A young woman looked at her newborn son with tired eyes, her pale forehead was covered in sweat but she was smiling. Her son looked at her with large blue eyes, watching, he already seemed to understand the world around him. Her husband and his father walked into the room and smiled at her, she waved weakly back with her free hand. He looked at her with worried eyes, then down at the drowsy bundle of baby in her arms.

"We did it Honey, well you did it, but now we have our child." He said slightly flustered.

She looked at him, though she was too tired to voice her amusement she was able to show it, and it calmed him. He was always making a fool of himself around her, and that was one of the reasons she fell in love with him apparently.

"I think we should name him Heero, after the man who promoted peace." She whispered, and looked up at him.

"I think it's a fine name, he will do great things for this world!"

Two days later she died, blinded by grief and rage he grabbed the child who caused his wife's demise and took him to the nearest river. He took one last look at the child, who had all her features, then threw the sleeping child into the water. A moment later he came to his right mind but it was too late the child was gone.

Two ancient wolves walked along the river bank, with their pack close behind, they had to find another den that was high up, before the river flooded from the rain. As they walked the Alfa Male whose name was Night's Shadow noticed a small bundle near the waters edge. It was soaked and something was wiggling inside. The pack members paused while he went to investigate, walking closer it smelled human, and with a little more investigation he was proved right. It was a male, cold human pup, he sniffed it a moment and saw that it had a slight breath left in him. His mate White Sun slowly walked up to him, and stared at the bundle.

"Our ancestors told us the truth, we must take this child in." She spoke softly, looking at her mate with a certain firmness that no one dare defy.

"I agree, but I fear the child wont last the night." He whispered noting the sickness on little one's breath.

"We must try." Came the response.

Carefully White Sun lifted the wet bundle and they moved on, increasing speed. For the child had milk on its breath which meant he was still nursing. Thankfully she was still wet, from just weaning her pups.

Once in the new den, the other members decided to look at what had caught their Alfa mate's surprise. Their astonishment turned to sadness when they noted how sick the pup was, and with the new pack pups being healthy they became more aware of how lucky they are.

"From the smell of the babe, he was thrown into the river, there was no mistake." Said Night's Shadow slowly. It was evident that he was mad, about the true injustice that the child had received.

"What are you going to name him?" Asked one of the newest members of the pack, she was curious and it worried White Sun at times but she knew that it was only natural, at her age.

"We aren't going to name him for a while, when he earns his name then he will have one, just like you little one." Her mother said softly, before turning her attention back to the child, it was time for her to nurse her newest pup.

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I looked at my mother in awe, her white fur was clean, while I was covered in dirt. She knew that I was staring at her but she didn't mind, she continued to watch the newest members of the pack crawl around, they had opened their eyes and immediately started to wander. Though staying inside the den, my brother, Mustafa had stayed with mother and me, while the remaining pack hunted for our next meal. The days were warm and the deer are plentiful, which made the hunting easy. Mother stood up slowly and stretched, then she walked over to me and sat, which indicated that I was about to be bathed. Walking over to her I sat down and she started to clean me, her rough tongue being gentle on my back.

"What is bothering you little one?" she asked quietly.

"Mother…….why am I not like the other members of the pack? Why do I walk on two legs and have very little fur while they walk on four and are covered?"

"Because little one, you were given to us by the Great Spirits and they have a plan for you, so you look different but your spirit is pure. And that is what counts."

I nodded to show her that I was understanding, the Great Spirits did many things that we would never understand, but at least I was with my mother. And my pack who took care of me, yawning slightly, I sighed. She stopped licking me, because I curled up into her chest hair, taking a small fist full and breathing in her sent of pine needles and forest.

White Sun looked at her sleeping son, and smiled. She knew that one day he would ask the question, but what surprised her is how easily he took to her explanation. The other pack member who was now a full grown veteran wolf walked over to his mother, but waited a respectful distance until she motioned him closer.

"Mother, the other members are going to be here soon, shall I gather some wood so that he may eat with us?"

She looked at her sleeping son, who was a wolf yet not a wolf and nodded, they learned long ago how to manipulate wood to create fire, because her ugly, hansom son couldn't eat meat raw.

"That would be very nice of you, and if you wouldn't mind taking two of the younger ones, I fear that they will wake him up. And he needs his rest, something is coming and I feel as if its going to be hard on all of us. But the worst of it shall be aimed at him."

"Yes mother." He spoke quietly, before padding away, with a few fluffed up pups fallowing him.

The ancient female knew that when the human pup meets others like him, but it will be under horrible circumstances. Something tugged at her neck, she looked down surprised to find that he had snaked his arms around her neck without her noticing. He then mumbled something about an evil squirrel while rubbing his head into her neck.

The newly acquainted Gundam pilots looked at each other in silent suspicion, they had learned long ago not to trust anyone. So it was difficult for them to fathom that they were supposed to rely on each other from now on, and what made it worse was that their so called 'leader' was no were to be found.

Their phones beeped simultaneously and they looked at the small screens, there was an unconfirmed rumor that an OZ base was stationed in a forest two hours from the city. It has been said that even hunters dare not enter the forest, because the last one who entered escaped with so many wounds that it scared off any and all others.

"It looks like we either have a ghost on our hands or a base." Duo Maxwell said happily.

