"Yes.. Tomorrow morning, I will go get us something to eat.. Whatever it takes, the pack will gain food.. Thievery, blood hunt or even none-meat food.. I promise we will fall asleep satisfied" He whispered, laying his head over her neck, having it leaning over the other side of her, as a sign of protective behaviour.. Now he really had someone he had to take care of, for real.. It was more than just a responsebillity.. He knew it.. Having himself a mate changed everything..
Kiri woke a few hours later. It was dark, and the temperature was low. She stood shakily and yawned before daitily trotting to where she had kept the food. She was suprised to find it all in tact. Sighing, she grabbe dit in her mouth, curling her tail over her back, and trotted toward the solid pack den. Quietly, she crept in, greeted by the rambunctious pup from earlier. She smiled and gave him a motherly lick before dropping a bit of deer meet for he and his litter mates.
As they gulped the food down hungrily she ran back, before loping toward the den with the two rabbits she had saved. She placed them a bit away from Carbo and his mate, as not to wake them. She then smiled, and weakly wagged her tail before trotting off to fall asleep once more in the clearing.
Originally posted by Kaldorei
Chance rolled around when touching the ground. She lowered her head when Alice started speaking to her. "I went out to explore the world. Discover new places, maybe hunt us some food" She said with a low tone, moving her head upwards, looking at Alice. "The limping and wet fur is not my fault. I promise!" She said, licking her paw. "The stupid river pulled me in without asking. The stupid rocks were not much nicer to me" She shook her body, making water fly in all directions. Not a long distance, due the fact that she did not have a lot of fur yet.Alice seemed almost a bit worried when talking to Chance, so Chance decided to cheer Alice up a little bit. "I will go nowhere. You need me here, to take care of the pack, right? I met this nice wolf that helped me" She said, before throwing herself onto the tail of Alice and biting it. While hanging in the fur, she started mumbling "I will not ever be a leader. I shall remain a cub for the rest of my life" She sounded, still hanging in Alice tail. "Can we not do something fun? I miss having fun with the pack. All they do is hunt nowadays"
Alice turned around to face Chance, whose face dug into her tail. She sighed. She had to put up with it, at least until the Alpha Male came back from hunting.
"What kind of wolf was it? Did you recognize it from our pack?" she said walking towards the incoming wolves. It looked as if they only got enough food for themselves, not for the rest. Alices' stomach growled. She didn't eat anything since the day before, and it was almost nightfall.
"You want to learn how to hunt?" she asked Chance.
[Alright... The alphamale for solids HAS returned! Where to start..]
Maric wandered through the forest, knowing the guards whom swored to do his bidding were excellent for bluffing to the Alphafemale the Male was taking a private nap. He wiggled his snout now as he could smell the sweet scent of the pine needles and treesap, oozing from holes in the trees. "Mmm'..." He growled in pleasure, the scent pleasing him somewhat. "I wish Father could be here to see what I have done.. He would be.. Proud."
Ames prowled the shadows of the forest aimlessly looking for food she knew didn't exist. Her ears laid flat and her tail drooped to the ground, she looked pretty pathetic to say the least. The constant fighting and lack of meals had taken a toal on not only her, but her formidable pack too. The Blood Pack, her new family...no, family wasn't quite the right word for them, yet she felt obliged to stay true to them. It was more a choice of following them, or die otherwise, but that wasn't what had persuaded her to join. They had seen some potential in her cunning and wittiness, traits Ames had easily picked up, more so Ames killed enemies easily without a second thought. Her sly personality would certainly come in handy in one way or another for the pack. And so she stayed, happy to have finally kicked her loner ways. Sometimes she missed the privacy, the ease of just spontaneously getting up and going from one place to another, but with a pack she was promised food and shelter, an offer Ames couldn't give up.
Stepping out of the woods, her shaggy dark fur shone dully in the light. The night air was chilling as Ames decided she had done enough hunting. It was, however, all that was done these days now that the humans had started to take over. Selfish... she called the stupid two-legged beings. Had they no thought of what they were doing to not just the wolves but the whole forest and its inhabitants? Had they no respect? None.
An unexpected snarl escaped her bared teeth. Ames was never one to have much self control, and it was because of that she was always running into some sort of trouble. The smallest of things set Ames off, yet it was easy to tell when she had been pushed over the edge. She usually always meant well though, despite her anger and rage. Ames sighed, relaxing her tensed muscles and headed towards her pack after what had been an uneventful day. Trotting near the boundary between the two packs, Ames stopped dead in her tracks at the slightest smell of fresh food. The alphas nor the others of her pack wouldn't be too happy with her next decision, but she wasn't going another day without food.
With hesitation, she crossed the river slowly, not wanting to attract too much attention to herself. Ames stayed along the banks as she followed the scent. Her instinct told her to turn back, her empty stomach told her to keep walking. She preferred filling her stomach over following the little voice in her head and continued on into territory she knew little of.
Dropping the tail, Chance watched Alice "I do know how to hunt" She said, growling at a rock and jumping around it like it was some sort of hostile. She leaped onto the rock, starting to scratch on it with her claws and teeth. "It was strange. I have never seen that wolf before. She was kind though" She said, before flipping over and landing on her back.
No rock was strong enough to defet Chance, she thought before turning back up and attacking it again.
