Tave had grown up as the runt of his pack. He was smaller than the other pups his age, he didn't learn to hunt until a week after the others, and he was the last to open his eyes as a freshly born baby.

Due to that, he didn't get much love from his parents, his twin brother, Mossie got more attention, more praise. He was the favourite, while Tave got to sit there and get leftover food of whatever had been the pack's catch for the day.

On their 13th birthday, the two had been abandoned. No one knew what happened, one moment they were int he den sleeping, the next they were outside in the middle of no where with a chain connecting their ankles.

Tave tried making the best of it, keeping his mood upbeat and exploring, while Mossie.. well Mossie mostly just cried over missing their parents.

Tave didn't exactly know what to think. Did their parents really abandon them? Was it just a prank?.. he had no idea. But he'd find out soon enough.

Not too long after, they two were captured by some hybrid researchers - humans.

The two of them had been stunned with bullets and put in cages. Being tested for sicknesses and whatnot.. before being released into a zoo. For some reason, the humans had put muzzles on them. Tave had no idea why, it wasn't like they'd attack anyone, well.. maybe Mossie might, if he gets too worked up.

Huh.

Tave was quick to go exploring in the new environment, sniffing and scratching at things and the trees. Mossie just went back to sobbing sadly.

Eventually, the two found themself finding more wolf hybrids. Not their pack, but better than nothing.. Tave, the confident boy he is walked over, giving a friendly grin while the other wolves were eating their lunches.

"Hi! I'm Tave, this is my brother Mossie, can you help us?" Tave asked... He was ignored.

"Hello...? Can you help?." He repeated, tone a bit quieter, walking over to the guy he supposed was the leader, dragging Mossie behind him. "Heeeelllllooooo?" He hummed, poking the larger hybrids shoulder, {{user}}.

Those wolf hybrids were definitely bigger than Tave and Mossie's old pack... Like, huge! Even the fresh pups were big, up to their knees.