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Here's chapter seven guys. From now on, swearing will be more common. The outside world is not as nice as living in secret. Enjoy!

"Psst...Luke," I felt someone poking me, "it's time to get up."

I opened my eyes a little bit to see Ian in front of me, "Wha..." I asked, tired.

I closed my eyes, I heard him laugh a little and said, "We can do this the easy way, or the hard way."

"Five more minutes," I said. I was still tired from our camping trip, especially the stampede. That took a lot out of me. It was a good thing Deklan was there. We never told anyone what happened, and we plan to never tell them, well, maybe in the future. After the stampede, we had no incidents on our way home, which was a good thing.

I heard Ian walking away. Good, now I can sleep in peace.

It didn't last too long though, I soon heard loud footsteps coming and water sloshing around in something. I was too tired to think though. Next thing I knew, I was wet and cold. My eyes widened as I sat up, I saw Adam laughing with a bucket in his hands. Ian was right behind him, laughing along.

"What gives?" I asked angrily.

"I warned you," Ian said once he stopped laughing, "I said 'we could do this the easy way or the hard way.'"

I sighed as I got up, "Was that really necessary?"

"Yes," Adam replied, "you stink, go take a bath." When we got home, everyone took a bath besides me, I was too tired to take one, I went straight to bed.

"Fine," I stated, "after breakfast."

Ian handed me a towel, I dried before leaving the room. I looked at my bed, it was all wet. It's only water, I told myself, no harm done. As I looked at my bed, it hit me: this will be my last day sleeping in this bed for a while; I'm leaving today. The realization hit me like a brick to the face, how could I forget that?

I went into the kitchen to see everybody awake, doing their own thing. Mom was in the kitchen, packing a backpack. "Hi mom," I greeted, "what are you doing?"

She turned around, her eyes were watery, and she immediately hugged me. "I'm going to miss you," she said.

I assumed that was my backpack she was packing, "I'm going to miss you too," I replied, "but I'll be back, I promise."

She sniffed and said, "I know you will."

We hugged for a minute before she let me go, "You can take a bath while I prepare your breakfast. What do you want?" she asked.

I thought for a minute, "Regular caribou is fine, thanks." I was starting to walk out the door before mom said, "Where are you going?"

"Grandpa said I should bathe in the river to hide my scent when I leave." I explained.

"Okay," she replied.

I left the house and took a quick bath; I didn't want to take long because I was hungry. I returned back to the house to find everybody outside.

"Morning, Luke," grandpa greeted.

"Good morning," I greeted back, "why are you all outside?" I tilted my head.

"It's best if you leave early to get an early head start, so after breakfast, you will leave," he explained.

"Alright," I agreed. That was the slowest breakfast I have ever had, I wasn't ready to leave my family. To be completely honest, I was scared.

I finished my breakfast. Now it's time to say my goodbyes. I went up to my mom first and hugged her tightly, "Bye mom," I said. I told myself I wasn't going to cry; so far so good. It was hard though.

She started crying and said, "Bye, Luke, stay safe and make wise choices. It's a dangerous world out there."

"I will." I next went to grandpa and hugged him, "Thank you for this offer, grandpa; and thank you for all of the training. I will be sure to use it to the best of my ability."

"I know you will. You'll make a fine ninja. There are things in your backpack that will help you find the locations, just search around in there and you will find some helpful things."

After that was done, I went up to dad, "Thanks for all of the food you hunted me for the past fifteen years," I joked as I hugged him.

He chucked, "Be yourself out there, son. The world is dangerous, they need someone like you to brighten them up."

"I'll do my best," I replied.

Next was Ian, "I have no idea how the heck you beat me in that first spar, but I have no doubt you will beat everybody else you meet," he said as he hugged my. I laughed a little.

I walked up to Adam, he seemed a little hesitant, but he got over that quickly, "I don't want my little bro taken by humans; make sure that doesn't happen," he hugged me, "and don't get shot, that would be bad."

"I won't," I told him confidently.

Last but not least: Sarah. I walked up to her, she had tears in her eyes, "Good luck, Luke. If you can survive a stampede, I have no doubt you can survive anything."

I could hear the other members of my family talking to each other, trying to figure out what she meant by that. "Can you tell them what happened when I'm gone, they should know."

"Of course," she answered, "I'll miss picking on you. Not as much as Adam, but I will. Make your sister proud."

"I will," I responded.

She released me and I looked at my whole family. We've been together for my whole life, I don't know what it's going to be like out there, but I'm ready to face it. I will meet my family again, there is no doubt about it. I looked at all of them and made a small speech, "I know my journey will not be easy, but using all of the things I learned from you, I will be able to make it," I picked up my backpack and said, "Goodbye. I'll miss you all dearly." After that, I started leaving.

I could hear everyone yelling their goodbyes to me, and I could hear some crying; I'm lucky to have such a loving family. I looked back for the first time, I was on top of a hill where I could see the whole house and my family, I waved a last goodbye and started to walk away. With my sword on my back covered by my backpack, my journey has begun.

A few hours have past, and nothing interesting has happened, I passed by two human cities and one pack territory, but that's it. It should take me up to ten days to get to Yellowstone. Now that I think about it, how do I know if I'm heading the right way? Grandpa said he has some things in this backpack that would help; I'll check that when I set up camp, I know that Yellowstone is south, so I'm heading in the general direction.

A lot more hours passed by, the sun was beginning to set, I set up camp a while ago and went off to hunt. I haven't eaten since this morning; I could also feel the soreness in my legs coming. I got a caribou and settled in for the night.

