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Prologue

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Outcast

In the far reaches of the north exists a clan, a clan of wolves which have ruled with wisdom and power for the past three millennium. Each, and everyone born in the clan was silver and white of fur, their eyes full of metallic luster. The wolves lived in peace with themselves, battling demonic powers with their own special one. All silver wolves had silver essences, and would forever have them. They ranged in strength, some more powerful ones others, being able to draw from it greatly increased their ability to cast powerful enchantments and spells, but yet all had fur that of silver in color.

A mage, silver wolf cursed as he and another anthro wolf, a doctor, walked down the hospital hallway, the mage said in an angry tone,"This is an abomination! How could this have possibly happened?" The doctor that was walking along side him shook his head, slightly winded,"I don't know, this is unprecedented!" he breathed as he readjusted his spectacles. The mage cursed once more before stopping and whirling on the doctor, his tail and hunches fulffed up in irritation, he stated,"Is there any way this can be reversed?!" The doctor shook his head once more, bringing a paw to his forehead he ran his claws through his head fur,"None that I know of, he's simply as he is, the pup of a purebred silver wolf clan member, but for his..." he trailed off. The mage clenched his hands into fists in outrage, as he stormed out of the maternity ward. His name was Sarien, he was still a young spell-castor, only in his thirties in wolf years, but he had become powerful through training, now he faced a problem which might cause chaos in the entire nation,"If only a leader would have arrived earlier!" he though to himself, as he passed back and forth in the lobby, his magician's cloak whirling around him as he thought of what he could possibly do.

In a room two floors above him, a mother wolf was sleeping, exhausted from giving birth mere hours earlier; several nurses attended a litter of eight pups, a single newborn, unlike the others. One of the nurses gently woke the mother, saying to her in a quiet voice that she would need to nurse her pups. The mother nodded drowsily, she smiled as two pups were handed to her by the nurse, she cuddled them lovingly. Two of the nurses left to tend to their other duties, as the last nurse waited for the pups to drink their fill until she exchanged them for the others. Finally the last two pups were handed to her, the mother's eyes were closed so she did not notice the odd one of the group. The nurse glanced worriedly at the pup, but turn tail and continued to take care of the others. The two pups nursed thirstily as the mother, opened her eyes to look at them, only to gasp in shock at the sight of her last pup. The black furred pup's wings shifted weakly as he nursed, his eyes shut, with his three tails curled around him. The mother looked in confusion from the pup to the nurse, unable to speak, as the nurse avoided eye contact, her own silver tail swishing nervously as she looked down to the floor.

Sarien cursed out loud to himself yet again as he read the telegram, stating that a leader could not arrive until the following week. He threw the bit of paper to the ground as he walked upstairs to the maternity ward and strode to the room where the black pup resided, he opened the door quietly and closed it behind him, he saw the confused mother look at him questioningly. Sarien cleared his throat, and said,"Nurse, where is the father of the litter?" The nursed looked at him as she nervously stood beside the bed, she said,"He'll be coming in an hour, should I tell him you're here?" Sarien nodded appreciatively,"Yes please, but don't tell him about the... special pup, I shall inform him myself." She nodded, before hurrying out of the room. Sarien sat in a chair next to the door and put his head in his hands, he felt an impending headache approach his mind. He heard the mother say softly,"What... What is going here?" He looked up to see her worried expression, he said,"I'm not sure myself, but that pup of yours is by far not normal, nothing like this has ever happened, there is a reason why there are only silver furred wolves in this clan, but your child, it seems, has broken that law of nature." The mother glanced at her pup, he stirred slightly and curled himself up, his wings folding inward on his back as his tails curled around his small form. She said, fearfully,"What will happen to him?" Sarien answer in a low, calm tone,"That is up to the leader, I am here merely to observe and report." The mother nodded, uncertainly, as she returned her to her pups.