The others just nodded their heads in agreement. Before heading out, to see if their mission was going to prove that there was a base or just a pissed off ghost.

The wolves of the pack nick named the little human Blue Eyes because of his striking blue eyes that unnerved the elders when they found him as a pup. They watched everything soaking it in, which made him a perfect look out.

That night the hunters came back with the food and they ate happily, while I had to cook mine slightly before hand but it was still good. The pups watched me with interest, they never saw a fire before, so I had to warn them repeatedly that it could hurt them. At first they thought that grabbing a smoldering stick was fun, until I had to show them that it was dangerous my grabbing a small amount of stray fur and showing them that it burned. They thankfully got the message so I didn't have to watch them every second.

When night fell and the moon rose high into the sky, the pack fell asleep in a circle with the newest members in the middle, warm and safe. I sat up in a near by tree, watching for anything that could cause the pack harm when something caught my eye. A light of some sort was cutting through the tree's shadows and it was getting closer to the den, climbing down I woke up Night's Shadow and told him that I was going to investigate.

"I can be silent and I can climb trees so I won't walk in blind." I said a moment before he protested.

He nodded his head in agreement, so he stood and stepped over the sleeping members to stand guard while I investigated.

"If you are threatened call for us and we will help." He said sternly.

"Yes sir, Father sir!" I said softly before hugging him around his thick neck. It was a great honor to be able to investigate on my own.

The Gundam pilots had their guns drawn, Wufei had his sword at his side and his gun in the other hand, he was trying to feel anything that seemed to be a threat other than the simple owl and a rustle from the sleeping deer.

Coming upon the intruders I paused, shock was my first reaction they looked just like me…well similar. With only a visible patch of fur on their heads and they walked easily on two legs. One had dark black fur similar to fathers, while two others had a brown patch close to my sisters, then one had a pale patch of fur, a color which I couldn't describe. It reminded me of the sun after it rained, but one of the major differences was that they were wearing some strange material over their bodies. I wasn't sure what they had to hide, but from the looks of the material it was something big, because it would have taken many days to make them all fit right.

The one with pale hair turned his head, his blue eyes intent on where I hid in the trees. His partners turned their heads also, watching the trees with interest.

"What do you see Quatre?" one creature asked his eyes intense, well eye because his fur covered the other.

"I don't see anything exactly, but I feel it and it seems human-ish." The one named Quatre replied.

I wasn't sure how I could somewhat understand them but it was really interesting so I leaned a little closer to listen.

"Human-ish? Is the thing a ghost or what, we have searched everywhere else that would have enough coverage to hide a base." Came the other with brown hair which was tied back in a strange manner.

The pale fur closed his eyes and seemed to be all around me, which scared me.

~Quatre could feel something, it was faint but defiantly human, which surprised him, because he hadn't expected a human in the wilds. All he felt was ~Confusion-fear-interest~ He looked at the tree, that seemed to be thinking, when he noticed upon closer inspection that there was striking blue eyes in the shadows. Obviously human, but the more he strained to listen to the thoughts the harder it was, because fear placed all other emotion.~

The one named Quatre or something similar to it, was in my head, he seemed to be the most aware of me, and a moment later he had found my hiding spot and seemed to know what I was thinking, feeling. This scared me the most so I let out a snarl that warned him, that if he tried any harder I would attack. My snarl seemed to catch all the creatures off guard, and they looked at my spot with greater interest. Apparently my snarl was heard my not only the strange creatures but also my father, who was obviously listening with all his strength to come to my aid if needed, because a howl answered my snarl.

"Are you alright my son, your warning alerted to me that something wasn't right." His howl said.

I knew that if I didn't respond then he would come to investigate and if I did then that would truly give away my location, but I howled to him.

"I'm fine, I'm heading back these are just strange creatures that have lost their way, and I warned them that their way wasn't toward our home."

The answering howl brought goose-bumps to the pale fur's body, the howl sounded just like an animals.

~Quatre looked at his fellow pilots, while they headed back, "I'm interested in the creature, its thoughts were human while his voice was not." He spoke carefully aware that if he voiced too much interest then the others would refuse him passage to the woods again.

"I agree with you, it seemed interested in us, as if it hasn't ever seen a human, by the way it watched us, and yet it also was feral." Answered the pilot of Heavy Arms, Trowa.

Duo just looked at them and thought that investigating that once was good enough, the thing gave him the creeps maybe it was the missing link, to humanity. ~

Blue Eyes raced back to his home, his sanctuary, once in sight of his home, he sprinted. Shadow's Night watched the young boy, race into the awaiting warmth of his mother, hugging her tightly around the neck. As he shook with fear, and confusion, there couldn't be others like him, it couldn't be true, he was supposed to be the only one. White Sun just hummed softly in her throat, calming the child slowly, soon his breathing became normal.

"What did you see, that frightened you so, little one?" she asked in a soft, gentle voice.

"Things that looked similar to me, but they were so alien, they didn't have a spirit of any animal that I could tell, and one was so pale in fur, it was almost white light from the sun. And they wore something over themselves that hid something that they didn't want others to see from view. Mother I'm so confused." He cried into her chest, soaking her fur.

She sighed heavily and looked at her mate, she knew that the day would come, when he realized that there where others like him, but she didn't know that it would happen as it did.

TBC.... please R&R