Stepping out into the light, two bright red ruby eyes looked around the mysterious animal. Seeing that no one was around, the mysterious animal stepped out into the light and stretched its feathered wings as high as they could go.

"Ah! That felt good" she sighed.

    Pumping them hard and slow she gradually got up into the air, cruising over the land she knew. The tall pines reaching up into the sky. Birds squawked and moved out of her way when she flew by. The wolf didn't have to worry about being spotted. No on ever looks up. She glided for a while scouting for any wolves that were trespassing on her territory. Once she was satisfied that there weren't any intruders she landed. The sun was in the middle of the sky by the time she got home, the heat beating down on her.  She felt the soft grass brush the bottom of her paws when she landed. Time for a midday nap if you ask me. She chuckled to herself. She took a deep breath. The sweet sappy pine smell dominated all others. She followed the ritual of circling before she laid down. The moment her eyes closed a horrible memory made its presence known.

    Her pack. The roughest, toughest pack in the forest, but just because they were really strong didn't mean they weren't caring. Her mother was a mom to five spastic pups. Quintuplets. You would say. Freezing Rain wrestle with her three brothers- Wet Sky, Tree Leaf, and Bark Stream– as much as any pup. Her one sister– River Rock– was more laid back than the boys.  Life was good until when she reached two thousand five hundred fifty-five suns. "Freak! Monster!" That's what her pack said when they saw her open her wings for the first time.

She was very hurt. She didn't know that wolves weren't supposed to have wings. She ran to her family, who recoiled in disgust. "Mama! What happened to me? Why do I have wings?" She cried. Her mother shook her head. "I don't know, but you can't stay here. The pack won't take you seriously anymore."

    Freezing Rain felt her heart break into a million pieces. She ran, ran as far as she could on her legs. Eventually, she collapsed into a pile and sobbed her broken heart out. "Why me? Why did I have to be the freak of the family?" She asked herself between sobs. A little while later she decided that this was her life and she has to deal with it.

That night, while out in the woods, she practiced her flying. Jumping and flapping she tried to get an arch. Freezing Rain tried to do that more and more. Getting a little higher every time, she decided that this was the first step on flying.

    She felt hopeless. If she couldn't fly how would she escape her pack? She had to learn how to fly since no one could teach her she knew nature was her mentor. What animals have wings? She creased her eyebrows. Trying to bring back memories of the animals that her pack and brought back for food. Birds! Birds have wings!

    She looked around for some birds. Spotting some she looked at them as teachers, not food. Focusing on their wings, she saw them make circles. Not good circles, but their wings made a "slide" that went down, straight at the top of the circle, made a "slide" that went up, then straight at the bottom. This cycle continued.

She decided to try what the birds were doing. Though she knew that she was weak. Freezing Rain needed a hill or a mountain. She started looking for a really big hill. There! There's a hill!

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"Finally! I made it to the top!" Looking over the edge her stomach did a flip-flop. "Why? Why this high up?" She sat down.   

Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes, stretched out wings...and walked off the edge. She fell. Her heart started pounding in her chest. Adrenaline coursed through her body.

    Suddenly she remembered how the birds flew. Doing that same motion she started to fly. "Oh! Praise the Gods!" She opened her eyes."I'm flying!" Slowly she descended.  "Now what do I do with my wings?" Looking around her she saw a bird land then fold its wings to its sides. "Huh? How?" She tried to fold her wings like the bird. To my sides. She looked at her sides. "Oh!" She figured out that they can't be up and down. They have to be on their sides. "Cool!"

That night she slept soundly. Her mind replaying over and over how she learned to fly and how to close her wings. Making it instinctual on how to fly. Never again will she have trouble flying.

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Freezing Rain woke up. It's been about five thousand one hundred ten suns since she left the pack and she felt good about her decision. She hated them for being so judgmental. It's not like it was cancerous or anything. She thought to herself. I could've helped them hunt once I learned to fly. Or see if there were any other wolves around. Nine hundred thirteen suns ago her pack stopped calling for her. The last thing she heard was, "Give it up Warm Sun she won't come back." The voice of her best friend Moon Shadow.

Every night his voice plays in her head. Saying those exact words. She would never do something like that. I'm glad she didn't join in with making fun of me. That would've been awful. Though, living on my own is fun. I don't have to do anything if I don't want to. I can hunt whenever and wherever I want. I should think about getting a pack just as well though. Nonetheless, I shouldn't think about this too much. I don't need a pack right this instance right? The sweet smell of elk brought her back to reality. "Mmm!"She sighed, plunging her snout into her kill. Freezing Rain's ear perked up when she heard twigs snapping. It's been forever since anywolf stalked her. She lifted her nose to the air and sniffed. She was instantly suspicious. She unsheathed her claws, prepared to safeguard her prey.

She kept sniffing, trying to figure out what type of animal it was. It wasn't an animal she knew. That was normal for her. Most animals she did not know. Then it came into full view.

