Some insight of who Whisper is, or was.

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Chapter 4: Whisper

“Come on. We need to get you to a safer place to rest”
“Ok Raven”
“Can you get up?”
“I-I think so” Whisper said with a faint, weak voice. She tried to push herself up but her weakened limbs gave in under her. Raven Watched painfully.
“Bite into my scruff and I will pull you up”
“But Raven… That will hurt you, I-I can’t…”
“Do it” Raven interrupted and lowered his head to Whisper.
She gave a low moan and slowly reached his scruff with her muzzle. Raven felt her faint warm breath on his pelt and knew she hesitated.
“What are you waiting for? This won’t hurt me so easily” Raven reassured her, and just as he finished speaking she gripped her strong jaw onto his scruff. He quivered at the intense force gripping near his fragile throat. He underestimated the sharpness of her deadly canines. He pulled her up with more force he intended to use. He felt the tension of her weight in his spine as she rose with difficulty, her legs shaking under her. Whisper’s eyes widened as she started to taste a strange metallic on her tongue, she knew immediately what had happened… She penetrated his skin. When her legs were straight, she let go and Raven quickly dove under her chest so that she could rest her weight on his shoulders. Her right front paw was resting over his neck, her chest on his shoulders and her head was right above his.
“Raven…”
“That worked better than I expected it to; do you think we can move like this?”
Whisper saw the bloodied gash on Raven’s scruff by her chest; his blood was staining her fur and whisper felt nauseas at the sight.
“Raven I…” she whimpered.
“Don’t worry about it, it’s nothing” He interrupted. He felt the intense pain as his skin tore while he was pulling her up, he didn’t want to show her that he was in pain. He just wished to help her any way he can without showing weakness.
“We won’t get far like this. I have a plan”
Whisper’s mind was dazed; she wasn’t as alert as she used to be due to the spreading poison. Her eyes were fogged up and heavy and her muscles weak. She dropped her head onto Ravens’; her muzzle was breathing heavily between his ears. He felt the weak life force resting on him and his spirit grew heavy. He steadily paced towards the stream and Whisper moaned.
“We have no other choice, Whisper. This is a faster way of moving, trust me” He said with a soft caring voice, trying to lift her spirit. He walked into the pool one paw at a time, feeling the refreshing nourishment of the water running through his fur. He went in deeper until only the top of his body and whisper was above the water surface. Whisper didn’t like the water for it brought bad memories. Suddenly Raven dropped under water, giving Whisper a scare, she moaned frantically as her head was about to go underwater when Raven emerged again, getting a more comfortable position of Whisper above him. Her body was now completely on Ravens’, her belly was resting on his spine and her paws floated on both sides of him.
“What the hell, you scared me Raven” She snapped.
“I’m sorry; I guess I should have warned you first. But it had to be done; this is more comfortable for both of us”
“Yes it is” She whispered and blushed above him. No one has ever been this close to her and it made her warm inside but still a bit awkward. Raven felt the same and his mind was racing, never would he have thought something like this would ever happen to him.
Whisper felt pressure around her waist and freaked out; it felt like someone was holding her.
“What you’re feeling now is my tail with a water extension gripping around your body to keep you in place when we start to move. We really don’t want you to drift off, now do we?” Raven said.
“Again, you should of warned me first” Whispered said dryly.
Raven began to kick his legs and they gradually began to move forward, slowly gaining speed. This was Raven’s terrain, he felt good with water surrounding him. But the Water had a strange atmosphere; it was slightly electrified with escaping volts from Whisper’s body. Raven tried to ignore it, he didn’t want to mention it and risk upsetting Whisper.
“I’m sorry” She moaned.
“Sorry? What for?”
“Don’t pretend not to notice it, Raven. I can’t control my element, its escaping from my body. It hurts trying to stop it” She cried.
“Then don’t try to hold it back, Whisper. Let it go”
“You will die” She snapped.
