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Wolf's Tale: Part One

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When they were out of the office Pyro grabbed Wolf's arm. "Hey, let's go swimming. It'll feel good after that beating."

Wolf pulled back and looked to the side. "Um, no, that's ok. I'm fine."

"Come on, we'll get Kurt and go to the lake. You can go hunting."

He hesitated. Hunting did sound good right now. "Ok, let's find Kurt," he agreed.

They looked around the mansion and eventually found him playing videogames in the gameroom, and together the three of them snuck out through the fence and towards the lake.

Wolf grinned as they got to the fields and the scent of prey filled the air. He immediately changed form to hunt.

"Uh, vhat's he doing?" Kurt asked, watching Wolf sprint into the tall grass.

"You don't want to know," Pyro answered, "Let's go swim." He stripped to his boxers and jumped into the lake. "Gah! This water's freezing!"

Kurt grinned as he took his outer-clothes off and jumped in after him. "I bet you vish you had fur now, yah?"

Pyro stuck his tongue out and splashed him.

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At dinner time Logan went to check on Wolf and Pyro to let them know they could leave their room now. He knocked on the door and, when no one answered, opened it. He growled when he saw the room was empty. Well, he did say they could leave at dinner time, not that they had to wait for him to get them. He went to go find them though, just to make sure they weren't causing trouble instead of eating. He picked up their scent trail and followed it.

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Wolf eventually ate his fill and went to see what Kurt and Pyro were up to. He stayed about 20 feet away from the shore.

"Yuck… Volf, vhy are you covered in blood?"

Wolf looked down at his now-spotted-red shirt and shrugged. "I was hungry."

"Right," Pyro smirked, getting out of the water and walking towards him, "Looks like puppy needs a bath." He pulled him towards the water.

"No, Pyro, don't!" Wolf protested as he was dragged.

Darkness… the sudden immersion into cold wetness as all sound is gone save the roaring surrounding him.. the loss of air as wet cloth clung to his face…

"What's wrong?" Pyro laughed, "Don't want to get your clothes wet? Fine," he pulled his shirt off, removing most of the blood from him, and pushed him to the water.

…Confusion and loss of control as he tumbled, swirling through the black water… he can't move… the feeling of complete helplessness…

"I don't want to go swimming!" He growled, digging his feet in the ground to keep from being pushed.

…Surrounded by that cloth, so like a womb but a dead one that gives no comfort… he's all alone… air bubbles stream from his nose and mouth as water rushes in…

"Calm down," Pyro grabbed his arm and pulled him into the water, about ankle deep, "Seriously, it will feel g- ow!" He let go of him when he felt claws digging into his side, and Wolf had changed form and ran off.

"Wolf?!" Pyro called after him, then he looked down at the scratch marks on his side. "Ow… what's his problem?"

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Logan was following their scent. When he got to the woods he had a pretty good idea of where they had gone, the lake was a common skip spot when it came closer to summer.

Then he froze as he walked out of the woods to the field. "Wolf?"

Wolf was in his canine form, but he was still easily recognizable. He was crouching down next to a boulder with his ears flat, eyes shut tight, and tail between his legs. He was shaking visibly from where Logan was standing.

Wolf's ear twitched upon hearing his name and he opened an eye, looking at Logan fearfully. He couldn't force himself to move.

"Wolf, what happened?!" Logan walked over and crouched next to him. Wolf instantly turned towards him and pushed his head against his leg, still shaking hard.

"Wolf?" Pyro had walked around the boulder and saw them. "Wh-what's wrong with him?"

"I don't know, what happened?" Logan asked, looking at Pyro's scratches.

He looked to the side. "Well, Kurt and me were swimming, but he wasn't coming in so I tried to get him in, next thing I know…" He pointed to his side, then at the cowering mutant.

Logan sighed and scratched Wolf's back, trying to calm him. "What's wrong, Pup?"

Wolf didn't answer, he couldn't.

Logan thought for a few seconds. "He acted like this before when I sobered him," he said, "I thought it was because he was drunk, but now I think he's afraid of water."

Pyro raised an eyebrow. "Water? Why?"

"I don't know." Logan grabbed Wolf and lifted him up. Wolf immediately clung to him, pressing his head against his chest and digging his claws into his back for support. Logan winced, but didn't stop him. "I'm taking him back to the mansion, enjoy your swim. Oh, you and Kurt have detention with me tomorrow."

