Growing up the pack had been a small one at first, comprised of only three siblings and their parents. Over time that pack grew, gaining new members, losing even more, but the pack was always happy as it was a fairly peaceful pack with very little worries. They were such a strong family and truly believed that they could take on the world. All of that changed one day, one fateful day, when the three siblings went hunting and disturbed the balance of the pack. Aleph, Beyt, and Gimmel were those three siblings, and they were also very good friends, but as siblings they tended to disagree and argue sometimes. Gimmel was always the leader, Aleph was the strategy behind that leader, and Beyt was the one who was willing to throw herself at danger to protect her brothers. Their parents, however, were always trying to keep an eye on them.<br/><br/>At first the hunt was simple: find a buck and kill it, bring it back to the pack. Their parents could not come along for the hunt as they were busy tending to the pack so the three siblings were on their own. It would be their second hunt without help, and at first the hunt went well. They all combined their strategies and ended up chasing the buck into a cave before taking it down.<br/><br/>Little did they know, this cave was one of the Dark Places that harbored dark memories of past events, as well as dark thoughts in generalâ€¦ Beyt does not remember quite that clearly what happened that day, but what she did remember was watching her brother be tempted by the darkness, being swallowed by it, and Gimmel holding her back as she tried to go after him. â€œHeâ€™s gone now, Beytâ€ Gimmel had said but she refused to believe it at first. Seeing Aleph here before her now brought great sorrow to her as well as anger; she almost did not believe what she was seeing, could not believe. A snarl appeared on her expression and her ears were pressed flat against her head.<br/><br/>Beyt knew this wolf was not the Alpeh she knew, but a dark being created by the forest to torment her. She was sensitive, too sensitive, to the darkness and she could never quite figure out why. Even Gimmel never quite understood whenever she would try to talk to him about it. But that was understandable, Dark Places and darkness in general could never truly be understood; they had to be unwrapped slowly and not all at once. Ever since she could remember Beyt always wanted to find a way to get rid of thisâ€¦ evil presence in this world. No matter how impossible it may seem. She didnâ€™t care, as long as she could find peace in doing what she did, though knowing full well that her brother would never fully approve. She was so glad to have a brother like Gimmel, who would always stick by her side no matter what.<br/><br/>She did not have to worry about Gimmel falling victim to the darkness; he was much too stubborn to do that.<br/><br/>â€œYour bother cannot help you.â€ The black wolf snorted. â€œHeâ€™s too weak to help you, just like he was too weak to help me. The forest has awakened, Beyt, and you and Gimmel will be swallowed by itâ€¦ I will see you again soon.â€<br/><br/>Beyt launched herself at the wolf suddenly, not even bothering to feed the darkness any more. But just then, the forest shook, and she ended up hitting the snow. She looked around every which way to find that Alephâ€™s shadow had vanished. Beyt just sat there in the snow, angry that she let that shadow get to her like it did.<br/><br/>â€œBeyt!â€ Gimmel could not have arrived at a better time. â€œBeyt, are you alright?â€<br/><br/>â€œIâ€™m fine.â€<br/><br/>Gimmel narrowed his eyes at her and growled softly, â€œI felt it, you know, that tremor, it has me worried.â€ He also saw things on his way to her that had him questioning many things but he left that out. The forest was a place of trickery, manipulation, and there was no telling what was real and what was not. Gimmel was not one to jump to conclusions that quickly. He stuck by his sister no matter what as siblings were supposed to, protecting her, acting as her leader even when he did not want to.<br/><br/>Ignoring him, Beyt went over where Jhene was, â€œJhene?â€ She called out, hoping she had not been swallowed by the darkness. She had not heard what the darkness was telling her; of course, there was no ways he could have. So she hoped she was alrightâ€¦