The atmosphere grew heavy and Raven didn’t know what to say.
“You don’t deserve this, Raven”
“You don’t know…” He tried to speak when suddenly Whisper started coughing violently again above him, drops of blood spat in front of him and onto his muzzle. Before he could think a sudden surge of electricity numbed his body and shocked the gash on his neck intensely. He yelled in pain and his head dropped under water. Whisper stayed afloat and stared at the bubbles coming out of the water in horror. She was speechless and couldn’t wrap her mind at the situation.
“Raven!” She yelled in horror. She thought he died, but with the panic in her mind she didn’t notice the water tail was still wrapped around her body keeping her surfaced. More bubbles came from the watery abyss when suddenly she felt Ravens back against her belly again and his head resurfaced. The water around them was a pale red colour; the gash on his neck began bleeding violently.
“Is that all you got?” He laughed dryly.
“I’m so sorry Raven, are you okay?” Whisper cried worriedly.
“I have been better. Hey Whisper, want to see something cool?”
Whisper was confused at Raven’s relaxed state, but little did she know that he was suffering and this is his way to cope. Whisper whined.
“Thi… This is a waterwolf’s specialty, though I haven’t tried it in running water before, never mind with somebody on my back. This is going to be a real treat” Ravens said between breathes. He closed his eyes and continued to paddle forward; he lowered his muzzle in the water and concentrated. Whisper felt a strange heat under her belly; Raven’s body temperature was rising. The water lit up in front of his muzzle and out of that light, streams of crystal clear blue water that shone in a divine light started to flow out of it. The divine light streams surrounded them and Whisper’s eyes glittered as she was amazed at the beauty that surrounded them. Whisper’s admiration snapped when Raven’s body started to shake violently under her, he tried to keep his painful screams in but it escaped his mouth. Whisper listened in horror and her spirit instantly shattered, she passed out. Raven’s screams became a painful howl then suddenly there was silence. He panted heavily and struggled to keep afloat, he started to desperately paddle to the rivers’ bank. When he got there he and Whisper dropped to the moist ground, still half in the water. He turned to face Whisper and kept panting heavily for a while.
“You will be the death of me” he sniggered as he watched her unconscious face.
He laid there motionless for a while, accumulating energy and enjoying the warm afternoon sun on his wet pelt. He got up and pulled whisper out of the water by her scruff, as he did this, the still escaping volts from her body tingled in his mouth.
“What a troublesome element you have” He hissed then shook himself dry. He stared intently at her body until her fur began to bristle. In a waving movement of his head the water ran off Whisper’s fur and she was dry, but untidy and in need of grooming.
He looked around and knew that they were lost, it felt like a never-ending forest and he did not know which direction to travel to get out of it, since he has never been there before. He was scared for whisper’s life and his own, if the green she-wolf appears again he would have a hard time defending himself and Whisper. Raven didn’t have a plan of action; for once his mind was silent. All he could think of was to be with Whisper and keep her safe.
In a few hours the sun was going to set again, after the night Whisper’s final day will break along with a new sun. It was hard for Raven to grant Whisper’s dying wish, to be with her till she dies. He wanted to look for the green she-wolf, even though he would put his own life in danger, and extract the cure from her. Raven was confused and restless; he kept pacing back and forth while keeping an eye on her.
Food, she needs to eat something. Raven thought to himself, but he knew he couldn’t leave her alone or take her with.
“Everything has to be a problem” he growled to himself.
He laid down next to her with his head in his paws and looked around; trying to come up with a plan, but all he could think about was food. The still burning hunger in his gut was becoming more uncomfortable. He hasn’t had a decent meal in many days; the stolen chunk of meat was just a tease.
Raven grumbled something under his breath and got up to face the river.
“Fish” he hissed. Ironically for a water wolf, Raven hated fish, and he would rather go hungry than to eat fish. But he had Whisper to put first now. And he knew he had to eat something or he would die of starvation in a few more days.
