Minecraftia 1/19/1276...

Shasta's POV:

"That's unusual for a body to do that under very harsh climate conditions." Splie pondered,

"It sounds like you aren't surprised." I commented,

"I am surprised at this turn of events, I'm just good at hiding it." He replied,

Luke comes down from behind the ship's wheel and joins the three of us.

"Shasta, Splie, there's something coming up towards the ship." Luke reported, pulling out his sword.

Drowned zombies that Nixon and I encountered while we were scavenging through the enemy ships and some ships of our own were swimming up towards the surface. Luke and I used our crossbows and started firing at the zombies. Luke shot the first zombie in the head and it fell back in the water, floating dead on the surface. More Drowned show up and they make attempts to climb into the ship.

The Drowned were easily repelled due to the crossbow fire and the sun working in our favor.

"Take us back on land." I ordered,

"Wilco, Shasta." Nixon and Luke acknowledged in unison.

Nixon dropped the sails and Luke lifted the anchor, Nixon jumped down from the masts and steered the ship back to port. We tied down the ship and emptied the ship from all of the supplies we've collected.

"Shasta, what are we going to do with our enemies' sets of spare armor?" Luke asked,

"Smelt them?" Nixon asked,

"Yes. Smelt them down to their molten metal form and reuse it for our weapons and armor." I said, removing the last crate off the ship.

Nixon's POV:

I met up with Dave and we both carried a couple of large crates full of armor over to the blacksmith. 

"I'm a big fan of armor, if there is any left, I may forge Luke and Splie some armor." Dave chuckled,

 I'm glad you like armor, cause we'll be forging a ton of it. Now, let's start forging this armor." I said,

Daves fires up the forge and we dump the iron plating into the forge, dropping a few diamonds into the forge. We sit down and wait for the metal to melt completely down.

"How many members of your pack do we need to make weapons and armor for?" Dave asked,

"A couple hundred more." I answered,

"Wow, that's a lot of armor! Speaking of armor, the metal is ready, let's start forging!" Dave bellows as he gets up on his feet.

Dave opens up the latch of the forge and the molten metal quickly fills in the hearth.

Dave dips a large bucket into the pool of molten metal and pours it into a case, letting the liquid settle in place. The new metal cools down to a little more solid state and I carefully remove the pieces and drop them into the water trough.

"Oh, great..." I groan,

"What happened?" Dave asked,

"A couple of these plates have cracked." I said, showing him a shoulder pad and a wolf faceplate,

"That's bad. We'll have to forge another one." Dave replied, inspecting the small crack.

We proceed to forge the armor and manage to create all two hundred sets of armor within two weeks.

Minecraftia 2/03/1276...

Every set of armor and swords were completely forged and gave away to all the new and well-trained wolf soldiers. Fortunately, there was some molten metal left and Dave forged two sets of unusual, yet unique armor. Sadly, we didn't have enough diamonds, so we had to use pure iron.

Dave made one set for Luke and another one for himself. Dave's set of armor is completely jet black with full plating, bulky helmet with ice blue spikes, and a slightly buffed out chest with a large blue gem.

Luke's set of armor looks pretty similar to his regular armor! It has the same yellow color scheme, it has dark steel gauntlets, steel boots, steel shoulder pads, full helm with a T-shape vizor, and a large yellow cape and hood.

Our Alpha, Shasta, and my girlfriend Luna shows up and they greeted.

"Hello, Dave. Hello, Nixon." Alpha greeted,

"Hey." Dave and I said, in unison,

"I want to come over and say thank you for forging the armor for the past few weeks." Shasta informed,

"It's not a problem, Alpha. Glad to do my part." I saluted,

"I see you made some new armor, I like the unique design." Luna complimented,

"Those two? I didn't make them, Dave did." I laughed,

"Come here, you." Luna said, grabbing my hand.

Luna pulls me into a kiss, and I happily kiss back.

"Not in public, please." Alpha suggested, "You two can leave, you've earned it."

3rd Person POV:

Luna and Nixon leave the blacksmith and Shasta directed his eyes on Dave.

"Dave, I need to talk to you, Luke, and Splie." Shasta calmly spoke, in complete sincerity.

Splie, Luke, and Dave meet up with Shasta in the Castle, in the planning room. All three of them sit down, waiting for Shasta. 

"Guys, I've been pondering on this for a long time now..." Shasta began, "Since I've been the Alpha of the Frost Fang Pack, I've been practicing the religious beliefs of the Werewolf Goddess. What I'm saying is..."

"Well? What?" Splie asked,

"I'm leaving Christianity." Shasta lets out.

Luke, Splie, and Dave stared at Shasta in disbelief.

"Why? You've been committed to him ever since you're born." Splie asked,

"You shouldn't do this, Shasta." Dave plead,

"I have to! I just... can't handle two religions and the pack doesn't 100% recognize Christianity as their major religion." Shasta sighed, "And I'm starting to accept my Pack's main belief, the Werewolf Goddess and I'm accepting my wolf form."

Dave sheds a tear before speaking, "Are you really sure you want to do this?"

"Yes." Shasta answered.

Luke, Dave, and Splie quietly clamored in between each other for a short period of time and looked back towards Shasta.

"We respect your decision, Shasta. It will take some getting use to." Luke said calmly, 

"Thank you, guys." Shasta smiled, "You can head back to your activities."

Shasta's POV:

I went downstairs and proceeded to keep going until I was in the dungeon of the Castle. I walked over to Dane's cell, finding him asleep. 

"You there, bring me my two red tabards." I ordered, pointing to one of my knights,

"Yes, Alpha." The knight answered.

By the time the Knight left the dungeon, Dane stirs out of his sleep.

