Home Sweet Home

X lay on a rock jutting out from the side of a mountain, her eyes observing that of her territory.
"The territory that I have missed so much."
The wind whirled around through her fur, whispering promises of freedom and rejoyce. She smiled, lifting her head to the heavens.
"Brace yourslef, for we are home!"
A low howl escaped her throat, it's pitch climbing higher and higher until she could no longer do so.
X had taken a small leave of absence, and her fellow pack members had agreed. The pack had split up in diffretn directions, and neither of them had met in a while. X had taken Fabel and Aspen off to the north, until they reached the edge of their territory. She left them to fend for themselves and took off by herself.
In her absence, X had trained with her abilties and learned to control them and use them in ways that she could never have before. She assumed her packmates and pups had done the same.
With a bark and a leap, X dove off the cliff, allowing her natural instinct to transform her body and allow it to change into that of a falcon.

Xorn trudged on the muddy earth mumbling to herself. The split-up-plan didn't go as well as Xorn hoped it would. At the beginning it was nice, she found her old adopted home den, then she tried to find her original family. She never found them, even though she looked for months. That was the part that didn't go so well. As Xorn was looking she ran into many demons and humans, and food was scarce. She lost a lot of weight since she last saw her pack, and gained a lot more scars. But she was looking forward to meeting up with her old packmates once again. She'd left Raziel alone towards the east of the dens.
Xorn was wondering about all of her pack mates when Assassin crossed her mind. She always had liked him but she never did anything about it. She promised herself that she would talk to him when he returned and Finally after many months she was home. She walked into her den and fell asleep awaiting the others.

X landed on a tree just outside camp grounds and morphed back to her normal form. With a swift trot, she aproched the den of her pack.
Eyes alert, she scanned the surrounding area. "No signs of life.." She spun around, her ears twitching as she heard a sound of movement. "And yet.."
She reckonised the smell immeditaly.
Barking a word of magic, X summoned a small spark of flame. As the wind picked up, the flame blew toward where her friend was sleeping. A smile crossed her lips as she did so in hopes of testing her old friend's sharpness.

Xorn woke up instantly after she heard light footsteps coming into her den. She quickly pounced at the unfMiliar wolf. As her Just-woke-up daze finished she relized that the unfamiliar wold was X! "X! I've been waiting for you!" Dhe said with much happiness. "So watchya been up to for these past months? Was it a disaster or much needed seperation from the pack?" She says as they pad toward the lake.



(um guys I'm going on vacation tommorow but I'm staying in a hotel for tommorow only so I'll only be able to post until thursday night but I'll be back on Monday)

Keller crept slowly in line with the two wolves who were walking and talking. She smiled and walked out of the bushes, her black tail waving around behind her. "Hey guys.." she mummbled.
She wasn't exzackly part of the pack, but she had freinds here and it was the only placxe where she could be herself.

X turned her head and looked over at the black panther that was Keller. "Hey. I was wondering when you were going to show yourself. Your've been hiding in those bushes for quite some time."
Keller came up and walked beside the two girls. "So how's that human family of yours doing? Have fun hanging out with them?"
Although X dispised humans for their passion and attitide toward wolves, she still found them interesting. And sometimes she would use Keller to keep up with the local news. X didn't apreciate when the wolves of this forest got too much publisity, so whenever Keller told her there had been a recent sispious news stroy, X would tell the pack to lay low.

Xiax being away from the pack grounds longer then was planned always laid low in a small area only vacant and no one around. The area had a small pool of water,many trees around and probably a glimpse of a squirrel or two time and again. The vacant space kept him calm and at ease,away from anger and depression,though very little food he found the place much pleasing.

Being away from the pack for so long,he'd thought they all thought he was dead. He wouldn't be surprised either,if they did think that. He'd been away for many months only to find himself as a loner once more. He'd drop by the pack grounds whenever it was empty just to remember the memories he'd had then only to leave again.

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He walks through the pack grounds figured just to check it out one last time before he'd left for good. He walked into the camp looking around then he sits down,closing his eyes and taking a deep breath feeling at ease.