A shiny brown wolf coat. What? How come I don't know its scent? She wondered to herself. "This is my prey!" She growled. "No matter how pretty you are."

"I don't want want your prey." The wolf replied in a deep gravelly voice,"I smelled another wolf scent so I followed it."

"Why?"

"Because I feel that you are just like me."

"What do you mean just like me?" Freezing Rain questioned after a while. 

"You have wings."The mysterious wolf elaborated.

"No, I don't have wings, what makes you think this?"

"Well, you must. Normal wolves are in a pack not on their own."

"Well, there can be lone wolves. Have you ever heard of that?" Freezing Rain countered. 

The wolf stood there stumped. "But your scent..."

"What about it?" She growled.

"It goes up." The wolf challenged when he saw the fear in her eyes.

"Fine," She admitted. "You caught me. I have wings. But how can you have wings? My pack didn't have any." Freezing Rain looked hard at the wolf that said he had wings. She couldn't find any sign of there being wings. "If you have wings show them, and tell me your name."

"Well I don't know if you're lying or not so I don't know if I should, and my name is Blowing Wind. What's your name?"

"Fine I'll open mine too on the count of three, and my name is Freezing Rain"

"One...two...three!"

Two pairs of wings opened at the exact same time. Blowing Wind's wings were a beautiful tan that reached one heads-length above him, and two wolves-lengths to his side. "Whoa!" They both howled. Freezing Rain's was the color of rain, a brilliant blue that stretched just as high and wide as Blowing Wind's.

"Nice wings!" They complimented each other.

Wow, Freezing Rain thought to herself. I didn't know that flying wolves can have such beautiful wings! "Ok so Blowing Wind how did you get your wings?"

"I got my wings when some no-furs captured me and tried to mix me with a bird when I was younger. They thought they did something wrong so they brought me back to the forest. I just got my wings ten thousand two hundred twenty suns ago." He recounted. "What about you? How did you get your wings?"

"Oh. I've had mine since birth I'm pretty sure. When I finally opened them my entire pack went hysterical."

Blowing Wind started to laugh, a sound that was low and friendly at the same time.

"Wow....just...wow I feel sorry for you. It must have been horrible having everybody laugh at you. That's how it was for me when everywolf in my new found pack saw my wings. Some were amazed, others not so much."

"Maybe we can be friends." Freezing Rain mentioned to Blowing Wind seeing as they were becoming more open.

"Yeah maybe." He hesitated, " I don't see why not."

"Hey come have some of the prey. There's plenty left."

"But....you just said......whatever." Shaking his head, Blowing Wind walked over to Freezing Rain and slowly put his muzzle in the elk and started to eat.

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She decided that it was time for Blowing Wind to learn how to fly. She couldn't keep getting the food. It was tiring, and he needed to commit some. Looking around, she saw some birds flying by. This would be a great time to teach him how to move his wings!

"They can't just be flapped up and down they have to go in an arch. Notice how the birds fly." Blowing Wind looked up and saw some birds.

"But they look like they are flapping up and down." He stated.

"Look harder. Focus on the wings."

Blowing Wind squinted his eyes, and focused more intently on the wings. That's when he saw the way they moved. Back, curved down, straight, curved up. Back, curved down, straight, curved up. That same process kept repeating. Freezing Rain saw him look back at her then at the birds. "What? How? How did you notice that?" He asked her. 

"I noticed because I needed to. If I didn't want my pack to find me I needed a fast mode of transportation."

"Can't you run?"

"Yes, but not fast enough. And running won't help me keep my scent hidden if I'm out hunting. If I fly my scent is basically hidden." Blowing Wind looked thoughtful as she said that. Carefully he tried to rise.

"Mmmpphh!" Blowing Wind lets out a deep breath. Freezing Rain looks over at him to see him trying his hardest to rise. "Bahahaha!" Freezing Rain burst out laughing. "What?" Blowing Wind's husky voice strained. "Just stop, like now." She replied still giggling like a female pup.

"You can't get very high right now. You haven't practiced for as long as I have. Just do a little bit."

Blowing Wind looks over and lands. "Wait, what? How long have you practiced?"

"Honestly I don't know how long I had to practice before I saw some birds fly by. "

"Oh" Blowing Wind replies looking down in defeat. Freezing Rain noticed this. "Oh perk up! I practiced for months!" She replies in an upbeat tone. Blowing Wind still looked down. Freezing Rain tilted her head, trying to figure out why he was so upset. "Why are you upset?" She asked gently "I'm upset because I can't fly. That means I can't follow you if you go hunting and your scent will be on me so your pack will find me and most likely find you." He replied remorsefully. 

(A/N I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! If you have any suggestions as to what should happen next don't hesitate to put it in the comments! If you enjoyed it please give it a big gold star! And I will see all of you wolves....in the skies!)