Author Note: Sup guys/girls :-) Please let me know if you think I went a little overboard with the darkness level lol. I wanted to make this chapter have a lasting effect on our MC, if you think that some of the interactions are unrealistic then let me know and I'll play around with the idea some more. Thanks for reading, hope you enjoy.
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All the pups inside the den were huddled together, as far away as they could get from the entrance where the growling, blasts, and cries of pain were coming from. Ryan did his best to calm them down after all the last thing he wanted was for them to run out of oxygen.
Ashfur and the lava wolf probably covered the whole entrance so that they could hide the scent of blood from the den or to quiet down what was happening as much as possible. Out of curiosity, he had once searched for how long one could last without running out of oxygen in a coffin. He was surprised to see that someone would last about 5 ½ hours. Since the den was many times more spacious than a coffin they probably weren't going to die from deprivation of oxygen any time soon, but that still didn't stop himself from being scared.
He moved away from the pups and walked towards Dust Thorn and Grass Blade. The green she-wolf was trying to keep the brown warrior calm but had to stay at a distance since his hairs were going in and out of its 4-inch quills state.
Dust Thorn tried covering his ears as he heard the wolves yelping in pain and he hit his head against one of the den's stone walls.
Ryan was left with his mouth wide open, when the brown wolf hit his head it was in the needle state and they actually went into the stone. He couldn't help but think to himself, 'The hell you doing here? With that ability you should be in the front piercing through all them invaders.'
After thinking that he sighed and shook his head, 'No, if he's that strong then it's good that he will be protecting us. Besides, it's not fair to him, he wanted to be there fighting with them after all.'
He laid down on the floor and closed his eyes as he began trying to keep track of time.
"Phew, times up, quite the party out there haha. Well, the mental connection is about to disappear, it was nice to work with you. Oh and just to let you know make sure that you don't contact me unless you plan to summon me. I won't get anything out of talking with you so don't waste my time kay. Till next time."
'Wait, how many wolves did you kill? Actually, the better question is, you only killed the ones from the forest right? Not any of my clan members.'
Ryan waited for a response, but there was nothing so he assumed that the connection that she mentioned must have been broken. He sighed and tried to listen carefully to see if there were any changes, but nothing occurred.
About a minute after talking to the demon he heard a howl that was later repeated by who knows how many wolves. A few more seconds passed before another set of howls could be heard then everything became silent.
Suddenly after a few minutes, the stone wall that was covering the entrance began to turn red hot and slowly start to melt. Dust Thorn and Grass Blade bared their fangs and prepared to defend the pups till their last breath.
When the wall was finally melted completely there was a large amount of steam that was produced, Grass Blade seemed to be preparing some sort of magical attack but she stopped when she heard a voice she had heard for so long.
"Dust Thorn, Grass Blade everything is over both Blood Clan and Swamp Clan have left. We need you to help to locate the injured, Wave Whip is doing the best she can with cleaning the injuries and wrapping them.
The brown and green wolves looked at each other shocked and quickly nodded and began running towards the entrance.
Ryan looked back at the pups and made sure to give them a serious look, "Make sure you stay in here, where it's safe. I'll be back soon" and then he followed the two wolves.
At first, he was blinded by the strong sunlight but after a few seconds after his eyes adapted he was left with his mouth wide open. In front of him, there were tons of wolves laying on the ground, craters, and sharp projectiles that seemed to be made from ice, and stone littered the place.
He glanced around at the wolves that were standing and looking after the injured but he couldn't see the white pelt that he was looking for. He made sure to stay at a safe distance from the wolves on the ground as he ran around looking for his mother. Though many were dead he could still see that some of them were breathing and the last thing he wanted was to be caught by the enemy.
After running close to the river he finally caught a glance of pure white fur that was now smudged by blood. He immediately ran over and found his mother that was laying in the ground breathing weakly. Ryan quickly looked up at the sky and began howling as loud as he could, almost immediately Raven Tail ran up to him. When he looked at the state of his Alpha he immediately ran and tried getting the attention of Wave Whip "Hey Star Light is here and she is bleeding heavily, Wave Whip we need you to wrap the injury so that it can slow down the bleeding."
Ryan just stood there in shock, the mother that had tried so hard to keep him alive when he refused to eat, the one that had taken care of him and showed her love even though she was somewhat strict was now bleeding to death and he couldn't do a thing. Since he had paws for hands he couldn't even give her basic treatment.
He looked at where her front, left leg was cleanly cut off. When he looked around he found half her leg on the ground next to her. For the first time since he was brought to this strange new world, he felt like crying. He rubbed his head on her side "Mother I swear that if I ever find the wolf responsible for this I will make them pay."