Walking to the pack grounds from the far off snow covered mountains,he'd been carrying "souveniors" the whole 70 miles. A bunch of rare flowers,some wood he'd carved himself with wolves on them enough for everyone,elk and deer meat,antlers for decorations for everyones dens some different symbols on them of deer,elk,and wolves,and some leather for making things,he has a rare birds feather and with some of the leather, made a "bowman's" hat and stuck the feather inside a little notch in the hat.

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Walking into camp he smiles as he carries his huge load of goods and drops them all down. "Well,been gone longer then I thought I'd been,a bit late but I'm here and I have some things for everyone. Maybe should wait for everyone to get here?" Assassin sits down in the circle of the wolves where a little fire sits in the middle of the circle.

The three girls had been sitting at the edge of the lake for a while now, talking. X stood up sucking in a deep breath. " Well, I think it's about time we head back to the camp grounds. If everyone is returning, then they could arrive at any time. Or even over the next few days. And I suppose we should hold a meeting once everyone is back..." X's words trailed off, and something occoured to her. What if everyone didnt' know to come back?
She spun around, trotting away. Xorn and Keller followed.

Keller bounds through the forest, passing X and Xorn on her way to their camp. She spots a flash of fur from the campround through the trees. slowing to a stop she double taked over to the dense part of the forest, peering through the bushes at the wolf in the camp clearing. She know who it was, [i]Assassin[../i] but she was still a little shy around the other wolves. she'd always been that way with boys. Shy.
The male that she was most afraid of the the other leader, X's mate. she was unsure why X had picked the male.

X shot a stale look at Keller, reading her mind, and pushed past her as she entered the camp. "Hey." She tilted her head to the side and flashed her fangs in a smile.
"So what's this?" She looked down at the fire, and all the objects surrounding Assassin.

He looks up at X. "Oh,hey there,so nice of you three to join me. Heh all this stuff is well gifts,and I figured we could have a fire lit to show we're here,to have everyone come back....I haven't seen Xiax though,he never said anything of where he was going,or for even how long. I saw Blood around here....somewhere. OH there he is." He chuckles a bit and points to where he is sitting looking like he's metitating. He gets up giving everyone there,their respectable gifts. "Now...I can't say for certain why I got these such rare flowers....but I'll give one to the three of you girls." He smiled a great smile. "Oh. By the way,the carvings in the antlers and pieces of wood I'd done myself,they're decorations,for your dens." He sat back down with a stick tending to the fire,as once in a while he'd go off out of the camp grounds grabbing some logs to keep the fire going,until the rest of the pack came.

Solitary lays in the trees above the NightStalkers pack grounds. He swiftly jumps off without a sound,his appearence quite frightening,though he is berserk most of the time,without knowing why. As he's berserk he acts like a normal being would,it's why most despise him for being different. Whenever he is normal,his true nature,however he is a bloodthirsty,ravaging monster. Not much known of why he's different,some say it's a facility that does tests.

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"Hm....good evening,eh...sorry to barge in..." He looks at the wolves and the one panther. "Please...I cause no harm..." He brings his head down and his ears go down as well. "...but I do have a revulting past to as why I may be different....even I know nothing of what's happened to me...I'm not a normal Darcial...." (You can say demon cause "Darcial" is a term as you already know,used for an RP I'm in I wouldn't want for you to get in trouble with them as they have made it up ^-^" Or I'll just use demon which ever you prefure) He moves back a bit and sits with his head still low. (Btw the avatar I have is what Solitary looks like when he's "normal" kinda a werewolf sometimes he's on all fours too like a normal wolf)

Startled, she jumps up in a flash of black fur and lands on the wolf knowing that X didn't apreciate uninvited guests. her claws hooked into the demon wolf's fur holding him down.

X's lets out a small growl and steps toward the stranger, nodding her thanks to Keller. "Who might you be?" She says, her body tensing. "And if you have any common sense, you wouldn't have just barged into our territory like this.." She bends down, locking her gaze with his. "You've heard of our back right? What we are? You must have. Otherwise you would not be here." She spun around, facing the trees, "You seek refuge. A place in the world. A place in our Pack." She turns to face him once more.
"Am I correct? Or is there something else you desire wolf?"

