The gentle hum of the van engine faded in and out of Alistair's ears he couldn't really tell how long he had been unconscious for but his body burnt with pain, one of his arms was dislocated although he couldn't tell which one. His eye had swollen to the point where he could not even try to open it. His head was covered in a warm sticky liquid that was probably his own blood but he didn't know.

The van he was in was probably the van that belonged to one of his kidnappers who unfortunately had been very good friends with Alistair until a rumor had started around the school say that Alistair had beat up his friends sister which was completely untrue. So what must have been an hour ago Alistair was dragged in the back of a van and beaten up until he regained consciousness, beaten again then driven off into the middle of no where.

At this point Alistair couldn't move he felt the van stop and the door open, groaning weakly in pain they forced Ali to his feet and he was punched several times in the stomach and face, his legs were giving way under the dead weight of his upper body "You going to confess?" A voice said "I...didn't-" yet another blow to the stomach cause Ali to finally be dropped to his knees. He was pushed over and his head pressed on by a foot "See i don't believe you, we'll leave you to think about it" The individual went to walk away but he then pushed Ali back, causing Ali's body to roll down a steep hill hitting sharp branches and rocks cutting his legs and arms. He dropped about 10 feet onto a hard pathway his body scratched and dirty as well as bleeding heavily.

Silver stretched and scanned her eyes out over the pack before her. She could see the alpha, in his dominant wolf form resting on top of the large stone rock in the center of the den. He called her over, gesturing for her to join him. She walked over, in her human form, and sat by him, bowing her head slightly. "Yes Alpha?" she asked softly.

He looked at her, watching her in silence for a moment. "Something is off in the forest. Go... investigate." He said a little absently. He wasn't very nervous, and so Silver herself wasn't very nervous. "Yes Alpha." She said softly. She stood and looked up to the sky, closing her eyes and dropping down as the change took her. Her jaw elongated, her nails sharpened to claws, her fur ripped through her, covering her body. She turned and closed her eyes, letting the scents of the forest wash over. The scent of bark, grass, the dew on the leaves...and iron. Her eyes snapped open. She started running towards the scent. It wasn't long before she reached her target, not with her strong legs. What she found made her breath catch.

A man, beaten... human by his scent, lay bleeding on the ground. He needed a healer, something to help him come back. She shook her head and pulled him onto her back, bumping her shoulders to make sure he was situated properly before running him back towards the den.

Alistair couldn't help but groan in pain as he felt his body being lifted fairly quickly. Who ever had picked him up was definitely strong. He could barely even try to stay awake, what ever his body was slumped over was very soft and warm. It was either a horse that was covered in a sheepskin rug or it was a really hairy cow. But this was the forest no one lived here it was to far away from anything even if you had a car it took at least an hour to get to any recognizable roads. There was fences too surrounding certain parts of it. There was talk of it being a protected land because of a certain species of a tree being there.

Ali breathed in and out raspily as he still tried to clear his head but nothing was working. His head was pounding and his body burning in blistering pain. He mumbled slightly then stayed silent fading in and out of sleep and wake.

SIlver picked up her pace. She could feel the boy's labored breathing on her back, hear the rasp. She pounded the ground with her powerful paws and ran forward as quickly as she could. She wasn't sure why but she wanted to help the human. He was battered and bleeding and she had a feeling it wasn't his fault.

She saw the clearing, smelled the marks that the alpha had laid out to mark den territory. She slowed to a steady walk and took the man to their healer, bowing her head before letting him slide off her back, onto the soft dirt. She sat on her haunches and watched the healer, leaning over the man as well. He was still alive.

Silver's body shook as the change took her again, her fur receding and her body popping and cracking as it returned to it's human form. She shook her hair out and sat on the dirt. "Healer, i found this boy in our forest, dying. Can you heal him?" She asked softly.

Alistair groaned as he felt himself being put on the ground, he could hear muffled voices and could only pick out certain phrases and parts "I found this boy....dying....can you heal him?" With the blurry vision he watched as a tall figure walked towards him although he couldn't see it but the man was covered in light blue tattoos a sign of his healing ability in the pack. He crouched down slowly and looked over Alistair's beaten body and nodded.

"I may be able to..you may have got to him just in time Silver, i would tell the Alpha about our guest, he may not be pleased" He explained bowing his head to Silver as he picked up Alistair and walked to over a sheltered area. Alistair groaned as he was picked up and placed somewhere else. His shoulder was pushed back into place it was almost painless. His cuts and bruises were cleaned and sewed up in places it took a long while be Alistair soon fell asleep in a warm bed.

