The air is heavy as you make your way through unknown territory, as you pause to sniff the air a drop of rain falls onto your nose. It is soon followed by another and another and soon the rain is pelting down in sheets, soaking you to the bone. The clouds are an angry purple and the menacing drumming of thunder rolls over the sky. Squinting your eyes against the blinding water you find yourself at the edge of a large, dark pine forest. You are too desperate for shelter to notice the scents that mark the border and plunge in, and nearly into the chilly stream that runs through the territory. You veer away and as you are shaking the water out of your fur you notice a large pair of icy blue shards gazing at you. The storm has passed now and beams of sunlight filter through the thick canopy of pines, illuminating a massive male wolf not three feet away from where you stand.
His pelt looks like a bad patchwork job of black and white and beneath them you see large, hard bands of steely muscle and you know this is a warrior for his torso is marred with many battle scars. His banner curls over his back and his lips are drawn, exposing sharp ivory daggers. When he speaks his voice is deep and dominant, like the thunder you so recently heard.
"Wolf, you have found yourself in the terra of the Andere Seite Pack. I am Eclipse, king of this land."
It is only then that you notice another pair of lanterns gleaming in the penumbra and a dark-pelted fae slinks out into the clearing to stand next to the king, her own banner waves and her green and blue eyes bore into you. She is the same size as most males and a crisscrossing pattern of scars show that she too can take care of herself. Her voice is cold and has a snake-like sound to it yet you can see they are both fair rulers.
"And I am Nephthys, queen of Andere. We don’t care much for strangers so you must make your choice, Submit to us now or flee our lands and never return. If you fail to do either you will have little time left to regret it."
The formidable pair pierces you with their gaze and you feel as if all your secrets spill out before them. You are left with a decision now. Will you submit and take refuge in this dark forest or will you flee and never know what secrets these trees hide? Make haste, you can see that the pair grow tired of waiting.
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Posted on May 26, 2013 at 04:03:43 PM by Cade
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Insanity. Most would say that the definition of this word is doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different outcome. Cade could certifiably say that it applied to her random, frequent trips out of the territory. It never failed that when she left, it was with the hope of finding something worthwhile, some connection to another wolf, that might bring her a kind of solace in sharing the responsibility of leading the pack. It had yet to work and the only thing that it seemed to accomplish was to continually rip the bond between herself and her brother while leaving him hanging with the weight of the pack on his shoulders while she went gallivanting off on a whim. If she didn't know any better, she'd say she felt remorseful in her return this time. Surely her brother was through bothering with her. The thought of him deciding that she was a lost cause made her feel a pang of worry. if there was one thing that she had always relied upon, it was the fact that he stood stoically as her rock, always there when she came shuffling back and no better off than when she had left. But she had a dark inkling of a thought in the back of her mind, nagging her that she had pushed him too far this time and repercussions just might be irreversible. That thought terrified her more than anything she had ever faced in her life and made her pace quicken all the more after she hit the border and his wall of fresh markings, once again covering her failure to be present. As she crossed the border, she could hear his call rising in the dark hour of the night, echoing through the land. For the first time in her life, Cade simply stopped moving and took in his voice, listening until the howl faded from even her perception of the sound. It was a very rare thing for her to hear any noise that Quirino made all the way through. Oddly enough, she found it soothing, not that she would ever tell him that. It's true what they say, that you don't know what you've got until it's gone. Cade missed her family and while it was much subtler, she found that she missed having other members of the pack around as well. Her pace began again once she was done listening to the summons, her feet nimbly carving her path through the pack lands she still very capably remembered the lay of. The distance found its way behind her and without much preamble, she broke into the clearing, trotting in with a jaunty little step. If she'd thought about it, she would have been wise and stopped to smell the air and taste who else was present before appearing, But alas, one couldn't back out of the clearing and re-enter in an attempt to rewind time. That would merely be foolish. So instead, she attempted to cover up her surprise as her eyes settled on a figure she hadn't seen for a very long time. Seline looked, well, her usual ravishing self. Cade nearly had a moment of self consciousness before she remembered that she had no reason to compare herself to her mother. Anger flooded up with the realization that her first instinct had been to admire her mother's appearance rather than consider the myriad of ways her mother's return may be inconvenient. Like for instance, if she wanted the crown back. Cade couldn't say that she was a particularly good ruler, but she also felt that she hadn't really given herself a chance to excel at ruling either. Maybe if she would quit giving in to her wander lust, she'd be able to find out. But for now, her best bet was to be polite in front of the rest of the company and sort out family differences later. So hiding away her confusion, surprise, and every thing else, Cade gave a rather small grin to her mother as if to say, "How lovely," before her mismatch gaze moved to spot Eric. He looked rather unchanged. It was kind of befitting since Cade knew he was a vampire. She noted the looks he rather covertly sent in her mother's direction and added more questions to her endless list of them. It seemed life always gave her more questions than answers, why start something new now? Feeling oddly disgusted, she began scanning the rest of the group. It was much smaller than the last pack meeting she had witnessed and half the wolves present were loners looking to join. Given how few of the old members had answered the call, it was likely the new ones would receive the opportunity to stay. She had caught the few names offered previously on the wind just as she arrived and tucked them into a separate compartment in her mind for safe keeping. After skimming her gaze over each member in a perfunctory glance, they settled on Quirino. Ever so slowly, she walked over to him. Lifting her maw to his ear, she uttered to very soft words, barely heard, "I'm sorry." Turning from her crimson sibling, she sidled away to put some space between them before drawing her banner over her spine and looking at everyone else. "Mother. Eric. Nice to see you again. Since we seem to be going through introductions, those of you who don't know me, my name is Cade and I am your queen if you so choose to stay." There, she had uttered the words. Now she just needed to wait and make sure neither of her family members decided to question her authority before the new comers. If they did, life may just be rather interesting. |
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