Secrets of the Starnik

Chapter 1: The Battle, Not the War

So, what can we say about the Starnik? Hang, on, let me rephrase that, what can we not tell you about the Starnik? They are legends, role models, a one of a kind family! But every family has their secrets, right? And the Starnik had one BIG secret that was not mentioned in the prophecy or even written down in their stories. Throughout history, this one, little secret of theirs was not documented or even shared, only a select few knew of it, but were swore to never mention it. So what was this dirty, little secret of theirs, or should I say…who?

Let's wind back a little bit; I'm getting too far ahead of myself. Firstly, ever wolf knows the pup bedtime story that is the Original Starnik that lived three thousand years. They were given extraordinary abilities to fulfil a prophecy to gods gave to then, to unite Wolf Kind and Humanity, their two species. A she-wolf was given the ability to heal the sick and injured in the war they were in, plus to gift of manipulating the air around here to do her bidding. The male Human, the power to control anything and anyone with the power of his mind, extreme accuracy and wolf like reflexes. All of course with the ability to communicate with wolves, after all, it would make things a lot harder if he couldn't. They failed in their task, to put it bluntly, so they separated to never see each other again and the war between the ancient Dire Wolves and Humans wage on. If your know your history, then you should know that the humans won, and Dire Wolves were wiped from existence.

But the Starnik's power was transferable, able to be passed onto their successors when the time came. That moment came in the far future, three thousand years later to be a little more precise. This is the side all Humans know of the prophecy because it happened in their midst and then before their very eyes. Another Male human and a young she-pup took part in a ritual, completely by accident and they gain the power of the Starnik and therefore the burden of the prophecy. After many tough trials, meeting their enemies, finding friends both new and old, falling in love, starting their family and gaining knew gifts, they have started on the completion of their prophecy. Humanity came to know of them and their power, as did wolf kind and soon the two species started to mingle, no longer fearing one another and living lives along one another. The language of Wolf speak was teachable to humans and soon one entire continent was understanding the language and that continent was soon the world's first safe zone for wolves.

Wolf hunting was banned, wolves were freed from zoos to live how they wished, wolves were starting to be employed in jobs, even a wolf was made as wolf ambassador or the U.S.A, a kind of Wolf president if that makes more sense. He was there to dish out fair punishments for wolves, separate laws for them and to keep the peace between the humans. They were treated as equals, like citizens after the Starnik came.

They weren't just a lesson to Humanity that things can change wit just wolves, but with others like them. Supernatural, beings with both small and extraordinary gifts once they could control them. These beings had been in hiding for all time, in a way, they were the next step of evolution in the human's world. Not only that, Wolves possessed these gifts as well. Studies and surveys went out about these supernaturals, around seven percent of the world's humans were supernaturals and the same went for Wolf kind. But their numbers were much small, so therefore their wasn't as many and not many came out into the open. But they were out there. The Starnik were a lesson to them also, a lesson that they no longer had to hide in worry that they were different; there was other like them out there. Soon they were out and using their gifts in public, a life of magic and wonder. After seven years, seven years ago it started, and now in just that period of time the U.S.A was a transformed country. But that was another thing, what happened to the Starnik?

Some say something major happened. Sure, they all knew they died but their youngest daughter was able to resurrect them, but something else happened. They were alive, they've been seen since, but from that point on they've been living a more quiet life. To be honest, the Starnik were no longer needed in the world, Humans and Wolves had this covered now. Others were teaching the language of Wolf Speak to others around the country and even the world; it was the easiest language to learn. The Starnik were still around, but they don't make themselves known as much as they used to, nobody knows why, but they don't make themselves known anymore. What had happened to the great Starnik?

Well, their close friends and family knew exactly what. Scott and Rosie, the genuine Starnik, after the fall of their enemies, the Ditori, they travelled back to their first home in the forests of North West America, in a large den. Their first daughter, Lupa and her mate Faolan had a den of their own in…well, that's a thing, they didn't actually know where they were. It was a built into a mound in a hill, opposite a large lake with long grass to the left, a sandy beach stretching around the lake and the mountains beyond that. Everyone knows she was pregnant from her Dire Wolf mate, and she did birth them, three of them, two boys and a girl.

It wasn't natural, but soon her mother became more out of her depth. Dakota, her first and only son and his mate Chance wanted to live away with her pack back in Idaho. She let them go. Then finally, there was Myka, Scott's only daughter and half sister to Lupa and Dakota, wit her mate Jack, they travelled back to Idaho where they made a den of their own and settled down. Their family was spread out, it just wasn't right. Wolves stay in a pack, not separate out. But then again, packs hardly exist now these days. Still it happened, and the family frequently got together. Going along the family lines, Lupa's family were healthy and just perfect in every way, and it was no secret that both the couple Dakota and Chance, and Myka and Jack were trying to start a family, but to no success. Not yet anyway.

