This is Greely's story, told by Flora Jellywolf's point of view.
I stared into the forest. Should I dare go in there I asked
myself. The long , dark shadows surrounded my little cottage. As I padded into
the forest, I felt a pang or regret. There’s no turning back I told myself. Yet
as my paws padded along the piney forest floor, I realized, is this the life
destined for me? I finally reached him. The tall, slender alpha male I barely
knew, wanted me to come into his pack’s territory for some unknown reason.
Alas, he was the only one I thought I could trust to tell my secret to. I
reached for the top of my furry, black head and pulled off the hat. He
shrieked. That was it. My secret was revealed. He knows. I immediately
regretted that decision. But, instead
of running off, he said “I know how you feel” and showed me his front leg.
There, attached to his leg was a silver paw, made of some type of metal. I
gasped. So I wasn’t the only one with a secret. Then, the thing he did next
surprised me even more. He took off his glove and showed me a stump. However,
the thing that horrified me the most was the tall shadow that lay behind him.
We were not alone.
“What are you doing with that, that, that filthy rogue????
You are never to invite anyone other than our pack to the territory!!!!! We
worked hard to keep our place as the feared pack of Sepira Forest, and we
cannot have any room for wolves who are untrustworthy and un loyal”. The wolf’s
voice boomed though our ears. I felt very relieved when he didn’t see my
antlers. I was never to see my lover again. The only person who knew.
As I ran back to my cottage, I realized that things were
going to get a lot worse. I kept having
dream after dream of him. His sense of humor. His kind, gentile gaze. His metal
paw. As I awoke, I became more determined to go back and see him, never to
depart, but until then, I had to go do my chores. My fur was matted and started
emitting a stench. I needed a bath. I
trotted over to the little pond that lied behind my cottage. It was bright and
clear. I plunged right in. The cool water filled my fur with relief. When I was
finished, I put my hat back on. After, I ran straight into the woods. The alpha
male was at the other side. I was surprised he was here. “I have been waiting
for you” he said. “I never got your name”. “Flora” I said. He answered back “General”. General….. The name fluttered throughout my
mind, but was interrupted by his muzzle
brushing against my head. “I won’t tell them if you won’t” General said. I
brushed my muzzle against his head. If only Infinity could see me now, talking
to some strange wolf. I took a step
back, doing a double take for any other wolves. Nope. I just wanted to stay here forever. “We can’t go on like this”
I told General. “ I love you too much”. He only answered with a head shake “I
know”. “I know”. Just then, we saw a rabbit hopping by. I was never really good at catching prey, so I mostly
just ate herbs and veggies from my garden. But he pounced on it and in no time
flat, I had a delicious rabbit in my paws. I then received a huge shock. He
licked my nose. My first kiss. Then, we saw
black clouds. No, they were not clouds. They were phantoms. I was not
going to leave him again. We both fought the phantoms, but I was too late. I
saw the phantoms carrying him away. He was gone. I would never see him again. I
heard his screams of protest against the phantoms, but then he became weak. He
was given sleeping pills.
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