Chapter 6

Abaddon hisses, full of disguist. He absolutely despised the Sky Spirits. He held a hateful grudge towards them ever since he was exiled into the Uknown Forest. Now that the Packs where growing weak, he was not hesitant to seize his power once again. Day by day, he is restoring his strength to end the Packs.

 

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"We can't go to the place where Lights Touch the Sky!" cried Zayev. Mazaska rolled her eyes.

"You doubt everything! Take a chance for once." she glared at Zayev.

"We don't even know where it is? What if we get lost? What if... What if we get killed!" his fur rose with fear and uneasiness.

"The Sky Spirits will guide us and they always will be. We go on our journey at nightfall. Let's get some sleep." she ordered. Zayev sighs and bounds towards the Trainee's Den and Mazaska follows. She settles down and wraps her tail around her.

 

~~~

 

An elegant wolf with misty, gray fur and crystal, blue eyes appeared on top of the tall trees. The mysterious wolf jumped off from the great tree and landed gracefully. Mazaska gasped and took a step back.

"Who are--"

"Silence, young one." Mazaska stared at the wolf's eyes. It showed years of wisdom. "Listen carefully, for what I am about to tell will be the first step on your adventure. I do not have much time to explain."

"Peel open your eyes for evil." Mazaska blinked.

"That's... That's it?"

The mysterious wolf nodded. Then, Mazaska spotted a faint, white star on the forehead of the female-wolf.

"You are one of the Sky Spirits!" Mazaska gasped.

Once again, the wolf nodded.

"Beware for the--"

Mazaska opened her eyes. The familiar scents of the Tundra Pack surrounded her. What had the mysterious wolf wanted to tell her? What did her message mean? There was so much questions that was left unanswered. Although, it was too late. It was nightfall.

Chapter 5

Mazaska stared at Zayev with disbelief.

"That's the same look all the other wolves look at me." he sighs. "Sometimes I hear them saying that I too will bring destruction to the Four Packs. If my ancestor, Abaddon, rises, everyone will believe that I will side with him. They may even force me to leave the pack!" Mazaska opens her mouth, but nothing comes out.

"You don't know how hard it is. How hard it is to go through the harsh words that they call me." Zayev whimpers, his body shaking.

"I-I'm sorry... I didn't know--"
"Of course you wouldn't know!" he says sharply. Mazaska flinches and takes a step back. "Sorry... I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to."

"It's fine." she says, still agitated.

"What are we going to do then?" Zayev changes the subject. "No one will believe us."

"You can't be sure." Zayev tilts his head. "Perhaps your leader will believe us, but it mustn't come from me, you have to tell him." Zayev snorts.

"You honestly believe that an outsider like me would make a difference?"

"Pack leaders must always hear what their clan mates have to say. True leaders listen." Mazaska explains. Zayev nods in agreement.

"Ok, I'll do it."

~~~

"You wanted to speak?" Alpha Convel circles around Zayev and pierces his dark eyes at at him. Mazaska slouches down and hides behind a bush near the Alpha's Den. She leans in and focuses on Zayev's conversation with Alpha Convel.

"Y-yes... I-I believe th-tha--"
"Stop muttering, young one. It shows weakness." Alpha Convel orders.

"Oh, um, yes sir." Zayev gulps. "I think I recieved an omen from the Sky Spirits." He pauses and glares at Alpha Convel's eyes.

"What kind of omen?" Mazaska lets out a sigh of relief as Alpha Convel said the statement.

"Well, Mazaska had a dream about--"
"Mazaska, the intruder!" roared Alpha Convel. Zayev yelps and takes a leap back. Mazaska gasps and hides deeper into the bushes. "A tresspasser who has omens from the Sky Spirits? Zayev,  you must think. The intruder is trying to spook us. She is trying to make us look vulnerable. For a while I thought that you would better yourself. You are excused." Alpha Convel flicks his tail and Zayev leaves the Alpha's Den. Mazaska makes her way towards Zayev.

"I heard..."
"What are we going to do? The Packs are going to be destroyed!" he wailed.

"The Packs will never be destroyed. Since no one will believe us, there is only one place that we can go to where we can help destroy Abaddon once and for all." Zayev leans in.

"We have to go to the place where the Lights Touch the Sky."

Chapter 4

Snarling arose deep in the lonesome forest. Mazaska was standing in the heart of the woods surrounded by echoing growls from an unknown creature.

"Come out, now!" Mazaska shouted, making an effort to hide her nervousness. "Y-you can't hide f-forever!" The snarling from the creature became louder. Slowly, a dark figure stepped out from the fog. Its eyes where blood-shot red and its fur was filthy. Mazaska's eyes widen with fear and her body froze. 

"I've been observing the Packs..." the creature said in a scratchy voice. Mazaska looked at the stranger with confusion and disbelief. She opened her mouth to speak, but her words where stuck in her throat.

"I've been trapped in this forest for too long..." the figure said. A deep scar was marked across his eye along with other deep scars embed on his skeletal body. "now it's time for me to redeem myself. Evil is coming and this time, the Packs will be destroyed."

