RP: A Storm in the Mountains

May:

Kratos sat down at the breakfast table and leaned against his chair. The sun of dawn shone brightly through the windows and lit the entire room with it's light.
The Alpha remained at the table for some time, awaiting the presence of the the others in his pack. But as he did so, he began to think and daydream in the silence which surrounded him.

Several months ago, the founders of the pack had come from different backgrounds and lineages to end up under the same roof. Since, the new pack had been given home on the ranch of Zeit Chandler, whom had owned it for three years after the passing of her father.
The pack's large territory was claimed a few nights after the meeting of the founders, when the group defeated a werewolf murderer. Now the wide mountain rages covered with firs and oaks, the neighboring town, and all the farmer's fields belonged to the pack.

As an agreement between Zeit and the Alpha, each member of the pack who would come to call this place home, was required to work the land and do chores. Kratos felt it was a fair deal, as Zeit could no longer keep workers if the Werewolves were to live here.

Kratos was anything but passive when it came to keeping the pack's secret safe.
As it was, he was always cautious about letting anyone past Zeit's fields, and very rarely allowed anyone into town.

Kratos made it a firm rule that no one was to cross into the other farmer's fields without specific permission. He said that the pack was to respect the boundaries of the people or be fiercely reprimanded. He also said that the reason the town and farms were counted as the pack's territory was to protect the people from any "outsiders" whom would do them harm.

Even now as Kratos' bright yellow eyes stared through the window in Zeit's kitchen, his thoughts were turned toward the townsfolk. He wondered if anyone would become curious, such a small town was used to knowing every member in it's community.. Briefly, he wondered if the townsfolk had already started rumors about the sudden secrecy of Zeit Chandler.

But Kratos was drawn from his daydream when he heard a door upstairs open. His attention quickly upon the stairs, awaiting the person who was to come down.


Nequaria:

Creorran stepped down the stairs, still not used to this farm house. It was much different from the one he had lived in a year ago. The last few days he spent in his old home flashed through his mind.

Why? Why did I have to notice that wolf? Creorran regretted, pausing on the step. I never know when I'll transform, I'm worried I'll lose control when I'm near the others. What can I do?

The call of a bird outside jolted Creorran from his thought. He continued down the rest of the stairs, and looked out the window. It's a beautiful day, it reminds me of my old home... Creorran noticed Alpha Kratos sitting at the breakfast table, appearing to be lost deep in thought.

"Good morning, Kratos," Creorran said as he walked to the table and took a seat opposite the Alpha. "How are you?"


Hour Glass:

Zeit made her way down the stairs, half awake and still in her pajamas. Before the pack, she would have been up before dawn and working, but she had been so drained when the pack started, fixing up her home, and healing from the injuries she had received.

She gave a small greeting to Kratos, a simple nod of her head, before turning on her coffee pot. She rubbed her head, trying to rub her sleeplessness out of her eyes, before grabbing herself a cup.

She leaned back on the counter, waiting for it to finish making her strong coffee, strong enough to wake her up. She looked out of the window, silently scolding herself for not getting up earlier and getting ready for work. She turned after the pot made a small ping as her coffee finished.

She filled her cup up, and walked to the table and sat down, her robe billowing around her. She took a deep drink, feeling the warm drink rush to her bones. "Good morning" she said, a slight grouchiness in her voice, she had become less and less of a morning person each day.

She took another drink, before leaning back in her chair, relaxing for a moment. 'What all needs to be repaired to day, I know most of the house is fixed, and the cows are fine" she said, "But I don't think I made a list last night, so I have no clue what was needed to be done."

Wow, she was losing it, time to kick it back into gear, as her father would say. She remembered when he had been in a bit of dip like she was, he would find something odd to do before he started up working again. She chuckled slightly, remembering about her father she seemed to be just like him.


Nequaria:

Creorran turned as a young woman entered the kitchen. "Zeit, right?" Creorran acknowledged the presence of the woman. "This is you're house isn't it?" He then turned back towards the table, and closed his eyes.

Do I really want to be in a pack? My wolf instinct drags at me, but I'm not comfortable with social environments. Creorran opened his eyes and stood up. He walked over to where the woman had made a pot of coffee. "Mind if I have some coffee?" He shyly asked her.


May:

Kratos watched as the young teen came to sit down, then he looked up towards Zeit's face and returned her nod.
"Good morning to you both." The Alpha's deep voice greeted, "I believe there is work to be done outside, but let us worry about those things after breakfast."

Kratos stood up from the table and went to get a glass, then he went to the fridge and pulled out the milk, bacon, and eggs. He prepared a few good pans and began to cook.

It was made quite obvious that Kratos was a good size larger then most average human beings. He stood a foot or two higher then most men, and his hands were large enough to hold a a gallon jug as if it were a large mug. Indeed, he was a giant in both forms which he possessed.

Kratos left the oven for a moment as he waited for the bacon to cook. Again sitting down, he decided to pour himself a glass of milk.

*****

Then the front door opened and Timothy entered. The lad was covered in dirt and his hair was a mess. He stood only a moment in the main room, before collecting a few things and heading back outside.

*****

"Timothy." Kratos called from the kitchen, beckoning the boy to come in.

"Yes Kratos?" Timothy asked, taking only a few steps toward the kitchen.

"How long have you been up Timothy?" Kratos asked skeptically. He leaned in his chair and put down his glass.

"I never slept." Timothy answered plainly. Then, to avoid more questions from Kratos, Timothy looked toward Zeit. "I have cleaned your stables and have mended the fence. I'm on my way now to the fields, is there anything else that you would like done?"

*****

Kratos stood and turned his back on the boy, returning to the bacon on the stove. This was an annoyed gesture from Kratos, Timothy did not like referring to his new home as a 'pack' and even less would accept Kratos as a "Alpha."
When Timothy was rescued by the Founders several months ago, he tried to assume his entire experience with Gathen had been a nightmare.. But he could not imagine away the scars which covered his body, or the fact that he only had four fingers on his left hand.

Eventually Timothy accepted what had happened to him, but he was still far from allowing strangers to become the only ones who could be close to him. Still, how could it be helped? When Timothy awoke in this house, he could remember only a very little of what his life was before meeting the Werewolf murderer.


Kaqurei:

Coming in a little behind Timothy was an almost faerie-like girl - her appearance was as different from the former as night and day. She was clean, groomed, and dressed in an immaculately white gown. As usual, she wore no shoes, and the dirt on her feet was the only grunge about her. Her face and eyes were bright and alert, and a soft smile played accross her face as she saw the others in the kitchen. "It's good to see that you are all awake," she said, a hint of an Irish accent in her voice.

She glanced briefly at the Alpha, noting at once he wasn't entirely pleased about something. She hadn't heard his brief conversation with Timothy, but guessed he might have something to do with it. The poor boy had been through a lot, so Sabrina wasn't at all surprised that he was having a hard time fitting in or trusting his new pack.

She flashed a brief smile at Creorran. He was new to the pack also, newer than even Timothy, and she wanted to be sure he felt welcome. Next she turned to the Alpha. "Might I help you prepare breakfast?" she asked. She wouldn't need any herself of course...besides having risen with the sun and already eaten, Sabrina was a vegetarian...perhaps an odd quality in a werewolf, but one she possessed nonetheless.


Hour Glass:

Zeit looked to the little boy, at first a hint of anger flashed in her mind, she still didn't like it when she was attacked, but a more motherly instinct took over instead. "Give me a few minutes and eat with the pack, Tim" She said, sitting up a bit, 'I want to go check out one of the lower fields, and possiably take a run later, it seems there are enough other werewolves to pick up around here, and you did some of the jobs this morning."

She yawned, taking another sip of her coffee. She was beining to feel a bit more energized, surely later she would be able to be more sociable, just not now. "Go ahead, have some coffee, mi casa es su casa" she said tot he newer member of the pack. She stretched her back a bit before setting down her mug, and getting up. "Kratos, I'm going to change, no one touches my mug or takes my chair" she said sternly before walking up the stairs.

She went into her room, changing into her regular work clothes, a tank top and jeans, grabbing her hat, and coming down stairs. she still had her socks on from yesterday, so all she needed to do was slid on her shoes on the way out the door. She walke down stairs, gtaking her seat, and feeling more awake.


Nequaria:

Creorran stood up from the breakfast table and started up the stairs. "I'll be getting ready for the days work as well, Alpha." Creorran wasn't completely sure how to adress Kratos, but he figured as long as he respected him he wouldn't be punished. Now up in his room, Creorran was taking his work clothes out when he began to think of his father and his old farm.

I shouldn't have left, but what was I supposed to do? Creorran pondered. And what about Dad? Did he escape the farmhouse in time? Or did my reckless behavior kill him? Creorran closed his eyes as a tear rolled down his cheek. He became quite angry with himself, and flopped onto the bed. Why was I so stupid?All because of me, Dad's probably-

Creorran was stopped short when a fierce pain surged through him. No! Not now! He was terrified as he fell and began writhing on the floor. Creorran's tranformations were uncontrollable, and nearly unpredictable. As he began shifting into his werewolf form, he called to Kratos.

"Kratos! Help! I'm-" Creorran didn't finish his plea for help. Instead, a long howl came from Creorran's room.


Kale:

Kale woke with a start at somones yelp. She lept to her feet and promptly fell 20 feet to the ground. groaning she picked herself up. the night before Kale had gotten rather edgy for some reason, and deciding that there were too many werewolves around her at the moment, she had slept outside. in the tree. she sighed again when she realized there were no doors on this side of the house, not wanting to walk around to find a door, kale hopped inside a first floor window and into the livimng room.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina was in the midst of mixing some pancake batter when the cry from upstairs reached her ears. A howl? ...But it wasn't night...? Sounds of thrashing followed the cry, so there was little time to consider this. Sabrina quickly put down the bowl and looked to the Alpha for his instruction.


May:

Timothy said nothing when Zeit told him to stay, and silently watched until she left the room to go change. Then he turned his back on the others and headed back for the door.

"Timothy, stay." Kratos ordered, turning from the oven.

Timothy stopped, but did not reface the Alpha. His fists clenched a heavy sigh left him, waiting for the Alpha to speak again.

It was about that moment when Zeit returned to the table and Creorran left.

"You will stay at the table and eat, then perhaps you'll see fit to get some rest." Kratos' deep commanding voice said slowly.
But this caused anger to raise within the seventeen year old and he again began walking toward the door.

Kratos was about to go after him when Creorran howled from upstairs. Instantly the Alpha's focus was upon the stairs and tension mounted in the air.
The sudden howl from the upper levels caused even Timothy to pause and glance upwards, but the feelings that he had towards the situation couldn't have been further from the Alpha's.

"Zeit, watch after the food please. Sabrina, come with me." Kratos said quickly before charging up the stairs. He knew that it was not like Zeit to wait back in such emergencies, but he wasn't naive of the injuries which she was still recovering from either.

Timothy turned back and watched Kratos race up the stairs. His turquoise eyes glancing at the others in the room, as if trying to make up his mind about which move he was suppose to take. But he chose the safer and easier route, turning around, he left the house.


Hour Glass:

"Take one more step Tim, and I'll hunt you down" Zeit growled as her alpha left. She got up, her gaze was hard, she remebered her teenage years, but Timothy needed to find his true role in the pack, and learn what is was to be a real werewolf. She strod out her dorr, grabbing the back of his shirt, "Your helping me witht he food, then your going to work later, I don't care if you want to be abtisocaial at the moment."

She [ulle dhim back a bit befor eletting go, she wasn't supposed to overdo it with the whole giving out orders, that was Kratos' job to do. She turned, heading back tot he kitchen. Usally she would have gone by now, but being down here kept her away from danger, but she was also closer tot he ground, ready for a quick change if need be.


Kale:

Kale caught up with Kratos and Zeit on the staircase heading up to help whoever it was that had cried out.(forgot how to spell the name, sorry) se had spotted Timothy as she walked past the kitchen but didn't say hello. Kale wasn't sure how to deal with his near constant moodiness but she always kept an eye on him. the thrashing upstairs drew her attention and she sighed.
" well, we should probably hurry up." Kale noted dryly, taking the stairs two at a time.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina made it to the room just behind Kratos. The spasming figure on the floor was already half changed! Sabrina could not fathom why he was changing in broad daylight - that was usually a trait of pure breeds, and they could control it, which Creorran obviously could not. She calculated the situation quickly, and pulled a move she probably oughtn't have without command - she aimed a single quick blow for his neck which would temporarily paralyze him (though probably wouldn't halt his transformation) if it landed.


Nequaria:

Creorran was stunned as a fierce blow struck the base of his neck. "Ugh..." He coughed. Although he continued to transform, the raging pain had subsided. What... what is happening? Creorran wondered as his vision spun and trembled. I've never transformed at day time before. It's always been at evening or night, I didn't think it was even possible for a werewolf to transform without the presence of the moon.

Although Creorran had been a werewolf for a while, he had no idea how to control these random changes. He had hoped that one of the first things his new Alpha would teach him was how to control his transformations. Creorran faintly saw his Alpha and the Fairy-like girl before he drifted back into unconsciousness.


May:

Kratos hadn't time to react before Sabrina took the kid out. He had come through the door with intentions to take advantage of the moment and help the boy learn to use his ability.. The next moment, Kratos was staring dumbfounded at Sabrina.
"What did you just do.... and why?" He asked slowly. Though the Alpha's words were undoubtly sincere in the fact he was clueless about her motives, there also seemed to be a sarcastic smile playing by his lips as he awaited Sabrina's reply.

****

Timothy nearly fought against Zeit as she tugged him back into the house, but a consealed fear held him from doing so.

Timothy remained quiet and passive as Zeit took him to the kitchen and told him to help her. But he again resisted and pushed his way into a seat at the table.
"I do not know how to cook." Timothy mummbled, keeping his eyes down but ears on full alert. "Leastways I do not remember how to cook if I had ever known in the first place."


Kale:

Kale entered just behind Kratos and stood as dumbfounded as him. she knew very little about dealing with this sort of stuff, but she was pretty certain you don't injure a person in the middle of a change, what if they got stuck like that?
she shuddered at the thought but let it pass since Sabrina didn't appear to have caused any lasting harm. Kale looked around for a few moments before deciding since there was no danger here, and therefor no need of her here, she headed down to the kitchen where she could hear Zeit and Timothy. as she walked back down he stairs she sighed as she thought about Timothy.


May:

Timothy had kept listening upstairs, he knew what was taking place and the thought still terrified him.
Instantly as Kale began down the stairs, Timothy was up out of his seat and prepared for 'who-knows-what'.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina looked between the Alpha and Creorran. "I am sorry Alpha," she said simply. "I...wished to buy time...I have not seen a case like this before, and reacted. Forgive me."

****

Celeus:

Marcus sighed gently as he walked along, his shoes making a scuffing sound as they scraped against the hard earth. As he did so tan dust flew up into the air, and landed right on his shoes, turning them tan too. He was staring off into space, so focused on his thoughts that he didn't even notice his dirty shoes, which he was normally very finicky about keeping clean. Soon the farmhouse came into view, and he came back to earth. He had just started to smile at the thought of seeing his pack-mates when he heard a desperate howl.

His heart skipped a beat and he suddenly bolted into the house, pounding up the stairs and bursting into Creorran's bedroom. When he arrived there he saw a very odd scene before him. Creorran was lying on the floor, half-transformed and still transforming, Sabrina was standing over him with a some-what guilty look on her face, Kratos was wearing a smirk, and Kale looked just as confused as he was. "Did I miss something?" Seemed a stupid question to ask, since he almost always missed something when he went on one of his random walks.

****

Lynds:

Alex was still asleep. So far the youngest of the wolves at age twelve. She was fast asleep untill she herd yelling. Her eyes slowly opened. She then got dressed into her favorite pink top and brown pants. Her anklet was still on. She then grabbed a hair brush and took a hair elastic. She took the top half of her hair and put the elastic around it. She then ran into the bedroom. "What happened? Did I miss breakfast again?" She missed breakfast quite often. Alex was also the newest into the clan as of now. She didn't know everyones name yet. She only knew Timothy's and Kratos's name.

****

May:

Kratos looked back at the fallen Creorran and sighed. "As long as there isn't any permanent damage I can't imagine that it is important." Kratos replied to Sabrina, seconds before Marcus entered and Kale left.

