5 comments/ 10106 views/ 6 favorites Silver Moon: Vignette 01 By: maxd01 These short stories are simply filler material for stories that simply couldn't be added to Silver Moon. They are unedited and simply knocked out for your viewing pleasure. I will indicate what chapter the mini-stories should be with as well. I hope you enjoy these as they expand on the main story. Oh, there might be some minor discrepancies but ignore them. This series of vignettes are simply sort of expanding on the main story. If something is different than the main story go with what is in the main story. Vignette 1 When Mari showed him to the office Dan had been struck by the gaudiness of it. Some of the artwork and other items were of very good quality. The rest of it clashed with the rest and was threatening to give him a migrane. "God, I am going to have to clean this place out or I will run screaming. How the hell could he stand to be in here or is that why things are stuffed willy-nilly? He stuffed and ran?" Mari looked at his expression and barely managed not to laugh. He was looking totally disgusted and revolted by the office. "He actually rather liked this office and his rooms are decorated similarly." She looked back down at the floor after she said that but she couldn't miss the grunt he made. "No wonder he was such a piece of shit. Anyone that enjoyed this shit must have been totally loco." That was a definite growl. "After the meeting get some boxes and we are going to empty this room out and sell all this crap. Might make a bit of money out of it." Dan walked over to a globe that was a map of the planet and had to blink. His America was there but wasn't listed. What was listed was a continent named New Nordla and the divisions were wrong and there weren't any states. It had countries like New Dutchland and Reichland. "Oh god, what the hell? Where the hell am I? How did I get here?" He staggered slightly and before he knew it Mari was there with an arm around him and was holding him up. "Alpha what is wrong?" She didn't understand what he was saying or why. All she knew about him was he had been brought in several days ago and chained in one of the rooms downstairs. Yes she had been tasked with caring for him but he had mostly been out of it or raving about his lost family. "This isn't my world. I recognize the continents but not some of the names or countries for..." He slowly moved over to a chair and almost flopped in it. Once seated he buried his head in his hands and tried not to freak out any more than he was. If he did he was going to lose it and in a bad way. She didn't really comment since she wasn't really sure what to say. He almost sounded slightly bent but she wasn't going to say that. The last thing they needed was a demented Alpha. The last one had been bad but that could be even worse for the pack, or what remained of it. Instead she simply wrapped her arms around his head and held him. After a few minutes he managed to force the encroaching darkness away and slowly stood up and walked over to the chair behind his new desk and settled down. "I need to you stand behind me Mari and simply rest your hands on my shoulders. It will keep my wolf from going nuts." ~~~ Dan returned to the office after the meeting and lunch. His damn room was going to need to be cleaned out as well. It was even worse than the office and he was going to have to sleep in there now. "God, what the hell was wrong with that idiot? At least the artwork is high quality even if all of it stuck in here clashes big time." Some he would keep but most of it was going to the shed and for Saul to sell back. Mari had slowly walked to the office and leaned against the door and watched Dan staring at the items in the room. "He was sort of crazy about artwork. All kinds and types, he fancied himself as an art connoisseur." She tried not to make that sound sarcastic but it came across that way. He simply grunted. "Go get some boxes and wrapping paper while I start selecting the pieces that I am going to get rid of." Dan moved to one corner and started pulling pieces off the shelves and placing them on the desk. He was going to need a number of boxes but that wasn't going to be a problem. He was sure Saul would have plenty for him to use. "Already done Alpha, there are several men coming with some boxes and packing material for the items." As she was speaking Saul was walking down the hallway as well as several others with boxes and what looked like scraps of material to pack the stuff in. "Saul has some help and they can pack up what you don't want in here and then we can go to your rooms and take care of them Alpha." Dan sighed at the 'Alpha' bit. He was going to have to address that eventually but right now he simply wanted to clean the rooms and keep busy. "Good and thanks Saul. I don't have any idea how he acquired this stuff but I am sure you can figure out a way to sell it right? Do your best and bring some money into the pack." Saul couldn't help but smile. "Yes Alpha, I can deal with this and I know who I can sell it through though it will take some time. I hope that isn't a problem." He was starting to carefully package the items that Dan was removing from the shelves. "You are making some good choices on what to keep and what to get rid of sir." Some of the items he was keeping were the most expensive but very tasteful. The ones he was getting rid of were tacky at best though worth a great deal. He grunted again. "Good and make sure you use the money for food. I am not going to have my pack starve the women and older pups to make sure the men have all the meat they want." That was a definite growl and when the men flinched he growled again. "All of you men are in for a huge awaking since I do run my pack totally differently. You will get used to it I hope." There was an implicit threat in that and they flinched. Several of the men did flinch but Dan ignored it and kept moving things to his desk. Eventually they were done and as one box was filled up another was set down for Saul to fill. Once they had emptied the room of the stuff he didn't want he moved to his rooms and started there. It took a good portion of the day but once it was done he was satisfied that they would get a good amount