Minecraftia 09/26/1275...

Nixon's POV:

I can't believe our Alpha... was taken away from us. Sadie starts crying and I sit by her side, trying to comfort her. "The love of my life... is gone." Sadie cries on my shoulder, "Um... Sadie? Nixon? Since Shasta isn't here to lead us... who will lead us now?" One of the wolf knights asked. Everyone looked at one another, "I'm his Beta, I will lead in his absence." Sadie spoke up.

All the wolves bow down before Sadie and get back in their military formation. "As we all witnessed, our Alpha has been captured and taken him away from us. I may not be as much of a leader as he is, but I will do anything in my power to get him back!" Sadie announced, followed by all of us cheering in approval.

We return to FrostFang Summit, I continue forging the rest of the armor that's required for all the soldiers and Sadie organizes all of the wolves across our territory. Luke comes up to me with a rolled up piece of paper and hands it to me. "What's this?" I asked, unrolling the paper. After opening it up all the way, I was stunned that this piece of paper is a blueprint of a large crossbow on wheels.

"Whoa. This thing's big, I don't think we have enough wood to make a large number of these. Besides, I don't think we would have enough time to even test them." I explained, putting away my apron, "You're right on that, we won't have any time to test them. Let's just hope Jesus is with us on this future battle..." Luke sighed. "You know that I don't believe in Christianity, right?" I questioned, "Oh... right. For the glory of the moon, give us luck in this battle!" Luke jokingly narrated, "Hmph, close enough." I replied.

Luke and I got to work on the transportable crossbows, making a few prototypes. Luke kept on trying to build another one until I stopped him. "Nixon, why aren't you helping me?" Luke asked, "Because we need to test at least one of them first. Let's load an arrow in one of them." I said, loading the large crossbow, "It's a spear bolt!" Luke screamed, "And the crossbow you're referring to, is a Ballista!", "Ohh!" I replied. 

Luke helped me load the ballista and readied the heavy-duty iron wire. "It's ready to fire, want to do the honors?" I asked, "Gladly." Luke replied, "Ready! Aim! Fire!" I yelled. Luke fired the ballista and the bolt went flying towards the horizon. I inspected the ballista and found a few stress marks on the ends of the bow arms. Luke and I repaired the bow arms, reinforced the bow arms a little bit and gave it another test. "Fire!" Luke commanded, "Your wish is my command." I replied, firing the weapon. Test two didn't have any stress fractures this time and improved our other ballista prototypes.

A few wolves came to help build a few more with us and tested as many as we could until it got dark.

Layla's POV:

I dragged Shasta into the Captain's room of the ship and I tied him up onto one of the chairs in the room. Not long after I tightened the ropes, Shasta starts to come back conscious, "Oh, my love. Glad to see you're awake." I said, smiling at the love of my life, "Layla?!" Shasta responded. I came up to him and embraced him in a hug, taking in his scent. "Layla, what are you doing?! Let me go!" he demands, struggling in his rope restraints, "No," I answered, "You're the love of my life and I want you all to myself. Since you're sharing common blood with wolves, my love for you has gotten stronger." I said, winking my left eye.

"You're telling me, you're in love with me? You just can't force me to love you back, I don't have any interest in you!" Shasta replied, raising his voice at me in his second sentence, "Don't you remember anything when we hit our teenage years?" I questioned,  "No?" he answered, tilting his head sideways, "You seriously don't know? We knew each other since we're kids. When we met in the Ball Room, I didn't know we have met sometime before until some time after you ran away." I informed. Shasta went into shock from hearing this.

*Flashback Starts*

I'm waiting outside Castle doors of my kingdom, standing in between my parents. From what my parents told me, The Breyer Family was coming to visit us for a while. From what my parents have told me about him, he's a really great prince and he's very caring. Most of the boys I've met are rude and snobby.

A while after, Royal carriage arrived right by the Castle. My Parents and I greeted the Breyers once they stepped out. I saw a cute pre-teen come out from behind his parents, the King and Queen of Gline, the most powerful Kingdom throughout all of Minecraftia. He looks very handsome and looked very heat. I run up to Shasta and greeted him for the first time.

