The Wolf

[rukio 8924]

http://www.youtube.com/watch/?v=ve2pS-jxXz0 

Remi paced back and forth inside of the cage. Her mouth was
dry and cracked from lack of water while her stomach growled savagely at the
lack of food. The train had picked up her crate a week ago and no one had since
come to check up on the wolf’s health. No one would, Remi knew this much, for
she had been sent on this trip to die.

 

The official story as to why there was a wolf on board was
far different from the truth. When questioned, the humans who had brought her
here had simply shrugged and handed over a piece of paper and been allowed
passage. Everyone believed the wolf was en route to a zoo up north, no one was
any the wiser to the reality behind the zoo.

 

It was a zoo, this much had been true. Yet Remi knew more
beyond the basic description. She knew it was where they sent the animals
destined to die, the animals who were deemed too vicious to be tamed. Such
animals were simply a nuisance to the humans, who only wanted the tamed and
submissive creatures. Remi had refused to let herself become such a creature.

 

Physically Remi appeared very wolfish. Her body was large
and muscular, meant to pull down large prey and her teeth were sharpened while
her jaw was strong to keep the prey held down while her pack finished it off.
Yet she was not a pure wolf, somewhere far back in her genetics a dog had
mixed, tainting her bloodline. It was because of this dog that Remi had
something undeniably doggish about her. Though no one could put their finger on
it, everyone was quite aware of the dog in her.

 

It was due to the dog traits that Remi was chosen to be
tamed. As a young cub she had wandered too close to civilization and been found
by a young girl. Quite young and naïve, the human girl had led the wolf cub
back to her house and pleaded to be allowed to keep it. Erica, the girl, had at
first been denied by her parents, themselves thinking she would not take care
of the puppy. Yet Erica persisted, and so eventually her mother gave in and
Remi became Erica’s.

 

For three years Remi was loyal protector and friend to
Erica. When Erica began school, Remi would sit by the bus stop, watching her
young master ride away, and every evening she would wait for the girl to
return, guarding Erica on the way home. This put Erica’s parents at ease about
their daughter taking the bus to school, for the neighborhood was not the best
of places and they had often feared for their daughter’s life.

 

The last day of Erica’s fourth year of school was finally
upon them. Remi was waiting where she had always waited, head resting between
her large and powerful front paws and ears turned, listening to all that was occurring
around her.  The air was silent, as it
often was at this time of year as far as Remi was aware, and so she thought
nothing of it.

 

The bus finally stopped and Remi lazily got to all fours,
eagerly awaiting her master to run off the bus and wrap scrawny arms around
Remi’s neck.  Erica never got off of the
bus. Four students got off, merrily running and laughing to their own homes,
when there should have been five. Remi stood there, watching with a perplexed
look on her face as the bus drove away. Thinking Erica must be trapped on it,
Remi had taken after the bus.

 

The incident had occurred at the next bus stop, a tragic
mistake on the part of Remi. The bus driver had gotten off of the bus to chase
Remi off, having seen her guide Erica home many times before and assuming the
wolf was friendly. The bus driver had had no way of knowing that Remi had never
been social, and was quite reserved outside of Erica’s household.

 

It was over in the blink of an eye; the bus driver had
approached and stuck a hand out. Remi, in an aggressive and panicking mode, had
taken this as a threat and attacked. A leap at the woman’s throat, a snapping
of fangs, and it was over. The woman lay on the sidewalk, her breathing a mere
gurgle for a few seconds before she died. Remi stood there, her jaws red with
the woman’s blood, a shot rang out and then there was silence.

 

When Remi awoke, she was on the train, in the cage, on her
way to the zoo. For reasons unknown to the wolf, a sense of grief welled up
inside of her. The first few nights she had howled excessively, as though lost
in grief. Remi would never know, but she sensed it. Her young master was gone, her
family had fled, leaving Remi behind.

 

Remi raised her head weakly, a howl barely audible from the
exhausted and malnourished wolf. The train continued on, no one came to check
on the dying wolf. No one ever would, for she was an enemy to man that was
destined to die. Yet Remi herself was stubborn, no, she would not give up. Her will
to live and find Erica would see her through this.

[Shadeleaf 1022]

Excellent read Wither~

You're able to give perspective and emotion through the eyes of an animal, rare to find anyone who can do that now convincingly ^^

[Knox213 10]

Moved to the Archive. It shall be sorted into the appropriate category shortly.