Oh, noting." Raindrop looked at Whiteblaze with concern. "When the battle
comes, will the other females fight in? Last year we didn't and we lost territory.
We must be able to fight this year." Whiteblaze looked in Raindrops deep green
eyes. "I don't know. I'll still have to think about it."
"Blaze, there's only a few more days until the Tsukiiu pack comes to fight
over territory. You need to make up your mind quickly." Whiteblaze sighed and
turned back around to face to sun. Raindrop drooped her head and walked over
to her puppies.
"OK," Whiteblaze said in a single breath. Raindrop smiled and licked his muzzle.
"Mama, I'm hungry," Raindrop turned to see one of her three pups named Moonlit.
Moonlit had a beautiful white coat just like her mother and father. With deep
sea blue eyes. Raindrop nuzzled with Moonlit. "The pack will hunt today. There
is fair game in the mountains."
"Who will watch us?"
"Blackfang and his sister Halfstar." Raindrop picked Moonlit up by the cuff
of her neck and set her down with her two brothers, Aqua, and Vertical. Then,
Raindrop curled up with Whiteblaze and thought deeply.
"When do we hunt?" A soft female voice sounded from behind the alpha male and
female. Raindrop turned to see a pitch black Lupe with shining white eyes. Her
ears were perked up as she listened for any sound.
"Halfstar, you and your brother have to watch my pups this time. I'm sorry."
Halfstar sighed and walked over to Raindrops pups, then sat down on the ground
with a thump.
"How many members do we have in our pack again?" Raindrop turned and asked
Whiteblaze.
"Fifteen." Raindrop herd a twig snap behind the pack. She turned around with
Whiteblaze toward the sound. The snap also woke up the rest of the pack. A tall
muscular red Lupe walked over to the alpha pair. "What is it?" His name was
Nightsun. Nightsun was one of the packs two guards. The other guard was standing
in the front of the pack, growling at whatever made the sound. He had a long
flowing silver coat and bright green eyes.
"Let's check it out," Whiteblaze said to Nightsun as they walked over to the
other guard.
"What do you suppose it is, Raindrop?" An orange female Lupe named Paw said
to Raindrop. Another twig snapped to the left side of the pack. They all turned
to see a pair of white eyes shining through the brush. A low hushed growl sounded.
Raindrop quickly ran to her puppies to protect them. Vertical leapt out from
behind her and began growling at the pair of eyes. Raindrop had to literally
drag him behind her. A blue paw stepped out of the shadows. Whiteblaze and the
guards walked over to the intruder with growls of anger. The intruder walked
all the way out from the forest shadows to be seen. His coat was blue, and eyes
of white watched the packs every move.
"Who are you and what do you want?!" Raindrop yelled at the Lupe with extreme
rage and anger. The Lupe smiled at her, then growled, "My name is Bronze. I
am one of the Tsukiiu packs messengers. My leader, Silent, has ordered to me
to tell you that the war will begin in three days!" With that, the messenger
bowed and ran off into the forest.
Whiteblaze cursed under a deep growl. Then, walked in front of his pack. "As
all of you have herd, the war will be in but three days. My mate and I have
decided that the female members will be included in this war." The pack talked
in hushed voices.
"We should hunt for now. Halfstar, you and your brother Blackfang, will be
the baby-sitters of the two litters of pups. Don't lose them this time." Whiteblaze
warned them. After that, He walked over to the guards and they disgusted hunting
grounds.
"Let's go." Whiteblaze ordered the pack and they ran off to the mountains.
Raindrop licked her pups good-bye, and set off for food.
***
The pack ran home with there food, howling with pride in there hunt.
Raindrops pups ran to Whiteblaze, wagging there tails happily. Halfstar and
Blackfang ran to him as well and tore at the food. Whiteblaze growled at them.
He set the food down and began to eat with Raindrop. Then, Nightsun came running
down the hill with food of his own to share with the pack also.
After the feast, the pups began to play fight with one another. Raindrop laughed
at them. Then she turned to Whiteblaze. "What will we do with the pups when
the Tsukiiu pack comes?" Whiteblaze lowered his head. "I don't know. I was thinking
that we would have there mothers stay with them, but the Tsukiiu has seventeen
members all together. Well, not including there pups that is. As for us, we
only have fifteen members. Counting you and I. The pups will just have to stay
here. Or maybe we will find a cave or we could dig a deep hidden den for them."
Raindrop looked around. She saw no cave, but there was soft soil underneath
her paws. "I'll start digging." Raindrop found the softest land, and began to
dig.
"Do you need help?" Paw walked over to Raindrop and began to dig with her.
"I over herd you talking to Whiteblaze. I think that a den to hide them in is
a great idea!"
"As do I," Paw and Raindrop turned to see a yellow female Lupe standing behind
them with her pups trying to climb up her tail. Her name was Saphire. "I need
a place to keep my pups at the war also. I was wondering if you'd let me keep
my pups in with yours."
"If you help dig, I will let you." Saphire smiled and began digging with Paw
and Raindrop.
Whiteblaze walked to his brother, Fate. Fate watched his mate, Saphire help
dig a den for there pups.
"Fate, are you going to let your mate help with the war?" Fate turned to his
brother and smiled. "Of course. We will win this time. The last territory was
to sweet to lose. This time, we will not lose of course!"
