Chapter 5

Stem looked at Kink and Meri walking away and separating to where they live. I was glad that Leaf and I chose to stay. I haven't spent time with Coil personally in a while. Both of us knew our hearts were set for one another. Craterday seemed comfortable with Leaf and I with them. Which I think is probably for the best.
We started walking and no one said anything except Coil and Craterday to allow us to pass through some places. It was strange, few times we've had wolves draw swords on all of us just because we were strangers to them.

Soon it became night, Craterday volunteered to stay up and watch but Leaf was restless. I heard the two of them talking, at first I couldn't understand what they were saying but soon as they thought we were asleep their voices got louder.
"Come on. I can learn fast. And I won't bother you about anything. I promise to keep it a secret too. Please!" Leaf was pleading to Craterday.
I could hear Craterday sigh but he was still silent about it. Whatever Leaf was asking about he still seemed to be in thought, deep thought. "Fine but you can't say anything. Not even to Coil. He doesn't need to know what we're going to do. If they find out about it on their own fine but please don't tell." They stand up and walk away out of earshot.
Finally falling asleep I heard the two wolves that visited me the night before. We told you she would leave. Anyhow you may as well know our names. I'm Neako. This is my brother Lert. The second voice from my first time hearing them said. You know our names but don't think you'll see us anytime soon. Neako told me. It was strange that they chose me to talk to. Neako you say too much. Craterday and Leaf just leaving at night? I thought they were going to watch the two of you. Lert seemed to almost read my mind when they first walked off. You heard some things but still no clue what they were talking about. Lert continues. "What are you saying? That I can't trust my friends?" I was astonished by their accusations of my friends. No that's not what he's saying. What he's saying is that you have too much trust. Craterday and Leaf could completely leave you two behind. Neako seems like he's trying to comfort me unlike Lert who probably wants the group to go against one another. "I doubt it. Besides, Leaf wouldn't leave me. When I was living with her in the Real World we established a friendship that can't be broken, even if we argue over something." I could almost hear their sighs of disbelief. Fine, don't listen to us. But we did warn you. Lert for once seemed to be not so evil as he can seem.
I woke the next morning to Leaf and Coil gone and Craterday looking around.
"Bout time you get up. I thought I may have to get you up!" He told me. I gave him a look that said something like what happened last night? "You heard didn't you? Before you start accusing me of stuff, all we did was talk. I showed her my sword and how to stand on your hind paws."
"I trust you, no worries. But you seemed secretive, why?" I just wanted to know what was a secret. If they ended up becoming friends or even more than that I didn't care. What did he not want me to know?
"She wanted to know some of my past. So I told her I'd tell her about the fight before my pack was no more. I'm not going to give you the whole story like she got but essentially most were killed and," Coil and Leaf had returned with some fresh prey. Two rabbits that was it. "And some left. Most of the group have never seen one another for a couple of annorum." He quickly finished his sentence. I would've asked for more but now didn't seem like the time.
"This is all we could catch for now. The packs around here ain't all that welcoming. You two girls can share that rabbit and Craterday and I will have this one." Coil goes to drop the rabbit and lay down to eat when Craterdays ears perk up.
"Lay down and stay as still as possible." Craterday alone moved to greet the wolves who were coming close to where the rest were at. The other wolves drew their swords and put them to his throat. Craterday turns to grab his sword; which still had some blood on it; he draws it and stabs it into the ground. After that they talk for a while before the others leave they all grab their daggers. Craterday grabbed his clean one; and on their paws they slid it across getting some blood and touched one anothers paw.
The wolves leave with a small trail of blood and Craterday comes back with a trail of blood behind him.
"Everyone, you can get up now. We shouldn't have anymore trouble with that pack." He claims. I hope he's right about that.
"Who were they?" Leaf asks the question that they were all asking themselves.
"I don't know their names or their pack names. All I know is that what we did is a sign of trust. We should be at peace with them." Two of the wolves there were dark brown, one had dark blue eyes the other had green eyes. The last one was dark grey with dark green eyes. "Eat quickly, we need to go soon."
"Where do we need to go so bad?" Coil's voice had an odd edge to it. Like he didn't trust his friend at all.
"Does it matter? Besides they said we had to eat and leave before the Trust is broken." He tells Coil. Quite calm too, it was kinda scary for him to be calm when Coil had that edge. Craterday had been a bit scary before but never in calmness.
"It does matter." Coil mumbles to himself. But with a small angry glance towards him.
With Craterday leading me, Leaf, then Coil we walk till NoonHigh. The sun here seemed to burn through my pelt. It was hot and it started to get sandy. I think I remember my teacher mentioning something like this being called a desert. I hope it is not as bad as she said it was.
"We'll rest here. It's a bit past NoonHigh, we'll continue on tonight. I'm going hunting and I'll be back soon." Craterday leaves the rest of them. Coil takes charge to help us find a shaded spot. We ended up finding one, it was small but large enough for them all to stay. Stem took a quick look around.
Most of the desert was sandy, a couple of dead trees were scattered, many green spiky things, and lots of rocks. There was little shade and lots of lizard-like things. There were a few small things of grass areas but not many. I must admit that this place is actually not so bad. There's no water in sight but that may be the worst of it.
Craterday returns with a lizard and a jack rabbit. He hands me and Coil the rabbit and he and Leaf ate the lizard. I don't know how Leaf could eat the lizard. I was grossed out at the sight of it. How do you eat something that looks sick? It's green with yellow eyes. Just why? I could feel the heat from the sun burn my pelt now. I could tell the others could feel the sun burning their pelts. "Maybe we should find some shade?" I suggested.
"That's probably the most sensible thing you've said all day! I didn't think you could think anymore." Craterday claims sarcastically. "Alright, follow me."
Coil steps in his way. " Why are you leading all of a sudden? Who put you in charge?" Could anger towards Craterday was unusual.
"Because I know the dessert, and I know how to find shade. And I'm in charge because no one objected to it till now." Craterday growled back at Coil. From the looks of it a fight was about to happen and I didn't want what happened to Nero to happen to Coil. The two wolves circle around one another, teeth bared and claws out. Coil goes to draw his sword, but Craterday draws his bloody dagger first and hits Coil in the shoulder squarely. He then jumps on him knocking him off balance, putting his claws at his throat he pulls out the dagger and puts it away. " I don't want to fight you Coil, but don't think I won't finish this. If you think you can find shade then lead, no one said you couldn't and no one said you could. This whole time you could've said something about leading but coming to attach me is not a good idea."
Craterday gets off Coil and helps him up with his wounded shoulder. "Thanks, and sorry. I knew that was a bad idea but I couldn't help but think about you always leading." Craterday just shrugged and started to walk away. I helped Coil and Leaf stay next to Craterday. We finally found some shade and went to sleep. All of us. Not one stayed up to keep watch. I do believe we had all tired ourselves out, Craterday who seemed to have more surprises had a small pouch that had a strap that went around his stomach and reconnected with that pouch. In the pouch he had some herbs and put some on Coil shoulder.

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