She stopped the fighting for a moment, as her nose eagerly sniffed up and followed the dead deer that the alpha leader brought in. She jumped over to the rock, hiding behind it. Hiding from the alpha leader, she laid down behind the not too big rock. Her tail went straight up, like she was preparing an attack. Moments passed, as Chance moved out and attacked the dingling tail of the alpha leader. The speed was high enough for her to swing by the leader and as she lost grip of the tail, she was thrown to the side.
A bit tumbled, Chance got up again and started running around Alice in repeating circles. "We got food! We got food!" She said over and over again. After some time of circling, things started spinning in her head and she missed a turn, running straight into a bush.
Carbo gave out a yawn, waking up from a good sleep.. He did not lift his head at first, when he noticed he had it over Champion.. Carefully, he backed away to not wake her up.. He turned his head to the side, noticing the meat that was placed in the cave.. He watched the pack, who were sleeping.. "Who....?" He thought, and paused for a while.. "Oh.." He sighed, shaking his head and thinking of Kiri.. He grabbed one of the meat pieces and carried it over to Champion, reserving it for her by placing it next to where she laid..
He walked up to the next piece of meat, and was about to start eating on it.. Just when he was about to take the bite, one of the pups came stumbling, whining.. It smelled on the stake, and what seemed like drooling came out of it's mouth.. Carbo felt his stomache quiver, but gave out a long withdrawn sigh.. Another pup approached, and Carbo pushed the meat their way.. "Eat" He whispered, and with no questions asked, the two pups ate it rapidly..
Carbo walked back to Champion for a moment, gently pushing her paw over the piece of meat to make sure that the pups would not dare steal it, even though the pups seemed rather satisfied from his piece of the meat..
He walked out of the cave, climbing on top of one of the larger rocks and scouting the area for any possible sign of food.. "Of course not" He sighed to himself quietly.. He turned his head back to the cave, watching over it for a moment.. He decided to let Champion sleep in, as he walked quietly away for a hunting session.. Hoping she would become satisfied from the meat that he gave her, he wandered of.. Hunting alone would give him no one to worry about.. The way he wanted it..
Kiri yawned. her white mouth opend widely, and both her ears pricked, and fell back to a 45 degree angle as she let her head fall back down. She was weak. She just wanted to lay where he was, but she knew she couldn't. She managed to stand, and slink over to the nearby river for a drink. It was still dark out, the sun had not yet risen. She sighed. Never had she had any problem being with ehr human family. Though at a young age she learned to hunt, she actually preferred the red plastic bowl, from which she was fed cooked chiken meat, and rice and things. She laughed sadly, thinking about her surroundings.
These wolves would slaughter her and have her for dinner, she thought.
They would run out of food, and she also knew she hadn't been exposed to this kind of thing scince infancy. Maybe they didn't know, or maybe they did, but didnt care that Kiri was not a wolf, sure , part wolf. But a good part fold-eared, bushy-tailed mongrel.
Sighing, she let her plumed tail fall over her back as she looked at her reflection. She saw something different this time, though. She stared into her own eyes...they seemed foreign, but she knew they were hers. The yellowish gold color penetrated her, and she knew those eyes would live here. Her eyes were just as feirce as any wolf's. She knew anothe thing too. Even if she did live, a part of her would die out. The part that made her walk obediantly on a leash. The aprt that made her happily sit on command. The part that kept her sitting patiently at a distance while food was placed in her bowl.
She looekd back at her reflection, and layed down. SHe placed ehr hea don her forepaws and took a few shallow breaths. She didn't want to stand up again. She would lay here forever, she decided, let her puppyish nature come through.
"Good morning, rogue" Carbo said, standing several meters away from Kri who was laying down by the river.. He took the location of a big rock, where he stood up proud while watching the wolf.. The female seemed depressed, and hopefully Carbo could cheer her up somehow.. Not entierly sure what to say to her, he wait for her to respond to his greeting.. Would not want to make things worse than they already seemed to be..
" Good morning Wolf. "
She answered, a bit standoffish. She looked away. She was in no place to be rude. In fact, because of earlier, she half expected hom to gut and kill her right there, and take her remains hope for his pack. she blinked, she was qutie thin, not much of a meal anyway. She tossed her head. Oh..she realized why he was here.
" Im sorry. I didn't mean to tresspass on your land. "
"That's not the case.. Do not worry about that.. There is not much here that can be stolen anyway.. The food is on the blood pack side of the lands, mainly.." He jumped down from the rock, slowly approaching the depressed wolf.. "What are you doing here?" He asked her, stoping about one meter away..
" Just thinking. "
She replied quietly. She let her head fall roleld on her side. She would not pretend to be strong , or dominant. She was cold, hungry, and completely hopless at the moment. She spoke with her muzzle pressed to the ground.
" My name is Kiri, by the way. "
She knew her name really didn't matter, but the wolf wasn't going anywhere, and she didn't want to be rude.
She let her head rise, and her eyes locked with his.
" Only that Place where we first met. "
Sneezing twice she placed her head back on the ground and stretched her neck out to lap up a small amount of water. It trickled from her mouth to her chin, and ultimatly to the ground she lay on. She stared off distantly.
"That's not right.. Please, do come with me.. We do not have plenty of food, however we do have room.. For the time being, at least till you get warm.. Please come to our cave.." He said, walking slowly in the direction of the cave.. He motioned with his head towards her to follow.. Not sure if she was to follow him or not, that was her choice.. Carbo made up his mind to head back to the pack.. He did not want her to force something that was for her own good, as the choice was hers to make.. He started walking in normal speed back towards the cave..