"Ah, Marcus, It's good to see you. Where have you been?" Kratos asked as he knelt beside Creorran. "Help me get him into his bed, will you?"

****

Cassie:

Kaleb leaned against a tree, taking in the warm scents of the damp forest air. The bark under his hand was rough, and almost rough enough to hurt his hand. He walked along his well-trodden path, dapples of light hitting the path through openings of the trees. Slightly, leaves and twigs crunched beneath his feet.

Will I see the wolves today? Kaleb wondered silently, looking up to the partially covered sky. He sighed heavily. He had not seen them for the last few days he had come. Where did they go? Will they be there? He kept walking, hoping to see them today.

****

Nequaria:

Creorran's eyes flicked open as he heard another enter the room. He sat up, and rubbed his head where it had hit the floor. He was startled as his fingers found thick fur instead of skin. He pulled his hand away and gazed at it. It was covered in fur, the color of his hair. So I did transform, Creorran thought. But, How?

Creorran started to stand up, but sat when his neck began to hurt. "What happened?" He stammered, "And how is it possible that I transformed?"


Lynds:

Alex was stunned. "You transformed in mid daylight! How is that even possible? Is it possible Kratos?" Alex's icy blue eyes a mile wide. Her whole family going back to her seven great grandfather was a purebred, and none of them ever transformed in mid daylight. She shook her head. "The world is turning upside down. Either way since I missed breakfast can I go into town and get something please? And if I need to go with someone I understand, but I am starving!" She looked around at everyone in the room.

****

Kale:

Kale entered the kitchen and realized that she had missed something when she was upstairs, thinking about it for a moment she came to the conclusion that she had probably missed someone entering.

I really need to pay more attention to the others.... She sighed in her head and mumbled a hello to Zeit and Timothy, but her eyes caught sight of pancakes before they reached either of her packmates. reaching over she grabbed one and began tearing peices off and eating it.
"Creorran began changing......... Sabrina knocked him out............ I'm pretty sure the whole house is awake now though," she informed them between bites, finally realizing just how hungry she was. Noticing Timothy's expression she raised one eyebrow questioningly.


Hour Glass:

"Get your hand outta the food, it's not done yet!" growled Zeit, her normal peaceful morning now going to dust, "Now that I have more helpers, maybe breakfast can be finished!" She nearly threw her spoon she was frustrated enough, she really needed to sleep more. "Not Tim, before I do act upon my anger, get you butt over here" she said calmly, but icily. She looked to him, her frustation in her eyes, she wasn;t in the mood for moody and stubborn teens, she had a houseful of wolves to feed first, then a trip through the ranch.

She turned away from the rest of the wolves, she knew her problem now, she just needed to get away for now, she had always been alone for most of her life, to only be thrown in the midst of a pack. She took a deep breath, she walked over to "finish breakfast, and tell kratos I'm going for a run" she said, handing her the spoon and before heading to her room. She quickly changed, both in clothing in form. She had kept her window open from last night, so she just crawled right out, and onto the roof. She could smell the scent of werewolves, but of course, she was part of a pack now.

She jumped right off the roof, and went into the woods. She found one of her favorite trails, and took off, she could check the ranch on her run. She took a deep breath, feeling a familiar sensation come to her once more. Sure, her wounds ached a bit, but she loved the freedom of running, and for now, it would keep her sane enough around the others.

****

May:

"It seems you have an extraordinary gift Creorran." Kratos' deep voice replied, giving the boy a good pat on the back. "Come now, we'll go on a run and see if you can teach you a few things... Luckily your not old enough to have shredded your clothes, but still, you might need something a bit more comfortable."

Kratos stood up from kneeling and looked at the twelve-year old who had charged into the room after being awoken by Creorran's howl.

"Don't worry Alex, we were just about to get started on breakfast." Kratos explained in a gentle, fatherly-like way. "I believe the others are still at it, why don't you go down and see."

Then Kratos turned toward Creorran again and beckoned him. "Come into my room, I think I have something that might fit you."

*****

Lynds:

"Oh good." is what Alex said with relief. "I will be downstairs eating if you need me." She ran down stairs, her feet stamping on every stair. She jumped the lasted three steps, landing it perfectly. "Oh, are those pancakes I smell? And bacon mabe?" She looked into the kichen. There was a bunch of people. "Hey guys. What are the chores today? Do you know?"


*****

May:

Timothy came when and passively watched over her shoulder until she was done. When she left the kitchen, Timothy quickly did the same.
He retreated from the house and took off across the fields, hoping not to be followed.

Soon the teenager came to the edges of Zeit's fields and jumped the fence into the forrest.
There he was left to himself in the silent shadows, listening to the bird's sing and the thoughts in his own mind.

****

Cassie:

Kaleb whistled as he walked with birds chirping along. Soon, he came to an area with a house standing there. Smoke came out of the chimmeny, but he could hear nothing coming from inside. He went up to the front door, and, finding no doorbell, went to knock. When his hand gently knocked the wood, the door opened. He stepped inside and heard people shuffling around. He could also smell something coming from the kitchen. He stepped inside.


Alex:

Alex ran to the door hearing it knock, just getting her plate ready. She thought it might be another werewolf, coming to join the clan. The door was open already. Someone needed to fix it. "Hello. Um, who are you?" She looked at this boy strangley. He didn't smell of wolf. "I will be right back." She went to go get another one of the werewolfs. She ran to Kale. "I kinda forget your name....Sorry. Eathier way. There is a human standing at the door. Do you know him? I don't. Why don't you go see. I don't know what to do." Alex looked into Kale's green eyes as she spoke. Then looked to the door to see if the boy was right there.


****

Nequaria:

Creorran stood up, to follow his Alpha. Gift. Isn't it more of a curse? Creorran thought. His now wolfish ears twitched as he heard the front door open. What the...?

Creorran momentarily lost control of his senses, as he often did soon after he transformed. Even though it was only for a moment, it was enough time for his wolf instincts to take over, and Creorran ran down the stairs towards the front door.

Seeing a boy there, Creorran lunged towards him. "Who are you!?" Creorran snarled, teeth bared in aggression.


Celeus:

Marcus was about to help the alpha lift Creorran into his bed, when the brute woke up. He let his arms flop back down to his sides and stood back up straight, figuring there was no need now that he was up. He turned to listen to what Alex was saying... a human, eh? What an unlucky fellow to stumble upon this house. He closed his eyes as the smell of human danced into his nostrils... it stung. He had to hold onto a chair to resist lunging after the bloke. He looked over at Kale to see how she'd respond to this. He had to admit he kind of had a thing for the girl... but yet he also kinda had one for Sabrina. Neither relationship was really a big deal (yet), merely a spark of interest.


Lynds:

Alex looked at the staircase. Creorran was coming down and went to the front door. She ran after him, but she first yelled "Nevermind. I think...er...Coreorran? Has it under control." She wanted to see how to handle this if it ever happened again. He was baring his teeth in wolf form! Sharp fangs pointed out. Alex guessed the boy was thinking nothing. This was probably all scared to see his fangs. Did this mean that Coreorran was going to bite him? He practically told them that they were werewolfs. The teenage boy was probably now going to be another roommate coming to live in this house. "A first generation? Is that what you are going to do? Is he going to live in this house to? If so I will go tell our Alpha." Her icy blue eyes were pinned on the boy, then turned to the wolf.


Cassie:

Kaleb stood in shock as a girl walked by. He was speechless as she spoke to him. Then a wolf came up, growling and snarling. Uh..oh...this isn't good He stood there in the doorway. "I...I...I'm Kaleb. Who...who are you?" He stammered, in shock of this. I'm in trouble now He thought, really afraid of what would happen next.


Nequaria:

"Intruder!" Snarled Creorran. "Why have you come here?" He swiped his heavy paw near the boy's face, but made sure the blow did not connect. "Get out of here," He warned, baring his fangs. Creorran's senses had not quite cleared, and he was intent of getting rid of this human.


May:

A low growl rumbled behind the human boy, but the threat was not directed at him.
Just outside the door, Kratos' large black figure crouched on all fours. His black fur bristled in the wind, revealing the abnormal red haze which covered him.
His sharp yellow eyes were fixed upon Creorran, warning him to back away from the human boy.

Kratos had full control over his werewolf form and could call upon it at will. He had payed very little attention to the goings on downstairs, then he caught the scent of the human and before he could blink, Creorran had gone.
Without a second wasted, Kratos dressed in his werewolf attire and left out the window. Instantly upon touching the ground he took werewolf form and went around the house to the open door.

Now he stood fully girded just behind the human boy who was yet to notice the massive beast.
The look which played across his face would have scared anyone, coming from a monster of his size, but it was directed at Creorran and no one else.


Nequaria:

Creorran was jolted as he saw a huge black beast appear behind the boy. What the..? He stumbled backward and tripped on a slightly raised floorboard. Creorran fell to the floor and sat there, dazed. What was that, thing, that had appeared behind the boy? It looked similar to a werewolf, but it was far too large to be one. Unless...

That's it! Creorran realized, It was Kratos!

It had to be, the only human he'd ever seen large enough to be a wolf of that size was Kratos. Creorran sat on the floor and rubbed his head, trying to clear his vision, which was shaking a little.


Kale:

Kale stiffened when the humans scent entered her nose. her nostrals flared and she took a half-step forward.
Beta! control yourself! a little voice said in the back of her head.
she shook her head to clear it, although she shouldn't be hearing voices the voice was right, she was beta and she needed to get a grip. she heard a warning growl from kratos and one of her own mirrored it, her growl was to low for the human to hear but loud and clear for her fellow werewolves, 'don't you dare'.
one big problem though, two of them were in werewolf form, so what to do with the boy?
she heard him stammer his name out before, Kaleb was it?
kale took a step forward, putting herself slightly between kaleb and some of the pack.
"Kaleb, mind telling us what your doing here? is there a problem in town?" kale asked calmly, trying to keep the humm of a growl out of her voice.


Lynds:

Alex quickly asked "You know this boy?I thought he was an intruder. She looke at Kratos, more for asking. She then quickly said "I will be in the kichen, eating. You guys can take care of this." She then did a jog to the table and sat down without hesitation. She then began to eat imediatley. She wasn't all that hungry, but enough that she could eat. She would also try to hear what the others were saying to. What on earth is going on is what she thought to herself.


Cassie:

Oh crud. Thought Kaleb as he turned, hearing something fall behind him. The wolf that had been before him backed away, and now Kaleb had horror plastered on his face while looking at the hulking wolf. Then he heard a voice behind him, and turned. He stood there, trembling as she asked him why he was here, but he was still worried about the wolf behind him. "I... I just stumbled across here, I didn't know anyone was living here. I... I'm not a threat," he stammered, directing his second part of his reply to the big wolf.


May:

Kratos' bright yellow eyes flashed over the human boy, then at Kale.
In a brief glance, he signaled Kale do get the boy out of the house and away from Zeit's fields. Then the large black wolf laid down on the porch and began to pant.

"Broof!" His deep, and extremely loud voice bellowed at the intruder. Assuming complete animal-like behavior and pretending to be an abnormal house-hold pet.
With a quick glance toward Creorran, Kratos ordered him upstairs, Kale would have to get the kid to think it was some kind of delusion caused by fright.


Kale:

Kale gave a slight nod to Kratos to tell him she understood. She took another half-step forward and gently grabbed Kaleb's arm.

"Well, there are people living here, in fact we're quite crowded at the moment, at least for me." she paused and gave him as calming a smile as she could manage. "I need to head into town anyway to buy more coffee, you wouldn't mind escorting me would you? I've only been into town once." Kale lied, slightly leaning towards the door, a subconscious body language that would hopefully encourage the human to move.


Hour Glass:

Zeit's ears pricked up at the sound of Krato's bark. She stopped for a moment, thinking how it was odd how the sounds echoed around here. She then relized the way his bark sounded, maybe something had gone wrong. She thought for a moment, she could ge tone really nice fast run back to the house, before taking off to the check the feilds, after dragging Timothy along for a ride.

She turned and took off, her hind paws digging into the ground and propelling her forward, fast. SHe used her full stride, sprinting back to her home, the scent of all the werewolves filling her nose, along with the scent of a human. She growled to herself, no normal townsfolk came out here, so why was a human here?

She made sure she stayed behind the house, leaping onto the roof with ease, and landing quite gracefully. She had to make her way up to her window, and ducked in. The human scent was still here, and it was slightly odd how it sat there with all the werewolf scents. She cursed under her breath, knowing some of the wolves, they might react badly to the human. Just great, chaos seemed to come when she least expected it. Shre changed, both back to her human form, and her normal clothes, and ran downstairs, still panting from her short run.

She looked around, seeing Kratos give out orders, and her eyes flickering around the room. She took a spot beside Kale, crossing her arms, and filling up the doorway, there was no way this boy would be getting in. She heard the last part of what Kale said, and she nodded, "Next time you think about coming here, you might want to call ahead" she said softly, her gaze hard and cold.


Cassie:

Kaleb felt a rough hand grab his arm, he gasped and turned towards him. "Hey! Let me go!" He exclaimed, trying to pull away, but to no avail.

Kaleb's eyes widened when he realized he couldn't get away. He knew he was already in hot water, it seemed though that everything was getting worse. He kept trying to break the restraint that the werewolf had on him, pulling away with all his might.

Kaleb was really starting to regret coming here. Then another person showed up. "Well how was I supposed to know?!" Kaleb shouted to the new person that had arrived. Hot filled his eyes, tears on edge of spilling out. I..I can't cry now, no! Why me? He thought, trying not to let the flow of tears come.

****

Kaqurei:

Sabrina had slipped out of the house after the whole paralyzing Creorran incident. She wanted air...and the house was getting a bit stuffy. Thusly, she was not aware of the drama going on at the ranch.

She padded barefoot through the rich black soil of the surrounding woodland. When she came to a brook, she paused and closed her eyes to savor the earthy smells of the woods...it was then that she also caught Timothy's scent.

****

Soar:

The sun glared irritably in Theo's eyes. He rolled over on his face, trying to block the obnoxious rays of sun. The sun relented, and he could feel the blistering heat of the sun on his neck. Theo groaned. He hated mornings. Knowing that sleeping was already a lost cause, he got up- stretching and cracking sore muscles and joints.

He studied his surroundings. As apposed to a forest or even a hotel, as many would have preferred, he had slept in an alley-way that night. He wrinkled his nose at the stench a nearby dumpster gave off. The scent seemed to do anything but lessen, so this left the boy breathing through his mouth. The alley was less than ideal to sleep in. He had no money and could not have rented a room for the night. The forest, though possibly much safer than an alley, carried the scent of other werewolves. The last thing he wanted was to be carried off in the night. So this left him in a very stinky, and dangerous, alley to spend the night in.

He sighed, stretching weary limbs again. It had been the scent that had first attracted him to the town. Ever since he had run away three years ago, he hadn't even caught a whiff of his own kind. But this town practically reeked of them. Driven by curiosity, he had spent a week in the town. As far as he could tell, the werewolves lived somewhere close to the forest, presumably in the farmhouse up the road.

Alas, he had made no attempt to contact them. As far as Theo knew, they could be just as violent and corrupted as his birth pack. He wasn't even certain why he had bothered to stop in the town. Possibly curiosity, or more likely he missed his own kind. As the sun grew hotter and hotter, he shook his head of these thoughts. This was no time for nostalgia. Scraping gently against the grit of the alley, Theo walked quickly out of the alley.

Morning reminded him painfully of not only the sun, but hunger as well. His stomach snarled with it. He was going to need to eat soon or he may as well go crazy with hunger. Which would not be a good thing for the ignorant town. Theo's bright green eyes scanned the town. To the right he spotted a drug store, followed by a car dealership to a petstore to a gas station to convenient store- His gaze stopped there, it was just what he needed. His stomach grumbled in agreement.

Theo walked with a brisk, purposed walk right through the convenient store door. The door chimed just as he passed inside, the store clerk suddenly noticing and watching him with an unmatched stare. To be fair, Theo did not look like the most trustworthy of those to pass through the store doors. He was tall and strong-looking enough to raise suspicion. His hair was matted and his eyes carried the haggard look of hunger. Nor should anyone trust him. Theo carried some very questionably morals, and what he was about to do would not be considered proper by any standard.

Turning to one of the farther corners of the shop, he snatched a pack of jerky, dried fruit, a bottle of watter, and several candy bars under his coat as stealthily as he possibly could. Just as he thought he might pass through the door unnoticed-

"Hey you" the clerk shouted,"Get over here! What did you steal?"

