Chapter 1 : The Outcast of the Pups
three months later
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The dark gray and white pup who had been found at the border by Lythia three months ago had been kept by the Redwood wolves to become a member of their pack. He'd been named Bangle, and had never been told that he wasn't born into the Redwood Pack. He was too young to remember the day when Lythia found him, or any day before it.
Bangle sat in the clearing, watching the three other pups play. The strongest of the three was a reddish-brown and white pup with yellow eyes, and was the leader of the three. Her name was Akime, and she didn't put up with insults or disrespect from the other pups. Whenever one of the other two pups would call her a name, she'd tackle them to the ground and they'd be pinned. That usually scared them enough to make them apologize.
Bangle was smart enough that he'd never been tackled. That, and the fact that he was too afraid to go anywhere near the other three pups. Akime had a brother and a sister. Her brother was dark gray and black with a small white dot on his chest. He had orange eyes, but to Bangle it seemed that they were sometimes red. Akime's brother was named Kaos, and was Akime's 'second-in-command' of the group of three pups.
The third pup was a white pup with a gray patch on her back and a gray tail-tip. Her name was Sookie, and she was the runt of the three, and often the victom of Akime and Kaos' attacks.
Akime and Kaos were play-fighting on a nearly flat rock, seeing who could push the other off first. Bangle watched jealously as the other two pups had fun while he had to sit by Lythia's den.
Lythia came out of the den, and noticed her adopted son sitting alone. She sat down next to him. "Why don't you go over there with Kaos and Akime and Sookie?"
Bangle sighed and looked at Lythia, not wanting to explain, and went over to the other three pups. He felt like there was someone watching him.
Bangle turned and saw Curren glaring down at him from that huge boulder the alpha always sat on. That alpha had always seemed to hate Bangle.
Bangle turned away from the alpha and saw that Akime and Kaos had stopped play-fighting, and were sitting down along with Sookie. They were staring at him, as if they were confused as to why he would've came to them.
Akime spoke up in her voice which was oddly feminine for such a strong pup. "What do you want?" She asked, an irritated look on her face. Bangle didn't care about her ex
pression, though, she always seemed irritated to him.
"Can I play with you guys?" Bangle's voice was shaky and afraid. Akime was a big pup and she frightened him.
Akime growled a puppy growl, and tripped Bangle. He fell onto his side, and Akime rolled him onto his back -something higher ranked wolves would do to one who is lower ranked- with a strong paw. "I don't know." She growled. Akime wasn't playing. "Can you?!" She bit his face, and he yelped, and was instantly shocked when none of the adult wolves came to break up the fight. Then Bangle remembered- Akime was Curren's daughter. The alpha's daughter, and the strongest of the alpha's litter. And she was free to do what she wanted.
Bangle would have to defend himself, or pay the price.
He growled a puppy-growl, sounding nothing like a ferocious wolf. Akime looked back to Sookie and Kaos with an ex
pression on her face that told them that Bangle was far too easy to beat. Bangle saw Sookie and Kaos' faces, and he'd had enough.
While Akime still looked at Sookie and Kaos, she was off guard, expecting no attack from the weaker pup. That was when Bangle bit her left front leg, the one that pinned him down. He put all of his strength into the bite, and didn't let go.
Akime yelped, and jumped backwards off of Bangle, pulling her front leg out of his mouth. Bangle quickly stood up, and could see the shock on her face as she looked at him with wide amber eyes. Kaos and Sookie were obviously shocked that Akime was being beaten. Akime looked at Bangle, far angrier than before. She ran at him, and Bangle prepared for her to leap at him, but that was exactly what she had wanted. She dove at the ground under his feet, tripping him.
Bangle gasped as he fell, and started to get up, but she was too fast. In seconds, Akime's jaws were around the back of his neck, and she used her jaws to push him to the ground. She didn't put any pressure on his neck, but he got the idea that she could if she wanted to.
Bangle whimpered pathetically, like an omega. Kaos and Sookie burst out laughing behind Akime at Bangle's weakness.
Satesfied, Akime removed her jaws from Bangle's neck. He stood up, ears back and tail between his legs.
"Run away to your mother!" Kaos barked, still laughing. "Like the runt you are!"
Bangle growled.
Akime snarled, and he stumbled a few steps backward with a yelp. The other three pups laughed harder, and Bangle's head hung low. Akime smiled as she snarled again.
Bangle ran off, tail between his legs, and ears flat to the ground. He stopped next to Lythia, who looked down at him, showing no emotion. Bangle couldn't help but wonder if she was dissapointed in him. He looked up at her, holding back tears. He didn't want any of the other pups to see him cry. It would only add to their reasons to laugh at him. "Are you mad at me?" He whimpered.
"No." She replied. She looked at Bangle sympathetically.
Bangle looked away for a second, thinking. Then he turned back to her. "...Why?"
"Because." She said. "You are my son, and Akime is older than you. that's the only reason she is stronger." Lythia was silent for a moment, then added; "You fought well."
"No I didn't! They beat me!"
Lythia was silent, then spoke again, only to repeat herself. "You fought well."
----end of chapter one----
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