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Where the land is covered in thick layers of snow, the cold breeze feels refreshing against your skin, the sun is shining, making the snow look like diamonds and it’s never dark.
The land of snow. That’s his home. Born with fur thick and white as snow, allowing him to survive the cold environment. He is an arctic dire wolf.
The wolves of the North usually born with light brown eyes. Blue-eyed wolves were born once in a century, if even that, they were rare in their kind but not impossible. A wolf carrying blue eyes was rumored to have a high possibility of giving birth to Alphas. The blue eyes were also a sign that they usually had their mates outside of the pack. Baekhyun was one of them.
White wolves were beautiful in every wolf’s eyes, their omegas were desired in other wolf packs, but not many had the chance to see an arctic dire wolf in person. The environment they lived in was harsh for other wolves, mostly because of the cold and the snow that was hard to walk in.
They were beautiful, in the eyes of the hunters too.
There had been only a few born with blue eyes in their pack ever since its existence, but at the moment, Baekhyun was the only one. Their pack wasn’t big but it wasn’t small either. They had a small village between two big mountains, making it hard for the hunters to locate them. The hunters would have never known about their existence if their first village hadn’t been that close to the forest line in the first place.
The hunters were chasing a few of the brown wolves near their border and without realizing, they entered the land of snow, losing the brown wolves in the process. Curious as they are, they started to walk deeper into the snow when they reached the edge of the village. Unfortunately, they happened to see a few of them transforming into white wolves.
They didn’t see it coming and soon there were hunters coming from every direction, surrounding them. The Alpha of their pack felt ashamed because he hadn’t smelled the hunters coming and hadn’t even sensed anyone entering their territory. He told the other Alphas to gather everyone and run while he stays behind to distract the hunters so they could escape safely.
'I’m so sorry. ’ Those were the last words they heard from their Alpha.
Almost half of them were killed during the attack and the ones who survived wandered deeper into the land of snow, trying to find a safe place.
They hunted down Baekhyun’s pack because they saw the white fur as a token for their leaders. They showed their leadership by wearing the snow white fur on their shoulders.
It took some time, but they finally found a safe place in the mountains. It has been almost 20 years since the attack on their village. The pack mostly stayed there, but they had to hunt for food.
Hunting is dangerous because they have to go to the edge of the forest, where the hunters are lurking. They usually send an Alpha, a Beta, and an Omega to different areas to search for food.
Today it was Baekhyun’s turn to go hunting. Being an Omega in the pack didn’t mean that they wouldn’t join the hunts. The Omegas joining the hunt too was more effective, and the pack Alpha wanted them to be more independent. It was a cruel world they lived in.
The three bid their goodbyes to the pack before they went their ways. Baekhyun started heading to the Southern line of the forest, the Alpha heading to the Eastern line and the Beta to the Western line.
Baekhyun enjoyed going to the Southern line. It always felt warmer there and he absolutely loved to see the beautiful blue butterflies flying near the edge of the forest. That was the first thing he always wanted to see before he started hunting. The Alpha told them to be back before it gets dark so he had plenty of time to hunt and also to explore a little.
It has already been a few hours and Baekhyun was following a scent of a deer, a small one. The scent was leading him more and more to the edge of the forest but he knew that he can’t cross the line. It was too dangerous. Luckily the scent didn’t cross it, but it still remained close to the forest.
He was still following the scent when he heard it. The howl that sent shivers through his spine.
It was a warning howl. Someone was invading their village.
Baekhyun quickly turned around and started running towards the village but then he stopped.
’If someday our village is attacked, I want you to run. Run and don’t look back. Go find the pack in the South. I don’t know if they have dire wolves there, so be careful. Survive, Baekhyun.’
With is Alpha’s words echoing through his head, he turned to look at the forest behind him and then back in the direction of the village. Tears started to form in his eyes, he howled one last time before he turned around and started running in full speed towards the forest.