of money back to support the pack. ~~~ Yesterday he had cleaned out his office and bed room of most of the worst of the 'art' crap and almost had a decent nights sleep. Today he really needed to finish looking around the house and figuring out what needed to be done. There was so much that was wrong with this pack that he almost didn't know where to start. The house was in decent shape and once they finished cleaning it up and fixing the problems it would be in good shape. The pack though was damaged and he would have to work hard to actually fix it. What he needed to do he wasn't really sure since he was damaged in his own way. All he could do was to keep trying to move forward. Mari was curled up next to him and he carefully rolled out of bed and went to the bathroom for his morning routine. When he came out she was dressed in the cloths she had been wearing the previous day. "Go get some clean cloths little one and I will see you later." He pulled on some cloths that sort of fit but were sort of odd since they were definitely old fashioned to him. The shirt was lose and had long sleeves and the pants were almost pirate looking. The underwear were not all that comfortable as well. Breakfast was definitely awkward and uncomfortable since the pack really didn't know what to make of Dan. His commands were very confusing. He had killed the top three yet made rules that were mostly sort of in place but some weren't. Bonding with them was totally unknown and the feelings and sensations in their mind were hard to sort out. Eventually they were done eating and Dan wandered out of the room. Right now what he was looking for was the armory to see what they actually had. His opinion on challenge fights was sort of different. Valid fights were okay but when you wanted to kill a lycan you needed either a really good sword or a gun with silver. The silver didn't kill them directly but kept healing to a minimum till it was removed. Till he knew what weapons were available he wouldn't be able to protect the pack as best possible. "Mari I need you to show me to the armory or whatever you call it. Guns, knives, weapons, you know." Dan told her after breakfast was over. "I have to know so I can protect the pack. That is what is keeping me going right now." When she moved over to him he gently pulled her towards him and scented her neck to keep his wolf under control. Mari still wasn't comfortable with him touching her but her wolf was. It was sort of hard to deal with since to her wolf what was important was now and tomorrow. To the human part the past was more important than now and the future since the past indicated what the future was going to be like. "I will show you Dan." That was hard but he had ordered it and she had to listen to his orders A few moments later she showed him the room and he stared at the heavy door. "Well crap, I was hoping there would be a light opening but not looking at this." He was going to have to kick the damn thing down. "Sir, are you wanting into the room?" It was one of the pup, maybe 15 or so. "I can let you in since it was Dad's job to take care of." The boy was looking down at the floor and was almost as scrawny as some of the women and kids. "Please son, I really don't want to have to try and kick the door open." Dan looked at the boy and when he was an adult he was going to be moderately dominant if he had any say to it. The boy typed in the combo and the door opened for him. Dan walked in and almost snarled since it was in such a shambles. "God what a POS your former Alpha was. We are going to need to clean this room up." The room was a mess of old weapons. There were some hunting rifles, revolvers and a few other weapons. Most of them were in bad shape with rust and other issues. "Damn it, who would let this get in this bad of a condition. I am going to need to go through each and every gun in here to make sure it is in usable condition." Shannon really hated his name but it was what his parents had given him when he was born. He looked down when his new alpha walked into the room and growled. He had tried to keep everything in some sort of order but the former alpha hadn't let him have enough time. "So sorry Alpha, so sorry I couldn't, I just don't know enough." He lowered his head though the tears were rollowing down. Dan looked at him and gathered him close. "Not your fault youngling. You shouldn't have to worry about this." Damn it there was so much he had to deal with and the former alpha should have been killed a long time ago. "I am going to look through this room and need your help since you are the son of the former armorer or so I assume." "Yes sir, I will help you as much was possible." Shannon slowly moved into the room and looked around. The room was in the best condition he could keep it but he figured the new alpha was going to have issues with him and how he had kept the room. Dan released him and started working his way around the room and realized everything was old style. The weapons were definitely from the 50's or so much like the art that he had gotten rid of. Now he needed clean the armory out. "God, what to pick and choose the best weapons for the pack son." Shannon looked at his Alpha and then at the room. "I can make some suggestions if you would like sir." The best weapons were on the walls thought his former alphas couldn't or wouldn't listen to him when he mentioned them. Dan sighed and sort of waved in his direction. "I am more than capable of looking at what is both of the walls and piled up son. I have to admit I would be interested to see exactly what weapons you might find interesting." Most of the weapons were what he would considered old fashioned. There were pump action shot guns, bolt action rifles, and revolvers. There were very few of what he would consider semi-auto rifles and pistols and most of them were also old styles. "God anything full auto, or just old fashioned crap?" "Sir? Not sure what you mean by full auto sir but the few really good weapons are in the safe and only he had the safe." Shannon pointed at what looked like an old fashioned gun safe. Dan sighed. "Let me guess, you don't have the combo and neither did your father when he was around right?" God what else was going to go