-Earth...-

[FrostByte]

[glow=brown,2,300]-Earth walks around her new land. She expects it, the grass is half dead, but its much more plentiful than at her homeland, and though the sky is sloudy, no snow falls, or will for quite a while... she stops to sniff a flower, wondering how Cepheus was taking the change, wondering.. at the same time, where all the pups were...-[/glow]

[glow=peru,5,300]-He wanders about, curious as to where his litter mates had gone to... he missed the constant company of his brother and sisters...-[/glow]

[Wonder]

[glow=silver,2,300]-The brown and black 'alpha' of the [insert name of pack with warrior wolves here ] paced along the borders, just having ended a recent conversation with his oldest son, Spirit. His silver-grey eyes were pale and emotionless, yet his look held sadness. He needed to see his mate, Earth, partly cuz he'd not seen her in a good week since the packs divided, and partly cuz of the news of Aurora. Their only daughter. Dead. He syghed, deeply hoping that Earth had heard; somehow. The thought of having to break the news that their little girl was gone was just too much for him. His thoughts were interrupted as he spotted his mate by the border. Beautiful she was. She didn't know. Cepheus was sure of it the moment their eyes had met. With another sygh, he slowled padded over and nuzzled her as he took a deep breath. This was going to be the hardest thing he'd done...-[/glow]

[glow=chocolate,2,300]~Vision bounded along, her silvery eyes gleaming in the morning sun that broke through the clouds. She spotted her youngest brother and grinned as she trotted over...~ 'Hey yew... Where'd ya run off too so early? Mom and dad were getting worried...'[/glow]

[FrostByte]

[glow=brown,2,300]-She doesn't notice Cepheus until hes about a yard away from her, then she looks up, makes eye contact and notices instantly something is wrong. She pushes up against him, nuzzling him warmly, moving up, sitting next to him. She can feel his muscels under his fur and she smiles, but stops smiling at the look upon his face. She cocks her head- What's wrong Cepheus? You don't seem as... bright as you normally do -She thought he'd seem a bit happier. They'd already been seperated a week.. she missed him...-[/glow]

[glow=peru,5,300]-He shrugs, but looks happy to see her nonetheless- I wanted to get to know the area. So I went exploring. And I did. And I do. But I'm done now... Where's the others? -He asks, cokcing his head curiously-[/glow]

[Wonder]

[ROTFOL! That pup has issues... -adopts him- Now then... -inhale-]

[glow=silver,2,300]-Cepheus sinks into her embrace lovingly. He sure had missed her. Under normal circumstance he'd be the happiest guy in the world; but this tyme, for once, he wished he was elsewhere. Baking up a step, he syghed and took another deep breath...- 'It's... The other day. Spirit was out making sure everyone was accounted for and he told me he'd check up on Aurora for us. Just to make sure everything was alryte bak at home. He... couldn't reach her at Misty's den so he'd decided to go bak to our realm cuz we were getting a bit worried. Turns out she'd gotten ahold of a den near the valley. But...' -He stopped, looking up at the cloudy sky for a second. Seeing as he'd delayed this for as long as he could, he went on...- 'It seems there had been a storm. The nyte b4. She must'of been out hunting and she had gotten caught in it. He... he found her near the... in the snow... I just heard this morning...' -He looked to Earth now; his silvery eyes filled with worry and sorrow. He went on; making sure his mate understood...- 'She's gone, Earth. The pup was nowhere to be found. Spirit managed to track him to the lake but the snow had covered his trail. But she's... gone...'[/glow]

[-Exhale- Wow... I'm good]

[glow=chocolate,2,300]~Vision laughed as she trotted around her brother. He could always get her laughing...- 'I dunno... Kiona was still sleeping... Nanny-boy was off with daddy... They're bound to come by sooner or later...'[/glow]

[FrostByte]

[glow=brown,2,300]-She blinks. As though the information has met her ears but has not penetrated her skull. It was impossible. She had trained with her daughter and her daughter had learned well. It was impossible. For the earth.. mother nature, to kill her only daughter? The earth was the source of her magick... she had trusted it with her life but apparently she shouldn't have trusted it with her daughters. The grass around her shrivles and dies. Thus her connection with the land itself. The grass around her gets golden and dead, and the grass directly under her feet turns into powder, dancing away in the wind... It seems like an eternity until she answers.-



Ho.. how? She.. she wouldn't.... we taught her to.... not... snow... nature... betrayed. -she looks overwealmed. She throws herself into Cepheus, sobbing into his shoulder- She was so young -she whispers- she had her whole life ahead of her... but -she can see clearly now- she needed food for her and Adrian... why hadn't she come with us.. -she says, not expecting an answer... she sobs again and burys her face into Cepheus's thick fur-[/glow]

[glow=peru,5,300]-He smiles- I found this wicked waterfall.... wanna see? Its not too high, you can jump off into the water. And its deep too. Its perfect[/glow]

[Wonder]

