Part 4 Chapter 1 The new old forest

I woke up. I had no idea where I was. I felt like I had been beaten up or something. I looked around. I was in the Crest Valley but everyone was gone. I smelt the air. There was only one scent I picked up on it. Wolf's Blood. I looked around. I could see no bloodshed here. Maybe the scent was being carried on the wind. I looked at the way I had come in. The earth now seemed to be lighter then it had before, or maybe it was the sunset. I followed the path back up and out of the Crest Valley.



I came over the edge and was surprised to see what I saw. The forest was smaller. But there had also been a recent fire. The fire had wiped out one half of this forest. I walked down into the part that hadn't been burned. I soon traveled to the deeper forest. I was looking around. I was looking for the injured wolf. I came to a huge hole in the ground. I peered inside and was horrified by what I found. Inside where 5 dead wolf pups all shot in the head. The intire earth seemed to move away from me. I walked on past it.


Well now I had the reason for the blood. But where and what time was I in. I knew I was in the same area as before but now everything was lighter due to the smaller trees and the ground wasn't as dark and wet it had been before.


The time part would be the hardest thing for me to find out. For I couldn't find a single wolf in a hundred mile radius. Where they were was a mystery to me. I contined to search. I searched the mountains and I search the feilds. I even went to Stella's mountain but when I got there no one was there either. But I knew I was in the past for the caves weren't there anymore. I left the mountain and went in search of other wolves yet again.

The sun was setting and I was getting tired. I layed down in a bunch of dead leaves that where on the ground. I let out a sigh as I relised I was totally confused. I soon fell into a fitful sleep. I had a dream of Moge. Of the last moment that I saw of him. Of him flying through the air before he disappeared from my view. Then the dream continued. He fell into the bottomless hole of the valley. I jumped in my sleep but was still unnerved by what I saw next. Stella walked over and laughed evilly and said, "It is done"

I woke up in the morning to gun shots. I stood up. I looked around but relised the gun shots where far off. I decided to check it out. I just didn't know this would be a big mistake.

Chapter 20 Is this the end?

My body suddenly collapsed. I fell snout first in the black earth. I could hear voices and everything was spinning. I couldn't see straight and my head felt like it was going to crack. I had been in the middle of the sarimony. We had alread cut Bran . . . Dad and his blood had already dripped into the basin of the alter. We were getting ready to sacrifice Moge . . . my brother. I could feel him slowly moving away.

I raveged and raved on the ground. I let out a weil of no kind. I was fighting with myself.

"Who are you" said the new Tuff in my . . . are head.

"It is I the original Tuff and Wolf 74" I growled back.

"Wolf 74 but that's a slave name"

"I know. This body has been a run away, a slave, and a prince but now it is time for it to be a hero"

"Oh I won't allow it"

I got a thought wave and I new it was from Moge. He was wondering what was happening but was unable to talk do to being muzzled. I used the Nost to cut the muzzle with the Dark Matter. Then I cut the rest of the muzzles on the other captive wolves.

"Tuff, what's going on" asked Moge

"He is unable to answer you" whispered Stella in such a low voice even in the quiet it was hard to hear. "He is fighting with himself. The old Tuff you know and the new Tuff that I created. This shall decide which side will win. Good or evil. I know that my new Tuff will win for I trained him in the art of the Nost"

"Tuff, Tuff you can't give up. You are not just fighting for you but you are fighting for all wolves"

I continued to struggle against the New Tuff. New Tuff whispered, "Give up. I am far more stronger then you. You are not worthy to have this body. How did you even get here"

"I combined with Wolf 74 to start off with and then we got to the main part of the body just not in the corner of my head and got here" I said

"You are just so weak. You are useless. You don't deserve to be called a wolf"

Are body let out a squike and a whimper. It was shaking so bad I was amased it hadn't killed itself in the proccess. Me and the new Tuff were fighting in are heads but Wolf 74 was just sitting there. We had split back up after I had engaged new Tuff.

"Wolf 74 help me"

"You can't help him Wolf 74. You are just a weak slave born to serve others"

Wolf 74 looked down at his feet. He stood up and started to walk back towards the dark corner.

"Where are you going Wolf 74"

"He's right" said Wolf 74, "I'm just a weak slave. There is no way I can help anyone. I'm just as useless as snow. I have no real purpose"

"Wolf 74 you do have a purpose. You are not just a slave. You are me. I am you. Look how hard I can fight against him. It's because I know that if I don't win now the intire world will be doomed forever. I can't let that happen. Wolf 74 you are not Wolf 74, you are Tuff to"

Tuff looked at me. There was a new shimer in the former slave's eyes. "Y-you're right Tuff. We are the same and have the same power. We can overcome this demon" He seemed to glow in his own way. It was time.



"You see" asked Mom as I regained control of my body, "I told you that your Tuff was far weaker than mine" Moge looked at me. His face was pleading. I growled at him. His tail dropped. It was over. I got back up and looked at Mom.

"Why" It was all of a sudden and from me. For I was me. Me and Tuff the former slave had overcome the New Tuff.

"What" asked Stella

"Why did you do it Stella" I looked over my shoulder at Moge. His tail was high and waging. I turned back to Stella.

"Why did you do this. Why did you erase my memory and take me as your own. If you hadn't had me kill Issy I wouldn't have been able to come back. Why did you send the humans"

"How did you"

"I still gathered information even though I didn't have a choice of what I heard or saw. I know you sent the humans to kill my familly"

"Your wrong. I may have sent the humans but . . ."

"But what"

"I'm your real mother" said Stella. I couldn't belive what I was hearing. I looked at my parents. they were both looking at the ground.

"Mom say it's not true" She didn't answer

"Tuff. It time you learned the truth" said Stella, "You were my pup but I was also the leader of the Balkas and therefor I could not take care of you. I asked my brother Bran to take you in for me. He agreed. I moved in close to him. I had you and five other dead pups. You barly lived through the first night. It was the travel that had killed the rest. Then I dropped you off and left. It was perfect me and my brother's mate were both white and her cubs were born the same day. Then when I asked for you back and my brother refused I sent the humans to reclaim you. Your brother kept that from happening. Then later I captured you and was going to erase your memory so that I could raise you. Then you escaped. I had no choice but to use the not queit ready memory eraser. Then you broke through and taught that one but I caught it just in time and finished it. Then I raised you as my own. But to complete this I had to sacrifice someone close to you and not to me. I chose Moge since you loved him so much"

I stared at her. It all made sense now. I looked at Mom and Dad, "Please tell me it's not true"

Dad answered, "I'm sorry Tuff but you are not my real son and your mother is really Stella"

"No. I don't belive it. They are my familly. I will save them!"

"Bran will you let me sacrific Moge" asked Stella

"What" asked Moge.

"Yes, if it's to undo what we have done to his black wolf"

"Then I shall make it swift" said Stella. Then she started her white dark matter force wave. She was going to knock Moge off and kill him from the fall!"

"No" I yelled, "I won't let you this is my familly!" Then I started my own dark matter force wave. Mine was blue. The two waves hit each other. I was holding my ground. "This is my familly I don't want to be evil"

"Tuff" said Moge, "Tuff you can do it. Mom, Dad, you raised him. Shouldn't you fight for him and help him. You are what he thinks is his familly"

"Yeah" pitched in Gart and Salka, "He's a brother to us and he also needs us"

"Tuff you can do it!" It was Mom.

I pushed harder against Stella. I wasn't going to let her win. Even if it ment killing her. Then I flashed for a second. I felt a wave of power go through me. It hit Moge and he skidded back.

"What just happened" Moge asked.

"It's Tuff" said Stella, "He still doesn't know how to control it. The top of his power wave is reaching into the time travel part of the power so he vanished for a second"

"I won't let you win Stella" but then I flashed two more time. "No" I tried to control it more. But then there was a bright flash of light. I passed out but the last thing I saw was Moge. In midair.

Chapter 19 Need to escape was one but two

I slammed myself against the invisible force wall. I was breathing hard but I was still slamming myself hard. I finally fell down from exhaustion. I listened to my panting for a few seconds before I looked at my eyes area. The eye sight was currently closed off so I must have been howling.

I turned around and looked at my disappearing memories. It made me sad. I had already lost most of my cub hood due to the erasement. I looked at the ground. I was shuddering. How could I let it end this way. Issy was already dead, and Stella was now going to kill my brother! All I could do was watch and listen to what happened and I could never do a thing about it. I looked at the sullen Wolf 74.

Wolf 74 was curled in a tight ball. He knew what was happening but he didn't have control over the Nost therefor was of no use. I knew that we would soon be gone after the memories. I looked at the memories of Sammy. Some had been chewed away already. Thankfully not any of the meaningful ones. I came back to the question, "How am I going to save everyone" But the same answer kept coming back, "I can't" I shook my head as the answer came back again for the billionth time.

I looked again at Wolf 74. I growled. How could I have failed to get to him in time anyway. That's how sad I was and how powerless I was. If wolves could let out tears I knew I would shed tears right now. I looked at Wolf 74 again. My expression slowly changed and I didn't know it. The question came to me again. This time I had a good pure answer. I knew what I was going to do.

I ran over to force keeping me from Wolf 74. "Wolf 74" I said, "Get up"

"Why" He said, "It's all lost anyway"

"No! I have an idea" Wolf 74 looked at me.

"You do" He got up.

"Yes. You saw me earlier trying to get to the new Tuff right. Well we need to get to each other"

"But won't that destroy me"

"It shouldn't but there is a chance. Instead though we might become one. Come on you don't want Stella to win do you"

Wolf 74 turned away from me for a second. Then he whispered, "I'll take this chance. Just so I can save the familly I never new and give Stella some payback"

"Ok so at the same time we will slam against the force ok"

"Yeah" Then wolf 74 got up. Then at the same time we slammed against the force. We were bounced off it but I realised it gave a little more then the one holding us from the new Tuff.

