Of course, Gaal couldn't 'attack' the pride, she had been dead for centuries, and her shade
emulated by the curse had no direct effect on the real world except through the curse and
how it was interpreted.
The destruction of Gaal's shade had created an imbalance within the curse that had
enabled Galgatha and Gamorrah to grow like a cancer, enable them to effect the gem
wolves and the herd on Big Bad Island directly! Even if they still had no material form or
any sort of manifestation save for the transformation of the victims.
While one simple thing was to make it so the consciousness of the curse had been slowly
building steadily over the centuries since the witch's deaths, there were still many
contradictions.
Megan and Margot of course would have no reason to rescue Ashley since Ashley and co,
would have no reason to attack Brian and his family to capture Madam Serenity. And thus
they'd have no reason to be made into statues as an example to the rest of the pack, Ami
being knocked out in an argument between Jensen and Roger on weather it was too harsh
a punishment or not for reckless behavior that endangered the rest of the pack. And thus
no way for Ami to face off and destroy Gaal. Thus the imbalance could have never
happened and the war to liberate Big Bad Island could not courier.
But strangely the injuries the wolves and other recieved seemed to be immune to any
changes in reality, forcing existence for whatever reason to work around them. So the
battle to liberate Big Bad island from a fully awakened curse, then Kurse, HAD to occur.
This was a paradox, and reality, did not in any shape or form tolerate paradoxes.
Thus, Megan and Margot WILLINGLY offered themselves up to Kaylee their Alpha Female as
a gift as a late birthday present, knowing her fetish for statues with souls. Perhaps they
had been speaking to Yamato too much and his mates a little too much.
Using the Transform or Dare unleashed into the pack's hands by Billy and to Bart and
Jenny then to the six shadows, and over Roger's protests, had made themselves into
statues of Kaylee's chosen pose and material with serene peaceful minds of never having
been anything but.
Functioning as the drop of water in a cup causing it to spill over, Gaal's shadow had fully
awakened by this Transform on each other into motionless works of art each with an
immortal spirit that amplified the empathy any looking upon the work knowing of it's
origins or not a thousand fold (many failed artists had used the game for their own ends
because of this accidently early discovered fact).
And the game had quickly been spread and used on all those at the manor, it's mere
presence enough to turn anyone it lay within now into a total sociopath.
Amy had been praying inside the tiny shinto shrine set aside at the Estate when it
happened. Amy's religion was a rather odd thing, consider her half-mother was a New
Age Spiritualist and her brother, mother, and father were all christian.
All the same, Amy had been spared. And Amy had, from being accidently knocked by
Roger during a brawl with Jensen over Margot and Megan's statufication (never mind it had
been the she-wolves own idea). And had faced Gaal and managed to destroy her shade.
This had the side effect of reversing the immediate Transforms and Dares done by the
pack (the less spoke of them the better). This included the statufication Megan and Margot
had done to themselves. Megan and Margot had apologized to their alpha female for
losing her birthday present, but there had been the more important matter of what was
happening at the pack's underdeveloped and utterly wild island estate.
Of course Megan, Ashley, and Margot, had immediately volunteered to be among those to
rescue their pack mates from Kurse's control. Anne had always been a pacifist at heart,
and had spent time at the local soup kitchen rather than attending Nicole's martial arts
classes (Nicole being a third degree black belt). Some even rumored another reason was
that Anne was pregnant, but this was neither confirmed nor denied. Not that Anne would
have any reason denying it if true... she was a married woman after all. Though the
marriage of the five wolves was delayed for a short time as Lawrence decided if he loved
Anne enough to convert to her fatih (as she had convinced the other she-wolves), as it
turned out, he did.
While Lawrence was a hulking muscle titan of a wolf (much like Roger), he had once been
a student of the finer arts of poetry and theater (Paradise Lost and Dante's Divine Comedy
among them) before diving into making his body some imaginary ideal of wolf perfection
and Roger had been suckered in too. For Jensen, Nick and Zack had been natural and
gradual, for Roger and Lawrence it had been a fixation, and they had acted for a time
almost like dumb jocks. Anne had been the one among the four she wolves who'd become
his loyal mates to help him rediscover love of fine art.