wrong right now? The idiot who he had killed should have died from general stupidity. "God he should have his sign hanging around his neck." That was a comment related to the 'what's your sign' video. Shannon looked down. "Um, I do know the combo sir but only a one day combo and after that the safe locks itself. You would need a professional safe repair person to fix it. You could get in thought." He was sure that he was going to get beat for having that information. "Oh hell son, open the damn thing and we can strip it down till we can get it fixed and find out what is in it." It could only be better than the sporting crap that was in the main armory, or so he could hope. When they boy moved over he watched him carefully open it and as soon as it was open Dan moved over and started pulling stuff out. "Son move this stuff somewhere else and just pile it up we are going to need to go through the room and decide what we are going to keep. There are more weapons than we need since there are more per person but most of it is old fashion stuff. At the very least I would like..." He waved his hand. "Never mind, it doesn't really matter what I want, I have to work with what we have." Dan sighed. "Well son, we are going to go through each and every weapon and since you seem to have some sort of idea of what is in here and what might be worth something. I am going to help you and I am going to pick your brain." The boy looked more than startled and somewhat scared. "Relax son I won't hurt you if you honestly try your best. Don't lie to me and don't try to challenge me and you will be fine." The rest of the day Dan spent with Shannon and the boy did have a great deal of information but there was no way Dan could make him the actual armorer since he was so young. By the end of the day they had a good selection of the guns sorted. "Okay son, I don't have time to finish this based on my knowledge. You are going to go through here and make a list of the other weapons that we might want to keep. Do your best son and I will review it." The boy froze for a moment and Dan shook his head. "I am not looking for a way to beat on you. I am looking for the best way to keep the pack safe and I want a list of standardized calibers and a good list of rifles, pistols, and shotguns." There were one or two automatic weapons but they looked they were like from WWII such as the sturmguvere and the sten gun. Silver Moon: Vignette 02 These short stories are simply filler material for stories that simply couldn't be added to Silver Moon. They are unedited and simply knocked out for your viewing pleasure. I will indicate what chapter the mini-stories should be with as well. Any sex scenes will be 18+ and no underage crap what so ever. I hope you enjoy these as they expand on the main story. Oh, there might be some minor discrepancies but ignore them. This series of vignettes are simply sort of expanding on the main story. If something is different than the main story go with what is in the main story. Vignette 2 - Chapter 2 getting into Mari's mind and learning about the world "Mari I am going to need your help." Dan was looking tired but he really needed the information in her mind. She had all kinds of information on this world and the pack and if he could pull it out he would be several steps ahead of where he was at the moment. He had just killed the former Alpha and his two main henchman but other than getting rid of the immediate problem it didn't really help him. "Sir, what can I do for you?" She was standing there looking down at the ground. The new Alpha might have ordered them to call him by his name and taken out the three worst males but she wasn't, and couldn't , trust him. Dan was going to have to earn her trust over the next several weeks and months. Maybe after that she might begin to actually believe some of what he had to say. Dan had finished the meeting with the current top three but only Mari would really do. She was the submissive and her wolf would eventually accept his need and his protection. He needed to prove to her that he was trust worthy so he could pick her mind about this world. "I know this is going to be very hard for you Mari but I need you to really watch me and pay attention to what I am doing." He leaned back in the chair. "I need to connect to you via the pack bonds I forged today and find out about this world." His face tightened up slightly. "I am not used to not being trusted by my pack but what I felt from those three I am going to have to prove myself. I need to connect to you so I can learn about this world. I can't do that till you start to trust me. I am not asking you to trust me immediately but I do need to pick your mind as soon as possible." She twitched and moved back a bit. "Yes sir if that is what you command I will do what you order." The thought of him being in her mind was terrifying and even her wolf was not very happy with that idea. If he ordered it she had to submit to him. That was one reason the former alpha so enjoyed having her in his bed. She simply had to bow down when he commanded her. Some of the others could fight but she had to submit. His voice was soft when he spoke. "I am not commanding Marissa, I am asking you to watch me and pay attention to what I am doing and make up your own mind." When he turned away his face was sad knowing that very few in the pack would really trust him for several weeks at the minimum. How he was going to make it through till his wolf started healing he wasn't sure. What would work the best would be having Mari holding him during the nights when his wolf was most likely to run screaming and howl at the moon. ~~~ The following day Dan had spent time cleaning out his office and his room. Once that was done he had instructed Saul to start selling the items that he had removed so that they could get some extra cash. Once they did that he was going to have to figure out how they could bring in some cash on a consistent basis. They had food but it was only going to last a few weeks. Once the cash they had available was gone he wasn't sure what he was going to do. Only one or two people had actual jobs and they weren't going to bring in enough cash to support everyone. He had a feeling that the pack