"Hi! I'm Layla, it's a pleasure meeting you." I greeted in a Royal manner, "It's... good to meet you too." Shasta awkwardly replied, struggling with his locked chest, "Let me help you with that." I giggled.

I grabbed one side of the chest and lead him towards the guest bedrooms inside the Castle. "You're really strong. How did you manage to carry this crate? I've loaded as much as I could into this thing." Shasta chuckled, "I don't know... I... guess I'm used to carrying heavy things." I stammered, with a small shade of pink blush across my cheeks, "I think we should get back with our families." I said, pushing Shasta out the bedroom.

We walked into a conversation Shasta and I's parents' conversation and stopped talking right after one of them saw us coming, "Did you show Shasta where he's going to stay?" Dad asked me, "Yes, sir." I replied. "Good. Now, why don't you two go play." My Dad suggests. I squeal in the excitement that I get to play with Shasta. I grab Shasta's hand and lead him through town and showed him everything my town has to offer. We went through the markets and into the tailor shop.

"Um, Layla... why are we in here?" Shasta asked, "To try out some clothes this store makes. You'll love the clothes that they make here." I said, giving him a few sets of clothes. I sat down in a chair and waited for Shasta to change. 

Shasta walks out from the changing curtain with one of the outfits and accessories I gave him. He was wearing a leather brown shirt, a pair of worn black pants and shiny boots, and a black cape made out of wool that's hanging diagonally down the sides. He was wearing a cute attachable set of black wolf ears and tail along with his outfit.

Shasta was blushing when we walked into view. I have a surprised look on my face with sparkles in my eyes. I slowly walked up to him and looked deep in his eyes. "So, um... how do I look?" he asked, "Astonishing!" I squeaked, "Oh... sorry." I blushed, "I'll buy these for you." I stammered. I purchased the clothes and left. Shasta and I walked around the residential area of town, having a good time together. A couple of nasty kids decided to show up to ruin my day...

"Oh look, it's that brat, Layla!" The meanest bully shouted, charging at us. He tackled me and tries to hit me, but his arm just stopped inches away from my face. Shasta was holding the Bullies back. Surprisingly, he knocked both of them out and got me out of the situation. We got back home all dirty before Dinner and our families weren't too happy about it.

We finished our Dinner and went to change into our night clothes. After I changed and lay down in my bed, I waiting for our parents to fall asleep. After some time of waiting, I peeked outside my bedroom and went back into my room to wait for a guard to walk past my room. Seconds after he walked past my room, I snuck outside my room and went into the bedroom where Shasta's sleeping.

I got underneath the sheets and cuddled up next to him. Shasta turned around and saw me, "Layla, what're you doing in here?" Shasta whispered, "Shhh... quiet down." I hushed, placing a finger on his lips, "I felt lonely in my bedroom and wanted to sleep next to you."

"But why me?" Shasta asked. I blushed in a shade of bright pink, "Because... I like you! I-I mean, I really like you. I want to be more than friends." I answered, holding onto his right arm. Shasta turned over to his right side and embraced me firmly, making me feel so safe. I quickly fell asleep under Shasta's friendly presence.

*Flashback Ends*

"I appreciate that you telling me this, but that's when we were younger. I've moved on from you and have an interest in Sadie!" Shasta said, shaking around in his chair, "That's sucks to hear. I guess I should... get her out of the picture." I clamored, "No!" Shasta screamed. He struggles harder and the ropes snap. Shasta gets up and blows past me with brutal force. 

I managed to get up and go after him, but he was gone. Hammy and I searched around for him and noticed the small rowboat was gone. "Shasta's got away." Hammy spoke. I grab her by the neck and sneered at her, "Thanks for telling me, Captain Obvious. I hardly noticed..."

"There's always another chance to c-catch him." Hammy says, gasping for air, "But we know where he lives and always plan another approach." I dropped her and she lets out a huge gasp for air, "You're right. I've waiting this long to find him and claim him as my boyfriend or even better, husband! I guess I can wait a little longer." I replied, stifling a chuckle.