When Betty had found out what had happened to her nephew in the meantime while she
had been artwork, she admonished him, to think he had nearly let himself sacrifice some
of the better parts of himself just so he'd not be mistaken for a woman... the absurdity...
"But Auntie..."
"Don't you Auntie me Lawrence! I KNOW your parents would have raised you better then
that! You and your friend Roger were malely wolves weather you had the muscles your
pack mate Zack had or not! To be a man is what you do! Not how bulked up you are!"
Lilly said, "Only Spartan Women give birth to real men."
Casandra hit her on the base of her tale, "Not so loud! Mom's not supposed to know you
saw that movie!"
Lilly retorted, "She's not here!"
"But she could be! Adults always find out somehow."
"Ahem." Said 'glass' Marie.
"Sorry." Said Lilly.
"Ooops." Replied Casandra.
"Please continue." Betty said politely to the witch wolf.
"As you wish."
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"Hey guys." Said a pink wolf with a white belly and lower face fur like Miles' and Ashley's
pattern. She stood next to the fountain looking up at the fountain head, and sat down. The
three still statues forever pouring water into the basin. "I've kinda been sulking my duties,
not a good thing to do when we have so many hurt... but... I needed to do some thinking
and well. At first I wanted to tell Alpha Male Jensen about what we did. About what you
did. To have Amy and Zelipe FORCE you back into living breath wolves rather than just
ghosts in rock like living record nobodies knows there more to than me, Robert, Wendy,
Jessica, and my fellow pink wolf Rose." For some reason, pink colored wolves felt a very
strange, but very powerful sense of kinship. But the only male pink wolf the pack had,
Zelipe himself was part of this group, if somewhat unsure himself. "And of course you
guys..."
She leaned back against the statue that was Nelson. Getting her tail wet somewhat as it
touched the basin. "But you know what guys? I've decided I'm gonna keep our 'pack
secret.' If someone ever figures it out then I won't stop them. But I'm not about to blurb it
either. This was your choice, and it's not like your committing suicide or murder. That
chaos Kurse wanted would have made every choice meaningless since anything was as
likely to happen if we made a choice or not so... " She stepped back and took a good look
at the statues, scaled to be about four fifths their 'actual' size. "I just wanna say you guys
look really really nice up there. You're so beautiful, so endless. So smooth. No, I don't
regret my choice to stay flesh and blood, the time I was a statue was more than enough
for me, but I can't help but admire your dedication. Just be sure to step down from there
and attend my funeral when I die of old age okay?"
She then skipped into the fountain getting her feet wet and kissed each statue on the
muzzle getting her face wet, and then stepped back out. "Be seeing you around." Kimberly
went to dry off and report for duty and whatever chewing out she'd get for disappearing.
+++++++
Joy's three heads said, "We're just sorry that this entire mess has forced you to delay your
surgery again." To Chiyoye.
"Think nothing of it Joy-Chan." Chiyoye said, "I'm -almost- getting used to it.... I
remember when I used to LIKE these THINGS... until I realized that when I and my sister
wives breed with Yamato-Kun we won't be able to hug our own pups... not to mention I
can barely act swiftly and deadly through the night carrying such dead weight.. and
Yamato-Kun had always given his word of honor that he shall love us regardless of such
things... I'll be glade when we are healed and Julie-Beta-San can finally free us of this
horrid curse." Chiyoye laid her hands on the double beach ball sized breasts.
"There are some wolves and humans who would consider it a blessing." Joy's three heads
said.
"There are some wolves and humans who are complete and utter BAKA!"
+++++++
Amethyst looked at the eight midnight black and reddish brown lion cubs and said, "Hello
dears!" She called out happily, "Where's your nanny?"
"We are quite mature we can take care of ourselves." Moja said.
"Bleh." Nane stuck out her tongue playfully.
"Most of us." Moja corrected.
Gretchen stuck her own tongue out, "How uncouth!"