"Again" I yelled. Then we ran and hit it again. It gave more. We pounded again and again, and it gave more and more. Then we both ran at it at top speed and slammed all of are weight against it. There was a breaking and ripping sound. A blaze of light in this darkness. I stood there. I felt powerful. Then I heard a voice.

"Tuff we did it we became one"

"Yes" I said, "Now it's time to escape from this prision in are own head"

Then like before I slammed against teh force but this time it seemed weaker. I gave more and more. Then like before it gave. I came crashing down on the floor near the new Tuff. He turned his head and looked at me. Then the intire place fell.

Chapter 18 Inside the Crest Valley

The sides of the valley were craggy and sharp. There was only one narrow path on which to travel on. You could fit three wolves side by side but at the danger of losing one. I looked down the steep sides that disappeared into nothingness. The side was lined with even more sharp pointy rocks. One slip and you would ether fall to your death, land on a stone pillar jutting out, or get cut up while your falling by the sharp pointy rocks. The sides were steep so if you did fall there would be no stopping it.

The mountain crest looked like spikes coming out of the mountains. Even though it was day time the valley seemed to be very very dark and gloomy. It made me feel really strong for the captives were shuddering and whimpering. There were very very very very old human homes made out of the surrounding earth. The valley seemed to stretch on forever. The harder you tried to see farther the more you thought you could see death.

The ground felt hard and unforgiving. Not like the earth of the forest and the land was barren with only a few small whithering tree here and there. The path we walked on was going down and seemed it would go down forever. Then if finally leveled out and there before us was a black earthed field. In the middle was an alter. It was made of just simple stone but anyone not just those with the Nost could feel the power coming off of it. It seemed to be the center of the universe. It was power and power was it. It seemed if anything were to touch it they would be turned to nothing and everything.

The sky seemed to darken even more as we got closer to it. The Balkas were ordered by my mother to leave for only her, me, and the captives could be there. Plus one human.

Mom said, "Now we must make one of the captives bleed and another one of them needs to be killed" She walked over to the Gray newcomer captive. "This is my Brother Bran" I seemed to be hit by a spark of some sort. "We need some blood that is related to us" She walked over to Moge. "We also need and innocence death to complete in and give us ultimate power" I was hit by another wave of spark. I just shock it off and ignored it.

"Now I shall start the ritural" said Mom, "To start it we need to howl a deep howl that no other has done. Then I shall continue the ceremony while you and the human watch over the captives and prepare the two to give up there blood" Mom and I howled then. It was erie and breathtaking to anyone within earshot. Then Mom continued the ritual while I got the captives ready. Moge looked at me with pleading eyes. I just ignored them.

Bran growled at me when I walked up to him. He had questioning eyes. I had no idea what he was wondering but I didn't need to know for we were almost done with him. Then he could live the rest of his life either a slave or one of the very few free wolves Mom was allowing. I looked over at Mom. She was ready.

Chapter 17 The Outside of Crest Valley

After a few days of traveling we arrived at the Crest Valley. It had a dark veil behind it. It looked like the jaws of death in the sky. Mom turned to me and said, "Tuff I need you to stay here. I am going to intercept a new set of wolves from the south. Other Balkas are bringing them"

"Ok Mom" I said.

"You need to watch the slaves and humans also"

"Ok" Then Mom headed south to intercept the new comers.

It turned to the Balkas and Humans and said, "Balkas go and hunt three deer so that we can feed the slaves. Humans I want half of you to go and make spears out of branches" Both groups nodded and set to work. Now was the perfect time to inspect the slaves and how they lived really for I have never seen them resting. Actually the only time I had ever seen one was when I was training and torturing them. I walked over to them. I looked over there bodies. They were just laying there. Three wolves seemed to pop out to me. I recognised them. From my dreams.

The wolves were all different colors except one was really close to the other. One was white, one gray, and the other gray-black. I couldn't remember there names in till I realised that I was walking toward them. The gray-black ones name was Moge, the white ones Salka, and the other gray one Gart. I stopped right next to them. Moge looked up at me. His expression had been grim but then his expression turned to surprise then anger.

I looked at the she-wolf Salka. Her face was glum and when she saw me she looked away. Then I looked at Gart. Gart saw me look at him. He stood up and walked a little ways away. I turned my attention back to Moge. He looked still angry. I had an Idea. I was going to talk to him through the Nost. I reached for him mind.

Moge, it is nice to finally meet you in person.

What do you want you traitor.

I was slightly confused at this.

What do you mean?

You were on are side and then you turned evil.

I was even more confused.

Tell me what you know you flee-bitten mutt. I was now angry for he called me good.

Don't call me that Tuff. I don't want to ever see you again. You have betrayed us all and doomed us. Why did you do it. Why did you have to separate yourself from us.

I don't understand.

Of, course you wouldn't. You just want to be evil now because it feels so good and your so powerful. You are just like her. You are a little, evil, coyote.

Don't call me a coyote. You are the coyote in this situation. I could call back the Balkas and have them rip you to pieces alive.

Moge fell suddenly quiet. "Good" I snorted. I liked it that all the slaves muzzles were wired shut. This way we could just end a conversation when we didn't like it. I looked back at Moge. Then I felt anger in me for him calling me a coyote. I walked over and I put my muzzle to his. Then very wildly I nipped his nose. He let out a muffled yelp. Then I nudged him to make him roll over. Then I snapped at his reproduction area and he quiver. "Let that be a warning"

I walked a few feet away and lay down. Moge rolled back onto his stomach. He looked over at me. His ears were perked up. Then they slowly dropped. I lay my head on my front paws. I had grown bord with this job all ready. I should have had a Balkas stay here and watch them and I would go on the hunts. I sniffed at a rock near my muzzle. I snorted some dust away from me.

I looked at the sky then. I wondered. What was the sky made of and can a wolf ever touch it. I knew humans could with there huge flying metal birds. Then all of a sudden Mom appeared out of nowhere with the new captives. One was a pure white like Salka. The other was a gray like Gart. The new captives wagged there tails. I didn't like this for this showed happiness. I barred my teeth and growled at them. Their tails stopped immediately. Then Mom said, "Tuff it's time to head into the Crest Valley.

Chapter 16 The Coyote

I woke up the next morning. I had plans for the captive slave wolves. I walked out of my room and down a hall. That's were I saw the humans area. There was a total of about forty humans. I walked up to one and said, "I need you to grab three sacks" The human nodded and grabbed them. Then I turned around and led him back to the cave. I had him open the door to the cave with the three slave wolves. I walked in. I looked into the faces of the three wolves. They couldn't move because the legs were still tied together and there muzzles were still wired shut.



I said to the wolves, "For now you shall all be hooded so you can't see the torment you are going to face" The shewolf in the group gave me a wild look and the two males looked surprised and paniced. Then I walked away and the human walked forward to hood them. The first male bucked a few times to try and keep it off. He failed in his atempt and seeing him fail the other two gave up easily.

For the next few days I tortured them in several different ways. Hunger, thirst, I had them bite, I had them tied up tighter and tighter so they had no chance of escape. After a few days I didn't torture them because it would be torture for them to be wondering when the next on would come. So that day I decided to hunt with a few of the Balkas.

We went out and hunted an elk. It took several hours to find a weak elk to hunt. We chased it down and killed it. After that we all gordged are selves and became meat drunk. We lay there for a few minutes before I caught a foren scent. It was another canine species. I looked around intill I saw it. It was about a third of my size and it was really weak looking. I asked the Balkas right next to me, "What is that thing. It looks sorta like a wolf but it's not really"

The Balkas said, "Oh that's a coyote. There a scavenger. They feed off of are kills and live off it. That's why we hate them so much. They take a lot of are food"

I looked at the Balkas member, "I think we should have it take a message back to the rest of it's kind for us"

"What do you have in mind"

I whispered my instructions in his ear. His eyes gleamed. Then he stood up and told the others. They all seemed excited by the plan. When I stood up the rest of them stood up. The coyote was feeding on the elk carcass. Then with my signal we slowly crept up on it. The snow started to fall at this point. Even though Mom controled the weather she was now going to let the true winter through. Will the rest of the world thought it was summer it was actully the end of winter. Mom had been able to fool the world, even me.

We crept closer to the unsuspecting coyote. The coyote didn't see us till we were almost upon it. When it did look over the carcass and saw us it bolted. We were apon it in a matter of seconds. The coyote gave a mighty yelp as one of the Balkas bit at it. Another one tackled it. The coyote gave a yelp of panic as it was bowled over. The Balkas and I surronded it.

We flipped it onto it's back and four of the Balkas grabbed one of it's legs with his mouth to hold him still. Then I spoke to the coyote, "Hello lowly coyote state your name"

The coyote sputered out, "My n-name is Hixt. I am part of the southern Coyote clan. W-what do you plan to do to me"

"Well Hixt, my name is Tuff. We want you to send a message to the rest of your lowly kind" I walked down near his tail, and rump area. The coyote had a good sense of wolf language. His tail was inbetween his legs. "We want you to tell them that any coyote found feeding on one of are kills with be chased down till they are killed then there scent will be followed back to there clan and the clan killed"

The coyote gulped at this news. "Oh and this rule started yesterday. So I guess we have to make sure you will die, but we won't kill your clan since your lower life forms don't know yet" Hixt struggled a little and he whined. I gave him a stern look.

