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A LONE Howl. Totally didn't make that joke so much that I forgot the original name... haha...
It's in black dye. Go read it.
~CL1
No, it was not fun to write. It was full of blood and tears and sweat and spit and Bone BITING ME BECAUSE I PUT HIM IN ANOTHER BOOK. (Kidding, kidding.)
It was indeed very enjoyable to write, and I had a great time thinking of a plot and planning what would happen. I would like to take this moment to thank Bone, who is an immortal monster and made this entire thing possible, as well as thanking the two people who read this. Luv U. (Mmm, good spelling.)
……….Yes, read A LONE Howl. CL1 is using the off-brand name so that she doesn’t have to pay copyright.
:)
- President Loki
The Blood War
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Again and again.
Every step she took forward, it seemed something was always dragging Outlander back. Left and right, pieces of her life were being stolen from her; first her mother's fateful encounter with a mountain lion, then Scavenger, then the coyote pack ran her out, and now her wolf pack.
Again and again, bits of her happiness, ripped away by cold claws of dread.
Again and again.
Snowblind's claws sank into her neck, sending Outlander's nerves in a panicked state, colliding with one another in excruciating explosions. She bit her tongue, willing her quivering body to hold still and prevent the alpha's claws from reaching too far under her skin to be fatal. Her face was pressed in the ground, but she could make out Bone ahead of her. His face had the same look as earlier. Fear. But it was different. This time he was afraid FOR her.
Outlander had found herself wavering between completely trusting the Bone Beast and continuing to hold on to her hatred, but here, like she had been so often recently, she was struck by her utter helplessness without him, and it made her furious.
Snowblind was speaking, saying something smug, pridefully. Outlander wasn't listening. There was too much commotion in her own head to hear clearly. The situation WAS clear, however. Snowblind had chosen his moment wisely. Bone wouldn't be able to save her, not in time. Snowblind would slash through her neck, no matter the circumstance.
Through her own deliberation, that one fact silenced all of the noise and made one unanimous decision. When Snowblind did strike, she would still have time to make him pay for it.
If she had to die, by every ounce of rage in her body, she would take him with her.
And she would do it on HER terms.
While Snowblind continued his gloating over Bone, Outlander took in a deep, slow breath, steeling herself for the pain to come. Without warning, she kicked off of the ground, twisting under Snowblind's paws until she was belly-up. His claws ripped through her neck as she rotated and tears stung at her eyes as blood rushed down her coat, but the move had left Snowblind shocked and unbalanced, giving Outlander a chance to land a kick in his belly that shoved him off of her.
The alpha staggered back, shock slowing his thinking. Outlander didn't have time to waste; while taking command and inflicting the wound on herself rather than allowing Snowblind to put full power behind the strike had lessened the damage, the wound was still large enough to send a flood of blood down the sides of her neck and forlegs.
Her rate of bloodloss was the clock, and she didn't have a lot of time.
Without giving him time to recover, she lunged at Snowblind, going for his neck. Her small size didn't give the bite the immense power she had intended for it to have, but it also made it a bit harder for the white wolf to shake her off. She sank her fangs in as tightly as she could, refusing to budge as he kicked her in the sides and clawed at her face.
Too long the coywolf had been abused and trodden on. Too long she had suffered at the hands of the cruel and wicked. Not it was her turn to shed blood, to take command. She could feel her strength begin to ebb away and the world began to sway around her as the lack of blood started to have serious consequences.
Her eyes shifted to two blurry, frozen shapes in the background. Winks, watching from a fairly safe distance away, and Bone, still frozen in front of the alpha den. So far, he seemed to have been too shocked or confused to move.
"Now," she thought, growing weary as Snowblind's fighting became more frantic, "Now is the time to be a monster."
Snowblind gave one violent kick and the immistakeable crack of ribs breaking filled her ears, sending a new wave of unspeakable pain through Outlander's side. She screamed, releasing her grip on his neck before crumpling to the ground. Through the hazy blurs around her, she could see the alpha loom over her, a look of cold fury on his face as he determined a fittingly painful punishment for her. Outlander smiled weakly. Maybe he wouldn't die, but the river of blood staining his body a grim shade of pink showed that she gave him a fight, and a scar, he would never forget.
