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The Imuruks

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The Imuruks Part 1
IMURUK
It was raining really hard that night. My parents told me it was the worst storm they had ever experienced. The raindrops felt like tiny frozen daggars constantly puncturing every single part of your body, and you could not escape the horrible frozen pain unless you were lucky and had a den to keep you safe. The thunder was as loud as if a bomb exploded directly next to your ear, and the lighting was so bright, for a split second you thought it was daytime. The wind howled louder and higher than any wolf in this pack that I heard, as if it were mocking and repeating our sacred calls over and over again. When lighting wasn't brightening up the night, it was almost pitch black with the ominous dark grey clouds filing the sky with darkness, concealing space of our territory. Any other night, my parents wished. But even the great spirits were not powerful enough to cease the disasterous storm, or stop the course of nature. They knew that.
This was the night I was born.

My name is Imuruk, son of Yakorah and Elaine. My father used to be a great war general in our pack army and led our troops to victory over many wolf packs, gaining us much beautiful land and more members to add to our numbers. He was very brave, intelligent, strong, like a general should be. He also gained respect and fame from all his packmates and was recognized by other packs as well with great interest. Other armies wanted him amost their ranks, but every offer that was thrust upon him has been turned down. Yakorah was a wolf of loyalty. He didnt want to abandon his pack, because he always said it was his destiny to protect it from any harm. He was the wolf who everyone called a great hero.
My mother, however, was young. Much younger than my father was. She was a bit naive, but very spirited and passionate. She went wherever the wind took her, fully unaware of what was to become of her, until it eventually led her to be nose-to-nose with her true love. Elaine was barely a year old when she met 6 year old Yakorah. And to them, it was like seeing for the first time after being blind for so long. They seemed so perfect, like two puzzle pieces fitting right next to each other, but still trying to find out the big picture of the rest of their lives. After only a month they were married, and Yakorah retired from his duties when my older sister, Rita, was born.
And then there was me, the wolf everyone said was a big mistake my parents should have never made. The son of the Great General Yakorah was never expected to be someone like me. And I guess I never expected that, being part of an important family, I would have the worst reputation in the pack. It may have cared to my parents, and especially my obnoxious sister, but me; I didn't care a bit. And apparently that was a huge problem...
It was summer, and I was 5 weeks and 6 days old. Today would be the greatest day of my life. I opened my big yellow eyes to the bright light gleaming right at me from outside the den, and I squinted with a bit of pain from too much light, but eventually the outside world became clear enough for me to see. For now, I was the only one awake, but since it was daybreak, Father should be up any minute. I couldn't help but smile, because the day I strived for has finally arrived. I would go outside the den and to the main square where the center of the territory was. Luckily we lived close by, so we didn't have to walk far. I wanted so badly to go there because it meant I was free. Free from this prison of a den, and my prison of parents, plus annoying Rita.
I wanted to roam in the fields, to run and play all day long and never get tired. To taste the sun in my mouth and bathe in the warm fresh air. I hated the rules my parents set up for me to follow. I always thought of rules as ways of holding someone back. What I wanted most of all was to not stay here in the dark and depressing den. Out there in the wilderness, there were all sorts of thrilling adventures calling my name, waiting for me to take them. And today was the day that all my dreams were going to come true.
After what it seemed to be hours (but in reality it was 5 minutes), Father stirred a little bit, making me gasp softly in delight. When he opened his eyes, the same yellow eyes I have, I made sure I was the first thing he saw. He jumped back, starteled, immediately waking the rest of my family up.
Rita was the first one to speak, as always.
"Ugh!" She exclaimed to me. "Why do you ALWAYS have to ruin a great dream?!"
I stuck out my tounge at her and she did the same. My father rolled his eyes while my mother giggled at the sibling rivalry between us. Rita was about 6 months old and the biggest brat you'll ever meet. Back then, I didn't know what grudge she held against me. Only that when came the opportunity , Rita would torture me until I scratched her just once out of anger and she would start bawling to our parents, claiming herself to be the victim. It wasn't fair, but apparently whoever made up the "sibling rules" says otherwise.
I remembered once more what was going to happen today, and excitedtly ran to my father and jumped on his back multiple times, making him shake and grunt a little with each bounce.
"Father! Father! You said I could see the territory today!"
As soon as I stopped jumping, Father sighed heavily, but you could see the corners of his mouth twitch as if he was trying to hide a smile. "I did, didn't I?" He said in his gruff voice.
"A promise is a promise!" I shouted.
"Shhh!! You wanna wake up the entire pack?!" Rita whispered fiercly.
Father stood up. "Well, we can't waste time, can we? C'mon, Imuruk."
I couldn't get out of the den fast enough. Mom slowly walked out, smiling at how I've grown from a tiny furball to a big furball full of energy. She turned toward Rita, who was still moping inside the den.
"Do you want to come too, sweeite?"
Rita looked to the ground and sighed. "Well, I got nothing better to do."
"Great!" Mom smiled.

