Pauk

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"I can't wait to grow up! Maybe I'll be a hunter, or a herbalist, Oo maybe I'll leave and be a trader! Mom? Why do you look so sad? Is it something I said?"

Her mother thought that there was another puppy inside of Pauk and she still wonders to his da if she is somehow two wolves.

Years later
My mother, Mable is now seven years old.soon, she will pass away. So will Orao. So will Neve. Then Fox. All the wolves in this pack, everyone I know, they are all dyeing as I know it. And yet I'll be left behind. I will live forever, and my friends will not. How will I be able to live through all this sadness? I wish I could just die! … but there's nothing I can do. I must push on. If only… if only I had a friend that could stay with me forever. If only.

As the years passed, more and more of Pauk's friends started to pass away. One day she walked to the new spirit guide Raubtier and vented her great sadness. From any point before this, no one knew that Pauk was depressed. Only Wraith, Mable, and the old medicine wolf Kougar knew, and they are all dead. To Raubtier she asked, "teach me your ways. I want to guide the spirits with you. I have no point on this earth yet I will live forever. All my friends will die and I want to help them more. Please?". Raubtier shook his head, "I am sorry, Pauk, you will be unable to guide the spirits. Your role here is to guide the leaders, year after year after year." Pauk sighed and sobbed quietly, but she knew that he was right.

Pauk sits calmly next to Alpha Realeza, just like she did with Alpha Mable years ago. Pauk always knew when a leaders time was over. She'd listen quietly to the shallow breaths as the spiritual leader, Rubitzer walked in. He must know too. They waited together, for the first time in a while, as the Alpha's breath grew slow then stopped. Pauk was too sad to watch the rest. She still didn't under stand why he got to live while everyone else died. But, she did also know that without her, many of the wolves in the pack would be lonely or lost. Especially the leaders. She has been a guide since he learned to walk and talk. And he must continue his work, no matter how old he got.

The pack was on their fourth leader now, and still Pauk was feeling alone. The feeling was almost gone most days though, since she found out that she was doing what she loved, guiding the other pack members and mostly, guiding the pack leaders. But just recently one of the females gave birth to a blind puppy. Pauk knew that she had a chance to have a new forever friend, but she also didn't want this new puppy to be forced into an everlasting life like she way. So, she decided to let the blind puppy choose what she wanted. Pauk hoped with all her heart that she could have a new friend, but she also would be glad if the blind pup chose to stay mortal, since Pauk knew that her life was hard.
She said no. She didn't want to be immortal with Paul, but she couldn't complain. If she had the choice she should choose to stay mortal too, but she didn't have the choice, it was her parents choice, and the leaders choice. But luckily the shy little blind pup decided to help her even though she won't be immortal. For just a moment, Pauk didn't feel so alone.

"Shpresa" Pauk sobbed, "what will I do without you?" Pauk had lived alone her whole life, and now her closest friend was dying.
"There will be another, don't worry friend." Shpresa sighed, nuzzling the immortal pup.
"But I will never see you again…" Pauk had grown used to loosing everyone she knew, but this time she didn't think she could make it.
"I will always be with you. Remember when you told me about Raubtier?" She reminded Pauk of the tale of an old pack wolf that the immortal pup had told her about.
"No one like him is around anymore" Pauk said, looking away.
"I think there is…" Pauk turned to follow Shpresa's gaze as she looked towards the medic's den. There two pups frolicked, one orange pup with a bright pearly blue gaze and a pink one with solid white eyes who kept stopping while playing to stare at nothing.
"She's blind…" Pauk looked away
"But so was Raubtier." Shpresa turned towards Paul again
"Maybe… but she will be too young to guide you"
"Then I will wait here with you." She insisted
Pauk gave up arguing with her closest friend and nuzzled into her warm belly and fell asleep to her rhythmic breathing.

Naděje was a strong leader, maybe even one of the best. She guided the pack through tough times with ease and the wolves flourished as a result. Pups were being born left and right, elders were living longer, and prey was plentiful. Ever challenge Naděje faced with not only strength, but also intelligence. Pauk was glad that her friend got to spend the end of her life under Naděje's strong leadership.

