Mountain of Dire Everyone's Waiting

After Ash's admission that he had not bothered to even look for Treena when she disappeared, Naira found her heart hardened to her pack as a whole. When she noticed Ava's scent rapidly fading from the borders, her heart began to race. She had started in the Heights, no trace of the dark huntress to be found. She skirted to the east as far as she dared, enough to pass by the slip that trapped her on the other side of the mountain. It had been with a shaking fear that she had approached this place to stand on the edge and call, more than relief flooding her system when there was no sign or song from the black wolf in response. Perhaps she had the sense to head West. Perhaps she had found a mate of her own and taken her leave? But surely she wouldn't leave without saying something to someone? The cold air burned her lungs as she pushed onwards and upwards, ground disappearing beneath her paws as she made her way up the mountain, breath billowing in clouds about her, leaving a trail like a steam train she continued on. She would not leave any crevice unchecked, any slip not investigated. She owed the dark woman more than that. She would never give up on one of them.

(This post was last modified: Dec 27, 2012, 05:25 AM by Naira.)

I wonder If we can make this into a Random Event thread. "Anne's woken up by a nightmare"
Is it okay if she hops in?

A well lit hall flickering in the candlelight started this dream off well. Anne glanced around all at once her happy confident self and began looking around the big den for the humans that should be around. Paintings adorned the walls of the unusually long hall and a red velvet carpet cushioned her tired paws.

Then the candles all at once flickered and went out. Terra was not worried by this as she knew that candles went out sometimes and then her packmates would come and set the white sticks back to flame. Continuing down the lengthy corridor Anne felt a chill scratch its way up her spine. Then the sound of a wolfs hunting howl caught her ears and set her happy tail wag to a straight angry tail arching slightly above her back. Her bristles came out and the wolf began running down the hall to find out why another wolf was here. She came upon a scene that sent bursts of shivers through her fur.

Two humans. HER two humans, were laying dead on the floor with their throats ripped out. Her light brown eyes in shock watched one of the wolves sniffing around and beginning to eat the first human. The second wolf looked at her expectantly and wagged its tail inviting her over. Then the third wolf came over to her with a worried look on its face. As if it was worried for Anne because she was in shock. Then the third largest wolf licked her cheek and marked her as one of his own with a flip of the glands on his tail.

The three wolves began eating her two packmates where the dream ended."Come, we will share with you.."

Anne twitched awake wide eyed and staring at the crystalsof snow in front of her face. It took her many minutes to just figure out that this cold snowy place was the real world, and that she had just dreamt something horrible. Finally blinking Terra Anne lifted her head and twisted her neck allowing it to crack once. The rust, gray, and black wolf closed her eyes unaware of the strange fresh wolf scent in the air, and stood up stretching her limbs.

"Oh I hate dreams like that.." She had no clue there was a wolf behind her climbing up the mountain, and that wolf probably hadn't seen her either until Anne had woken up. She had been sleeping in a snow nest to keep warm. It was one of the things she did know how to do. Even if she had learned the trick from huskies back home, it still helped to survive in cold places.

Naira, why do you have to live on the mountain? He had asked himself that countless times, but never the lady with a brown mask, and adorning cloak that matched.No one seemed to understand why he didn't like that place. They didn't know how many had disappeared into a rocky abyss. Some of them he wouldn't mind if it swallowed them up. Naira was the only one he saw again, but that put little faith into the dark man. Naira had changed, she wasn't whole and sound. She was broken, trying to mend the cracks. His dear friend fighting the world, and he had promised to help. There was so little he knew of Poison Path and why Athena wouldn't let Naira have her pups. He wanted to get to the bottom of it. Naira might have done some things wrong, they were her children.

Paws scraped at the rocks, climbing a familiar path of the Riddle Heights. Who or what they were named for he didn't want to know. It was usually something he would have pondered, but not today. Triell continued, feeling the air grow colder, and even start to nip at him. His hair was on end, but if it was his eerie thoughts or the wind he wasn't sure. Either way he was riddled with goosebumps, his heart the strongest warmth while it pounded in his chest if not sure this would be worth it. Keeping a promise was enough to drive the Tainn higher, unto the mountain itself.