Her eyelids slid closer together against her will but before they shut, she caught the flicker of a monsterish shadow cast over the wounded alpha, and the immistakable fleck of pale blue that held the flame of the fearsome death-wolf.
She chuckled, feeling light, like she was slowly being lifted up above the clouds. "There's my monster," she murmured wearily, shutting her eyes.
~CL1
The Blood War
Chapter fifteen
Bone padded on silent paws behind Snowbank, Snowblind, and Outlander. The cloak of night that obscured him from view, the chorus of frogs and crickets gathered amongst in the surrounding trees hiding the sound of their footfalls. They were mostly silent, with occasional quiet conversation passing between them. Outlander was silent the most, he noted, as she walked with her head down.
“Don’t doubt me, brother,” Snowbank snapped, glaring coldly at his twin. “I saw the Beast. I know it’s here, and when we kill it, we’ll be heroes. Perhaps mother will even retire and give the role of alpha to me.” Bone had to squeeze his jaws shut to hide laughter. Kill it? his mind asked mockingly. Oh, good luck with that.
“Mother may be old, but she isn’t stupid enough to give you the alpha role. You would send the pack straight to a bloody death.” Snowblind’s words were sharp, daggers that dug into his brother’s skin. Outlander remained silent, keeping her head and tail low with ears angled back. Everything about her body language said that she didn’t want to be there, and he wondered if she was considering to turn and slip back to their makeshift camp.
Snowbank halted, ears rotating. “I hear something,” he whispered softly. “It’s the Beast, I know it.” Bone paused as well, narrowing his eyes. He wasn’t very far behind them; just out of view, disguised in the overcast shadows of the canopy overhead and shrubbery all around.
Snowblind and Snowbank padded different directions into the forest without a word of a plan. Outlander stayed where she was, and as they disappeared she sighed, sitting down. Bone slithered forward slowly, creeping towards her, before stepping into sight and looking down at her. His shadow, outlined faintly by the overhead moon, loomed above her, and she spun around, eyes widening as she stared into his eyes.
“Hi,” he said into the chilly air, and he saw the tremble of her shoulders. He sat down, lowering his head until he was level with her’s. “I’m not going to kill you. But unless you want me to, you must be quiet.”
- President Loki
Did my chapter not post- MY CHAPTER BETTER HAVE POSTED.
- President Loki
Just realized I wrote "Outlander" as "Outcast" in chapter four. To clarify, Outcast was my original name for Outlander, so they are the same character, just made a mistake. Most of my braincells are busy when I write so I only work off about ten when posting. Guess I was working off of just two when I wrote that, heh.
Thanks.
~CL1 has had coffee now. All better.
Uuuuhm, sure! Whoever you want to make it. That can tie Bone in right away :D
- President Loki
This is way too bright!
Who dark dragon? Also, swamp guy left. I think.
-shadow
Maybe that was harsh… I am gonna find him-lava
FINE, I WILL GO BACK TO MUSHROOM BREW. THAT PLACE STINKS. MANTICORE, DARK ONE, IF YOU ARE THERE, FEEL WELCOME TO VISIT!
-PLANARIUS PRIMAL
Oh my gosh, now planarinans gotten controled by someone????
-shadow
I am just gonna shed my skin, OK? 3 hours later... Manticore, my descision is made, I will no-*eyes glow red and I turn skeletal* ABSOLUTELY, WONDERFUL IDEA, THAT PREVIOUS CREATURE IS LONG GONE NOW, I HAVE TAKEN THE SHOW. DO WE HAVE A DEAL?
-Not planarian, Planurius Primal
Planarian k love you stories but this is swamp guys place and I don’t want his last uh buried part to get buried-lava
Hey get out of green dye this is for swamp guy when he comes back… if he comes back this is HIS dye-lava
Lava* more words more more words
Okay, some news on my stories. Land of the Broken will finish, and I will take some time off from that storyline (don’t worry, it will return.) Rampage may have several other parts after I finish the first part of it. I’m also planning a new story and a sequel to the hungry dark.
Swamp
I love the rampages 2nd chapter -lava
My story in the Megapithecus is in the same universe as all of my other stories. Pls don’t cross into my universe...
Swamp
Sry lava
Join the server
DTG if you read this get on the server at some point
The Rampage is in Defense Unit. Also where is your story lava?
Swamp