Chapter 20: Getting to know me/ The investigation

As we were headed towards the forest Drake said, "So if you don't mind me asking, where is Loki going?" "Oh he and my Uncle Kira are working together on a mission. I sent them to do something nothing to worry about." "Oh that's fine. I won't push it." "Thanks Drake." Then we finally got to the entrance of the forest. I turned into my wolf form so the forest won't get scared of me. "Why are you going in your wolf form?" "Oh right you can't talk to me right now. I'll ask you again When you get to your moms." Then we headed into the forest and headed to moms.

Once we got in I turned human. "Hey mom and dad." "Oh hey Akela. Good to see you." "Oh hey little one. This is my little cousin Aki short for Akira." I picked her up and hugged her. "Mom dad. This is Drake. He will be training me in the ice department." "Oh well nice to meet you Drake." Said dad. "Mom already knows him because she was there with me." "Oh I see." "We won't be starting till Monday. I talked to the principle about dropping out of school. I can't do it anymore too many things going on. So next week will be my last so I get a chance to tell them." "Oh I see. Are you sure this was a good idea Akela?" "Yes I think so. I can't focus on work at school or have time to do homework. I am either sick dying or busy with something else. I don't want to waste the teachers time." "Well ok then." Said dad. "Well we are here today because Drake wanted to get to know me, in order to train me." "Oh I see. That is a good idea. Tell him what ever you want now. You don't have to keep your childhood sickness a secret anymore." "Ok mom thanks." "OK now let me introduce you to my siblings that are here.

Drake followed me to the living room. "OK everyone who is here. Gather round please." I said out loud for everyone to hear. I put he little one down before I shouted as to no scare her. Everyone gathered around and I looked at spirit. "Is this everyone Spirit?" "Yes it is." "Oh ok. Then Blizard and Azula must be out today. Everyone this is Drake. He is going to be my teacher for awhile. Today he is here to learn more about me. So please no embarrassing stories or anything like that. Just the things he needs to know. Thank you. Also before you all leave I want to introduce you all to Drake. So when I call your name please introduce yourself if you can. Fang you first." "Yo. I'm Fang I'm the middle child." "Nice to meet Fang. Then he turned wolf again and Drake memorized his look. OK Blizzard isn't here Ash where are you buddy?" "Here sis." Drake heard a bark. "Oh there you are. This is Night he can't turn human. He's one of the ones who can't. "Nice to meet you Night." Drake patted his head. "Hehe he said he likes that." Then Drake stood back up. OK and the one here is the youngest one. Spirit. He is in his wolf form right now. Spirit can you turn human for a minute please?" He turned human and he knew what to do. "My name is Spirit. I am the baby of us 8 kids. Or 9 including Akela here." "Oh I forgot to tell you. Night was adopted by us. I was here when they took him in. he is 1 year older than me. Ok now girls. Akela isn't here so we got Lexi. Please stand up and introduce yourself." "Hello there. I'm Lexi I am the other middle child of the family." Nice you meet you Lexi. "Shali you are next." "Hello my name is Shali. I am the youngest after Lexi." "Nice to meet you Lexi." Then she turned wolf. OK we have one more and she is the only girl who can't turn human. Her name is Chai she is a quiet one. She was also adopted. She Is 1 year older than Spirit though." "Oh I see." He bent down and said, "Its nice to meet you Chai. I hope you will be able to talk to your family soon." She nodded as to greet him. "OK that's everyone. That is here. Azula can turn human but Blizard can't. They are both out a the moment they will be here later tonight I am sure." "OK well I can't wait. So if you don't mind everyone. I will be coming by quite often. Can you all tell me a little about Akela here so I can teach her better?" They all gathered around him. "OK OK one at a time please." Said Drake. "Hehe they like you Drake. Well I think they are cute too." "OK now. Lets hear from the youngest girl please." "Oh that's Chai she doesn't talk remember?" "Oh excuse me. I forgot she can't turn human. OK the next youngest girl that I can understand please." "That's me." said Lexi. Then she told Drake all about what she knew about Akela.