A memory of where he had met Athena he had it in his mind to go there. He did not know where the pack was, but would not have trouble finding it one he reached that point. Or he could hope. His breath hot, and tongue out he dug his hind legs into the snow, trying to hurry up the last curve. It was than he saw a flash of brown disappearing beyond the ridge. Hurrying as it might be her, with fierce pants he broke through the snow to see a brown, and golden wolf rising from the snow. It was not the same wolf he had first seen, but Triell's mind did not realize that. She looked greatly like Naira from this distance, in his tired eyes, and his throbbing head from the high altitude. So when Triell went running toward her with intent to tackle her into the ground he had no idea he was going after the wrong wolf. No, not even when he loped toward her, barreling sideways along the mountain, nor when he jumped at the female with a deep laugh.

(This post was last modified: Dec 27, 2012, 05:23 AM by Triell.)

are you with me through it all?

Post order Naira>Anne>Triell?

It was with a single minded purpose that the tawny wolf marched on, the freshly fallen snow doing little to aid her cause. Where could she have gone? Why had she gone? Was it her fault? Her fault for coming back, just as she had said she always would? She hadn't chosen to abandon them and yet they treated her like a snake in their midst, just waiting for her to lash out at them, to tear them down from the inside. The thought was making her bitter. Perhaps that was exactly what she should do? The dark thoughts were not as new as they seemed. They had started about a week after she 'abandoned' them. When she realised nobody was coming to their aid. Why didn't they come? Because it had all been planned it must have been. So many strangers wandered her home, even wolves she had thought she had known. Why was she wasting her time looking for someone who didn't bother to look for her? Why did she bother staying here at all? Because they had her children. It should be so easy to challenge her way up, do things the right way, but the pack of dogs at her back didn't do things the right way. They never had any intention to. It made her sick to her stomach. She was so absorbed in her task and thoughts that she didn't notice the familiar scent of Triell, nor the strange tawny woman he was wrestling with until she was almost on top of them. Something akin to rage, and maybe even something closer to jealousy coursed through her then. Jealousy, and hurt. A feral growl ripped its way from her chest, aimed directly at the girl on the floor before she thought to contain it, tail rising high and her teeth exposed. She really, really needed to tear someone a new hide. Maybe this stranger was just the trick to cure her horrible mood...

(This post was last modified: Dec 27, 2012, 05:32 AM by Naira.)

Ahhh!! I don't know how to make stuff italisized anymore!!

Anne was all at once overwhelmed. The first thing she noticed when she stood up was a black figure racing towards her. At first she trembled scared of the black mass hurtling towards her, but then she realized that he was laughing. Confusion rolled over the she wolf when all of the sudden she heard a feral snarl sound from behind her.

Turning quickly while lowering her body at the same time Anne's eyes widened at the sight of the savage she wolf glaring down at her. Another second later the girl yelped as the black figure collided with her. His body slammed into her own throwing the rust and gray girl towards Naira in amass of confused and scared yelps and whines.

"What's going on! Are they attacking me? Why was the dark one laughing?!?" her thoughts flew around in her mind as Anne felt herself being pushed towards the other female.

"What the heck!" She growled at the black wolf who was still laughing with a deep masculine voice.

I've played this game before, and it's how I know you lose.
When Triell would be struck by how light, and smaller the female was he would realize his mistake. There was a little problem, when you were already on top of someone there was no going back. He crashed into her, hearing her cry in protest. He did not move himself off, he himself was a bit dumfounded and slow in realizing he might be crushing her. This was not Naira, but why did he smell her? He would soon get his answer.

A more aggressive growl rumbled not beneath him, but across the way, on the other side of the wolf. His dark brows risen, and his topaz eyes wide he was probably as confused a the wolf underfoot wondering what was wrong. Naira wasn't usually so grumpy looking. It made the man question if this smaller wolf was stalking her or up to something. When the younger female growl, Triell wasn't laughing it had long died in his throat. His eyes narrowed, and his black tail flicked behind him, a foreboding snarl flipped up his lip to show his teeth. "Don't make any sudden movements, I'm quicker," he threatened, the humor gone. Very slowly he pulled himself from her, but did not look to Naira again. His ears were pinned to his skull, his snout sticking out, a trap ready to snap. He would give a long cold look, than would begin to ask his friend, "She bothering you?" He did not know the whole story, but knew there had to be reasons for Naira to be worked up.

(This post was last modified: Jan 01, 2013, 04:23 AM by Triell.)

are you with me through it all?