"What are you going to do"

"Oh I don't know. What should we do. Break one of your legs. Rip off your ears and tail. Oh I know. We can rip open your stomach area so your internal organs can hang out. A slow death but you should be able to tell one coyote clan at the least"

Hixt gulped. I lowered my head to his stomach area. He started to thrash back and forth and he tried to bit his captors. One of the Balkas bit harder on his paw and Hixt lay back down with a whine of pain. Then slowly I split his soft flesh to reveal his organs. Then I said, "Ok realease him"

Hixt got up and walked a little ways. It wasn't long before we could see are work taking it's toll. His organs were already hanging out and he was clearly in pain. Then I ordered, "I want two of you to follow him to make sure that he makes it to a clan before he dies. If he falls threaten to eat his organs than make him continue on. On the third time he falls do it" Two of the Balkas nodded and followed the injured coyote.

I turned back to the elk carcass a few yards away. I walked up to it and took a bite before walking back up to the Balkas base. Plans wer now being set into play. Mom had told me of one of her plans before I had trully fallen asleep. A pack of two, way far south were being brought to the Crest Valley. We were taken a couple of slaves to do some dirty work. The end was almost here.

I set out with my Mom and a couple of the slaves that night to the Crest Valley. I didn't know what was ahead. But I found out after a week of traveling when we reached the Crest Valley.

Chapter 15 The New Slaves

The next day after the end of that other wolf's life I woke up. I hadn't really had a dream or I didn't remember it. It didn't matter anyways. It didn't feel real so it couldn't have been an important vision. I streched out and and yawned. Last night Mom had taught me more about Dark Matter and how to control it.

I went in search of Mom because she had also told me last night that she was going to assign me a job today. I found Mom outside. She seemed to be deap in thought. I was going to surprise her for the fun of it. I crouched low on my belly. I began to crawl up toward her. I was very silent. I was right behind her and ready to pounce when she said, "Don't even think of it" I let out a snort.

"Why didn't you let me pounce you" I said.

"Ah, you just need to be a little more stealthy"

"Oh. I guess I could try to get it next time"

"Are you ready for your job"

"Yes Mom"

"You are to introduce the new slaves to their new life"

I looked at her. "Are you serious"

"Yes I am. You are to test them and see how strong they are. You are to read there minds and find there weaknesses and bring it to life by shaping Dark Matter into that form"

"OK, that sounds preaty easy"

"It is. The slaves should be here any moment now"

It was some time before the new slaves got there. Mom lead me to them and then I took charge. I looked at all the new slaves. 257 new slaves that I was to get into shape and make them work. I looked at the 257 faces. The 257 muzzles wired shut. I looked at the sadness in there faces. I got a really horrible idea. I barked, "I am now your leader. You are to listen to me, and follow my every command. If you fail to complete each task, you will be brutely tortured" I heard one of the Balkas behind me sneeker with delight. I smiled. This was going to be fun.

"First" I barked, "I want you to run two miles with you muzzles wire shut. You must keep at my speed. If you don't the following Balkas will bite you to keep going. If you faint. Lets just say you won't wake up in a happy situation" The new slaves all gulped. "Now move" I said as I started to run.

All the other wolves followed. I could hear them breathing hard through there noses. I kept at a simple trot that was easy for me but hard for them. We ran a mile away and a mile back. On the way back I found that two of the slaves had collapesed. They were both female gray wolves. They had both fainted. I barked two Balkas near by, "Drag them off. Have there muzzles tied together. Then when they wake up make them pull against each other. I want the ground around them to be covered in blood, then bring them to me for further torture" The two Balkas nodded.

By the end of the run three more wolves had fainted. I thought of a even worse consequence. It was two males and a female that had fainted. "The female" I said, "Tie her up. Then when she wakes up push her into a shallow of water. Then use another human and have them tie the two males back feet together. Then a piece of rope to each pair of legs, and over a tree branch. When they wake up. In turn pull on the rope and hang them upside down. Leave them there for about half a human hour then let them down. Also when there half hour is over take the shewolf out of the water"

I was having fun with this. Then one by one I read the minds of all the wolves. Then with the Dark Matter I brought there worst fears to life. Then they had to face against it. Many of them were scared of Mom. Some of them Me. Another part of them were scared of humans. Then the others were a mixture of other things.

The two females from earlier came back. There gray muzzles were covered in blood. They looked like they were in deep pain. I grinned. Then I said, "I want you two too pull intill on of you wins the others jaws" They looked at me in horror. "I said do it!' They started to pull against each other. They whined and wimpered. I watched for several minutes. They didn't know it but I had had the muzzle wires adjusted. The more they pulled the tighter it got on there muzzles. This made it so it wouldn't come off and it would just dig into there flesh.

After a while I got bored. Then I barked for them to stop. Then I hissed, "Since you two can't pull hard enough to do it I think you should have some help. Then I barked over two Balkas and a human. I said to them, "I want the human to take some rope and tie their back legs together then tie it to a Balkas. Then I want the Balkas to run in different directions pulling on those two"

The humans started to get to work. He tied the two she wolves hind legs together then to a Balkas. Then on my command the two Balkas ran in different directions. The two she wolves were strainted out. All that was holding them was the wire around their muzzles and the rope on each of their muzzles. At the same time the wire was getting tighter and tighter. Then all of a sudden the two wolves came flying from each other. One of the shewolf's muzzle had been ripped of. She withered in pain. Were eyes squinting from the blood coming from her muzzle. She squirmed again her binds on her back legs. The human quickly cut apart her two hind legs and she ran off into the forest. The other shewolf lay there. Her eyes were wide. Sitting in front of her was the other wolf's muzzle. Then I order, "Have this one cleaned up and set to work. She's ready"

Then I turned my attention to the other wolves facing there greatest fears. Some of them were in a ball and there nightmare vanished. I walked up to a black-gray wolf. He had already conquered his fear of humans. He looked at me with shock. He looked sad to see me. After a while all of there nightmares had vanished and they were sent to different cells. Tomorrow they would get to work. I was wondering what was taking so long for the other three wolves that had fainted. I went to investigate. I found were they were. The she wolf was in the river. She was panicking and flailing. I looked at the two males hanging from the trees in the distance. I could make out that there front legs had also been tied together. They were being bitten by the Balkas.

I walked over and the Balkas that were torturing the two males stopped. The two males were barely concious and were bleeding a lot. The two Balkas cowered. I said, "No need to cower. That was very thoughtful of you. I think you deserve a reward. Have a human cut them down but keep there legs tied together. Bring the she wolf also. I want you to bring them to the mountian and put them in a cell close to my room so I can take care of them later"

The two Balkas went and got the humans. I in turn returned to my room. It was dark out and it was late. I was satisfied to hear the muffled whines of the three wolves being drug into a room close to mine. Then I feel asleep without a care in the world.

Chapter 14 Killing the Black wolf

I looked at the black wolf befor me as Mom gave me the instructions, " . . . I want you to kill this slave wolf"

"Ok Mom" I said. The black wolf before me was a pitiful site. Why even waste time on this puthetic rentch.

"Now all you need to do is contol the Dark Matter. Camand it to hold this wolf in place. Then use the Dark Matter to push the air away from it. Then hold that till the wolf suffecates to death"

"Alright Mom. Why do we have to kill them anyway"

"Wolf 15 is refusing to work. He's also the one that devised for you to lose your memory"

I glared at wolf 15 in front of me. I said, "Why did you have to cause me to lose my memory. What did you think you were going to get out of it" I looked into the wolf's mind.

The wolf said back through thoughts said, "Tuff. Don't do it. I didn't do it. She did. That evil witch did. I was your best friend. I was trying to help you"

"Liar" I growled. Then with the power of the Nost I concentrated. I first held the wolf in place. I was still in his mind for I wanted to hear his last screams in his head for mercy. I then pushed the air away from him. He imediatly stopped to wobble. He seemed frozen for a couple of seconds. Then he started to squirm.

He said, "Tuff. Please. Don't do this. I didn't do it. I swear. Tuff. She's tricking you . . . ." With every second his thoughts become more frantic. I watched him squirm and buck. I was injoying myself. It took some time for the wolf to give up. He wouldn't give up. He was fighting for life. Then all of a sudden he let out a moan and quit moving. I waited till his heartbeat faded to nothing. Then I let go of his body.

I felt more powerful then ever. I felt good. I wanted to do this more often. I wanted to kill more of those pathetic wolves. Mom walked over to me, "Good job Tuff. You have proven yourself"




I was in a panic. New Tuff had just killed a friend of mine. I was slamming my body against the invisible force. So was wolf 74. We were trying to get to the new Tuff. Then I let out a high yip. I let out a groan and a snort of frustration. I said to wolf 74, "Why wolf 74 why him" Wolf 74 was amasingly still at the moment. Then he said, "Tuff I relised why she did this"

"Why"

"I always wondered what would make us evil. The key was to kill someone close to us"

As he said it I relised it was true. Then I let out a srill cry. If a wolf could cry like a human. It was in this form. I let out a howl. It echoed. It never reached the New Tuff but it echoed back to me forever. The howl had no words just meaning. It had a meaning of sadness and want to be able to keep that event from happening. It seemed like it was the end of the world in the incloser. The wolf 74 for the first time in his being joined me. We both howled are sadness to the emptyness. To be echoed back to us. We changed are pitch as the howl was echoed back. Soon it sounded like a whole pack of sad wolves. It was the feeling of a whole pack but in the the space of only two wolves.

Chapter 13 In my head

I was on a platform. The platform was in a nothingness with everything. Next to me was wolf 74. The wolf that was in my body after me. He was like a shell. I had started to reach to him and give him my memories. There was some sort of force in between us keeping us apart. I had access to my memories. Wolf 74 had part control over the memories. I looked at the two combined circles that made my vision. I was watching what my body was seeing with this other me.