Suddenly due to feeling someone close to her or hearing their voice she whispered something "Fire Claw, help Fire Claw, he's fighting the grey warrior.... He protected me... Help Him"
Ryan looked at his mother with sadness he looked at the direction of camp and found Raven Tail and Wave Whip running towards him he rubbed his head against her once last time, "I'll find Fire Claw don't worry mother."
He quickly ran closer to the river and found 4 wolves on the ground. He quickly recognized the body of the stone warrior that was surrounded by three wolves. Ryan felt the hairs on his back begin to rise as he bared to and showed his fangs.
He felt his vision become red as he walked closer to the bodies. Two of the enemies had deep claw marks on their bodies that were probably made by Fire Claw's long stone claws. When he looked at the state of the Stone wolf he shed a tear.
The powerful warrior's stomach was implied by a long blade-like tail that seemed to be out of metal. In return Fire Claw had bitten and broken into the wolf's throat, even in death he held on tight and refusing to let go and brought the enemy down with him.
Ryan walked towards the stone wolf and rested his head on his body "Fire Claw even though we didn't know each other for too long you are the one that I could trust the most. I'll make sure to keep the clan, that you gave your life for, safe."
He then slowly began backing away and looked up at the sky "Looks like my promise of revenge had been completed by someone else, however, Swamp Clan can't simply get off so easily"
As he was going to turn around he found a young body of a wolf that he hated. It was Mud Paw and she seemed to have been clawed on her side. He ran to her and tried to drag her towards camp but even with his Powerful Legs skill he was barely able to make her budge. Since it would take too long he decided to run and let the others know.
He finally arrived to see his mother being carefully pulled closer to the middle of the camp. Ryan ran to Wave Whip "Mud Paw is close to the river and she seems to be hurt."
The green she-wolf quickly turned around and saw him pointing towards the direction of the river "Can you take me?"
Ryan was about to say reject her since he wanted to check on his mother but then he remembered his promise to Fire Claw and nodded as he ran into the long grass. He stopped for a second as he saw the body of the stone warrior but quickly ran to where Mud Paw was.
When he looked behind him he found Wave Whip lowering her head in front of Fire Claw. Ryan could imagine how bad she felt but at the moment he had a mother to worry about. "Hey Wave Whip, Mud Paw is over here and she needs help."
The green wolf snapped out of her trance and looked at the young blue pup that was slowly dragging a wolf that was about 3 times his size. She hurried and summoned vines that tightly wrapped around the young apprentice.
"Wave Whip is there anyone else that can help and give a better treatment?"
She sighed and shook her head "No this is all we can do, I wrap the injuries and Ash Fur helps me make sure that they stay clean. After that, all we can do is hope that they recover."
Ryan didn't like the response but he nodded "I'll check on mother, I'll let the others know to help you."
He then quickly ran off towards camp and found his mother that was surrounded by multiple wolves including Dust Thorn. When he got there he walked over to Storm Blade and pointed where he had come from "Wave Whip is taking care of Mud Paw over there she might need you to help bring her here."
The dark grey wolf nodded and began running to where the young pup had pointed.
After Ryan had done what he had to, he walked over to his mother and laid next to her. Dust Thorn was about to speak to the young pup but he was interrupted by the noise of something being dragged.
When they turned around to see what it was they noticed that it was Sun Blaze dragging the body of Death Jaw. Parts of the black wolf's body was burned to a point where the meat in his body seemed to be cooked, some bones were also exposed.
Dust Thorn looked at the head of the wolf and nodded "This was the wolf that Star Light killed today, why did you bring his body here?"
The Red wolf dropped the body and looked at his injured female alpha and sighed "According to some injured wolves from the blood clan this wolf attacked them and killed 9 of them and injured another 4 pretty heavily. That was the reason behind their retreat which then lead to the Swamp Clan leaving since they felt betrayed."
The brown warrior took a closer look at the black wolf and shook his head "That's not possible, I myself saw how brutally Star Light ended his life."
"This was the only wolf in the forest that matched the description, apparently he fought on even though his body was in such a state. Oh also about the injured Swamp and Blood Clan invaders, what do we do with them?"
Dust Thorn bared his teeth and closed his eyes, after a few seconds he opened them and looked at the red wolf, "We kill them, there is no way that the lives that we lost today well go unavenged."
As soon as Ryan heard him he stood up and shook his head "No there is no way that they can get out of this that easily. Just killing them isn't enough, we have to make them suffer, only until they beg for their lives will we let them die. As for the injured Swamp Clan warriors we leave one alive and if they don't bring my father here by tomorrow we kill him at the border we share with them."
The two warriors looked at the young pup in shock, Dust Thorn turned around and stopped in front of him. "Viper Pup, I get that you are angry but to do such a thing your father wouldn't agree. The reason that we are going to kill them is to make sure that the members of our clan didn't die for no reason and to keep the power of the clans balanced. If we do such a thing like killing them at the border then it can lead to another attack."