wasn't telling him everything he needed but he couldn't force them. Well he could but what would that do to what he was trying to create? He was trying to get them to trust him and the changes he was trying to make in the pack. Once they actually started to trust and believe in him then he could accelerate the changes they needed and avoid being an over controlling asshole. One thing he had going for him was one or two of the pups seemed to sort of trust him based on the fact that he had found them in his bed trying to comfort him. That had almost been enough to make him break down again. Maybe if he could foster a bit of trust with the pups it might feed up through the females and the few mates they had. Dan had discovered that a number of real mates had been killed off over the last few years and how the males and females had dealt with it he wasn't really sure. Maybe only losing one or two bonds might not be as bad but he still didn't know how they had managed to survive. God he wasn't sure why he was still there. The broken connections hurt but the connection with his former mate and pups was even worse. That evening he walked into the central rooms a bit early for dinner and much of the pack was there. The pups were sort of surrounding Mari and the others were sort of in groups. Dan settled in a chair that he assumed was for the alpha since it was more ornate and nobody was around it. That was going to change if he had any say about it. It wasn't going to be chair of fear but eventually a chair of hearing and resolving issues. He leaned against the seat back and instantly noticed that the tension in the air went up several notches. The scent of fear did as well and he sighed. It was going to be really frustrating having most of the wolves tense up any time he was nearby since he simply wasn't used to it. Yes there was a certain amount of attention since he was the Alpha but not this edge of your seat ready to run in any direction feel. After a few moments of contemplation he came up with an idea that might start to help. If he paid attention to the kids and were gentle and caring with them that might help. "Pups come here please. I would like to talk to you." The tension went up several more notches and everyone was staring at him but he pretended to ignore it. Giani was one of the first over there and was looking a bit nervous. "Yes Mr. Alpha what can we do for you?" Her little voice was trembling slightly as she spoke. Outside she had been more confident since she had sort of been insulted but that was then. Now he was sitting in 'that' chair, the one the former alpha dispensed his version of justice from. "Just want to talk and ask some questions. I want to see what sort of answers you might have about pack learning." God that was going to cause a few of the adults to panic now as well. The others slowly came over and stood in front of him with their hands clasped in front and looking down at the floor and he did sigh. "Okay, there is going to be some pack orders right now, when talking to me you are to look me in the eyes for a moment and then settle them on an ear, chin, or shoulder. You are werewolves, be proud of that face and face your alpha with that pride in your eyes." There was some shifting in the room and one or two of the pups actually looked up at him and he smiled slightly. "Come on, you can do it. See they are and they aren't being spanked or anything now aren't they?" He wasn't going to make it an order for the kids, he was going to talk to them about it. Just for good measure he slid out of the chair and settled cross legged on the ground. "There, so I am mostly on your level." His wolf didn't like being lower than some of the others but Dan managed to force him to accept. *We have to teach and show this pack that we are not in this only for our pleasure and power. We have to gain their trust and then respect.* That and he had never dealt with a broken pack like this before and never actual wolf pups. One or two more of the pups started looking at him and each time one did his smile widened. "Good, now sit down and relax. We are just going to talk for a few minutes." Once they were seated he looked around and noticed their eyes dropped when he did but only one or two lowered their heads. "Okay, what is the most important think of being a pack member?" That got him a confused look and he frowned very slightly. "Doesn't anyone have an answer of any sort?" He waited but the kids just looked confused. "The first rule that I learned when I was a young wolf was pack takes care of pack. Can anyone guess what that means?" As he was talking he noticed more people coming in the room and standing around the edges. Paulo had settled down at the back of the group and was paying very serious attention to Dan and his nose was working overtime as he was checking Dan's scent. Since the young cubs probably couldn't really answer the question he did. "I would say that the words indicate that we are supposed to take care of each other beyond that I have never really heard that before sir." The phrasing he used really bothered him but he could understand why he worded it that way. "The pack I come from it isn't just words. Granted the reality of it is much more complex since you have dominance levels, mates, who is doing what job, and more. My job as Alpha is to protect the pack and do what is needed to keep the pack safe no matter what that is. I provide justice, discipline, healing", he nodded towards Paulo, "and create new rules for the good of the pack." He looked around and then back at Paulo. "Since you are the oldest of the pups what do you think your job is?" Make him and the others think and really think. Paulo winced and looked down at the floor as he thought. "I think I would have to say that it is sort of like what you do with protecting them and making sure they have what they need. Clean cloths, food, baths at night", that was met by a growl from some of the cubs, ", things like that sir." He finally looked up. "Mari is really in charge of us and mostly I just do what she says." Dan smiled. "But it made you think about it didn't it? Being pack is incredibly simple on the surface but immensely complex when you really start looking at it. Mari