On the way over to the Main Square, I couldn't resist thinking about all the fun I was going to have while I was there. As I drifted off into a daydream, my heart was skipping along with me, as light as a feather. It felt like I was flying through pink clouds in an orange sky, and no one could reach me after hours of trying. No one except Father that is.
"Imuruk! Listen to me!" Father shouted in my ear. I always hated when he did that. "I want to tell you a little bit about the life of a pack, and the life of a wolf inside one."
I immediately turned off the side of my brain that connected me to this world, and flipped the switch back to dream land again. This was going to take a while.

My heart skipped a beat when my mother said. "We're here!" I quickly grasped reality again and was shocked. I knew from Father they had a field, but not one THIS big!
Before anyone could stop me, I was running free. I heard faint, echoey sounds of my name, but I ignored them for the calling my heart was giving me, and it was speaking loud and clear. All I focused on were the pictures in my head, the pictures of me laughing and playing in the bright green grass, not having a care in the world, to be free. I was so lost in my own thoughts, that what was really in front of me didn't matter. And
BAM!
I hit my head on something hard. Not that it was that painful, but that was the surprising part. I opened my eyes and sat up. There I saw the ugliest glare I had ever seen, and I've seen a LOT of ugly glares from Father. This was someone different, and by the look on his face, he was demanding that I move out of his way, or I face serious consequences. Afraid, I quickly stepped back, giving the wolf space to walk again. As he turned his back to me, he growled harsly at me, like I was the one responsible for burning down his home or seomthing. All I did was bump into him. It didn't make much sense...
By now, the faint muffled sounds of my name became more clear. Especially Rita's.
"I can't believe you were THAT stupid, Imuruk!"
I turned around to see my parents and Rita practically standing over me. Father had one of his looks again, similar to the wolf's in fact.
"What did I JUST tell you about running off unsupervised?!"
"I wouldn't know, I never listen to you...", I thought sarcastically. But instead I said. "To not to."
"Imuruk, honey. We're just concerned for your safety." Mom always tries to calm me down, afraid I would cry like a small pup or something. And then she throws in a guilt trip. "And if anything ever happened to you...I would never forgive myself."
Ugh, can't parents ever think of anything new to get their children to listen?
"Ok mom, I'm sorry." I said. Okay, so the guilt trip always gets me.
I turned around to see if the wolf was still there, and he was still walking away. I pointed in his direction.
"Mom, who is that?"
Mom and Father both looked hard at that wolf and both gasped.
"Imuruk, that's the Alpha!"
"The what?"
Father gave me an angry look again. "Didn't you listen to me at all on our way over here? The Alpha is like the king of this pack. He makes the rules and we obey his every command."
I was horrified. That can't be real!
"No...that's not true! It can't be true!" I shouted at him. I didn't want to belive this garbage.
"It IS true, Imuruk."
Tears started to form in my eyes. "But I wanted to be free, with no rules at all!"
That's when Rita started craking up. "I can't believe you didn't know there were rules! Why do you think I still live with you? Because I actually liked you?"
"Rita, that's enough!" Father shouted. Then he turned back to me. "You wouln't be complaining now if you had learned this when I told you the first time. But no, you decided to ignore me. This is a pack, Imuruk. And you will learn to like it, one way or another."
A tear managed to slip out of my eye as I turned away from Father. I really thought today would be the greatest day of my life, but in a matter of minutes, it became the worst.