He stepped with his front paws in the shallow bank and closed his eyes; he concentrated in the waters movement and synchronized it with his instinct. He stood there for a good few minutes with great impatience, when suddenly he opened his eyes and blood in the form of a small explosion formed in the depths of the river. Raven swam in and dove it out, dropping it on the bank. He did this till he had three average sized trout. He then walked around in the area and dug out several edible roots, or he hoped it was edible. Raven knew little of survival in the wilderness, usually he steals when he needs something. He put the roots and fish separately in two piles and decided to try to wake up whisper.
Her body was still shaking with little volts jumping around on her fur making crackling sounds as they go, making Raven keep his distance. Even though the gash on his neck is healed it was still throbbing in pain of the memory.
“Whisper, Wake up. I brought food”
Her ear twitched and she made a soft whine.
“Wake up!” he yelled unnecessarily loud.
Whisper shuddered as she was forced out of her sleep.
“Wha…“ She started to cough violently.
Raven looked at the river as a small stream floated out.
“Open your mouth”
Whisper opened her mouth and the water slowly went inside, she managed a few swallows but them vomited and coughed it out. Raven watched painfully while Whisper cried.
“You have to drink, try to keep in it”
“Okay Raven” she sobbed. This time she managed to hold the water down.
“I got us some food; I guess you should eat something. Are you hungry?”
“Yes I am, thank you Raven. My stomach is hollow from being sick the whole time” she said and looked away shyly.
“Don’t be embarrass Whisper, I don’t care” He said and went to sit right next to her, then rubbed his side against hers and smiled. Whisper looked at him confused and blushed, then smiled back. She didn’t expect for him to warm up to her so quickly.
No, he’s pitying me. She thought sadly.
“Do you like fish?”
“I love fish”
“Of course you do” he said sarcastically as she stared at him blankly. “I got us some fish and roots”
She just smiled and stared at him, and then he got up and dropped the food in front of her.
“Well dig in, get some strength back”
Whisper stared blankly at the pile of roots.
“What’s wrong” Raven asked.
“Most of the roots aren’t edible, but if you want to die with me then go ahead and eat. I’ll pass” She said with a dark smile.
“That isn’t funny Whisper” Raven said dryly.
Don’t joke about your own death like that you foolish female. He thought sadly to himself. Whisper dropped her ears.
“I’m sorry Raven, I didn’t mean to upset you” She said and grabbed some of the roots in her mouth and tossed it aside. “Now we can eat”
Raven took one of the smaller roots and chewed it, it was bitter and unpleasant. Whisper gulped down two of the fish in an instant, hardly chewing them. Raven stared at her in utter amazement with a small vine from a root hanging from his mouth, Whisper smiled casually.
They ate until only one fish remained.
“Aren’t you gonna’ eat that?”
“I don’t eat fish”
“Are you serious?” Whisper laughed.
“Yes” Raven answered bluntly.
“That is so strange…” She said then swallowed down the last fish.
“Thanx for the meal Raven, I feel a bit better now. So what’s the plan from here on out? I guess we should start moving again”
“Can you move?” Raven asked surprised.
“Well…” Whisper said and got shakily to her feet “Looks like it”
“I’m so glad!” Raven barked happily and whisper smiled proudly.
She started walking towards the trees, she slightly went off balanced and tripped to the side when Raven suddenly stood next to her, she leaned against him and they continued walking forward.
“Where are we going?” Raven asked.
“Out of the forest, this way is the quickest way out”
“How do you know that?”
“The sun sets east, so we go that way, west. Unless you have the strength to climb over the mountain range which lies east of this forest, I sure don’t” Whisper said smugly.
“Alright, west it is then” Raven said, he was impressed with her.
They continued walking through the forest, the trees became thicker and less sunshine shone through the branches as they progressed ahead. Small rays of sunshine escaped through the thick foliage making visible beams of light. Whisper watched the spore and dust particles float through the light beams with awe.