Sadie's POV:

Recently got a report back from Luke and Nixon on the new Ballistas they've tested. "Luna, I need you to proceed the training on the recruits." I ordered, "Yes, Beta." Luna acknowledged as she starts leaving the castle. I proceed with planning out some defense tactics that I've learned from Shasta sometime back when we were living in Soure.

Shasta's POV:

I'm drifting around the tropical sea, with no land in sight. The entire night, I gave up fighting with the ocean's powerful currents. Hours later in the morning heat, I got hungry and looked around the boat for anything to eat. I found some intact water bottles, but no food. After a few days went by, my water supply ran out and started to get parched. 

Minecraftia 10/03/1275...

"Werewolf Goddess, what do I do?" I asked, blankly staring at the blue sky, "I'm lost and I need help to get back home." I get up and looked around, there's nothing but empty ocean for miles. The Werewolf goddess appears in the boat in front of me. "Werewolf Goddess? Is that you?" I croaked out, "Yes, Shasta. It is me." The Goddess replied, "I'm lost and there's no land in sight. What do I do to survive?" I asked, trying to speak clearly.

"Just hold in there, Shasta." She spoke, "I've been holding in there as long as I could! I'm thirsty, I'm hungry, and I'm a target to almost everyone all across Minecraftia." I said, trying to growl on a dry throat, "I don't think I can lead anyone without someone targeting me. Why didn't you pick someone else?" I asked.

"I picked you is because you have abilities that your pack doesn't. A power that you can use to restore Werewolf society." She answered, "A power?" I asked, "Yes. You have the ability to convince the pack to use their abilities to defend themselves in their human form." The Goddess said, "So... you want to just help them have the ability to fi..." I croaked, losing my voice in mid-sentence. I tried to speak again, but I couldn't.

The Werewolf Goddess came up to me and casted a spell that made some ocean water into fresh water. "Here. Drink this." she said, handing me a bottle of fresh water. I quickly drink the water, hydrating myself within minutes. "I feel much better. Thanks." I responded, placing the cork back on the empty glass bottle.

"As I was saying, you're basically telling me... that you were using me?" I asked, 

"How could you be used by someone? You've had great times with Luna and Nixon, and even fell in love with Sadie along the way." Werewolf Goddess exclaimed.

"I know, but It's difficult to lead a large number of people and tread carefully when I leave my territory." I explained, "Besides, I need to get back home. Is there a way back?"

The Werewolf Goddess pointed to my right and disappeared. When I turned towards the direction where she was pointing, I saw land real close by. I eventually reached land and beached myself safely with no problems. I walked up a little more inland, what I saw made me freeze in my tracks. I was in Muslim territory, far away from home! I'm glad I managed to snag my weapon away from Layla during my escape.

I went into stealth mode and sneaked around the uncharted territory, observing my incoming opponents I'll be facing. I got close to a harbor that is full of Carrack-class and some caravel-class warships. A Carrack was being unloaded and went to take a closer look. A few Turkish soldiers were escorting prisoners and recognized who the prisoners are.

I switched to my wolf form and proceeded to follow them to their destination. Once the prisoners went inside the designated building, I took out the guards and hid their bodies behind some boxes of crates and headed inside the building. I quietly looked around and eventually found the prisoners in prison cells after some time of searching. There were three soldiers interrogating them and I had to listen in.

"Great news for us, I just got a report back from Layla that Shasta was captured." The Captain laughed, 

"No way! That isn't possible!" A feminine voice cried, 

"Oh, but it did..." The Captain taunted. 

I recognized who the voices belong to. It was Dave, Splie, Diana, Ben, and Steve! "You won't get away with this." Dave shouts, kicking at the cell door, "Well guess what, I did. And there's nothing you all can do about it." The captain hissed. I heard a guard come up behind me and panicked the moment he spotted me.

"Zack! There's a wolf spy!" The guard bellows, 

"Oh, crap." I mumbled. 

I ran up at him and unarmed the guard from his weapons.  I stabbed him with my sword and eliminated an Arabic soldier from with a light crossbow the dead guard had on him. I charged into the prison room and took on the Muslim captain. He was very strong and a tough adversary. My friends were cheering on as I was fighting Zack. I kicked him in the crouch and he fell to his side. I took a ring of keys off of him and tossed it over to Splie.