A few minutes later, Father had to go train the new recrutes, so it was just Mom, Rita, and me. But soon Mom had to leave as well.
"I'm going to go look for a job." She told us. Mom had been trying to find work ever since Father's pay has been cut in half for unknown reasons. "It shoudn't take me long. Rita, you are in charge of Imuruk until I come back."
"What?!" Rita and I both shouted.
"You heard me, children. Now, Rita, don't let Imuruk do anything unsafe okay?"
Rita let out a groan, but said, "Fine."
Then Mom turned to me. "And you, mister, don't stray too far from your sister."
I coudn't believe it. I never actually thought the worst day of my life would get even worse. Learning that there were rules in the pack was bad enough, but now I have to spend the day with the one wolf I hate even more than Father.
Mom was waiting for my answer. So I said. "Okay." And off she went.
Rita stood next to me, smiling at Mom until she was out of sight. Then Rita quickly whipped her head to me.
"Okay. You and I both know that I'm not gonna spend the day dragging you around with me everywhere I go."
"Duh." I said.
"So do me a favor and for ONCE, don't do something stupid."
"Whatever." I rolled my eyes.
And then Rita shook her head, but she left too.
...Now what? I didn't know what to do. What DO wolves in packs do? I wandered around, watching all the other wolves, but most of them were working. Gross. I hated work, even though I had never done it before.
Then something caught my eye by the river. It looked like a wolf pup! Maybe I could make a friend here. I quickly ran over to him and sat beside the river.
"Whatcha doin?"
"Ahhh!!" He screamed. Then he realized I wasn't some sort of monster. "You scared me!"
"Oh, I'm sorry. I just wanted to know what you were up to."
The wolf pup looked at his reflection in the water. "Just sitting here. Nothing special."
I sat right next to him and looked down at the moving water. Then back at him. "What's your name?" I asked.
The pup looked as if he was responding to a really hard question. After about 5 seconds, he said. "Well...I don't have one, actually."
"What? Why not?"
"Well, maybe I had one before, but I don't really remember anything about my past."
"Oh..." I looked back into the water. I noticed there was a few fish in there. Big fish, little fish. Fish with fins....Fins...
I looked at the wolf pup again, who also sat in silence. And then it hit me. "Then I'll come up with a new name for you! Finn!"
The pup looked at me like I was crazy. "You really want to name me?"
"Sure! everybody's gotta hold onto something." I smiled.
"Finn..." He tested the name. He smiled too. "It seems to fit."
"Then it's settled! You're name is Finn!"
Finn kept on smiling. "I...have a name!" He shouted.
"Hey Finn! You wanna play a game?"
"Umm...sure! What do you wanna play?"
"How about Tag?"
"Ok! Just one question. What's Tag?"
I gasped. "What? You never heard of Tag before? Wow, you have never lived!"
"Well, how do you play?"
"Ok, first theres someone called 'it.' When the 'it' wolf tags you, then you become 'it.' And then you try to tag the other wolf. Get it?"
Finn nodded. "I think so."
I smiled again, knowing I had made a new friend. "Okay, then let's play!"

RITA
Yeah, it was a really stormy night, probably the worst of the season. It's a good thing I was at my friend Holly's den for a sleepover, and not walking in the downpour. In my family, I was the princess, the connection between both my parents. They loved and cherished me in every way they could, and they never stopped giving me affection. It was the greatest 4 months I have ever spent being alive. The thing was though, they treated me like a princess because they knew I would never be good at anything. I mean, I was barely passing primary school, and I only had 2 more months before I could graduate. But even though my grades were not the best, I could count on my parents to make me feel better.
Anyway, it was raining really hard, and I was stuck at Holly's for the night, not that I minded, since Holly was my very best friend. Course, Holly had a ton of siblings, older and younger. And it was hard to keep the little ones quiet while they were screaming with fear, and the older ones to stop complaining. That's why Holly and I stayed near the entrance to the large den, to avoid any arguments or other loud noises. The exploding thunder seemed like soft ocean wave sounds compaired to Holly's siblings.
I was supposed to be at home with my family, but while my visit at Holly's lasted a little longer than I expected, then came the storm, and I couldn't return home. I wondered how my parents were doing, since Mom was on den-rest and Dad was a wreck about the coming of the new pup. I really wanted a little sister, so I could share all my secrets with her, instead of blabbermouth Holly. She and I would become the best of friends, and love each other like I was being loved. "Any day now", I wished. "My dream will soon come true." And guess what happened.
An idiot named Imuruk was born.

