The Cavern of Secrets holds much more than you can imagine. Once a forbidden place, the ban on entrance has been released...yet, is it a good idea to enter?
Once a great battle had been fought in this cavern, against a dark beast that had once - and still might - dwell here. No one knows where he disappeared to, but there are rumours...
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_________________________________________________________________________ Dark nightmares, filled with blood and death, continued to haunt her from time to time. It had been a while since the incident at Aurora had occurred when they had been attacked by a rogue pack of vargs. Khaleesi thought she understood that there was some evil in the world, that not all lupines were good and that she would have to deal with bad wolves from time to time. But she didn’t think that they could be as bad as what she had seen. This group had come to their pack, for no reason at all, and had attacked them, tried to kill them, had been successful with some even. Her heart still hurt when she thought of Daenerys and Henadin had been killed at the borders of Aurora. They were not even members of Aurora Borealis, but the two Saw Tooth wolves had defended the others as if it was their home. If she could, she would do anything to bring them back. Would even give up her own life for them. It wasn’t fair what had happened to them, and she wished that the world was a fairer place to live in. But losing a friend was not what was bringing Khaleesi nightmares, it was the life that she had taken. While the attack was happening, she was not thinking, she was running on adrenaline and instinct, her paws, teeth, claws, her whole body was acting without her mind thinking, and she could not comprehend what was going on around her. But now that she had time to process she remembered what she had done, had hurt others and had even killed another. Her mother had killed another varg in front of her, tainting the female’s white pelt with crimson. And then shortly after she had done the same, tearing out the throat of one of the attacking vargs, feeling the warm rush of blood down her throat and neck and chest and face and everywhere. The female quickly shot up from her position lying down in her den. She needed to get out of her, to get away from the memories. Her white form pushed through her den, into the cool dark air of night. It was luckily beginning to get warmer as spring came around, so it was easier for Khaleesi to be out in the nighttime without getting too cold. The female’s paws easily took her through the familiar forest, not paying much attention to where she was going, and not really caring. It was not long before she saw the sight of the caverns. She was not sure what had brought her here, but memories from her puphood came back to her. It was here in these caves that she had been kidnapped by a crazed prince of Malignant Felicity. She had been much younger and barely remembered the experience, but something inside her told her not go into the caves. She quickly ignored that and instead decided to go exploring as she used to do when she was much younger. She missed the carefree, curious, easy going self that she been before. So she decided to be like the pup she used to be and went into the cool caves. Her bright green orbs took a few moments to adjust to the pitch black darkness, barely any light coming in, and she stepped carefully around the sharp rocks and puddles. It had been a long time since she had been here, and she explored deeper and deeper into the caves. There was an eerily feel to being so deep within the caverns, but that was part of the fun of exploring. As Khaleesi continued to explore, she heard the sound of other paw steps. She paused her own stride, wanting to make sure that it was not her own steps echoing off the walls. The noises continued as she remained silent, something else, something large, was in the caves with her. She stiffened a bit, her body on alert, unsure of what would be in her. It was hard for her to determine where the sound was coming from with all the echoing throughout the caves, but after a few moments of standing still, she was able to determine what area the other being was in. She padded forward, trying to remain as silent as possible. As she turned a corner, her adjusted eyesight saw the form of another being, a darkly pelted brute just like the one that had kidnapped her many years ago. A growl escaped her throat as she thought back on that day, wondering if it could be him. She would have no way of knowing, barely remembering what he looked like, nevermind his scent. ”Who are you? What are you doing so deep in these caves?” He did not have the scent of any pack on him, so that made Khaleesi feel a little bit better that he wasn’t the varg that had kidnapped her, but she was still on alert as to what he was doing here. But then again, she had come out here and was now exploring the mysterious caves, so maybe he would be suspicious of her too. Picture credit to Charity! ________________________________________________________________________ |