[glow=silver,2,300]-He syghs and leans his head atop Earth's; not pressing down on her but more so just being there. For a second, a mere second, he had to let her cry. Once she calmed down as much as a mother who'd learned of her only daughter's death could, he looked down and pushed her chin up a bit with his muzzle...- 'It's not yewr fault Earth; nor natures. It's nobadies fault. Aurora chose to stay behind because she didn't feel welcomed anymore. She wanted to prove she was a good mother, as yew were, and that she did. It's apparent she'd gone to get food when the storm had gotten in her way. And we'll find Adrian if he's still... alive. We'll find him and care for him as Aurora would have wanted us to. And yew kno she's not really gone. She'll always be with us. It's -not- yewr fault...'[/glow]

[glow=chocolate,2,300]'Water?!' ~She jumps up, tail wagging madly...~ 'Come on! Let's gooo!' ~Another jump. She'd never gotten to swim bak at home cuz the land was mostly frozen over when they'd been born. Now. Here. It'd be great...~[/glow]

[Kurbiee]

[glow=999999,2,300]Kiona comes running towards her siblings. In the process, she bounds through a flock of birds, causing them to scatter. She barked at the birds, “Get out of the road, bird brains!” Panting, she knew her two other siblings were already up. And she had overslept. Bounding forward, reaching her two siblings, she skidded to a stop, dirt flying up lightly. She pants, “I’m… Here… And… I’m…. Awake…” She tried to catch her breath. She didn’t want to miss out on anything, since there was so much new stuff now that they weren’t in the pack lands anymore… And she wouldn’t let herself miss any of it.[/glow]

[Wonder]

[glow=chocolate,2,300]~Vision turned and laughed as Kiona came in contact with the elf-world birds. Giving her brother a 'there goes our fun' eyeroll, she turned to her younger sister. Her seemingly steel-grey eyes blynked...~ 'Finally wake up, huh? Where's Nanny-Boy?' [/glow]

[Kurbiee]

[glow=999999,2,300]Kiona gave a puppy yawn, still waking up slightly. She blinked, “Huh?” She said sleepily. “Oh! Yea… I think he’s off with dad… Don’t know for sure though… I think I was… Asleep… Or something…” She gave a slight yawn again. It was hard to wake up when you really didn’t want to – she just noticed this. “Soooo… What’s up?” She asked, seeming to be a tad more awake now.[/glow]

[Wonder]

[glow=chocolate,2,300]~Vision shrugged slightly, sitting down with a blynk...~ 'Bri was gonna take me to see a waterfall. Guess yew can tag along too. But yew gotta be able to swim, ya kno. Otherwise yew'd drown. I've heard from mom that drowning is bad...'[/glow]

[Kurbiee]

[glow=999999,2,300]Kiona blinked… “Er… I think I know how to swim…” She paused, “Come to think of it, I actually have never swam… I never saw any water – that wasn’t frozen… So how do I know if I’m not gonna drown? What if I do drown?! ‘Cause… ‘Cause… If I never swam, then I wouldn’t know if I would drown… And if I drown, and mom says drowning is bad, that’d be bad, right?” She gave her sister a puzzled look, “I’m kind of confused… But I still wanna come…” She said, scratching one of her ears with her hind leg.[/glow]

[Wonder]

[Rotfol! Yew lost me bak there, but yea... ;D]

[glow=chocolate,2,300]-Vision doubled over in laughter; all fours flying in the air. God, she had the most hilarious siblings. After about 5 minutes, she was able to get a whole sentence out without cracking up. Standing, she shook the dry grass off her rusty, creamy-chocolate fur, and sat bak down...~ 'Yew're such a nutcracker Kiona. Mom also said that swimming comes naturally to our kind, but we still gotta be careful. Plus, if the water's too cold, we shouldn't go in cuz we can get sick. Then we'd be stuck at the densyte for days...'[/glow]

[FrostByte]

[glow=peru,5,300]-He laughs, gnawing on Kiona's ear as lovingly as gnawing can get- Dont worry. I already swam in it once. Its warm, and If I could swim, you can. I've never jumped off before.. but still... it looked fun -with that, he turns and sets off a yip, calling his syblings to join him. He races off into the shrubery. He seems to already know his way around...-[/glow]

[glow=brown,2,300]-She shakes her head. This still didn't seem like Aurora. It didn't seem possible. She looks up at Cepheus- I want somebody to go find Adrian. As soon as possible. He's never had a winter before. He can't hunt.[/glow]

[Wonder]

[glow=silver,2,300]-Cepheus pulls bak once more, his gaze flickering over to the distant off pups who were passing by. Nodding to Earth, he stands...- 'Of course. Spirit said his tracks ended near the lake. I'll have him go bak there fyrst thing this afternoon. Though due to his history with Adrian, it'd be best if few others went along with him. Send whomever yew feel necessary over the border. I'll go arrange a small team...'[/glow]

[Kurbiee]

[glow=999999,2,300]Kiona snorted and looked at her sister, Vision, listening to the nutcracker comment. Ah well. As soon as Bri let go of her ear, she hopped back up and charged after him and through the bushes. Well, she tried to charge through the bushes… So she got a little caught in the shrub but… After five or ten minutes she DID eventually get out…[/glow]