The prompt you have to answer is a simple one: it is a wolf dream.

Your kin lies down for the night, and when next they open their eyes, they are a wolf. Their companion wolf is beside them. What happens from there is up to you -- do they hunt together? Do they race, go for a swim? Do they fight? Be creative, or go for a classic.

It was a muggy and breath choking kind of night. Protect the Pack lay sluggishly next to his mate, Spark, groaning in discomfort. Of all the nights to have the family gather it was one as gross as this. He thought his inwardly never one to truly tell others how he felt but a little grumble came out when Spark nudged him. She knew what he was thinking, she always did.

Maybe if he closed his eyes for a bit that would be okay. The faint rustling of Mischief, Sparks familiar, and Sour Wolf, my own, fade into the background....

A sharp bite to his leg jolted Protect the Pack right up. Panting at the exhilaration he looked around for a threat. It was pitch black but out of the darkness came two red eyes almost glowing steadily coming closer. He would have been more freaked out if they hadn't been so familiar. A soft nudge to his shoulder caused him to look down. The ground was glowing... odd. Were those bugs? The light was so powerful that he was forced to close his eyes and when he felt safe enough to open them he saw Sour Wolf frowning at him. That was better, he could see everything clearly now.

Add to the list of odd things he was the same height as his familiar. "What?" But what came out was a deep bark and Protect the Pack looked around in confusion. Sour Wolf smacked him on the head with his paw as if to say, "Figure it out dummy." Protect the Pack lifted his leg to nudge the other away when he saw his paws. He was in shock. A wolf? He whirled around to show Spark but saw she wasn't there and that caused real panic. She was gone! Abandoned!

Sour Wolf nuzzled him and pointed his nose into the distance as if to say "Follow me". Maybe his companion knew something about her whereabouts. Protect the Pack ran alongside Sour Wolf barely even tired. It was... so freeing to run for so long and so fast. Soon he forgot the purpose of the run, though it did linger in the back of his mind, and just enjoyed being together with Sour Wolf on another level of existence.

Up ahead Sour Wolf stopped at a lake where a willow tree caressed the water. Both were panting with a happiness brought on by togetherness and exercise. Laying down his companion made himself comfortable and Protect the Pack followed suit. Drooping eyes were hard to fight and so he didn't.

A loud growling snore jolted him awake in puzzlement. "Who was-?" The noise came again though a little quieter. Turning his head, his eyes came into contact with Spark snoring away. Protect the Pack, with soft laugh, nuzzled his mate in happiness brought on by the good dream as well as her nearness. A nip at his tail made him turn his head once more to look at the perpetrator. Sour Wolf gazed at him adoringly and he could have sworn his friends eyes glowed for a moment.

"Love you too buddy."
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