is the pack submissive and at the bottom of the pack but because you are underage she is senior to you. Now think when you become of age you will suddenly become more senior to her. Don't you think that will be more than a bit confusing for you?" He noticed Mari blink and sort of frown as she was trying to understand what he was saying. Paulo was looking sort of confused since that wasn't something he had thought about. "Think about it son and if you have any questions come look for me. I think I have time for one more question for all of you and then it will be dinner time." Dan glanced around and there was one more boy who was younger than Paulo but older than a young teen girl. "You son, lets assume that Paulo is a sort of Alpha for the pups since he is sort of in charge being the oldest of you. Now for the moment ignoring the bits about he can't hand down any sort of punishment or discipline what sort of Alpha would you want him to be?" The boy sort of glanced at Paulo and both of them sort of winced at the term Alpha being used but their alpha had asked a question. "Well sir, I would want him to listen when there is a disagreement between cubs. Makes sure that from the oldest to youngest do have what they need to survive." He was thinking hard to make sure and say the right things so he wouldn't get smacked by anyone. "Maybe pay attention to all the cubs so that he knows them and they know him and what he is like." Dan nodded. "Any and all of those are good answers if somewhat basic. I am not saying that in a negative way just I have a feeling that your former alpha didn't want any of you to really understand what pack means. I will talk to your teachers and we will change that and teach you how to be good pack members. Now my butt is tired of this floor and my stomach is hungry." He stood up and after dusting his bottom off walked to the table. Mari herded the pups over to the table and was staring in Dan's general direction. She had a feeling a good portion of that little production was aimed directly at her. Dan wanted her and needed her to trust him before he went into her mind and she had a feeling that over the next few days he was going to be doing things like that just for her. She didn't like that idea since it smacked of faking his way into her trust. ~~~ Over the next few days Dan was working his fingers to the bone. He was getting up early, even though he hated disturbing the pups sleeping curled up on the bed. Dan appreciated their being willing to take a chance and even come near him but he figured it was because they were so young and listened to their wolves more. That was a total guess but it sounded reasonable. Mari had been staring at him, well in his direction a good portion of the time she was anywhere around him which made him smile slightly. He was usually up by 6am and went to the training center for his morning exercise and even though it got him looked at oddly a morning run as well. He was back in his room by 7:30 to shower and get dressed. Breakfast next and as soon as that was over he met with Angie, Felanzi, and Saul for the morning briefing. Once that was done he spent time with Saul on what he had been finding in the office and it was taking him a fair amount of time getting stuff organized. Part of that was he knew of a large number of boxes stored in various places that would have stuff he might need as well. Once that was over he would start calling people in one by one and talk to them about what they normally did around the house and in the pack. There were several that actually had jobs and they had a small apartment in town that they stayed in during the working week and came back on the weekends. Since the pack provided everything their entire paycheck had been going to the alpha. That he changed immediately and cut it back to 70% for him and the rest for them. That got a shocked reaction and a lot of whispering. If a pack member had money they could conceivably leave when they stashed away enough. It was almost like begging the person to leave. When the two who had jobs left and told everyone Dan leaned back in his chair and felt the bonds. He had to grin since everyone was sort of off center by that and how he had treated the cubs. Everyone knew that he hadn't been active with Mari even though she was spending every night in his bed. He hadn't approached any of the other women either though that could simply be dealing with the loss of his mate and pups. They knew that was real since they had both heard him keening for them and the grief over the pack bonds. He didn't rush through lunch but he didn't take his time about it either. As soon as that was over he had started training some of the wolves so they could protect the pack. In a way Dan felt sort of sorry for them since only some of the men had even decent self defense and assault skills. What made it hard was that those that were decent were the picks of the former Alpha and it was all he could do to keep from pounding them into the ground. Dan had started including some of the women in as well but that was a bit harder since they ran the house and he couldn't take to many away at one time. That took up most of his afternoon though he did make sure to wander around the house and actually talk to some of the pack about what was going on. He didn't bother with asking about concerns since he doubted that many of them would even consider saying anything and those that would probably weren't worth listening to. Before dinner was his favorite time since he had started having small 'court' sessions. Most of those were with the pups as he started to teach them about the pack. It was also his way of relaxing as much as possible. The third evening after he had started them Giani's two minions were brave enough, or encouraged by her, and sort of slid over and leaned against him. He returned the trust by picking them up and putting one on each leg and letting them cuddle close to him. One's name was Sammie and the other was Juan. By now he was used to most of the pack quietly entering the main room and simply watching what he was doing. He knew that many of them were just confused and were trying to sort out what he really was compared to what he was saying. Others