Wolf Heart

Shadow

Shadow woke with a start. He shook his head to clear his mind. Then he remembered the dream. The wolf pack...Mulberry and Snap...... those names sounded so familiar. Not just because of his dream. He was shaken out of his daydreaming by a loud yelp.

"Ow! You stepped on my tail you, you-

"Geez." Said Shadow, removing his foot from his best friend Pine's tail.

"It cool." Responded Pine. Yep. That was typical Pine. Hes says one thing and then immediately changes his mind.

Shadow yawned. He looked around the hollow log they were sleeping in at the other pack members. The elders and pups near the center and what the pack called 'the pack member's because they did what a good pack member should do slept near the outside. There was Claw and Fang, two identical brown and white wolves who were always together. Then there was Sage, Leaf, Alaya, Ajax, Stream, Pebble, Carlo, Rose, Maia, Wind, Warlor, Mek, Streak, Stripe, Plaja, Cowse, Bird, Illiria, Pine, Clowa, Prema, Willow, Maura, Boulder, Splash, Moonshine, Flash, Kaira, who Shadow was quite fond of, him,Shadow, and of course their leader Browlo. They were a strong, healthy, and large pack. There was nothing more a wolf could wish for. But, there was something dark about them. Well, very dark. They were evil. They killed for the fun of it. They did anything they wanted and were very feared by the other packs. But Shadow was different. He did not have their evil blood. He was found in the woods as a pup and was found by Prema, who was second in command. He would have been left there if his coat had not been jet black, the color of evil. He did not belong here. He could not protest, for they would kill him. If he tried to run away they would kill him. If he tried to join another pack they would kill the entire pack. He was forced to stay and all thought he was a loyal and ambitious member of the pack. Shadow felt like he was living a lie.