Present Time...
GOLDPAW, ALPHA OF Lupe Forest, sat in his office, shuffling through a truckload
of papers.
"Hm...let's see...what's new on the agenda..."
He picked up a mug labeled '#1 Alpha', taking
a long sip of coffee before continuing.
"Hm...Nopaw is moving back into Lupe Forest?"
Goldpaw laughed, taking off his reading glasses
and setting them onto his desk. "Well, well, well..." The wise, golden-furred
Lupe stood up, stepping away from his desk and over to his open window, reaching
for a whistle tied around his neck.
He was a big, dignified Lupe, growing slightly
grey from age, but still a powerful leader of his pack. Without pausing, Goldpaw
blew onto the whistle as hard as he could. No sound audible by a normal pet's
ear came out. He stepped away from the window and back over to his desk, taking
a seat and putting his glasses back onto his face. It was silent for a few moment
more as Goldpaw began doodling on a blank piece of paper, until the door of
his office burst open with a bang.
In stepped a panting red Lupe, in full battle
gear. He put his sword back into its sheath, stepping up to Goldpaw's desk.
"Well?"
The door flew open again, and a blue Lupe in
a tye dye T-shirt and a headband with long, luxurious hippie hair and a set
of purple sunglasses stepped in, nearly knocking over the red Lupe as he smartly
saluted Goldpaw with a flower. "You rang, man?"
Warpaw stood up, clubbing his brother over the
head with the handle of his sword. "What are you doing here, you coward? Go
back to your meadow and start singing your songs to those sappy Miamice you
own!"
Peacepaw pulled himself back up, putting his
purple sunglasses right.
"Dude, that was not called for. I'm not going
to fight with you, man...I'm beyond that! Of course, as anyone can see, you
are just a..."
Goldpaw slammed a paw onto the desk, knocking
his petpet, a pet rock, off the pile of papers he was resting on and onto the
floor with a cracking noise. Both Lupes fell silent, staring at him with awe,
respect, and fear. He slowly stood up, drumming his fingers, his tail slowly
swerving back and forth behind him.
"Now, listen you two. We have a new Lupe moving
into the forest."
He slowly prowled back and forth behind his
desk, glaring at the Lupes and frowning like a teacher with unruly students.
"Instead of the usual Lupe Forest Welcoming
Committee, I'm sending you two to take her in. Help her out as much as you can."
Warpaw saluted smartly, his armour clanging.
"Right, chief." With that, he marched out of the cave, Peacepaw following behind,
singing a lyrical melody and tossing flowers in his wake.
"Oh, if I were unhappy, I'd be happy again..."
"WOULD YOU SHUT UP FOR ONCE IN YOUR LIFE, YOU
AIR HEADED FLOWER LOVER!!"
"Dude, the answer, my friend, is blowin' in
the wind!"
"What the heck is that supposed to mean? Are
you insulting me? If you are, I'll kick your..."
Goldpaw sighed, picking up his pet rock off
the floor and brushing him off. "Geeze, some people, eh Bubbles?"
Goldpaw gently put Bubbles back onto the papers
he had been sitting on previously before sitting back down, putting on his glasses,
and going back to work.
Nopaw's Cave...
Warpaw swatted leaves out of the air with his
sword, and neatly beheaded a passing fly as he walked down the path.
"So, the Lupe's moving in on our Folk's old
turf, eh?"
Peacepaw gasped, picking up the dead fly and
moaning.
"DUDE!! NOT COOL!! We aren't moving a step further
until we have a funeral for the fly you, like, pointlessly killed!"
He reach into a pocket on his shirt, pulling
out a tiny piece of paper and a wad of gum. With several quick folds and some
loud chewing, he constructed a fly-sized coffin-shaped paper box, complete with
a bubble-gum sculptured tombstone.
Warpaw blinked. "You're kidding me, right?"
Peacepaw dug a little spot on the ground. He
dropped the fly into the coffin and the coffin into the hole, a single tear
flowing down his cheek. "May you, like, rest in peace!!"
Warpaw kicked dirt over the hole and grabbed
Peacepaw by his tail, dragging him away.
"Yeah yeah, whatever, we have to go now!"
"But we need to inform his next of kin..."
Warpaw smacked Peacepaw over the head before
entering the clearing.
"Hello? Anyone home?"
Nopaw gasped, dodging behind a rock at the sight
of the Lupes Quivering, she shrunk down as much as she could, trying to avoid
her brothers. Warpaw stomped on the ground, causing several stones to tumble
to earth.
"I said, ANYONE HOME?!?!"
Peacepaw, getting up and rubbing his now bruised
head, walked into the clearing, adjusting his purple sunglasses. He looked around
for a moment before his eyes caught on something.
"HEY! THERE MAN!"
He pointed to the split Lupess hiding behind
the rock, her tail just barely visible. With a yelp, she leapt to her feet and
fled the clearing, plunging into the forest. Warpaw shoved over his weaker brother
and, pulling out his sword, took chase.
"GET BACK HERE AND TAKE THIS FRUIT BASKET AS
A GENEROUS THANK-YOU FROM THE MEMBERS OF THE LUPE FOREST WELCOMING COMMITTEE,
YOU COWARD!!" Peacepaw stumbled onto his feet, tripping over several rocks before
finally going onto a full run after his enraged brother.
"Wait, little Lupe! We only want to be friends!"
Nopaw frantically ran on, dodging past trees
and ominous looking plants until finally tripping over a rock. She rolled on
the ground a full three times before slamming into a tree and sprawling onto
the ground, a large bump growing on her orange/purple head. Warpaw caught up,
neatly tripping over the same rock and landing on top of her. Peacepaw, of course,
followed suit. Soon, it was a riot of fur-ripping and sword-swinging and tail-pulling
and wild, frantic screams (mostly from Peacepaw), until finally, they all collapsed,
exhausted. Nopaw got up, brushing herself off and staring at her brothers like
they were Dr. Sloth and the Monoceraptor.
"W-w-Warpaw? P-p-Peacepaw? Why are you in Lupe
Forest? I thought you were still travelling the world!"
Warpaw and Peacepaw looked at each other.
"Nopaw?" They both cried.
"I thought you left with Airhead!" Warpaw gasped.
"I thought you'd gone with Fatface!" Peacepaw
muttered.
"I didn't, okay?! While you two were fighting..."
She took a deep breath.
"While you two were fighting, I just left. Ran.
I fled Lupe Forest. I couldn't stand you two ARGUING over ME, and I just had
to get out of there! I fled all around the world, from Krawk Island to Meridell
to Mystery Island, but now...You finally caught up with me!"
She sat down onto a stump, wiping a hanky on
her face. Warpaw snarled.
"You see? You made her cry, you big blue blackhearted..."
Peacepaw stuck his paws into his ears.
"OH, IF I WERE UNHAPPY..." He sang loudly, his
eyes rolling up as he stalked around in circles. "I'D BE HAPPY AGAIN!..."
"WOULD YOU STOP SINGING!!" Warpaw raised his
sword. "I OUGHTTA..."
And, once again, they began arguing. Warpaw
yelled louder, and Peacepaw sang louder. Soon, they were back on the ground,
wrestling in the dust again. Nopaw looked on helplessly. She watched them wrestle
viciously, pummeling, biting, scratching, pinching, slapping, all the stuff
that she had put up with ever since she was born. It all began to boil around
inside her head. Every instance, every argument that she has stuffed inside
the deep, dark recesses of her mind suddenly freed themselves. Suddenly, something
clicked inside of Nopaw, and, finally through with it all, she let out a long,
echoing scream. Warpaw and Peacepaw stopped fighting, staring at their sister
with a look of shock and amazement. Every Lupe in the forest paused what they
were doing and perked up, listening to the scream bounce around the trees and
soar into their ears. After a few moments, Nopaw burst out again, the orange
part of her body steadily turning as purple as the other side as she began to
rave.
"You're STILL fighting about it! It was such
a long time ago! Why can't you just let it go? I can take care of myself now,
can't you see that? Just because I'm a girl doesn't mean I'm dumb! As a matter
of fact, YOU TWO ARE THE DUMBEST, MOST IMMATURE, LOUSY, WORTHLESS BROTHERS I'VE
EVER HAD!! Wrestling on the ground? YOUR FULL GROWN LUPES! I though you'd be
successful, but you're STILL STUCK IN THIS DARNED FOREST?!? GRAAARGH!!!"
With that, Nopaw stomped on Warpaw's tail and
booted Peacepaw in the face.
"At least I could get a job! I'm going
to be Goldpaw's Assistant, starting today. That's the only reason I came back
to this cursed forest!! YOU ARE BOTH DISAPPOINTMENTS, DO YOU HEAR ME?!?!"
And with that, she strode back to the path.
For the first time, she had been angry. And for the first time, she was smiling.
Warpaw and Peacepaw gaped after her as she melted
into the trees, stunned.
"I don't believe it!" Warpaw gasped.
"Me either!" Peacepaw agreed. "What happened
to the big sister I could look up to?"
"What happened to the little sister who always
depended on me?" Warpaw sniffled.
Peacepaw turned to his brother, dropping his
hippie visage. "Aw, I always depended on you! You saved me from danger more
than once!"
Warpaw smiled. "You know, your music wasn't
half bad...I used to love your older songs..."
Peacepaw nodded. "And you always helped me reach
the top bookshelf because I was too short!"
"You were the best little Punchbag a big brother
could ask for!"
Suddenly, Peacepaw burst into tears, giving
his brother a great big hug.
"AWWW!! I LOVE YOU SO MUCH, AND I NEVER REALISED
IT!! I WAS TOO WRAPPED UP WITH NOPAW'S PROBLEMS TO SEE THAT! WE ALL REALLY LOVE
EACH OTHER!!"
Warpaw grabbed his brother tail and flipped
him, slamming him into the tree nearby, snapping his purple sunglasses in half.
"Touch me again and I won't be as merciful."
He snarled. "If any Lupe saw that..."
Goldpaw's Office...
Goldpaw shook his head, staring out the window
at the once-again fighting Lupes
"Some things will never change, eh Nopaw?"
Nopaw nodded, staring out at her brothers with
misty eyes.
"Right, sir."
She turned back to Goldpaw, smiling. "Do you
want more coffee?"
Goldpaw smiled. "Yeah, sure, and ease up on
the cream this time. Oh, and could you organise these papers?"
He slammed a mountain of unfilled forms into
her paws.
"Oh, and Christmas Break will be cancelled this
year, as we have to organise the Parade."
"We have a parade, Sir?"
"No, we do not have a parade, that's why we...Oh,
I'm sorry, I mean, YOU...have to organise it."
"Yes sir..."
As Nopaw left, Goldpaw reclined in his chair,
turned around, and stared out the window again. And stared. And stared again...
Well, some things never do change...
The End | 