“Isn’t nature beautiful, Raven?” Whisper said softly.
“What? Oh… uh yeah”
“So much beauty to behold, you should notice the little things in life Raven. Only then will you understand what true beauty is, and nature is true unpretentious beauty”
“If you say so”
“I want the nature element; I want to be part of the beauty”
“But you are beautiful” Raven said without thinking, he quickly felt the awkward atmosphere and was completely embarrassed. Whisper looked at him with tender eyes and blushed; she was caught off guard by the compliment.
“Raven” she said softly.
“I-I’m sorry” Raven said awkwardly.
“Your quite handsome yourself Raven” she joked and gave him a slight bump on the side. Raven looked at her blankly and started laughing. The awkwardness lifted.
They kept walking side by side and enjoyed each other’s company, they joked and made smalltalk. It has been a long time for both of them since they could chat so freely. Raven turned his head and looked at Whispers body and then his own and suddenly realized something.
“Whisper you’re slightly bigger than me” He said bluntly.
“What on earth are you going on about now Raven” she said dryly.
“Look. You’re bigger than me” he said and they both looked and compared sizes.
“Oh gosh, seriously. Have no one ever told you not to bring up a females size?” she said looking at him darkly. “And I’m not bigger than you” she barked. “The static in my fur makes it all puffy, I’m skinny dammit”
“Okay okay I’m sorry” he laughed.
“You’re just freakishly small for a male” She teased. Raven growled under his breath.
“I thought you said the mountain range lays in the East”
“It does” Whisper replied puzzled.
“Then what’s that up ahead? The ground is getting steeper with rocks and stuff”
“My sight is blurred, I can’t see very far. But I know there shouldn’t be a mountain range here” She replied confident of her statement.
“Right. Let’s check it out then” Raven said and they walked towards the steep ground. The trees were less thick and he looked up in astonishment. The ground grew steeper and steeper till it almost went perfectly vertical, it was a great wall-like mountain covered in several kinds in grass, shrubs and trees.
“There is no way we would be able to go up there. I guess you were wrong Whisper”
“I can’t be wrong, I’m pretty sure this mountain shouldn’t be here” She said agitated.
Suddenly a sinister howl was heard from behind them and they both jumped in horror.
“It’s a Taint. We have to run Whisper!” Raven yelled.
“I can’t Raven” Whisper cried. Raven growled with frustration.
“Lean your weight against me and try to walk faster”
“I will try”
“Quickly” he whispered with fear starting consume him. He knew they would be in big trouble if the Taint found them. They started walking alongside the mountain range, gradually increasing their speed. Whisper started panting heavily. They heard sticks snapping and vicious growls behind them.
“Raven I’m scared” She cried.
“Keep moving”
“Leave me Raven, let him take me I’m dead anyway. Save yourself, forget about me”
“Don’t talk like that” He barked angrily. “There, A cave! Get inside”
They ran into the pitch black cave and laid down flat against the wall, they both tried not to breathe. They stared at the entrance in horror, expecting the worst, but nothing could be seen nor heard. They stayed motionless for a while.
“Are we safe?”
“I don’t know” Raven replied. He silently got up and sneaked to the entrance, he looked outside while trying to remain in the shadows.
“I think it’s gone” Raven said relieved then laid down next to Whisper and licked her muzzle.
“I’m glad” She said relieved and dropped her head on Ravens soft back.
“We will spend the night here” Raven whispered.
Whisper’s breathing became fainter and out of rhythm, she was slowly drifting off to sleep but Raven grew afraid for her, he didn’t her to fall asleep.
“Whisper?”
“Yeah?” she mumbled in his fur.
“Tell me about yourself, how old are you?” He asked in attempt to keep her awake.
“Oh okay, I’m 17 years young, and you Raven?”
“I’m 18, but you thought I’m 16 before, remember? I guess I look young for my age” he said and she smiled. “Younger and bigger than me, didn’t expect that” He joked.
“Shut up” she laughed.
