Layla's POV:

Hammy came outside with the suspect. With her binds off...? "She cooperated and told me that Shasta Breyer and a few other people fled North." Hammy informed, letting the woman go, "This lead will slightly narrow down my search. We'll have to work with what we got." I sighed. Hammy and I got aboard a small Cog and set sail north with a lot of supplies for the long journey.

Minecraftia 09/15/1275...

Shasta's POV:

It's mid-day and I've been hanging out with Luke, Steve, and Ben listening to their music and perform a variety of spells from Illusions to healing. Splie came up from behind me and tries to scare me. "Boo." Splie whispers in my ear. I quickly turned around and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt, "Wow. Didn't know you have quick reflexes." he chuckled. I felt a little guilty using my skills on a friend, "Sorry.." I apologized, dropping him, "It's okay, Shasta. No hard feelings." Splie assured me.

"I'll be right back, I need to think." I said, walking off towards the ocean, "You can't go that way." Luke said, grabbing my arm, "What? Why?" I angerly replied, "They have something secret they don't want to reveal yet." Nixon reported, "Oh?" I responded, intriguingly, "I'm currently building something and I want you to see it after this project is complete." Splie suggested. I let out a deep sigh, "Okay. I won't go over there for now." I submitted, ears laying down on my head.

"What's wrong, Shasta?" Ben asked, "I'm starting to miss my home, where I grew up." I whimpered, "We all do. Sadly, Aafiq and his powerful forces have taken over your home and out hideout Soure." Ben said, casting an illusion of Aafiq's forces attacking Black Beard Inn, "I know that. I wish I could just march up there and reclaim my home." I replied, frustrated, "Well, you do have an army. We all can go and retake your home." Nixon suggested, pulling out his sword. "I like your enthusiasm, but we have a number of a little over seventeen thousand well-trained soldiers. Aafiq has over one hundred thousand as his disposal. Hense, we don't have an armada of naval battleships." I explained.

Dave's POV:

"You don't have to worry, we-" Nixon spoke, getting cut off by Splie and I using the cut-throat gesture behind Shasta. "We what?" Shasta asked, "We...um.. nevermind, it isn't too important." Nixon stammered. Shasta keeps looking at Nixon's direction with a confused expression. "Right...  I'm going to patrol East for a while." Shasta said, "Nixon, I may need your help." he added, "Yes, Alpha." Nixon replies, coming up alongside Shasta.

Splie and I left Frostfang Summit, heading over to the construction of a large amount of Caravel-class ships. So far, about five of them were completely built, unusually fast for someone that didn't have much experience at making something that can float. I helped some of the wolves that were struggling to put the ships together. 

Eventually, Sadie and Luna come down to the shore to help with the sails and a little bit of heavy lifting. At the end of the day, we successfully made the sails for all the brand new ships and made the basic framework for four more ships. "Dave, Splie, we're having some complaints from some of our pack members. They'll need some rest." Sadie informed, "Very well. Thank you for lending some extra hands to help us." Splie said, shaking her hand, "No problem. Glad to help you with this." Sadie replies.

"Thank you all for coming out today, making this project for your Alpha." I speeched, raising a wolf banner. The wolf people cheered loudly, clapping and high-fiving each other. All the wolves left and I decided to have some fun. When it got really dark, I grabbed my warhammer and took off into the night. Strays start to emerge from big snow banks with their bows and arrows. Before the group of strays could draw their weapons, I smashed them all to pieces.

The numbers of Strays roaming the area decreased. When the moon started to set on the West horizon, I headed back home and crashed for the day.

The Next Morning...

Minecraftia 09/15/1275...

Shasta's POV:

Sadie and I got up at the same time this morning and started our day, Sadie patrolling the beaches and I train the three thousand new recruits and some already-trained soldiers. Nixon and I got a little harder on the rookies, pushing them as far as we could on their training. To my surprise, the rookies were quick on their training than our original pack, even when I was harder on them. I assume they train themselves.

I finished training our recruits and headed back to my home, not long after that Sadie returns from her patrol around mid-day. "Hey Babe, how was the patrol?" I smiled, "It's cold. And... it was refreshing." Sadie replied, "Also, my long hair can barely fit in my helmet." She added, fighting with her extra long hair.

I chuckled as a response, "I think we should get that cut." I suggested, "Huh? What do you mean?" Sadie asked, "I mean, we should cut some of your hair off. You can maneuver easier without having hair getting in your way." I rephrased, showing her a pair of shears, "Oh, okay.  I've actually wondered what it'll be like to have short hair like you or Splie's." Sadie says, running her fingers through her bangs.

"You're keeping your bangs though." I said, moving her bangs out of her right eye, "You ready?" I asked, "Yes." Sadie answered back. I readied my shears and I start cutting her long hair. After twenty minutes of cutting, most of her hair was all over the floor. I gave her a mirror to look at herself, "Whoa... I look really pretty!" Sadie gasped, "Is... that good?" I asked, "Of course it is. I'll be right back, let me put on my armor!" Sadie shouted, heading into the other room.

Sadie comes back out with her armor on and she looks magnificent.

"So... How do I look?"She nervously asked, "You look... like a warrior." I answered, eyes sparkling. "I feel much better without all that long hair. I feel... good!" Sadie shouts, running outside.

Seconds after Sadie left the room, an idea came into mind. I need to cut everyone's hair short.

3rd Person POV:

Sadie sprints all across town, running past some people along the way. She looked back for a quick second and she ran into her best friend Luna and Nixon. "Whoa, watch where you're going!" Luna sneered. Luna turned around and realized it was Sadie that ran into her, "Sadie, What happened to your hair?" Luna asked out of surprise, "I got it cut." Sadie replied.

