Ghost's Guest

[Keeper]

Up the gentle slope near the cave loped the white direwolf, violet eyes blazing. Near the cave, he had sped up for he could hear the fae behind him.

Growling to himself he slowed back and looked behind him to see if she was there. Why do I care? the white brute thought as he snapped his head back to the fore.

Slowly, he made his way up to the cave entrance, where a gathering of wolves were. The white beast snarled to himself and tried to put names with faces.

Aki, Lou, Cloud. Hmmn, two new brutes. The alphas are inside, not awake yet. He thought carelessly to himself as he pushed past the others and planted himself at the entrance of the cave.

A deep rumbling echo'ed within the direwolf as he unsheathed his daggers and let loose a sharp bark of attention.

ooc- I'll post Keeper when Aerith comes....

[aerith]

The slender figure of Aerith made its way up towards the First Cave, following Ghost slowly, careful not to wander too far from his scent as not to lose him. However - she soon realised that they had slowed down to a halt, or at least Ghost had. His bark made her raise her head in curiosity, wondering what the Alphas and other pack members were like.

-Sorry about shortness, I REALLY have to go. May add to this tomorrow.-

[Taint]

ooc: I'll post here with Bullet and Avani, too. I don't want to many threads on one roleplay board, 'cause it gets really confuzzling. Especially in the caves.

[Taint]

Feathers.... Feathers.... where are you? Why have you left me? Where did you go? I'm right for you. He's not. Feathers..... Feathers...

These depressing thoughts ran through Bullet's brain over and over again as he trudged up the slope to the First Cave, hardly aware of what he was doing. He stopped suddenly as the cave mouth loomed before him and barked once, loudly.

Inside the cave, Taint Coppice stirred, yawning broadly. It took her a moment to realise what had woken her, and she peered from the gloom of the cave into the stark contrast of an autumn morning outside.

Gaze locked upon Bullet and Taint sighed, standing carefully to aviod disturbing her sleeping pups and padding to the mouth of the cave, where both Ghost and Bullet stood with two newcomers.

Amber gaze flicked from one to the other, and Taint smiled a greeting at both before turning to Bullet. Keeper could deal with Ghost's charge when he awoke.

"Greetings, Bullet." The alphess said, inclinging her head and rasing her tail in onerelaxed movement.

"M'lday." Said Bullet curtly, bowing stiffly. "I've brought you another newcomer."

Taint smiled and opened her jaws to thank the ebony and ivory brute, but he had already skulked away from her, perhcing restlessly on the lip of the hill, awaiting his dismissal. Taint gave it, nodding curtly at him, and Bullet turned and loped away.

Her brow slightly furrowed in concern, Taint turned back to Avani.

"Welcome to the Moors. I'm Taint, the alpha female. Please state your name and business."

[avani]

Avani stepped behind the male wolf and looked around her, locking this place into her memory. Her ears perked as she heard an unfamiliar voice and she turned to see a earthen-hued female.

This must be the Alphess, she thought. Avani noted that the Alphess addressed the strange, angry male as Bullet.

Suddenly, Taint seemed to be talking to her. Avani dipped her maw to the Alphess and spoke politely, yet slightly nervous.

"Greetings, m'lady," she said, "I be Avani and I come her seeking...perhaps a pack..." she blushed and looked at her paws, "...if there's a space for me."

[Taint]

Taint smiled kindly at the femme's apparent shyness. She tilted her head to the side slightly, wondering if it had something to do with the fact that the Bullet, the wolf who had greeted her, seemed to have become a lot more gruff than he once had been. Taint sighed, shaking her head. The male had once been such a sweet wolf.

"We are always looking for new wolves here in the Moors, Avani. You'd be welcome to join us." Taint smiled and leaned forward, licking the white femme upon the crown of the head. She had done this so many times in the past moon that her tongue was beginning to hurt.

"Stay here for now, please. My mate, Keeper, the alpha male of the Moors, will tell you where to go." The brown femme smiled and dipped her head in farewell, before turning and padding slowly back into her cave.

[avani]

As Avani felt the alphaess's warm tounge on her crania, all her doubts about the pack melted. Thank you! she called after her, the settled down and waited for the alpha

ooc: sorry another short post g2g now bye!

[Keeper]

Agianst the back of the cave, the great grey brute stirred awake.

Gently rising to his feet, he made his way out of the cave, carefully to not wake the pups that were once curled up tightly agianst the snow-white fur of his stomach.

Claws kneeding the Earth slightly, the brute exited the gaping mouth of the cave, the dying rays of the sun carressing his light-sensitive orbs.

Blinking to clear his hazy vision, the brute saw many new faces, and some he knew. He yawned greatly and settled down beside his mate Taint, who had greated the newcomers.

Studying each wolf in turn, He nodded and spoke.

"Welcome to the land of the Moors. I am Keeper, the alpha male. You can now roam the lands that we call home for they are your new home too."

[Keeper]

Seeing that his duty of delivering Aerith to the cave was done, Ghost sneered and edged back into the thick undergrowth by the cave.

There are more newcomers to greet. The white brute thought to himself, a sneer hanging on the corners of his maw.

Silently and well, like a ghost, the white wolf turned tail and loped off, sensitive nares following the scents of many strangers.

[Keeper]

Keeper turned to Taint and gently licked her as a howl echo'ed over the Terra of the Moors.

Sensitive auds pricked, Keeper's tail quivered as the howl echoed inside his own head.

There was something in the howl that sent a shiver down the mighty alpha's spine. Something that he didn't want another he loved in this pack to face.

Turning in the direction in of the howl, Keeper looked over his shoulder at the one he loved, Taint.

"There's a newcomer at the borders. I must tend to him." Keeper said softly to his mate.

Slowly, Keeper made his way down the small knoll, the blood in his head pounding. At the bottom, he exploded into a fast gallop, a grey blur agianst the landscape.

[Taint]

Taint's audit's also perked as a howl rode upon a gentle autumn breeze to enter her ears. She made to rise to her feet, used to greeting newcomers now after welcoming so many to the pack. However, beside her Keeper quickly leapt up, and she smiled in pleasent surprise.

"Alright, my love." She said softly, watching him race off down the slope and laughing softly to herself.