Gloomy, Rainy Day

[khosema]

Khosema awoke to the sound of the rain pitter-pattering on the shelter of boulders over head. She shivered fiercely. In the night she would have curled up into the stomach of her sister, Metsuki, but her ripped flesh and revealed bone was neither comforting nor warm. Her legs numb, she ridiculously stumbled to the corner farthest from the opening of the large den. Her mother of comfort was a roof of stone and a hard dirt floor.

Soon enough, though, she whimpered and cried herself into a state of unconsciousness. Drifting into a dream, she saw she was in the den... No. She was outside the den. All the wolves in the pack were there. Wow. I've never seen all of them together before! I thought most of these wolves didn't like each other, she thought, her head cocked. Among the random colors padding about, she spotted Etheral. Padding over to Etheral, she yipped with glee at the sight of her sleek, thin, older friend. Wait a minute. Thin? She was going to have babies, wasn't she?

Khosema shook the thought away and barked a cheery hello to her. She continued walking. Confused, she yipped again, louder. Yet still, she was ignored. Khosema decided it was time for a little nudge to tell her that she didn't like that. She prepared for a pounce and a nip on the leg. Growling, she leaped up into the air and prepared to hit a bony shoulder. But she never did. She hit the ground with an, "Oomph!"

She looked at her paws and strangely, she just noticed, she couldn't see them. She was looking straight at them, she knew, but they weren't there. She tapped her front paw to the other and felt it hit. Okay, so they were there. They were just invisible. Looking at the wolves around her, she decided to get noticed. A piercing howl ripped through the air. Nobody heard. She yelped and whooped and hollered for them. Growing weary from the screaming and running, her legs collapsed under her. She closed her eyes and panted. She felt her very existence slip away into the horrible coldness of nothing.

Suddenly, Khosema awoke screaming.

[etheral]

Serity had been taking a nap, in a small little den that her Mommy had made her and her brother just off of the Demon Pack den. She didn’t know where Aevon and her Daddy were at this time of day, and she sort of wished they were near-by. She was bored, and her Mom had told her to stay put. Therefore, she was alone. Bored, alone, and it was raining. How gloomy and depressing. Her ears folded back, before she heard the high-pitched scream. Of course, the little pups sense of bravado swelled, and she ran out of the little den, looking around for the sound of the noise.

A bit of wet fur drooped over her eye, and she flicked her head up to get it out of the way. Boy was it raining. Huge water droplets pelted on her back and made it difficult to see. She trotted into the larger den to shake herself dry. Her eyes landed on a young wolf, a bit older then herself. ”Well hullo there! You wouldn’t have happened to have heard a scream? I’m out to save someone. They screamed.” Her tone was very serious as she spoke, eyebrows raised. She was forced to shake herself again as that wet fur from before fell into her eye again. The result was not pleasing when her fur puffed out, sticking out in all directions and refusing to fall back along her properly. Her dripping wings fluttered for a moment, flicking as much water from them as possible.

Finally, she gave up on her appearance, and her serious look replaced the one of annoyed anger, as she looked to the other wolf.

[khosema]

Khosema winced as the sharp yapping of an overexcited pup rang in her ears. She watched as the pup happily bounced over to her. She laughed when she heard her say, "I'm out to save someone!" Her laughed soon got washed away with the stones outside, though. The young wolf crossed her paws and plopped her head down on them. "Um, yea... That was me," she sighed.

Horrid dreams over and over had been haunting Khosema for months. Lately her muscles had been aching and her bones had been creaking. She was so sick of the stupid wolves not doing anything for each other, and if she had too, she would find some way to make them.

[etheral]

Serity tilted her head to the side "You?" Well this was all a lot easier then she'd first thought. "Well what's your problem?! Was it a spider? A hairy monster?!" A small growl escaped her, and Serity whirrled away, fur puffed up as she looked for the assailant. "It's gotta be in here somewhere! Come out, fiend!" She paused, turning to her friend and tilting her head to the side again, "Wait, what's a fiend?" After a moment, she shrugged and turned back around, snarling and growling at the shadows on the wall.

Lowering her body to the ground, her tail flicked above her head. It was then that she saw it. It was moving side-to-side on the wall, like a long, evil snake. Her tail flicking paused, and the monster on the wall stopped, turning to look at her. "I think I see it!" She told the other pup in a harsh, loud whisper. "Serity, going in!" The little pup announced, darting off to a rock.

She peered around it, tail flicking, as she looked for the snake monster. It was gone! Trodding out cautiously, she looked around, tail flicking above her head. There it was! With a little kitty growl of her own, she pounced at the wall, and...!! Slid back down. Her tiny claws screeched against the stone, and she rolled over onto her back. "Monster!" She cried out, as a long, black, furry snake flicked over her nose. Biting down on it, she began clawing it. "Ouch! Khosema! It's got my tail! Help me!" She called out to the other pup through a mouthful of furry snake monster.

[khosema]

Standing over the youngster, Khosema's lips curled up into a small smile as she swatted Serity's tail out of her mouth and pushed her head up with the same paw, and said with a chuckle, "It's your tail, kiddo."

The older pup returned to her spot and sat down on the rock and lifted up her head, accidentally bumping it on the boulder lodged above her. "Ow," muttered she as her paw rubbed the spot where her head met the rock. "So, you look a little like one of my friends. Who's your mommy and do you know where she's at, by chance?" Khosema asked her new friend and, little did she know, possibly soon-to-be family.

[etheral]

The small pup sputtered and sneezed as her tail was taken out of her mouth by the other pup. A confused look was plastered on her small little face before she rolled over, jumped up, and whirled around to look at her new friend. A large grin finally crossed her lips. ”My mommy’s Etheral, and my daddy’s Aiden. Except, I don’t really know where my daddy and my brother, Aevon are right now. Aevon’s my brother. Do you have a brother? I do. His name’s Aevon. I’m Serity. I’m Etheral and Aiden’s daughter, and Aevon’s sister.” She smiled then swung her rump into the air while lowering her front end.

”So why did you cry? I heard you scream. It was you, right? Right?”

[khosema]

Khosema couldn't help but burst into a fit of laughing. She clutched her belly with her paws and lay on her back, her hind legs kicking up at the sky. After regaining her bearings, she sat upright and said, stifling a chuckle, "Well, uh, I'll tell you some other time, when your older. So, anyway, sister of Aevon, daughter of Etheral and Aiden, would you like to go roll around in some muddy puddles?" The wolf with the for now sleek black fur grinned wildly.

[aidenandaevon]

Thump! Splash! The sound of landing, as well as the sound of a failed landing came from outside. There was the sound of Aiden's deep voice, then the sound of Aevon's loud reply, and the sound of a wolf walking off. "SERITY! You there?" Aevon's voice echoed loudly in the dark cave. But he actually ran inside quietly, contradicting his volume. He pounce, his sharp cat claws coming out a little as he struggled to stay ahold of the warm body he was muddying. Halfway through, he realized it was not his sister he had glomped, and twisted, using himself as a cushion for Khosema. "Ow... How... How'd you get there? Serity! You did that on purpose! Didn't you? Are you okay er...?"

[iceflame]

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