were trying to figure out where they might stand with him and a few were watching him so they could toady up to him by acting similar. Most of them he didn't mind but the toadies irritated him. Once dinner was over he ended up in his office with a number of books that Saul suggested might be the best for him to read. Whatever else happened at least the language was familiar if using somewhat different grammar. He would end up in there till ten or so by which time he was exhausted and might actually sleep sort of adequately. When he went to his bed room Mari would have made sure that everything was ready for him to go to bed and would probably already be curled up waiting for him. ~~~ Once Dan had fallen asleep Mari laid there next to him trying to figure out her feelings. Other than that first evening nothing he had done had played false. It was still possible that he was just playing it to bring her to him but unless he was the best lycan actor in the world she simply hadn't scented any lies around him. There had been plenty of other scents, sadness, anger, frustration, kindness, and even when with the cubs a sort of happiness. What did it really mean though? That was the hard part for her. It was simply to soon to really know the man and both who and what he was. There had been a few discipline problems as some of the more froggy wolves tested boundries but the discipline had been well within acceptable limits. The hardest part was she didn't have anyone she could talk to because nobody had any sort of experience with what he was asking her to do. "Damn it, what I am supposed to do?" Her night was less that comfortable since she was having dreams of her brain being invaded followed by Dan turning up and saving her. Other times he was the one invading but when he did it was gentle and warm which really upset her. She didn't want gentle and warm, she wanted to be left alone to take care of the cubs and her other jobs around the house. She didn't want the attention of the Alpha because that always ended up badly as far as she was concerned. God only knew what might happen this time and especially if she gave into him. The next morning when Dan got up she mumbled something at him and rolled over sort of like she usually did and curled up in a tight ball around one of the cubs and the other was curled against her back. Once Dan left she sighed and opened her eyes and stared at the wall. What was it Dan was teaching the cubs? 'The pack takes care of the pack right? If he needed the information in her mind didn't that mean that she had to let him have it to take care of the pack? Juan was curled up in her arms and Sammie was against her back. Weren't they pack? Didn't she have a responsibility to the cubs in her care to do what she could to protect them even if she was scared? If she asked Dan she knew what he would say and the same for Giani though her understanding was from the child's point of view. Did that change what was important? Eventually Mari got up and chased the cubs out of the room and got dressed. The first part of the morning she was most definitely grumpy and the ones she worked with the most could see that. They didn't smell anything else like forced sex or coercion so they weren't really sure. Eventually breakfast was over and Mari found herself standing outside the doors to Dan's office shortly before the morning meeting was over. When the top three walked out she nodded to them and then knocked on the door frame. "May I please come in Dan?" Silver Moon: Vignette 02 When he waved her in she walked over and stood in front of the desk. "I don't like the idea of having you in my mind and knowing my intimate thoughts but as you said for the good of the pack right? I give you permission to do whatever you need." Her eyes were closed and a rank fear could be smelled but also a determination to do what was needed could be scented as well. Dan stood up and walked around the desk and gently wrapped his arms around her and pulled her close. "Hush little one, I told you I would never hurt you. I am glad you offered but are you sure? It shouldn't hurt but I will admit I might see a bit more than you might like. Whatever I do get I will never tell about." He rested his head on hers and held her for a moment. "I would never do that to a pack member." *Saul I need someone to stand guard outside my office till I am done talking to Mari. She is going to give me some information about this world that only she can.* Saul started and then went over to the doors and leaned against the wall and had to wonder if this was a way to say he was having sex with her. It sounded a bit odd with Dan but you never knew. *Done and take your time Alpha.* Dan moved to his chair and as bad as it sounded had Mari straddle his lap. That way he could get to both her temples since touch helped so much with this. "I will be as gentle as I can and I just need you to open your mind to me and I will find what I need." He pressed his fingers against her temples and his forehead against hers and slowly opened the bond and started to sort of learn about the world he was now in. It took some time but by the time he was finished he had a much better idea of the world he now had come to live in. Since she was bottom of the pack it was sort of a low level set of knowledge but it gave him somewhere to start. By the time he was done Mari was asleep in his lap and her head was on one shoulder and her body pressed against him. Vaguely he almost wished he could do something with her but it was way too soon and his wolf wouldn't approve. Instead he leaned back in his chair and fell asleep himself. Silver Moon: Vignette 03 These short stories are simply filler material for stories that simply couldn't be added to Silver Moon. They are unedited and simply knocked out for your viewing pleasure. I will indicate what chapter the mini-stories should be with as well. Oh, since I have had a few complain about 'nudity' I am going to say that any and all sex is 18+ and any underage nudity is simply because they are lycan's and there isn't anything wrong with it. I hope you enjoy these as they expand on the main story. Oh, there might be some minor discrepancies but ignore them. This series of vignettes are simply