The Wolves Saga by Maria Huber (e books for reading TXT) 📕

kind of injuries, but what had happened then to our brother?, Lumi thought in shock and stared down at his brother, who was not more than a helpless and miserable little pile now.


Chapter 4

Lill couldn't believe what she saw. She crouched down and began to lick Taim's flank. She was sure that he would die soon, without help. And she didn't know where she could find help.
Lumi stood there- unable to move.
“Intruder!Intruder!”,a voice hissed behind them.
Lill was scared and very slowly she turned round to face the creature behind her.
Lumi too. A big white wolf stood there, claws hesitated. Behind him some more wolves stood there, only waiting for the signal from their leader.
“You are on our territory and this wolf didn't want to hear, so we had to teach him!”,he barked.
Lill looked at them. Next to him stood a small creamy wolf. She guessed that this was the alpha wolf.
“So, you have nothing to say about this here?”,he asked them.
Lill looked at Lumi, but he didn't reply, then she couldn't wait and shouted:”What have you done with my brother? He is dead and our pride lives here for generations now!” She had said this, before she had thought about this. She froze at the place where she stood.
“Well, when you see it this way , kit!”, the big wolf hissed.
What had she done? She must knew that this pride was strong and big and she only a kit!
“No battle! We will do it another way! Look, they are kits, easy to handle! They know nothing about fighting!”he added and circled around Lumi and Lill.
“Berry, what do you think? Should we do it now or later?”,the leader asked a smaller wolf with a brown and white pelt.
“Currant, it's your decision! But I think to make this our territory, we have to do it the other way!”,he barked and stared at Lumi.
Lill also looked at him. He had crouched down and licked the chest of Taim. Now he was hardly ever breathing. Now he was nearly gone.
“Please, we have to help my brother...!”, she whispered.
“No, he will die, he didn't want to hear, like you!”,he hissed into Lill's ear, so that only the people around him could hear him.
Lill froze even more now, as she had to smell his breath. They smelled horrible! She guessed that this were wolves who wandered around, not like their pride.
“No, Currant!We will take that wolf with us! Look, he is only a kit, so don't let him die out here!”,the alpha female barked. She seemed to be soft and wise.
“Holly, I believe you, I love you, but we need this territory more then ever now!”, he said and suddenly his voice was warm and friendly.
Lill wanted to shout at them, that this was their territory and that they needed it more than ever to feed their own pride.
“Let me look at your brother!”,Holly barked and stepped towards where Lumi still lied and licked their brother.
“Berry, Holly, I think we will take them with us!They will die out here!”,Currant barked.
“Currant, I mean it's your decision, but this territory here is too cold and bad for us!”,the betha wolf answered him.
“What to do with the kits then?”,the leader asked back.
Holly stood up from where she had crouched down beside Taim and shook her head. After that she padded up to her mate and announced:”We will take them with us!Otherwise they will die, they are much too young!”,she said towards her pride.
Then, another wolf asked Lill,:“And you better come with me...what's your name?”,
Fist she didn't know what to say, but then she answered her:”M-y name is Lill and I am from our pride, my brother is dead now, right?”, she whispered.
“My name is Honey, come better with us now!”, the other wolf answered her and tried to sound very friendly.
“Where do you come from? I mean you are not polar wolves like us, I can see that!”,Lill asked her,confused.
“We come from far away, we didn't want to come this far, but there are humans, everywhere and two wolves died already! Krestle and Bird!”,she answered sadly.
“I am sorry, but my brother----”,Lill's voice broke off as she stared at Taim.
“I am so sorry, I did nothing to him, it wasn't me, it was our leader!”,she said and rubbed her head against Lill's fur.
Lill tried to avoid, but then she relaxed. All for nothing. Taim was dead and she and Lumi were captured by other wolves from far away.
And what is with Wing now? Will I see her ever again?, she thought and suddenly she felt as she were broken and for the first time she realized that she had lost her brother. Memories came back into her mind. Taim and she playing outside, wrestling about the milk, and the first tears fell silent. So silent that she hardly recognized it, so silent how Taim was gone. She crouched down and Honey tried to push her forward,but she hissed at her. She couldn't understand that Lumi went with them. She had tried to speak with him, but he ignored her. Meanwhile they had moved on and by now, they were far away from their home.
Holly had tried all to help Taim, but he had died. His injuries were too bad. Lill wanted to escape, to run away, but where? She was only four months and didn't know where to go.
They went and went and the storm was weaker now.
“Honey, I want home, let me go home!”,she whispered.
“Lill, I am so sorry, I will help you to escape!”,she whispered back.
Lill stared at her. She was wonderful. She had never seen a wolf like this. Now she believed her, that they came from far away.
“We have no camp, but we are there soon, believe me, and then I will help you to escape!”, she barked and then ran away, towards some other wolves she didn't know.
Lill saw Lumi and padded towards him. “Lumi, there you are!I searched for you!”,she barked, as happy as she could, but it failed.
“Lill, I see you are very sad. But maybe this is our destiny, go away from our pride and live elsewhere!”,he said dryly.
“Lumi, I planned to escape, you must help me, please!”she begged.
“Well, then you have to go by yourself Lill!”,he answered her and stared directly into her eyes.
“But-!”,she wanted to say but he went on:”Lill, we are too far away from home now! You are too young, you will die out here!”,he barked and faced her.
She only nodded, but he was right, she would die, like Taim. All in all she was glad that he spoke to her again. She needed him more than ever, here in this Pack who had killed her brother.
It cloyed her, that she had to wander with the wolves who had killed her brother!
Lill ran forward. She wanted to Honey and ask her, when they would be there.
But she ran straight into another wolf with a light brown and white fur.
“I-i am sorry , I just---...”she wanted to say.
“No problem, little wolf, my name is Sky! You must think that we are monsters, but we are wolves mixed up from all areas. I came from a forest, Storm came from here, Others came from the Zoo and others came from warm zones. We are mixed up, we won't do you any harm and this with your brother, I am sorry, very sorry...! We are not like the others.!”he barked and stared at her.
She stared back, she had it never seen that way. Suddenly all was logical. Maybe that was exactly that for what she had searched for a so long time! A better pride, without silly rules, with more freedom, not like every pride.
She relaxed and felt a little bit happy for the first time for days.


