“Run! Run!” Called a voice from the darkness, the voice was deep and demanding, that of a males. Soon, the darkness faded away to reveal Blue in a meadow of deep green tall grasses. Blue glanced around but at first saw nothing.

“Run!!!” The voice called again, this time from behind Blue. He twirled around to be no more than ten feet from a large brute with blood dripping off his white fangs and chin. He let out a malicious laugh, his eyes glowing with pure hatred. The brute looked down slightly towards the ground, making Blue glance down too. To his horror, he saw a silver grey fae laying in a pool of blood in the grass.

“Swift!!!!” Blue called out, his worst nightmare coming true. The silver grey fae simply smiled gingerly at him. Her once graceful and beautiful figure now drenched in her own blood.

“…Goodbye…” She managed to say, in a soft tone. But her voice had always been soft, so it was now barely audible. Her ginger smile began to fade as her beautiful eyes began to gloss over as death took her last breaths.

“Run back home…” The brute said with a howl of laughter. The wind began to blow, and it seemed to take the brute with it; his laughter fading with the wind. Then the scene around Blue began to turn to pure darkness again, taking him with it.

Blue then awoke with a start, gasping for the air he lacked. After a moment he looked around, blinking in the sunshine. Blue looked towards Wolf’s dog house, to see her sound asleep still. He blew out a long breath, laying his head on his paws as he continued to catch his breath.

Thank Star Clan that was only a dream, he thought. Even though he knew it was only a dream, he couldn’t shake it. It haunted his mind. Was Star Clan warning me? He wondered, but could only for a moment longer before Master appeared, getting ready to throw their scraps in each of the dog’s bowls.

“Blue! Wolf!” Master called. “Breakfast time!” She called loudly. Blue flinched slightly, still not used to the loud and obnoxious human. But nonetheless he got to his paws with a stretch and then walked slowly over towards his bowl. He then plopped down in front of it as Master went back into the house. She never really bothered with him, for she had a busy schedule; which was fine with Blue.

“Heyyy,” Came Wolf’s voice, dragging out the word as she said it. “How did you get here before me?” She asked, a hint of humor flashing through her deep amber eyes. Blue let out a huff, shifting his weight from one side to the other, as he did so so often.

“I simply got up before you,” He said in reply. He smiled gently as he leaned his head into his bowl, gulping down large amounts of food; he did this slowly though, unlike Wolf who was wolfing down her food as usual.

“Aye, lassie… I wouldn’t be so hasten to eat,” Blue said to Wolf, who looked up from her bowl, her cheeks stuffed with the scraps. She looked at him, with wide eyes as she swallowed the food. A bit of slop dripped off her chin; she then licked her chin.

“Why?” She asked. Blue almost let out a growl, as if that was the most ridiculous thing she had ever said. Which, it wasn’t. She had said much more ridiculous things.

“Because some are not so lucky as to have one that simply brings them their food each and every day. Wolf let out a snort, nearly rolling her eyes at Blue. Now he was sounding rather ridiculous.

“Doesn’t that mean I should eat it fast, so they don’t steal it?” Wolf asked in reply. Blue stared at her for a moment, and then sighed.

“Wolf, you must understand…” He said, trailing off. Wolf tilted her head, her left ear folding down slightly as it normally did. Blue shook his head slightly, and then got up slowly.

“What must I understand?” Wolf asked, her eyes following his head as it moved up. He looked at her, a look of what seemed to be pity. Wolf did not like it at all. She repeated herself, “What must I understand?” But Blue simply shook his head again.

“Never mind, pup,” Blue said, as he turned and went back towards his dog house. Wolf watched as he went, wondering what he had meant. She had no idea, but did not press it any further. She knew, from experience from yesterday, that it wasn’t wise to say too much. She might end up with a good thrashing. She looked down into her bowl, seeing only a few scraps left. Wolf licked it up with her long pink tongue, cleaning her bowl of anything left. She looked over towards Blue’s bowl next, and noticed there was at least a mouthful left. Wolf got to her paws, and sniffed at the bowl for a moment.

