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Chapter 2 - Fire

Walking in an unfamiliar grove of weeping willows. Where am I? I heard a twig snap close by. I turn towards the sound. Soon a jet black wolf the size of a horse comes out. It's gold eyes stare at me. "Claude is that you?" The wolf nods, "yes Asland." Wait, why can I see him? Is this a dream? "You're half right. It's not reality but not a dream either. I pulled your spirit into the spirit realm because I had to tell you something." I look at Claude, he was a great looking wolf.

What? This is the first time I've really got to see what my wolf form looks like. "And this couldn't wait until morning?" Claude shakes his massive head. "I sense danger coming." In the far distance I hear a strange noise like an alarm. Did I forget to turn off my alarm clock. "That's no alarm clock." Claude states, that's when I figured it out. It was the attack alarm. "Claude return me to my body, I have to fight." Claude nods, everything starts fading away. "Come" The most entrancing voice enters my mind. "Come to me, my Love." I open my eyes and see fire everywhere. Crap, I open my window and remember that I'm on the eighth floor.

"Crap!" Panic starts to take a hold of my heart. I turn and run out of my room and through the flames. I jump down the stairs and over fallen objects. I also dodge falling objects. After five floors and many close calls, I decided it was now or burn alive. I ran to the nearest window and jump through it. The glass cutting me everywhere. Once my feet hit the ground I immediately drop and roll in the grass to get the fire off me.

I soon feel something dropped on me. I look and see it was a blanket. I wrap it around me. "My baby!" I hear mom cry as she wraps her arms around me. "Doctor, come check my son." I feel my adrenaline start to settle down. I know that the cuts are already gone because of our fast healing as werewolves. "Okay, move out of the way. An old man coming through." The doc comes closer with a wet cloth and starts to gently clean the black ashes off me. Soon the doc's eyes are full of shock and disbelief.

"What's wrong?" I asked starting to panic again. The doc quickly let go of my arm like it burned him. "Nothing, that's what's wrong. You have no burns. You were covered in ash but no burns. Also just then, when you asked what was wrong your skin heated up and burned me." To prove his point he shows his right hand that had my arm. It was red and blistering. I look at my arms and legs and what the doctor said was true. I had no burns. Mitch comes into view, "lucky I got my shoulder burned. It'll take three hours to heal."

As everyone settles down a little bit, my father pulls me aside. "Son, are you okay? You look like you're in a daze." I nod, all I can think about is that voice. Dad nods back and calls the pack in. "Everyone, we are going to the Moonlit pack for shelter. Do not fear for we have land and a pack house for us. It's a far journey there but the land is bigger and more beautiful then here. There are also homes for those who don't wish to be in the pack house. It will till be a rule for all eighteen year olds to move into the pack house until mated.

After we get to the Moonlit pack we will be getting supplies for the journey. We will also visit other packs to get more supplies. This is a three week journey. Those who don't wish to do the journey the Moonlit pack has agreed to let you join their pack. You can sleep on your decision." With that we head to the Moonlit pack. Many of us were in our wolf forms those who don't have a wolf are riding on their parent's or older sibling's backs. Once we got to the Moonlit territory my father howls. We waited for the Moonlit pack to howl back to let us into their pack's territory. We receive the howl and enter the territory.

We enter and head to the pack house. It soon comes into sight. The wolves nodded to us with looks of sympathy. I bit back a growl as Claude gets angry. The Alpha comes and greets us. "Hello, Firestorm Pack. We have the guest rooms ready, but we're afraid that many of you may not have beds and for that we are sorry." My father shifts to talk to the Alpha. "That is alright we will be leaving at noon. You have given us more then want we could ask for."

The Moonlit Alpha nods and smiles as his Luna comes out. "Welcome, we're so sorry about your pack house." I feel the pack's sadness with the pack link. "Come we'll show you to your rooms." We follow, each family got their own room. Which meant that I had to share a room with my mom, dad and baby sister Lilly. My parents got the bad with my sister and I got the couch. 'Hey it's better then the floor.' I nod in agreement. Mom hands me a pillow and blanket. "Will you be okay bear?" I give her a warm smile and copied Claude.

"Hey it's better then the floor." Mom laughs, she pulls my head down and kisses my forehead. "Goodnight bear." Don't ask me about the nickname, I got absolutely no idea how she got it. "Good night, Mom." She walks over to the bed and gets in. I put the pillow onto the couch. I wrap the blanket around me and laid down on the couch. As I close my eyes I'm met with the events last night. Fire everywhere, alarms blasting, and that voice asking me to find her.