The Prologue

*The pink grass and his fur blew with the wind. And he opened his eyes. And....... remembered. His mother.*

 "I could tell you a story, my pups. If you would like? Yes? Well.... what about OUR story? Yes? Ok.... well, it all started when all of the animals, at least thirty season cycles ago, were sorted into Cageparks, Mutation-houses, and Preypens by the Humans. In said Cageparks, starting with each species' natural habitat and temperature, over the years they adapted it to meet the requirements of the Evergreen Project, as they called our Evergreen. If the species could not evolve and adapt, they died out, and their bodies were sent to the Mutation-houses to be experimented on. Many species died out and were sent off, the ones that lived through it were then slowly introduced to the other species, slowly making new food chains, and adapting to yet another change, and a few more species died out in this stage, but they now had their 'perfect ecosystem.'

"Now, in the Mutation-houses, we are not sure what they did, but any animal escaping or being set free from it was mutated terribly but had the interesting superpower of knowing the Human language. These mutations? Well, some were creatures with two tails, or strange unnatural colors slowly spreading across their fur, and in some cases, like the two headed lion that escaped a while back, their mutations lead to their deaths. To this day we are not sure how this helps the Humans, or us for that matter. They mostly got their animals from the Cage parks and Preypens, apart from the original group. I remember when my own sister, Swan, was taken. She... to my knowledge, never came back.

"Um, yes. Onto the Preypens. In the Preypens the Humans kept the common animals they ate. Sheep, cows, pigs, chickens, you get the point. What? You want to know what those animals look like? I'm sorry, my loves. I do not know. That is unimportant anyway.

"I believe their goal was to get rid of unneeded animals. Once in a while, they still will capture us from the Evergreen. My dear pups, I sincerely hope that will NEVER happen to you.

"Anyways, one day, when they had 'perfected' the ecosystem, as they say, we were released in groups to the Evergreen. We were taken in the Whirringtubs, and in my group my brother SilverCoon, whose name was Coon, your father SilverPatch, who was just Patch, and a wolf named Tuft who now is known as GoldenTuft as well. The ride was quite bumpy, I believe I fell over more than once.

'When we were there and released from the Tubs, we were reintroduced to our other friends, family, and rivals, eventually forming groups. Within the wolves, there were three groups, based on the Deity known as Equal.

"I'm sure you three have heard of Equal, have you not? No? Oh, well, Equal is the All-Powerful Wolf Deity. Half of him, the Left half, was silver and basalt grey. The other, the Right half, was golden and ochre. One eye, the Left, red as the Bloodmoon, the other eye, Right, green as the Spring grass. He was big as a bison, strong as a lion, smart as a dolphin, and an Immortal, immovable as a rock. He was the ruler of Divine wolves, known as the Left and Right Divines. If you were silver and basalt with an eye of the brightest red blood, you were known as a Left Divine. If you were golden and ochre, with an eye of sparkling emerald, you were known as a Right Divine.

"To keep the Divine Lines of Purity, and make sure the Oracle, Assassin, and Slayer of Equality are not born, we must separate into these three packs of wolves, and keep away from the dogs and Mixedpack. And, of course, execute the betrayers. We cant just exile a wolf with Equal in their blood, that could end bad. These three packs we call the SilverPack, the GoldenPack, and the Impure Ones. We have the word Silver in front of our names, to keep our Divine Honor upheld, keep the bloodlines on an even stricter non-intersection course. Although we do work as one with the Golden Pack, together known as the Children of Equality.

"Ah, anyways, symbolism and our religious belief aside, among these Packs, we sorted ourselves by Strength. Your father, SilverPatch, becoming the leader. SilverCoon, his Hoopine, and me? I became the leader's mate, the second in command. Although SilverPatch had to... oh dear, SilverClaw, yes, he DID have to kill his brother SilverSpider.

A few battles, Impurities born and... uh... 'banished' to the evil Great Dog, and you three born here, as the leader's pups. One of you will be a leader, and as the Spirits have told me, of something bigger than a pack. One, of a pack. And the other..... will be a victim of a sickness and curse.

Now, do not linger too much on your Destiny. For now, the Initiation!"

(Hoopine: The leader in waiting, the one to become the next leader of the pack.)