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"Wake up!" growled Zayev. He then bit Mazaska on the scruff and hauled her out of the cave.
"What are you doing?" howled Mazaska frantically. "We have to warn the Packs that evil is coming!" Zayev instantly let go of her and stared at her with a puzzled look. He then shook his head and narrowed his eyes.
"Dawnfall wolves really are crazy, aren't they?" he muttered softly.
"I'm not crazy! You have to believe me, I had a dream--"
"Only Shamans have dreams, not low life wolves like you!" Zayev snarled. Mazaska lifted up her paw to rake her claws across Zayev's face until she looked up at the sky. The clouds where painted dark red, like the color of blood. Zayev looked up at Mazaska's gaze and he too was astonished and uneasy.
"It must be an omen from the Spirits..." breathed out Zayev.
"I saw someone in my vision." began Mayzaska, "I didn't quite see him, but he had a deep scar across his face. He said that evil was coming and that this time, the Packs would be destroyed." Zayev's eyes showed a flash of fear. He backed away slowly, his mouth quivering. He then took off and sprinted to the forest, with Mayzaska following him.
"What's wrong with you? I was trying to tell you about the vision!" she howled as she dodged pieces of branches.
"Leave me alone, your vision is a lie!" he fixed his eyes ahead, attempting to outrun Mazaska as she jumped over obstacles.
"You have to listen to more or else the Packs will be in danger. We may not even have the Packs anymore!" Zayev glanced back and began to slow down.
"Thank goodness... I thought you would never slow down." she mumbled, her chest heaving.
"I didn't want to tell you this." Mazaska looked up at Zayev. "I thought it was a myth. They said that I was descended from him, but I didn't want to believe them."
"Do you mean you're..."
"Yes, I'm a descendant of Abaddon. The wolf who almost brought chaos and destruction of all Four Packs."

Chapter 3

"Get off me you big lump of--" The Tundra member bit Mazaska's side as a warning bite. She yelped loudly with pain. "Where are you taking me to, you savage?" snarled Mazaska. The Tundra wolf ignored her question and fixed his eyes ahead. "Fine, don't answer me then..." she mumbled.

"We're taking you to Tundra Encampment where you will face Alpha Convel." he answered with a flat voice. Her eyes began widening with fear and her heart forcefully pounded with uneasiness as they crept their way towards Tundra Encampment. 

Tundra Wolves surrounded Mazaska, snarling and looking at her with piercing eyes.

"What have you brought to me, Maccon?" boomed a voice from a rock so high that it seemed to touch the clouds.

"A trespasser from the Dawnfall Pack." he answered back, flicking his flaky tail towards Mazaska.Snarling rose from the crowd of wolves.Then the wolf on the tall rock gracefully jumped off and landed squarely in front of Mazaska. He then circled around her, examining every inch of Mazaska. She narrowed her eyes and tensed her muscles to show her strength.

"What are you going to do with her, Alpha Convel?" Maccon hissed. Alpha Convel narrowed his dark, amber eyes at Mazaska and answered flatly,"We will keep her hostage until Dawnfall Pack learns how to give away territory." Mazaska widened her eyes with disbelief.

"You can't do that!" she rose to her paws and faced Alpha Convel. She was so close to Alpha Convel, that she could feel him breathing down onto her. Mazaska drew out her claws and the crowd of wolves gasped at her challenge.

"I will waste my time with an amateur." he turned around and made his way to his cave.

"She shouldn't be here. The Tundra Pack can't afford another mouth to feed." whispered a wolf.

"She deserves to be held hostage. Dawnfall Pack must know how to let go of their territory to let another pack survive." Mazaska hissed at the wolf's remark.

"Zayev, guard the hostage." called out Alpha Convel. A wolf with fur dark as the night padded his way towards Mazaska. He was about the same moons as Mayzaska, but his eyes held great wisdom. Zayev made his way towards Mazaska and growled quietly.

"Well, thanks for the welcoming." she said sarcastically. He glared at her and narrowed his dark, brown eyes.

"Get up hostage, I'm taking you to where you'll sleep. Alpha Convel is assigning you to sleep in the Trainees den. Unfortunately, I'm a Trainee..." he mumbled. 

Mayzaska entered a cave with several Trainee wolves curled up in their nests. As she settled in her nest, several of the wolves next to her moved away. She sighed heavily and curled up into a ball of fur. Please come soon... anyone, please come.

This was unexpected

For me, sickness is very unexpected.

One day I'm perfectly fine, the next day, I'm wheezing for breath.

Yes, I am sick... My mom believes I'm dying, but I simply have the flu. I was deadly sick during the beginning of the week, but I'm feeling a bit better now. The reason why I'm talking about my sickness is because it's the reason why I haven't been able to post this week's chapter. You may be wondering: Why u no post chapter now?

Because I'm not allowed to be on the computer. I should be sleeping right now, but I'm being kind by informing you all that I will be taking a very short break from posting.

Thank you for understanding.

~Lindsey