Momentarily he considered making a run for it. But this was met by the image of a gun that had met him the last time he had been caught robbing a store. The store clerk rushed up to him, quickly discovering his hidden loot. Still watching him, the clerk rushed over to the phone to make a phone call. This was where he made his first mistake. Theo made a run for it, galloping through the door as quickly as he could (still holding very tightly to his prize) and down the street. Within minutes, he could hear the ring of cops behind him.

Had the town a higher crime rate, the police may have not bothered. But being very bored, and generally useless, cops, they had choose to pursue the crime to the highest extent. The police caught up with him several minutes later, clicking his hands into hand-cuffs and stuffing him in the back seat of the cop car. This was where he made his second mistake. Now completely starved and infuriated with his capture, he began to change. At first the police didn't even notice. But as the cop's eyes wandered to their newest criminal, there was no denying what he saw.

"What the-" The cop never had a chance to finish his sentence. A very infuriated, and hungry werewolf sat in the back-seat. Swerving violently in the street, the cop began to shout incomprehensibly phrases into the radio, most of which included "Wolf", "Backup", and "Animal Control".

This was where Theo made his final mistake. He lunged out of the window, shattered and denting the entire door in the process, onto a fully public street in the town. His nostrils filled with the scent of human. His stomach snarled in hunger. His gaze widened as his rational, human thoughts succumbed to wolfish ones. Theo let loose an eerie, ear-splitting howl. He was going to make the final kill. His gaze settled on a now very frantic cop, screaming in full hysteria into the radio.


Hour Glass:

HawkThorne had been up since the crack of dawn, runnign and checking up on the ranch. His pal Zeit needed to get more sleep, she didn't seem to be so happy with allt he wolves settling in around her. He smiled, this place was lovely, and it held so many dear memories. He raced forward, enjoying the moment, until a scent hit his nose, male werwolf, and humans, and it seemed that the sirens were going off. Never a good sign.

He raced full speed, bursting from the woods onto the scene with the boy. He could hear the cop yelling, but it wouldn't do any good, and from the condition of the boy, he seemed hungry and feral. Hawk changed his posture, becoming his more dominant self, raising his head and hackles, he face contorting into a snarl. He let out a low growl, getting between the cop and the werewolf, Kratos would go nuts if any human died. He did have good morals, even if he was a Half-blood.

He growled again, showing this wolf to back off. The best tactic was to get the wolf back to the cabin, at least there they good give him some food, and he wouldn't seem so rabid. He trained his eyes on the wolf's stature, watching all his moves, waiting to see what he would do.


Soar:

Theo did not respond well to another wolf on the scene. In his current state of mind, he could only comprehend based on more primitive standpoints. This stranger was a threat. He wanted his prey. His fiery green gaze lingered on HawkThorne with cold calculation. Snarling, he strode around him in a calm slackened pace, as to be closer to the cop car again. If he wanted a fight, he could have it.

Whatever others could have comprehended from the now-very-frightened cop was a bit of a mystery. However, it was clear they caught the intent. For within minutes about every emergency vehicle in town was drawing nearer.

~~~~
"Two feral wolves near Chestnut Boulevard, Over
A strong-looking women handled the com device with ease. Her gaze hardly faltered as she caught sight of two immense beats terrorizing the streets. It was anyone's guess how they got there. She could only assume some idiots decided to transport wild animals without a permit. Hmph. And of course, the issue was now her problem.

"Roger, that. Coming in with three cars, all armed with dart guns and pistols. What is your current Status? Over,"

"The two wolves appear near fight. Cop nearby is terrified, but unharmed. Over," the woman responded.

With that, the radio fell to a deafening silence. All to be heard was the wail of more Animal Control coming closer and closer...
~~~

What the? Theo blinked in confusion, any hostility leaving his face. He had a very foggy idea of what happened, but knew enough to realize that the current situation was not good. The scent of human was still very tempting, but significantly diminished. Glancing around, he found what he least of all wanted to see; his own kind. He stared at it for a moment, confused and anxious to see if it would attack.

Seeing no reason to stick around (for he could now here several snippets of conversation on the Animal Control's radio that involved dart guns), he made a run for it. He ran through the streets full-speed, his sides burning with exhaustion and hunger. Theo stopped and his feet grinding painfully on asphalt. He looked behind him to see if the other werewolf had turned to follow him. And how near the police and Animal Control were.

****

Kale:

Kale let go of the human the second he started to panic.
"Hey, kid, chill out! Sam may be big and scary but he's a good dog, he won't bite,so don't mind the guard dogs, sheesh. and your not in trouble." Kale raised her voice a little in irritation, at the same time hoping in her head that Kratos wouldn't hold against her what she just said about him. calming herself she continued. "we're not used to visiters, so yeah, everybody's at the door, and again, your not in trouble, well unless you were planning on stealing something, then we'd take offense. but you weren't planning on stealing anything, were you?"
reverse psychology works right? kale wondered.


Cassie:

Kaleb was relieved when the human holding him let go. "No, I'm not here to hurt any of you or steal anything. Guess I should've knocked first or something. Sorry." He rubbed his hand through his hair nervously, trying a smile onto his face. Kaleb looked towards the guard dog called Sam. "Hey there boy, good dog. Good dog." He reached down and petted the dog's fur. "Maybe we can go inside and talk?" Kaleb asked shakingly, hoping he could be friends instead of enemies.


Hour Glass:

"No" Replied Zeit instantly, "You need to get back to the village, and I don't care how you speak of us, you will never show your face here again." She almost growled woth her last words, but he was no wolf, so it wasn;t needed. She strood past Kale, and grabbed Kaleb's arm, pulling him off her porch and towards an old truck she kept on the property.


May:

Timothy stumbled through the forest until he came to sit down at the roots of a tree. His hands ran through his thick black hair, his elbows rested on his knees.
For a long time he remained quiet, listening to the woods around him.. he hoped for a moment that in the silent peace he might suddenly remember everything and be able to give up being a monster.. but it was no use, his senses were so different to what he imagined they used to be... Even if he had been here before, he wouldn't be able to recognize it with all the new things which he was able to detect.

He could smell things a normal person couldn't even imagine, he could see right through shadows like they weren't even there. He could hear many miles away and know exactly what created the noise... something a normal person might actually find wonderful.
But here he was, trapped behind the mystery of his own heart without a tender person to turn to.

[Snap!]

The sudden noise drew Timothy quickly from his thoughts and to his feet! He stood as if ready to kill whatever was behind him, so fearful and cautious, yet undoubtedly able to make his intentions reality.

At first, Timothy saw nothing.. then it moved and revealed itself.
Standing just behind the tree where Timothy had been sitting, was a great and amazing beast. It's head was large with two heavy horns protruding from either side. It was covered in thick brown fur on it's front half, but it's hind half was nearly bare compared to the rest.

"What?" Timothy whispered, baffled by the beast.

Then the creature took a step took a step to the side and Timothy noticed that it had hooves, not paws...
"What kind of prey-animal are you?" He chuckled, assuming immediately that the creature was in fact, a prey-animal and not a threat. Then the beast heaved a heavy sigh and slowly began walking higher into the mountain, paying no other mind to the boy.

For a moment, Timothy watched the creature, suddenly noticing just how large the beast was, it could easily out-muscle a horse. It did not walk like a skittish creature of prey, but rather a mighty one with it's one pride and power..

With a sigh, Timothy turned his back on the beast and was about to leave, when he caught scent of Sabrina close by.
*****

Kratos had pretended to be "a good dog" and patiently waited until the boy walked away from him.. Kratos had thought it rather clever of Kale, especially the "name-pull", what an interesting character she was.

Kratos watched the boy closely until Zeit dragged him off toward the car. Then he stood and began back toward the house, stoppin suddenly when he heard a howl cross the feilds.. It wasn't one he recognized and a low growl rumbled from his chest.


Kale:

Kale nodded to Zeit and hid a sigh of relief when she dragged the boy away.
Glad i'm not alone in this situation. Now with the human taken care of kale let out an unhappy growl at her packmates for being so foolish.
"this is why were not allowed into town! you could barely handle a single boy on the doorstep without snapping!"
reprimanding done kale decided that since Zeit wasn't in there anymore.....the food in the kitchen was free.


****

Hour Glass:

Great, muttered Hawk to himself, the wolf was running, and animal control was coming. Which one was worse? Who knew, he knew that the darts wouldn;t have much affect at first, but could make any werewolf even more aggressive. He narrowed his eyes and took off swiftly after the feral wolf, he was a threat to his pack and Zeit.

He ran at a full sprint, not winded at all, he had always kept in tip top shape, he really didn;t know why, maybe he knew he would meet his old pal once more. He raced after the werewolf, and stopping quickly when he did. He could hear the truck coming, but for now he had one goal in mind.

"Go to the pack" he said, slightly panting. He held his head upp, using his dominace on this feral wolf. "Unless you want a rather painful death by the Alpha, head to the pack, they'll give you food and shelter, better then what you have now" he said. He suddenly looked behind him, the trucks siren's blaring, just great.

Some day this turned out to be.

He watched as the officers got out, seemingly thrilled with the odea of getting two large wolves as a catch. What they didn;t know is that they wouldn't, at least, not with the pack around to get Hawk free. He watched as the brawny women cocked the gun, her own eyes watching his, as if he was the prey. He cracked a wolfish smile, adding a hint of surprise to her face.

He was aware of what wa sin the gun, and he wasn;t about to let the already feral wolf get a hit from one of the darts. He turned, and trotted forward, and stood in front of the feral male, wincing slightly as he felt one of the darts make it's way into his shoulder. He looked up, his eyes meeting the officers eyes, his were full of determination, letting her know he was not going down, not now, not ever!


Soar:

"I'll go my own way, thanks," he snarled.

Theo would have followed through with it if not for the fact there was little else he could do. After he escaped Animal Control, then what? Go run around another human town and hope he didn't kill anyone? It had been a long three years the first time, another lifetime of it didn't sound any better. Like it or not, he was going to have to at least meet this pack at one point.

With a hint of uncertainty, he watched the Animal Control Officer loom in. He watched her raise the dart gun, cock it, and aim. Her snorted at this. Pathetic human. While he had no clue what was in the dart guns exactly, he was certain the average dose given to a dog just wouldn't cut it for him. The werewolf snarled at her, making sure to show as many teeth as possible. She didn't back down. Instead, she pulled the trigger.

For several seconds Theo waited for the impact of the dart onto his shoulder. To his surprise, it never came. Instead, an arrow sprouted out of the other werewolf's shoulder. He blinked. No, the other werewolf had stepped in to take the dart.

"As much as I appreciate the martyrdom, what the hell are you standing around for!? Get your feet moving so we don't have to massacre the entire unit and I'll meet your pack," at this point Theo narrowed his gaze.

To be honest, the longer he spent in front of the humans, the more difficult it was to subdue is wolfish instincts. People were beginning to look much more enticing. And having no training in restraint, it was only a matter of time before he cracked. Whatever else, he had no intention to become a killer.

The woman stepped forward and aimed her gun again, this time at Theo. Click. The silvery dart blurred through the air and impacted his neck. Blood pounded in his ears as he tried more and more to suppress the urge to kill everyone on the spot. Bum bum bum bum. His bright green gaze widened as he could feel the effects wearing on. He paced forward at the officer. Click click click. Several more darts slipped onto his pelt. Rage boiled in his veins and he uttered a low, almost indecipherable, growl. For the first time, the strong woman showed a hint of fear. One leap and she'd be dead. An easy kill.

Just a step more and he'd be a killer. Humanity overtook the animal for a moment. It was just long enough and he realized the full severity of the situation. With a scatter of gravel underfoot, Theo ran forward. His sides burned and his tongue lolled out. The ground underneath shook as each of the beast's feet hit the earth. He was going to meet the pack.

****

May:

For the longest time, Kratos stared over the fields trying to imagine who in the pack could have made that howl. But no matter which way he angled it, the sound had no familiarity.
When Kale passed by, Kratos' eyes were drawn after her to where she reprimanded the new comers..

"Ah yes," Kratos mumbled standing and walking toward the house. A growl rumbled from his throat as he went until he stood beside the door.

"Every one of you get out here now!" His great voice ordered, the loudness of it trembling the rafters!


Nequaria:

Jolted by the Alpha's command, Creorran attempted to stand. Realizing he was still in his wolf form, the young werewolf adjusted his balance. "Kra...Kratos?" He coughed as he hobbled over to his Alpha. Ugh, since when do these transformations take so much out of ya'? He thought, panting as his head pounded. Ouch, I must've taken a good fall there...

Recalling the incident, Creorran remembered the young boy, who had looked about his age. Where did he go? Creorran thought. Did Kratos let that tresspasser get away?

Kale:

Kale almost groaned when she heard Kratos below. Almost groaned. She even almost had the plate of pancakes in her hand. She almost whimpered, and stopped herself again, remembering wolves had good hearing, and debated in her head.
pancakes.....alpha.....pancakes.....alpha......pancakes.....i love pancakes.....alpha.....pancakes..... Kale stuffed a pancake or two into her mouth and, cheeks bulging, headed out of the kitchen and back to Kratos, a few more pancakes in her hand.
"wrd...du....ewe...erd.....?" she asked.

Kaqurei:

Sabrina smelled the bison long before she ever came upon it - usually she would have avoided such a large creature as they could prove quite fatal when provoked, but she also smelled Timothy this way. Sabrina wasn't sure he knew the danger a bison could pose; he seemed to have very little experience and apparently could remember nothing of his life prior to being captured by Gathen.

So she cautiously approached the area where the scents of both Timothy and the bison smelled most fresh. She had the advantage of higher ground, and in no time at all she could make out the pair below her. She was relieved that the bison did not appear agitated, and intrigued at the look of wonder on Timothy's face as he sized up the creature.

Deciding that there was no threat to her pack member, Sabrina re-tightened the white wraps she called clothing (having loosed them prior in case a speedy transformation was required). She then moved in as stealthily as possible so as not to disturb the bison and revealed herself to Timothy.

He was looking right at her as she seemingly melted out of the surrounding landscape. She smiled slightly in an encouraging way, in case she had surprised him....he was not one to sneak up on. "Hello," she said softly.


May:

Timothy jumped when Sabrina seemingly appeared out of nowhere. He had lowered his guard to inspect the large beast, but in a instant he was prepared for an attack.

After Timothy had scanned Sabrina's face he lowered his aggressive stance, but he did not lower his guard.
"Hello." Timothy replied.

****

Hour Glass:

Hawk turned, evading any more darts, and runnign along with the feral wolf. He was already getting woozy, and his pelt had an added bit of color now too. "Just this way" he said, his speech slightly slurring, but he kept in control. He had worked hard to maintain his control at an early age, that way he wouldn't hurt anyone ever again, and so ha=e wouldn't have anymore guilt added to his pysche.


He kept his pace a bit slow, but enough to keep up witht he feral. They would near the ranch soon enough if they crossed through the woods. He let out a small howl, only a few of the members of the pack would hopefully hear his desperation, and his need to to stop moving. He was ready to sleep now for a bit, at least a catnap.


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Zeit's ears caught the sound of Hawk's howl, and it wasn't a good one, She quickly shoved the boy intot he truck, locking the doors. "here are the keys, get outta here now!" she said, "Don;t worry about the truck, just leave it at the marketplace, with the key under the right tire." She She watched the truck for a moment, making sure he left the property.

****

May:

******

Kratos waited for the pack members to file out of the house and was more then displeased when only Kale and Creorran came.

"Where are Marcus, Alex, Timothy, Sabrina, and Zeit?" He asked, briefly looking off towards the fields.
Then he rose up on his hind legs and stood like a man, his head nearly raising above the rooftop.

That was when he saw HawkThorne approaching just behind another... whom wasn't a member of the pack.

The Alpha growled and went back down on his paws. "Kale, find the others and tell them to get their Werewolf clothing.. We're going for a hike." Kratos instructed, then looked at Creorran. "You're coming with me, and I warn you not to do anything irrational."

Then the Alpha took off across the fields toward HawkThorne and the intruder.


Soar:

Theo sniffed and stopped on the soft woods. If it wasn't for smell, or the growling, it would have to be the blatant sight of them that gave away the pack. Momentarily he considered making a run for it. But he knew better than anyone it was too late for that. They already knew he was here and they already knew he had caused havoc. Running would simply give them something interesting to chase. So much for passing through the town unnoticed.

