"Hey, excuse us," the first wolf said.
Ash could hear the slight, soft tone in his voice, though, he didn't think much of it.
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As the two wolves turned around, Ash wanted to make out what they were saying, but he didn't want to get in their personal space. So he just stood there, staring blankly at them.
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~What the wolves are saying~
"Does this wolf not know he's in our territory?" The reddish brown wolf spoke.
"I don't know… though, he does look very familiar.." the black wolf with a white tail tip glanced back at Ash briefly.
"Could he be..?" The reddish brown wolf asked, though, he wasn't exactly a question.
"From what she described? Maybe.." the black wolf answered
"Should we take him to her?"
"If he cooperates."
Ash heard the last part of the conversation.
Cooperation? I could do that.
The two wolves turned around to look at him.
"Would you mind-"
"Sorry about him, I'm Blaze." The reddish brown wolf spoke. He had yellow eyes, and a brownish underbelly.
"Can't we introduce ourselves later-"
"No."
"Fine. I'm Midnight." The black wolf with a white tail tip spoke. He had dark blue eyes and a dark gray underbelly.
Both were magnificently beautiful wolves. Not in a weird way. Just a compliment. (I know what y'all are thinking-)
"Oh.. and I'm Ash.."
"Okay, now, would you mind following us?" Blaze starts walking.
"Wait, why would I-" Ash cut himself off as he remember the exact word Midnight said. Cooperation.
He lets out a huff before following. Blaze waited patiently up ahead as Midnight starts approaching him.
"Wait up!" He barked.
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~Walk-back to the…~
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"How long again?" Midnight slowed down his pace EVEN MORE.
"Like I said, it's quite far." Blaze rolled his eyes slightly. "And clearly Ash is behaving better than-"
"Than?"
"You. That's for sure."
Midnight stopped half-step. "How rude!"
Ash stopped and watched the two teen wolves argue. Well, in a playful way.
"So where are we going again?" He sat down.
"Oh! Right, you'll see." Blaze rolled over.
"Oookay…"
"Let's go, Blaze. She's expecting us anyway." Midnight trotted ahead.
Ash quickened his pace, "who's 'she'?"
"Ah. You don't know?"
"We never told him, Midnight." Blaze padded along.
"She's our leader." Midnight stopped for a split second before continuing his pace.
"And the name?"
"Ah yes."
Blaze flicked his tail, thinking.
"Her name is Orca."
Orca…
The name echoed in his head.
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