Aindreas

It seemed as if 'disappearing' was the new thing to do. Striker had been gone for a long while, returning only to defend his territory, and then just when he returned and seemed as if he was going to stay, he had left once again, this time for good. Moondown Shadows was without an alpha, and Aindreas no longer had a reason to stay seeing as he had joined this pack as part of the pact between Kalgalath and Striker, between Aurora Borealis and Moondown Shadows. Another set of disappearances was set within his own family. A few of his pups had been absent from the den since Aindreas had returned from Aurora Borealis - Psycho and Pandora. Sin had been sleeping with him still, but more often than not spent the days with Adara, Aindreas' sister. Aindreas felt the pull of jealousy, of envy. Adara was always so lighthearted, so emotional... It was so easy for her to connect with others. Including, apparently, Aindreas' own pups. But as quickly as jealousy tainted his heart, it dissipated. He could not be mad about the situation - Aindreas was hard to connect with, and had been absent trying to keep others safe. And, in truth, he preferred his pups to find in Adara a parental figure if they could not accept Aindreas as one. He, himself, had essentially grown up without any parents, and had had to be content to grow up in solitude, mainly relying on himself to survive. There had been figures who had tried to fill that void, at one point even Kalgalath himself, but each had been transient. Casey, who had adopted him, had been killed by Kalgalath's own teeth. Kalgalath had left in search for Nika, but all Aindreas had know was that the brute had disappeared... And then Paranoia had died, leaving Munashii Gekko without a ruler. Aindreas had set out in search of Kalgalath, but did not see him again until he was a full fledged adult. It had been a lonely puphood, and it was certainly not what he wanted for his own pups. If they connected more with Adara than they did with him... Then so be it.

Still, it was painful, for he had always strived to get one thing and one thing only - family. It was the one thing that had always eluded him, and now that he had it, at least biologically, he found it lacking. He could not connect with his pups the way he wanted to, and had difficulty connecting with even his sister. Though at one point he had been visiting his father frequently, he now rarely did, and had yet to meet his new half-brothers... Aindreas had not seen Drizzt in months... And speaking of disappearances, when he had last gone to visit the pup, calling for Hocus, the fae had not answered. He was not surprised that Drizzt did not come alone, for each time Aindreas had called for Hocus and she had brought Drizzt. But it had become worrisome - had she left and taken the pup with her? Or, perhaps worse, had she abandoned him altogether? The ivoro had half a mind to charge into the territory and search out the pup, but did not want to act rashly in case Hocus had left and taken Drizzt with her. There were other ways to go around this. He needed someone to travel with him so that he did not rush into the fray as he had at Spring Ground when he gone to Stormy's side..

It was decided then... That he would travel to Aurora Borealis. It was his most logical option - he had family there and had reasons to be there. He needed to meet his new brothers, get advice as to how to go about finding his missing pup, and check on Losa's own progress. Aindreas' had been slow, but steady, with tissue knitting together at the most tenuous of paces. Still, he had to at least be thankful that he was healing at all... And thank Hellene and her protégés for their help.

Long limbs stretched out tenderly over the land, carrying him from one dead territory to its neighbor, a land that was completely contrary to Moondown. For Aurora was full of wolves and full of life. Crossing the boundary, he inhaled deeply and smiled briefly. Even if he was not a member of this pack, this was at least a place he could always and would always call home. All who lived here had always welcomed him fully and many of them were his friends.

Speaking of which...

He trotted toward Hellene's den, and gently roused the sleeping maiden... Though such a word no longer applied to her fully. The effect was immediate, with vocals reaching his auds but called the name of another. She leapt away from him, stumbling across the sodden floor, dirt entering her pelt and the impact of her bodice sending up a small cloud of dust. Her face turned to look at him in confusion until at last she seemed to recognize him... And then she inundated him with questions. She crawled toward him, and tried to groom him but he gently nudged her and urged her to calm. "I am fine, Losa, I had to return to Moondown Shadows. I have pups that needed me... Or at least I thought they needed me... At any rate I have no home there now. I came here, in part, to check on your healing." Her attempts of grooming him continued and he skittered back a step, flinching from her touch... For such things as physical contact still caused him pain. He was amazed that he ever had been able to copulate with Hocus... But his mind had been broken at that point, as it so often was, and not only endured the pain but thrived in it.