Naděje, though now old and weak, stood tall over her pack, watching them wander around the camp. She didnt want to be leader, but now she couldnt imagine not having her role, but she knew that soon, she would have to let it go. Next to her stood Pauk, her closest friend. Pauk had helped her learn and appreciate the role of Alpha and stayed by her side no mater what, but Pauk could not come with her when she left the pack to the next leader. She would always be left behind to help the next leader. "I wish you could come, and yet, I am so proud that you are willing to stay." Pauk was confused, what Naděje said didn't make much sense. Noticing her confusion, Naděje sat down and looked at her eight-legged companion. "You could leave whenever you want, explore the entire world, yet you stay, and you help the pack. We wouldn't be here anymore if it weren't for you."

"What's wrong with Uroj?" Arrosa, the nearly blind she-wolf asked Pauk, even though she was sure she already knew. "He reminds me too much of Shpresa... i miss her so much, and I'm not ready to replace her yet. He has the same condition, he looks extremely similar, and he acts like her." Pauk didnt look up at Arrosa as she spoke to her, instead fidgeting with a dead leaf laying on the ground. "He need you, you know? Just as Shpresa needed you." Pauk finally looked up at her words, sorrow in her eyes, "I know..." She hesitated, "...but i can do it." She stood up on her back legs, now strong after years of lifting the limp weight of her many extra limps, and wobbled over to the young blind wolf.

Macan Biru was in interesting wolf. She was rescued from a white tiger by the wolves of The Falling River when she happened to be pregnant. Her pups could not be saved, since her abdomen was destroyed. The herbalist did everything she could for the she-wolf, and she did survive, but not without many problems. She was physically unable to bear pups ever again and was always in pain. She was forever grateful for the Falling River wolves and gave her life to them, always doing whatever she was told to do. She would never be a normal wolf again. Pauk never stopped feeling sympathy for her, her life was destroyed while she was at a very young age, but she never broke down or showed her sorrow. Pauk had been around for so long though that he knew she was always in pain, and always sad. She spent many nights comforting the lonely young wolf.

"Korkusu is a wise choice, it doesn't matter if she will be a little older than almost all the other leaders have been." Pauk nodded to Naděje after she chose the next wolf to be leader.
"I can sense that she will be one of the best." Uroj said, his blind eyes staring through Naděje as he spoke.
"Yes, one of the best our pack has ever seen." Arrosa, a nearly blind she wolf chimed in.
"And since she is older than the others were, we can train and prepare her, unlike you, Naděje, after being shoved into the position before you were ready." Pauk smiled and nuzzled the elderly leader who had served them for so long.
"Yes. You have made an amazing choice. Well done Naděje." Bomvu, Arrosa's nearly blind son, added
Kusa, the herbalist, walked over after tending to the new pup and her mother, "I couldn't help but overhear you talking, and I agree. This pup is so young, and yet I have never seen such a smart and kind young she-wolf. She will be one of the best leaders we have ever had."

Pauk now lay next her dying leader, the fifth leader of the pack. Naděje started her time as leader a shy and quiet wolf, and ended up strong and noble. Though the pack was not sure of her at first, she quickly took her place and ruled with a gentle heart. She always did the right thing, checking with the rest of the pack and hearing their opinions before ever making a decision. Pauk sighed sadly, yet another great leader was passing right before her eyes. Beside her sat two other wolves, Arrosa, the current pack's spiritual leader, the nearly blind she-wolf who could see not only the living, but also the dead, and Uroj, one of the strongest wolves Pauk has ever seen, a completely blind and very young male wolf who lived halfway in the world of death through his vision, and halfway in the world of the living with his sense of touch. Even Shpresa, Pauk's closest friend, now passed, could not see the dead, even though she was blind with the same thing that made Uroj blind. Both these wolves sensed Naděje's spirit leaving her body, though Pauk could not see nor sense this spirit, she knew the signs of passing all too well. Since Naděje was pushed into leading far before she was old enough, Pauk was the only mentor she ever really had, and as the elder leader breathed her last breath, she remembered all the times she shared with her. Pauk knew that, even after all her many years, she would never get used to the drowning sadness of death.

Shop Info:
As you enter the large den, a tiny wolf starts hobbling to you. Wait, this isn't a normal pup, it has eight legs! Before you could even ask it anything, it starts talking, "Hello! Welcome to my shop! My name is Pauk, but others often call me Spider. Here we have wolves, items, and lots of other things! Always feel free to sending me a message and asking if anything is for sale!".