There was another force keeping me from the front of my mind. The concious part. It was from Stella's meat that erases your memory. In the front of my mind was another me just different. It was the Tuff Stella was creating. Wolf 74 had been there first. I was able to bend the boundry holding me back. This in turn had given wolf 74 some memories of mine. I had changed his look a little. He looked more like me instead of the slave he was. I looked at the new memories that the New Tuff was making. They were getting rid of my old memories. In an effect it was exterminating me from my own mind.

I watched the senses. I was still getting imput but I wasn't able to react. Right now Stella was talking to another of the Balkas. She was [planning something. I turned away. If I watched it would only stress me out. I looked at my old memories. The seemed as if I was just seeing the event. I walked into the area with my memories. Wolf 74 followed me till I reached the memory area were I became invisible to him.

I was searching for a memory. It was there somewere. I found the desired memory I wanted. It was the memory of the day the humans came and killed my pack. I watched it again looking for points. I saw Ali get killed yes that was true. I saw the gun pointed at Moge. Then it was swung around to Bran. I saw the gun fired. Then it slowed down. I saw that the bullet had missed Bran almost intirerly. It went right through his ear making a bloody hole. Then Bran fell to the ground acting dead. I looked back a little more in the memory to when Carla, Salka, and Gart were supposedly killed.

I saw the gas dumped down. Then as the man when to get the match I saw a little cloud of dust. Mom did dig a little out of the way of the flames. Then I saw the man drop the match in and it catch fire. Then Gart and Salka trying to get out. Then I saw something else. It wasn't there skin getting burned away it was the flicker of the flames. Then right before the smoke covered the hole I saw them getting pulled back. Now it all made sense. I had only seen stuff I thought had happened.

I walked back to my platform area. I looked at wolf 74. He was laying down. Wolf 74 usually was quiet for that is how he had been instructed how he lived. He raised his head as I walked back into view. Then he said something.

"Y-your name is Tuff right" said wolf 74.

"Yeah. I already know your name. Your seeing this also right" Wolf 74 looked at were Stella's Tuff was. Controling all the body movements and moods. I wish I could get to him like I did to wolf 74. This new forget meat was a lot stronger than before. Wolf 74 spoke.

"I can see him. What's happening"

"That white wolf that was the boss. She's the enemy. She's captured are body and is now molding an evil of us. I'm good. Your a by stander and he's . . . evil"

"You sure"

"It's only a huntch but why else would Stella keep me like I was here son"

"I don't know. You have to admit she does have the motherly touch though" I looked at the senses area. It was true. Stella was acting motherly a lot. Maybe she had wolf pups before or something.

"Do you know about the Nost"

"Yeah. Issy and Garth told me a little of it"

"I think. We'll have to work together. To break out of this. I will in effect problebly destroy you and him though"

"I really don't care. I just don't want are body to be evil. I also wish I didn't have that last memory"

"You mean that one"

"Both of them. The other slaves. They were trying so hard. Are mind was wandering and collecting it all. But I still ate the meat and sealed are fate"

"What's the other one"

"The one. Of working. Being choked but not being able to die. It's just horrible"

"You got hurt also"

"What do you mean"

"Your part of the inner mind also got hurt. You remember burning some fur off while you were getting dragged" Wolf 74 seemed deep in thought. Then he said,

"Now that you say it I do"

"Well I can see some of the places were the fur is rubbed off"

Wolf 74 became quiet.

"You done for now" I asked. Wolf 74 nodded. "Ok. We'll leave it at that for now"

My attention was brought back to were the senses came to us. There was a black wolf standing in front of the body. The wolf looked crest fallen. It's mussle very tightly wire shut. I could see blood comeing from it's muzzle were the wire bite through. I could also see it's tail was bent. Possibly broken. I looked at wolf 74. He was watching as well. I looked back at the scene.

Stella was giving instructions on something. I quickly listened. She said, "Now will be your first test. To prove you have the power that is stronger than mine. I want you to kill this slave wolf"

All of a sudden wolf 74 yelled out, "No!"

I looked at him. "What" I said, "What!"

Wolf 74 looked at me with an expression of shock, sadness, and overwelment. He slowly said in a shacky voice with a sad tremor running through it, "Tuff" he let out a sob, "Tuff, that's Issy!" If a wolf could shed a tear. Wolf 74 would have at that moment.

Chapter 12 Threefour way battle

I had another dream about Gart, Salka, and Moge. They were being taken somewere by the wolves that were surrounding them in my last dream. They were being taken to a field. I didn't quight know what was going on but I was getting the feeling of death. There was already a circle of wolves in the field. The three wolves were nipped at till they got to the middle of the circle. Then a very proud looking wolf walked up to them. It said, "It's time for you three to fight to the death"

"I know Archy" said Moge who looked away.

"Now all three of you get in a position away from each other and we can begin. Also if you try to escape my wolves will kill you on the spot" Salka gulped. Then as Archy walked away she said, "Moge, Gart, I love you two so much I . . . "

"I love you to" said Gart.

"Me to. No matter what we are always family" said Moge. Then without another word they all departed from each other. Then when they were all near the edge of the wall of wolves. They stopped and sorta did a twirl to turn around. Then a wolf let out a bark, "Begin"

At first no one moved. Then slowly Gart walked forward. He seemed to not be in the right mind. As if he was not really there. Then slowly but with increasing speed Moge moved toward him. I shivered next to Stella. The dream continued. Gart stopped walking and turned to Moge. Moge whispered, "Go ahead and show your neck so I can get it over for you faster" there was a tremor in his voice.

Then Gart whispered back, "I'm sorry Moge. We had this all planned out but I have the urge to live as much as you do" Moge looked at him. Then he nodded of recognision. Then with two bounds he was on Gart. There was a yelp from Gart but he was only bitten on the paw. There teeth clashed together. They were bitting at eachothers necks. I relised that the crowd of wolves around them were cheering. They thought this was fun!

I could hear the wolves yelling Gart's and Moge's names cheering them on. I watched as each of the wolves tried to kill each other. Then time slowed down. Moge was about to bite Gart on the neck and end it when he was slammed aside by Salka. Salka usually had a kind nature but now after watching them fight for that couple of seconds inraged her. Then after tackling Moge she went after Gart.

The battle continued this way for a couple of minutes. They were running into each other then trying to kill the other one. Gart was getting the worst of it since he was the one they would attack next. There was blood coming from his paw and teeth. He was in really bad shape. Then when it was about over for him, Salka and Moge started to fight each other. Salka's white fur was covered in dirt and blood. She looked like she was an angry eating machine with white fur. Then without warning. They all stopped. I stopped to. I had been panicing for them. That's when I relised the crowd was no longer there.

Moge's eyes grew big. He was looking were I couldn't see. I changed my vision to right behind him. I saw what he saw. Two great masses of wolves fighting each other. Then there was a third mass coming from another direction. It came behind Moge, Gart, and Salka toward the mass of the wolves that had them hostage. Then Moge and the others were swept apone. They didn't know what was happening to them. They were takled, rolled over, and pinned. Then I noticed some humans following. They had nets. The wolves holding down Gart, Moge, and Salka moved just in time before there new captives could escape and Gart, Moge, and Salka were caught under nets. The nets seemed to stick to the ground so they couldn't escape.

I watching in horror as this happened to the other wolves as well. They were all caught. The only ones not caught were are group. Then I relised those were are humans as well. This is just war. It's ok. I would at least get to meet Moge, Salka, and Gart since they were to be brought here like all the other prisioners. At least they would live. Then I saw the wolf from early today come into view. He said, "You are all now prisioners of the Balkas. You are to be brought back to the Mountian and prossesed. If we feel you have to much energy. We will run you down now matter what it takes. If it takes starving and work at the same time as a wire muzzle we will do it.

He went on for some time talking about the punishments and how they were going to be treated. Then the humans who looked very weak picked up the hundred and thirty pound wolves one by one. They set them on the carts that the humans make for stuff like this. Then the Balkas pulled the carts. I followed for some time. Then I dicided I would see them when they got here.

Then I woke up from my dream. Mom was still sleeping. I nodged her. She slowly woke up.

I said, "Mom will you teach me more about the Nost"

"Sure" she said, "The amount of power you use works in a wave. You can concentrate and make it a small wave that is more affective. The bigger your wave though and the more spread out it will be. Then you have the power levels. In each power level you have room. In the room thats where the wave can go. So say your at the top of greater senses with a very thin wave. If you make the wave taller you will dip into the next level. Also the wave is harder to control the farther up you go. That's why im not going to try and teach you how to time travel for a few years. So then your power can grow"

"Ok. Hey can we go back into the cave. It's starting to get cold"

"Tuff would you like to know something"

"Sure what" I said as I stood up.

"Your great great great great great great great grandwolf lived in the dark times. Well I've told you the prophecy

The three shall come forth,when a fourth is born,
the first shall die,
but if the fourth is killed before,
they are born,then the cycle shall be broken,
then the fifth shall,
come from two,
the most powerful in the line of the Nost,
but for that to happen the belly of the moon shall taste,
at the crest valley

The two the fifth comes from is the one and three,
there powers shall not be,
for that they must be on both sides,
and the belly must taste from one of the lines,
a branch that was never seen by all but by one,
it comes together,
a war is shall be,
they forces will collide and the end will come,
starting the beginning,

then there is a third verse but the only one that knows the last part is him. Your seven times great Grandwolf. His name was Urzel. He was one of the last surviving wolf. He knew that if he didn't flee he would die. So then he headed north. That's where the line goes down. Then we finally came back down south after a while. Did you know you wouldn't be alive if it weren't for another wolf saving Urzel. Back then the Nost was there but it was weak. Another wolf with the Nost came and saved him. We don't know it's color gender or anything. We just know it has the Nost"

"That's cool" I said. We had walked up the small hill while Mom was talking. Now we were at the cave mouth.

