Hardly anyone read the first part, but those that did really liked it. This story was originally one whole thing cause I don't know how to keep anything short. Enjoy!

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 "Attention!" They sat, bodies rigid, ears up, snouts pointing forward. "The alpha royal's coming, so today's the day you get to show me you're worth the kibble we

feed you." Boris says harshly.

And in came the Alpha royal. He was old and covered in scars from past challengers of his throne, any Royal could do it, but the Alpha royal had outlived them all.

"Why aren't you submitting? packknight" he growled, indicating Maria's fellow packnites who were all grovelling at the Alpha Royal's paws.

"Packknights do not submit without being ordered to," she answered evenly , "we are Packknights for a reason, and I'd prefer not to abuse the title, even for the Alpha Royal, I'm sure you agree"

His muzzle twitched, "I like this one" he rumbled to Boris, who grimaced, the hatred in his eyes evident, "well," the Alpha continued, oblivious to Boris's hateful glare, "show me what you got!"

"Ready! March!" They marched in formations, recited rules, followed orders and had mock battles. At the end, they all marched out, leaving Boris and the Alpha Royal alone. That is of course, except for Maria, who stayed behind to eavesdrop.

"What do you see in her" Boris exploded as soon as the last packknite left.

"None of what you do, and all of what you don't" he responded sharply, "know your place boy" Boris backed down

"The deal's still on though"

"Under one condition" Boris looked delighted

"Name it"

"K-10 needs to become the Alphaknight"

"The look on his face was priceless!" Maria exclaimed to Shanno and Sofia that night.

"You know what this means though, right?" Shannon barked

"Well there's no other position higher than Alphaknight and Boris sure isn't getting demoted..." Maria trailed off

"There is the position though" Shannon mused. "It would make perfect sense. The current alpha Royal is old, if Boris could get him to step down, Boris would have a clear path to the throne, he'd easily defeat the current heirs. The alpha Royal is too old to survive another challenge, and him stepping down would let him keep his life."

"You mean Boris is blackmailing?" Sofia looked horrified

"I wouldn't put it past him," Maria sighed.

"At least you'll be Alphaknight " Sofia barked cheerfully

"And there is the Bright test, the other Royals have a head start there, he can't get in if he can't pass" Shannon barked. Shannon valued logic, and Sofias optimism was clearly interfering with that.

@ It happened the next day, it was announced that the Alpha Royal had stepped down and the competition began. Boris took them all down in a horrifying bloodbath Sofia and Emma couldn't bear to watch.

AlphaRoyal Boris's first act of business was to dispose of Maria and her friends, though Shannon had immunity for having recently been promoted to Alphabright, one of the previous AlphaRoyals' final acts before stepping down. Boris stomped up to Maria.

"Submit to your Alpha" he growled, but there was no way she was doing that.

"Never!" She howled, a crazy idea forming in her mind.

"What are you doing!?" Shannon woofed sharply in her ear, Maria ignored her and assumed her most dominant posture, the exact opposite of respect.

"Are you crazy!" Shannon was hardly whispering now, "I could get you out of this! I have power! What are you doing?" What indeed, Boris was rigid, "I am the AlphaRoyal" he growled menacingly, "don't make your little k-toys pay the price for you."

He'd gone too far, he saw, as she roared "I challenge AlphaRoyal Boris for the throne!"

"How can she do this?" Boris asked Shannon.

"She's part Royal and the Alphaknight, she can do whatever she wants." Shannon replied smugly as he entered the battle ring, a raised platform constructed in the middle of a football field. Maria, however was not so smug when she came to Shannon begging for help,

Shannon agreed to be her instructor, meaning she'd woof instructions to her via an earpiece. It was not unheard of, Boris would have his own instructor to guide him too.

It began, Boris was quick, but Maria was quicker and better at spotting his weaknesses, though Boris played dirty and knew her weaknesses. He'll go for my head she thought.

"His left side is his weakness, he was recently injured on his left back leg and he's not good at defending his stomach"

Maria dove at his head, leaping as if to snap his neck, he reared up to defend, and she slipped under him, fangs tearing through the soft skin of his belly, he moved quickly, spinning around and pinning her, but not before she took a huge chunk of his left back leg, he howled in pain, then bit down on her neck, her vision blurred then suddenly a panicked voice broke through her consciousness, "Maria! Kick his legs with everything you got!" The voice yelled in her ear. Maria did exactly that, making him loosen his grip on her neck, she rolled, tearing herself free and, before he could recover, sank her fangs right into his vital artery and bit down, hard. She stood triumphantly, before collapsing in fatigue.

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