Theo held his head up high. The feral walked forward steadily and gave his exhausted stride more power. If he was already screwed into meeting the rest of them, he might as well give a show for them. Sharp eyes stared steadily forward. Like a game of chess, he was waiting for their move.


May:

As The Alpha approached, his bright yellow eyes began scanning over the young male and sizing him up. HawkThorne, who was coming in from behind the stranger, looked to be weakening and his steps were miscalculated..

Kratos' hackles raised under his red cloak and his weight beat hard on the earth beneath him. When Kratos saw the stranger put on a prideful air, his ears laid back against his head with annoyance.

In a few moments, Kratos' heavy stride took him right up to the brown male.

The Alpha was yet to growl again, but his eyes were sharply focused into the other males eyes, an obvious show of dominance and authority.
"What is your name stranger?" Kratos' deep voice rumbled, his large tail held high in the air behind him and his ears redirecting themselves strait down upon Theo.

Creorran and Zeit were sure to be nearby...

****

Hour Glass:

Zeit turned, unwilling to leave the boy alone, but she needed to get to Hawk and Kratos. The two weren't the best of buds, and knowing Hawk, a spat could start out because of his mouth. She turned, taking off tot he feilds in which the scent of werewolves seemed to be taking over.

She arrived on the scene quickly, though not in her wolf form, she would change on the fly a bit later. She looked to Hawk, who had begun to lean on her. She leaned down, and began to remove the darts from the sides, and gently smacked him on the top of his head. "I told you to stay away from the Animal Control" she muttered.

She looked to Kratos and the other wolf, a feral perhaps. She stood up, but stayed behind Kratos, "What's going on?" she asked softly, eyeing the feral wolf.


Soar:

Instead of backing down his gaze, he stared equally as hard back to Kratos. Having come from a very powerful family, he had learned at a very young age that if you wanted respect you had to demand respect. Right now there was little else he could do to be even bolder with the alpha. As it stood, he was not making a very good impression.

"Theo," he retorted indifferently.

He continued to look steadily at Kratos. He didn't like him very much. Well, anyone that commanded the power that Kratos did, Theo honestly wouldn't like. It was the beginning of a very interesting relationship.


****

Kale:

Kale swallowed her pancakes and nodded to Kratos. First she ran upstairs to change, that done she jumped out the window to find the others .(kale likes windows.) Now out of earshot she did groan when she smelled the rest of the pack. in all different directions.
lifting her head she let loose a long low howl, an attendance call, that way the whole pack would come. hopefully.

****

Kaqurei:

Sabrina was about to ask Timothy what he was doing out all alone, when Kale's howl reached her ears. She looked off in the direction of Zeit's house, and then returned her atention to Tim. "Looks like we're being called," she said.


May:

Timothy had also heard Kale's call and had looked off in that direction, then he glared and looked away.
"Yeah, the call of the animal" He muttered and turned his back against it. He chose instead to follow the bison's trail higher into the mountains.
******

Kratos' steam-like breath poured down onto Theo's face as he sniffed the young male. When Theo showed no sign of backing down, Kratos began to wonder at the intruder's intentions. Any scent of another pack on the stranger was old.. perhaps he was a scout..

The Alpha did not turn a blind eye toward Theo's challenge, and he replied with a snarl and his huge teeth bared.

The fur on Katos' back ruffled, causing his cloak to slip from his back and hang over his right shoulder. Then his massive paws pressed closer toward Theo and his ears pinned against his skull.

"Why have you crossed into our territory Theo, and from where have you come?" Kratos' deep voice rumbled, threatening to being a growl.


Soar:

Anyone who would have said that Kratos was not intimidating would be a liar of very very stupid. In Theo's case, a liar. Having never seen reason to be afraid before, Theo saw no reason to start now. Buckling fear away, the male watched Kratos with a displaced calmness.

"I crossed your territory because I was told to follow one of your pack members," at this he turned to flick his gaze towards Hawkthorne,"If my presence makes you uncomfortable, I'll be happy to go my dandy old way back to the town. Where I come from is of no concern of yours. Rest assured, they are very very far away".

He paused a moment in placid thought.
"And if I may be so bold, what is your name?"


May:

Kratos' sharp yellow eyes glanced in the direction Theo had gestured, HawkThorne still looked weak, and it wasn't surprising by the size of the darts which Zeit removed from him.

When Kratos' eyes returned to Theo, the Alpha had stopped snarling and now only bore an expression of displeasure.
"The town too, and all who dwell in it, are my territory, whether they know it or not." Kratos replied, "Be glad you were invited, because otherwise you would not be treated so kindly."

Then Kratos stalked passed Theo, leaving his question unanswered, and coming to inspect HawkThorne's wounds.

"He'll probably be fine when the effects die off, he'll need some place to rest until then." Kratos muttered after he had sniffed HawkThorne's fur. The Alpha's head then rose and he looked off toward the ranch, wondering if the others had gathered at Kale's request yet.

After a few moments, Kratos walked back over to Theo, this time standing at the Stranger's side and his cloak dragging on the straw-covered ground.
"If you will tell me nothing of your origin, then I will assume you are a loner and a stranger. Neither of which are treated with gentleness on the land of my pack."

Then Kratos took off a few steps back toward the ranch, then stopped and turned back to look at Zeit. "Does he have strength enough to return to the house, or does he need help?"


Hour Glass:

"I'll go with him to make sure" she said, "PLus I need to don my wolf attire once more." She looked down at Hawk, and ruffled the hair on the top of his head, causing him to give her a funny look. "Don't let him near the town" Hawk said, cocentrating on each word, "He tried to eat an officer back there." Zeit scoffed at this, her own little growl escaping her throat before she could hold it off. She gave an apologitic look to Kratos, before turning back to Hawk.

Hawk yawned, and began to pad back to the hose, not waiting for a dismissal by his leader. Zeit looked at Kratos again before following shortly after Hawk. "You know, you should treat him with more respect" she said to him as she watched him weave up to the house, the medicine seemed to be taking full effect now. The only reply she got back from him was a short grunt as he waited for her to open the door. Zeit rolled her eyes, and headed to her room to change while Hawk jumped onto the nearest couch and fell asleep.

****

Kaqurei:

Sabrina was partially irritated by Tim's response. But she shook off the feeling and said with a smirk, "The call of Kale, actually - hardly what I'd call an animal...unless you're a pancake." She had meant a sort of joke, but when Timothy turned expressionlessly away to follow the bison, Sabrina realized she needed to take a step back in order to get through to him. His transformation had to have been pretty traumatic for his brain to have locked out the memories.

For a moment or two she tried to imagine what it'd be like to be in his shoes...she struggled, and eventually failed. She'd been a werewolf all her life: even before the changes manifested in her body, she had always had the instincts. Also had she been trained for self-control - her inner wolf was a natural part of her she could not imagine living without, let alone wishing away. So she sighed softly. "Doesn't sound too incredibly urgent...mind if I stay with you a while?"

****

Soar:

"You still haven't told me your name". His eyes danced with a mixture of humor and obstinance.

At this point he was not feeling very comfortable with the enormous wolf standing beside him. He was at least a head taller than him, or any case, very intimating to stand next to. Smoothly he turned to move away from Kratos, slowly circling around him at a slackened pace.

"But since you've got your fur in a knot about it," he was still walking slowly around Kratos,"I came from a far-away location from a far-away pack that I choose to leave. Satisfied?"

He abruptly stopped pacing and sat on his haunches, sitting about three feet to the right of Kratos.


May:

Kratos watched Zeit pass, gaving her a gentle nod as respect to her that he was not offended.
Then he looked back at Theo and snarled. Kratos could not leave the stranger now that he knew of the possible disaster which could occur by doing so.

With a growl, Kratos walked back to face Theo.
"How new are you to being a werewolf Theo?" Kratos asked. "I want the truth and nothing else."

The day was growing hot as the sun reached it's center-place in the sky.
This was irritating to the Alpha, for tonight was the night of the full moon and he had hoped for a more pleasent morning to train the new wolves how to control themselves.

Instead, the morning had been quite distracting and annoying.. now he only had a few more hours left of day before the real fun... And Kratos had the feeling that this, Theo was going to be joining them, whether he liked it or not.

******
"No." Timothy replied to Sabrina simply. He steadily climbed higher up the mountain, grasping small twigs and bushes to help him as he went.

The bison had gone a lot further then expected in such a short amount of time, and if Timothy had known anything about bison, he would have realized it very odd that this creature was here in the first place.
Such creatures were for the plains, not the mountains...

But as it was, Timothy did not know anything of it. Thus it did not come by him suspicious at all and he was content to escape his thoughts in the curiosity of this beast.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina decided to follow Timothy. She was a bit more preoccupied with trying to fellowship him and get him to come out of his bubble, otherwise a mountain bison would have struck her as a bit odd too. As it was, she merely uttered a warning to Timothy that he should let the animal have its space - it was best not to threaten such a large creature.

****

Soar:

Theo snorted in contempt.
"Um let's see. 16 years new? Or is it old? Well, something like that. And while we're on the subject of truth, you still haven't told me your name, Fuzzy".

The new location, though farther from Kratos, shown with the sun directly in his eyes. He blinked several times and squinted against the sunlight, but the sun continued to shine more obnoxiously than before. He stood up again and circled so the sun now thundered heavily onto his back. He was now directly faced the alpha, instead of the off-handed angle he had been before. Fantastic.


May:

"I can't imagine you to be twenty, so I'll assume that you were born as such." The Alpha collected, watching Theo change his position away from the sun.

Once the boy had settled, a grin crossed Kratos' face. "You've got quite a interesting coat yourself, Scruffy." He returned. "Now, If you want to know my name, you better pay closer attention then you have been. Because for someone who's been in a pack before, your attitude sure gives one the urge to shred you."

Soar:

"Then we're getting along famously. Since you won't tell me your name, I guess you'll have to be known as Fuzzy or Floofykins until I figure it out," Theo grinned a wolfish smile,"And by the way, do you have anything to eat around here? I'm starving".

From a reproachful glance, the werewolf scowled at the sun. Did it always have to be so bright? He squinted against its obnoxious warmth and his fur burned on his back from where the sun hit. He hated the sun. It was still 6 or so more hours until the coolness of night fell. When the moon would be shedding it's gentle glow...


Nequaria:

Creorran faintly heard his Alpha talking to someone. He managed to pick up snatches of their converstions. "Theo. . . Werewolf . . . Knot . . . Satisfied? . . . Sixteen . . . Fluffy . . . Coat . . . Scruffy.

Creorran couldn't make out the rest.

With his head finally cleared, Creorran sat down on the floor, pondering why so many wolves were in the area. "What could they all be doing here?" He whispered to himself.


May:

"That depends boy.." Kratos returned a sleek wolfish grin. "Can you get out of that form or are you just as incompetent as your tongue?"

Then Kratos stood and began off toward the ranch, daring Theo to follow.
*****

Timothy continued up into the mountain, Sabrina's warning going unheeded. But when he thought he was about to come across it, the tracks and scent went cold.

Timothy stopped when he had walked several feet in search for the prints to pick up again to no avail.

"Where'd it go?" Timothy asked, looking around the trees in hope to find the beast.


Soar:

"Possibly," he responded bluntly.

Theo as well, to his displeasure, turned to follow Kratos. Maybe he should have left just then. But he was very very hungry. And Kratos had food. He liked food when he was hungry. And Kratos might have something better than a dangerous dark alley to sleep in. He yawned at the thought of a real bed. Or a barn. Or even the ground. He sleepily ambled forward as the effects of the dart pressed on.


May:

When Kratos got back to the ranch, he scanned the yard for the others.
"Broof!" The Alpha barked, calling those near to come. Then his form began to shrink and his fur withdraw.

Most of Kratos' clothes were made with an elastic fiber to fit both forms he entered, Kratos had crafted these clothes himself for that particular purpose. But articles of clothing such as shirts were rather uncomfortable and itchy when one has fur, so Kratos' cloak would surve as the main cover.

The cloak was made from leather which had been dyed and marked according to the customs of his Father's pack, thus it did not shrink around his form. It had been made to fit Kratos' werewolf form, so in human form his entire body was appropriately covered.

"Kale, Creorran, Alex. Come here please." Kratos called.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina checked the last tracks, got up and circled the area for some sign of disturbance, and then checked the tracks again...but it was as if the bison had simply vanished. "How peculiar," she muttered. She sniffed the air, but found no better results. This was begining to irritate her; no prey creature would simply escape her notice and vanish into thin air.

She glanced at Timothy. "Forgive me, but I'm afraid I'm going to go animal on you; a wolf's sense of smell is far superior to my own in this form." With that, she untied one of the ribbons on her shoulder to loosen her apparel and began to transform.

Given that she was a werewolf, it was surprising how gracefully she made the transition; it looked natural, not forced or painful in any way. Once the change was almost complete she used the last glimpse of her fingers to tie the ribbon at her shoulder again.


May:

Timothy staggered away from Sabrina. Two feelings conflincted within Timothy's mind, one was the sudden feeling of fierce aggression to defend himself, the other was a desire to run away and never look back.
The two feelings worked against eachother to keep young Timothy standing in one place, but both shared a common element.. fear.

*******

Kratos waited for several moments, then grumbled and looked at Theo. "I guess I'll just have to round them up."


Nequaria:

Creorran jolted upright at his Alpha's call. He scrambled to his feet and rushed to Kratos. "Yes Kratos?" He said, curious as to what was wanted of him. Creorran noticed that Timothy and Sabrina were nowhere to be seen. Where had they gone?


Kale:

Kale trotted over to Kratos, enjoying having sunshine on her fur. she shook her head a bit to get her bangs out of her eyes before straitening up and looking at him expectantly.
for all of three seconds before she got distracted and took in the strangers appearance. he was arragant.....maybe that was too strong. confident. very confident, to stare into an alha's eye, especially kratos, cas...well...he's kratos.
her mind wandered once more towards why her packmates hadn't responded to her call..... they need more discipline. or better hearing. or i have to be more assertive as beta. either way, they had better gets their furry backsides back to the house.
mind drifting finshed she regained her posture and tilted her head up in a slight show of dominance towards the stranger, her gaze darting between him and Kratos.


Celeus:

Marcus dangled his foot lazily, watching the scene from a tree. Perhaps he should be down there... but really, what was the rush? Out of the pack Marcus tended to be the most calm and careful. He wasn't lazy, merely didn't see the need to get worked up over things. I guess I have to show my face at some point... He leaped down from the tree, only needing to grab onto a few branches before he landed skillfully on his feet.
"I'm here." His voice was calm, though on the inside he hoped he wasn't in trouble. If he really had been needed or felt there was anything he needed to say he would have come down.


Lynds:

Alex was standing for a while, dozing off. She was waiting for something to do, but there was nothing. She decided to go back to the cottage. She ran back up. She got there just in time to here her alpha say "have to round them up." She then looked at Kratos and said "I am here." She was curious. "Are we doing anything?"


Hour Glass:

Zeit made sure that Hawkthorne had fallen into a deep sleep, he would miss the hunt tonight, but after the tranq's he would be out for awhile, and would be grumpy if she woke him up now. She raced to her own room, changing once again into her wolf clothes. She slid into her wolf form as if it was a part of her, but a modified verison of her. She looked to he open windows, and neatly slunk back outside. She gently shut the shutters behind her, after the attack they had had on her home, witht he rouge werewolf, the shutters still didn't shut right, and there were faint scratches on her walls. Never again would a werewolf enter her home while in wolf form, and looking for a fight.

She leaping off the roof, taking the landing as a cat would, and trotted off to find Kratos. She herself, didn't mind the run and chasing of prey, but she wasn't hungary. During this hunt she would learn to get closer to a group, and get to know everyone better, without them seeing only her grumpy side.

She picked up her pace until she reached the area in which all the wolves were in. The tiger striped female held her head high, and had a wolfish-smile on her muzzle, and her tail gave a slight wag. She didn't overdo it, she wasn't a dog. She looked around cheerfully, sitting down near Kratos, and Kale, the few of the werewolves she actually knew very well.


Cassie:

Kaleb started the truck and drove away from the people. Weirdos, like they had a secret. And that wasn't a normal guard dog. Soon, Kaleb reached the marketplace and stopped the engine. He left the keys under the front right tire like that irritated girl had instructed. Then he quickly walked home.He opened the door, he always left it unlocked, and shuffled inside. "I'm home." Kaleb whisprered quietly to nobody.