As soon as we reached the cave mouth another guard wolf came and said, "Ma'am we have a wolf that won't calm down"

"What's its number"

"It's wolf 15. He won't stop. We've muzzled and locked him in his cell"

Mom thought about it. Then she said, "I think it's time for my son to have a little practice"

Chapter 11 Dark Matter and Dark Times

I went in search of Mom. I had to ask her if dream's could be visions. I walked into were she usualy slept but she wasn't there. I walked into the main part of are cave and she wasn't there either. I started to search for her throughout the cave system. Then I finally got to Mom's throne room. I stopped right outside the entrance to the throne room. I peeked out from behind the wall. Mom and another wolf were standing there. Talking.

The other wolf was talking, "We have found the rebels base. Would you like for us to infultrate"

"Yes" said Mom, "Bring as many as you can back. We need more workers"

"Yes Ma'am"

"Good luck"

"Thanks Stella"

"Your welcome"

Then the other wolf walked away. Mom stood there deep in thought. I walked into the room.

"Hi Mom" I said. Stella sort of jumped.

"You startled me"

"Sorry Mom"

"It's ok we are supposed to be steathy"

"Ok, so that was good"

"Yes"

"Cool. Hey Mom I had a question. Can visions be in dreams also" I asked.

Mom paused in thought. "Yes they can Son. You actully have more power when you are sleeping. You are making energy while you sleep so that is when you have the most power"

"Ah. So that explains the funky dream"

"Would you like to tell me about your dream"

"Sure" Then I told her about Moge, Salka, and Gart from my dream. Mom looked a bit worried when I mentioned there names but it quickly vanished.

Then Mom said, "Do you want to learn how to control Dark Matter now"

"I guess"

"Ok. All you have to do is visulise you are in a water that you can breath in. It's all around you. You can move air with it. You can move stuff with it. It's just like an invisible water. You try it on me"

"You"

"Yes. Just imagine the water picking me up and then put the power into it"

I did just as I was told. Then Mom started to lift off the ground. Then she started to just hover. I was very impressed. Then I had the Dark Matter put her back down.

"Very good Tuff"

"Thanks Mom"

"Now lets go get us a deer. You must be hungry"

"I am kinda hundry. Lets go hunt some more" I said excitedly.

Then we both walked outside and hunted again. This time I brought down the deer. We ate a whole bunch. I ate more than I did last time. Then I started to feel offbalanced. I walked a little was and lay down. This is know as meat drunk. When a wolf or other preditor eats so much the meat overpowers them.

Then Mom walked over to and lay down. Then she asked, "Would you like to know about the dark times"

"The what"

"The dark times. My great great great great great great grandwolf told his grandchildren who tolk there grandchildren and so on. Then it got to me. I am know going to pass it on to you"

"Ok that sounds good"

"Ok in a time way before ares. Then humans where of less population of now but they were just as deadly. The humans were trying to get us out of there lands. It was horrible stuff. They would poisen us" I gulped "Sometimes when they caught us in there traps they would do horrible stuff. They would wire are muzzles shut, or they would stab are eyes out. Then after that they would release you to starve to death. Sometimes when they caught a male wolf they would make it so you couldn't go pee. Then they would kill you and take the pee to catch other wolves. Also if they caught you you had a chance of getting quartered"

"What's that Mom"

"What they would do is tie a piece of rope to each leg. Then they would take the end of each rope and tie it to a horse"

"What's that"

"I'll show you" Then I felt Mom in my mind. She showed me a horse. It was like a deer without antlers. "Then in a brutle way they would have the horses run off in different directions while you were still tied to them. The horses would rip off your legs. Sometimes the humans would put a chain around your bottom jaw and rip that off at the same time"

"Mom"

"Yeah"

"Can we just rest. I don't want to hear anymore"

"Sure we can rest"

Chapter 10 Three worried wolves

I fell asleep. I could see three wolves in my dream. They looked worried. They were surrounded by other wolves. I wondered what was happening. The wolves were outside and the three wolves were standing around like they were captives. They were talking in a low whisper. There was a black-gray one, a white one and another gray one. The white one was talking, "I don't want to die. I want to live. Moge is there no other way"

"We've gone over this several times Salka. We all know two of us will die or all of us will die. This is the best way to survive" said the Black-gray wolf.

The gray one said, "I don't see why you two even bicker about it"

Salka said, "Don't you care about living and saving are brother"

"Yes I care about those things but it must go this way. It's as simple as that. We are all going to die anyway. I don't see why we even try"

"If we didn't try this planet would be a wastland"

"Salka, Gart shut it" said Moge as he jumped up.

"Sorry Moge" said Gart.

"Me to" said Salka.

"Now are there any other options. No. We have to choose the one that is best for the outcome. That is one of us living and going on. We've talked about this over again and again"

"You're right Moge. We should just except it. Besides like Gart said were all going to die in the future"

"I'm sorry for getting you two upset" said Gart, "I should look on the bright side and not on the bad things"

"It's not like it matters" said Salka, "That's all that's in the world is hatred and cruel beings. We eat other animals-"

"But when we die we nurture the grass. Then the animals that we eat, eat the grass. In a way it is a balancing never ending cycle" cut in Moge.

"Why do you have to do that" asked Gart.

"Do what" asked Salka.

"Always doing the opposite of us. We can look on the bright side and you'll bring us back down. When were sad your all butt hurt because were upset and won't look to the brightness"

"Take that back. I'm not butt hurt"

"Your butt hurt"

"I said take it back" growled Salka as she stood up.

"Make me" said Gart as he too stood up.

Then Salka sprang at Gart growling right next to his neck. Gart let out a series of yelps and said, "Ok I take it back. Give me one more day to live please"

"Good" said Salka as she walked away and curled up into a ball.

Moge looked at Gart. "What are you looking at" said Gart, "Why didn't you help me. She could have killed me if she wanted to"

"Like you guys keep on saying. Were all going to die anyway. It doesn't really matter what time it happens at"

"Moge-"

"No you two were correct. Besides I think hes been caught anyway"

"Why do you say that"

"Because, before no matter what I could feel him in a small way. I could tell what he was feeling. About two weeks ago I felt that he was in a panic. I think hes been caught by them"

"You mean"

"Yes me and my other little brother are bound together. We must be bound together because when I abandoned him. He still howled for me every night. I stayed close but I eventully left. I felt really sad for some reason for stuff like that happens all the time. It was only later that I started to relize that we were somehow connected. It was his powers that brought us back together. That day when the enemy caught me. I had been drawn to that spot. My little brother even so weak as he was came to investigate. But now I can't feel him no more and I fear he is either dead or with them"

"You mean your connected on a spiritual level"

"In a way yes. We should sleep. We are going to have a hard day tomorrow"

"Your right Moge. I'll see you in the morning"

"Good-night Gart" Then to what seemed to be the sky Moge said, "I can feel you brother. You are watching me right now. I didn't want to tell them for they would want to know what's happening. I can't tell them that for you seem to be there but not. Brother I wish that you choose the right path"

Then with that the dream faded and it was morning. I got up and was really confused. Was it a dream. It felt so real.

Chapter 9 With Mom

I woke up. I was inside a cave. I stood up. I didn't know were I was. I looked for a way out. The way out was blocked by a door. I pushed against the door and it opened. I walked into a big room. In it was a white wolf. She looked up as I walked into the room. I asked, "Who are you and who am I"

"Hi Tuff" said the white wolf, "It's me Stella your mother"

"Mother"

"Yes. You don't recognise me do you. The human said you might have lost your memory. They said that if you did you would never be able to remember your past"

"So your my mom. What are we and what do we do"

"We are wolves. We come from a royal line. We are the leaders of the wolves"

"What do you mean"

"OK. You have the royal wolves that have as many freedoms as us. Then you have the slave wolves. I don't want you to go and see them. It was there fault in the first place that you lost your memory. Then you have the rebels. The rebels for some reason don't like me. They are at war against us"

"So my name is Tuff and your Mom. We are the royal wolves"

"Yes, we are the royal wolves because we are the ones with the power of the Nost"

"The Nost"

"Yes. I shall teach you how to use your powers and you will come back to my side and we shall crush the rebels"

"Why don't the rebels like us"

Mom winced. "To tell you the truth I don't really know. One day they just started to rebel and attack us"

"Oh. Can we go do something"

"What" asked Mom.

"I want to get familiar with were we live again"

"Of course. Do you want to go outside first or do you want to go through the underground halls"

"Lets go outside. The name just sounds magical"

"OK lets go"

Then Mom led me outside. I squinted as I entered the light outside. I asked, "Why don't we live outside"

"Because out here the rebels would be able to get us very easily"

"Oh. Can we spend some time out here"

"Yes. I'll let you explore and I'll just wait here"

With that I ran off to go explore. I studied the trees and the river. I could remember what everything was I just couldn't remember my past. That was alright with me though because I was with Mom and soon it will seem like I haven't lost my memory. After a while I went back up to were Mom was waiting. She was talking to another wolf. As I got to were she was the other wolf left.

"OK Tuff it's time to explore the inside of are home. We need to get a move on though because it's almost time to go to sleep for the rest of us"

"OK. Come on I'll race you to the mouth of the cave"

With that we ran to the mouth cave. I was beating Mom most of the way. Then at the end she ran right past me and to the cave mouth. After that Mom showed me all the places there was. She even showed me the door entrance to the slave caves. I didn't care about the slaves. Mom told me they did bad things to end up there.

I agreed with everything Mom had told me. Then when it was time to go to bed Mom taught me a little about the Nost before I fell asleep. I learned about and how to control the first five power levels. I soon fell asleep.



The next morning I woke up and Mom taught me even more about the Nost. I learned the other three power levels. Mom even told me a secret about the seventh one. The one to control the elements. There was an invisible element. She said that human scientist called it dark matter. But in truth it's what the Nost runs on. Dark Matter is all around us. It is also an element. We can bend it and send out physic waves. Mom had me try this. After I accidentally slammed her against a wall I healed her.

