Wolf RP 1

Sol-Leks made her way towards the stream with Brigan, Joshua and Kavik. She stopped ass he smelt a scent she was very familiar with. Turning to Kavik she stopped him, "Please wait here." she said and she trotted off. She came upon Traxx and another wolf. She stopped and just watched them, her hackles raised and her gaze locked on Traxx.

Traxx lapped the water as well and quickly ut her nose in the air, whining. "She is here. Somewhere." she said and sat down.

Shadow finally swallowed the moose whole and ran after Kali. He swiftly jumped over her and gently tagged her before running away, laughing.

Kali laughed wholeheartedly and bounded after him. She was going fast, and then faster and then... Kali yelped in surprise, not pain, as a tree root that was sticking out of the ground tripped her. She did a full somersault before landing with and audible 'umph' noise. She had landed in the leaves, and caused a few to fly into the air. Her tail wagged happily.

Zakira’s ears flicked backwards in dismay. Of course. She should’ve known better than to hope for a happy story. Her entire life was one big tragedy, and so was his. Up until the point where they met each other, anyway. She supposed they would just have to make their own story, and be sure to give it a happy ending.
“Yes,” she murmured in reply to Nomed’s assurances. “Sometimes…” She hesitated. “Sometimes I wonder what my life would have been if I hadn’t been raised an Avenger. A simple twist of fate and it might have been my brother Shard in my place and I in his. I try to imagine myself… Do you ever think like that, Nomed?”

Nico grinned, also remembering that fateful day. “Sure, sure,” he teased. “Go on, blame me if it makes you feel better. I think I shouldered my fair share of the responsibility in that- I ate your fish, didn’t I?”
He laughed. Then, mildly indignant at having the ‘crazy’ accusation thrown back at him, he felt compelled to make Skye see the leaping fish. “No, no, it’s there!” he insisted. Still on his back, he wiggled and twisted and squirmed around in the small space until his head was laying where his hind feet used to be and the fish now looked right side up, bumping and jostling Skye in the process. “See now?” he asked, sounding pleased with himself for the commotion he’d caused just for a better view of the fish constellation.

“Almost a mouse, once,” Joshua replied proudly to Sol-Leks’ question on if she’d caught anything yet. They’d reached the stream now, though, and the fawn-colored pup gave a yip of excitement and bounded down to the water, not noticing the grey she’s eyes fasten on a younger black and red wolf a few yards downstream.
“Joshua,” Brigan called, his voice rising slightly, sounding anxious, as his daughter ran right up to the water’s edge without waiting for him. He picked up his pace and trotted down there with her, trying to rein in his uneasiness about the water in general for her sake. “Just…be careful, okay, baby girl?”
“Okay, Daddy,” she replied obediently.
Brigan glanced up as Sol-Leks left Kavik with him and trotted toward her older daughter Traxx, who was with a big beige male that Brigan didn’t recognize. Must be a newcomer, he thought. But he was more focused on the mother and daughter pair. As far as he knew, Sol-Leks and Traxx weren’t on speaking terms.

Zakira smiled slightly at Nomed's attempt to lighten the mood, just to humor him, then let it fade away again. She wasn't in a smiling mood. It had come over her rather suddenly; she just felt very low, depressed. Reminiscing over their wretched puphoods certainly wasn't helping to improve her frame of mind, either.
She nodded. Nomed was right not to think about it. They couldn't do anything about what could have been; it did no good to dwell on it.
Why was she sitting here agonizing over the past anyway? Zakira stopped and thought about that for a minute, a frown spreading over her face. Realization slowly dawned on her and she uttered a low curse, feeling irritated.
"This cursed pregnancy," she growled. "I don't feel myself! I can't even trust my emotions to actually be mine!"
It was only after she said it that it occurred to her it was just the kind of comment that Nomed would find hilarious. She shot him a Don't you dare glare. She was seriously annoyed with the way her hormones were affecting her moods. They were just so unpredictable and she needed to feel like she could rely on herself, if no one else.

Skye sighed, shaking her head and restraining herself from bursting out in laughter again. He did eat the fish, and she was glad for one thing that she didn’t have to eat it herself, and for another thing, it made her feel accomplished that someone would actually want to eat the fish. It made her wonder what he really thought of the meal. She smiled to herself.
Her thoughts were interrupted as she was being elbowed and jabbed in the side, pushed, bumped into and jostled under the bush. She found it amazing the shrub was still standing when Nico finally settled down. Why he needed to completely reposition himself so that he could see an imaginary fish that wasn’t there was beyond her, and it was all she could do to keep from laughing. When he asked if she saw it now, that was too much. She started laughing. “Nico, just because you moved that doesn’t mean I see it,” she laughed. It reminded her of when she was a pup hiding from her brother. She simply closed her eyes, which meant that if the world was dark, he couldn’t see her, but of course it didn’t work that way. She wondered a silent, happy thought, debating with herself if Nico would ever fully grow up. She decided the answer to that was a no, but that was a good thing. She thought he was perfect. If he thought his changing position so it would look right in his eyes would make her see it, she would go along with it. “Oh, yeah, I kind of see it,” she lied realistically. She still mainly saw a tree, but to each their own, she thought. “If you plan on moved back to where you were, please make sure you don’t knock the bush down,” she teased.

Nomed growled at himself inwardly and stood. He was acting like a pup, but he wasn't sure about the lesson. It seemed multi-sided to him. He snorted, then stuck out his tongue to examine it as best he could. He frowned as he tried to move it into his line of vision to no avail, then glanced at Zakira instead.
"Ist it badth??" he asked with his tongue still out, trying to decipher if he needed to drop it in the lake to cool it down or of it was mangled beyond repair.

Skye flicked Nico's side with her tail after he tugged on it with a smile. "No, it's fine, I believe you. I'm sure there really is a fish up there," she laughed. However he was persistent. "All right, fine," she mumbled, fighting to get turned around. She shook her head, disbelieving that the bush could take it. It shook and tipped from side to side as she tried to move, and she was gridlocked half way around. She tried to shove herself off Nico with her hind paw to make more room for herself, but instead managed to push herself against the trunk - if it could be called that - of the bush. There was a "crack" sound, and the bush tipped over. She couldn't help herself from laughing, though she was blushing up a storm. "I'm not that fat, am I? I broke our bush." She whimpered in an obviously fake sad act.

Nomed smiled after her and followed her close, allowing his tongue to flop as he trotted down towards the stream. However, when the stream came in sight, he slid into an easy lope and leapt into the calm waters. He popped up, drenched, tongue still flopping out in a wolfy grin.
"Come on in, the water's great," he teased, knowing she wouldn't get in the water if her life depended on it.