“Why are you a lone wolf, Whisper?”
“I ran away. And you?”
“Same I guess” Raven replied, avoiding giving further details. “Why did you run away?”
“It’s really complicated and personal”
“I’m sorry; you don’t have to tell me then”
Whisper dropped her ears and sighed, she hoped Raven would be persistent to know, she really wanted to tell her past to someone for once. She kept quiet and waited for Raven to ask again, but he already lost interest and Whisper was annoyed.
“I have no memory of my life till I was eight…” Whisper started.
“Oh you’re going to tell me anyway, great stuff” Raven said and Whisper looked at him dryly.
“I was found next to a river behind a small fishing Village by a she wolf named Rae…”

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A female wolf was strolling to the river that ran behind a small village to do her usual fishing schedule. She had grey fur that had a hint of blue in and with pale black spear markings on her body, she had pallid-blue eyes and a sleek grey muzzle and medium length black-grey hair that almost covered her face and spiked at the back.
She walked through the village smiling happily at everyone that seemed to notice her. The villagers thought she was odd, since she always wore random colored stitched up rags somewhere on her body and at the fact that she’s the only female fisherman in the village and always in a pleasant mood.
“Beautiful day to go fishing, hey Rae?” said an old wolf sitting in front of his hut close to the edge of the village.
“Indeed it is” She smiled, “Let’s just hope the fish are in a biting mood today”
“I hope so for your part, I’m looking forward to some fish tonight”
Rae laughed at the old wolf’s obvious hint. “I will bring you my best catch”
“Thank you Rae, you spoil an old wolf like me too much” he chuckled.
Ray gave him a gentle smile and continued walking until she reached the river’s bank and strolled upstream until she was quite a distance away from the village by a spot she believed the fish are the most active. She felt a strange atmosphere and the hair on her back rose. She tried to ignore the uneasiness in her spirit and continue her job, until she couldn’t take it anymore. She started to survey the area until finally she saw a yellow ball of fur in the distance; Rae rushed to it and saw a young little she-wolf pup laying unconscious in the grass.
“Hey, are you okay?” she asked worriedly.
She sniffed and nudged the body trying to figure if she’s alive when suddenly she woke up with a hysterical scream and tried kicked away on the ground. The little girl cried violently as Rae looked at her confused and scared. Suddenly the girl was silent and stared blankly and Rea, Rae noticed the girl had a strange expression on her face, like she wanted to say something. Then, she heard crackling noises and strange bright lights bubbled on the little wolf’s fur. Suddenly the little wolf lit up and lighting flared out of her body into the sky and ground while she howled in pain. Rae took cover in some bushes a distance away. She stayed there for a while with her mind racing at what she just saw, but all she could think of was if the little wolf was alright. She snuck out of the bush and saw the yellow wolf lying motionless again, with sparks jumping around on her frail little body. Rae rushed her.
“Little wolf!” she yelled as she tried to turn her body over with her paw, Rae pulled back her paw as she was shocked. She tried again and again but she couldn’t touch her without getting hurt, she gathered the courage and quickly picked up the small with by her scruff. Rae whined as the volts rushed through her muzzle, numbing it, and she ran a few steps then accidentally threw the wolf in the shallow bank of the river. She watched in horror as she thought she drowned the wolf but as she rushed to her in a burst of speed she saw the sparks on the little wolf’s body jumped of her and disappeared into the water in an array of lights and strange snapping sounds.
The yellow wolf whined in the water and her breathing picked up again. Rae walked into the water and picked the wolf up by her scruff again, this time the voltage wasn’t as bad but her tongue still got numb.
Rae rushed to her house through the village and all the villager wolves stared at her confused and whispered amongst themselves as they saw her carry a small yellow dripping wolf. She got into her house and dropped the young wolf onto a pillow, panting and trying to think. A little grey female wolf walked into the room, she looked a lot like Rae but with shorter hair and lighter fur.