THE LEGEND OF THE FIRST WOLF
This story was told by Starlight Forest's first leader, Alpha Mable, who learned it from her old pack, the Scarlet Dew pack, and so on. It will be passed on to the next immortal wolf, who will be known as "The Web". It is told like this:
"Our heritage is like a giant web, with strings and lines connecting us all and spreading like thousands of smaller webs. But each web leads back to the very middle, to The First Wolf. One Day the gods of the stars the god of our world joined together for a peaceful meeting. We all know the stars have been in a war since the first eternity, and you can sometimes see the star gods streaking through the sky in an attack, but this was a meeting to discuss peace, not to fight more. While speaking, the god of our world mentions a problem here. "The rodents and birds and deer are too great. The plants are too few. I can not grow enough plants for them, and they keep growing" He says. The god of the star Jupiter rises and says, "Then kill them off yourself. You are weak if you can not." The gods of Neptune and Saturn often spoke up when Jupiter was rude, but this time they were interrupted by their child, Uranus, who usually was sideways and stupid. He said, "you do not have to kill them yourself, but you can create something that will. Your planet won't survive without a predator. Summon massive groups or dangerous mammal eaters to lower the amount of plant eaters!" Our god listened to Uranus intently, for he liked the sound of that idea, but still wanted ideas from others. Mars then spoke, "I see you are not sure of the idea, and I do not understand why you like the peaceful world of plant eaters, I say get rid of them all and create a world of lava" she said to our god. "You will not have balance, Mars" Saturn said calmly, "balance is one of the most important components to life." Before out god could reply, the smallest and smartest of star gods spoke, "you can start with just a few so you can find the first one. Create one based off each of us, and see which thrive and which do not. Make meat eaters, plant eaters, and both eaters from us. Then you can create more, or, maybe the creature you created will make new ones based on where they live. Watch as the adapt and survive" Pluto said in her quiet voice. Our god liked Plutos suggestion the most, but decided to follow a few others too. So, he cleared the world of all creatures with volcanoes and meteors, then created eight new land creatures:
For Mercury, the Rabbit named Lepus,
Venus, the snake by the name of Sirpens,
Mars, the Bear called Ursa,
Jupiter, the Lion named Leo,
Saturn, the Elk known as Orion,
Uranus, the Bird called Cygnus,
Neptune, the Horse known as Pegasus,
And Pluto, the Wolf named Lupus.
Lupus was a wise wolf, always chasing after Lepus and Orion. He became great friends with Leo and Ursa. But one day Lupus and Leo had a disagreement while hunting. Both began to crave a land a territory of their own where they can keep the others of their tribes. They called their groups tribes because there was only one group of each species, all living together. None wanted to break up because their life was easy, and kind to them, and even if they wanted to, there weren't enough of their species to life as easily. Once Ursa and his tribe began to see Lupus and Leo fighting over land, he joined in as well. Then so did Pegasus, and Orion, and soon all the great first animals wanted a land of their own. Lepus was sick of his people being hunted and so was Pegasus and Orion. "But Orion, Lepus, my people will die without hunting, so will Leo's and Ursa's people." After much argument Lupus came up with the new boundaries. Lupus would rule the forest with Orion and Ursa. Leo would rule the plains with Pegasus and Lepus, and Sirpens would rule the mountains with Cygnus and also some of Lepus's people. Many peaceful years passed, Lepus and his people have already begun to spread all throughout the region, along with Cygnus. All was calm, until Lupus and Leo encountered each other at the border of their kingdoms, each hunting the same elk on the middle of the border. A huge disagreement broke out that turned into an all out battle. No one one, both sides left with heavy amounts of wounded and no prey. This happened many times over before Leo decided to take his people and move out of the plains. Some stayed some left in different directions and each evolved into other types of big cats. The wolves under Lupus's control also wanted to change things. Many left to form their own packs and many evolved into different species. The elk too got their own herds and evolved differently, same with the horses and snakes and birds and rabbits. Many many years passed before the great leaders even encountered each other once. One particular seemingly normal day, the great leaders all happen to see each other at the same time. They all had the same thing to say. "All my people pass away, yet I do not. My beloveds, my friends, family, children, will all go yet I will not. I wish to have a mortal life." They all knew that this meeting wasn't a coincidence. It was their time to go. But not forever, they are immortal, and cannot die. Instead they found a mountain with many caves. Each cave entrance came from one of the main habitats that their species lives in, and each cave connects near the center. They all entered and lay down in the middle, and fell into a never ending sleep. No one knows where this mountain is now, many say it collapsed or that the biomes changed, or that they are now all on separate islands, but one day someone will find them and awake them once more. When this happened the world will reach a new era of peace and hope.