At about noon I asked Mom, "Mom when do we eat and what do we eat"

"We could eat now. We also eat meat and only a little bit of grass"

"Oh were do we go to eat"

"We have to go outside and hunt the deer are selves"

"Oh. Well lets go"

Then after we got outside Mom taught me how to hunt. After we brought down a deer together we ate.


That night Mom asked me a question, "Tuff, will you fallow in my footsteps"

"I'd do anything for you Mom"

"OK. It's time for bed"

"OK Mom I'll see you tomorrow"

Then I went to bed. That night I had a dream about three wolves.

Chapter 8 Voices

I woke up. The room was spinning. I waited for the room to stop spinning. I was inside my cell. My muzzle wasn't wired shut. I let out a huge yawn. I felt really hungry. I felt like I was drained of my energy. I stood up. I could hear voices. One I heard out of the rest. Then it all hit me. I could remember all the wolves I had meet. I could remember Moge, Salka, and Gart were my family. I remembered how to use my powers! I could make out a very important voice. It was Issy's. He was saying Tuff can you hear me let me know. I sent back Yes I can hear you.

Good came his voice were all in the hall. They put us in here after you passed out. We are all working together to reach you. I convinced all the other captured wolves that if we didn't help you the world was doomed. We all have one thing to say. Don't eat the meat!

"Meat?" I thought. That's when I noticed the dish full of meat. It was over full with meat. The water dish was also filled with meat. Then I heard another soft voice.

Eat the meat Tuff. It will wake you up from this horrible dream. You are dreaming. The shock of the meat will wake you up. You are currently laying on the ground next to a river. You are starving to death. The sudden 'fullness' in your belly will wake you up.

It'll wake me up.

Tuff don't fall for it came Issy's voice then others voices came and joined his voice. They all said, Tuff don't eat the meat it's a trick. But there was always a voice cutting through it. The soft voice. It was saying Tuff eat the meat. Those are the voices of death talking to you.

I belived the soft voice. I walked toward the dishes.

Tuff no don't do it. Please listen to us. Don't you will forget forever.

Tuff do you remember you currently have no friends. Moge and the others are most likely dead. Issy, Garth and the other wolf cubs are dead also.

"Yes, they must be by now. This is just a dream" I thought

I put my muzzle to the meat and I sniffed.

Tuff please don't!

I opened my muzzle.

Tuff don't! It's a trick. It's Stella. She's tricking you.

I closed my muzzle on a piece of meat and chewed it. I swallowed.

Tuff, no. You are the only hope. The voice faded off. I continued to eat. Then as I licked my chopps after I was done I heard Hahahaha. Only if you had listened to your friends. Can you feel your memories slipping away. It was perfect. You were confused on who to belive and you belived me. Your enemy. Now it's to late.

Then I was hit with a shock. I started to shake. I didn't feel go. I felt like I was going to retch, but it never came. I started to sway. The room started to spin. I got dizzy and fell over. Then with the last of my memory and strenghth I sent out a final message. It was for Moge and only Moge.

I'm sorry.

Chapter 7 To work and retaliation

I was led down to the machine again and I was hooked up to the machine again like always. When the 'boss' wolf said to go everyone else pulled. I refused to. The gray wolf that was the 'boss' said, "You better get going" I just stood there. "I told you to go" As he nipped at my hindquarters. I jumped but I refused to move. "If that's how you want to do it" The gray wolf let out a short bark. A human came running in.

The human unbuckled me. The other wolves connected to the machine were looking at me. They were all whining. I looked right back at them. The human nudged me toward the gray wolf. He stood there like a tree. He wasn't going to back down. I stopped about two feet from the gray wolf. He stared at me. I knew what was going to happen.

The gray wolf lunged at me. He nipped around my neck. This made me drop my tail in between my legs. I waited for it. The gray wolf let out a growl. He bit my shoulder. This made me jump. The gray wolf looked at me. "Fine you want to have it that way. Hook him up to the running station" he said to the human.

The human tied a piece of rope around my neck and started to lead me to the other machine but the gray wolf stopped him and whispered something in his ear. The human nodded. He continued to lead me to the other machine. The wolves on it stopped and looked at me. They were tied to a pole at the front of the machine. This caused the wolves to run no matter what.

The knots that held the rope around there necks wasn't able to slip so that if one of them tripped they wouldn't strangle to death. The human took me on the huge track and tied the end of the rope to the pole at the front. We would run toward this. That would power the machine. I wasn't going to run. I would get hurt by the rope but it wouldn't strangle me. They would just let me off and take me back to my cell. This would make them have less power but it was a start.

Before we were to start running the human came over to me and adjusted the knot on the piece of rope around my neck. Then the other 'boss' wolf signaled for them to go. I stood my ground while the other wolves started to run. The rope became a little less curved in a second. I was ready for the pain of the rope against my flesh.

When the rope became tight I quickly relised that the human had adjusted the knot so that if I didn't run it would choke me. The wolves were running to fast and I quickly lost my footing. I started to get dragged on the moving track. I was starting to choke. The other wolves were looking at me.

The boss said, "Keep going. I don't care if he's in pain"

I struggled to get back up. The track was moving to fast for me to get back up. The rope around my neck kept getting tighter. I wasn't breathing anymore. The rope was digging into my neck. The boss wolf just started to laugh.

"I know that you know you have the power of the Nost. I also know that if you have the power you can't die unless it's your birthday"

I squirmed from the lack of air. I wasn't going to die! I was just going to struggle till I . . . . till I . . . I couldn't die! Out of desperation I got back on my feet and started to run. I looked at my fur. It was singed. It had been rubbed out completely in some places. The rope around my neck was still tight but not as tight as when I was getting dragged. I ran for almost eight hours as a punishment with the rope that would get tighter.

At the end of the eight hours I was only done because I passed out. For at the end of the eight hours a siren went off. One of the boss wolves yelled, "Yes it's complete" What he ment was that they had figured out how to erase wolves memory forever. After that I could only remember my legs buckling and getting choked some more. The pace then was a lot faster. The boss wolves didn't see me go down and I quickly passed out.

Chapter 6 The dream about the white wolf

I was inside another cave in another place. I was in some sort of throne room. In the room was the white wolf from before. She was talking to another wolf. It was a Gray male wolf. She said, "Ah Stark. I feel so alive. I have T-" fussed out again "and his siblings are no where to be found. I have told you the prophecy right"

"Yes" said Stark.

"Well there is another part. It goes like,

The two the fifth comes from is the one and three,
there powers shall not be,
for that they must be on both sides,
and the belly must taste from one of the lines,
a branch that was never seen by all but by one,
it comes together,
a war is shall be,
they forces will collide and the end will come,
starting the beginning.

Do you know what the in tire thing means together" Stark shook his head. "It means that the fifth is to come from - and I. A siblings blood that is from all of us has to fill the belly at the crest mountain and all will fall under my power. They will all become evil. And you want to know who's blood I'm going to use"

"Who's Stella"

"I'm going to use my brothers. He somehow fits in all of this. I think it's brilliant. I have - working to make the fate I set out for him come true. His brothers and sister are probably dead from the seasons changing so rapidly and with every day my power grows. Do you know the name of the wolf that is to give birth to the forth yet"

"Yes we have located her and we are going to get her right now"

"Good everything is falling into play. It shall all come true and the world will be mine. All I have to do know is make sure the formula is completed and I erase -'s memory for good and I shall trick him into being evil"

"That is probably the best plan ever"

"I know. You want to know something" Stark looked at her and shook her head yes. "All wolves with the Nost can only die at one time. They can only die on the same day they were born. That's enough for now. Now move"

"OK" Then Stark walked out and I woke up to a sound. The cell door was opening. Standing there was the human that takes me to work all the time. I had a plan as he walked me down the hall and into the working area. I had a plan.

Chapter 5 The second dream

I had been brought back to the cell. I was trying to sleep again. It troubled me to know that this wasn't the life I had lived before. I fell into a fitful sleep. I had another dream about Moge, Salka, and Gart. They were surrounded by the Rebels. They were just sitting there they weren't fighting back or anything. They actually looked really sad.

Then Archy walked up to them. He said, "You said that you needed to find your brother correct?" Moge nodded. "Well I have talked to the other leader wolves and we have come to an agreement. The only way for you to find him is for only one of you to go and look. The only way to decide that is to have you . . ."

"Have us what" asked Moge.

"You three would have to fight to the death I am sad to say. That way there would be less of you being evil if your brother turns evil. Plus it would show who is the strongest to go and rescue him if he's in trouble"

"What we don't want to fight" said Salka.

"I'm sorry but you have to. Besides if your brother does turn evil one of you will live. If he turns evil and your will us. We would have to kill you"

Gart the one that is always brave and out there gulped. Moge looked at Archy straight in the eyes. A challenge. Salka looked away at the mention of kill.

"Why" said Gart

"Why what"

"Why do we have to kill each other. Where family. It's not fair"

"Life isn't fair young one and you may be family but those are the rules. So do you decide to fight each other or do you want to wait and see"

Moge looked at the ground. "We will fight"

"What" said Gart and Salka.

"The winner" continued Moge, "Will get feed before they leave and time to heal from any wounds"

"Well then it's settled" said Archy, "You shall all fight in about three days at sundown"

"OK" said Moge. Then Archy walked off.

"Moge what are you doing" asked Gart.

"I'm trying to do what's best for -." Blurred out again "You two must let me win"

"What" they both said.

"I am the oldest and have the best chance to save him. I understand that you two didn't get very long to live but you have to think of the world and not just yourselves in a situation like this"

"I understand" said Gart

"Me too" said Salka.

