Chapter 1 in my book is finished.
Tree and Stem the alphas of the Forest Pack had called a meeting within their pack. They had just replaced their old alphas who had died in a fight or after the sickness in winter. They were just waiting for the female omaga to leave their den like every other meeting. "Everyone listen up! Me and Stem have agreed on who the Beta pair will be. Now they will get as much respect as us but will be lower."
"Tree I believe that goes without saying. Now Berry and Foal, you shall be the Betas. Take your responsibility wisely. You have our permission to mate at will." Stem finishes.
Berry and Foal go to the Beta den. This den was the second cave in the forest camp. Berry tended to live to his name. He knew what berries were good to eat and which were bad. Though he often was made fun of in his youth about eating berries his skills did come in handy when on a trip and no food around but fruits and berries. His tan like pelt and his yellow eyes helped even in the forest. At times he could almost look like a dying bush. Foal was kind to almost every baby animal. A few times even with baby deer she would protect them so that they can grow strong. The deer who were younger and never really saw a wolf sometimes mistaken her for another young deer. Her pelt looked exactly like a deer pelt and she knew how to get them to trust her. Her dark brown eyes also made the deer trust her, between the sudden calmness and alertness at the same time just made the deer think she was in of their own.
Tree and Stem the alpha wolves lived in the best most space in their cave. In the forest where they live there are three caves, alphas cave, betas cave, and the healing cave where the healer stays. Tree was a dark brown, not a brown wolf. His golden eyes never really showed feelings. He wasn't the nicest wolf oftentimes he was quite mean. The only reason that he was an alpha was because he had fought his way to leadership. Making the original beta before him back down and when he was challenged by wolves that did not want him to be alpha after the other ones died he forced them to back down. Stem on the other hand was quite calm and possibly the only reason Tree was still in the right mind. Her light green eyes showed nothing but compassion, calmness, and loyalty to her pack. Her pelt was a kind of tan that looked like a flower stem dying in the winter. Her name came from her pelt. She was born in fall time when flowers were dying and some were growing.
Leaf was the healer of the pack, she was kind and sweet. Though her alpha liked violence she wished nothing of it. If the fight could be passed over she tried to find a way to stop it. The other packs liked her much. Few times she stepped in the battle stopping it for a time allowing their injuries to be looked at. Her leaf colored eyes showed beautiful springtime. Her grey pelt allowed her to blend in almost everywhere. She had three black dots around each of her eyes.
The healer's cave often smelled of herbs that Leaf had collected and used. Vines came down in front of the entrance; which came in handy when there was sickness of a dying wolf. No one would have to see it or have too much worry about getting ill. There was a small pool of water towards the back of the cave. The pool went into a small stream that went down from there. On the outside of the cave it went in a bit making a small ledge. It was covered so not much rain of snow could enter that spot. When sickness crosses the pack and some wolves are confined to the healers den the others put fresh meat on that ledge. That was the only reason that the healers den was there and not elsewhere. Leaf could exit the cave, go to her left, grab the dress meat and give it to the wounded or sick.
The rest of the wolves have found shelter in hollowed trees, dug small tunnels to stay in, under the shelter of one of the caves, and some slept in the open till winter then dug a smaller hole to sleep in. These wolves then filled that hole in come spring and summer. Some of these wolves were bigger and stronger than some. These were the guards of the camp, they had keen eyes and only allowed a few wolves in if they weren't from that pack. Others were more skinny and fast. These were the hunters their main job was to only hunt and fight when it came to it. If the pack went hungry it wasn't just their fault. The guards could hunt as well and the hunters could guard. Those are just their main jobs within the pack.
The Mountain, Gorge, River, and Forest packs were named after some of the first packs to work together. Almost every pack knew about them and had different stories of the packs but no one really knew what happened to them or if they were still a pack.
"Stem? Can I speak to you? Alone." The meeting was just over when Leaf went up to Stem.
"Of course Leaf." She follows Leaf to her healers den. "It's darker than usual. What do you need?" She continues to look around the cave while Leaf is talking to her.
"Do you think you could teach me to fight? I want to try and get Tree out of his spot. He shouldn't be the alpha. Everyone knows that. A war is going to start between the packs soon. It's the beginning of the year there's plenty of time before winter sickness." Leaf wasn't messing around. Stem could see that in her eyes. "What do you keep looking at? There's nothing unusual here."
"What do you mean?" The den was currently low on herbs and darker than usual. Many things were out of place and nests were broken apart. The cave was not even close to neet anymore. "It's a mess! Where's the light, your herbs, the nests are all over, and what herbs you do have are all over the place! Are you ok?"