The family was spread out, but they saw each other frequently and life was perfect. For once, they were safe, their enemies were gone and now nothing could ruin the life they had. "SCOTT!" Rosie bellowed, snapping him out of his trance. He shook his head and slunk a little lower beneath the wall he and his mate were crouched behind to avoid the gun fire directed out at them. "What happened to you, you black out on me for a second there?" She asked slightly amused.

"Sorry, I was just thinking how perfect out life is right now." He chuckled before springing up and firing an arrow with his trusty bow into the chest of one of five targets remaining. Ok, so life wasn't completely safe right now. Scott and Rosie still led the dangerous life, but it was a life they loved and would leave alone until it was gone. These were the last of the Ditori, the scraps left behind after their downfall if you will. The strays that needed rounding up and put down. They needed to be gone from this earth, eradicated, their family and wolf kind weren't safe until they were gone and gone forever.

"I think we're a little out of our depth here baby." Rosie said as she peeked over the wall. They were in an old ruin located in the forests of Florida, they chased them here. "Think we should call for help?"

"Pick, child one, two or three?" He asked and sitting back against the wall casually, the bullets pinging off the top and ricocheting elsewhere.

"Go for one, this is pretty big." He nodded and closed his eyes, reaching out his mind for the one he wanted. He whispered his words into that mind, the best he could really, this mind was very far away. Both Rosie and Scott had been working on expanding the distance of their "mental, telepathic phone calls". Now they could reach any mind they wanted, as long as it was just to talk that is, they could read that mind from this distance, just talk. He opened his eyes, a worried look on his face. "What, is she coming?"

"Yep, and she doesn't sound happy." Suddenly, there was a loud fizzing kind of sound, like static, followed by screams, several loud and quieter bangs and thuds along with some crashes of what sounded like the ruins toppling over and then it all went silent. They turned around and looked back over the small wall. Thin trails of smoke came off parts of the ruins, small pillars that once stood tall now over and crushing their enemies. More trails of smoke came off the five bodies that now lay against the walls of where they just were, and in-between them all that one mind they wanted stood facing the two, an angered looked on her face.

"Mom, Scott, what's going on here?" Lupa demanded.

"Lupa, honey, sweetheart." Rosie sheepishly grinned.

"Don't give me the sweet talk mom." She snapped. "Are you hunting again?" Scott leaned against the wall, neither coming up over it in case she threw something at them. Since the Earth Angel came into her life she's acquired new abilities, and some weren't nice and they'd rather not find out what they were if they hurt. So they stayed put just in case. Rosie and Scott both just simply nervously laughed, giving her the answer she first thought. But now another question came to her mind. How did they get all the way over here, to the other side of the country?

"How did you even get here?" She then asked, Rosie eyes darting over towards another pillar subconsciously hoping she would see what she could. She sighed and rolled her eyes again. "Dakota, get out here." She growled. He stepped out, nervously laughing and his tail tucked under slightly.

"Well hey sis, long time no speak." He laughed feebly "So how's the…"

"I can't believe you two?" She snapped towards her parents. "You two are acting like a couple of kids doing this."

"Oh Lupa relax, we had everything under control." Scott added as he stepped up and walked around her towards the bodies.

"So you called me here, yeah, I can see you had everything under control." She growled. "Can't you understand I have a family now? I can't keep helping you do stupid things like this. What is this, some mid-life crisis you're going through or something?"

"Honey, we just want the same thing you want for your own family, for them to be safe. If the Ditori are still out here then we can't let them regroup."

"How did you even know they were here?" She asked.

"Scott went back to that old fort a while back." Dakota answered. "He found a list of names and addresses to where they could be." She looked over to Scott who was knelt down beside on of the bodies, looking at some sort of dog tag and cross off the name from the small book of names before moving onto the next corpse.

"You're going to get yourself killed, you know that? You can't bring back the dead anymore mom remember."

"Maybe not, but I'd like to see them try. I still have my immortality remember." She giggled.

"We are learning from all this though." Scott said as he finished with the last corpse and walked towards them, slotting the book into a pocket inside his jacket. "They seem to be gathering, we keep finding more of them together each time."

"You're over exaggerating." She sighed and shaking her head while walking away. "I can't wait for Myka to hear about this." Ok, now they were in trouble. She faded away as she walked, her way of teleporting, no lights and no sounded. Unlike Dakota who couldn't use his for stealth with the green lights and booming sound he makes.

"Come on, I've got to get home before Chance realises I'm gone." He focused on two different places, first his own home and his mother and step-father's home. And with a flash of his eyes and a flash of light, they were in their own places.

Lupa faded back into reality, still shaking her head and mumbling to herself. She looked ahead of her, a wonderful sight. Faolan laying on his back, forcibly of course due to having his sons and daughter jumping all over him and biting his ears and pulling. They were nearing three moons old now, she couldn't let anything happen to them and Scott and her mother were jeopardising that. She had a vision of this moment, literally, she refused to let it play out any other way, it had to play out exactly how she saw it. She'd use everything in her arsenal of powers to make sure it would happen. But for now, everything was ok and it made her smile. "Hey guy's, I'm back!" She laughed at the sight.

