Chapter 3

"Kyra.."

"Hum?"

"I know i should not be asking this and i know i should not have eased dropped but do you know anything that Lucillian and Kur and that other girl meant when they said 'it did not go as planned..the child lives' What do they mean by that?"

Kyra stopped scrubbing her fingers through Jessica's fur. The bubbles seemed to consume Jessica like a avalanche would consume a skier.Jessica looked up at Kyra. She could tell that what she said made Kyra unease. Jessica looked away her ears down in a sorry way. Jessica then shook her head. 

"I am sorry Kyra i did not mean to..."

Kyra cut her off."No no don't be it is ok but i have no right to tell you about that and if i do i will be punished i hope you can understand."

Jessica smiled and nodded "yeah i understand completely. I don't want to be the cause of you getting hurt."

Once Jessica was cleaned and dried off she sat down on her bed and looked at the young girl. "So Kyra"

"Yes" 

"I was wondering how long did you stay in wolf form? i mean when you changed."

"Oh.. well.. umm i think about three weeks."

"Wow you are lucky three weeks only man i wish i had three weeks only."

Kyra shook her head "No it sucks."

"What do you mean?"

"i mean you need at least a year in wolf form to get anywhere in this pack."

"So can't you just change back in to a wolf and spend a year like that then?"

"No i can't. I have no control over when i change. Because of that i will never go up in the pack. I am a burden to them just a Omega."

"Omega?"

"Oh you don't know about the pack rankings do you."

Jessica shook her head no.

"Well their is the Alpha the leader of the pack that is what Kur is, Then the Betas the next highest in the pack that is what Lucillian is , then the Subordinates which you are, These are the hunters, babysitters, caretakers, etc., then their is the Omegas, the lowest rank in the pack."

Jessica looked at Kyra with pitty. "i am so sorry tha.."

Kyra laughed. "Oh don't be i don't mind being a omega. It is like i keep the pack calm or something like that."

"Kyra will you ever be able to go up in rank?"

"No i am stuck here because i can't control when i shift. I am useless to the pack"

"Oh that is sad"

"So Jessica did they tell you anything about going hunting with the pack?"

"Go What?"

"Hunting"

"like people"She said with a horrid look on her face.

Kyra laughed "No. Like animals like deer, bears, rabbits,those type."

"Oh, but why do we need to do that"

"well you are part wolf now and everyone goes through what we like to call, Junt, See Junt is when you need to kill and eat raw meet. This keeps you sane. If you don't well you will go wild. Because of those type of lycanthrope is what gives us our bad rep."

The door swung open with such a great force that it came off of the hinges. A tall man around six feet came stomping in. He had dark brown hair with green eyes. By the look of him he was up in rank. Jessica assume he was a Beta like Lucillan just on how he was acting. The man walked up to Kyra and took her by the hair. "You little twit!" he shouted "I thought i told you to go and clean my room. I did not give you permission to chat with her."

"I..i..i am sorry Oma it won't happen again please don't hurt me."

The man through her on the ground "i will let it go now but don't let it happen again or you will go a week with no food. Now get going"

Kyra nodded and took off out of the room. Jessica glared at Oma who was he to be treating her like that. After all she had a heart too. Oma's eyes turned to jessica he gave her a glare that made her feel uneasy. 

"What are you looking at"

Jessica stood up "Why did you do that she was causing no harm to anyone" jessica barked.

Oma walked up to her his hands in his pockets and he shook his head "you obviously don't understand the ranking in this pack do you."He looked at the blank stair Jessica had and chuckled "i guess not.. well let me fill you in newbie. I am a Beta next in line for Alpha and you are a  Subordinates. Subordinates do not talk back to anyone higher ranked than them. Since you are new their won't be a punishment but do it again you will be sorry." He then left the room.

Jessica was now alone in the room. She laid down and sighed. "This is not going to be easy"She mumbled to her self. 

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The next day came to quickly for Jessica. She just wanted to crawl in a dark place and stay their. She did not want to live anymore. Jessica's thoughts were interupted when Lucillian walked in. 

"Good morning" 

No reply

"Oh come on it is not all that bad"

Still no reply

"No Jessica i know you hate it here but you need to suck it up and move on."

"Suck it up i can do but move on i can't"

"You can't. why can't you"

"You would not understand Lucillian"

"Oh try me"

"Well i can't move because with me i know that someone is suffering and i can't do anything about it."

"oh..i am having a hard time believing that. Are you sure it is not because of the visite you had the other day with Oma?"

Jessica looked at him

"Aww that is it. I herd you witnessed the pack ranking in action. I am terribly sorry not to tell you about that stuff i had to attend a very important issue to attend to. I hope you understand about that."

Jessica nodded "yes i understand but i kinda herd a few words that the girl that left with you"

"Ohh you mean Hadie."he paused "What did you hear?"