Silver nodded and bowed her head smiling softly. "Thank you healer." She said softly. "I will tell him quickly." She turned and walked over to where the Alpha still sat. She went to one knee and bowed her head. "Alpha we have a guest." She said softly, knowing as soon as she mentioned the boys race Gus would snap. He nodded and turned his eyes on her, waiting for her to speak again. Silver took a deep breath and continued. "He is an injured human." She sad softly.

Gus stood quickly, narrowing his eyes at her, the fur on the back of his neck standing up. He was the largest of them she was sure, and he was known for his strength. He glared down at her. "You brought a human here?" He snarled. Silver cringed back slightly bit held her ground. "Yes Alpha." She said softly. He drew his paw back and cracked it against the side of her face, just enough for his nails to cut the skin. She yelped and took the hit. She reached up and touched the tender skin, felt her own blood. It would heal of course, but it hurt for now.

"The pack will.... discuss this." Gus said with a growl to his voice. "Now go, before i lose my temper." He turned his back on her. Silver nodded and ran towards the healer once more.

Drake the healer stepped out from the hut seeing Silver hurt made his eyes draw together in concern, he gently lifted Silver head to see the scratch on her cheek. "It won't scar it should be fine in the morning, i take it Gus didn't take it well? The humans sleeping his names Alistair, 18 years old from the town a couple of miles back i don't know what he was doing all the way out here but if you hadn't have got to him he would have be taken and killed by the other packs in the area" Drake explained as he showed Silver Alistair wallet with his personal details. "When he wakes up you should talk to him, in case Gus's decision is for the worse."

Silver let Drake lift her chin and nodded softly to his comment. "Gus didn't take it too well no." She shook her head. "But he hasn't made a final decision either." She glanced over to to see the back of her Alpha turned towards her. "He is going to hold a trial. Probably ask why i was dumb enough to bring the human here, then ask the pack what punishment i should receive." She sighed and sat up.

She took the wallet and looked it over. "Alistair..." She nodded and returned the wallet. "I'll sit by him and when he wakes up... i'll explain what will happen, and what could happen." She spoke softly and stood. She pulled her hair over the side of her face to keep the marks hidden. She didn't want to cause and undo stress to the human and she was sure the cuts would look a bit intimidating.

Drake nodded in understanding and spoke "I'll try talking to Gus we've known each other for a long while, many years before you became a part of the pack Silver, he may wake up soon the oils i used to heals his wounds only gives a temporary sleeping effect." Drake added as he left to talk with Gus.

He bowed his head and spoke "Alpha might i speak to you about a long term solution to our guest it may give you an idea when the pack gathers to discuss matters" He lifted his head when he finished talking.

Alistair breathed calmly his head filled with soothing images an color like he was on a really strong drug. but of course he had never tried drug he didn't like how they changed people into something there not.

Silver nodded and smiled softly. She bowed her head to Drake before he left and stood, going to sit by Alistair. She smiled softly and took a seat at his side, looking around the healers room where he rested. She glanced at him and shook her head. "You poor human." She smiled softly. "You don't even know what happened to you do you?" She spoke softly.

Gus looked at Drake and nodded. "Alright." He smiled. "Go ahead and speak my old friend." He nodded softly. "I will hear what you have to say. Do you think it was wise for young Silver to bring the human here? He is a threat to our kind after all." He said with a slightly stern tone to his voice.

Drake thought for a while and then spoke "Well it was a bit of a shock to me when she brought him here, but if you think about it Gus the human will undoubtedly be grateful for someone helping him in his time of need, perhaps you could suggest that he stays and learns our way. He could be usefull sure humans don't have our senses but think about this a human trained to live and fight like a werewolf without being turned into one it could give us an advantage in battle with the human knowledge of weapons and fighting" Drake explained. "If not then you can kill him" he added giving a light laugh.

Gus thought about it and nodded slowly. "Perhaps. I will think about it and i will have council with the rest of the pack when the boy wakes. He and Silver will be allowed to state their cases and from there the pack will judge them. Based on the pack's judgement i will then judge them as well to decide if Silver should be punished if the boy should live." He smirked and stretched out on his rock looking around deep in his own thoughts. "If he can be of use to us, then he will live."

Drake nodded "Very well i'll let Silver know what is to be done then i'll gather people for the trail y'know how these young ones are at the moment goes in one ear and out the other" Drake said giving a light chuckle as he bowed his head and walked away over to his hut.

Alistair groaned lightly as his eyes opened they squinted slightly as a light shone in his eyes, he sat up slowly the pain in his whole body had pretty much gone, he looked around and jumped mostly in surprise as a woman sitting there watching him. "er..hi, where am i?"