My name is Rita, daughter of Yakorah and Elaine. My life was pretty much average, except for the fact that I was always being compared to my stupid brother. Ever since that little furball came into my life, I wasn't the center of attention anymore. Holly told me it happened to her all the time, but she would never understand since she had older siblings too. Still, it was nice to have at least one friend after the incident of Imuruk's birth. Dad never called me princess again, and Mom was too busy looking for a job to even pay attention to me when I got a good grade on a test. And that rarely happened. Speaking of school, I was actually a really smart cookie, but I was never good at fishing, fighting or hunting. I had the logical, strategical, and mathematical skills my father had, just not the brute strength and speed.
Anyway, it was Imuruk that got all the attention, and it was usually bad attention, since he always messes things up. Dad was always hard on him, which did help make him stronger. I was angry at Imuruk because he had the stength and speed Dad desired, but no one would even take into account my strategical smarts. It just wasn't fair, and I felt I would never forgive him for it.
I think one of the worst days of my life began on the day I had to babysit the little tweeb while Dad was working and Mom was looking for work. Of course he understood that I wasn't really going to take care of him, so I left him alone, hoping he wouldn't mess anything up like he usually does.
When Imuruk left to do do whatever, I saw someone walking toward me and my eyes lit up. It was Holly, and by the look at the big smile on her face, I knew she had a story to tell.
"Hey!" I called out to her.
Holly ran toward me, the excitement in her body no longer being contained. "You'll never guess what I just heard!" She squealed.
Holly was always excited when she told me news...but today was different. She was more excited than ever, and I could see her jogging in place like she really had to go to the tree.
"Well, tell me what it is, Holly! Before your insides explode!"
Holly stopped jogging and went closer toward me, looking around to make sure no one else was listening.
"Okay, well, you know the Alpha's son?"
"You mean Grey?"
Holly nodded. Grey was Alpha Wren's son, and he was very, very handsome, as all heirs should be. He was a few months older then Holly and I, and he was the big catch of every single girl in the Tall Mountain pack.
"So what about him?" I asked.
"Alpha Wren agreed to let Grey go to regular school! So he's going to be in class with us tomorrow!!"
I was in complete shock. I've never seen Alpha Wren much, but from what I heard he's very strict, and that was why Grey was homeschooled all his life, on top of Alpha lessons.
"What? That doesn't make any sense! Why would Alpha Wren agree to that?"
Holly shrugged. "I don't know, does it matter?"
I thought about it. "I...guess not."
Holly squealed again. "I can't believe the ALPHA'S SON is coming to class! Isn't it great you're actually starting secondary school tomorrow? Some luck huh?"
Oh, I should probably tell you about the schooling system here. You start school when you're 6 weeks old, and from that point until you are 6 months old, you are in primary school. You learn a lot of basic stuff there, etiquite, the general rules, the Great Spirits, and play fighting.
Once you are exactly 6 months old, you graduate and the next day you move on to secondary school and stay there until you are a year old. It's where you learn how to fight, fish, hunt, and scout. Basically the physical stuff I was never good at. Today was my six month birthday and I would be moving onto secondary school with the big pups. And apparently Grey.
I actually smiled at that. I mean, I didn't want to like Grey the same way Holly and the other girls did, so maybe I could be friends with him. Grey was practically a mystery to all of us, mostly because of Wren's strict rules to never go out un-supervised. But i didn't think about that just yet. Mostly I'm still shocked Wren actually let him go to regular school.
Since Holly was a week younger than me, I had to start school without her.
"You have to tell me everything that happens tomorrow! Everything! Okay?" Holly practically begged.
I nodded. "Of course." I was tempted to roll my eyes.
"Hollyyyy!" Someone called.
Holly looked back. "Oh, my mom's calling for me. I'd better go. Remember: everything!"
"Yes, yes. I know."
After Holly left, I didn't know what to do. I looked by the river not too far away and saw Imuruk talk to some loner kid. Of course. He'll be the only friend Imuruk will ever have, I'm sure.
I sighed and walked a little further down the path. I saw a small tree and decided to get some shade. Once I settled under the branches, I didn't realize how tired I was. I closed my eyes for a little while, but I re-opened them immediately when I heard a bunch of screaming coming from all of the place! I quickly got up and looked around. All these-she wolves were crowding around something. Since those screaming girls ruined my nap, I might has well see what was going on. At first it was hard to see with all the wolves In the way, but once the guard wolves moved them aside, I saw him.
He was the most beautiful creature on the planet. Even though his expression was a bit of disgust and shock, the rest of his body was shining like silver. It looked so soft and touchable. And his eyes...the most sparkling blue green. They looked so much like the rivers here, even better! It felt like you could swim in them! He was...Grey. The Alpha's son I promised myself I wouldn't fall in love with. But as he was standing there, it was clear that my heart was speeding up 10 fold. I didn't want to admit it, but something enchanting happened on the worst day of my life, and Grey was the one wolf that changed my whole perspective on things. At the time, for the worse.
As I sat down, trying to get Grey out of my mind and focusing on anything else, I noticed that all the girls were gone...and Grey was making his way in my direction.
This was my chance! Maybe by talking to him, I would realize that he isn't for me, and I can stop this foolish nonsense. But as I made his way toward him...my mouth seemed to dry up and I couldn't speak a word. As he quickly passed me, feeling the soft breeze he left behind. I knew I had to say something before he left. I quickly chocked out, "Hi." And to my luck, he turned around. My first insticnt was to hide, so I did, behind the tree.
"Who said that?" He wondered.
"Great", I thought in agony. "His voice sounds like an angel too."