His parents were gone again, doing the long, tough work that they had, or so they said. He rarely saw them. Kaleb went down to the basement, the dark room as otherwise known. He developed his pictures there.

Kaleb went to a string of pictures, and carefully removed them. Then he clomped back up the stairs to the main floor. Sitting at a small wooden table, he ate some food. Grumpily, he took the pictures up to his room to put in his album. In the pictures were the wolves, and he gasped at what he saw.

Kaleb's hand trembled as shudders went through him. He had to use his baffled mind to think to breathe. In the picture was the "guard dog" that was at the house. He put it on his desk, and backed up. "How," was all he could say. Then Kaleb sat on his bed, ruflling his hair and pondering. How could this be? Why were they lyin to me? What are they? Ultimately, he settled on a decision. He was going back.


Soar:

Theo was made of lead. Or at least he felt like it. Every step was a massive amount of effort. Gravity tugged at every hair on his coat. Sleep crept closer. He yawned. Have to keep going... The werewolf squinted to make out the hazy impression of Kratos. Mmm. Wasn't Kratos going too fast? He took another strained step forward and it hit the ground hard. Another step. Thump. Step. Thump. He yawned again.

At last, unable to hold back sleep any longer, he took another step but then collapsed a good ten feet away from the ranch. He was exhausted. He wasn't certain what this pack of though of as fun, but being shot down by Animal Control wasn't on his list. They're going to have to get over their front yard becoming my bed, he thought sleepily. Thoughts blanked and at last Theo succumbed to the depressant from the darts.


Cassie:

Kaleb ran out of the house in a hurry, not bothering to write a note or anything. He locked the door for the first time in years, and threw the key under the flower pot on the front porch. He sprinted towards where he had come from. Soon, though, he had to walk. He wasn't superhuman.

Then he got closer to the ranch. Closer and closer.

Maybe I need to wait, and hide. I'll stay here, they probably can't see me here, but I can see them. Kaleb thought, seeing the ranch close, bue he was far enough away that anyone there wouldn't see him. He sighed. Maybe they'll accept me once they see they can't be rid of me.

He felt a bit angered that they hadn't allowed him to stay earlier. Now, maybe, hopefully, he would be accepted somewhere. I'll find out their secret too. I hope I see Sam again.


May:

Kratos watched passively as the group began to appear one at a time.

The sun settled quickly behind the fields as the wolves gathered in Zeit's yard, and when at last they were together, the bright colors of day were all but gone.
Kratos' yellow eyes glinted as he looked up at the bright white circle in the sky. Then he scanned the faces around him and looked back at Theo.

"Good, most of us are here...But where is Sabrina and Timothy? " Kratos' deep voice rumbled, a breeze ruffling through his red cloak. The scent of a strong storm was brought to his attention just then, and he looked off toward the silhouette of the mountains.

Then a low growl rumbled deep in his throat and a sly smile slipped up his face. "I could not have chosen better conditions for this night." Kratos looked back to the faces of his pack members and continued. "There are many of you who need training and expirience, others just need to prove their place in this pack. A good hunt seems the proper solution for both problems, but there must be conditions as every memorable test must.
You see, this will not be an easy hunt, because we will be hunting one of our own. You cannot hurt a member of our own pack as you would normal game, though a rogue Werewolf will undoubtedly try to hunt and even kill you. Timothy hasn't learned how to control his form."

Kratos paused, his sly smile never fading. "Now, some of you will be good trackers, others, expert warriors, you'll need to work together. Self-control is the most important element of this hunt, if you loose it for even a second, a well calculated plan can and will become chaos. The second most important element is the ability to follow and act upon instruction. Zeit, Kale, and I are your leaders, listen to our orders."

Kratos stood and shook his hazy-crimson coat, glancing at Theo laying in the grass, then back at his pack. "One last thing.. There is a storm approaching and it takes a whole different set of skills to fight in the rain, so let's have this done before the storm gets here."


Cassie:

Kaleb had been waiting in the shadows the whole day. He had fallen asleep in the midday. Now he woke up, and it was dark. A brisk wind chilled him, and he shivered. There's going to be a storm! Darn, how will I be able to follow them in this weather?! He stood up quickly, holding himself to try and keep warm. Should've worn a jacket

Kaleb pretty much ran close to the house. He stood by the side, and watched as wolves gathered in the front yard. He saw Sam at the front, wearing a large cloak that billowed and waved as the wind went in it. He was calling out orders to the pack. I'm going to have to work hard to keep up with them. He slammed his fist against the side of the wall, angered a bit that he would have to run and try and keep up with a wolf pack. Then he sighed. It's this or the risk of never finding out an important secret.


May:

Timothy watched Sabrina climb higher into the mountain in search for the scent.. But he couldn't keep his thoughts straight about the bison anymore.
Sabrina was a massive creature, and anyone could easily find her beautiful.. But Timothy could think nothing other then his fear of her, or rather, what she appeared to be.

Indeed, he hadn't even realised that night was creeping into the mountains, and the Werewolf was creeping into his mind. That was, until the last beam of sunlight grew dim, and his horrified eyes were brought suddenly upon the moon.

"No!" He cried out and fled to the shadows of a tree, trying to smother himself in it's roots and hide his face from the sight of the moon. But it was in vain, for moments after he did, he felt the desire of the Wolf enter his mind!
His face grew longer and black fur grew thick over his entire body, soon he was the creature he most feared... But the Werewolf didn't see it that way.

Sharp turqoise eyes shot out from the tree, not searching for food or blood, but life alone... More specifically, it sought the life of the last thing Timothy had thought about.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina quickly returned when she heard Timothy cry out. At first, she tried to talk him through it; encourage him not to fight his inner wold but to tame it, but it soon became obvious that he heard nothing. He was too entirely enveloped in his fear, and later the wolf's craving, to even recognize her presence anymore!

"Timothy!" she shouted on final time, and then the icy eyes met hers. She recognized that look; a hunger for death and not sustenance. She'd seen it often on new werewolves...and wild ones, more specifically her own mother. Words were meaningless now.

Her lips curled back to reveal her fangs and she howled a challenge. If it was a fight his wolf wanted, a fight it would get...but not death. The wolf could not be satisfied in that way. She had to awaken Timothy's human consciousness....whatever it took. Only he could tame his monster within.


Kale:

Kale perked up when Krato finally started talking. a nice long run would do me good. heck, it'd do all of us some good.
when Kratos identified her, zeit, and himself as leader Kale sent a small nod Zeits way, a little beta laugh. truth was, she was down right hyper with exitment, her mood extremely improved with the prospect of the hunt. while she really didn't mind the rain all that much, Kratos was right, footing, sight, and scent were all impared in the rain, and in a fight, that difference is life and death against an enemy, or a tail if you're packmates. looking around those gathered, she took note of the absences.
Timothy, Sabrina, Hawkthorne, and Marcus. wait, she spotted Marcus in the tree and let out a small laugh before worrying about Timothy and Sabrina.
Kale was always worried about Timothy, she didn't know how she felt about him. she wanted him were she could keep an eye on him and try and help him, but at the same time she saw him as dangerous to the pack.
well, if Sabrina is with him it should be all right.....


May:

The young werewolf took a deep breath, smelling and tasting the world around him. Oh how wonderful this moment was!
Life was everywhere, he could see it, smell it, hear it, and taste it.. He would enjoy causing it to cease, to become still and cold.

Timothy fumbled forward, his paws felt weak and his mouth hung open, as if it was hard to breathe otherwise.
Saliva streamed down his chin and fell from the fur on his neck to the moist soil below. Timothy stared hard at Sabrina, as if the wildness behind his eyes were actually calculating the situation.. Then a low growl rumbled within his chest and his head went low.

The young Werewolf's turqoise eyes met with the glinting yellow eyes of the white wolf. Who was it, and why was he thinking so hard about this? Why should it matter.. It doesn't.

"It has what I want.. I want the warmth to go away. I feel the radience of it.. It's all around me, and I want it to go away!" Timothy's smooth voice whispered from the mouth of the wolf. But how could he speak in such a state? When one cannot control their werewolf ability it is impossible to tap into the Human knowledge of speech.

His legs trembled again, was he ill? He felt as if something inside him had attacked him... Why was he thinking about this? No, this was not nessesary, the Werewolf knew what it wanted and exactly how to get it. Come now, let's make it cold and still so we can escape these feelings... Fear... Anger... Pain- yes pain! It hurt, his tail, his paws, and even his neck. Argh! Why was he remembering this pain and why does it still hurt... he shouldn't have been able to remember, yet he did.. Fear trembled into his heart again at the memory of a horrid grey face and a scarred yellow eye!

Timothy stood up on his hind legs and stretched his head towards the dark sky, then he howled with all his might! His voice was beautiful and was brought above the trees in the purest tone of song. But it wasn't a pleasent melody, it's expression was the emotions of the Wolf's desire were mixed with Timothy's inner confusion and fear.
*******

Kratos' ears focused forward and his head raised when he heard Timothy's howl echo into the valley.
"Come along then. We haven't much time." Kratos said firmly. Then he took off across Zeit's fields toward the mountain, moving like water through a shadow.


Kaqurei:

Well, this is going to be different, Sabrina thought after Timothy had spoken. Fighting him...that was going to be useless - not because she could not overpower him, but because it would only aggravate the situation. His wolf mind lusted for battle, for killing - if she was going to waken his human conciousness she would have to do so delicately. ...He...he was speaking, human-speak. Was this a good thing, or a bad thing? Of all the werewolf children* she had ever faced, none had ever really spoken - nothing that was intelligent, anyway.

It has what I want...I want the warmth to go away - in other words, his wolf wanted her, and everything else that was alive around him, very, very dead. Crabapples.

Then he howled. His song was enchanting, if not chilling... Where is the Alpha? Why did the other not respond to my call? Sabrina wondered. No matter. How many of them had dealt with a child before? Not likely any, given what she had seen the night they had defeated Gathen.

"Timothy," she breathed in her wolf voice, "Look inside - find you."

She prepared herself for him to lash out, and gathered her emotions. Whatever happened, she could not allow herself to become enraged. His wolf gave off a scent that was intoxicating to her own senses - making her lust for bloodshed as well. Her only chance to succeed with him was to avoid him though - and somehow wake up the human Timothy. ...What...What if Timothy's human sense...is awake?


Cassie:

Kaleb had been waiting for them to take off. When they started across the field, he began to run. Sprinting Kaleb could keep up for a bit, but not for too long. Will I be able to keep up? How do they run this fast? Kaleb followed behind the pack, far enough so he might just look like a weird running blur if they turned around.


Kale:

Kale's head whipped around at the sound of Timothy's howl.
"i hoped too soon...."
Kale took off after Kratos, giving only momentary pause to eye the other wolves. this was no longer a hunt. it was a race against themselves. The origional woves knew how to fight, and how to hold back...the younger and newer ones might not, if any of them got there first...it could be a bloodbath.
Kale remembered the day they found timothy. they had just killed Gathen and had stumbled upon his horrible den...and the child inside it. she remembered humming for hours outside that den, the stench of rot and decay clogging her nose, and the sent of fear and blood from inside the cave. none of it had mattered once they got him out. he was what had mattered. he mattered then, and he definatly mattered now, kale couldn't keep putting him at a distance and out of her mind in indesicion. He was one of the pack. He belonged here, and right now, He needed them. wether he understood that or not.
"please just let us get to him fast enough....." she prayed, her paws whipping ver the ground, carrying her faster.
she didn't even notice that odd feeling.....the feeling that something wasn't right, something in the corner of her eye had been out of place.


Mariel:

The scent of the storm the was coming upon the wind was enticing.

Enchanting.

A nose was uplifted in the air, taking in the damp scents of the storm as the wolf's eyes stayed closed. But this wolf wasn't a normal wolf, as deemed by the way it sported white clothes. Her eyes opened then, dark blue fading into the background of the woods as she started moving again through the woods. Her white splotched paws made no sound as she padded onwards, her brown ears pricked for sounds of prey and predators. Everything was hidden away though. Hidden away for the coming storm that would rain down soon. It made her pelt twitch, made her want to get to a town and shift, even though she hated towns. But then again, she always could stake out the closest house and hitch a night there without the owner knowing. Yes, that would work well.

At least that was her plan. Kieoki was starting to scent the air again, going to try and scent out the smell of humans when a chilling howl split through the air. Freezing with one paw in the air, Kieoki tilted her ears forwards, pinpointing how close the howl was in relation to where she was. Less than a mile away. Narrowing her eyes she snorted at herself, slightly angry that she hadn't noticed the Were sooner. But she didn't stay mad long. This coming storm could screw up anyone's senses.

Kieoki paused for another moment before she found herself running forwards to close the gap between herself and the one who'd howled. She was within a few hundred yards when she managed to slow her steps down to a walk, knowing that getting to close could be dangerous. Choosing to stay in her wolf form, Kieoki padded forwards with caution this time, closing the distance between her and Timothy with every step.


Cassie:

Kaleb kept following the pack, getting a bit tired from running. He was panting, and about ready to collapse. He felt odd, like maybe one of the wolves had spotted him.


Hour Glass:

Zeit caught the faint smell of humans, but she stayed on her path. She grumbled something to herself, something about how a boy being stupid enough to follow them. She growled slightly, a faint warning to Kratos about the human, before she raced a bit ahead. She stopped briefly, letting loose a howl of her own, making sure what pack was here was still together, and a n answer to Sabrina and Timothy's howl. She quickly caught up with her pack, the scent of the other Were's fading quickly as the new scent of rain came. She began to feel the first drops of rain, something that would only make the paths she planned to take even slicker then before.

"Kratos, shall I take the faster wolves on ahead or no?" she asked quickly, eyes still ahead. She felt one with the pack for once, they all had one goal in common, and they were all running as one. They all had fallen into step, and they left very few prints on the ground, but it wouldn't matter, the rai would wash it away. She felt the gorund begin to soften a bit as the rain fell harder, and she silently cursed to herself. I would take forever to get the mud off her pelt, not to mention anything else that decided to get stuck to her.


Cassie:

Kaleb winced when the first drops of rain whispered onto his light jacket. Oh crud, this is not good. He was running up behind the pack, still just far enough away not to be seen or scented well. The rain would give him extra protection. Then the drops began to fell harder. He winced as the heavy tear-shaped water fell bigger and stronger.


May:

Kratos' ears flickered back when he heard Zeit's growl to alert him of the human boy.. It wasn't good, the human was putting himself in danger by tailing a pack of Werewolves heading into a brawl.. Nonetheless, there was nothing that could be done if the pack was to get to Timothy and Sabrina in time. Kratos' only hope was that the kid would be slowed down and perhaps be thrown off when the pack entered the forrested areas.

Kratos' heavy paws sped their course forward, leading the pack closer to their destination.
Zeit's elegently long stride took her just forward of Kratos' shoulders and he listened intently as she requested to go forward with the others whom had lithe bodies built for speed and stealth.

"Yes Zeit, get into the high mountains and be weary. I'll lead the others along the lower ledges." Kratos granted, rain drops gathering on his hazy red fur but unable to get past his thick black undercoat.

Then the pack entered the mountain ranges and quickly began navigating their way higher and deeper into the forest.
*****

The eyes of the young Werewolf narrowed, and his broken tail bristled.
Why is it speaking? There's no point in speaking..

Timothy growled and shot forward like an arrow to attack Sabrina! His jaws snapping at her side and his paws trying to lash at her head!

Timothy's footing was precise on the smooth stones and his balance was astonishing! He was able to strike out toward Sabrina like a rabid dog and yet get out of counterattack range with the agility of a cat.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina sprang only just out of his reach. She'd been fast, but only just fast enough, and some of her white fur had been left behind in the wolf's jaws. She snarled irritably. "Wake up, you idiot!"

She heard Ziet's call in the distance - the others were coming... She felt the need to make a judgement call - They were coming to help... But what could they do? Fighting Timothy would only make him worse, she was sure.

So, she turned and darted up the mountain, close to the trail the bison had disappeared along. She half turned and taunted Timothy with insulting barks and growls, and hoped he'd follow her. Her plan was to tire him out and stay away from him until day light...