"What's yer name again? Gazelle?" Mbili asked innocently.
"I'm Giselle." Said the gold wolf cub next to the first one who spoke.
"I am Gretchen."
Nane laughed, "Gretchen? As in Grench?" She laughed again, "That name is so ugly I'm
surprised it doesn't jump up and run away from home leaving you 'No Name.' "
Gretchen started, and shivered slightly, "My name... isn't... ugly..."
Giselle hugged her sister.
Amethyst put her hands on her hips, "Hey now little miss! That is over the line!"
Tano, Sita, and Saba also looked harshly at her sister who shrunk over the sudden
disapproving glares.
"... sorry..." She said reluctantly. 'It's still an ugly name.'
Saba tried to redirect things, "Hey about we wrestle?"
Half of the cubs and pups said yeah to that idea, the other half thought the first half was
being a little too 'smack and whack' happy.
Saba said, "Come on, we're lions and wolves, wresting is as natural to us as monkey bars
are to humans!"
This stopped to make everyone think.
++++++++
"I wish Sarah was here." Ulysses said thinking of his mentor.
"Don't worry," Said Maxine coming up on one side, "You've got me."
"And me too sugah." Added Robyn.
"You're here to help move the heard not flirt." Said a male voice behind them.
The teen wolves turned to see the black and gray gallery wolf Robert with Wendy, Jessica
and Rose behind him.
The active Maxine waved at her fellow pink wolf who politely but reservedly waved back.
Robert looked around. Coral, Amber, Tourmaline, Opal, Caroline / Cobalt, Ruby, Emerald
and Gargent were all around the herd, who was looking at the pack, not with the calm they
did when they weren't hunting or the adrenaline fueled desire to live when the pack and
pride were, but a deep seated look of distain from Marcine...
'This could be a little bit of trouble.' Robert thought. The relationship between the herd,
and the pride and pack was a rather odd one. Robert just hoped Kurse's legacy didn't
include a disaster regarding it.
Gargent grumbled as a pair of big juicy plump watermelons from a tree(!) hit her on the
head, muttering "Amethyst," as she did so.
Caroline/Colbalt was next to Opal of course, both directing the other teen wolves as best
they could, even if they were quite the oldest, they were the most responsible.
Ruby and Emerald together as always kept inching around the clearing. Amber kept
inching towards the herd then inching back, testing their reactions. Coral, and Tourmaline
seemed to be waiting for their turn to flirt with Ulysses.
++++++++
"Hey, 'Sarah'." Said the lavender she-wolf Sarah to the lioness whose individuality was
mixing a splash mix of brown, gold, beige and white fur (earning her the nickname
'Modern Art' at school much to her annoyance). She currently had a cast on both her arms,
legs, and tail at breaking the neck of one of the blind centaur things in the air and crashed
onto the ground with it on top of her (it resurrected when returned to normal thank God).
"Hey 'Sasha.' " Said the she wolf Sasha in response with the same well meaning sarcastic
tone, "Your 'little brother' still doing well?"
"I'm his big sister, even if it's not genetic, I need to look out for him. How are you?" She
was glade there was one person who had never mistaken her relationship with Ulysses as
something else.
"I feel totally at peace with the universe... either that or going totally crazy at needing help
to scratch my muzzle..."
Sarah laughed, it's no pick nick for me either. Believe it."
"Oh I believe you, 'Sasha.' "
"Right, 'Sarah.' " Sarah replied to the lioness.
Before Sasha had moved onto the police academy along with her pack-mates, Sasha had
take classes in the same building as Sarah. Due to someone being only half awake in their
too small cubical, their paper work had been switched. Leading to a very awkward and
confusing first few days and both wondering if they had fallen into alternate reality or had
their minds switched with someone like in Quantum Leap.
Apathetic paper pushers didn't help matter, and both had chosen to take matters into their
own hands and had ran smack dab into their counter part... literally... both trying at
different offices to explain in cool, calm and collected voices, no, they were NOT victims of
the curse that had changed their species from 'lion/wolf' to 'wolf/lion' and changed their
names from 'Sasha/Sarah' to 'Sarah/Sasha.' Though of course, that was what victims
always said right?