I slowly came out from behind the tree. "Me." I sqeaked.

GREY

I don't remember exactly what I was attending to that evening, I'm afraid. What I can say is that I was learning how to be an Alpha from my father, Alpha Wren. I have been living with him my entire life, but honestly I never saw too much of him. However I saw the guards who protected me every day and night. Though, "protecting" might not be the word I would use to describe what they were doing. "Improsioning" would surely be more suitable. I was not allowed to leave my den for my own personal purposes. My father always reminded me that the outside world was a dangerous place, and that until I finsihed my Alpha studies, I was to remain with him forever.
Though I do vagely remember from that night that I was trying to escape after my lessons were over, as I did every other evening. I caught my first glimpse of the terrible storm up close. It was very beautiful as it was loud. And as always the guards came and took me back, no matter how much I struggled. I'm pretty sure it was the last time I would try and escape, for I knew it was hopeless. I was apparently too important to be touched by any ousiders...

My name is Grey, son of Wren. I never really knew my mother, for my father will not tell me anything about her. I was too preoccupied with my Alpha studies anyway to even think about her much.
I remember when my father finally agreed to let me go to regular school with all the other packmates. I assured him that it would be a great learning experience for me, and it would give me a chance to know about who exaclty I was going to be ruling over one day. After several hours of debate, he finally agreed, but I did not see him for a while after that.
All my life, the only focus I had was studying to be a good Alpha someday, but the day before I would go to regular school. My focus became something even better.
I didn't know who she was, obviously. But because of her I was linked to the outside world at last. And she was the most beautiful sight I have ever seen, even better than that storm I saw just weeks ago. I was unsure of myself from there on out.
The first time I saw her, I would never forget. She was laying down under a tree, most likely for shade. But then other she-wolves started to run towards me, asking me to be their mate. I was completely shocked at all these requests. Luckily the guards were close by, and finally did their job of protecting me. The guards assured me they were no harm, and it would be my own choice of who I was to marry someday. Unfortunately, my fahter forbid me to love and marry until he was dead. So that became quite a disappointment for me when I quickly glanced at the she-wolf under the tree. I swore to myself, my heart was beating much faster than normal pace, and an uncomfortable knot was forming in my stomach. I am speaking metephorically of course, as that would be impossible unless I had some rare dissease. No, this was no illness. I was in love.
But I couldn't say it out loud, of course. What would my father, and the rest of my pack think of me? I decided it would be best if I kept my feelings where they should be, in the back of my mind. As I kept walking past the tree where she was laying, I couldn't kept but feel a new knot in my stomach, the knot of guilt. I've always heard that guilt is a great way for you to do the right thing. But in my situation, it would be the wrong thing.
Then I heard a voice behind me, completely stopping my thoughts.
"Hi."
It was soft, and high, and it sounded a bit scratchy, like the wolf was afraid of me or something. I turned around to face the instigator, but no one was present before me.
"Who said that?" I was saying it both to myself, and the instigator, hoping the wolf was still there, and to my luck, there she was. The beautiful wolf I became in love with.
"Me." She managed to choke out.
I tried my best not to say too much that would give away my love. "Hello, citizen." I said calmly.
"Umm...are you Grey? The Alpha's son?"
I nodded, trying to keep a straight face.
"Oh. So I heard that your father let you go to regular school with us. I was just wondering..." You could tell she was incredibly nervous. As was I, but I guess she hadn't noticed. "...Why did your father let you?"
"My father wanted me to see the world for myself, and get to know who I am going to be ruling over once I am Alpha." Course, this wasn't exactly true. My father just  wanted me to stop pestering him about going to regular school.