“Don’t think about it, lassie,” Blue’s voice broke in, making Wolf jump in the air a bit. She looked up to see him looking out of his dog house. She meekly smiled, letting out a soft chuckling sound. She then padded pass his bowl and went towards her dog house. She sat to her haunches suddenly, her back leg rising up to her chin where she scratched vigorously. When finished scratching, she shook slightly, yawning. She looked at where Blue was; he had turned himself around in his dog house, and was apparently trying to catch up on the sleep he hadn’t caught last night. Which Wolf knew he had caught it, he was just old and lazy.

Wolf stared for a moment more, before she turned her attention out to the old oak with the bushes to its left. Her mind began to drift and wonder what was beyond their fence. Blue didn’t want her to pass behind the bushes there, and she had yet to figure out why. She figured it wasn’t something important, but as she thought about it more, the more she just had to know what was behind the bushes. Her eyes adverted over to where Blue was, a smirk pealing across her face in a mischievous manner. After a moment, she slowly got to her paws, and cautiously padded over towards the end of the yard. She was light on her paws, and quietly made her way towards the bushes. Wolf sniffed at them just as cautiously as she had made her way over here. She looked back at where Blue was sleeping. As she looked, she could tell he was asleep by the gentle rise and fall of his chest. Her eyes drooped slightly, her eyes rolling up into her head, before coming back down – not in a complete roll, but just enough to show that she was annoyed by his constant sleeping.

She looked back, staring at the suddenly tall bushes. Her heart raced a little, but she shoved her nervousness away as her curiosity got the best of her. After another moment of thinking, and looking towards the top of the bushes, she went towards the corner in the far left of the yard, where she could push back through the bushes with ease. The rough branch ends scraped against her, causing her to hope there was more space behind the bush. When she pushed past the last bit of brush, coming into a bit more open space, her eyes fell upon an opening in the fence. Most of the fence was of large six foot tall planks, but in this particular place there was wood fencing, with a sloppily done chicken wire backing where there was missing pieces of plank. Wolf found this a bit peculiar, as Master wasn’t as lazy to do such a thing. But there was an even more out of place hole in the chicken wire. Wolf found there no point in the chicken wire being there, if they could just get out anyway. She figured that Master had no idea it was there, sense it was hidden behind the brush.

“I wonder…” Wolf said in a soft whisper, as if Blue would hear her if she spoke louder. The hole wasn’t all that high up, and if she jumped high enough, she could clear the hole with ease. Her only worry, was making it through. After thinking about it for a moment, she decided to try it. She backed up, her rear backing into the prickly bushes behind her. And then she leaped – her belly fur just barely scraping the bottom of the chicken wire. When she reached the other side, where the ground was on the other side, she found nothing more than air. She yelped as she tumbled down a slight hill, stopping a few feet when after she had found solid, level ground.

When she finally stopped, she felt dizzy as she brought her head up. Everything around her seemed to move quickly, multiplying. But after a moment, everything returned to normal. Her eyes were drooped, as she tried to look at everything. Wolf shook her head, and then took a good look around – it was nothing but trees, leaves, bushes, and other things found outside the human lifestyles. She was fascinated by the beauty of the colourful leaves, and the tall, tall trees. Her mouth parted open slightly as she stared in awe.

“So… this is what is out here!!!” Wolf exclaimed, her eyes wide as she took in each piece of the new world beyond her own. She sniffed in all the scents around her, overwhelming her senses. She murmured softly, getting to her paws where she then began to explore a little bit of this new world. She wondered why Blue would have wanted to keep her from all this wonder.

Maybe he wanted to keep it all to himself, Wolf told herself. She tried not to think that Blue would be so greedy. She watched as a leave fell from the rest – straying away, right in her direction. A vicious yet playful look crossed her face as she watched, hunkering down slightly as she readied herself to pounce. When she found the leave at the right position, she leaped into the air, her paw catching the leave and pulling it down with her. As her paws touched the ground again, she smirked as she lifted her paw to find the leave beneath it still. But it only stayed there for a second, as the wind took it and blew it out of Wolf’s reach.

“Hey!” She laughed. “Get back here!” She finished as she took off after it, batting at it gently as she played about. The leave continued to escape – but now only because she let it. She had no intent of catching it yet, but to let the gentle breeze pull it along to make a simple game out of it. Finally she caught it, and put some teeth to it, ripping it. As she got a few pieces in her mouth, she spat it out as the taste reached her senses.