"Well i herd her say that something went wrong and that a child lived"

Lucillian shot up "THAT IS NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS SO KEEP OUT OF IT!"he shouted

Jessica jumped back in fright. She had never herd him yell and it was intimidating.Jessica laid down ears flat she did not mean to make him yell. "I am sorry i should not have eased dropped."

Lucillian turned to look at Jessica "Just to let you know Jessica Remember your place." he said and begun to leave "Dinner is at seven come down if you want to." He said and left the room. Jessica sat back up she walked out of the room and headed down the hall. This place was surly big and she thought it would be a good thing to know where everything was. Her tail swayed gently and her footsteps were silent. Walking in the hall made her feel like she was a small child lost in a abandoned school. 

"Oh hi Jessica" 

Jessica jumped and turned around to see Kyra. Jessica smiled "Hi Kyra, Aren't you not aloud to talk to me?" She asked. 

Kyra shrugged "I don't know i have no chores or things i need to do so i think it is ok to talk with you."

Jessica nodded "Well i am glad you decided to keep me company..Hey Kyra how do they decide what my new name will be?"

"Well it all depends on how well you do with the test."

"Test?"

"Yeah a test where you have to do several different tasks you must complete, but the catch is that the alpha pick on what you need to do to complete these tasks.

Jessica nodded "Ok i see so it can be anything."

Kyra nodded.

"What did you have to do?"

"Well i really had to do nothing"

"Nothing?"

"Yeah since i am the way i am i was just given a name"

"Oh"

"Yep anyway i hope you have a good day Jessica"

Kyra then left down the hall and vanished.

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As the days went buy Jessica learned the basics of the pack and what she needs to do.How to hunt how to address others who are ranked higher and much more. It was now the next full moon and Jessica was ready for the test she needed to take and she hoped that she will be ok. As she walked out in to the woods with Lucillian she could not help but feel unease as the whole pack was standing their watching her. Everyone in wolf form made her feel unease.Lucillian stopped walking and Jessica turned to look at him.Lucillian nudged her to keep walking down the row of wolves. 

Jessica took deep breaths as she made her way up to Kur. She lowered her head and bowed a bit. Kur nudged the top of her head telling her to rise. Jessica rose up and looked at Kur. Kur cleared his throat and begun his speech. 

"Welcome all to another joining to the pack. Tonight we are here to see if Jessica has what it takes to join our pack. Now thanks to our good friend Lucillian Jessica has learned the basics of the pack and is ready for the two tasks she must do to join." he turned to Jessica "Jessica you understand if you do not complete the tasks you will be killed."

"I do understand"

"Good.. are you ready for your first task?"

"I am"

"ok your first task you need to go in to the woods and hunt down a bear and bring it back. This task must be done by your self."

The crowd was now howling as Jessica walked down in to the dark woods. Now alone nothing but her and the woods she begun to search for a bear. Her nose was on the ground searching for the sent. Her nose was sniffing frantically as she tried to pick up any sent of a bear. It was about three minutes before her ears pinned down and the sent of a male bear filled her nose. She took off in a sprint towards the sent. her feet gently hit the ground if you were not paying attention you would say she was flying.

Jessica came to a stop and saw the bear in the open meadow. She crouched down and made her way closer to the bear. Once close enough she took off in a sprint. Jessica leaped on to the bear and bit down on its neck. The cries of the bear filled the air and Jessica took her back claws and scratched at the legs of the bear. The bear put up a good fight before falling to the ground. Jessica,Now covered in blood, Took her teeth and finished off the bear. The last cry filled the air. it was a cry that could break anyone's heart. Then it was silent. Jessica rose her head and let out a howl in respect for this brave animal. Jessica exhausted from the fight took the bear by the leg and made her way back to the pack.

Once she came back to the group they cheered with joy that she did it. Jessica felt happy in her self as well. Kur swayed his tail and the group went silent. he then turned to the others. "I see she had the capability to hunt and is strong but now is the final task. Jessica must Fight her mentor till the death."

Jessica looked at him with horror. She had to fight lucillian till one of them dies. Jessica looked at Lucillian and the look in his eyes said he knew this would happen. He knew that he would have to fight her and he said nothing.

Reviews

[Coyote Poetry]

A very strong chapter. I like how you described the order of the pack. I like the hunt scene. Then you left a battle for life. You have create a powerful tale so far. I will keep reading. A excellent chapter.
Coyote

[BrynnaW.]

Well written chapter! I am liking this!! I will read more. Keep on writing! Hunter C. Brown stole my saying!! :P

[Hunter C. Brown]

another good chapter, really enjoying the book. keep on writing!!!!

[TheElfPrincess]

A good chapter, easy to read and I like the characters. You forgot some capitalation and there were some grammar mistakes, but it was good. I like this.