"Mommy!" They yelled happily.

"Please, save me!" Faolan pleaded half jokingly and half serious.

"Go on guys, go and play in the water or something. I need to talk to daddy." Bounding away, laughing and giggling, they ran and crashed into the shallow water.

"Thanks, man Sarah hurt my ears."

"Aww, do I need to kiss it better?" Lupa cooed.

"Maybe, give it a try." He leaned down so she could reach and she started kissing it, giggling gently as she did. "Yeah, yep that's defiantly working." He chuckled and he sat back up, kissing her as he did. "So what did they want you for this time?" He groaned to herself again and rolled her eyes.

"Don't ask." She groaned. "Basically, I caught them hunting again."

"Man, as they get older they get younger." He chuckled.

"They're going to get themselves killed one day, all for a stupid list." She answered, once again making her angered.

"A list?" He asked and tilting his head.

"Scott found a list back at the fort; he and mom have been going after the people on it if they're still alive. He has this crazy theory that they're gathering and trying to get somewhere. Crazy or what?"

"Crazy, the Ditori are gone and there's no chance they're coming back." He assured. "Nothing is going to happen to them, I'll use my own powers again to keep them safe."

"I know, it's just…everything's perfect right now and I don't want anything to change it. What if they're right?" He pulled her to him, resting his chin above her head.

"They're not." He cooed. "The Ditori are gone, we have our family and pretty soon I'm sure that Myka and Chance with have theirs too. We'll be one enormous family; we can look out for each other."

Meanwhile, a man and woman walked arm in arm down the high street of Kalispell, friends of the Starnik family. Tony and Skye, now more then just friends. They were in love and have been for a couple of weeks now. After the fall of the Ditori, Tony moved into Skye's home since his was burnt to the ground. When it came to him finally moving back out, she didn't want him to. So now that they were living a happy life with no fears and worries, they were a normal, happy couple, just with connections with the Starnik who they still saw frequently.

Also at the same time, a young fifteen year old girl walked down the same high street towards them. A large, heavy rucksack on her back, tatty blue jeans, a red and black chequered shirt on underneath her dark brown coat, all topped off with black sunglasses. She was excited; all this was so new to her. She didn't really know where she was or where she was going, but it was still quite the adventure anyway. She had only been in the country for a few hours, a search starting underway as soon as she stepped out of the plane. A photograph in her hand, she looked to it and each person she passed in search of the man in it. She was told this man was here, that he was said to live here or at least have been here before. She was getting close, she could feel it.

"So I was kinda thinking…" Skye started as she and Tony continued to walk. "How about we go out for dinner tonight, a nice romantic dinner in town."

"Sounds perfect, I can't wait." Tony chuckled. Suddenly, that girl bumped into his shoulder, and quite hard.

"Sorry." She said in her English accent, something they hadn't heard in a while.

"No worries." Tony smiled as they walked on. The girl stopped for a moment, looking down at the photograph. She wasn't going to find this man just by walking and looking, a new tactic was required. She ran back to Tony and Skye.

"Excuse me?!" She called out, making them stop and looked back to her. "Hi, I'm kind of new to the area and I was hoping you could help me."

"Yeah of course, what do you need?" Skye nodded with a friendly smile.

"Well, I'm looking for someone. Have you seen this man before?" She asked and holding that picture up before them. They narrowed their eyes, how did she get this picture?

"Yeah, we know him, but not her." Tony nodded. The girl couldn't believe her luck, they knew him! "Where did you get this?" He asked and tapping the photo.

"It was my mothers." She answered. "Can you tell me where he is, I really need to find him."

"It depends; he doesn't live around here anymore." Skye answered, making the young girl doubtful now she'd find him. "But it won't be too hard to get him here." She quickly added, raising her spirits. "Come to our home, we can get him for you." She said and starting to walk again.

"So kid, why do you want him?" Tony asked as they moved on.

"He's my dad." She answered, freezing them quickly again and making them go wide eyed. They looked down at her in disbelief.

"He's you what?" Skye asked.

"The man, he's my father." They looked to one another, how was this possible?

"It can't be, he's…"

"I know, gone, we have to get him here." Skye added. "You, come with us." She ordered and grabbing the girls arm and pretty much dragging her along with her. This couldn't be right, it wasn't possible!

Ta da! I'm back. God it's so great to be back here and carrying on my Starnik Series. They're like my babies and I've got to help help them grow and eventually finish their lives. I have two more series planned, this is isn't going to be short, but it won't be long either. Hopefully longer then fifteen chapters, but we'll have to wait and see. It's great to have you guys back and I can't wait to hear what you think. Until next time!

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