Akela right now is talking to her dad about what has been going on lately and about the necklace. "Oh I see. I wonder if your father was attacked because of the necklace." "You know I don't know. Loki and uncle Kira are still investigating it." I hope to find out soon. (sigh) I wonder how the investigation is going?"

Meanwhile back to where Loki and uncle are. Right now they are at Kiba and Xerxes house getting some info on that day. "OK so old man. What shall we call you?" said Kira. "Oh sorry. My name is Silver. Call me Silver." "OK Silver on that night. Your son was probably about 8. What were you doing the night Orion was attacked. He was the one with the baby." "(sigh.) Did they reopen the case or something. It was an accident ok? My wife had just died and I attacked everything in my way not caring what animal or person was in the way. I may have even killed some kin. My own people that day I wasn't in my right mind. Then I was told that a man with a child was attacked and didn't make it. I assumed it was me because I wasn't in my right mind at the time. But I guess it could have have been someone else I don't know." "OK how did your wife die?" "She died from being sick. She had a werewolf disease. It was common back then." "I'm sorry to hear about your wife. I have a question. Do you know why he would have been attacked?" said Kira. "Well there was talk about a rock. A lot of us werewolves thought maybe it would turn a werewolf human again." "I have never seen one. But I have read about the stone you are talking about. It's the black stone that can change color right?" said Loki. "Yes how did you know?" "I read the history. It said a werewolf tried to turn human again but failed he died trying to turn human. He wasn't the only one. There were many others who tried and died. I read there are only 4 in this world left but no one knows where they are. They got rid of the stones years ago after that happened." Said Loki. "I see. So there is no hope for us." "I wouldn't say that." Said Loki. I have a friend here. That might be able to help. Are you free on Thursday?" "Yes I am." "OK I will go meet that friend after school then talk to him about werewolves and see what he has to say ok?" "Thank you Loki." "Oh I am not doing this for you. I'm sure Akela would want this too."

Back at home. Drake looked a little exahausted. "Hehe I'm sorry Drake. Are you ok?" "Yeah I'm fine. Too many. Too many kids. Even if they are older than me. by a year or two." "Oh by the way. I saw how you looked at Lexi. She is actually Chai's age. She is 14. I saw how you looked at her." "Woah woah what are you saying?" "Hehe its ok. I approve. I'm sure mom and dad will too." "(sigh) Ok ok you got me. Yes she is a beauty. I would like to get to know her more." Said Drake. "Ok if you want to court her than there is only one thing left to do. Let mom and dad know." Drake went pale. "Hehe they are not that bad." "Yeah I know your mom's not but your dad." "Oh he is not that bad. He may look strict. But dad is a real softy. Although when it comes to courting his son and daughters he will be strict. Don't worry. I Will be in just in case. If you want me out I can leave too." "Haha. Thanks. But I think I can handle it. I hope." "OK then. Good luck." So he went to find mom and dad then I went out to find Lexi.

"Oh there you are Lexi." "Oh big sis what's up?" "Oh nothing much. Its just that mom and dad might call you soon. Tell me what do you thing of Drake?" I saw her blush. "I see that answers my question. I'm glad to see that. Well don't go to far. If mom and dad call you back I wish you luck." "Huh? What do you mean?" "Hehe you will see." So my sisters played in the yard and I was about to go find my aunt when someone started talking to me. "Hello Akela."

I turned around. "Oh hello. Might I ask who you are?" "Oh sorry. My name is Jax. Nice to meet you. I am also a wolf." He turned into a wolf and turned human again. "Well from what I can see you are an Akita. That's ok though. My fiancé is an Akita as well." "Oh I see. Fiance huh? Well that's too bad. I was here to ask you out looks like you are taken. Well would it be ok if we became friends then?" "I'm sorry but I don't even know who you are Other than your name." Just then my older brother night stepped in. "Its ok Night. He is not going to hurt me. We just met. His name is Jax." Then Night calmed down and stayed with me while I talked with Jax. "Well Jax when everything is settled with my family situation I will be willing to be friends with you. You seem like a nice guy." "Thank you. Akela." Then Night was talking to me. "What is it Night?" "Be cautious of that guy. I have a bad feeling about him." I nodded. "Well Jax I must be going. Mind if I have your address? If we are going to be friends in the future I will be needing to know where you live." "Ah yes of course here you go." I looked at the paper and saw his full name and address. Thank you Jax Jackson. I will certainly look for you when things settle down." "Thank you Akela." "Sure no problem." Then I saw him off and he left home. "That's a relief." Said Night. "Night there is nothing to worry about he is an Akita." "Oh I see. Wait did you say Akita?" "Yeah is that a problem?" "Uh no not at all. I have to talk to dad for a minute." "Oh don't forget to bark first he might be talking to Lexi about something." "OK I will thank you."

