Game of Destiny – A Thrilling Tale of Power, Love & Fate

The fifth game day had arrived and I felt more anxious than I had done on the fourth. I was determined to make sure

Amie, and my other pack members were kept safe. I made sure to stay close to Amie as we entered the stadium and

waited for our instructions.

‘Is it just me or are we getting more attention than usual?’ Sam asked after a while. I noticed the same and nodded.

‘I think it’s due to a certain red wolf,’ Ramses told us with a grin. We all looked at Amie.

‘Me?’ she asked.

‘What do you know?’ I asked.

‘I was at one of the social gatherings yesterday,’ Ramses began. We all nodded. It was natural for an unmated wolf to make sure they met as many new wolves as possible when given the chance. ‘I heard a lot of talk about our Beta. They were talking about how irritating she had been, and both her red fur and her agility and speed impressed them all. I would say you have got a lot of new admierers,’ he told Amie. Great, as if one lovesick Alpha wasn’t enough competition.

Now I needed to compete with half of the males around me.

‘It will pass. Someone else will do something and their attention will be on them,” Amie said. I should have known it wouldn’t go to her head. There was some static from the speakers and all of our attention was diverted to the incoming

message.

“Welcome to the fifth game. After today we have reached the halfway point of the games and you should have got used

to things. This game will be performed by every pack separately. We have set up ten identical rooms. Please wait for an

official to call you for your turn. We wish you all luck.” We looked at each other and I relaxed. No one would get hurt. If

they did, it would be because we messed up, and I knew we were better than that.

‘What do you think we will have to do?’ Jake asked.

‘Wrestle crocodiles?’ Sam suggested.

‘No,’ Jake said, then laughed nervously. ‘They wouldn’t do that. Right?’

‘Probably not,’ Ramses agreed.

‘Oh, stop it. No, they won’t make us wrestle wild animals,’ Amie told them.

‘I wouldn’t put it past them,’ I jokingly said. We had barely got comfortable when an official walked up to us. We had

never been called this early before. I didn’t know if it was a bad or a good sign, or just a coincidence. We were led to a

door and told to go inside. The room inside was a sixteen by sixteen feet room. There were things everywhere and my

our task was to clean and

kitchen drawer has become a

a theme or any logic to why they all should be there. There were

ladder, paper, bowls, kitchen utensils,

and piles.

clean this mess, I say we give up. I’m fine with taking a penalty

the speaker came

is to create a Rube Goldberg

the red bell in the right corner

is no time limitation. If your machine fails to ring the bell, your points

ready or want to give up, knock

a machine? Like a robot?’ Sam

machine,’ Jake said, and he sounded like Christmas

to read the complete version

now

asked. I had no idea what it was we

you set up dominos and they fall down and end up tripping a marble that falls into a bowl,’

them at home. I tried to get Cade to join us, but

thing just to

videos of those online sometimes. There are a lot of things falling over and in the end it butters

something,’ Ramses said.

make them

five stages, so five different things to fall over, or roll or

we get more points for creativity, so let’s add a couple of

expert, so we will take our lead from you,’ I said. I was happy to turn the leadership over to him

following Jake’s direction and

up the first stages, we all got into it. We started looking around, finding new

choices. We started having fun. When we ended up using the only ladder as a ramp

onto my shoulders so we could build

happy and took a step back from our build, it looked impressive. I walked up and

door.

speaker said. I nodded at Jake, who walked up and blew on a paper. It

a pendulum swing back. The pendulum pushed a

After going round and round a couple of times, the marble dropped

a string which dislodged a wedge from below the first cookbook.

so it continued until the last one. As the last cook book fell on the floor, it hit a wooden spoon. The spoon flipped a switch, turning on a heating gun. It

another string to swing forward. Then the toy plane hit the bell and the clear sound

Blue mountain pack. You have succeeded with the game. Your time was one hour and thirty-seven minutes. You may join the rest of your pack.” We all smiled at each other. This hadn’t felt like part of the Games, it

viewing room with the big screens, I could