A new Shadow
#7 of A Wolf's Last Gift
It was morning and Silver slept once again. His brother didn't bother him that night bu...
It was morning and Silver slept once again. His brother didn't bother him that night but when morning came Silver got attacked from his two sons.
"Liki, Shadey get off me!"
"Ah, Ok dad." Shadey said.
Liki was the one who had fun but listen to his dad. Liki was just like Silver but Shadey. Well Silver always sees his son Shadey as his brother Shadow. Silver was happy to have two sons who loved life.
"Dad?" Liki said. "Are you ok?" Silver looked up.
"Yes Liki I'm ok I... I just got something on my mind is all."
"Is it about uncle Shadow?" Silver looked up.
" Ye-yes it is."
"Can you tell us the story about him then?"
"No my son, you're too young right now, you will know when you're older."
"Come on dad I'm old enough to know who he is."
"That's not the point! You're young, now go and play!" Silver growled.
" I hate you, dad!" Shadey ran off. Liki followed as Silver whimpered.
"Shadow, I... I don't want to tell him. I don't want to lose my sons like I lost you."
Silver lay down and closed his eyes, he fell back to sleep quickly and dreamed. He saw a fire going on around the forest, he saw other wolves. They were all black wolves with the same marks as Shadow, but different all at once. Shadow walked over.
"See big bro. this... this is my pack I was in,"
Silver saw the fire wolves were dying he saw one wolf that he knew; Shadow.
Silver turned to his little bro.
"Is... is that you." Shadow smiled.
"Yes yes it is." Silver saw a female wolf carrying him.
"That's my mom but keep watching," She put shadow down in a den to protect him but as she was about to get Shadow's sister, a tree fell, quite suddenly and landed on Shadow's mother. Shadow watched his sister walk over and the fire blew over from the winter storm, the dead grasses around were too dry and easily caught fire. She burned to death. Shadow's father came over and grabbed him.
He carried him a little ways. They both left the fire. But Shadow's dad was burnt bad an wouldn't last long. So he put Shadow down in the snow. Shadow's dad licked his son on the head and limped off to die.
A few hours later... Shadow was whimpering and a wolf came by. Silver saw who it was; him younger.
"That's me."
"Yes brother this is were you save me. What you saw was what I went through in my previous pack I was in." Silver turned to watch.
The pup Silver came over and saw this sad and strange black wolf. He took the pup to a den. He placed the wolf on the cold ground. The wolf pup curled up in a little ball and whimpered.
"Mom...dad." Silver realized he saw something that will cause him harm forever. Silver lay down next to the wolf and curled himself around the cold pup to stay warm.
Shadow turned to silver.
"What you saw was my past when I was in the Shadow Mark pack. That was my pack before my dad was alpha. He saved my life from the fire but you came along."
Silver whimpered. "So this is what happened to you? Why didn't you tell me?"
Shadow made a low, sad sound in the back of his throat.
"Because I didn't want to hurt you. But you can tell your son, Shadey, this story. He needs to know more about his uncle. If he wants to know, you need to tell him."
A jolt went through Silver's body and he saw his son Shadey. He got up and licked Shadey.
"Hey son. Come with me,"
Liki barely stirred as Shadey got up and followed Silver.
"Where are we going?"
"To see Shadow." Shadey was confused.
"Isn't he dead?"
"Well, yes. But not in spirit. We're going to see him at his grave. I have a story to tell you and it's the perfect place. So Shadow can hear it to."
"Ok dad." Shadey smiled and was cheerful.
Silver thought to himself.
"He sure is like my brother Shadow. And I'm happy about that I can feel like my son is like my little brother."