“Yuck!” She said, her tongue lapping in and out, her face scrunched up as it slipped in and out, trying to get rid of the displeasing taste. She had never thought to attack a leave before with her teeth, and had no idea why she chose now to destroy one. But now she knew why she had never before, and would now never do it again. Something caught her eye as she looked to her left. At first she didn’t catch it, but then she realized that something was out of place. Her hackles rose before her eyes even came upon the two yellowish spots staring at her from a bush. Wolf stared into the deep colours that stood out among the rest, feeling scared for her life. She didn’t move an inch, and the yellow orbs didn’t either. For a moment, Wolf felt it might be nothing – until they blinked. Then Wolf found her voice once more.

“W-w-who’s there?!” Wolf called out, shocked as soon as she heard what she had said. She waited, and listened for a response. She wondered if she had even spoken loud enough for the stranger to hear her, or if it was just waiting for the right moment to attack.

“Wh-at do you w-want?” Wolf croaked, surprised to hear herself talk after being so shocked the first time. She supposed that the silence was too much for her to handle, and anything would seem to make it better – but it didn’t. After she spoke, whatever was in the bush moved slightly, shifting the brush and then it let out a low, rumbling growl. Wolf backed up a little, starting to shake slightly. She had never been put in such a position before, and she didn’t know what to do. The next thing she knew, she had backed herself into a large furry beast behind her. She looked up to see a vicious looking black dog above her. From this view, Wolf could barely recognize the dog until his scent reached her nostrils. Then she realized it was Blue.

“Back off! Back!” Blue growled, lowering his head slowly. His lips pulled back to show his long white fangs, his tongue flickering in and out a few times.

“Get away from her!!”

The growling from the creature stopped, eyes simply staring. Blue kept his vicious stance, showing no mercy as he stood protectively over Wolf. The eyes stared for a moment longer before turning and taking off. The bushes shifted violently as the creature fled, leaving Wolf and Blue standing alone now. Wolf felt a bit better now, but still a little shaky. Blue looked down at her, his face seemed harder than stone. She grinned nervously at him, chuckling slightly. His face didn’t change in the least – the hard stone-like look still covering it. Wolf suddenly felt as if she made a mistake from venturing from the yard, and she knew he would tell her all about it.

“Time to go home now, Wolf,” Blue commanded. He turned, beginning to walk back towards the hole in the fence. Wolf sat there for a moment, her ears pressed against her skull. Blue looked back at her, waiting for her to follow.

“Come along, Wolf,” Blue commanded again. This time Wolf slowly rose to her paws, tail tucked neatly between her legs as she began to trot back and follow Blue home. Her head hung flow, no longer daring to look at Blue in fear of the shame he felt towards her.

They made it to the fence quickly – it being the only one in the line to have the odd chicken wire and hole in it. Blue let Wolf go before her, wanting to make sure she went in and was able to get up to the hole. She jumped up, the edge of her paws just reaching the tip of the hole. She whimpered, and then leaped slightly. Before she knew it, Blue was under her, hoisting her in and over the hole. She tumbled on the other side, landing face first into the bushes in their yard. She let out a soft yip as she hit them, shaking and breaking away from them as quickly as she could. She paused, shifting back and forth slightly as she went to the edge of the bushes, emerging completely into their yard. Wolf looked back, waiting a moment before she saw Blue poke his head from behind the bushes. She smiled gingerly, but Blue wouldn’t even look at her. She sighed as he walked by, making her feel even worse. After he passed her, she followed slowly behind. Feeling unwelcome and unwanted, Wolf made her way into her dog house where she hid in the back out of sight. She stayed this way for most of the day, avoiding Blue’s fierce gaze.

Who belonged to those… eyes? Those… eyes. I shall never forget those yellow eyes! Something… about them. I just don’t understand. Wolf thought to herself. Not only did Wolf try to avoid Blue for the day, but she also thought about her encounter with the stranger. What had happened that day was unusual and exciting. Wolf hadn’t realized so until she thought about it now, somewhat putting a smile on her face to clear all doubt of if she should have done it or not.