"Oh, well that was kind of him." She seemed a bit surprised, assuming Father made this decision on his own.
I really couldn't help but wonder..."What is your name?"
The she-wolf glanced a different direction. "R-Rita."
"R-Rita?" What a strange name.
Her eyes widened a bit, like she did something terrible. "No, no. Rita. Just Rita. Sorry, I was stamering a bit." She blushed, and smiled.
"No need to apologize." I held my paw up, trying as hard as I can not to smile back. I want to love her so much, but since I was forbidden to do it, I have to make sure she never knows it too.
RITA
I was being a complete idiot talking to him! I wasn't myself the way I talked to Holly or my family. He was different, and I hated it so much.
The worst part was he was standing there expressionless. Did I do something wrong? Was he trying to hide something? I didn't know. But then again, what else would you expect from a sheltered wolf?
Still, I wanted to...impress him for some reason. He is the Alpha's son after all, and unfortunately I was attracted to him.
"So..." I said to break the tension. It didn't really work. He didn't move a single inch! Finally after about a minute, he said,
"Are you thinking about something?"
So he WAS interested in me. I squeeled to myself, but then mentally slapped myself in the face. I tried to hide my own feelings of excitement.
"Just school. It's my first day at secondary school tomorrow. It was one of the reasons I asked about you going."
Why did I just say that?! I didn't wanna come off as being stalkerish like some of the other girls were going to be.
"Oh. Well, I am sure you will do spledidly. And hopefully I will too." It's the first time he smiled in our conversation. It wasn't a huge one, just a little smirk.
"I know you'll do great. But I'm not so sure about myself."
"How come?"
"...Well-"
Then I heard horrible  high pitched screams coming from behind me. Grey noticed as well. I decided to ignore them.
"So...anyway, I'm a little nervous going to secondary school"-
I heard them again. "AHHHH!!"
Grey looked behind me. "It's two pups! They fell in the river!" He exclaimed.
"They're probably just playing..." I said. "As I was saying"-
"RITAAA!! HELPP!!"
At that point I gasped. I finally turned around and Grey was right. There were two pups in the river, and one was screaming my name as loud as he could.
Wonder who THAT is...
"Imuruk?!" I shouted.
"I'll leave you to your business. I will see you soon, Rita." Grey said as he left.
I wanted to ask Grey to come back, but I have to save the idiot first. As I was running towards the semi-fast current, I saw...Mom!
Mom was running towards the river as well, much faster than me. She quickly jumped in the river just as I reached the edge. In a matter of seconds, she had Imuruk by the scruff, but Imuruk was squirming.
"Wait! Wait! Finn!" He screamed.
When Mom was out of the water and Imuruk was saved, he went by the river's edge again.
"Nooo! Finn!!"
He turned to Mom.
"You have to go back and save him!"
Mom looked down the river and didn't see a thing. I didn't either.
"I didn't see anybody but you, sweeite. Maybe you just imagined Finn."
"What?! I didn't imagine him! I was talking to him, we were playing tag and...we kinda played to close to the river and fell."
I slapped my forehead. "Imuruk, really?! I told you not to do something stupid and-"
"And where were you during all of this?" Mom suddenly asked me.
My eyes left Mom's and wandered to the ground. "I was watching him from over by that tree."
Imuruk objected. "No you didn't! You were too busy talking to Grey to even notice when I called for help!"
I got angry. "How do YOU know?! You were too busy being stupid to even notice I was running after you!"
"Then how come Mom was the one who saved me instead of you?!"
My eye's flickered back to Mom. According to her expression she was waiting for my answer as well.
"She's bigger and faster than me." I said.
Mom did not agree. "I saw the whole thing as I was coming back from job searching. You were ignoring your brother's calls and only ran too him when you saw me. You are lying, Rita." She was always so calm. It made me less angry somehow, and I hated that.
"Fine, maybe I lied. But I DID tell Imuruk not to do something stupid. He still disobeyed me."
"What?! What happened was an accident!" Imuruk objected once more.
Mom turned to Imuruk. "Imuruk, you should know how slippery rocks get when near the river. You should have known not to go there when it wasn't safe. What happened may have been an accident, but you knew what you were getting into. I always hear Yakorah telling you these things, but you always refuse to listen."