Silver looked at Alistair and gave him a faint smile. "You are safe." She scanning her silver eyes, the reason for her name, over him. "You were badly injured, still are. I brought you here to heal and rest." She gave him a slightly wider smile. "You have no reason to be worried. Your name is Alistair right?" She asked softly.

Alistair nodded "Yeah, i'm Alistair. Nice to meet you what's your name?" he asked as he pushed on the arm that was giving him less trouble so he could sit up properly, from the looks of his stitched up body he must have been in pretty bad shape if he had to be stitched back together again. His head turned when a man walked in. "Oh your awake, Silver... Gus wants you and Alistair to come to the Circle. Now." Drake bowed his head to Silver and left to go gather the rest of the pack.

The Circle was a natural foundation of rocks and dirt formed in a circle the Alpha would usually sit at the top with the next ranking wolves below and then the lower wolves down at the bottom. This individual who was on trail would stand at the bottom to show the dominance of the wolves compared to the one on trail.

Silver smiled softly. "My name is Silver." She said softly. She looked him over. "You shouldn't strain yourself too much, You are still very injured." She was about to explain everything when Drake come back in. She smiled softly and nodded. "Alright Drake." She turned back to Alaistair. "You are about to see many things you wont understand. Stay by my side and you will be safe." She paused. "For now anyway." She stood and offered him her hand. "Come with me."

Silver helped Alistair out of the bed and offered to allow him to lean on her while they walked. "We have to go to the circle." She said leading him there. Once at the circle Silver dropped to her knees and touched her forehead to the ground. "Alpha." She simply said.

Gus looked down on the human and Silver, twitching the side of his muzzle while he watched. The human would either be chosen to learn about them or be killed so he hardly cared if Alistair saw his wolf form. "Silver. You stand before this council accused of bringing an outsider, and more importantly a human to our pack. Explain yourself."

Silver looked up and brushed her hair back, revealing the marks on her cheek. "I did bring him here, but if i hadn't, one of the other packs could have found and used him, or they would have killed him." She glanced at Alistair. "We can learn from him, about human weapons, human ways of life. Anything he might know that can help us keep ourselves safe."

Gus nodded and turned to Alistair. "You, speak human. Why should i allow you to live?"

Alistair smiled in thanks as Silver helped him out of the bed he winced as his side burnt in pain the stitches pulling at the already sore skin. His face became an even duller grey when he walked into what was called the Circle and he saw a very large wolf, but he could hear him talking. That was impossible he was a werewolf was everyone here one too.

"You, speak human, Why should i allow you to live?"

Alistair whipped a curtain of sweat from his head he didn't know whether it was nerves or whether the amount of cuts his body had begun to burn out. "Well... i can't really go back to the town where i live the people who did this to me will definitely kill me but they probably think i'm dead anyway. But if i were to stay i would definitely help with anything i'm a fast learner, and i'm sure that i'll gain some skills and strength with staying with you all" He spoke as he whipped another bead of sweat from his head.

Gus listened carefully to the boy speak. He could see the sweat on his face, smell the worry. It pleased him to know the human was so frightened. Maybe he was a fast learner after all. He nodded slowly to himself. "The council and i will diliberate. I have only one more question for you human. Why should we trust you? Your kind hunt and kill us, why should you be any different?"

Silver bit her lip watching her alpha speak with Alistair. She nodded to everything he said, giving him an encouraging smile. She listened to Gus and began to speak up. "You heard him, his own kind have turned against him! Why would he attack us? Especially if we are willing to help him." She protested. Gus gave her a dark look and shook his head. "Quiet yourself Silver. Let the boy speal."

Alistair though about how best to say what he was thinking. "Well up until now i had no idea that werewolves existed...in my school there's rumors about your kind...teenagers are dared to spend a night in the forest alone and students at the school will make them believe that werewolves exist by howling and rustling the leaves. I don't believe that humans should kill your kind i really don't it's cruel and unnecessary this is your forest not there's i'm sure you were here long before humans came here" he explained looking up at the large wolf.

Gus nodded with a quiet look. He went silent, deep in his own thoughts. He shook his head and stood, shaking his fur out. "We will consider your words human. Go now, we will call for you when we have decided." He said with a low growl to his voice. He turned his attention to the other wolves in his pack. "Come. Let us deliberate." He said as he left the circle, stepping down from his spot.

Silver let out a shaky breath. She looked at Alistair and smiled softly. "It looks pretty good for you. He didn't condemn you immediately. That's a goo sign." She said quietly.