“Who’s that, mommy?” she asked.
“Autumn” Rae said relieved to see her daughter “I found her by the river, I don’t think she’s well”
“Please make her better” Autumn whined sadly.
“I will do…”
“What’s the meaning of this” interrupted a large male wolf standing at the front door with some villagers behind him, He was a dark grey wolf with white spike markings all over his body. He was in charge of the small village.
“Ross… I found this pup badly hurt next to the river. I had to help her”
“Bless your kind soul, but we cannot let strangers into our village. Especially when it’s a different element. You of all wolves should know that”
“I couldn’t just let her die. And how do you know she’s not like us?” Rae growled.
“She’s yellow, windwolves aren’t yellow” he snapped.
“Just let me take care her ‘till she’s healthy, I beg you Ross. I can’t just turn a blind eye on her, she needs help” Rae pleaded. Ross growled at her resistance but he noticed she felt strongly about this, deep down he was kind of glad she was passionate with something again.
“Fine. But she leaves as soon as she’s healthy again” He said and agitatedly walked out “and I will be watching you, Rae” he hissed.

For the next few days Rae cared for the frail little she-wolf, she was unconscious for several days. She moaned in her sleep and sometimes shook violently. Rae didn’t think the wolf would make it; she was very sick and wouldn’t eat or drink. On the fourth day things looked worst for the pup, her body was twitching and shaking and she was crying in her sleep. But what made Rae more worried was the electrical atmosphere in the room and the small volts that danced on the yellow wolf’s fur. Rae feared the worst so she told Autumn to stay outside for a while. Rae watched as the yellow wolf slept restlessly in bitter pain, but she was sure to keep her distance. The volts grew bigger and started to jump of her body and onto the ground and surroundings. Rae watched in awe and knew the seriousness of the situation, and then, she had a plan.
She went outside and saw autumn lying under a tree and rushed to her.
“What’s wrong mommy?” she asked as she saw the worry in Rae’s face.
“Help me get a pail full of water, she needs it” Rae said and looked back at the house and saw flashes of light striking the glass. The villagers started to wonder what was going on when they saw the commotion.
“Quickly” Rae yelped.
When they went inside the house the saw the wolf sitting in the corner of the room with tears running down her emotionless face, she was whining. Bolts of lightning shot out of her body and destroyed the house’s interior.
“Stay outside autumn!” Rae barked then dragged the pail towards the wolf, hoping that she wouldn’t get struck by the lightning. Rae was afraid, she closed her eyes as she slowly paced the short distance. She heard the demonic bolts miss her by a hair each time, like they were teasing her. She finally got to the wolf and dropped the pale in front of her.
“Step into the pail” Rae yelled through all the commotion. But the wolf just stared at her blankly, she didn’t understand. Rae growled and used her paw to lift up the wolf’s yellow paw and dropped it into the pail, Rae yelled in pain as she shocked. She ignored it and dropped the wolf’s other paw in the water. The yellow wolf screamed and all the electricity succumbed into the water. The little wolf stopped yelling and her consciousness slowly faded away again, as she fell, Rae quickly dipped her head under the wolf to save her from the impact with her soft neck. She laid down out of breath and panted heavily from the literal shock with the wolf on top of her, sound asleep.
Autumn came in and rushed to her mother’s side and laid beside her. Rae saw her and gave a relieved laugh. She then saw Ross standing in the corridor and giving a deep sigh.

The wolf was asleep for another two days until she finally woke up. Rae was glad but the wolf was afraid of her and Autumn. She kept crying and tried to run away but her weak legs wouldn’t let her. Rae tried to soothe her into a calm state then she asked her where she came from and what her name is and etc. but the wolf couldn’t talk, she just whined and mumbled stuff as if she was half asleep. Rae noticed the yellow wolf was just as confused about herself as Rae was; she had no memory of her past.
In the week that followed, Rae tried to bond with the wolf, she wanted the little wolf to trust her and receive her care without a fight. Ross was also growing impatient for he thought the wolf looked well enough to leave, but Rae refused to let her go.

