Mossy Logs Pack
As she grew, Birch became more and more certain that she wanted to lead a pack someday. A strong, healthy pack.
When Birch was almost a yearling, her father died to hunters in a tragic accident. Birch saw the whole thing while she was helping him hunt, and still has a bullet lodged in her front leg.
After this, She and her older brother, Crow, who had always helped her father, took on the roles of parents to raise their siblings. After a long night of discussion a month and a half later, Birch bid her brothers farewell and set off to start her own pack. She knew that she was very young, as most wolves her age only helped care for the pups and observed the adults hunt, however, she was confident. She no longer felt childish. She had a sense of purpose and hope, but she almost felt... Empty.
And as for her brothers, she never saw them again.
On her way out, she saw her good friend Maple, out on her own. She had been kicked out of her natal pack because her parents had ¨ Too many pups to take care of¨ and ¨She was a waste of time¨. Birch wasted not even a second on taking Maple in to start a pack together. They wandered out of the mountains, through the grasslands, and into the forest they decided to call home, with the help of the magical wolf Tala. They met Willow, Ash, and Acacia, and together they formed the Mossy Logs Pack. Growing the family (both biological and not), raising pups, and taking in wolves.
They will never forget their past, but Birch and Maple continue, driven to be the best they can.
And as for Birch, she loves playing with her pack, lounging in the sun, exploring, and watching over the pups.
But she is, always has been, and always will be, driven by her father´s favorite saying, his last words.
¨Carry on.¨
Carry on, carry on, carry on.
Every night, she howls his name to the wolf star. He will never be forgotten. And as Birch whispers his tale to the pups, their eyes gleam with excitement.
Carry on, carry on, carry on.
One day, a few years after her pack began to thrive and shortly after a mass extinction event that took out almost everyone, Birch was wandering through the Riparian Woodland. She found a pup, barely even weaned, crying in the grass. She wasted not even a second in taking this pup back to her back. As she defended her, she realized that she had a genetic mutation in the form of patches, something she had never seen before. After taking the pp to Gene and learning that she was not a carrier and was safe, this pup was granted the name Betula. Birch grew fonder and fonder of this little pup every day until she was an adolescent, and later, an adult. Birch decided right then and there who the heiress to the pack would be when she passed. A loving, precise, talented wolf who was always looking out for others and caring for her pups. Betuala was also an excellent hunter. She had many roles, but as Birch aged, she found comfort in knowing who the heiress to her beloved pack would be.
As Birch began to recover from this mass extinction and focus more on herself, she also began to reflect more. She had several wonderful children, and, as of recently, a wonderful mate, Holly. She had also reconnected with one of her old friends, Pine. She had more mentors and even a deaf pup of hers as a scout. Life was going well.
One day, as Pine was approaching the 10 year mark, Birch noticed something pecular. Pine was extremely old for a wolf, and was only showing modeare signs of aging. Sure, one had grey furunder her chin, and she was slowing down a little, but she remained otherwise untouched. She had also not eaten in months, yet was thriving. concerned, Birch rushed Pine to the herbalist, Cedar. There, she learned that pine had been blessed at birth with a strange condition that causes immortality. After spending 20
on research, Cedar was able to share with Birch how to recreate such disease in a wolf, and life resumed as normal, despite how puzzled Birch was at this new adjustment.Not too long after, almost 3 and a half years after becoming leader, Birch began to notice something off about Acacia, who was the first stranger wolf Birch had met on her journey.
Birch found Acacia wandering the Deducios Forest the day she became leader. On the way back to the den, Birch and Acacia had a long, meaningful conversation. They became close friends and were always there for each other. He became best friends with a Wolf named Ash, who was the father of Birch's first litter. Acacia was overwhelmed with grief when Ash died (I accidentally chased him) but he eventually moved on. He found a great mate in Willow and resided as the herbalist of the Mossy Logs Pack for a long time before mentoring Cedar, who would take his place as Acacia got older.
Through it all, Birch and Acacia remained close, always reassuring each other. They were one f the few founders of the pack left, and Birch helped Acacia as he grew old. She watched as the wolf that used to be playful grew a little more serous as a herbalist, found his passion in mentorship, where he was a favorite, and eventually gave up his roles. In his final months, Birch helped him with eating and getting water. Acacia assured Birch that everything would be fine, that he was fine, although Birch could see the grey hairs forming.
Birch knew that they had always been there for each other, and vowed to be with him until the very end.
And, one fateful morning, Birch went to bring Acaica water when she found him cold in his nest.
Birch dropped the water and ran to her nest in horror. She finally realized; Acaica had reminded her so much of her father, and now Acacia was gone too.
A few weeks later, after the ceremony announcing his death, Birch beganto emerge from her shell again. She has pups to take care of, a pack to lead. She eventually found peace within herself and was able to strengthen her bond with some of her packmates.
One day, just before Birch was about to turn 5, she was exploring the Reperain Woodland, which she had moved her pack into almost a year prior. Suddenly, a creature exploded out of a bush.
It was of colors Birch had never seen before, and after removing it's hood, it began to hysterically laugh it her surprise. Regaining composure, the being introduced themselves as Faelcu. They said that they were of the dark forces, and appear for the darkest of souls. Now, Birch had always loved her pack, her pups, her family, her home. She had found joy in nature and family. But she also valued solitude and boundaries and was broken, empty inside. Both from all of the death that she experienced and things that happened in her past that she dared not tell a soul about. Birch still found joy in life, but also sometimes fell into a deep depression. And, somehow, Faelcu knew this. They offered protection to the pack using their dark energy, and in turn Faeclu would receive shelter and extra food. Faeclu vowed to use their otherworldly powers to watch over herbalism, scouting, hunting, and even the pups.
As Birch examined this wolf closer, she realized that they were not a wolf at all. They had wooden horns growing from their head and thin ears. Faeclu also had no fur. Birch had seen blue and green and black wolves before, but nothing like this. As she tilted her head, Faeclu assured her that no one would be hurt... as long as they were fed, and Faeclu was so dead inside that they were capable of spiriting beings away to other realms, so they understood whatever was happening to Birch.
Birch nodded thoughtfully before accepting the strange being into the pack. On the way back to the home site, Faeclu revealed that only the leader could see them, but everyone could be protected. Later, Birch overheard the creature muttering about how they would be with the pack forever, and that's when she realized something. Faelcu, too was immortal and would watch over the pack for years to come. And so, the Mossy logs pack fell into alliance with the dark forces and the creatures of Faeclu's world. Birch sometimes consulted them on decisions, and as Faeclu held up their end of the deal, Birch held up hers.
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