"Good afternoon, Dane." I said from the cell door,

"Huh? What do you want with me now?" Dane hissed,

"I am going to let you go." I said, opening the cell door, "Your ship is fixed and ready to depart."

"Well Shasta, I was starting to like it here." Dane replied, sarcastically,

"Don't give me that, I did what was best for my people." I snapped back.

The Wolf knight returned with the tabards I asked for and handed them over to me.

"Thank you." I said to the knight, "Here. This is your parting gift, I think these designs are better than the old Mason Order's design."

"Umm... Thanks..." Dane thanked.

"No problem." I smiled, "Come on, let's head over to your ship."

I guided Dane back to his small ship and gave his Templar armor back. Dane said his farewells and sailed through the ice field, disappearing towards the ocean's horizon. I headed back to Frost Fang Summit and met up with Nixon.

"Hey, Nixon." I said, waving him over,

"Hello, Alpha. You ready?" Nixon asked,

"For... what?" I asked back,

"I know I have to start patrolling our territory at this second, but I would like to see if we can patrol together." Nixon requested,

"Sure." I answered.

Nixon beamed by my answer. We depart with a small group consisting half newly-trained troops and half with moderate skills. We scouted the shoreline first and slowly worked upward inland. Sometime after entering a large snowy-taiga forest, the silence has made the patrol mission awkward and Nixon decided to break the awkward silence.

"So... Alpha. How strong is the bond between you and Sadie?" Nixon asked,

"From my perspective, I believe it's really solid. Why do you ask?" I answered, making eye contact,

"Our girlfriends have been having a lot of... girl time for the past couple of months." Nixon calmly explained, in his deep tone, "Do you think they're talking about us? Like, in a bad way?"

I stop and started to laugh.

"What?! Why would you think that?" I asked, "From what Sadie told me about her relationship with Luna, they're best of friends."

"Is that why you brought me out here?" I asked,

"No. I want to talk to my friend and Alpha, possibly knowing you a bit more." He replied,

"Why didn't you say so?" I chuckled, "I'm a young adult who used to live in a family that happens to believe under the religious belief of Christianity, I used to believe in Christianity until I decided to leave it for the Werewolf Goddess."

"Ah, I see..." Nixon trailed off.

Some rustling is seen and heard close by inside a small patch of berry bushes. Nixon, the soldiers, and we drew our swords in a panic. Nixon stiffs the air and becomes agressive, with his eyes changing to amber yellow. He charges towards the bushes and dives in. Nixon emerges from the bush, holding a live rabbit.

"Seriously?" I questioned,

"What? I'm starving." Nixon replies, quickly changing to his wolf form.

Nixon swiftly eats the rabbit alive, leaving a bloody mess on the fresh blanket of snow. Dark gray clouds start to show up and lightning can be seen in the distance, followed by thunder. We headed back to Frost Fang Summit as fast as we could in our wolf forms. By the time we got back, the small snow storm became a massive blizzard. The entire time all of us that have been settled here, we didn't have a blizzard.

"Everyone, head inside your homes and wait there until this passes." I ordered,

"But what about our fellow wolves that don't have homes?" A feminine voice asked,

"They will camp out in the Castle." I answered, guiding wolves to their homes.

In minutes, everyone seeked and made it to their shelters. Nixon and I close the gate to the castle gates and headed inside the keep. Once inside, Sadie ran up to me and asked: "What's going on?"

"Large blizzard blew in and sent them to their homes, the ones who don't have a home or is too far to make it back are going to stay in here until this passes." I explain, locking the castle entrance doors.

The Next day...

Minecraftia 2/04/1276...

Luna's POV:

From what our Alpha told us the moment the pack got up this morning, the blizzard passed and started to get to work. All of us in the castle headed outside and we were taken by surprise on the amount of snow was covering the ground.

"Nixon, I'm starting to get a little chilly." I said, shivering, making my armor rattle, 

"I can fix that." Nixon answered, embracing me in a hug.

Sadie's POV:

I looked over my shoulder and saw my best friend and her boyfriend hugging each other. It makes me a little jelly since the love of my life is the leader, making him a little busy.

"Shasta, love me!" I demanded, grabbing his arm,

"Sadie, what're you doing?!" Shasta asked, in a panic,

"You deaf? I tell you to love me." I answered, squeezing his arm harder.

The pack looks at me in disbelief. I just let him go and Shasta starts to loosen his arm up.

"You're unusually feisty than normal today. I'd like to talk to you in private, after we get a few things underway." Shasta planned out.

Everybody was split up into a few large groups, clearing away the snow and freeing other pack members that're trapped inside their home. I was partnered up with Luna, Nixon, and Dave with some other pack members, transporting snow outside of town.

Aafiq's POV:

"Lord Aafiq, our reinforcements have arrived." A Muslim soldier reported,

"Good... Prepare as many of our warriors as you can muster. I need to perform a speech." I ordered,

"Yes, Lord Aafiq." The soldier acknowledged, slightly bowing forward.

I slowly stand up from the Throne of Gline and walk towards the balcony. Thousands of Arab, Turkish, and some Egyptian knights were lined up with some bannermans holding their banners up high, cheering my name.

I raise my hand up, sign for them to calm down.

"Recently, we've had some great major victories against the Mason Order! I'm glad to be your leader, spreading Islam's sphere of influence across Minecraftia!" I announced, "As far as you all know, Giroldus's son still lives... Never mind that, we are on the verge of winning this Religious war and once we do, we'll invade the ice lands and kill Shasta Breyer!"

The people cheered and waved their banners all throughout town.

3rd Person POV:

In a dark alleyway, a black hooded figure hides in the shadows, watching the Islamic armies start their preparations. The hooded figure sprints through the shadows and runs across the open fields of Gline, changing into a silhouette of an animal under the cover of the night.

To be continued...

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