The racket that ensued was little to calm her mind nor foster patience within the tawny woman. The yelps and whines brought her teeth forth, flashing. If she wanted something to yelp about, there was a very real chance Naira would give it to her right now. This wolf was a stranger and with the recent disappearance of Ava, she was more that suspicious of those she did not know. The growl the girl threw at Triell was answered with one of her own. She was in no position to be making even idle threats towards the River Guardian, not while she was here to keep her in place. Of course Triell was more than capable of looking after himself, as was quickly illustrated by his own threats and teeth flashing. She took a moment to ponder his words. Was she bothered by this smaller wolf? Any more than someone was bothered by unexpected company when all they wanted was to be alone? But there was more to it than that. What if this girl was the reason? “Ava is missing.” she mentioned pointedly with a hard look to the stranger. “And I can think of very few reasons that she would leave without a word.” The girl hardly seemed a threat though, as if she hadn’t eaten for weeks. Perhaps they should question her? But what use would it do. The girl carried no scent of Ava on her fur. A wicked glint entered her eye then, as she turned her attention back to Triell, hoping he would catch on to her game. “I think she knows something...” her voice had turned to honey. “Perhaps we need to persuade her to share.” A ravenous look was painted on her face as she turned her attention back to the pinned wolf. It had been a rough few weeks. Perhaps it was time to let off a little steam?

Wide eyes looked up at the male and the female standing above her. The male's demeaner changed almost immediately as he stood above her. Now he was growling and showing off those pearly whites. Why was it Anne always had to be tossed together with the creepy wolves? The ones who wanted to tear her fur off and eat her?

Then the older woman spoke an annoyed tone passing by her lips. Appearantly some Ava wolf was missing. So what..Why was she giving Terra the evil eye? Anne couldonly watch as she scuffled a bit underneath the dark male.

Then the she wolf who looked like her mother but with the complete opposite temperament turned to the male saying Anne might know something. What?!? Know what? What was she supposed to know?

"I swear I don't know anything about anything! All I know is how to run, hide, eat, and sleep... " She babbled for a little bit becoming more and more frightened of the two wolves still pinning her down. She might know how to run, but right now the young wolf had no chance of doing that.

(This post was last modified: Jan 08, 2013, 07:27 AM by Anne.)

I've played this game before, and it's how I know you lose.
The space she was given was limited, Triell was a lot more suspicious these days. No longer could he think of a wanderer as friendly. (not that he had very much) Especially here on the mountain where they had taken her. A harmless young girl that had done nothing wrong but be sired by a blood traitor of no worth. Doing nothing but exploring the world with a sister to get away from the hell he had left. It seeped in his bones, that hatred and pain. His breath became heavy, deep, the world slowing down. Part of him wanted to grab the female between his jaws, shake her just to rid himself of what ate his insides. Naira's voice brought him from the ice, cold thought. He made himself look at the brown and tawny wolf. Ava, it rang a bell in his mind. The dark wolf with a gaze likened to his, rolling in a shock of water with a smaller wolf who was scared to death. He had helped them. She was missing too? Skull would swivel back the wolf of reeking fear. "You know?" He breathed, a glimpse of surprise stealing across his dark mask before it hardened. Triell rose to stand above her, catching Naira's look but also tempted with ideas of his own.

He barred her path one way, letting Naira take care of he other escape route. She rambled so pathetically without a bone in her body....crumpling. One so young, without bravery how did she think she stood a chance in the real world. No, that won't help you, he thought. He didn't care what she said, she would have to prove it. Why was a yearling so far from home who was frightful of the world. "I think you do little wolf, you are much too far from home to have no wits. Did you come over the mountain? Surely you should not be so far from your parents...your pack." Triell's lips began quivering, and every single ivory weapon was revealed, letting his thick breath cast upon her. Ready? His body spoke, Naira got first move.

are you with me through it all?

She allowed the growl to roll forth from her chest as Triell moved off the smaller woman. She was a savage sight, saliva beginning to drip from her fangs as her teeth clicked in imitation bites, the type that would tear the delicate flesh of one so soft. “Where is she?” the woman questioned, lunging dangerously close to the loner, but not close enough to actually catch the ear she snapped toward. Triell was right. This wolf was too young and too stupid to be out on her own. If she had her way her children would not leave until they were at least two. But young ones had a habit of wandering, she knew. There had been many strange scents drifting to her on the wind, and the breeze spoke of a storm to come, and yet, there were no clouds on the horizon. Was this wolf from a strange pack not to far away? Was she part of the reason the tawny woman suddenly felt uneasy all the time? Perhaps this wasn’t so much a game. She did crave answers. Another click of her teeth, this time directly above the girl’s muzzle, but she did not pull away. Instead burning golden eyes searched the depths of pale brown. “Where are you from and why are you here?” the words were laced with threat. If she didn’t answer, and soon, she would have both of them snapping at her, and they wouldn’t just be clicking at air