She looked at both of us this time, looking niether happy nor angry. "This will not go unpunished. For either of you. I will tell your father the story when he gets home tonight so he can decide your punishment in the morning. But for now, let's go home."
Mom led the way as we all walked home. None of us spoke, just trotted briskfully in the tall grass. I looked behind me briefly, just hoping Grey would be there, but I couldn't see anything except tall strands of thick green grass, moving slightly with the breeze.
It was such a beautiful day, clearly did not depict the mood I felt right now. If it wasn't for the little tweeb, I wouldn't be grounded. But at least one good thing came out of this. Imuruk gets to be punished for the first time. I definitely would not want to miss that.
We waited silently in our den until Dad got home that evening. Imruk and I watched as Mom told the story, and the farther along she went, the angrier Dad got. It became one of those rare times when Dad was really angry at me. I know he would yell at me whenever I said something out of line, but this was clearly different.
Finally, he came to the den. He obviously was not in a good mood.
"Rita, why didn't you listen to your mother when she gave you specific instructions to take care of Imuruk?" You could tell he was trying to be calm, but no matter how hard he seemed to try, he will never be as good as Mom.
I stayed silent, but I could tell he was actually waiting for an answer from me.
I shrugged. "I don't know. I guess I just didn't think it was a big deal."
"Not a big deal? Your mother would NOT have asked you to watch him if it wasn't a big deal!" His voice was beginning to rise.
"What's so special about Imuruk anyway?! Is it because he's the son you always wanted?!" I shot back. Honestly, I didn't mean to say that out loud, but I guess my anger took control over my words.
"I love you as much as I love Imuruk, but I know you can handle youself because you are responsible. Imuruk is a pup and is not capable of being on his own. That's why Elaine trusted you to keep an eye on him."
Imuruk looked like he was going to say something. but turned around in silence instead.
I looked to the ground, thinking about my father's words. I actually felt kind of better, knowing my father is hard on Imuruk like this. But still, it's because he'll be a capable warrior someday, and what will I be? Nothing much, apparently.
"Okay." I said. "I'm sorry."
Dad raised his eyebrow a little, but didn't ask me any more questions. He turned to Imuruk.
"Now, son. If you knew those rocks were slippery, why did you keep playing on them?"
Imuruk turned back around, eyes a little glossy. "I didn't know I'd fall in the river. It was an accident."
"An accident that could have been prevented if you used your common sense."
"I still don't understand why I'm in trouble"-
"Because you did not heed to your sister's words! Even though she abandoned you, she still gave you an order, and order I agree with. You disobeyed the one responsible for you, and that should not go unpunished."
He backed up, looking at us both.
"No dinner tonight, for either of you. You are to stay in this den until morning, and by then your punishment wil be over, since you have school tomorrow."
"School?" Imuruk said.
"Yes, tomorrow you are 6 weeks old. You are to go to school tomorrow and learn all about our pack. Should eventually straighten you out." Dad said before he left.
I lay down in the back of the den, minding my own business. Imuruk followed me, and I turned by back to him.
"Rita, what's school really all about?" He asked anyway.
I growled softly. "I'm not talking to you, tweeb. Your stupidity got us in this mess, and I'm never going to forgive you for this." Mostly I was angry becuase I might never get the chance to talk to Grey again. "Now goodnight."
"But it's the middle of the day."
"I SAID goodnight!" I shouted and put my head back down.
Imuruk started to turn back, but quickly said, "You still didn't answer my question."
I sighed. "You'll find out tomorrow okay? Now leave me alone!"
Imuruk didn't bother me for the rest of the day, or the night. This was pretty surprising, but I didn't really question it because it was bliss not hearing his screechy pup voice until morning.

TO BE CONTINUED...
This is the beginning to a new series I'm doing about wolves and stuff. I've been developing this huge story since I was 12, and it's finally going on my deviantart! :D

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