Chapter 5

Lumi felt wrong. He was out there, far away from home,Taim was dead,his one sister was happy and his other sister was at home and he was sure he would never see her again.
They wandered now for 5 days and slept were it was sheltered. Here it was warmer and not so much snow was lying. Also here was more forest, but he knew that they would wander more and more,far,far away from home, from his sister and all he knew. Suddenly he felt tears running down his face. Soft warm tears.
“Hey!Are you new here?”,another light brown and white female wolf came running towards him.
“Yes,my name is Lumi, do you know how long we will wander?They said two days ago, that we would be there soon, but we wander and wander...!”,he barked and quickly tried to hide his tears.
“Hey, don't be sad! We have to wander. Cause of the humans here!”she replied and stared warmly at him.
“My name is Poppy, do you want to leave your name or want to get a new one?Snow would be perfect for you!”,she whispered and Lumi felt the warmth coming from her.
“Errr...Snow...i lost all....please not my name!”,he whispered.
“I am so sorry, but our leader knew that you wouldn't make it home, you were too far away from home and would have died out there!”,Poppy told him.
Suddenly it seemed more logical for him, that he was now here and not at home, he would have died alone with Lill out there.
But he was also worried, because Lill ignored him, because he had ignored her. She was talking to Leaf and Ash all the time, the siblings of Poppy.
“Poppy, I understand, but where are we going?”,he asked her. His paws ached and his belly rumbled. He had eaten a rabbit yesterday, but nothing today.
“Stop!We will rast here!”,Currant called out with his loud voice.
All the wolves skidded to a halt and stared at their leader.
“We will go hunting and eat then and after that we will go on! I know that farther away,there are mountains and forests and lakes and no humans!We will go there and finally find a good home!”he announced and the others nodded.
Then Berry stood up next to him and announced:”We will go hunting now!Sun,Maple,Raven,Storm and Sky will come with me!The others will stay here and look after the kits!”he said and then disappeared with the others into the open.
“Fine now to another thing!As you all know we have two new ones under us!They would have died out there alone!They are only about four or five months! We all are mixed up!Some of us come from warm zones, some of us from the forests and the mountains,some of us from the zoo and some of us from the arctic!We aren't a normal Pride!We are the WolvesPack and will hold together!I come from the mountains and the forests and I want to go back there!”he said and then stepped back.
Lumi sat down beside Poppy and Lill. He looked at her, but she looked away and began to whisper with Leaf.
Lumi sighed and tried to concentrate on what Holly was saying.
“Lumi and Lill, please come forward!”,she called them.
Lumi looked up in surprise. What did she want?
“You are now members of our Pack!I tried all to help your brother, but he died!We are so sorry,first we really thought that your brother would be and intruder!We asked him, what he was doing here and then he began to battle..and well,Berry is sometimes sharp...”,she sighed and then stepped back.
“You have to take names as us! Then, you will be a full member of our pack! Only Poppy,Leaf,Ash,Honey and Daisy were born in here! We are not like the others! We have no Omega wolves and you are allowed to have kits! Flower will get some