Cold

I was numb.

what just happened? no it can't be true. My Leo, my best friend was ... dying!

I fell down on my knees, feeling lost while looking into lifeless eyes of Leo. Eyes that had warmth just this morning, that warmth was gone.I could not move even after I tried, all I could see was Leo drifting away from me, forever and I couldn't do anything about it.

I was a crying mess and I let out a scream so harsh and loud that it could make one's ears bleed.

Everyone stopped. This time I looked away from Leo and saw the scene around me. All the soldier wolves along with Saphire, Xavier and Alpha were gathered around a mountain lion and the look on Alpha's face screamed murder. Without realizing, I got up and went near the mountain lion but was soon stopped short by Saphire and Xavier. Alpha pounced on the mountain lion and they brawled around leaving each other bloody scars. But as the mountain lion tried to escape, Alpha played dirty and let all the soldier wolves attack the lion at once which resulted in the death of the lion.

I was relieved. This was for the first time that I was happy about the death of an animal. He killed the only person who kept me sane for god knows how many weeks. It all came back. I suddenly remembered the dead Leo and started crying like a child. It was so painful to even think for a second that I was alone again...

yes I had Saphire and my other brothers and whole pack but Leo was my special person. No one could ever replace him.

Saphire dragged Leo's body and put him on a soldier wolf's back to carry it back home and they all left while I stayed back looking at the blood in front of me.

" I am sorry." Alpha said.

I remained silent. I did not want to talk because I knew the mourn of the loss was going to turn into anger and he was not only my brother but my Alpha as well, so I did not want to vent the anger at him.

"I know its hard-" He was saying when I snapped.

"You know ? you know what? I was going crazy and Leo was the only thing that kept me together. You know nothing! Its all your fault. You are the Alpha and just because he was omega, doesn't mean anyone can bully him. You did not ask them to stop. He would not have wandered alone into the deeo forest if it weren't for the assholes in your pack Alpha."

I said screaming at the top of my lungs. I regretted saying this but it was too late to take it back so I just wiped my cheeks with the back of my hand and got up to go back home to my dead Leo.

When Alpha and I reached the top of hill where all the wolves were, I saw Leo's body near lake.

When a wolf dies, it either knows it is going to die and leaves for a remote place and curles up into a ball and dies away, or if it dies among the pack members, he is burried under leaves by the members. This is what was happening here right now. The wolves were trying to gather leaves to cover Leo but I suggested to bury him as a respect to deceased.

Alpha agreed and Saphire dug out a big enough grave for Leo along with other wolves.

We burried Leo where I and Leo usualy would sit to watch sunset. I couldn't bear it anymore, the loss of my best friend, me being in a forest, wolves being my real family, it was all getting to me and I started running. I ran towards the forest because I wanted to get out of here, I could hear Saphire shouting my name and other voices too but I did not stop, I could not stop.

I wanted to leave this behind, I wanted to disappear.

But when I was running I did not notice the bigger portion of the little lake was by right side and I was on the edge of the hill under which the lake was flowing.

Before I could stop, I stumbled upon something and fell down the edge into the cold water of lake.

It all got quite as soon as I fell into the water. No sounds, No sights, is this how I was going to end? A thousand memories flashed through my mind, my parents holding me tight, my friends laughing with me and Leo looking at me with extreme warmth. I closed my eyes as I let the cold lake water engulf me but then I felt something around my waist. Arms, they were arms, someone was holding me? I opened my eyes and saw a man holding me. his arm was wrapped around my tiny waist and he looked familiar. Especially his eyes.