I held my head and sat down on the bench. "Pfew. So much going on. I might not have the energy Loki is talking about anymore. I decided to lay down. On the bench then turn into my wolf form.

It had been an hour and someone had been looking for Akela and finally found her. "There you are Akela. Oh fast asleep huh? Poor girl. Things are getting to much for you huh? Ever since you turned 8 things have been getting more than you can handle." Said Loki. He was dressed warm and took off one glove and petted her.

"Hmm. Who? Whose there?" said Akela with her eyes still closed. "It is I your prince charming." Loki joked. Then she knew who it was. "Oh my prince charming now is it?" "Yep I sure am." "Well then my prince. Carry me princess style back inside." I said as I turned human. Then something fell out of my pocket. "Wait a minute Loki. Something fell out of my pocket." He let me down and I got the paper quick and hid it. "What is that piece of paper Akela?" "Oh nothing. Its business." "OK then. Well shall we princess style again?" "No. I'm fine. I need to get home to Leo's. Yeah I need to go." "Spirit. Tell mom that I am taking Akela home. Someone here can take Drake back." "OK I will let them know." "Ok thanks." "Your going to be ok Akela. I promise." "No you don't know that for sure. When we get home I can't hide it anymore." "Ok I'm going to carry you princess style. I don't care what you say." "OK wait a minute first." She took the note out of her bag and held on to it tightly. "Ok hang on tight Akela." "Hmhm." I held on to his neck and he ran fast back home.

They finally made it home. Loki came in saying, "Uncle! Auntie something is wrong with Akela!" "Akela honey what's wrong?" Said Aqua. "I had to come back here. I might be in trouble." "What is it? Why would you be in trouble?" "I don't know. I need to talk to Loki. Is Loki still here?" "Yes. He still here." "Good I need to talk to Loki alone. Only he and Uncle Kira can help now. I'm afraid if we don't do something now my family will be in trouble." "OK we will get him." They both went out and told Loki what she said. "Ok I'm going." So Loki rushed in.

"Akela! How are you doing?" "Loki. You're here." I said weakly. "Your going to be ok. I promise you." I smiled weakly. "When I was out with my sisters. I was about to go in when someone called my name. I turned around and a man I never saw before was an Akita. I told him it was fine because my fiancé was one as well. Then he felt bummed that I was taken then asked if I can be his friend. I was feeling uncomfortable and Night stepped in warning me about him and I nodded to acknowledge him. Then I had him give me his information. I don't know if it was legit but here I should give it to you just in case. I hope it helps you with the investigation about dad." "Actually I was going to tell you about that when I saw you weren't doing so well." He looked at the note and had wide eyes. "No. I can't be. He was killed the same day my parents were." Loki dropped the paper in shock himself. "Loki? Loki?" "Huh? Oh sorry. I-I'm ok. I will give this info to uncle. I won't be able to do this part of the investigation." "Loki. Don't go." "I'll be right back I'll give the note to Uncle Leo and have him give it to Kira ok?" I nodded then Loki left to do his thing and came back to me.

Loki held my hand to comfort me. "Your cold Akela. Can you turn to your wolf form?" "I tried. I am to weak right now. I don't know what to do Loki. I'm so scared." "Hang on I have an idea." He turned into his wolf form and snugged up close to her. "Is this better?" "Yes much." "OK try to get some sleep." "I-I will try." I closed my eyes and fell asleep not knowing what would happen when I woke up.