Two months went by since Rae found the wolf and she grew much attached to her. The wolf couldn’t talk properly; she only mumbled and whispered things that didn’t make sense. So Rae decided to call her Whisper since she couldn’t remember her name and everybody needed one. Ross finally agreed to let Rae raise the pup, but nor he or the villagers were happy about it. They didn’t trust an outsider, especially one that is so dangerous even at a young age. Everybody watched the lightning shows at the river every few days. Whisper had to relieve herself of the pure energy that’s locked inside her small body, and the villagers watched in horror as the destructive force was released into the water each time.

As a year went by Whisper regained speech again and could talk normally. She grew very fond of Rae and saw her as a mother, and Autumn, who is her best friend, was like a sister.

“Whisper, wake up!” growled Autumn as she playfully bit Whisper’s ear.
“No, let me sleep for a while longer” She moaned in her sleep deprived state and hit Autumn in the face as she turned away.
“You have to wake up Whisper, it’s you birthday!” Autumn yelled excitedly and jumped onto Whisper. She pretended to sleep.
“Is she awake yet?” Rae said as she walked into the room.
“Mom!” they both yelled and jumped into Rae making her fall over, they licked and bit her playfully.
“Wait girls. Let me get up” she laughed and shook Autumn and Whisper off.
“Whisper” she said and licked Whisper’s muzzle, she giggled foolishly with a wagging tail.
“Morning mom” she smiled.
“You know what today is right?... it’s your bi…”
“The anniversary of the day you found me four years ago” Whisper interrupted with a smile.
“Well… yes. But it’s also your twelfth birthday silly girl”
“And now you’re like a year older than me Whisper!” yelled Autumn happily.
“Not a whole year, you’re birthday is in a few months” Rae stated. “But Whisper! I have a gift for you, wait here”
Whisper sat next to Autumn with her tail wagging furiously behind her, Rae came back with colored rugs in her mouth and pulled it over Whisper’s head to get it around her neck.
“Oh wow, more old sheets” Whisper said dryly as Autumn was rolling on the floor laughing.
“Yeah I made it myself; see it’s the same as the ones I always wear. Now we’re a perfect mother-daughter team. And don’t worry Autumn, I’m busy making you some as well” Rae laughed as Autumn eyed her dryly.
“You don’t like it, do you?”
“No I love it. Thanx mom” Whisper said and snuggled up to Rae.
“I’m so glad Whisper. I couldn’t afford to buy you anything” she said sadly.
“You guys are all I want” She whispered as the three of them snuggled up together.

Whisper and Autumn played outside while Rae was baking a cake inside for the occasion. Rae was happier than ever. Since she lost her husband in a freak accident she felt like she wanted to die, she struggled to keep on going and couldn’t afford taking care of Autumn and herself. So she worked hard and eventually started fishing to make extra money. They slaved through the months and were about to give up. But seven months after his death Whisper showed up, and Rae knew it was fate.

It was a warm midday afternoon and time for Whisper and Autumn to go to their teachings. Rae called them in to get ready.
“I don’t want to go” moaned Whisper “Can’t I stay home ‘coz it’s my birthday?” she said smiling innocently.
“Those puppy eyes won’t work on me missy, now get going you two, before you’re late again” she said laughing. Whisper growled something under her breath.
“Nice try” Autumn said laughing as they walked, Whisper eyed her darkly.
As they left Rae continued baking the cake and preparing Whisper’s favorite meal. She told Autumn to sneak out early and to quickly come home, so when Whisper comes back they would yell ‘surprise!’ Rae smiled as she thought how happy Whisper would be.

Whisper never liked school, it was a small building with only one class and all age groups were in the same class. Everybody treated her as an outcast, even the teacher. The other students avoided her completely or gave her a hard time, but usually Autumn stands up for her. When Autumn isn’t around to help her then Whisper just crawls up into a ball and cries, but there has been a few times when she couldn’t control herself and seriously hurt someone with her out of control lightning element. She tried her best not to draw attention to herself.