I didn't have a tent like when we went camping, but I can do without one. I decided to sleep in an open field; the grass was soft and I could see the stars. It gave me time to think. How am I going to find everybody? More importantly, how will I convince them to come with me? They could have similar lives like me and don't want to leave, how will I convince them then?

I decided not to worry about that until it happens. Right now I need to know where they are first. I remember the closest one is Yellowstone, so that's first. Maybe grandpa put something in my backpack that could help.

I went to my backpack and unzipped it; let's see what we got here. The first item I saw was one of Ian's phones with a note tied to it. It said: Hey Luke, I wanted to give you this phone in case you find someone who knows how to work it. Thank you. Interesting.

I dug a bit more into the backpack, I found a map. That too had a note on it, it read: Dear Luke, this is a map of North America, It shows all national parks on it, this should help you a lot. Remember, the national parks you have to go to is, Yellowstone, the Porcupine Mountains, and La Mauricie. I ordered these in order of which is closest to each other. Good luck, grandpa. That helps a lot.

After looking at all of the useful things in the backpack, I went to sleep.

A few days have passed with nothing interesting to share. I just recently crossed a sign that said "Welcome to Banff National Park". Interesting, this is where grandpa used to live and where dad was born. I walked a few more miles before my legs couldn't carry me. It's time for a break.

I dragged myself against a tree and pulled off my backpack and took off my sword. I took it out of its sheath to look at it. It still had some blood on it from the last caribou; speaking of which, I'm hungry. Good thing I decided to pack some of the leftover caribou last night.

Once I was done with the caribou, belly full, I fell asleep.

I woke up to the sound of rustling in the bushes behind me. I opened my eyes to see it was night, who could be here at this time. It took a while for me to realize I wasn't at home or camping, I was in Banff.

My eyes widened immediately; I slept in the open where people could find me!

"What the hell is that, John?" I heard. I turned around only to see two men carrying guns, hunting rifles.

"I have no idea Phill," the other one responded, "but one thing I do know is we will make a helluva lot of money if we turn in his body to science." My heart stopped.

"We have to kill him first," the first one pointed out.

I felt a growl grow in my throat, and I let it go out. There is no way of escape now, it's time to fight. I pulled out my sword from its sheath, clean of the caribou blood.

"Oh shit, he has a sword!" the second guy exclaimed.

I started running up to them before they even got their guns up and I threw all of my weight on both of them. All three of us fell to the ground, one of them dropped their gun. I got up before any of them got up. I made a run for it; it's not worth killing two people right now.

I was running through the forest when I heard a gun fire. Shortly after, a tree next to me blew up into a bunch of little pieces. One piece hit me on the side of my muzzle, it really hurt.

I kept running until I heard a humming noise coming from behind me. They were chasing me in a car! One of them had their head out the window, gun pointed right at me. I heard a gunshot, then it was bright.

I opened my eyes, "Am I in heaven?" I asked nobody. I looked around to see that I was leaning against the tree still, my backpack and sword still beside me. What? Was I dreaming? I asked myself.

I looked at the sky, the sun was beginning to set. I slept through most of the day. My heart rate finally slowed down, returning to the normal rate. I leaned back against the tree, relieved it was all a dream. Normally I would consult mom if I had one of these kind of dreams, but I was alone. This was the first time I felt alone on this journey, I don't like it.

That feeling didn't last long though. A gust of wind came in from the west, and I smelled human; it was close too! Soon after that, I heard some talking. I couldn't hear what they were saying, but that didn't matter. I checked the scent again, there was the smell of dog, metal, and human.

My heart rate picked back up, good thing I woke up when I did, that could have been bad. I pulled my sword over my shoulder and put my backpack over that and left.

I jogged about a mile east when the voices died down a bit; I have no idea if that's a good thing or not though.

I slowed my pace down, that was until I heard a twig break and a swear soon following after; they were following me for sure. I broke out into a run. I heard a whistle pass by me. Was that a bullet?

I could hear them running. I could also hear them talking.

"Shane," one said, "I thought you said you were a good shot?" He sounded young; maybe my age.

"With my tomahawks, yes. Guns, no. Call of Duty makes it look easy," the other one said. Wait, I smelled dog, why do I hear two voices? I'll think about it when I escape.

Their voices were getting quieter, good. I didn't slow down though; I didn't want to take my chances. I wa running through a thin path in the woods; it doesn't look like it was human made, so I trusted it. That is until I felt something like a string hit my foot. I almost tripped from it; must be a branch or a root. I was wrong, because out of nowhere, a net came from above a tree branch. I was stuck. I panicked for a moment before I started clawing at the ropes. It's a good thing the claws are made of titanium, it goes through the ropes like nothing. I finally freed myself. I must've been ahead pretty far if the haven't reached me yet.

I kept running till I thought I was safe; I was panting heavily. I don't think I could run any farther, I thought. I stood by a tree, both hands on my knees trying to catch my breath, I needed to be quiet if I didn't want to be caught.

I started walking once I was breathing mostly normal. I heard a whistling noise again and something hit me in the arm. At first I thought it was a bee sting, but I started feeling dizzy and tired. What is happening? My legs were getting weak; it didn't take too long for me to collapse onto the ground.

I heard footsteps coming closer, "I got him!" someone exclaimed.

Before I could see who it was, I passed out.

Oh no, it looks like Luke is in danger. Don't you love cliffhangers? Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Review your thoughts and have a wonderful day. See you next time!