C15

I returned home enraged while remembering what happened earlier, I could not do anything but vent my anger in the air. Why don’t they want to believe us? 

“There is something wrong here, why did sir Halifas react like that? As if he is not happy that Sachiko is probably alive” Kit explained and asked.

“What are we going to do now?”  Jen asked too.

“Go back to our place” we looked at the person who answered. It is Idris coming down the stairs.

“What? No, you are still weak you can not do it” Jen opposed and went near him but he ignored her and continued coming down. 

“I have been hearing what you guys were talking about for a while and it looks like you made a mistake, I know the mourning birds because I have seen them. They came from the north where the group of wolves first formed, the Blood Moon pack. The mourning birds are a group of strange owls, not that strange but to us wolves it is strange and their eyes turn red every time they feel a sign that a high and great wolf is gone” not so are the birds that surrounded the blood then.

“There are two groups of mourning birds the first group consists of owls while the second group consists of different birds. The second one is the birds that recognize the normal wolves and they use their feet and wings but I do not know how they use that. Whereas the owl group lurks in the sky and indicates the death of a high wolf” he added.

“Do these birds recognize ordinary humans?”  he shook his head.

“No, because these birds were given life by the goddess of the moon for us, wolves. Yes, these kinds of birds can be seen by humans but in their eyes, they are different just normal birds. These birds have a difference in the eyes of humans and wolves. Based on what you are talking while ago, Sachiko’s blood was mixed with other blood and that blood was owned by a wolf and that wolf was the one the mourning birds were mourning for and not Sachiko because she is alive” 

“In that case, well then sad to say we are the ones who made a mistake that time” Keren admitted our mistake.

“You are so stubborn and still insist despite your condition then can you handle yourself back to your pack?” Scar asked Idris.

“There is no such thing I can not do for the one important to me,” he said.  Looks like the promise he and Sachiko made to each other are strong and that we can not say anything.

“If that is the case then we will be traveling tonight going to your place, while everyone is asleep we leave silently. We just need to escape from the guards lurking in the area” Ralf explained the plan.

“What if they will look for you tomorrow?” Idris asked worriedly.

“Leave that to us, we will worry about that after we got back and think of a reason” Scar assured him.

“In that case, the decision and the plan are done, we will arrange some stuff we will need in our journey and we will meet later near the gate,” Ralf said and we nodded to each other as a sign that we were all in favor of this plan. 

“When we go home four of you Keren, Ralf, Scar, and Akira. It is better if you will not answer your parents in case they ask you about what we had been saying a while ago it might ruin our plan” Kit marked.

“Yes sir” I responded smiling.

“Loud and clear,” Scar and Ralf said in unison before they laughed when they realized what they said. Kit shrugged even though I did, of course, we were accustomed to his commands within the training field so even though we were not on the field we could not avoid answering him as a trainee.

Hours have passed time is passing so fast that it is doing us a great favor for our plan to escape from the pack, and this is making me nervous.  We can only leave the pack and go outside if we are with our parents or for some important matter. 

“You make me dizzy walking back in forth there” Idris complained. I am here in Sachiko’s room to accompany Idris while waiting for time.

“I am just nervous, we never did this actually”

“You never left the pack of your own will?” He asked with his forehead creased.

“Yeah”

“Oh I see that is reasonable since your pack is the fifth strong pack in the whole Arsel land that is natural of your alpha to be strict it is for your good though, unlike us, just a small pack and there are only a few wolves lives in it” he understands. While looking at him I can not help but think how Sachiko lived with them this whole time we thought she is gone.

“Can you tell me a story of Sachiko while she was living in your pack? How did she act, what did she do to adopt her new environment considering she lost her memories”

“We live a free and simple life there we can go anywhere we want to go outside our pack so that is what we can give her to live. She is well-versed, kind, brave, smart and she learns fast and understands though she has this childish attitude but not so serious and annoying” he started. 

“That is how she is even when she was here she had a childish attitude living in her” I agreed with something he said and laughed while remembering the times when her attitude overrules her.

“I just do not understand why? I mean how can she be your sister when she is a human?” he wondered.

“Dad found her when she is a baby in the woods so he took her. She grew up here and because she is different she chooses to be great. She learned to fight in her way in that she became the highest warrior of our pack because of her way of fighting and she is good.  She also became a master in other wolves who were still learning how to fight until the incident happened that was difficult for us her family and friends to accept. In that is losing her that we immediately stared at without knowing what had happened and if she was gone” I told him too.

“Highest warrior and a master? So that explains why she is so brave” he commented laughing.

“She thinks she is a bit of trash and weakling always defending every time the rogues' attacks so she spends her time strengthening and practicing even when she got unconscious she does not want to stop. She would rather die of resistance than just in the sideways and be protected”

“If she fights she looks so different, it was like she is being possessed or what” he agreed.