Soar:

Power. That's all the shiny white orb was. Power power power. The slumbered form woke up with these thoughts in his head. Night had already fallen and the moon was out. And with it, came power. Already Theo felt rejuvenated. The ghostly figure in the sky fought the slumber with instinct. The wolf clicked in easily. But while the moon awoke primal matters, Theo remained groggy as ever- his conscious pinned against both the anesthetics from the darts and the wolf.

The wolf stood up, shaking loose dust everywhere. His nostrils flared with scents. Wolf scents. Human scents. Forest scents. The world was a whirl-wind of scents. Wolf scents caught his attention first. The pack. Enemy? Ally? His simple mind fumbled of what to do.

Challenge. Fight, human words filled his head.

But their meaning remained the same. The wolf's green eyes widened at the thought of fighting. Already he could scent the metallic taste of blood. Taste it now too. He snorted, gathered his strength, and then bound quickly into the forest. With a loud howl, he alerted the entire forest of his presence.


Mariel:

What was going on here? As Kieoki had kept padding along, a few more howls had rung out into the night, shattering the natural silence. She wondered faintly if there was a pack nearby, but it was out of her mind as she came within seeing range of the Were that she's been following. A drop of rain hit her nose, causing her to sneeze before she realized that more drops were falling, the rain growing heavier with each passing minute. Just great. It was also to her surprise that another Were was with the one she'd been tailing, and the male lunged at her before she jumped out of the way-just barely-and taunted him by dashing up the mountain a bit.

Odd.

Curious now, Kieoki froze as another howl rent the night's air before she pressed closer, her ears flat against her head as she closed the distance between her and the pair infront of her. But she wasn't about to barge in on whatever they were fighting about. No, she was circling in a semi-circle around them, her path creating a crescent in the ground. Back and forth her padded now in that crescent, her eyes on the Weres as the rain came down, soaking her and making her tone it out, forgetting that there were others in the forest as well.


Hour Glass:

Zeit nodded her head, "She looked over her shoulder, 'Those that are swift, follow me!" she called back. She then smoothly split away from Kratos' group, and picked up her speed. She lengthened her stride, and took off, each paw striking the ground as if she already knew where to go. She ignored all the wind and rain, and headed up to the higher parts of the mountains, covering miles in minutes. She never slowed, even if her paws hit rock or mud. The scents of her pack stayed in her nose s she reached the peaks. She turned down the mountain, leaping over a fallen log, landing gently on the ground, right in front of Sabrina.

She stayed tot he side f Sabrina, letting her race by her, and she stared down Timothy. She felt the wolves that followed her fall into line behind her, creating a barrier. "Well now, it seems we have found what we have been looking for" she said in a deep voice, holding her head high. Her alpha would arrive soon, and notice the gleam in the kid's eyes, if was as if his wolf truly had overtaken him, there was no bond between them. She kept her eyes trained on the kid, a small growl leaping from her throat. She prepared for an attack, ready to move if Timothy didn't stop. She wouldn't harm him, merely stop him in his tracks.


Cassie:

Kaleb had to slow down now, he couldn't sprint anymore, especially since he wasn't a wolf, and the pack had started uphill. The mud gathered on his shoes, and he could only trudge through it slowly. He stopped at the top of one of the peaks, and saw one half of the pack going faster toward an unknown destination. "Sam" or whatever his name was led the other half toward the mountain range and the forest. Kaleb knew he wouldn't be able to keep up with the faster half, so he went behind the other half of the pack. Earlier, he had heard two of them howl to each other, and at that point, he knew they knew he was there.

As soon as he had caught his breath, Kaleb followed after the wolves, luckily, he could still see parts of their trackes left in the mud. When he could hear them, he sprinted, making sure he could keep up this time.


Nequaria:

Creorran loped after his Alpha on all fours, for he found it faster and easier. I wonder who we'll be going after, he thought with a smirk. As he was running, he thought that he smelled something... odd.

Pausing to scent the air, Creorran caught a strong smell on the breeze. After a moment, he recognized something he had not before. Not only was the scent that of a human, but it was one he knew. The one from earlier that very day. The intruder! Creorran snarled to himself. That human would not get past Creorran easily.


Kale:

Kale looked from Zeits group to Kratos's, trying to decide which to follow when she caught the scent in her nose. Human.
her inner wolf pushed into her mind, urging her to hunt, urging her to kill. to taste blood. to shred.
she could smell his sweat, making his scent stronger. she growled at the thought of the idiot following them.
he better have a death wish! cas it's about to come true! Kale snarled in her head, trying to push her inner wolf back out of the forefront of her mind.
Kale sped around the slower group to run next to her alpha.
"Kratos, the human scent is getting stronger, i'm not the only one to notice it. shall i take care of him?"
even as Kale asked, she hoped her intentions were right, most of her human half wanted to race ahead and help Timothy, and most of her wolf half wanted to go hunt a human.


May:

Timothy was quick to take up Sabrina's challenge. He charged up the mountain after her with only one intention..
Had his mind been any less determined, Timothy's fear surely would have had him give heed to the scent of other werewolves. As it was, he payed no mind until they had barred his way.

The young werewolf came to a steady stop, standing before Zeit as if he could not see that he was out-numbered.

More.. More to seek, more to destroy. Why do they stand here? Do they want to try to take my life, if so, why do they not move..
"They stand here with it.. I want it gone, I don't like it and I desire to devour it. Make it still and cold.." The boy whispered as he glared up into Zeit's eyes.

Why do I bother to speak, words are useless.
Then Timothy's head struck downward into a bush, and he withdrew a mouse which he had killed in an instant! He released his grip on the body of the small creature, allowing it to slip from his jaws and fall to the ground before him.

"Die!" The grey-striped werewolf cried out! Then he darted up a tree trunk, thrust himself from it, and shot over Zeit's head!
He landed in the midst of the other werewolves, snapping his deadly jaws at their legs and necks until he had seperated Zeit from among them! Then he sought distance from their attacks and raced higher up the mountain.
****

Kratos pressed forward through the dense bramble easily, cutting a path for others to follow.
When Kale caught up beside him, asking if shhe should go back, he heard the frustration in her voice and declined.
"No, you cannot risk it on a night like tonight." The Alpha said firmly. "We'll have to hope that he looses his way, or gains some sense."

Then Kratos quickened his pace and bounded over the boulder in his path, trying diverse menuvers to shake the human off their trail before it was too late.

The Alpha and his followers arrived at their destination moments after Zeit and her half of the group, but came from the lower ridges.
Kratos quickly calculated the situation and took note of everyone's positions. Just as Timothy lunged over Zeit's head, Kratos' massive form stepped out from the shadow of the trees.. Not yet noticing the presence of a stranger...


Kaqurei:

Sabrina paused when she heard the noise behind. The pack had caught up already? She glanced over her shoulder and saw Ziet and the others. Under her breath she cursed her luck. Why Ziet, of all wolves? She'd already had a nasty run in with Timothy. His wolf would not remember that, but Sabrina figured that Ziet did.... not good.

She calculated the situation quickly. There was not much time to communicate with the others of the pack. She had tried to avoid them, and now that had failed. What next?

....The Alpha? Of course he would be here too. Sabrina could smell him, though she couldn't see him yet---Timothy at that moment leapt (or thrashed if you'd rather) over Ziet and scrambled through the barricade, his original prey apparently not forgotten. Curses upon curses. She shrieked an animal-like resentment and fled further up the mountain.

If we fight him gently, he'll tear us to pieces. If we fight in an attempt to subdue him, the lot of us could tear him to pieces, Sabrina thought. "Try to tire him out!" she cried over her shoulder. There wasn't much time to talk as it was though...and commanding the pack was not her place, it was the Alpha's! Again her confidence in the young Alpha whom had prior to a few months ago not even been a part of a pack himself faltered....but she had no time to dwell on this, as life and limb required she keep all of her senses on Timothy.


Kale:

Kale nodde, slightly releived at the alpha's order, she wasn't sure if she could trust herself to take care of the human without harming him.
she kept her stride untill they came upon the other group and saw Timothy leap out of a tree and right over Zeit. at that point she raced ahead of her alpha and leapt after timothy, nodding to zeit as she came along side her.
"Timothy!" she called. her paws slid slightly in the mud as she ran, slowing her down some and irritating her alot.
she still remembered the day they found him. he needed their help, even for a werewolf his situation had been bad, after his time with Gathen. she had helped him then and she wasn't going to stop now.


Mariel:

Werewolves were crashing in the forest around her, making her feel threatened in their presence. Snarling to herself, Kieoki told a strong hold upon her Were and watched as the one Were jumped over another and shot up the mountain. Others seemed to be following and she was too, curious. Her arc didn't falter though as she followed the crazed Were as what she thought were his packmates followed him. They didn't notice her, thank the storm for that, and so she paid no heed to them. She followed any anonymity out of curiosity, and tonight was no different. Or so she thought.

To avoid the other Weres, Kieoki was to faintly tighten her arc but it didn't bother her much. She was used to running fast and keeping up with the Were that was running wasn't very hard. Rain still beat down upon her pelt, giving her paws more of a chance to slip, but she didn't think about this fact. She kept her mind on her chase. On her own goal.


Cassie:

Kaleb ran with his arm over is head, feebly trying to keep the rain from puring onto his face. Darn, it's getting harder. Kaleb's lungs were on fire, and his legs weren't feeling much better. He saw one of the wolves go up towards the big black one, and instantly knew they knew he was there. Oh, that's just great, he sneered,now I may die because of a: the cold and rain, b: falling off of this mountain, or c: getting eaten by wolves. Then they headed through a patch of bramble, cutting a path easily. Kaleb began to follow them, but thrown aside brambles kept getting attached to his clothing. He saw a rock, and decided to stop. I'll catch up with them later He decided, finally with some sense. Once he sat down, he cried out. I forgot to walk out my joints! He stretched them, tears bubbling and him making small screams of pain. Finally, the pain ebbed, as well as the pain in his lungs too. But now he was alone, scared, cold, and wondering what would happen now.


Nequaria:

Creorran ran harder, relishing the feeling of being able to fully stretch out his muscles. As the rain beat down on his back and the clouds overhead grew darker, the young werewolf bounded on, but soon began to struggle to keep up. "Gosh, can't they slow down?" He muttered under his breath, which was becoming visible in the cold air. He stopped briefly when he saw a wolf go crashing over another. He couldn't make out who they were, but he knew something was wrong. As he focused on them, Creorran could make out that the wolf who had leaped over the other was a young male, perhaps Timothy.

Is that what we're doing, Creorran thought, going after a rogue packmate? Nevertheless, Creorran followed the other werewolves on the chase.

As he drew in a deep breath, he noticed that the human's scent had faded. Hoping that the boy had had enough sense to get away from a deadly pack of werewolves, Creorran pushed the thought of the human away and focused on the hunt.


May:

Timothy was heading up the mountain in pursuit of Sabrina, when suddenly he stopped.
His turquoise eyes pierced down at the other werewolves below him, a fading scent of weaker prey drawing his mind from it's original focus.

In a heart beat he had suddenly left the path and darted into the foliage going down the mountain, moving like a bullet through the bushes and into shadow!
*****

Kratos stopped in his tracks as he saw the younger werewolf dart out of the clearing. He could not understand Timothy's sudden change in motive, the werewolf's natural instincts were to kill the nearest living object.. So where was he going?

Then it struck him like ice in a hot tub of water! Timothy's werewolf was somehow using human intelligence, trying to calculate the easiest way to kill everything with as little energy as possible.. Thus he was searching for the easier prey first and the challenges later.. Which meant he was going after the human boy!

"Get down the mountain now! Find the human before Timothy does!" Kratos shouted urgently!

The Alpha turned quickly and began racing back to the last place he had smelled the human boy! If Timothy got there first, the human would be killed without a second thought.


Soar:

Jaqueline;

The moon hovered like a ghost in a velvety black ink, laughing as she watched her children. Hollow howls broke through the night wind; their eerie tune quivering in the air for a few moments before it was gobbled up by the passing winds. The leaves from forest cantered forward as if with purpose. Tree branches rattled against the night wind. And then another howl confessed its devotion to the moon before it once more died in the breeze. Trained eyes swept across the scene with a sense of disapproval, then refocused attention back to the road.

“On route and arriving shortly, over”.

With dignity that belonged more to a ruler than a worker, a rather proud looking woman named Jaqueline Ryder sat impatiently in the animal control truck. She sighed, and released the button on the short-wave radio, allowing the static to cease. The road would flicker ahead as her head-lights lit it up. Some way to spend a night. She sighed again, this time more heavily, showing her great impatience and annoyance. Several cynical thoughts about the situation crossed her mind, then she fidgeted in her seat and pressed harder on the gas pedal.

There hadn’t been much of a choice. A job was a job and unless you wanted to get fired, you had to do a job. Unfortunately, this had included the night-shift in “investigating”. Jackie yawned, brushing loose hair from her face. That is, if she didn’t fall asleep on the road and drive off a bridge first. At last, the farm-house approached into view and Jackie cut the engines; the low rumble sputtering and then fell to silence. She opened the car door.

Already she could tell canines were nearby. The odor surrounded her, was suffocating her. Her eyes began to get bleary as the seized with tears. She tried to lift a finger to brush it away, but was stopped. Her throat constricted and convulsed and she coughed hard against it. Her hands quivered as they fumbled for the duffle bag at her side and parted the zipper. She kneeled down and coughed harder, reaching shakily as she searched the bag. Then at last she came out victorious and clutched a needle filled with an icy-blue substance. With little constraint, she shoved the needle in her left arm and pushed down.

Jackie blinked as the tears began to clear away. Her throat relaxed and she breathed in deeply the fresh dog-infested air. She stood there for a moment, chastising her own stupidity. In her line of work, forgetting was synonymous with dying. Unfortunately today, dying hadn’t been that far away and it wasn’t getting any farther.