"You are so confident." Whiteblaze laughed. Vertical ran over to Whiteblaze
with Aqua and Moonlit. "Daddy, can we be in the battle to?! Were strong enough!
See, watch this!" Vertical leapt in the air, and pounced on Aqua as they fought.
"And look at me daddy!" Moonlit bit into a tree root and began to tare it into.
Whiteblaze laughed at his pups and shook his head back and forth. "I'm sorry,
you three are to young to be in the war. Maybe next year," Moonlit pounced on
Aqua who was still playing with Vertical. The three ran off, chasing each other.
"Whiteblaze! The Tsukiiu pack has come early! I have ran eight miles from
them. They are heading this way! But, there not running at all. There still
walking." Nightsun breathed out to Whiteblaze. Whiteblaze leapt on a boulder
and howled to quiet his pack. "Listen! The Tsukiiu pack is heading this way!
They have come to early! Everyone! We will need your help to dig a deeper den
for the pups to take shelter!" Whiteblaze jumped off the rock and ran over to
Raindrop.
"What are we going to do now?!"
"What if the den isn't big enough?"
"Why are they here so early?" Questions filled the air.
"Since the Tsukiiu pack is walking and taking there time here, they probably
wont be here until sun set. We will have enough time!" And with that, the pack
dug hard against the soft soil to make a deep den.
"Blaze, what if they get here in a few minutes?!" Raindrop asked in a panicking
voice.
"Keep digging and try to focus on that." Whiteblaze tried to comfort her.
Vertical thought that it was a game and began to dig also.
After what seemed to be hours, the pack had dug a long, and deep den into the
ground.
"I'll walk over it to make sure that it will support weight. Rain, come here
with me," Whiteblaze told Raindrop as they walked over it.
"Nothing happened, it's good to go." Paw told the alpha pair. Raindrop ran
to her pups and tried to herd them into the den. Moonlit was the first to go
in, then Aqua. But Vertical was a different story. Raindrop had to pick him
up and DRAG him into the den. Then she had to sit in front of it to make sure
he wouldn't run out. Then, Saphire managed to get her four pups into the den
without letting Vertical escape.
"Pups, you have to stay in here. You can NOT come out until either, Saphire
or I come over to let you out." Raindrop tried to explain to them. Then Saphire
added, "Or, you will be able to come out when your fathers come to let you out.
Or even Halfstar or Blackfang. But if it's not any of your pack, DO NOT come
out! The war is going to start in a few minutes." After she was done, Raindrop
and Saphire were shocked to see that the pups were sound asleep!
"There here!" Whiteblaze and Fate yelled to the rest of the pack. Raindrop
and Saphire set tall grass in front of the den's entrance to block the scent
and the entrance from the Tsukiiu pack. Raindrop then ran to Whiteblaze to help
with the battle. Then, they saw the Tsukiiu pack run down the hill to Whiteblaze's
pack. Both packs howled in combat. Then, all went silent.
"Whiteblaze, step forward." A rather large green Lupe yelled. Whiteblaze took
a step forward and growled at the Tsukiiu pack leader. Whiteblaze walked closer
to him and showed his dagger like teeth. Silent, the Tsukiiu leader, Growled
at Whiteblaze and slunk to his side. Whiteblaze set his ears flat on his head
and barked at Silent. The two barked and howled at each other for about five
minutes, then the rest of the pack joined in.
Soon after all the noise, Silent pounced in the air, and met Whiteblaze in
mid-pounce. The two tore at each other violently. Then, the alpha female and
Raindrop began to fight. Then the rest of the pack fought in unison. Raindrop
tore at the alpha females back as the rest of the pack were fighting like mad.
Raindrop saw Paw in the corner of her eye. She was almost finished. Raindrop
threw the Tsukiiu's alpha female off and pounced on the Lupe who was attacking
Paw and fought with him forever.
After a few hours, only a few of the Tsukiiu Lupes still stood. Two of the
Lupes in Whiteblaze's pack had no more hitpoints, the other were to weak to
fight. But four of the Lupes on the Tsukiiu pack were goners.
"Give it up, Silent! This is our land!" Whiteblaze growled through tight teeth.
Silent limped to Whiteblaze's side and growled loudly. Then, the two were at
it again Raindrop fought with Bronze again Silent pinned Whiteblaze to the ground
and dug his teeth into his throat. Raindrop ran to Whiteblaze to help him, but
Bronze leapt on top of Raindrop and held her tightly to the ground. The other
members of the pack tried to help, but it was no use. Whiteblaze gasped for
air and whimpered with pain. Raindrop felt hot tears roll down her cheeks. Then,
with a sudden burst of energy, she kicked Bronze off her back and pounced at
Silent. She and Whiteblaze fought with Silent and Bronze for thirty minutes,
then, only Silent, Whiteblaze, Raindrop, Nightsun, and Volcanic were standing.
Whiteblaze swiped a paw at Silent's eye.
"Okay, I give up," Silent mumbled, as he walked off with his pack. Whiteblaze
began to howl with victory as the rest of his pack sounded.
Raindrop ran to the den where her pups were, and knocked the tall grass down.
"Come on out you guys! We won! We get to stay!" The pups ran out and howled
with the rest of the pack.
The white moon raised with pride. The stars twinkled with ease, and the thick
clouds of night lined the sky. Whiteblaze laid on the edge of the cliff and
watched over he's pack once more. The wind blew and Raindrop walked to him.
"We won." She smiled.
The End | 
