Chapter 17 Stella

The two wolves walked forward. I had to follow. After awhile we started walking upwards. We were heading for the mouth of the cave. All of a sudden I was hit by a cold blast of air. I stepped forward. My foot landed in something really cold. I jumped. What was it? I had no idea.

The two wolves forced me to walk forward. We walked through the very cold material. I realized we got to another cave mouth when the temperature changed. We walked, walked, walked, walked, and walked. I waited for something to happen to me as we walked. I waited for unexpected blow to the head, or a surprise attack.

The two wolves stopped.

"Take off the bag" said a distant kind(female), yet evil voice.

All of a sudden the bag was ripped off. I was blinded by the light in the cave. There were stones that shone in the walls making it look like day inside. The cave was huge in this hall place. There were stone steps going up to some sort of pedestal. On the pedestal was a white wolf. I remembered what I had heard before. This was the leader of the Balkas.

"Hello . . . " said the leader.

"M-my name is Tuff"

"Hello Tuff . . . so, you have the power of the Nost. I am Stella"

"Yes, I have the power of the Nost"

"Very nice. The third of the prophecy"

"What prophecy" I asked.

"I shall recite it to 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"

"That's the prophecy?" I asked.

"Yes, now what to do with you in the meantime . . . I know"

She motioned for a Balkas to come over. She whispered something to him. That wolf ran out.

Stella cleared her throat, "You shall be hooded again"

"What ? ? No . . . not again! I can't stand not knowing where I'm going!"

"That's the idea"

A figure entered the great cave belly. I looked over. I couldn't believe my eyes. It was a human.

"I bet you're surprised" said Stella, "We have caught human children, erased their memories and taught them how to speak wolf. For the wolf is always at the mercy of men"

The human child walked over to me. I growled. A Balkas bit me . . . to shut me up. The human was male. He looked very confused and scared. He picked up the bag. I shivered. He put the bag over my head, tightened the neck and middle of it, and tied it together so it wouldn't come off.

"Now take him to one of the holding caves"

The Balkas walked me down more caves and into a smaller one. The air was stuffy. I could feel it through my fur. The Balkas left and there was a loud slam. They had closed some sort of door. I lay down, wondering what was going to happen next.