Class was done for the day and she couldn’t find Autumn, so she decided to walk home alone. The sun was setting over the trees and it was slowly getting darker. Even though everybody in the village knew each other and it was quite safe, Whisper always felt uneasy when she was walking alone.
She walked down the main street towards her house with the village wolves eyeing her darkly and whispering amongst themselves. She was an outcast to the whole village, nobody acknowledged her.
She could see her house in the far distance and smiled; she picked up her pace and thought of being with Rae again and eating cake while having a good time. When suddenly a massive lightning storm burst out in the house, shot through the roof and into the heavens. The sky lit up with lightning spreading like branches out of the house. Whisper watched motionless in horror, her body and mind froze. She then saw a dark silhouette emerge from the smoking door and suddenly it disappeared in thin air with a flash of light.
Whisper ran into the house crying and yelling hysterically and called out for Rae and Autumn, but no reply. When the smoke cleared a bit and the eerie early night light shone through the ruined building, Whisper saw what she believed was Autumn splattered against the wall and floor in an explosion of gore and blood. She stared in horror with no voice escaping her petrified body.
“RAE!” she called out hysterically and swung her muzzle around expecting to see her, and she did. Rae was lying motionless in the corner, her body was fried by the electrical massacre and the smoke was still rising from her burnt bloodied body. Whisper slowly snuck to Rae’s side as she watched the blood flowing between her own toes.
“Mom?” she whimpered through the tears. “Please get up”
She looked at Rae‘s face, her mouth was open with her tongue laying on the floor and blood leaking out. Her eyes were open, and as peaceful as ever.
“Mom please get up, don’t leave me” she cried and rested her head on Rae’s chest.
A commotion was started outside and Ross rushed in and stared at the horrid scene.
“I knew letting you stay here will end up like this” He growled.
Whisper was dazed with trauma and didn’t know what he meant.
“Now you die little one” He barked and leaped for her.
Whisper yelled out of fear when he jumped for her with his fangs furiously staring at her in a snarl, his jaw met her neck and he was about to snap her fragile throat when suddenly he shot back with a scream. Whisper shocked him with her lightning element. He was about to get up again and she feared the worst. She gave Rae one last look and sadly licked her bloody muzzle then jumped through the broken window and fled into the forest with a broken spirit.

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Raven’s jaw nearly dropped to the floor as Whisper told her tale, he could hardly process what he just heard. For a young female wolf to go through so many traumas was unheard of. Whisper was in tears, she never told anybody her past before, and it wasn’t easy.
“Oh my god Whisper, that’s horrible” Raven muttered.
Whisper couldn’t talk but managed a painful whine as she dropped her head onto Raven’s pelt.
“I can’t believe something like that happened to you, and who was that… that thing that killed them?” Raven asked.
“Please let’s not talk about this anymore Raven” she cried in his fur.
“Oh ok, I’m sorry”
“Thanks for listening Raven, it means a lot to me” she mumbled as her mind drifted away.
It was dark out and Raven decided to let Whisper sleep, he wanted some shut eye himself but his mind kept playing what Whisper told him over and over. Whisper quickly fell asleep against Raven and he watched her as she twitched and moaned. Raven’s eyes grew heavy and after a while his head dropped down into his paws.
“I found them. Over here!” barked a male voice from the back of the cave.
Raven jumped up and was on alert; he heard footsteps run towards him until he could see about four silhouettes.
“Who’s there?” he growled angrily.
“Stay calm blue, we’re not going to hurt you. Take the female”
“Leave her alone!” Raven said furiously and charged for the male wolf.
Suddenly a vine shot out from the cave wall and grabbed him around the neck and threw him against the wall, he impacted the wall head first.
“Whisper, run…” he whispered as everything went black around him.