I would never be able to just sit idly by and let the pack grow up around me. I would never be able to satisfy myself with a general rank and not strive to be the best that I can be. Once I have a goal in mind, I don't give up until I've achieved it. I alone approached Eyeless Jack after the first pack meeting in Asteraia. He stood out to me, stepping up in challenge but the advise he dropped was not forgotten. I decided right then that he was the right mentor for me. Of course I showed up and somehow convinced him to train me but he never showed up after that first meeting. I haven't seen him since. But I have a new goal in mind now and I intend to see it through. Even without Eyeless Jack, I will find another mentor even if it ends up being the alpha herself.
I do tend to be more quiet than most my age. I speak my mind but there is a filter. I don't just say the sky is blue and beetles are cool because that's just idiotic and I have a mind for a reason. My brother Kronos usually always did the talking for me so I'm still getting used to being without him at my side. I sometimes hope that he'll return from Diveen and come back to be my inseparable brother but if he wants to go his own way, I understand. I'll just do what I feel is best for me. She frowns at my words that I won't die but I don't see what she has to worry about. I won't stand on the sidelines and cry about how scared I am. There's no room for fear in a Satanican warrior and that's exactly what I am. I'm confident and I know that I have a lot to learn but there's nothing gained from whining about how scared you are or how mortal you feel. It gets you nowhere but in the grave faster.
I don't hear her growl, too engrossed on doing as much damage as I can to the bigger panther. I don't like how she has five sets of weapons while I only have one. What kind of odds are these? She has claws and a mouth and I just have a mouth. As i'm going at the cat, I can just make out her voice calling out to me. I prick a single ear toward her, not wanting to take any more attention than necessary off the cat. I scowl at her words. Spar it, not kill it? And here I thought this was just a straight forward assignment. Even as I'm fighting with the cat, I can't hear where she is until I hear a growl close by and the cat yowls and tucks her hindquarters. I'm surprised to see the alpha there where she had been snapping at the mountain lion. Disappointment flashes in my eyes that she would come to "save me." I didn't need saving in my opinion but I guess I should be thankful that she cares enough to give me back up. Still, I take it more as an insult that she thought I couldn't handle it enough to save myself. I push myself, knowing that must mean I need to try harder.
As the mountain lion squares off with the older female, I watch in a mixture of relief and curiosity. I shake out my scruff. It hits like hell but my adrenaline is still racing so I don't feel it as much as I will later, I'm sure. My stomach aches too but again, my adrenaline will keep me going until I can survey the damage and as far as I'm concerned, this test isn't over yet. Even as she faces the cat, she speaks and I know she's talking to me. I tilt my head, watching the cat, trying to focus on her every movement. I know I can't do anything with my claws compared to her, just her jaws. Maybe the way she moves? She's quite graceful, every movement leading into the next. As the alpha jumps to the rocks, I watch the cat follow, leaping from rock to rock to keep up with the alpha. Then she runs past me and I catch my breath as the cat starts toward me, her movements slower now that she sees two wolves instead of just one. She prowls toward me and I once again focus on her movements. She moves lower to the ground, like she's ready to leap at any second. I lower myself even as she gets closer, moving out my weight more and coiling my legs.
When I see her hunch her shoulders, I know what's coming so I dart back as she swings out her claws at me with a big paw. Smirking, I dart back in instantly, snapping my jaws just inches from her face. Caught by surprise, the cat jerks back and hisses, trying to bring up both fore legs to grab at me again but I've already darted back, her claws just missing my own face as she stumbles forward, caught off balance. I take that moment to lunge in and grab her ear, shaking and jerking until the cartilage tears. She hisses and yowls, turning over to try to grab at me again but I dart back, lowering myself again and waiting for her to get back to her feet. I try not to look at the alpha, wanting to know what she's thinking, if I'm following her mindset this time or not but not wanting to look too eager for approval.
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