RaceCar to RaceWolf- Chapter 1- Senka the She Wolf

Lights flashed from the 360 Degree arena that surrounded the famous racetrack, the constant roar of cars shouting over one another and cheering was almost deafening. The strong track lights lit up the enitre arena as music blared from the carefully placed speakers, as the racecars lined up for the first race of the season. Lightning McQueen was placed near the front due to his last season points, ready to start his second season. He shook his tyres as his Crew Chief Doc Hudson watched from the sides.

"You ready Rookie?" The gruff voice sounded in Lightning's intercom, and Lightning laughed in response.

"ALways ready, this is what i was born to do, don't worry about it old man!" He responded, his eyes fixed ahead, keeping a specific eye out for Chick. He breathed out slowly to chill himself out, and drowned out all the noise around him.  He needed to focus. He opened them again in time to see the green flag fly.
He grinned, revving his engine and screeching forward, his tyres spinning. The crowd cheered as the cars flew away, engines almost as loud as the cheers themselves. The cars soon formed their places on the track, crowd still cheering, cars swerving around each other, trying to get ahead of one another. McQueen was grinning as he picked his way through the flurry of cars, one by one, getting closer and closer to the front. With a quick swerve, he became the leader and was aware of the rapidly approaching Chick Hicks and Strip Weathers. He grinned and sped up, pushing himself as fast as he could. Doc's voice suddenly sounded through the intercom.

"Be careful Rookie, there's debris on the track, it could easily send you off" his voice laced with slight alarm, but McQueen was already on it. He zoomed round, avoiding the debris neatly, glancing back at his crew chief.

"Like i said before, I got th-" McQueen was cut off when loud shot were heard. A lot of the audience went quiet, as the shots came from outside the South side of the arena. Soon, the only thing audible where the racecars engines as they completed yet another lap. McQueen looked around.

"Doc, What's going on?" He asked, still looking. Before Doc could respond, screams were heard. The cameras that were filming the race, tore away from the racecars and focused on a car that was fighting his way through the flurry of audience cars who were trying to get away. McQueen looked up at the giant plasma screens that were surrounding the arena and seeing this lone car and frowned. He resembled a Poacher Car, he had a dart gun strapped to his bonnet, a real gun on his side and a series of nets and traps to his other side. Poacher Cars were usually used to 'get rid' of nuisance animals that made their way into the city. McQueen had never actually agreed with this, but he was in no position to question the law. But it was very strange to see one here, AND aiming his gun around, scaring the civilians. He was making his way down the ramps from where the audience were trying to get away from, and it soon became apparent, that he was chasing something.

"McQueen, you need to get out of there!" Docs voiced crackled over the intercom and McQueen glanced round, seeing all the other race cars going into the pits. He slowed down to a stop, but didn't go back to the pits. He looked back up at the plasma to see the cameras had now panned to see a running figure. Lightning looked over to the South side, seeing the figure  was now leaping onto the track, as he looked closer, he recognized the animal. It was a wolf. Dark brown in colour, it streaked away from the poacher, and it seemed to be carrying something. As the poacher also got onto the track, he shot at the wolf, and seemingly hit it, but it didn't bring it down. Lightning frowned. This wasn't right. He revved his engines and sped away round the track to catch up with them. The poacher in turn sped off, and Lightning was quickly catching up with him.

"HEY!" He called out, trying to get his attention. He sped up again, and saw the poacher try and take another shot. Lightning frowned and again and screeched forward, knocking into the Poacher, sending his shot spiraling into the white wall around the track. The Poacher frowned.

"Watch it Kid!! I'm tryna do a job here! Gat BACK!" He snapped, veering off again. Lightning sighed and revved again, speeding off after them. As Lightning was at an angle, he could see what happened next. The wolf seemingly dropped whatever it was holding. The thing it was holding was black in colour and quite small, but it seemed to be heavy, as the bundle hit the floor and tumbled a few paces. The wolf sped away without looking back, and as the Poacher passed the bundle, he hit it on the side accidently, sending it flying into the middle of the track more. When it landed finally, it uncurled, and Lightning slowed down as he approached it. The wolf and Poacher were now disappearing out the pits, and were gone. Lightning watched them leave and then turned his attention to the bundle. It was facing away from him and as he was now a few metres away, he finally saw what it was. It was a wolf pup. He came closer still, and saw the pup look to where the bigger wolf had left, and watch it pin back it's ears.

"Mama?" The pup murmured, tears filling its eyes. Lightning approached it some more, and came up to its side. With fear, the little wolf looked up and back away a little, obviously in pain from being dropped and hit. It whimpered as Lightning streatched out a tyre.