Splie unlocked the door and all of us ran towards the exit. "Stop them!" Zack ordered, coming right up behind us at a rapid speed. I took a direct one-hundred-eighty-degree turn and shot Zack in the chest with a crossbow I had.

I boarded Dave, Ben, and Steve's ship and left the harbor with a couple of caravel-class ships following not far behind. Some of the soldiers on the ships following us start shooting at us with arrows, ripping holes in the sails. 

"Dave, shake them off." Ben shouted from the crow's nest, 

"I'm trying." Dave shouted back, 

"Splie, do we have anything we can use to slow the enemy ships down?" Ben asked, 

"We have cattle, oak logs, gunpow-" Splie rambled, 

"Gunpowder! Use the gunpowder barrel as a bomb and throw it overboard." Ben ordered,

 "What, why?" I asked, "Just do it, you'll be surprised what we can do with this." Ben snapped.

Everybody looks at me for some sort of approval, "You heard Ben, throw the gunpowder overboard." I bellowed.

Just as ordered, we dropped a gunpowder barrel into the ocean. One of the enemy caravels tried to turn away from it, but struck it, blasting a hole in the hull. The other ship still proceeds to follow us and fires grappling hooks onto our ship, making us slow down. Diana and I threw our heaviest gunpowder barrel, making it bob in the water once it fell in the ocean. The barrel quickly gets struck by the enemy caravel within seconds, leaving an impact splatter of blood on my face and stuck in my chainmail under armor.

"Dave, break the chains! It's going to take us with it!" I yelled. Dave cuts both chains with his war hammer, breaking us free. 

Scene change to Zack...

3rd Person POV:

Zack was furious with the casualties Shasta has caused to some of his forces. "Stop all preparations! We need to strike Shasta's base and capture the Christian prince! Once we capture Shasta, no-one will stop us from making Islam the main religion!" Zack shouted, raising an Islamic flag up in the air.

All the soldiers cheered and started loading the warships with all the supplies they were preparing for a massive attack. Arabic and Turkish ships start to depart, one by one with soldiers lined across the middle decks. Zack rips the bolt out of his chest and he grunts in pain, 

"Will you be all right, sir?" A soldier asked, coming to his superior's aid, 

"Yes.. I'll be fine." Zack calmly replied.

Dave's POV:

We made it onto shore around nightfall and docked at Splie's house as fast as we could. We managed to get back to town and everyone was surprised to see us. The wolves start to clamor and a couple of pups shouting things like 'Shasta's returned.' or 'The Alpha's alive.' Luna, Luke and Nixon ran into us half way through town.

"Steve! Ben! Splie! Diana! You're back! Whoa... What happened to you, Shasta?" Luke asked, quickly approaching us, 

"Got chased by Arabic and Turkish forces on the way back." Shasta flat out answered, 

"Who was taking care of the place while you went to save us, Shasta?" I asked, 

"Shasta's back?!" Luna and Nixon asked.

"I'm so glad you're back, Sadie's been taking care of things while you were gone." Luna reported,

"Oh? What's happened?" Shasta asked, 

"We've made some ballistas and tested them, completely forged all of the armor for the rest of the soldiers, and Sadie came up with some tactics that might be helpful." Luke replied,

"I'd love to see the tactics for myself." Splie spoke intelligently,

"Ha. Sure you do, Splie. You're the geekiest one up here." I chuckled.

We all went into the castle and Sadie jumped in surprise when she saw us. "Shasta? Diana? Dave? Splie? You're all back?" Sadie asked,

"Don't forget Steve and I over here." Ben whispered.

Sadie's POV:

I ran up to Shasta and gave him a big hug and felt something strange on his armor. I backed up and there was a little bit of blood on my skirt. 

"Babe, how did you get back?" I asked,

"I... went through some things on my way back home." Shasta replied,

"Alpha, there's some ships headed this way. They have red sails with a white crescent and star on them." a soldier reported, facing towards Shasta. 

Everyone just froze in place with their eyes as big as dinner plates.

To be continued...

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