"In three days I want you two to put up a lousy fight. That way I can kill you two very fast. You will feel very little pain for a very little time"

"We understand" said Gart.

"It looks like are journey together is coming to and end" said Salka.

"Yes it is. No matter what happens in three days I want you two to know that I will always miss and love you"

"OK Moge"

Then the dream faded as I was woken up by a sound. It was a sound that had come from outside the cell. I pushed it away and went back to dream land. The dream I had would be a surprising one.

Chapter 4 The black wolf I saw

I had worked for seven days in a row. Each period of working was shorter. On the eighth day though I was surprised that we weren't working. It was a day off. Every wolf was put in the same room and we are able to relax and visit. I was just sitting in a corner. I didn't know any of the wolves here. I decided that the ones that did know me would come and find me and they could inform me a little better then the two leggers and other 'boss' wolves.

After about an hour a pair of wolves walked toward me. One was white and one was black. They didn't see me at first. When they did there tails went up and started to wag. They both started to run to me. I stood up. I was ready with questions.

They finally got to me and the black one said, "Finally. We were looking all over for you. We were beginning to think they didn't let you out"

"Do I know you" I asked.

"Don't you remember me. It wasn't to long ago"

Then I remembered the wolf from the first day after I woke up. "I remember you. Your wolf 1-"

"Don't call me that. I don't like getting called wolf 15 it's not my name. Please you must remember"

I thought for a moment. "I'm sorry but I don't"

"You don't remember me. You don't remember Issy or I" asked the white one. "We believed in you and thought you could do it and you lose your memory"

"Garth it's not his fault" Issy said, "Is it Tuff" I was hit by a wall. That name, that name it was so familiar. It was my name.

"I think it might be my fault. It's very distant but I fell like I somehow betrayed everyone"

"Ho-" said Issy but I cut him off.

"I can't remember I just have that feeling"

Issy seemed to be deep in thought. Then all of a sudden he said, "The meat"

"What" I asked.

"The meat. To erase the human's minds they feed them meat that has a special property in it. It has an effect on wolves but it only lasts for so long. Tuff have you felt dizzy after eating"

"Yeah why"

"That's it. In each piece of meat you eat they put the forgetting stuff in it. It has been slowly wearing off. That's why there working us so hard. When we work it's fueling there experiments and learning. Tuff for every cycle you turn and with every minute you run, which I haven't seen you do yet, you are fueling your own fate to forever lose your memory"

"What"

"Yes. That's why we pull all day long. We need to get the other wolves to stop also"

"Why"

"Because you are the only chance of us winning"

"Why"

"Because dude, you have the power of the Nost" Then after that Issy and Garth told me of the Nost. They also told me of what happened after I was taken away. That's all they could really tell me. After I was taken away. They had been tortured and put to work for endless hours. They were in the routine I am every day. Then almost right after they were done we were ordered to go through the doors were they would muzzle us and take us back to are cells. I had a lot to think about. I had though forgotten to ask them about dreams.

Chapter 3 Three wolves

I lay there after my first work session. I was tired and my legs hurt from going for that long. I tried to open my mouth but the wire muzzle stayed on. I tried to pull it off but it was staying on in till the human took it off. I decided to try and fall asleep. I soon fell asleep.

I had a dream. There were three wolves. One had gray-black fur, another had whiter fur, and the last one was gray. They seemed very familiar. They were in a place full of trees. Trees. They reminded me of something but I couldn't remember what. They were working together. They were hunting. They were following a scent of a deer. They saw the deer not far from them and gave chase. The deer didn't see them until they were almost 0n it. The deer ran. They gave chase. The deer wasn't lame or sick though and easily got away.

Then the wolves started to bicker amongst themselves. The gray-black one said, "This is so irritating. I wish that this would have never happened"

The white one replied, "Moge it's OK. We will find -" It fuzzed out here "and we will defeat Stella"

"How can we defeat Stella" yelled the wolf named Moge, "You two are still wolf cubs and we're probably almost six hundred miles away from the pack area and T-" It fuzzed out again "could be caught by the Balkas. We can't hold each other together anymore Salka and Gart"

"Yes we can" growled Gart.

"Yes we can Moge. Stella's just trying to pull us apart" whined Salka.

"No it's not true. We can't do this. We have failed. The entire wolf world is doomed"

"I'm getting sick of you talking this way Moge" said Gart. Then as the name Moge left Gart's mouth he lunged at Moge. Salka started to bark at them trying in vain to get them to stop. Then she tried to get them to separate. She was biting as well. Then she was too enraged. Then Salka also jumped in and it was a three way fight. A three way clash of teeth. I could see blood starting to collect on the ground. It wasn't a lot but it made me want to stop it all the same.

Then like a shadow covering a mountain. A group of wolves swooped down on Salka, Moge, and Gart. The three continued to fight without seeing the group. Then when a wolf nodded to all the others they barked in unison. The three wolves stopped fighting. They were surprised to see all the wolves standing around them. The three wolves dropped their tails inbetween their legs. They were scared.

Then out of the group came a gray wolf. He look like he shined but with a vail of darkness behind him as if he had a tough history behind him, full of misery and pain. He had a scar going across his forhead were a blow had struck. Problably from a bear attack or something. Bear. I remembered what a bear was.

The gray wolf spoke to Moge, Salka, and Gart. He had a proud loud voice. He said, "Hello my name is Archy, and you three are . . ."

"I'm Moge, that's Salka and Gart" said Moge.

"We don't know what side you're on"

"What? What do you mean side"

"Are you with Stella or are you with me"

"What do you mean?"

"We are the rebels. We are fighting against Stella's evil power. Do you know the prophecy?"

"No I don't"

"Ok I shall tell you

The three shall come forth,
when a fourth is born,
the first shall die,
but if the fourth is killed before,
they are born,
then the cycle shall be broken,
then the fifth shall,
come from two,
the most powerful in the line of the Nost,
but for that to happen the belly of the moon shall taste,
at the crest valley.

in the phrophecy there are three wolves who can use the Nost. I am one of them. The rebels and I are fighting against Stella to keep her from taking over. So what side are you on?"

"We are on neither side. We just want to find our brother and go home"

"Who is your brother"

"Why should I tell you"

Archy glared at Moge. Then out of nowhere Moge started to reel and thrash. The he let out a moan.

"What are you doing" barked Salka.

"I'm looking at Moge's memories" Archy's eyes opened wide. "Your brother is the third with the Nost"

"Yes" whined Moge who was now on the ground.

"I'm sorry, but I can't let you go"

"Why" snapped Gart.

"Because if your brother is turned evil you will be the first to be affected and you will turn evil also. If that happens you will also join Stella. I can't let that happen"

"What ?? No don't do this" yelled Salka.

Archy looked at the rebels. "Take them back to base" he said. The like a shadow the wolves engulfed the three wolves. The yowls of the three wolves pleading was quickly swallowed. Then with a shock I woke up. I looked at the empty cell. I was so confused. I knew those wolves. But on the other hand it was a dream. So I just let it pass.

Chapter 2 To Work

I lifted my head as the door to the cell opened. I stood up to face the human again. The human walked over to me. He had a piece of rope in his hands. He tied the rope around my neck as a lead.

I felt the tug and followed him. We went through several hallways. Then I saw a light at the end of the hallway. It had an orange flicker to it. We entered this high ceilinged Room. I saw several other wolves. They were all working. Some were pulling others running. Some were getting beat up by other stronger looking wolves. This felt wrong to me but it must be right for this is the world I lived in.

I walked down a ramp to the floor. There was a huge machine in the middle of the floor. It had a pole coming out of it. At the bottom of the pole was a circle piece. Connected to the circle were several poles coming out of it. Connected to each pole was a wolf in a harness pulling the machine around and around. The harnesses were under each pole so that when there wasn't a wolf in it, it just hung loosely. The human let me to a Gray wolf.

The wolf ordered, "Halt" to the wolves walking around in a circle. The human tied a rope to a wolf standing connected to one of the poles. Then the human quickly took the harness off the wolf. It did this while still holding the piece of rope still connected to me. Then the human tugged on the rope I was connected to. I walked forward. He had me stand under the harness. He quickly put it on me. The harness was very uncomfortable. I stood there. Then the human brought his tool out again and undid the wire muzzle. I opened my mouth to relax the strain that was on it.

Then after the human walked away with the wolf that was taken off, the wolf that was 'boss' ordered, "Now pull" I heard grunts as the other wolves made an attempt to move forward. I felt a nip on my hind quarters. The 'boss' wolf was making me go forward. I pulled with all my might and the machine started to move. Agonising pain screamed up my back in no time.

I continued to move the machine for several hours. I grew tired and hungry. We stopped every now and a then when a wolf would get replaced with another. I worked for a long time that day. I had worked at least two wolf cycles before they took me off. I was tired. I was ready to just collapse when they came to take me off. The human repeated the same proccess.

When we got to my cell there was freash water and meat. There was also some sort of plant in there know as straw to keep me warm. Again when I ate the meat I became dizzy again but it vanished. I drank the water. Then the human walked toward me with the same piece of wire from earlier. The one that was on my muzzle.

"Not again" I whispered under my breath. It was quite annoying. He put the wire muzzle on again as tight as last time then he left the cell. When he closed the door it became pitch black. Then my eyes ajusted and I could see. I walked over to the straw and curled into a tight ball. Soon sleep came to me.

Part 3 Chapter 1 Where am I?

I woke up. The room was spinning. I gripped the ground with my claws. Claws? I let the room stop spinning. I was inside a cave. It had a barred door on the mouth of the cave. I checked myself over. I was some sort of animal. I couldn't remember what. Then it hit me. I couldn't remember a thing of my past!