sort of expanding on the main story. If something is different than the main story go with what is in the main story. I am sort of mangling the English language with how the cubs are talking. I know it isn't quite perfect but then again it has been a good 17 or so years since I last heard little ones talking. I do hope you enjoy it. Oh, any sex is 18+. When talking the pups it is totally asexual and if you have problems that is your issue. Vignette 3 Gianni was very impressed by her new Alpha after he had taken over. He had actually knelt down and looked at her when she asked him why they didn't get to do what the adults had done. When she had informed him that she was a wolf as well and changed he had looked totally shocked. That had been really strange and she couldn't help but wonder why. His reaction when he picked her up in her cub form he had gathered her close and it had given her a chance to sense what he was feeling. How she had managed that she didn't know but she had been able to do it for some time. It helped keep the other cubs from having to deal with their former Alpha. It was something that her mother told her she had to be careful of as soon as Julia had found out. One thing her little nose had noticed was a scent of a deep sadness and that had really upset her. She didn't know why he had the scent of the deep abiding sadness but it really hurt her. Giani didn't know if it would help but she gave him a good hug before he put her down and told her to go back to her mother. She knew that he was going to protect all of them. How she wasn't really sure but her baby wolf told her so. It was something her wolf had sort of scented or noticed and it felt right. The fact that her wolf occasionally told her things that it shouldn't have known had never crossed her mind. Her wolf just knew things and passed them on to her and that was one of them. They almost instantly trusted their new Alpha and also knew that he was hurting badly though she didn't know why. During the day she had organized her minions to keep an eye on him and from what they could scent and see was he was trying. Their Alpha was trying to organize the pack in a better way. As they kept her eyes on him from some of the hiding spaces they had discovered. They noticed that he started tossing himself into working with the pack. He was picking up trash, carrying random broken pieces of wood off to one side. One of the things that proved that was when he had protected the oldest of the cubs Paulo. Once dinner was over Giani sort of called the other young pups to their room and sort of huddled in one corner. Originally when she gathered the pups it was just the youngest since she was sure that some of the older ones would object to her plan. It was before bath time when they had some time to themselves to play and have a bit of fun. In this case she was sitting in the corner of the room and looked at the others. "I's like new Alpha. He funny and protected Paulo and accepted us. What you think?" The other pups sort of discussed it and most of them were sort of leaning towards their inner wolves were accepting of him. While they were talking they heard the first of many keens of Dan for his lost family and huddled close to Nancy. She called out to Paulo since he was the oldest of the cubs and he came hurrying in as well as Shannon. They scooped most of the cubs up and wrapped their arms around them. "Shush little cubs, that is just Dan singing out his agony." His eyes started to water and he lifted his head and started keening as well. His wolf was demanding that they respond to their Alpha's agony. The little cubs shivered and leaned into the older cubs since they weren't really sure. Eventually the keening had quit and silence reigned over the pack house. "Okay little ones go to bed and if you need me you know where I am going to be." The three oldest cubs left the room since Nancy was in the girl's room and the other two were in the boy's room. The next oldest girl was Mitzy and she was ten. They didn't realize that wasn't a good thing to do. Most of the other cubs were between 5 and 10 and even though Giani was one of the youngest most of them looked at her. She crawled into bed and was joined by her two minions. Eventually most of the room was asleep and once they were she nudged the other two and woke them up. "We are going to find Mari." She wasn't there in the cub's room like she should be. They had no idea where she might be. It had been a while since she had been to the Alpha's quarters. All three stripped down and changed into wolf cubs since their noses were better in that form. It took them a while to actually track Dan and Mari down. As they were searching they were being as quiet as they could and avoided any adults. Once they did they sat outside their Alpha's room for a few minutes to decide how they were going to proceed and finally Giani nudged the doggy flap and found it was open. She was the first in and the other two slowly followed her and they weren't happy. Nobody was allowed to enter the Alpha's quarters unless asked and none of the pups had been asked ever before. Mari had but that had been for adult things and they hated the scent of that. Giani sniffed as much as possible and couldn't detect any of that stinky scent. What she did scent was pain, agony, and loss. She kept going and snuck through the doggy doors to the bedroom and her nose barely poked in and again all she scented was pain, agony, and sadness and it was their Alpha and not Mari. She looked back at the other two and with a jerk of her head she walked into the bedroom and carefully jumped onto the bed. Dan was on one side and Mari was on the other. She snuggled close to Dan and Sammy curled up next to her. Juan settled next to Mari and she didn't smell like she had been hurt at all. There was some scent of fear but no blood. Moments later they were all asleep. ~~~ When they had snuck into the room Dan was simply too exhausted to really notice though normally he would. When the two jumped on the foot of the bed and crawled up next to him his mind sort of made him think of his children. He didn't really think twice before curling around them and pulling them close. His wolf noticed the difference in scent but knew that they were little's and accepted them as not a threat and settled down for a good sleep. The sleep they hadn't had for a long time. Mari knew the scent since her bed was in the cubs room and she was used to finding one or more cubs in her bed by morning time. During storms or after a particularly bad day she sort of expected to have all of them in her bed. "Go sleep Juan. Nigh..." It was a mumble as she went back to sleep and didn't even think that the large warm mass pressed to her back was Dan. The next morning was rather interesting when Dan woke up and found the cubs in his bed. Mari managed not to snicker at his reaction because she was sure he would probably smack her. She finally responded. "There are three pups Alpha since I have one as well." When he moved and told them to leave she was surprised that he didn't smack them either or force his will on them. Instead the three of them slid off the bed and she rather expected them to leave the room. As soon as the shower came on there was a brief whispered conversation and three cubs, who had changed, snuck into the bathroom and Mari had to tuck her head into a pillow to avoid laughing out loud. It would be interesting to see how Dan dealt with the cubs. A thought struck her and for a moment she started worrying about Dan's reaction to the cubs in the shower till he started to growl at them. It really did sound like mock growling. It wasn't too much longer before the cubs came running out and changed form and charged out of the room and they looked like they were in a good mood. She had to shake her head and waited for him to come out and managed not to show that she had an idea they were going to join him in there. She had to wonder what Giani was thinking of. ~~~ Later that evening Giani couldn't help but snicker to the other cubs about what they had done and how their Alpha had reacted this morning. "It was as if he had never had cubs join him in the shower before. That is silly. We have been bathed by Paulo, Shannon, and Nancy. Why should it be a problem for our Alpha? He is silly." She was whispering as she talked. Several of the other cubs snickered and then sobered up. "So why did you call us Giani? What do you want?" Sarah asked. She knew that Giani was going to have some sort of plan that would probably get them in trouble. Somehow she would convince them to get into trouble but some days it was annoying. "Danny is hurting. I talked to mommy and found out that he lost his cubs and mate not too long ago." She looked down at the floor and sniffled for a moment. "Losing Daddy was horrible and I can't imagine losing more than that." She sniffled again before looking up at them. "He took care of me and Paulo so we should take care of him." That started a general discussion and Paulo sat off to one side and shook his head. How the heck Giani managed to talk the cubs into some of her various schemes he really wasn't sure and had even managed talk him into some of them. She just had some sort of draw to her. "So what you are talking about cub?" He asked. "I think we should setup times for all the pups to sneak into his bed and try to comfort him." Her little face crumpled slightly and leaned against Paulo. "He hurts so bad." Paulo lifted her up and cuddled her close. "I felt the agony last night as well little one. I also know that several of you snuck out of the room without permission." He glowered around and then sniggered. "If you are going to sneak out we need to know where you are going to be going." He rolled an eye. "If you are going to sneak out I think I have a feeling I know where you are going to be. I would say two to three cubs a night and if he starts yelling then stop. Let me know who is going to go and I will do my best to take care of any problems." Giani leaned against the older cub and smiled. "We will take care of Pappa Alpha." She sighed and then listed the next two to go that she thought would work. By the end of the week all the pups had sort of cycled through Dan's rooms and finally it was Paulo's time. He was not the most comfortable but since he was the oldest he accepted it. That following morning he and Dan had a long talk while Dan was taking a shower and Paulo had sort of ambushed him there. It definitely wasn't something he was willing to do but it had turned out decently and Dan hadn't beaten him. Hopefully Dan would finally understand and let the little ones try to help him. ~~~ After the run on the full moon Dan ended up sitting in his office and sort of growling at the pathetic map on the wall. It sort of showed the pack territory but it was a flat map and that didn't really help all that much. What he really needed was a terrain map but those were hard to come by since they didn't really have satellites such as what he was used to. They did have them but mostly for communications and not terrain mapping or spying. Well what little he could find didn't mention spy satellites. On the American, New Nordla continent they didn't really care since it was so broken up. There were at least 10 countries from Europe and several Native American provinces/groups in the middle. Mexico didn't exist as he knew it and neither did the other South American countries. One thing he did know was that the pack was horribly trained when it came to using their noses and tracking abilities. They were decent but that was it. Dan really didn't like that idea and was frowning at the chances they had missed the other night. It wasn't just the pups but Dan had to wonder if the former Alpha had simply staked the cows or deer out. While he was sitting in his office he glowered at the wall and tried to figure out a way to get everything done that he needed. He needed to figure out the finances, make sure everyone had enough food to eat, cloths to wear and all the other things that came with living. He needed to figure out a training schedule for the pack for defense as well as offence for everyone. Training with whatever weapons existed in the armory not to mention learning about the world he was now in. Now he had to add to that using your noses, tracking and killing prey, and a number of other things that a lycan needed to know. "God fuck me, I don't know what I need to do first."