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Chapter 9
Echo got to her feet,slowly,for she was stiff. She groomed herself and went to look for Storm. They had talked long enough! She walked off into the direction she had last seen them. "Storm?" she whined quietly, "Are you there? I need to talk to you." She paused and tapped her tail on the ground. "If I did something wrong please tell me. I probably didn't mean to do it." Echo's voice reverberated off the stones,then were silenced in the trees. "If there's something you don't like about me,I can change,I can!" She searched the forest,and said the unimaginable. "Don't you love me anymore,Storm?"
Storm heard the whines of Echo he trotted toward the sounds. He didn't want to tell her to go.
Echo pricked her ears. She heard a wolf. "Storm?" She ran towards the sound. "Is that you?"
"RAVEN!" Butterscotch yelled. "WHERE ARE YOU?" She followed a trail of pawprints and saw Raven and Drifter. "Raven."
Raven looked over at Butterscotch and greeted,"Hello."
"Raven, I am proud to announce that you are the alpha female of Blizzard Pack. Echo is going back to Hot pack as soon as she has her pups. I am the beta."
This was great! She asked, "What about Storm?"
"He remains the alpha of Blizzard pack."
Storm looked at her. "I am to remain alpha of blizzard pack. I love Echo but it is my duty to my pack and I owe Lunar to stay with my pack." Butterscotch smiled sheepishly at him.
Raven's smile soon disappeared and stammered,"W-what?"
"What do you mean, what? What do you think?" Butter snapped.
Storm and Drifter had gone into conversation.
"I'm Storm, alpha of Blizzard pack." he growled at this new wolf. He raised his tail and shoved his ears forward in a dominence gesture.
Drifter glanced at Raven,then reluctantly lowered his tail and head,telling Storm he had a higher rank. There would be no challenge...for now.
Echo was in the forest. She heard wolves. "Storm! Are you there?" she barked as hard as she could.
"But Drifter and I are..." Raven trailed off.
Drifter kept his tail and head lowered,but bristled. "Don't talk to her that way!" he said when he heard Butterscotch's reply.
"So what? That doesn't mean he can take Storm's place! maybe you shoulda thought about this before you ran off and mated!" was her reply to Raven's protest.
Drifter growled and grew stiff legged again. He didn't like this wolf. "Who says we did? It's not any of your business anyway!"
Storm heard Echo's call and shrank. He didnt want to tell her the news. He looked at Butterscotch for help.
Butterscotch whimpered. She felt like a whole load had been put on her shoulders.
"I'm sorry," he murmured. "I'm just......... scared to tell tell her." He turned towards Echo.
Echo barked harder. "Storm! I'm here! Where are you?"
"Echo," Butterscotch said, walking over to her. "Can I have a talk with you?"
Echo let her breath out. "Whew! Thank Lupus! I thought I'd never find you all!" She licked Storm's ear lovingly,then turned to Butterscotch. "What about?"
Raven said,"No we just became mates. Are you saying Storm and I are now supposed to be mates?"
"No. I'm only saying that Drifter can't be alpha, but packmember."
"But Drifter's my mate!" Raven protested. She was not satisfied with him being pack mate.
"That's too bad," Butterscotch said. "Now you have three choices: be alpha female and let Drifter be packmember, let us get rid of Drifter, or get kicked out of Blizzard pack."
Raven sighed,"Fine he can be pack mate. "
That being settled, Butter walked off with Echo.
"Is it about Storm?" Echo said.
"Yes..." she said and cleared her throat. "It is your duty to go back to your pack after you have your pups. Your pack needs you. "
Echo gulped. "Will...will...will Storm come with me?"
"I'm afraid not. He has Blizzard pack to take care of."
Echo's eyes filled with tears. "But...but...he's my mate! I can't leave him!" She dashed over to Storm. "Tell me it isn't true?" She hid her face in his fur.
To be Continued
Echo got to her feet,slowly,for she was stiff. She groomed herself and went to look for Storm. They had talked long enough! She walked off into the direction she had last seen them. "Storm?" she whined quietly, "Are you there? I need to talk to you." She paused and tapped her tail on the ground. "If I did something wrong please tell me. I probably didn't mean to do it." Echo's voice reverberated off the stones,then were silenced in the trees. "If there's something you don't like about me,I can change,I can!" She searched the forest,and said the unimaginable. "Don't you love me anymore,Storm?"
Storm heard the whines of Echo he trotted toward the sounds. He didn't want to tell her to go.
Echo pricked her ears. She heard a wolf. "Storm?" She ran towards the sound. "Is that you?"
"RAVEN!" Butterscotch yelled. "WHERE ARE YOU?" She followed a trail of pawprints and saw Raven and Drifter. "Raven."
Raven looked over at Butterscotch and greeted,"Hello."
"Raven, I am proud to announce that you are the alpha female of Blizzard Pack. Echo is going back to Hot pack as soon as she has her pups. I am the beta."
This was great! She asked, "What about Storm?"
"He remains the alpha of Blizzard pack."
Storm looked at her. "I am to remain alpha of blizzard pack. I love Echo but it is my duty to my pack and I owe Lunar to stay with my pack." Butterscotch smiled sheepishly at him.
Raven's smile soon disappeared and stammered,"W-what?"
"What do you mean, what? What do you think?" Butter snapped.
Storm and Drifter had gone into conversation.
"I'm Storm, alpha of Blizzard pack." he growled at this new wolf. He raised his tail and shoved his ears forward in a dominence gesture.
Drifter glanced at Raven,then reluctantly lowered his tail and head,telling Storm he had a higher rank. There would be no challenge...for now.
Echo was in the forest. She heard wolves. "Storm! Are you there?" she barked as hard as she could.
"But Drifter and I are..." Raven trailed off.
Drifter kept his tail and head lowered,but bristled. "Don't talk to her that way!" he said when he heard Butterscotch's reply.
"So what? That doesn't mean he can take Storm's place! maybe you shoulda thought about this before you ran off and mated!" was her reply to Raven's protest.
Drifter growled and grew stiff legged again. He didn't like this wolf. "Who says we did? It's not any of your business anyway!"
Storm heard Echo's call and shrank. He didnt want to tell her the news. He looked at Butterscotch for help.
Butterscotch whimpered. She felt like a whole load had been put on her shoulders.
"I'm sorry," he murmured. "I'm just......... scared to tell tell her." He turned towards Echo.
Echo barked harder. "Storm! I'm here! Where are you?"
"Echo," Butterscotch said, walking over to her. "Can I have a talk with you?"
Echo let her breath out. "Whew! Thank Lupus! I thought I'd never find you all!" She licked Storm's ear lovingly,then turned to Butterscotch. "What about?"
Raven said,"No we just became mates. Are you saying Storm and I are now supposed to be mates?"
"No. I'm only saying that Drifter can't be alpha, but packmember."
"But Drifter's my mate!" Raven protested. She was not satisfied with him being pack mate.
"That's too bad," Butterscotch said. "Now you have three choices: be alpha female and let Drifter be packmember, let us get rid of Drifter, or get kicked out of Blizzard pack."
Raven sighed,"Fine he can be pack mate. "
That being settled, Butter walked off with Echo.
"Is it about Storm?" Echo said.
"Yes..." she said and cleared her throat. "It is your duty to go back to your pack after you have your pups. Your pack needs you. "
Echo gulped. "Will...will...will Storm come with me?"
"I'm afraid not. He has Blizzard pack to take care of."
Echo's eyes filled with tears. "But...but...he's my mate! I can't leave him!" She dashed over to Storm. "Tell me it isn't true?" She hid her face in his fur.
To be Continued