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Post by balor on Feb 22, 2013 20:11:12 GMT -5
Luke slipped close beside his dusky mate. The water dripped from his stocky whiskers. "I'm curious as well" he barked hearing the siler wolfs request
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Post by kitkattish on Feb 24, 2013 10:23:45 GMT -5
Kit's ear flicked when Luke appeared but she kept her eyes on Talia, patiently waiting for an answer....
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Post by Revera on Feb 25, 2013 12:40:01 GMT -5
Talia glanced between her mate and her guest. Her golden eyes smoldered in the dim light as she thought back to a time before Trinity, before even Nubik was her home. When the world was simpler and she had a mother to curl up against when she was scared.
"Well let's see." A vision of her strong and beautiful mother dazzled across her mind. "My mother Jasmyn was the alpha of Prairie pack at the time. She was beautiful. My coat is a lot like she was except she was more goldish brown around her chest. I used to think it was a mane like in Roku's, he was our watcher then, his stories of large cats bigger than wolves with plumes of fur around their necks." She smiled a little thinking of the soft spoken male with the wonderful stories. "Mother was the only alpha. Our father had died of illness a little after I and my sister Revera were born. I was always the adventurious one, I remember one time I found a skunk on our territory and I had no idea what it was. Revera told me not to go near it, but she was an Omega and younger than me. In retrospect I guess I should have listened but I was so proud to have discovered something new that I carried that things stench for weeks with a smile."
She paused a hint of thunder rolling through the canyons made the assembled shudder. "Anyway, I started growing up to learn to be alpha and Veraway. That's what we called her since she was always running away." The dusky female shrugged. "Took herself up as Omega. After a while we started to pick up strange scents on our borders. Another pack was moving in. We kept an eye on it and noticed that the scent markers were pulling more and more onto our territory."
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Post by balor on Feb 25, 2013 13:08:24 GMT -5
Luke chuckled at the cute image of his mate as a pup parading around and shoving her stink in all the adults faces. "You sound like you were a handful." He barked nudging her lovingly. "Wonder if our pups will be so brave." His gray brown eyes smiled down at her with a hint of suggestion before she went on as if she hadn't heard.
His eyes narrowed as if that enemy were on his borders. "What did you do?"
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Post by kitkattish on Feb 25, 2013 14:30:59 GMT -5
Kit's eyes widened in interest. Veraway? Her ears flickered at the thunder but she kept her bright eyes on Talia. She smiled when Talia mentioned about the skunk. Kit had a feeling she heard about the skunk incident before.... She sturggled not to pull a face when Luke made suggestions. Although Kovu hadn't mentioned anything just yet, she was relieved. She wasn't ready for THAT stage just yet.
Kit's ears pricked again. "Enemy markers?" COuld it be us? The ShadowKeepers or another? Kit wondered.
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Post by Revera on Feb 25, 2013 14:42:09 GMT -5
Talia nodded to the young wolf. "Yes, Jasmyn was succumbing to her own illness by then and I was made alpha. I didn't want Vereaway to know because then she might have wanted to make friends with them so I hid it from her. I began speaking to our betas about moving the den. Saying that it was my pack and I wanted to rule my own lands, not my mothers." The dusky female showed a glimmer of a fang to the wolves before her. "Apparently Vereaway had some fire to her. She challenged me for alpha and used our grandmothers tricks to beat me. Then she had the gull to offer me a place in her pack I swept some sand in her face and left. Not long after that I heard there was a fire that took out my pack. I'm the only one left now..."
Talia dropped her gaze to her paws, ending her story.
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Post by kitkattish on Feb 25, 2013 14:48:13 GMT -5
Kit looked at Talia. Was being Alpha so important? It didn't look fun to be an alpha. Mom seems like she's going through a tough time all the time.... "Would it have been so bad to be under your sister's ruling?" Kit wondered aloud. Her mother sure had some crazy moves. Those were frm her grandmother? "But your pack is doing well. And.....you...aren't the only one of your pack." Kit said, her bright blue eyes meeting Talia's eyes before moving away.
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Post by balor on Feb 25, 2013 14:51:51 GMT -5
Luke cocked his head and felt his mate prickle beside him. He had a feeling this Watcher was about to turn his pack upside down.