Ryan shook his head once again "They decided when to attack and when to retreat, the whole time they were in control. My mother lost her leg, tell me, will ever be the same? Fire Claw gave his life saving her and used his last breaths to kill the enemy that impaled him. Tell me what is stopping them from attacking again? We have to give them a reason why they should think twice before attacking us and if they do then they will regret it.
The expression on the two warriors changed and they bared their fangs as they processed the death of Fire Claw that they had just heard. After some time the brown warrior sighed and nodded "Alright, I'm with you Viper Pup, I'll make sure to make them pay."
"No I want to do it, I want to make sure that I don't hesitate if I ever fight against another wolf when protecting our clan. What better way than to get used to killing the enemy?"
Dust Thorn looked at the young pup with strange eyes as he tried to see if this really was the smart and innocent pup he had seen all these days. 'Why was suddenly the pup becoming so bloodthirsty, should he really encourage such behavior?."
"Err Viper Paw there is still time for you to grow up, you shouldn't think like that right now."
Ryan looked directly into the wolf's eyes, "Is that really true Dust Thorn? Tell me how many warriors died today. Is there not going to be a need for more warriors to keep the clan running and protected? I'm different from the other pups and you know it, just let me do it okay, that way I have more chances of surviving since I won't hesitate when I'm in front of the enemy."
The brown wolf sighed and looked at Sun Blaze for an opinion. The red wolf looked at the wounded wolves that were being placed close to Star Light and then back at Dust Thorn who had a questioning eye and nodded."
Dust Thorn shook his head and looked at the young pup with an extremely serious expression, "Listen Viper Pup I will allow it this one time since I see your points and I have to say that they deserve it for abusing our trust, however, know that if I hear about you killing in such a way again I will punish you severely since I���m sure that Moon Heart will not like such violent behavior. After all our wolves are treated I'll have the enemy wolves attended to and taken far from camp."
He nodded and went back to his mother's side and fell asleep. After an unknown amount of time he was woken up by Sun Blaze "Viper Pup it's done the wolves are tied with Wave Whips strongest vines, close to the forest."
Ryan nodded, picked up a stone projectile with his mouth, and began following after the red wolf.
They arrived and he found 3 wolves tied into the trees, Sun Blaze walked over to his side and whispered "The other one is being guarded in the camp so these 3 are basically dead. Personally, I don't really believe that a pup should do something like that, however, I lost a wolf that I cared for deeply and I was hoping that I could join you and get my revenge on at least one of them? I would have tortured them with Dust Thorn but knowing him he would quickly kill them as soon as they asked for it and that's not enough for me."
Ryan looked at the warrior in surprise and found him gazing at a grey wolf with pure hatred. He knew that Sun Blaze was popular with the ladies however he didn't know about him having someone. 'Well the demon said that she needed a few souls however since they are stronger than me she should be happy.'
He looked at the wolf and nodded "As long as it's just one I'm sure it's fine, but in return, I need you to promise me that whatever you hear here you won't tell anyone.
Sun Blaze looked at the pup confused but nodded "If that's what it takes then you have no need to worry.
They both nodded and began filling the forest with the scent of burning flesh and the yelping of wolves in pain as they were poked with the stone projectiles.
After a while of torturing, Ryan had gotten all the information that he needed from the Swamp Clan warriors. He walked closer to their ears and whispered "If you want the pain to stop then do you agree to give me your soul?"
The half-dead wolves looked at him in confusion as if they had no idea what he was talking about and then quickly nodded as they both cried out "Anything that you want just kill us, we can't take anymore." He wasn't sure if they where being affected by the severe blood loss but he found it too easy.
Ryan nodded and used the sharp stone to enter the wolves throats then suddenly he saw how their spirits separated from their body and into his. He shivered and looked around to see Sun Blaze still burning the wolf he had been torturing, he seemed not to have seen the freakin ghosts. He sighed and sat down 'looks like I didn't have to make him promise me about not telling anyone anything that he heard since he wasn't even paying attention.'
When the red warrior saw that the pup had finished he sighed and completely burned the wolf then he began burning the bodies of the other two wolves.
After everything was over the sun was beginning to set and they took a splash in the river to get the blood from their fur and went to the camp.
He checked on his mother and saw that she was still in the same condition. He sighed and slept next to her hoping that when he woke up he would receive news that Moon Heart had returned.
Ryan was woken up by strong winds, he opened his eyes and suddenly found himself in a strange, dead, and dark place, in front of him there was a giant stone tablet that seemed to have some sort of humanoid horned creature carved into it. He walked closer to it and touched it but suddenly he felt like he was run over and was sent flying.
He slowly stood up and shook his body slowly and began freaking out "Where the hell am I?"