Leaf looks around for the first time in a long time realizing what she was talking about. Everything was scattered around and out of place. "Look I'm sorry but it's hard for me right now. Things have been going on between Tree and me." Few animals knew that if you go up Tree and Leafs family tree by one generation their parents were siblings. Neither looked close to one another or much like their parents. "Look I'll clean it up later but Tree shouldn't be leader and we all know that. If I can challenge him and win or get enough wolves to stand up to him he has to back down, it's been that way for years."
Shaking her head Stem knew that even if she tried Leaf wasn't meant to fight at all. "No Leaf I will not train you nor will any wolf with sense. You're a Healer and always will be. Maybe you need to find a Tyro, to keep you busy and to get you reorganized."
"No!" Leaf attempts not to yell but goes to growling while talking. "I'm not old yet! There's no reason for that! I can keep up if Tree will let me do my job!"
Stem turns her back in anger and understanding. With her head held high she walks out of Leafs den.
The Healers Den was beginning to look as it used to before two pups come in. One pelt was a traditional wolf pelt where the other one is almost entirely black except for two white zigzagging lines down the sides of her body.
"Smoke, Lightning, what are you coming here for and skidding to a stop just a muzzle length from my herbs? You've made so much dry dirt and dust come up! " Leafs eyes flared with anger. Those two are always up to no good! Causing trouble left and right. Whoever their parents are they best make sure they learn manners! It's about time they become Tyros.
"Sorry Leaf. But we just found out that Tree was leaving!" Lightning claimed almost jumping up in happiness. She would have to if she knew that she wasn't already in trouble.
"Ok, and why is he leaving?" Leafs eyes went from anger to curiosity in a moment. I hope they ain't lying about this. If they are I may be the one shredding their pelts.
"Yes, it's true no one knows why but he said he his! Come look! Come on Leaf!" The smoke completely backs up his sister but she follows anyway. Both the pup chose to lead the way and she lets them. Leaving the cave was a shock for Leaf who had been working in the dark sense Sunrise and now it's Highnoon. Sure enough, all of the wolves in the pack were around the leader.
"Tree where are you going? Smoke and Lightning said that you are leaving?'' Leaf looks up to the packs alpha.
"Yes I'm leaving." Tree claims boldly and loudly. "This pack is dumb and Leaf you are a horrible healer. Stem can care for the pack till she dies. I will live my life as a rough and as soon as I leave the borders I expect to be treated as such." At that Tree marches out of the camp with his head high.
"Coil, Marsh, and Fallen follow him out to make sure he leaves. And like he said treat him like a rough no matter how friendly he may be. He is no longer a pack member." At her word the three wolves follow Tree out of the pack. "Leaf may I speak with you? I need your help with something." Leaf follows Stem to the Alphas cave. The cave now empty without her brother there and the two Betas when she's usually in there.
"Stem this better be important. A bit after dawn you wanted me to clean my cave up now you want me in here. What do you need?" Leaf continues to look around the empty cave. Things will definitely be different without Tree. But it could be better, he has gone from a nice and calm fighter to power hungry monster.
"It is if you care to think about why he left." Stem looked like she was looking into my soul waiting for an answer. I mean she could kill me at any point. Stem was originally a rough who completely refused to tell where she was from. Personally I think she was from somewhere not in this world. But from another one. The way she acted when she first came here was, unnatural.
"Ok ok if it means you'll stop staring into my soul like you can see the dead! You're kinda scaring me!" Leaf continues to eye Stem knowing that what she was about to say was going to be something weird or unnormal like when she first came.
"Great! Now don't be mad at me for not telling you this. I know I've told almost everything about myself except where I come from. Tree leafy simply because he believed that he should no longer be in this pack after I told him you don't belong in this world. I told him this 5 months ago. When you said that he started to get really annoying and bother you." Stem looked at me expecting me to say something but I just sat there and waited for her to finish. "Nothing really? I would've expected something from you!"
"Nope nothing besides where it is that I'm supposed to be? In case you forget I'm a healer I've heard and seen some weird things. Come on! Not only that I've heard random voices that just talk. I've seen someone's death right before it happened. You expect me to surprised to hear that I'm not meant to be in this world?" Leaf just stared right back at Stem waiting for her to reply in some way but she just stood there in complete shock after hearing this from her friend.
"Well in that case would you like to see where you and I are ment to be? But before we go I'm going to explain something o you. I'm part of a group that has a job to go from one world to another to find humans and animals that are born with a gift. I know what I must look for in," Leaf holds up her paw to silance her friend. She sat still with her paw up and thought for a moment before speaking.
"So I have a gift and your just now choosing to tell me? If I go with you to this new world the other Healer will be by himself. How am I to explain that I'm leaving and possibly never coming back?" Sighing Stem did something unknown to Leaf.
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