Behind him, he could hear his pack crying in agony. Tears were falling from his eyes but he kept running.
He could hear them so clearly.
His pack’s last howls.
Baekhyun kept running towards the forest with tears still in his eyes. He wanted to turn around so badly to see if his pack was alright, but he couldn’t disobey his Alpha. Spotting a familiar rock between two huge trees, he went around it and started digging the ground. He left a backpack there for him a few weeks back, after he had the talk with his Alpha, in case he had to run.
The backpack contained clothes and other supplies for him. He grabbed the bag with his mouth and ran deeper into the forest. As soon as he didn’t see any more snow, he stopped and changed into his human form. Yes, It would be quicker to travel in wolf form, but his white fur would attract too much attention so it's safer for him to travel as a human. Baekhyun’s human form was almost as beautiful as his wolf form. He had naturally wavy, light blond hair, now falling messily to his forehead. His eyes weren’t bright blue like in his wolf form, instead, they were dark grey, matching the sky on rainy days. His facial features were small, with tiny nose and rosy lips. A Softly sharp jawline giving contrast to his face.
He quickly put on the clothes and placed the backpack on his shoulders, making him look like a hiker. He covered his hair with a cap, trying not to attract any unwanted attention to himself.
After gazing around his surroundings, Baekhyun closed his eyes and took a deep breath. He breathed in all the scents around him, forming an image in his mind. Dire wolves were known to have developed more sensitive senses and just by smelling, they could easily see the land 10 miles ahead in their mind. Also, their sense of direction was more accurate than anyone else’s.
Turning his head to the right, he started walking South where he would hopefully find the South pack that his Alpha was talking about. His voice was still echoing in his head, telling him to be careful to whom he shows his wolf form. Being an Omega didn’t have anything to with him being able to defend himself, even if he’s one of the strongest Omega in his pack.
He continued his journey, as he was determined to find other packs. He didn’t know how long he travelled, maybe months, the days were all the same. It was much slower travelling in his human form but he couldn’t take any risks. Sometimes he walked days without sleep, but he slept in his wolf form because being in his human form for too long would start to hurt his bones.
The forest was dangerous for him but he had to admit that it was beautiful. Trees were full of green leaves, both the small ones and the big ones. He could smell the humid soil underneath his feet, the small animals running around in the forest and the birds communicating in the sky with different tones.
Baekhyun took another deep breath, smelling the air. He stopped walking when he sensed several new scents around him. Furrowing his eyebrows he took another deep breath. He noticed two wolves running towards him not too far away. Turning to the direction he thought the wolves were coming, he stood ready because he could feel that they weren’t that welcoming.
It didn’t take long before two brown Beta wolves jumped out from the bushes to confront the trespasser.
One of them jumped right on Baekhyun but he dodged the attack, sending the wolf scrambling to the ground. The wolf got up and they started to circle around Baekhyun, growling at him.
The sudden gush of wind gave the other Beta a sniff of Baekhyun's scent. The Beta stopped growling and his ears pointed up. He changed to his human form, earning a snarl from the other Beta.
Baekhyun kept his stance in case the other wolf decided to jump on him.
”What are you?” The Beta that turned to human form asked him, furrowing his eyebrows angrily.
”Are you from the South pack?” Baekhyun dodged the question with another one.
” What are you?” The Beta did not give in, the scent he got from the wind was familiar but still unknown to him. But he could smell that the other was an Omega, immediately taking advantage of their differences in status. Little did he know that Baekhyun wasn’t that easily intimidated.
The other Beta tried to take advantage of the situation and jumped on Baekhyun but the dire wolf did the same thing again, he dodged it and sent the wolf to the ground.
What happened next left them both speechless. Baekhyun flashed his bright blue wolf eyes to the Betas, shock written on their faces. They have never seen any wolf with blue eyes. Or was he even a wolf?
Baekhyun couldn’t help but smirk at their reaction.
”Take me to your Alpha.”