Chapter 12 The talk

I had the dream about the scared wolves again. Although this time I could see the scenery. We were in a cave, deep in a mountain. We hadn't seen any sunlight for some time. There were other Balkas around us. They were listening, to see if one of us had the Nost. Then a white wolf came into view. I figured this was the leader of the Balkas. She walked up to us and said, "Tuff wake up"

I woke up to Moge.

I said, "What's the matter"

"Come on wake up"

"OK! I'm awake"

"I wanted to show you something"

"What"

"Look at the sky"

I looked up. The sky was the clearest I could ever remember it being in my life.

"Moge . . . I . . . It's so beautiful"

"That is one reason we howl at the moon. A long time ago a wolf name Tos was looking at the sky. This is before there was any howling, but Tos looked at the sky and thought how beautiful it was . . . and all of a sudden . . . he got a strange new feeling. It started in his chest and had to come out. Tos was the first wolf to howl. Wolves all over heard his song and took up the tradition of howling"

"Wow. What happened to Tos"

"Tos lived to be an old wolf. When he died, it has been said that he is always watching us . . . Protecting us . . . Making sure that the wolf goes on. But in which direction I don't know. Into the hands of evil or to the fate of good"

"Moge. You know two days ago . . . when we found out I have the Nost ?"

"Yeah ?"

"I've been thinking . . . what if my dreams are real?"

"What ? "

"I think I dreamt of the future . . . a couple of times . . . It felt SO real . . . Can I tell you about them?"

"I don't think now is the right time. Maybe, after we get out of this mess"

"If we get out of this mess"

"If the Balkas decide to kill us then you can tell me before we die, ok?"

"OK, Moge, but . . . I hope we don't die anytime soon"

At that I started to tremble all over.

"What's wrong little brother"

"Moge" I looked at him. "I'm scared"

"No reason to be scared of death. Everything dies"

That made me feel a lot better.

"Thank you, Moge"

That night . . . the night before we reached the Balkas base. I slept soundly with my big brother Moge next to me.