They had both been shipped off to the consolers office... and had finally met each other
not looking where they were going. Of course the left hand had no idea what the right had
had been doing. The two after introductions, surprise, and very big relief had entered the
office together, the look on the school psychologists face was priceless. Things had finally
been sorted out. Though first introductions still define everything, and even some
members of their pack and pride still got their names mixed up. It had become a personal
code for the two of them with each other since then.
This was one of the reasons that Jensen had ordered the entire next generation home
schooled... The pride was fifty-fifty on weather it would do the same.
"So," Asked Sasha, "Glade we were the only ones to lose members of our family?"
"No, I wish we hadn't lost any members of either of our families..." Sarah replied.
".... Same...."
"Uh.. a little service here?" MJ asked rather awkwardly as a dragon fly had decided to take
up residence on the tip of her muzzle that she was unable to blow away.
"Coming." Sarah said.
"Thanks Sasha."
"UGH!" Sarah groaned. At least Alpha Female Kaylee, Ulysses and her close friends, never
ever got her name wrong.
+++++
In Jensen's office (as it had been for over ten years) there was the book which had all the
names of the active members of the pack written down. A similar 'book' was memorized by
Mother Glen, some rumored she had the entire pride's current members written on her
backside, though this might have been exaggeration. Like Mr. P, Mother Glen was older
than old, but didn't look it in the least. The myths and legends but real and fictional about
her were on par with Mr. P! One rumor even said she had eaten a sect of the KKK alive
when they had planned to burn down a church. She said she'd never eat anything so foul
tasting... but there was always that look in her eye when she said it.
Pack:
Alpha Male:
Jensen - black as midnight
Alpha Female:
Kaylee - reddish brown
Beta Females (triplets): dirty blond blue eyes
Darla, Fran, Julie.
"Mr. P" -black with gold highlights with gold wolf symbol on side
Omega: Martha - silver with solid red eyes, four-breasts and arms. Two heads, tails.
Three eyes on each other.
Sub-Omegas: (all eyes are solid color of her highlights, females six feet tall, males seven
feet tall)
-- male Abdul blue fur and gold highlights
-Duel wolfhood
-two tails
-- male Maddex silver with bluish highlights (brother to Ryan)
-Duel wolfhood
-two tails
-four arms
-two heads (singular awareness)
-third eye
-- male Ryan silver with bluish highlights (brother to Maddex)
-Duel wolfhood
-two tails
-four arms
-two heads (singular awareness)
-third eye
-- female Ingrid silver with red markings (in the shape of a cross) (sister to Joy)
Three Heads (coalition awareness)
-six arms
-six breasts (ironically closer to a natural wolf)
-six tails
-- female Joy silver with red markings (in the shape of a cross) (sister to Ingrid)
Three Heads (coalition awareness)
-six arms
-six breasts (ironically closer to a natural wolf)
-six tails
-- female Whitney silver with red-orange highlights,
-red-orange hair now with done up style, rest of sheeva wolves bald
-two tails
- two arms
-two breasts
-ONE head
Pups of Jensen and Kaylee:
Bart & Jenny (9) Reddish brown, black as midnight. Business prodigy. Law prodigy.
Kevin and Marcy (7) Reddish brown
Jensen and triplets daughters: Semantic prodigies dirty blond blue eyes
(7 1/2) Alice - Darla's child
(5) Abbey - Julie's child
(5) Samantha - Fran's child
Sub Packs:
June, Pearl, Hope, and Grace Zack.
Nicole, Alexandra, Beatrice, and Isabelle Nick.
Megan, Anne, Ashley, and Margot Lawrence.
Amethyst, Terri, Sandi, and Jasmine Roger.
Akane, Umeko, Chiyoye, and Eri Yamato.
Wendy, Jessica, Rose, and Betty Robert.
June (-silver/gray) , Pearl, Hope (milk chocolate shade of brown) , and Grace (mixture of
white, gray, black, and brown) Male: Zack (charcoal black ) .