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Post by Revera on Feb 25, 2013 15:07:45 GMT -5
Talia's eyes narrowed in anger at the past and the vision of her sister. "My sister, was weak. I couldn't even trust her to know what was going on in her own pack because she would screw it up. She was the one who let prey go as pup. She was the one who took the fangs without as much as a growl in her defense. Do you think I would ever allow my pack. My Pack to be run by someone as soft and innocent as Vereway!"
The thunder cracked again making all of the wolves jump. Cold water was seeping up under the wolves paws. "Block that hole a little more Tinti." The alpha barked to the sleepy looking female up close. She shifted and placed her body over the stream of water coming inside til only a trickle slipped through.
"Revera couldn't handle being alpha and that's why the fire took over. She didn't know what she was doing. She killed them all." Her ears flicked as she remembered Kit's last words. "Revera? Is it her?"
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Post by balor on Feb 25, 2013 15:21:33 GMT -5
(Damn girl. You sure know how to bash yourself don't ya?)
Luke stood and nuzzled his mates fur gently. "Shhh settle down love. Attacking the messager is no way to get the news." He turned appolegetic eyes to their guest and pressed his side against his frazzled mate.
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Post by kitkattish on Feb 25, 2013 15:23:47 GMT -5
Kit didn't jump at Talia's words but she looked at her with coolness. "You were selfish, Talia. You cared less about the pack and more about your own welfare. The fire destroyed and killed, but saved one. She thrives until know and has a strong pack. Soft and innocent, yet fierce and strict when need be. She makes a strong and worthy alpha." Kit stood up and raised her head, keeping her bright blue eyes fixed on Talia.
"She tried her best to save them. But she could not. If you were in her place, you wouldn't have been able to save them either. " Kit's ears pricked and then she cocked her head as she heard the thnder and the heavy sound of the nearby disastor. It is coming. Kit looked at Talia and then at all the gathered wolves. "And now, your pack is in danger. Your actions will determine if all or none survive."
Then Kit smiled proudly, her bright blue eyes dancing with memories of her and Revera. The moment when they went on their first mission for Stinkies flashed in her head. "I am Kit, the daughter of Alpha Revera from the the former Prairie Pack and the now growing Shadow Keepers."
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Post by balor on Feb 25, 2013 15:32:17 GMT -5
Lukes mouth dropped slightly in shock. So much had happened in just the span of a few seconds. He was about to speak when a creak of broken wood wrenched the air. Suddenly the roof just above the dug out caved spilling a river of water into the den and rousing the tired wolves from their positions. "Everyone up." Luke called leaving Talia and Kit to sort what must be sorted. "The den is collapsing." Water lapped at his legs in an incesent chant of danger. "Move out. Get out. Higher ground!" The wolves doubled their efforts to obey their alpha as the torrants came down.
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Post by Revera on Feb 25, 2013 15:47:30 GMT -5
Talia snarled as the water rushed by her short legs and washed against her chest. Her golden eyes blazed terror into the deep blue of the Watcher as if were her that brought this hell upon her pack.
"Get out of my way." She snarled jumping past Kit and leaving her alone in the dug out. Quickly the Queen of Trinity gazed around the pandemonium. Her bright eyes trying to take in the wolves that shuffled for higher ground. The water wasn't as deep up here but it wouldn't be long until the other dug outs crumpled and left them stuck in this bowl. Her heart raced as she tried to figure out what to do.
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Post by balor on Feb 25, 2013 15:56:32 GMT -5
Luke raced through the water trying to catch sight of all his wolves. His eyes landed on his uncle but the old Watcher didn't seem interested in the pandemonium. "Everyone. Please calm down!" He howled. He could see Talia looking lost beside them. Tall walls stood on all sides of this den. It was a great fortress but served as a dangerous ally in this rain. The mud was too slick to hold one wolf's paws let alone the pack. They were trapped.
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Post by kitkattish on Feb 25, 2013 15:56:58 GMT -5
Kit jumped out of the way as water burst into her sideandrapidly started flowing. In quick light bounds, the light and agile young wolf jumped out of the dug out and onto the higher ground. She stood near to the Queen, wondering what she was going to do. A little way off, Kit spotted a little den like cave that was high but too small for all the wolves to fit in. Kit's eyes flickered to the bigger cave she had seen earlier and then she turned to Talia.
"There's one small cave that side." Kit said, motioning towards the small cave. "Or you could look for a bigger one thats higher up."
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