Moments of weakness were forgotten as she strode forward. With an air of purpose, and armed with a tranquilizer gun, she walked directly into the forest. Jackie could hear in the distance as howls called out Now or never now or never… she told the wolves silently, demanding for them to reveal themselves.



~~~~
Theo;

A low growl rumbled in Theo’s chest. He turned his head away from the pack this time as something else came. Human scent. Getting closer. He darted closer towards the human scent. The hungering scent. There the human was, off over there, through the bushes! He edged closer, keeping in perfect hunter’s crouch. The human would not see him, not with those pathetic human eyes anyways. The human was almost his… almost there.

“What the -?” something invisible clicked with silent efficiency and timing.

What was going on? Why was there a human there? What happened to the snooty alpha? Where was he? In fact, what the hell was he doing? If the human was any sign, something not-so-good. The alpha would be mad at him for damaging his stock. He could almost imagine Kratos there, sneering and antagonizing him, daring for him to do something stupid and mess up just so he could sneer at him again when he did it. Frustration was beginning to bubble up. He was always the failure always the problem- he never knew left from right or up from down. Frustration began to blossom to hostility as he refocused his attention. He paced forward.

He didn’t know what he was doing now. It didn’t matter. Whatever it was, the wolf was happy, the human was happy. Both parts of him had something to do, something they shared. He snarled. The human turned with an air of surprise, but at the same time, an air of calmness. He growled again. The human should be running.

“Last time wolfy,” the human sneered, then aimed the dart gun at his pelt.

That was a bad move on the human’s part. Instead of frightening or even intimidating him, it caused but more anger. He’d been beaten once by a human’s tool. He would not allow the human to beat him again. He would win this round. Time seemed to agree with Theo, and slowed.

Muscles burned as they gathered together at his hind legs. His eyes refocused on the target. The human made a motion, she was about to pull. Intense focus rippled through his brain, calculating and estimating speeds of which he would reach the human and the human would reach him. They were good odds. The human would lose. Then Snap! Leaves and twigs sprang up beneath his feet. Something fell hard underneath his paws.

The action didn’t seem to matter. Nothing seemed real. All there was victory. The human did not beat him. He was not beaten. He wasn’t a failure… But looking down, he knew he was just that. All there was left to feel now was the cold sinking feeling of horror as it closed its icy grip over him.


Mariel:

As Kieoki completed her latest arc around the young Were, she was surprised to see him dart sideways and off back down the hill, making her stop short. Confused, her ears twitched as she heard the large Were infront of her shout to various others, saying about a human. There was a human near? Kieoki scented the air, mentally cursing herself for not scenting the human sooner. This could be bad. It was more than common that she'd be traveling past another pack's territory and a human had been killed by some young Were. It always ended the same way. She was blamed for killing the human, because she was a loner, and had to fight her way out of there.

But not tonight.

There wasn't a shot in the world that would have her fighting her way out of a territory again. She wouldn't stand that injustice again. Even thinking about it made her snarl. A second later, the large Were who had shouted raced off in the direction the scent of human was coming from. Narrowing her eyes, Kieoki suddenly shot off from her crescent pacing, darting down the hill and towards the scent of the human. Being smaller, she could run slightly faster than the larger Weres, able to dart between trees a tad bit easier. The young Were shouldn't be far behind her but with the scent of human growing stronger, she had to slow down her pace so she wouldn't overshoot the human. A boy it smelled like. She could see him now, sitting down upon something. Alone. Was he that stupid? Maybe he couldn't smell the tension in the air like she could. It didn't matter. It was only a few more seconds until she was infront of the boy, her fur bristling as she looked around for the young Were. The young Were was sure to be appearing soon.


Kale:

Kale snarled at the alpha's order. not at her alpha of course, but the nessesity of the order itself.
stupid moronic human! 'oh yeah, lets just follow this pack of werewolves, might be fun. oh they could eat me? hmm...lets do it anyway!'
Kale threw herself threw the trees after timothy, the air was turning cold, searing her lungs with each quickened breath.
"Timothy! i swear! when we fix you up i'm trapping you in a room and playing ' you are my sunshine' until it drives you mad!" her voice wasn't very loud, but with a werewolfs hearing she knew timothy could hear what she said, wether he understood it at the moment or not.
kale scrambled a few feet to her left and up a slanted rock, launching herself off of it and landing a few feet behind timothy, gaining ground between them.


Hour Glass:

Zeit's head turned as Timothy took off, and within a split second, she was closing in on his heels. The scent of human hung around, and the moonlight draped across her pelt, and she became a great tigress hunting in her forest. Every pawstep she took fell where it needed too, her paws knowing where to hit the ground before she even thought ahead. If there was one thing, this was once jus her territory, and she had gone everywhere she could to make sure she had an advantage when she fought here.

She picked up more and more speed, becoming a blur in the darkness as she closed in on Tim. She swiftly leaped through the air, sailing right over his back, grabbing his scruff, pulling them both to the ground. She rolled over and was up in an instant, already planning her next move. She kept the human to her back, she hadn't been able to stop the kid any sooner, or else she would have tried to keep this fight away from the stupid human.

She chuckled slightly, the human had come to get a glimpse of the wolves, now he would get more then he barginned for. She barred her teeth at Timothy, taking a sturdy stance, raising her tail and head to show her dominace. The human would now see a fight between wolves, and learn that he should have never come to this place. She let out a rumbling growl, "Stay back kid" she growled to him, "I don't wanna have to fight ya to protect the human."

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Hawkthorne's paw was twitching as he dreamed of chasing prey through the forest, when he woke with a start. He raised his head, a scent was drifting to his nose, and not one he wanted. There was an unfamiliar scent, telling him a werewolf had come, and by the smell of oil suggested by car. He growled softly, moving out of the house through an open window, catching a glimpse at the female. She carried a gun, but he smelled no metal, so he guessed she carried Tranqs, something to knock the werewolves off their paws. He growled again, looked like he was going to have to deal with the female before th pack got back.


Cassie:

Kaleb napped quietly in the light of the moon that shone brightly unto his eyelids. He stirred little, laying there silently. Then he had a horrifying dream that a young wolf had attacked and nearly killed him, in this clearing! He sat up with a start, his forehead had broken out in a cold sweat. He took long, deep breaths to calm himself.

It was just a dream, it was just a dream, it was just a dream His heart, only moments ago beating a high stacatto, now made a slow lub-dup, lub-dup in his chest. He sighed, blowing out a low whistle. He stared up at the moon after sitting up against the rock. It glittered like a black stone in a clear river on a sunny day. The stars were it's little minions to help aid in lighting the dark. Now I wish I had brought my camera. He thought.

Suddenly, he heard a loud howl, and leaves being crunched underneath paws. Kaleb's eyes dialated to the size of saucers. A young wolf with teal eyes leapt out into the clearing in front of him. He could see it staring at him intently. Kaleb could also see every muscle in the wolf's body tightly strung. He slowly backed up a few steps. Then a terrifying thought struck him. That's the wolf form my dream!!!! He heard more leaves crunching, and saw a she-wolf jump into the clearing, landing perfectly on the young wolf's back. She grabbed his scruff and yanked him to the ground, growling. He saw her turn towards him and give a wolf sound that he couldn't understand, but he thought it meant something like Stay back! or You got your wish? Then more wolves ran into the clearing. He saw the big black "guard dog" leading the others.

He spoke, shakily, but also steadily,"Why did you lie to me?!?"


Soar:

She looked cold, like ice like death. Theo stepped back from Jaqueline, slowly and stiffly as if in a dream. Logically he knew she was still alive. Her heart kept beating and her lungs still shallowly gulped down air. But in the night, when it was nothing but cold, she did not have long. Even if the cold didn't kill her, some other creature, werewolf or not, may do her in.

Maybe I should tell someone...?

That thought was cut short as he spotted something else he hadn't seen before. Her arm was bent an odd angle- it must be broken. But that was not the least of which caught him off guard. Something long and jagged had gouged and serrated into the skin at multiple points. She was bleeding. Her arm lay mangled beside her, like an old chew-toy that had long since been retired from use. And with sudden clarity, Theo knew exactly what had happened and what must be done. If he wanted his furry hide not to be stretched and hung up on the barn, there was but one option. Run.

Undergrowth and dead leaves scattered underneath as paws for a moment, then settled back down as his massive paws passed over them and pushed forward. For a moment Theo found great relief as every problem he'd managed to create that day was left in the woods. That is, until he ran straight into HawkThorne.

"Ah!"


May:

Alpha Kratos was thankful that his pack mates were a great deal faster then himself... Speed was not his strong point.
He reached the area shortly after Zeit had downed Timothy and he noted with dread that they were practically on top of the human boy.

Being that close to a Werewolf brawl was dangerous for any human being, let alone a rather small one.
The Alpha leapt over the boulder, landing a foot away from Kaleb and turned his head toward the fight, thus barring the human away from the fight with his massive black body.

Just then he caught the scent of not just one stranger, but two! One was obviously werewolf, the other scent seemed human, but it was too far away and the rain made short work of it!
Just then, the Alpha caught a glimpse of the intruding female through the heavy rain and bushes.
"Blast it!" He growled.
******

"Fool! Wolves will only chase a running target. I am not running-!"

Just then Zeit's jaws locked with the back of his neck and jerked him to the ground! Of course he was up in a moment, but that wasn't the problem; now three high ranked werewolves barred his way to the weaker creature and another werewolf was behind him.

His eyes locked with Zeit's as he challenged her show of authority.
"Everywhere, everywhere! They do not run, they do not fight, what are they doing?!" The young werewolf growled and his hackles raised!
Rage and frustration seemed overwhelming within him and he became more likely to act irrationally. Then, familiar human words entered his mind from the darkness....

It would have been likely that the werewolf would have ignored it, had some part of him not been soothed and calmed by it.
"Brother, to my brother.. Friend, to my friend. Sight and breath do hold me still, my heart listens and holds me to my will..." These words came through Timothy's clenched teeth as he carefully recited each word to himself.. Indeed his mind became less clouded and it became easier for him to focus on tactics to overcome his "enemy."

"What is this? Shouldn't it have a tune with it, at least, it seems so..."

"A gentle face, a comforting place.." Timothy continued, the wolf wanted it so that it could think and concentrate.. But the purpose of the words were unlike his desires.. He could fix that.
Searching the darkness of his mind for something else he could use, he finally saw it and silenced his heart's feeling of peace!

His blood felt hot then his body went cold. Fear was his power, fear was his control, and the way to make his peaceful mind fear was to show it the only other face it could ever remember...

Timothy began to growl harder and his paws dug into the earth!
"Kill it, make it cold and still! JUST MAKE IT GO AWAY!"

Then the young werewolf lept at Zeit's throat! His black and grey-striped body clashed with her tiger striped figure and the two barreled to the ground! The young werewolf was trying with all it's might to kill the female werewolf!


Hour Glass:

Zeit growled as she felt his teeth her neck once more. She drew the rouge packmate away from the human, this was her battle, he didn't need to be drawn in. She had her paw to protect her neck as his teeth tightened, just like before. Flashbacks began to come to her as she felt his teeth, it was just like the forming of the pack again, she felt her body go rigid for a moment before her view on the situation changed. Timothy was no longer a problem that needed to be calm, he had become a threat to her pack that should be taken out, and as fast as possiable. She kicked her paw into his stomach, which cause him to take in a dee breath, giving her the second she needed to be free of his grasp.

Her paw throbbed, it had been crushed again, making the situation even more like the time before. Her eyes slit, and she crouched into a tough stance. She was as fast as a tiger as she race forward, going for his paws, latching on and twisting, either to break his paw or to send him to the ground. She used her position to go under the male, and stood up, using her momentum to crash into his underside, going to send him to the ground. She tasted the rich blood of a werewolf, and she snapped back into reality. She let go of his paw, backing up, hopefully she hadn't done to much damage, she didn't mean to have lost it like she had. Kratos would chew her out for sure later.


Kaqurei:

Oh, Kratos wouldn't need to - for at that moment Sabrina arrived on the scene. Her eyes darted wildly about the scene, something akin to rage, fear, and just plain animal twisting into her heart as she saw Timothy, the human, and Zeit. She tried to soothe her inner wolf, tried to find reason...there...reason...yes...

She snarled deeply. This is my fault. I didn't get here in time. The boy...he will heal...but he never trust, the thought made her spit and growl savagely and her hackles and tail bristled. I tried so hard to prepare for this moment. I studied him throughout the month....I tested him, tried to get close. I thought I was prepared - I thought I knew him. How is it possible that his wolf could be so opposite his human conciousness??

She darted forward with frightening speed and with several skillful bites that did not seem to puncture Timothy's flesh she paralyzed him, similarly to how she had done to Creorran earlier that day. It would not last - but it would keep him subdued, hopefully until daybreak. As she rose panting from this work, her eyes met his for a brief moment. Painfully, she forced herself to look away.

"I will get the herbs for your wounds, and his," she mumbled to Zeit, careful not to meet her eyes, her breath white in the chilly night air. With her tail and head down, she turned and shook some water from her pelt - not that it did much good all - the rain still had not let up.

A crack of lightning split the skies. "We should return to the house - bring the human, else he catch his death of cold."

...I almost lost myself...and I pray that I have not lost Timothy.


Mariel:

Kieoki's head snapped to her one side as the young Were charged into the small clearing, making her take a defensive pose until another female Werewolf was suddenly flying at the young Were and attacking him, making the young male seem to become more angry and rage driven as he attacked the female again, making the fight continue. But a quick scent of the air through the driving rain made Kieoki freeze for a moment. Other Weres were coming. And the human was still here. A large Were was entering across the clearing, judging by the giant shape moving through the rain, and others were sure to be behind. The human couldn't stay here. But how to get the human away without it looking like she was going to tear him to shreds?

Well, you could just tear him to shreds anyways... The alluring voice of her wolf spoke in her mind, taunting her to end this situation and slip away during the storm before they could track her down. But what would that accomplish?

Nothing.

Snarling at herself, Kieoki crouched lower to the ground and stalked closer to the human. She thought she'd heard it speak but that didn't matter at this point. The fighting Weres wouldn't know if they hurt this human while fighting. Everything else gets tuned out save the fact of killing the other or staying alive. Kieoki had to stop her self snarl then though, trying not to frighten the human any more than necessary. She could have acted like a big dog, playfully barking and trying to lead the human away...but she wasn't to keen with acting that nice. No, Kieoki was going to close the gap and knock the human down, then drag him out of there. But before she could do so, another female Were came out of the forest and shot forwards towards the young male, seeming to stun him and return order to this mess. Now you're the intruder. Run. Her wolf shouted at her in her mind, but Kieoki knew better and she argued back, trying to hold onto her human thoughts over the fear coming from her wolf.

If I run they will chase. Do you want that?

No, but run.

That makes no sense! I told you what would happen if you run. We'll be ch-

Be quiet and back up towards the human. Stand by his side and we'll see what happens. Unable to argue with that point since the other alternatives weren't better, Kieoki did just that. She crouched low to the ground and backed up towards the human, a defensive look upon her face until she came to a stop slightly behind the human male and to his side, sitting down with a defiant stare.


Kale:

Kale watched Zeit and Timothy go at each other, her own inner wolf urging her to jump in and take Timothy down. not the best thing for Timothy.
the two brawling werewolves slid closer to the human and Kale cast a furious glare in Kaleb's direction.
Kale took note of those in the clearing, watching, waiting.
Sabrina found a spot and blurre into the battle, knocking Timothy out.
that's when kale noticed there were more werewolves around than should have been. she turned her clear green stare onto a female werewolf whom was sitting next to Kaleb, the human.
Kale couldn't recall the face.
she turned back towards Sabrina and an unconciouse Timothy.
'he's going to have one hell of a headache when he wakes up. you were with him when it started?" she asked Sabrina, then, before te other werewolf could answer, "tell me what happened when we back to the house."
Kale turned towards the strange new female.
"you! what's your name and your intention?" kale went into Bta mode. protect the pack.


May:

Kratos stood slightly dumbfounded. The battle had passed quick, leaving it's blood and then ending.. What was he to make of it?
Zeit was right to have defended herself in such circumstances, but when Sabrina had entered the clearing, Kratos had gotten the feeling that she was more inclined to attack Zeit then the boy.

Now everything seemed at a halt. Kratos was less then willing to lower his guard although the obvious danger had been silenced..

Then the Alpha caught the scent of that intruder again, behind him no less! In an instant he had whirled around to face the stranger and protect the human boy's "humanity". But he was met with a rather different feeling.
The stranger was using body-language which stated that she was protecting the kid from Kratos' pack.

For a moment his sharp yellow eyes blinked hard, trying to judge this creature a friend or foe.. Then he took a step to approach the female, trying to gather any information he could about her through her scent..
*******

Timothy blinked through the darkness, his breathing was hard and his body throbbed. He lay on his back in the mud with every rain drop stinging his chest and burning his eyes.
"Why does it hurt?" He thought briefly, he could not understand the pain..
His vision then began to return, and the first thing he saw was Sabrina's yellow eyes just before she looked away from him.

In an attempt to try to breathe Timothy painfully forced himself to cough, and to his surprise, he spat out blood.
"What has happened?!" He cried out silently in his own mind. Then looked down his shoulder, his gaze traveling down his arm to where his forearm lay broken and bleeding in the black mud.
His hand was padded and covered in fur and from each finger tip was a large black claw.

Again fear gripped Timothy's heart and he struggled to move, crying out when he found that he couldn't!
What has happened!?!?! Let me up! Someone help me!

The more he struggled to move, the more painful it became, until at last his human consciousness could withstand it no more! The pain began to numb, concealing itself from his brain's detection, then it began to try to make him sleep.