Nicole (dark gray, with red ribbon), Alexandra (gray), Beatrice (plain green), and Isabelle
(dark chocolate ) Male: Nick (dark gray).
Megan (pastel green) , Anne (Anne-cream B/C 6' 2 brown eyes
), Ashley (sky blue, plain blue C-Cup), and Margot (red-violet ) Male: Lawrence (white).
Amethyst, Terri (blue green), Sandi (teal), and Jasmine (sea green) Male: Roger (pastel
green, one eye).
Akane (dark red, like a red wine) , Umeko (plum blossoms ), Chiyoye (raven black she-
wolf spoke, which looked like she had two sais tattooed in white on her shoulders) , and
Eri (metallic gold)
Male: Yamato ( one eight foot eleven inch male. the red and white furred male spoke, his
fur pattern making him look like someone had painted the Japanese naval ensign).
Wendy (dark blond), Jessica (red and green), Rose (rose pink), and Betty (white) please
Robert (a male with a black head and back with gray chest and stomach).
Teen Wolves:
Ulysses - Purple
Robyn- megenta small chest
Maxine - pink
Millie - (orange and white)
Coral
Amber (12 going on 13)
Tourmaline
Opal
Caroline / Cobalt
Ruby
Emerald
Gargent
Single Wolves (for now):
Sarah - lavender pack psychologist
Trinity- yellow and white
Luna Moon - her torso light gray, rest of fur light blue, with crescent birthmark
Sunny Hart - golden brown and sunflower yellower pattern (brown on
body, yellow highlights, sunburst birthmark
Kimberly - pink and white fur
Gem twins:
Jay and Pence (Jasper) . Toni Paula ( Topaz). Giselle Gretchen (Goldie). Laura Zulema
(Lazuli). Casandra and Lilly (Carnelian).
Pale pink Zelipe - Zack and Pearl's son ( 8 )
White and red Amy - Zack and June's daughter ( 8 )
Statue Wolves:
-- Leslie, a black and brown female
-- Kira, very dark brown female.
--Nelson, male. He was a mixed plain brown and a tan brown.
-- Michelle, red-orange she wolf.
I am Helen, gray and white female with the same coloring style as Ashley and Millie.
+++++
The Pride:
Confirmed Police trained members:
Reddish Brown "Gary Rathmensen, Detective Second Class,"
Reddish gold Brian Hardy Sergeant
brownish gold Felicity Hardy Sergeant
Golden beige "Bobbi Lot, Sargent.
light brown "Bernie Hive, Sargent,
white with gold highlights "MJ Isisnt, Detective Second Class,
light and dark red "Wanda Yexus, Detective First Class,
yellowish beige "Nellie Tyre, Sargent,
dark gold "Lexi Tyre, Sargent,
Beidge/brown "Megan Washburn, Detective First Class,
The mix of colors (brown, gold, beige white) "Sasha Rhymm, Sargent
pale almost white beige, Penny Glen, Detective Second Class: (wheel chair bound)
The names Elise and Fox had been crossed out and a cross marked next to their names.
Arael
Armisael,
Mal'akh
Gabriel,
Kirk
Jacob (dark brown mane and tawny gold fur ) Trevor's Father
Marie (eyes bright honey color) gray and black fur, Trevor's mother
Great-Granny Glen. Mother Glen Fur as white as snow. Brownish red eyes. Tribal tattoos
appeared on her 'shoulders' and hind quarters.
Gloria (Kirk's mother)
Jeff (Kirk's father)
Cubs:
Felicity and Brian's:
-Reddish gold Mary Hardy - (eight and eleven months)
Jacob and Marie's cubs:
-Gray and black Trevor
- Trevor's younger sister Sabrina 'Nala'
Brian and Elise's daughters: (eight and three months)
Moja (eldest quadruplet), Mbili, Tatuli (stone artist), Nneli (glass artist),
Fox and Gary's daughters:
Tano (bikini doll holder), Sita (bikini doll holder), Saba, Nane (prankster)