(S'koz me if it's a wee bit over-dramatic XD It's jsut how X is.)

He chuckles as he lays there. "Not a place in your pack or this world I'm used to being looked down upon,and beat up for it,merely just an alliance,with just me,the one and only Solitary. Though I am looked down on I am quite powerful." He pushes the panther off of him only light enough so she wouldn't fall over. He sits up holding out his paw for a "hand" shake. "If I make commends,and am accepted in your eyes, I may take up the offer in joining."

"You can't just do that." She heaved a sigh. "You decide to enter our territory without permission and swoop in right in the middle of a conversation, claiming to be 'The one and only Solitary.' I'm not suprised really. One who thinks so highly of himself would lack the respect and patience that it takes to wait at the edge of territory for one of us to detect you."
She aproches him, looking him in the eye. "I will not allow my pack to be allied with someone with the little ammount of respect and consideration that you possess."
She turns her back on him, "But, if you really think you can prove to me that you maintain an ammount of recognition.." She trails off.

Xorn steps up beside X and growls. Showing that she has her back. "But what makes you so special, we've all had revolting pAsts here some more than others. And another thing," She says taking another step.", something that we never do is think of ourselves higher in the pack than another member. Watch your back." She says once again stepping behind X.

Xiax walks up smiling,partially frozen and icicles formed on his pelt. Looking around walking towards camp he spots everyone and sees an outcast. "Who are you,Darcial...and why've you come...."

He looked around the others. "Hm...haven't you all appeared around this pack unexpected before,giving others suspicions when you first joined? I am no different, yes you can hate me for all that's worth to you but later you'd find me even more as a "weapon" then a "foe"." He sighs laying down. "My past...I suppose I must tell you. I had a mate, one of a kind. I never thought twice about her." He sits up and moves his paws as he talks. "She'd given me a crystal ball, that had said "I <3 U", at least three weeks later, I'd killed her by accident. I'm not sure what came over me. I've found me, a Darcial (Demon) being corrupted, I'd gone berserk when I was suppose to act normal, when I have this virus though, I act the way I should." He sighs standing up then looks across all the wolves bending his ears down slowly starting to walk off. He stops for a second and looks back at the Alphas. "I'm only here, to seek what I've lost...." He starts to slowly walk off again.

"Oh. I see. You seek compantionship." She nods to herself, then looks over at Xiax, seeking his opinion. "Well, I suppose... If it is truly what you desire. We could allow you a place amung us."

"You really believe he could be worthy to the pack?" He steps forward looking toward the demon wolf as he walks off and vanishes ,Assassin then turns towards the Alphas."You two have got to be out of your minds....A demon apart of this pack? All demons have done to us was cause mayhem to our pack,losing half of our pack being some of the strongest. I'm very sure Xiax can't take much more as he's taken most damage out of anyone here,and has so called "died" and came back..." He growls pacing back and forth. "And what of the tiger," He points to the tiger as he walks up. "he's a demon as well! Soon enough we'll be run down by demons,and the pack would only be a mere memory."

Xorn steps up beside Assassin. "I agree. Who knows he could be working with Death, I mean he's still alive." She snarles.

"Forgive me, but that guy wan't taking no for an answer. It's certianly a pain in the ass I can tell you that much. Though he simply asked for an alliance, not that he'd realy be living here." She paused, thinking things over. " If you really don't trust him or the tiger, you have my full permission to investagate them. If it is true that they are in leage with our enemies, then by all means, kill them."
X narrowed her eyes and swept her gaze over her mackmates. "But, I want to be informed of the situatoin before any killing is done."
She growled. "Is that clear?"

He had started to walk off as X had said " If you really don't trust him or the tiger, you have my full permission to investagate them. If it is true that they are in leage with our enemies, then by all means, kill them." only not to hear "But, I want to be informed of the situatoin before any killing is done." he paused in his tracks when X had said "is that clear?"


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"Eh...fine fine....whatever....." He turned invisible and ran off towards the direction of the unknown wolf.

X grunts, turning and heading toward her den. She despritly needed a good sleep.
Reaching her den, she circles around a few times, then plops down on her bed, falling asleed almost as soon as she hit the ground.