"Why did you cut it?" Luna questioned, "The long hair was making it difficult to put on my helmet." Sadie explained, "Gotta admit, and a lot of others, including me, are having some difficulty putting on our helmets with long hair." Luna laughed.

Shasta takes a stroll in the city and meets up with Sadie, Luna, and Nixon. "Hello, Alpha." Nixon greeted, "What are we going to work on today?" Nixon asked, "I'm glad that you asked. Today, we're going to give everyone a haircut." I answered, "But we don't know how to properly cut hair." Luna replied, "I will take care of cutting the hair. I may need your help to hold our friends down if they don't hold still." I informed.

Shasta headed over to Splie's house, convincing him to drop everything and come back to the city. "All right, we're back in the city. Please tell me what's important to stop me from my current work." Splie complained, "I need your help to give everyone a haircut." Shasta replied. Splie gave Shasta an unamused look, "Really? How can that be important? Besides, I'm no good at cutting hair. Dave's much better at it."

Splie walked away, pretty upset. I looked around for Dave for a while. I eventually find him roaming around town. "Hey Dave, I need your help on something." I said, catching up to him, "What can I help you with?" Dave replied with a smile, "I need to give the wolves haircuts. Short hairstyles to be exact, and I need your help to do this." I begged. Dave chuckled in response and said, "You don't need to beg. I can do that, no problem."

The wolf knights gathered up, except for most of the men, and got in line. Over time, four thousand out of twenty thousand(overall number of knights) wolves got brand new hairstyles within three days.

Minecraftia 09/18/1275...

Shasta's POV:

After all the haircuts were done, all the wolves were satisfied with their short hair and proceeded as normal within the pack, happy. "Dave, you need to have your hair cut too." I said, pulling out my shears. Dave jumped at that statement, "I'm not going to cut this long silky hair. It took me forever to make it grow this long without it curling up." Dave yells, running his hands through his long hair.

"Luna, Nixon, hold him down!" I ordered. Luna and Nixon grab Dave, holding him down in place. "Let go of me this instant!" Dave demanded, trying to fight off Luna and Nixon. I pulled out my shears and started cutting his hair. Dave yells and screams as I cut his hair. After I finished cutting Dave's hair, he was very angry with me.

"I hate you, Shasta!" Dave shouted, throwing a big fit, "I know. Don't worry too much about your hair, it'll grow back." I assured him, "It doesn't matter, I'll have to work on it for long periods of time making it all silky and smooth." Dave complained, attempting to strike me with a Warhammer. I dodged his swings and took him out from the back, knocking him to the ground. Before he could get up, I drew my sword towards Dave's head.

"Do not try to fight me, you're going to get yourself or someone else hurt." I warned, "Okay, fine! I won't hurt you for this, but I will still help you until the current project is finished." Dave growled, storming off. I kind of regret cutting his hair, sadly, I gotta do what needs to be done.

Minecraftia 09/22/1275...

Today is my twentieth birthday and today being the leader of a large number of people is the same thing as usual. I strolled through town, helping out my fellow wolf brethren here and there. Eventually, I ran into Dave and Splie that happen to be looking for me. 

"Shasta, there you are. Please follow us, we need to show you something." Dave bellowed, grabbing my arm. They took me over to the beach where Splie's house sits on. Sadie, Luna, and Nixon were there waiting for us and greeted me in a friendly manner. "Hmm... We're at your house. What am I supposed to see?" I asked out of confusion, "It's almost here." Splie said.

Splie grabbed a horn and bellowed the horn. Minutes later, a large fleet of mostly Caravel-class ships fly around a large beach corner with their big sails out. A few Carrack-class ships came up behind the caravels, comparing it's intimidating size to it's allied caravel ships. Everything that's naval related came together before my eyes.

The ships were loaded with some of my soldiers, a few barrels, and a couple of ballistas on the Carracks. "Shasta, we introduce you... our project! A large navy!" Dave announced, "Whoa! Did you make ALL of this? For me?" I asked, "Yep." Dave replied, "This is awesome! Is this all of the ships?" I gasped, "No, this is the most of them. We have a couple more of these to finish constructing and the navy will be complete." Splie replied, writing off his assignments on his book n' quill.

The ships return back to their shipyard and I went over to the large secret shipyard that's harboring the new ships with Sadie.

Back at Gline...

3rd Person POV:

Aafiq is sitting on Gline's throne, going through some books with his war general Zack. Layla and Hammy walk into the throne room without their wolf counterparts, hidden from view. "Did you find Shasta Breyer?" Aafiq asked calmly, "No." I angrily replied, "No need to be upset. I may have a useful lead for you." Aafiq said, tossing her a book that survived the attack on Soure, "Really?!" Layla squeaked, catching the book making her ears and tail pop out. "Whoa! What... are you?" Zack gasped.

"I'm a wolf." Layla answered, looking through the book, "You mean a werewolf?" Zack questioned, "NO! A wolf! We wolves have a mostly-human form we can morph ourselves into." Layla yells as her eyes went from hazel to amber yellow, "Okay, simmer down some." Zack ordered, "We don't take orders from you!" Hammy growls, "Hammy's right, we don't." Layla agrees.

Hammy and Layla corners and tower over Zack Edgington, making him submit to their dominance. "Enough you two!" Aafiq shouts, standing up, "Layla, have you found any useful information on Shasta's whereabouts?" Aafiq asks, "Partially. I believe he settled in the coldest part of Minecraftia." Layla replies, pointing to a large ice-plains with some mountains, "Ah! That's perfect, I'll send an armada of ships to capture Shasta and his friends." Aafiq smiles.

"Good. It's good doing business with you this far." Layla laughs devilishly.

To be continued...

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