"What?!" Pyro protested, "That's not fair!"

He looked at him. "At least I'm letting you stay here and swim."

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Logan carried Wolf back to the school and into his room. He sat on Wolf's bed and held him until he stopped shaking and his claws were no longer imbedded in his back.

"You want to change back to a human and tell me what's wrong now?" he asked, scratching him behind his ears.

Wolf hesitated, then changed form. "I don't like water," he whispered.

"I got that," he rolled his eyes, "Why are you afraid of water?"

Wolf was silent for a long time, and Logan almost thought he had fallen asleep. Then he began to talk quietly.

"I don't know if it's normal for most humans, but I can remember everything back to when I was about six months old. I remember the faces of my mom and my dad perfectly, and though I couldn't understand speech yet, I could read their body language just as well. I think they knew something was off about me, because they called in a doctor to examine me. I didn't know he was a doctor at the time, I just knew him as a man I didn't like. He ran a lot of tests on me, then left. He returned a week later and talked to my parents; they seemed devastated about something. He handed a bottle to my mom, and my mom fed it to me. I fell asleep. That's the last time I saw them."

He woke up in darkness. He was moving. The air smelled like dirty cloth, and some kind of material pressed at him from all sides, suffocating him. There were rocks in there with him too, and with every bump and turn they bashed into him, creating cuts and bruises all over his defenseless body. He cried.

The car stopped suddenly, and he slammed into the wall. He heard a door close, another one open, and whatever he was trapped in was lifted into the air. The rocks pressed against his sides, crushing him as he was carried. He cried louder.

He lost all sense of direction as he felt himself turning and twisting, suddenly weightless. Then all he knew was the darkness. He felt the sudden immersion into cold wetness as all sound was gone, save the roaring surrounding him. He couldn't cry, he felt the loss of air as wet cloth clung to his face, completely immobilizing him and dragging him down.

He hit the bottom, experiencing confusion and loss of control as he tumbled, swirling through the black water.  He couldn't move. He was paralyzed by the feeling of complete helplessness.

He was surrounded by that cloth. It reminded him of his mother, so like a womb but a dead one that gives no comfort, just as he knew his mother wouldn't comfort him anymore. He was all alone. He gave up; air bubbles streamed from his nose and mouth as water rushed in.


"I almost drowned," Wolf shivered, eyes closed. "But at the last second my power triggered, and I changed into a puppy for the first time. As a wolf I was able to chew through the sack and somehow swim to shore."

Logan listened quietly. When Wolf was done he let out a low growl. "They're lucky that I wasn't around when that happened, I would have killed them! No one should drown their baby, mutant or not!"

Wolf stayed quiet for a few seconds. "I've had a lot of time to think about it, Logan, and I don't know if it was them or not. Maybe that man lied to them and took me, maybe they knew about it or did it themselves. I have no way of knowing, and I really don't care anymore. I just can't go in water; deep water, anyway. I like rain and puddles."

Logan looked at him. "Mutant powers don't kick in until your teens, Pup. Are you sure you were only six months old?"

Wolf growled. "Yes, I'm sure! And I'm alive right now, so why should you care?!"

He didn't say how he knew, and Logan saw that there was more to the story than he was telling, but he didn't push it. "Calm down, Pup, I was only asking," he  said quietly, rubbing his head, "And I'll make sure that no one tries to get you in the water like that again. Do you think you'll be ok now?"

Wolf nodded. "Yeah, I'll be fine. I have gone fishing in the water before, when I didn't have anything else to eat, so I can stand shallow water if I need to. It was Pyro grabbing me and pushing me in the water that freaked me out more than anything."

"I'll talk to him about that," Logan growled, "He should have known better."

"No, don't punish him," Wolf said quietly, "He was just playing around, he didn't know what he was doing."

Logan scratched his back lightly. "Alright, I'll just talk to him. But he should be more careful."

Wolf closed his eyes and rested his head against him. He was tired.

In a few minutes he was sleeping lightly. Logan laid him down on his bed and left the room.
Chapter 31.

Sorry if the title is confusing, this one has the first part of Wolf's past, and later on there will be a second half. It won't be the next chapter though, it will be a few chapters from now.

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Wolf is sooo cute! I just want to hug him!:hug: