Chapter 48: Three Wolves

As the patrol moved on, Dust's words rang in Ash's head like a never fading echo. I don't want this to happen! Ash growled in frustration.
"Alright now," Stone said, "we're nearing the forest."
"Oh, really?" Rusty said coldly. Crystal chuckled.
Stone narrowed her eyes. "Boy, Rusty, if you want a fight, I'll give you a fight."
"Bring it!" Rusty challenged.
"Stop it," Charlotte snapped, "we can't be fighting amongst ourselves."
"Charlotte's right," Dust agreed quickly.
Of course she is, Ash rolled his eyes.
"So anyways," Airia continued for Stone, "once we get in the forest, keep your guard up for any Firebenders. They might be waiting to attack us."
"Okay," Ash nodded quickly.
Only Ash could hear Dust snicker.
The patrol finally entered the forest. Ash sniffed the air. He couldn't smell any Firebenders - only prey, and wolves.
Probably Rusty, Dust and I, Ash shrugged, thinking to himself.
They walked on. Ash sniffed the air. He could smell a rabbit.
"Can I go hunting?" He asked Fan.
"Sure," Fan nodded.
Ash tip-toed among the forest. He finally spotted the rabbit by a bush, unaware of the patrol's presence. It was eating some berries.
While it was distracted, Ash crawled along the ground, being careful where he stepped.
Finally, Ash jumped in the air. Inside of him, he was actually hoping Airia was watching him hunting the rabbit.
Suddenly, something hit Ash in the side. It pinned him. Ash looked up to see a wolf standing over him. It was much bigger than himself. The wolf was dark gray with a white underbelly.
"What do you think you're doing?" The wolf growled at Ash.
"I was only hunt-hunting!" Ash gasped.
"Flyingbird, whatcha got there?"
The gray wolf turned around. Ash saw that there was a light brown wolf with darker brown paws, and a black wolf with a white underbelly, and green eyes.
"An intruder, Treebranch," Flyingbird growled.
"What fun," the black wolf mumbled.
Looks we got another Stone, Ash joked with himself.
Suddenly, Treebranch gasped at Ash. "You're..."
"What, pathetic?" Stone sneered.
Treebranch shook her head. "...Nevermind. Anyways, where are you going to?"
"The Water Tribe," said Dust.
"What?" The black wolf tilted his head.
"You don't know of it?" Airia asked.
"Yeah. Like Crow, we have no idea what it is," Flyingbird shrugged.
"What is your group of wolves called?" Stone asked.
"The Tribe Of Flying Birds," Treebranch nodded.

Author's Note:
If you looke on the Meet The Benders page, you'll see Flyingbird's tribe.