"Shhh Hey hey hey, it's ok, im not gonna hurt you" Lightning said softly, watching as the wolf back away a little, dragging its little back legs. It looked like one was broken. The wolf still moved her head away until finally Lightning touched its head gently, and gently stroked its fur. The pup still had her ears pinned back and was still leaning away, but made no move to getaway. They were like this for a few moments, as Lightning spoke softly to the wolf, and the wolf watched him steadily. Everyone around them watched in awe. None of them had even come THIS close to a wolf, let alone where Lightning was standing! Wolves had a reputation for being unpredictable, and would easily be able to turn a car into a heap of metal just with its jaws, but as Lightning continued to stroke this wolf, it looked less and less dangerous. The wolf eventually stopped pinning her ears back and stopped leaning away. Lightning evenutally put his tyre down and smiled, and heard another car engine from behind them. He turned round to see Chick Hicks had approached.

"A Wolf cub eh?? That thing looks really weak ya know, you ought to put it out of it's misery" He stated, peering round Lightning to look at the wolf. It pinned its ears back again and growled at Chick, as if understanding. Lightning frowned and scowled at him.

"Just back off Chick, I'm not gonna kill her" Lightning said, a harsh tone in his voice. Chick laughed and looked at Lightning.

"Your too soft. Here, let me!" Chick said, an almost evil looked on his face and he sped round Lightning to get to the pup. Lightning frowned again and his rear view mirrors snapped up, and he instantly screeched in reverse, his wheels spinning. He reversed over the small wolf pup, not hitting her, but so it was underneath him where Chick couldn't get to. Chick smashed into his side, and Lightning grunted in pain. He looked at Chick, was trying to move him.

"You're not getting to it!" Lightning snapped, as Chick backed off, just as Race Officials sped over to take Chick away. Once Chick was gone, Lightning moved away, turning round to look at the wolf pup again. By the time he had turned around, the cub was standing, looking at him. At first Lightning thought it was going to run away to be back wherever it came from, but remembered it probably couldn't, due to its leg. It looked at him and tilted its head to the side, before smiling and hopping over to him, wagging its tail. Doc appraoched from the side, as the wolf was rubbing her face on Lightning's cheek. It saw Doc approach and backed off a little, round the other side of Lightning, before he reassured it, stroking it with his tyre again. Doc took a quick look at the cub, as it peered round Lightning, before laughing gently.

"I've done my fair bit of research, so i can tell you a little bit about her" Doc said, remembering his research in his younger days.

"Her?" Lightning asked, looking at Doc. He nodded slightly, a smile on his face.

"She's a Dire Wolf, one of the rarest wolf breeds. She  must be a month old at most" Doc said, looking at her. Seeing that Lightning wasn't reacting badly to this car, the wolf cub presumed he was nice and slowly approached him, sniffing him when she got near. He smiled and lifted his tyre, and very gently batted her, and gently pushing her to resemble the play she would have had with naother wolf. SHe shrieked and and leapt around, batting his tyre in return and tumbling over and over. Doc noted the leg and knew how to repair it, as she hopped back over to Lightning, wagging her tail again.

"Mama?" She asked, tilting her head to oneside. Lightning laughed.

"Oh, no no no, I'm not Mama" Lightning replied, looking at her. She frowned and looked down, and Lightning felt a little bad suddenly. She looked up and blinked her eyes a couple of times.

"Dada?" She asked, wagging her tail. Lightning went to say something, but instead looked at Doc. He smiled.

"I think she sees you as family now. You did just defend her from Chick. It depends if you want to raise her. As another option we could rehabilitate her and then send her back to the-"

"No" lightning cut Doc off, looking down at the wolf, who was looking back at him. He smiled.

"Yes, I'm Dada" He said, a sense of happiness settling within him. The wolf shrieked again and began batting her own shadow that the lights created on the floor. He chuckled slightly and looked to Doc.

"Well, you're gonna need to name her now, now that your a father it seems. Bring her to the medics tent, we will see about getting that leg patched up." Doc responded, begining to drive away. Lightning watched him leave and looked down at the wolf again, who looked back up at him, sticking her tongue out and panting. Lightning smiled and watching as she chased her own shadow again, he knew what to call her.

"Senka" He said out loud.

"I'm gonna call you Senka" And he watched as the little cub barked her approval.






So this is a new thing ive got going XD It's eventually gonna be a case that im gonna need some race wolves, so if you want your wolf to be featured and be a racewolf, lemme know!!
Also, a special mention of for keeping up my inspiration for this!
Cars does not belong to me, but to Disney Pixar
Senka belongs to me.