VOICES:

-Dakota: Zac Efron

-Anyu: Claire Danes

-Sitka: Ashley Tisdale

-Boss: Brian Blessed

                                    *          *          * Three Months Later *        *          *                                 

After Last Fan Fic

It was time. Boss needed to go. Now. The spring breeze felt warm, belying the fight that would come for sure in the next few days. My pack sat, tense, waiting for the word to run. I had planned it all out carefully… now the only thing left to do was to gather any extra wolf packs that would help us in the fight. I looked up and nodded. We all split up immediately and took off in different directions. The only thing I could hope for now was that everyone else hated Boss as much as I did.

            I crawled forward, eyes on the little rabbit in front of me. Tail twitching, I moved closer. But before I could pounce, something knocked me over and sent me rolling. I giggled and tried to push Skyler off of me. I squeezed away, bounded a few feet and did a play bow. Skyler grinned and crouched. The second he jumped forward, I took off at a dead run. I giggled louder so that he could follow me until suddenly, I crashed into someone else. I shook my head and glared at my attacker, but when I saw who it was, I couldn’t make any words come out of my mouth. Skyler finally caught up and when he saw who it was, his smile twisted into a snarl.

            “What are you doing here?!” He snarled. “This isn’t your territory!”

“I need your help” Dakota said, expression unreadable. “We’re getting rid of Boss”

            “Why should we help you?!” Skyler sneered.

“Because you hate him as much as I do. And he doesn’t deserve to live”

Skyler narrowed his eyes but I had finally found the power to speak.

“Okay” I said softly, not being able to think of anything else to say.

            My three pups, a little under three months old, tottered around, taking in the warm spring air. The oldest pup, named Midge, pounced on his younger sister that Mackenzie had named Janet. I thought Janet looked more like Jade…she was the same silvery color with the same yellowish underbelly, yet her tail, ears and paws were the same chocolate color as Mackenzie. Mitch on the other hand, was an almost perfect mix of both his father and mother. His coat was a shade lighter then Mackenzie’s but he had the same eye patch, tail and ear tips that were the same color as Mackenzie’s coat. My youngest pup, Halo, reminded me of myself as a pup. Her chocolate coat, a darker shade then my mate’s was contrasted by her white face, chest and paws, but she had the same black tipped markings as mine plus a black stripe running from her nose to her back. Mackenzie watched on proudly. I nuzzled under his chin, sighing happily. Ace watched on as well but there was no need to hide from him any longer. He must have known for a while, but it wasn’t until after I had my pups that he told us. So now, Mackenzie and I were the alphas of our new pack. Jax happily relocated with Aspenas his mate and Mudd as his beta. After Aspenhad her pups, he had promised to return, and he kept his promise.

            “Hey everyone!” he called cheerfully.

Different shouts of hello greeted him and Ace went into a play bow when he saw his two new grand pups bound in. One was silver and the other was the same grey as Jax. I smiled when my three pups charged to meet their cousins. Could this get any better?

            It had only been a few minutes before we heard someone else crashing through the brush. Everyone smiled, expecting another familiar face, but the new one caught us off guard. Everyone dove for the pups except for Jax and Mackenzie who rushed forward snarling. The brown wolf with bright green eyes halted, panting but smiled friendly.

“Are you okay?!” I blurted, rushing forward, noticing her obvious exhaustion.

The strange wolf nodded.

            “I came with a message” she panted. “My name is Sasha and my pack and I are planning an attack. We need help though”

I could see my pack exchanging glances, but I took it seriously.

“Who are you attacking?”

Sasha thought about it for a second.

            “Um, someone named… Leader, Controller…”

“Boss?”

Sasha nodded happily.

            “That’s him! I thought Dakota was the only one who knew him!”

“Dakota?! What does Dakota look like?”

            “He’s a black wolf with blue eyes and he has a sister named Sitka” Sasha replied curiously.

“That’s my brother!” I exclaimed excitedly.

            “So will you help us?”

“Ye-!”

                        “No!” Mackenzie barked.

I looked at him, shocked.

                        “No” he repeated quieter. “You just got away from all of that!”

Sasha’s face fell but she nodded.

            “I understand” she said quietly. “But I need to keep on going. Thank you for listening”

I smiled appreciatively and she took off again. Once she was out of sight, I glared at Mackenzie.

“Can I talk to you privately?” I asked coldly.

The rest of the pack moved off awkwardly, and Mackenzie and I stepped away.

“That was my brother’s pack mate! For all I knew he could’ve been dead!”

            “Anyu please! You have a mate now! And pups!”

“He’s getting rid of Boss! Do you understand how important that is for me or him? He killed or father! And he almost killed my mother and siblings!”

Mackenzie shook his head stubbornly.

“You don’t know Dakota! He doesn’t give up! He… he might die!” I cried, lip quivering.

            “I don’t want you to get hurt” he said in a small voice.

“I left my pack because I wanted to get away from wolves that controlled me! You can’t control me now! I’m going to help my little brother!”

I whipped around, ignoring the sting of my words and stormed back in the direction Sasha had come from.

            “Anyu! Wait!” Mackenzie cried

“You can’t stop me!” I yelled.

            “I don’t want to” Mackenzie said, running to catch up to me. “If it means that much to you… I think I should come along…just to make sure that you’re a little safer”

I smiled and nuzzled him.

“Then we might as well tell everyone else”

            Once we returned, we explained where we were going and to our delight, Jade, Jax and Mudd decided that they would help too. We left our pups in the care of their grandparents and Aspen, and then set off. The whole way back, I blabbered about all the fun times that I had shared with my siblings, making everyone else smile because I was usually very quiet. But I had the chance to undo all the wrongs that Boss had committed! And I wasn’t about to let that chance slip away!

            Two days later, we reached a path that widened into a huge trial, smelling much like Dakota. The trail brought us to a huge clearing, full of wolves I had never seen before. I glanced around and shocked, my eyes found my sister.

“Sitka!”

            “Anyu?!”

We ran for each other and I nuzzled her.

“Are you okay?!” we asked in unison.

“I had pups!”

            “I have a