Days past, as the mother nursed her pups every few hours, and Sarien waited for a leader to come. Barely getting any sleep the night before, he downed his third coffee, grimacing at the bitter taste as he rubbed his temples, the headache finally hitting with a vicious accuracy. A loud bang come from the end of the corridor, as a Silver Wolf Clan Leader, strode swiftly towards Sarien, he stopped in front of him as Sarien got up and bowed his head respectfully, the leader nodded back and said calmly,"Where is this pup? And is the father present?" Sarien nodded affirmation and motioned for him to follow him to the hospital room where the mother law in her bed, nervously fiddling with her tail as her husband stood at the window, looking out on the snowy landscape as dusk slowly approached, he turned around to look with an almost alien calm at the Leader. In the corner of the room, taking care of the rest of the pups was a nurse, she finished her task and followed the husband's example by looking to the leader, she gasping softly. She turned around to see a Clan Leader in front of him, she quickly bowed his head in greeting as the leader nodded back and looked to the mother, who clutched the black pup close to her. His eyes were ebony black as he stared, unfocused, at the two silver wolves who entered the room.

The leader stared at the pup in horror and looked back to Sarien, who bowed his head, looking at the tiled floor before him. The leader turned back and asked the nurse,"The DNA tests have been taken? This litter is truly 100% this male's?" The nurse nodded without looking him in the eye, as the leader turned back to the mother, he gulped and stared at the pup who he stared back, his eyes like pools of ink. The leader asked a question directing it towards the mother,"What is it's name?" She looked down at the pup and didn't answer, instead the father spoke up,"Dante". The leader hesitated, and then asked tentatively,"Do you know why he was born like he was? And do you realize the implications?" The mother nodded, softly beginning to cry as she said,"I don't know why, and I do realize them" she began to sob as her husband merely turned around and continued to stare out the window. The leader said, directing his voice towards the father,"If I may ask, what is your name?" Turning around once more, the tall, silver wolf replied,"I go by multiple names, but you may call me Lord Magia." The leader raised an eyebrow questioningly at the 'Lord' part of his name, but didn't comment so. The leader turned back to Sarien, he said,"Do what you must, the leaders as well as the council consent on your task that is now at hand, be swift." he stepped out of the room, his usually cheerful tail now hanging stiff as he walked out the doors of the maternity ward, back to his original destination of the council room. Sarien gulped, Lord Magia merely turned tail once more, facing the outside. Sarien motioned for the nurse to come outside of the room with him, she followed him out with a questioning expression on her muzzle, he said to her,"I need you to, once the father is away, and the mother is unaware, wrap the cub in some blankets, and bring him to me, such an abomination cannot live and be known in the Silver Wolf Clan." The nurse nodded, wide eyed and asked,"W-Where will you be so I may bring the pup to you?" Sarien smiled grimly,"I shall be just outside the hospital kitchen on the first floor, at the back door, I shall go there now" He turned tail, heading towards the kitchen, but not before grabbing a coffee along the way, his nerves were now at their wit's end.

A few hours later the nurse was hurriedly walked down the corridor with a bundle in her arms. Inside was a small, sleeping, black pup. One pup that could throw an entire clan into turmoil. She reached the back kitchen door to see a waiting Sarien, he wore a large, black cloak, he extended a paw, reaching for the pup. The nurse looked down at the peacefully slumbering pup once before handing it over, she shuddered as she thought about what it could've done as she walked quickly back to the maternity ward. Sarien glanced down at the pup, he cursed it's existence as he walked over to his waiting motorcycle, he gently put the pup into a basket in the back and strapped the bundle in, Dante continued to sleep on, undisturbed, as the motorcycle's engine roared to life. Sarien sped down the street of the city, heading towards it's limits on the outskirts of Silver Wolf territory.

An hour past, Sarien had stopped the motorcycle and turned off the engine. Night had fallen and the world was a sea of grey and black. It snowed heavily as Sarien looked around. One could see for miles, for there was nothing but flat and snowed over land, behind him the city glowed warmly, invitingly. Wind picked up and it howled a haunting tone as Sarien unstrapped the bundle from his motorbike. Dante sneezed and burrowed down deeper into the blankets as Sarien carried him over and set him down in the snow. Turning tail he walked back to the motorcycle, solemnly, he revved the engine. He sped off back in the direction of the city, leaving the black Silver Wolf Clan member, to die alone, in the snow.

to be continued....