“Have you fought your sister?” he asked.

“Once, that time I thought I was going to break a bone. She is a very kind child and a sister not even once have I never heard a complaint from her. I know she is hurt a lot but she just did not want to talk and chose to keep everything to herself.  Even though it was difficult still forced herself to be brave and everything she worked for paid off because she became the highest warrior of our pack. It is just scary to fight her because she will not recognize you as who you are but she will only recognize you as her enemy”

“That is why she is like that even if she can not remember her past she will not just lose her bravery and genius, it is amazing that someone like her is higher than other wolves like us” maybe she is blessed and a great blessing to us.

Our conversation continued until we heard a noise from the window. I stood up to look at it and saw Kit outside fixing the ladder. After making sure it was fixed properly and safely, he signaled.

"It is time, you go down there first,” I told Idris as I went to the door and locked it before turning off the light and following him down. When I got down, Idris also helped Kit to hide the ladder in the grass. 

“Are they there already?” I ask.

“Yes they have been there earlier to watch because the watchers might see us and disrupt our plans” after all, it is a waste if our plan does not go ahead.

When we got to where our companions were we found them arguing there.

"What is up?” Idris asked confused.

“Right, what are you arguing about?” Kit asked too.

“Scar does not think about what to do, go right through the gate? It is like we asking them caught us escaping” Jen explained that she is right.

“Unlike your idea, climb the fence? You are too slow when it comes to climbing” Scar said to her.

“Arguing between the two of you will not lead to anything because your idea will not be useful either” I scolded them.

How can we get out now? The fence is high, it will take a long time for one to climb it, how would it take for us? The three of us might not be able to climb when the watchers caught us.

"I know a way” we looked at Ralf but he was already walking somewhere so we just followed him.

“Help me move the rock,” he said and pushed a rock stuck to the fence. A hole appeared which was covered by the stone.

“Surely we can get through here” he pointed to the hole innocently. Scar alternately looked at the hole and Ralf.

“You already know a way but you did not tell us earlier” he scolded.

“You were too busy arguing, you did not even give me a chance to speak and now you are blaming me incredibly” the other one also scolded.

“Why is there a hole here? Wait, Ralf? Are you leaving the pack secretly” Keren jokingly accused him?

“Tss I am not leaving without anyone knowing, someone here’s sibling was the one who made that hole” we looked at Scar.

“Whoa, I have nothing to do with that” he defended right away.

“No one said it was you, you are too defensive. I am talking about Sachiko. You have a lot of complaints and questions let us leave you are too noisy” Ralf crawled into the hole first and because it was small we had to crawl. 

“From here to the downtown area of ware it will take more than one hour riding a carriage and three hours by walking. If we shift into wolves it will take less than an hour and we need to reach there before midnight.” Ralf explained when we all got out.

“If we are going to shift into our wolf to reach the ware place then we have a problem here” their eyes went to Idris when I pointed him. 

“He is still weak which means his wolf is weaker. It will be difficult for him to shift into his wolf and in that case, his wolf will not be able to travel from here to the ware” I explained.

“Indeed, but what about the things we brought with us just in case?” asked Jen.

“Two can handle all of our stuff,” Idris said.

“If someone of you boys would let me ride on your wolf’s back and carry some of your stuff it won’t be a problem troubling that fast” he added.

“Of course, you can, you will ride on me. I can handle you myself” Scar agreed and gave his bag to him before shifting into his wolf.

  

“What a show off you did not even bother to take off your covers before shifting” Idris shrugged complaining before picking up Scar’s shattered covers throwing them on a tree branch and climbing up on Scar’s back.

“May I?” Idris stretched his arm in front of me. I smiled before looking at my companions and eyed them, that is why they turned their backs as well as Idris and Scar.

I quickly took off the covers from my body and put them in my bag before shifting into a wolf. I do not want to tear all my covers so I took them off so that the guards rotating could not see them I bit my bag and gave it to Idris. 

“Nice wolf” he complimented taking my bag.

“Ouch” Keren complained when Kit threw the bag and weapon he is holding towards her.

“Do not shift into your wolf and ride on me” Kit said before taking off his t-shirt throw it again to Keren before shifting into his wolf. Keren, on the other hand, was delighted to ride on him when he bent down for her to climb up on his back.  

“Give me your bags” Keren stretched her arms towards Ralf and Jen.

“Give me yours” Idris took Ralf’s bag.

“Ready?” Idris asks Keren.

“Not quite sure, I am nervous since this is my first time riding into someone else’s wolf” Keren answered.

“You are nervous now but very excited to ride on him nicely, just relax and chill this is fun you know, and just hold on tight” Idris laughed before calming her.

“Says the expert huh”

“Of course, we have done this several times with my friends, Sachiko experienced it too. Calm yourself and relax trust him” he pointed to Kit and Keren smiled before she nodded and they both give us the signal to leave.