I walked over to the door. I could see a hall. In the hall were other doors like mine. Some of them were open while some of them weren't. I sniffed the air. I could smell others like me. I went to speak but realised there was something on my muzzle. Muzzle, I remembered that my mouth was called a muzzle because I'm an animal. I looked down my muzzle. That's when I saw something glint on my muzzle. I put my head down and tried to pull if off with my paw. It wouldn't come off. I let out a snort.



Just great was all I could think. I lost my memory. I was trapped in a cave, and I couldn't open my muzzle. I was looking for a term for it when I had another memory. Just three words, "Muzzle wired shut"



I shook my head and laid down. I was still laying down trying to remember when I heard a click and another animal like me with white fur walked in. It was followed by another that walked on only two legs. I put my tail in between my legs. Then another memory hit me. Someone telling me how to act as a . . . . wolf. So I was a wolf.



I was scared as the white wolf walked up to me. Then the wolf spoke, "Sorry about having to muzzle you but we didn't want a panic when you woke up and couldn't remember. I did however make sure it wasn't too tight on you"

I just looked at her.

"Please don't give me that look. Besides, we can't take off the muzzle untill you go back to work." I gave her a questioning look. "Yes, you do work for me. I bet you're wondering how you lost your memory. Well, on your way back here from work a rock came lose from the ceiling and hit you on the head. We did our best to treat you. We were worried if you lost your memory you would be disoriented and the look you're giving me tells me you did"

I let out a whine.

"I'm sorry but you've lived this way your entire life. We must have you go back to your regular routine so you can remember" She looked at the two legger. "I have an idea. Just to prove to him that we mean no harm bring his friend in" My ears perked up. The two legger walked out. Several minutes later it came walking back in with another black wolf. The wolf's eyes shimmered out of the grayness that they were in. My mind sparked as well. I remembered him.

"This is wolf 15" said the white wolf, "You two were good friends. Do you recognise wolf 74 wolf 15?" The black wolf just glared at the white one. I was starting to get the feeling this is how a wolf lives. Yeah, when the lead wolf walks up, put your tail in between hind legs. Some wolves envy the lead though, so they sometime glare and snarl. This wolf couldn't snarl though because just like me his muzzle was wired shut.

"Time to go back to your cell wolf 15. Bye wolf 74, I'll be watching you" Then the white wolf, and the black one walked out. That left the two legger. The two legger made me uneasy. The two legger looked at the ground. Then from a pocket they brought out a tool. It walked over to me. I cringed and closed my eyes. I felt movement on my muzzle. Then I felt the wire loosen up. Then is slipped off.

I opened my eyes. The two legger was standing there holding the wire. I looked at him and said, "Why did you take it off"

"I was ordered to let you drink and eat before you go back to work"

"Oh, well can I ask you something"

"I'll answer, if I can"

"What kind of animal are you" I asked.

"I am a human. Now hurry for I have to put this back on you. Then in a few minutes I will come and get you so you can go to work" I looked at the meat on the floor and the dish of water. I ate the food and drank all the water. I felt a little dizzy after I ate the meat but the dizziness quickly subsided. I looked at the human.

"Ok, time to put the muzzle back on you wolf 74"

My ears dropped, "Ok" I said. Then the human walked over and started to wrap the wire around my muzzle. When he started to run out of wire he put the two ends together. Then with it's tool it started to twist them together. It continued to twist. Then when the pain of it getting tighter started to make me want to yelp it stopped. This muzzle was a lot tighter than the first one. Plus it wasn't as comforatble. It was actully very annoying.

"Sorry wolf 74, but I would get used to it being that tight, if I were you. After your first work session it will have to stay on that tight for a long time"

I whined at the idea of that.

"Bye" said the human.

Chapter 20 The meat

I started to thrash back and forth. I was in a sort of shock from being flung into the air so fast. Then a pain in my leg brought me back to reality. I stopped and hung there panting. I stopped and looked at Stella.

"Yeah I wouldn't move very much if I were you" said Stella with a sort of grin, "The more you move the more the pressure increases on your foot"



"Stella what are you doing" I asked.



"Oh well you didn't get here in time. I also knew you don't know how to hunt very well, and I guessed you must be hungry by now"



"Yes I'm very hungry"



"I could have guessed that. I saw your little act over there"



"You mean"



"Yes I know that you had your muzzle wired shut by a human. You don't have to be ashamed. You are young and don't know any better. Plus it was a hunter that came from a great family of wolf hunters. Just be glad you aren't dead"

"So what are you going to do to me" I glanced at some movement that was over by the tree. A boy had the rope in his hands and he was tieing the end of it to a branch. A watched with horror that the boy was almost done. The knot he was making was finished and sealed my fate to hand upside down.

"Oh, that is for me to know and for you to find out" I didn't like the sudden dark tone in her voice. I moved my head a little for I was spinning away from Stella and I wanted to see her at all times just in case. The little movement of my head caused the rope I was dangling from to tighten. I let out a yelp of pain.

"Please just let me down this is starting to hurt" The rope tightened again as I wiggled a little. I let out a growl that was a whine. I wasn't going to be able to take the pain much longer. Then from the corner of my eye I saw Stella smile. She was mind speaking! I reached out but all I got was, "-oy"

I looked at her. I was scared of what she was planning. I then heard a twig snap behind me. I couldn't turn to see it. I then felt a hard sharp push on my back. I swung. The rope tightened again. This was to much for me. I let out a series of yelps and I moved my body to try and bite the rope. I could only reach my hindquarters. This movement also added to the tightness. I let my body slump out again with another series of yelps. I stopped yelping a few minutes later. I hung there panting.

"Ok it's time" said Stella.

"Time for what" I asked.

"Time for you to forget" Then with a blast of light I remembered something from what seemed a long time ago. The words echoed, "We have caught human children, erased there memories and taught them how to speak wolf. For the wolf is always at the mercy of men"

"Wait. Are you going to erase my memories the same way you do the human children"

Stella smirked. "Yes" Then she nooded for the boy to come over. He had a piece of meat in his hands. Stella said, "Now boy feed this meat to the wolf hanging from the tree" The boy nooded back. He walked over to me.

"I won't eat it" I said.

"I can make you" I felt Stella in my mind. She was controling me. She opened my mouth and held it. Then when the meat pasted my lips she made me eat it. Then she left my mind. My mind swam. The memories were vanishing.

I started to yell, "I don't want to forget. I miss Moge. Who's Moge" The forgeting was painful. I tried to hold onto the memories. Histel vanished, so did Dad, and Mom, and Gart, and Salka. Then I forgot . . . who I was. Then with a moan I fainted and knew no more.

Chapter 19 In a way trapped but not

I was in a state of panic. My bottom jaw was held fast against my upper jaw. I couldn't get them apart and I couldn't pull the wire off. It was to close to my skin for my claws to grab it. I was running in no direction in particular. I was really just running around in circles. I knew that I couldn't hunt or eat. It was just a matter of time before I starved to death. I was still panicking when I heard the howl. It was Moge.

My heart fell even farther into myself. I couldn't howl back. To far to use the Nost to contact him unless I did another search wave. I was no were in control. I didn't want Stella to find out I had let myself get caught by a human. That would be to embarrassing. Instead I ran toward his howl.

It was hard to breath and run at the same time. The wire kept my muzzle shut forcing me to breath out my nose. The force of my breathing forced me to stop a lot. I was getting nowhere in all of time. Then I realised. Moge . . . can't help me with this one. I would need Stella's help to get it off.

Stella had humans. Her humans could probably get the wire off of my muzzle. I looked back at the distant mountain. It was going to be a two day trip without the wire muzzle from here. With it. A four day trip. I only had three days. Stella would come down and look for me. Or . . . bring my dad back from the past and kill him. This would cause me to never exist.

So with my muzzle wire shut. I started my long journey up to Stella's mountain.

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On the fourth day I was so hungry. I was barly able to trot. The mountain was close and I could feel Stella's power coming off it. I wouldn't be able to climb the side. I was too weak. I was so weak I might as well be a wolf cub again. I started to just lay down and wait. Stella would problebly find me here and take me up. Then I got a flash from my past. It was changing.

I was looking through my own eyes but is seemed different. Like I was shorter. That was it. Stella hadn't gone back for Dad she had gone back for me! It was the time before the humans killed my family. I had wandered off chasing a butterfly. Then Stella appered right in front of me. I jumped back. Then she picked me up by my scruff in a flash. I let out a yowl. Then the scene changed. I was in her cave. There was a human there. He had a bag. I was shoved in it.

Then the neck of the bag closed. A long with all hope of escape. I let out another yowl of fear. Then I heard a muffled voice.

"There you are Stella. We have caught him" I wondered who.

"Well I guess I just went to the past for nothing. I guess I better send him back" Then all of a sudden I had the feeling of flight and I hit the ground. I was still in the bag. I let out some yowls. I heard the bag rip somewhere and mother was there.

Then my memory went back to normal. I woke up form the wierd vision. I looked at the mountain. I was now expecting Stella to come down. But she didn't. That night my stomach growled at me. I need food. I was so tired from the lack of food. Then I had an idea. What about the last power Stella had mentioned. It had to do with time travel. What if I just concentrated on my body for a sencong and in a way teleported out of the wire muzzle.

I tried this. It took a while but I felt a sinsation. I then saw a blaze of light. The wire muzzle fell off. When I got back to my time. I was happy that my muzzle wasn't wired shut anymore. Then I smelled deer meat. I was out of my wits at this point. I had used a lot of energy to get out of the muzzle. I walked over to the smell. There was a piece of meat hanging from a tree by a rope. I wasn't really thinking. I walked right under it to pounce. Then I felt something around my left hind leg. It wasn't another wire trap it was a rope. I was wiped into the air by my hind leg. I let out a yelp, and Stella walked out of the shadows.