Blackness began to fade into Timothy's vision and his body weakened.

The last thing he could remember seeing was another boy standing at the base of a large boulder with wolves- No, werewolves, gathered at either side..
Standing above him was a large grey male, whose one eye was red and another bright yellow. His face was scarred and his coat was mangled.. He seemed completely untouched by the rain.
"It's him!" Timothy's mind cried in horror! Instantly he began to violently struggle to move and run, yet he still could not!
Then his vision went black and Timothy's human consciousness collapsed.
******

Kratos glared at the stranger. "Why are you trespassing?" He growled in the language of the wolves so that the human boy could not understand.

But the female would not have time to answer before the Alpha's attention was suddenly drawn towards Timothy who cried out and rolled to his feet!
The young werewolf had a wild look in his eyes as he snarled and lunged at the boulder! His claws clashing over Kaleb's shoulders, thrusting the boy to the ground!

Kratos did not waste a second to lock his teeth upon Timothy's back, rip him off the human, and hold him to the ground.. But by then there was no need.
Timothy had fallen limp, and Kaleb had already been bit.


Mariel:

As Kieoki sat by the human she noticed the one wolf turn to look at her with a glare, asking her for her name and intention. Judging by the protective look upon the Were's face, yet how less dominant she seemed Kieoki took a good guess that this wasn't this pack's alpha. Defiance flashing in her own eyes, Kieoki chose to narrow her eyes at the female, not speaking or moving until her nose twitched and she caught sight of the very large male again. The wolf in her mind faintly snarled at the sight of Kratos, but Kieoki held her ground, listening as the male glared at her and asked why she was trespassing. Trespassing? I'm only traveling through. But alphas never see it that way. The thought flickered through her mind and she was about to put it to words when the young male was back on his feet, snarling.

Kieoki was shocked when she saw the young Were lunge at the boulder where she and the human were and she didn't have time to react before the male had already knocked the human to the ground. A second later the large male was tearing the younger one away from the human, pinning him to the ground. But that didn't matter. Nothing would matter anymore for this human. Kieoki remembered what it felt like to have claws tearing through your skin, shredding away and letting you live...No. Don't think on that now. She scolded herself so that she would focus on the human. She knew he'd been bit and as the large male held the younger down, she weaved her way over to the human and sat down besides him-more or less in front of him- and flicked her tail around her paws. She could remember the pain, and she wasn't about to let anyone else get close to this human in his last moments of being human.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina didn't have time to answer Kale's questions before out of the corner of her eyes she saw Timothy's still panting form twitch, writhe, and then lunge upward at the human! "No!" she cried out, wheeling around to try and stop him - but Kratos had already done just that....only too late.

Again that insane protective urge for Timothy swelled up inside of her as the Alpha pinned him to the ground. She opened her mouth and gasped, "He can do nothing more, don't hurt him!" Her voice was a mere wheeze however, and she saw that the Alpha had already recognized that fact. She forced herself to look away and assess the damage done to the human--er, pack-member to be. He was bleeding pretty bad.

Sabrina glanced at the intruder who positioned herself beside him. Did she know him? It doesn't matter, she thought, This is our land, we will do as we wish to those who enter it--and if he doesn't stop bleeding like that there will not soon be much left to save. Hackles slightly raised she approached the pair. "I'm going to stop his bleeding," she growled to the intruder.


Mariel:

Kieoki's muzzle turned into a snarl as a female came closer to her, saying that she was going to stop the not-so-much-human's bleeding. Kieoki never moved and in fact she stood to her paws, ears pressed against the back of her head as she snarled in the wolf's tongue, finding that she normally spoke in it than in human language. "What are you going to stop the bleeding with? There isn't really much around here that you could use. And it doesn't matter anyways. The bleeding will stop soon anyways and the rain will wash its trace away."

Why are you protecting the human? Her wolf snarled in her mind at her, frustrated.

Because I don't trust that female. How do I know she won't kill the human?

But you do realize that the other Weres here would see if she killed the human?

Well yes, but that's not the point. And stop calling him "the human". He's anything but that now. I'm holding my ground and that's final. She ended with a snarl at her wolf in her mind, noting the small huff it gave before it decided not to argue anymore and leave the point alone.


Kale:

"Snarl at her one more time and i'll chase you out of here!" Kale growled angrily. things had gotten way out of hand, intruders, human, battles, now we had to deal with the human turning into a werewolf and a prideful tresspasser.
kale glanced over at Kratos and noticed he had taken intrest in the intruder as well.
kale snarld quietly to herself and pressed at the intruder again, stepping forward.
" you smell like yourself, i'm assuming you have no pack. your growling to yourself and i'm assuming thats because your fighting your inner wolf. Fine. however, He is our problem now and you need to step out of the way, interfere one more time and i won't hesitate to forcibly remove you." Tunring to her companions now, "Sabrina, is it safe to move him or are we better off here? Alpha, do you have any advice about what we need to do?"


Cassie:

Kaleb watched the werewolves start fighting, then he felt a presence beside him. He glanced down, and saw a female wolf standing by his side. He looked back up, his body as rigid as a board. A bead of sweat ran down his face.

The young wolf kept staring at him. He saw it growl, and leap out of the other female werewolf's grip. He tried to back away, but the wolf was there in an instant.

Kaleb screamed in pain as the wolf dragged him to the ground, his claws digging into his shoulder. Then there was agonizing pain, and black dots swam in his vision. He witnessed the big black wolf jumping onto the other wolf's back, and saw the surprise cover the black wolf's face as he stared at Kaleb. Kaleb looked at his shoulder, and felt the fire-hot pain finally reach his nerves. His shoulder looked pretty much torn open, and bled onto the muddy earth that his body lay in. He stared at it, and bright lights flashed in his eyes, stars danced, flames rose, then blackness overwhlemed. He tried to sit up, then fell back to the earth. He panted heavily from the effort, and tears streamed down his face in a silent cry. Rain drops began to blur and everything changed into a swirling mess of colors and unexplainable designs. It was all overtaken by a dark void that his conciousness got sucked into.


May:

Kratos watched with anxiety as the human boy struggled to escape his fate.
"No.. No.. NO!" The Alpha cried out in his mind! His sharp yellow eyes glanced at Timothy laying limp on the ground, then swiftly back at the unconscious boy.
They didn't have any time for the stranger to interfere, in just moments the moon would summon the new werewolf to life.

Kratos growled with frustration and he stood up on his hind legs, his massive form towering over the heads of the other werewolves!
Just then the clouds allowed for the moon too peer down tauntingly at her victims through their heavy black haze, then quickly conceal her again.

Kratos glared down at Kieoki.
"We haven't time for you stranger!" Kratos' deep and powerful voice informed with a warning, his chin dripping with the heavy rain.
"Sabrina!" He then shouted over his shoulder. "Paralyze the boy quickly! Kale and Creorran, help Zeit. We much return to the ranch now!"
The rain began coming down heavier upon the werewolves heads and the mud on the slopes becoming more sleek.

Kratos shot a look at Kieoki, threatening her to keep her distance.. or he would become the opponent she would have to face.


Mariel:

Another Were was yelling at her, one whom she brushed aside in her mind and ignored. An angry were yelling his or her head off wasn't her main focus. The very large Were that was speaking to the others was her focus. He seemed so angry, no, maybe agitated, but no, that wasn't quite right either. She was faintly surprised when he stood on his back legs and towered over them all, but she didn't let his size derail her. The were called out to his packmates them, telling them to get back to the ranch.

Her eyes snapped into focus as the Were yelled at her, her eyes narrowing at his words. She held his glare then, only moving her tail as she stayed besides the boy. But the tail movement was decisive, she used it to gently touch the boy and take hold on his condition. He was out, and Kieoki let go of her stare at the large Were for a moment to glance at the boy in his peacefulness. A grim look came over her face and before any of the others would move either her, or the boy she bent her head down quickly and whispered to him, knowing he probably couldn't here her, but doing it anyways.

"Enjoy your peace, enjoy the feeling of no pain as you float in the waters. Don't sink to far."

She was sitting up then, wrapping her soaked tail around her paws as she returned her gaze to the large Were. The boy was safe for now, and she felt no need to watch him anymore. He was just another new Were caught in an endless cycle that was thrown upon him without his choice...just like her.


Hour Glass:

Zeit felt the urge to feel the scars on her neck, but she went against it, she had harmed a a pack member, and there were others to see to. She turned, "I'm fine" she said sternly, holding her head high, she could smell the boy's scent changing as the power of the wolf began to come over him. Another member, another one to teach the ways of the pack life, another one to learn how to control the inner wolf.

She shook out her pelt, a pitiful attempt to get the water off her pelt, she looked to everyone, the power that radiated from Kratos was awesome, and Zeit wanted to stand awestruck by the wolf, but instead she felt her own power inside of her fill her body as she turned to the invader, a deep growl echoing from her throat. She took long strides, easily coming up to the invader and the boy, "He said to leave, this is not your territory, and unless you feel that fighting us is nessacary" she growled, her gaze hard and cold, "You should turn tail and scurry away."

She kept the air about her sparking with energy, she had to make sure nothing else became a threat to her home, even if that meant dealing with the thoughts of herself becoming a threat. She trained her gaze on the invader's eyes, making sure she would get the point. This Were would have to face the pack if she kept not listening to Kratos, and even Zeit had a fear for the powerful leader.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Hawk looked down at Theo, "seems like we have a slight problem" he said, before turning to the officer. He sniffed the air, this girl wasn't human, so the injury wasn't life threatening, well, not yet. He emerged from his space, he may have bee a smaller male, but he still looked powerful in the night. "WHy have you come?" he said in a low growl, his eyes watching her for any sudden movements.

He would not take another bullet that was made to make him sleep, already it had weakened his control slightly, and he wanted to make sure he left the female alive for Kratos to deal with. He barred his teeth, keeping a respectful distance away from her. To either side of him was a place to escape if needed, though he prepared more for a short fight then to flee, he was the opposite of his friend Zeit, he would use his brute strength over his speed any day.


Kale:

Kale nearly bit her tongue when Kratos started yelling. she immidiatly tensed up, worried.
Alpha's agitated....why now of all times do we have so many dang problems!
kale shot another irritated Glare a the stranger and dashed forward to help Zeit.
her eyes darted from the boy to the sky, seeking out the cursed moon.

"Zeit!" Kale growled sharply through her teeth, trying to get her fellow beta to focus, hopefully then one of them might be. Kale had to stop herself from glancing at her alpha nervously, she didn't like the situation they were in, and if there was any time for the Alpha and beta's to get their act together, it was now.

her paw sank into th now gathering mud as she took a half-step forward, she ignored the rain dripping into her eyes as she squared her shoulders and stood tall, calming herself.
Kale looked once more at Zeit and reached down to grab the boy.


Mariel:

Kieoki almost let out a grim laugh as the one female Were stalked up to her, lashing out with harsh words about fighting and what her alpha had said. Its was Kieoki's turn for confidence then, her body not feeling the eminence that the she Were seemed to hold about herself. Kieoki's eyes never left Zeit's, and she almost growled as she spoke. "I don't know about the others around us, but your alpha never told me to leave. He said he didn't have time for strangers. So don't put words into his mouth." Kieoki ended with a slight glance as Kale as the female Were bent down to grab the boy.

And Kieoki never moved. Her connection with the boy was gone now, and she was back to protecting herself, now that the threat of him being killed was over. She wouldn't turn tail and run. It wasn't in her to do that. She'd rather fight and die than flee like some omega who couldn't stand up for themselves. So Kieoki resolved to ignoring the boy and the Were who was now reaching towards him, and kept her eyes upon Zeit.


Cassie:

Kaleb was fighting a battle, mentally. He was writhing in pain, but also trying to escape the pull of the wolf that was now a part of him. it whispered thoughts and feelings at him, jabbing like knives in his head. He screamed, inside and out. He tried to run from the consiousness that wanted him to change, the wolf. It was all blackness, a blackness he couldn't get away from, no matter how hard he tried. Then the wolf came bounding at him, wrapping itself around him and speaking to him, coaxing him to shift.

"Come on now, you know you want to be me. I'm better." It stood up, then stared at him. "Look at you, so lanky and useless. if you change into me, you'll be powerful, fast, muscular, and you can get away from here."

"Why should I listen to you, huh? You don't seem very good or who I would want to be." Kaleb replied.

"Well, then I have no choice then to force you!" the Wolf sneered at Kaleb, then smiled, all teeth bared.

He stepped back, and the full moon shone through clouds. Kaleb realized he was in the clearing, staring up at it. His eyes darkened to a dark brown, almost black state. His nails elongated into claws, and his bones changed shape and size. He gasped at the last moment he was human, then Wolf was in charge.

"Told you you should've went with it, now I'm in complete control!"

Wolf flipped over, knocking down the she-wolf beside him. He heard her yelp, then he bounded foward, and into the forest. Kaleb, trapped inside his own mind, frantically tried to get out.

"HELP!" he screamed inside


Kaqurei:

Sabrina was furious that the intruder held her ground over the human--who's land did she think she was on??! It was due to Sabrina's attempts to control her inner emotions that she hesitated and the boy's transformation was able to take place unhalted.

He leapt up and took off into the woods--Sabrina cast a deathly glare at the intruder and then took after him. Unlike the situation with Timothy that had completely taken her aback, she was used to subduing brand new weres, that was her duty back---er, it was familiar to her. New weres all acted the same; lost, no idea where they're going or what they're doing; just confused, reckless, and uncoordinated.

In a way that could have easily been compared to the strike of a snake she leapt onto his back and gave him a quick bite to the neck! As her earlier subduing of Timothy had been, the bite looked powerful enough to have had devastating results, but her teeth did not even break his skin. If she'd hit the right nerve, he'd drop in about two seconds....


Mariel:

Kieoki faintly jumped as the new Were beside her jumped up, lunging forwards before he took off. A female Were chased after him and vanished from her sight. Kieoki glanced around herself then, shaking drops of rain for her head as her gaze flicked around to the other Weres still left in the small clearing. Kieoki was gauging her chances if she would have a chance at either running or attacking a smaller one to create a diversion. But no, the young Were had already given her a diversion enough to get out of there. Her ears pressed flat against her head as she readied herself to move. The chance was given to her.

And she just needed to take it.

Kieoki was there for a moment more before she ran, bolting off into the darkness and rain in a second. Her tail streamed out behind her as she ran. She wasn't fleeing, at least not in her mind. Because unbeknown to the pack of Weres, she wasn't planning on leaving their territory. Her paws may be taking her away, but she wasn't going anywhere far. A chuckle sounded in her mind and her wolf laughed along with her, her eyes narrowing as she picked up her pace. She didn't know if they were following her, and quite frankly, it would probably be better for them if they didn't. Kieoki didn't know this territory very well, and was surprised when the tops of buildings came into view. Derailed, she slowed, knowing she wouldn't be able to go into the town like this. But she hadn't been in her human form for a good amount of time, and she faintly wondered if she'd be able to shift back.

Its not like I'm stopping you. Her wolf said in their mind, faintly laughing. Well that's a relief. Kieoki replied with sarcasm back, before she tried to shift. It wasn't as hard as she thought it would be. It didn't take much until she felt her body rippling and her paws turning to smooth hands and skin. Another moment and she was shaking her head clear and standing up, swaying in disorientation for a few moments before she regained her balance and glanced down at herself. Her kimono hung loosely on her, making her faintly frown and retie her sash tighter around her waist before she deemed herself presentable. She knew she'd stand out though, if she was in a crowd and that made her face grim. She continued into town then, smoothing out her hair with her fingers as she slipped along in a crowd. Her knew people were starring, but a flickering sign caught her eyes and she dashed over to the store, stepping inside the clothes store.

Fifteen minutes later and she was stepping out into the rain again, an umbrella of a plaid pattern over her head. She kept her eyes down and walked down the street with a crowd, fitting in now. She was now wearing a plain red t-shirt with jeans, and she had to laugh at how she'd gotten the clothes. But no matter, she doubted she would be found now.


Kale:

Kale yelped as he sudddenly leapt up, knocking her off balance, by the time she got back to her paws, coated in mud and officially drenched to her skin, all she could see was Sabrina's mostly white form streaking after the newborn werewolf.

Kale just watched as Sabrina closed the distance between herself and the kid. as a newborn, he was clumsy, not yet in control, and completely dangerous. they did not need two uncontrollable werewolves right now.

on that thought Kale padded over to Timothy, who was still unconscious, the rain and the mud spattering him. nt to mention the rest of the pack as they stood about the clearing.
"Sabrina is going to need some help, a few of you, who are good about controling yourselves need to go help her. Marcus, would you help me get timothy back to the ranch?" as kale issued orders and plea's she had to resist from glancing a kratos for reasurrance, she needed to learn to function without the close guidance of her alpha, beta's were here to help the alpha, not to burden them further.


May:

How delicious a hard midnight storm was! The fresh water glistening off the leaves of the trees with every lightning bolt across the sky. Thunder rumbling the floor, rain tapping rapidly against the window, and oh how precious the smell of wet earth!

The cold water gushed through the rocky river bank, moving quickly down the mountain to deliver it's bounty to the earth. The tree branches rattled as their leaves were weighed down by the heavy rain, such a good storm these mountains had almost forgotten existed.. It was quite a refreshing sight, but not silent or peaceful, for the rain was loud and boisterous and only a short distance away was the fight of the wolves.....

Had this rain been any lighter, she would not dare to have been this close at this hour of night.. But as it was, they could not smell her.. thus she went undetected this time. How curious they had always been to her... Why did they always fight and desire so much blood from each other? At length her mind was again burdened by the warnings of her predecessors to her family concerning these creatures, and at last she could ignore it no longer. She silently stood, thoroughly soaked through, and turned to depart.. taking one last glimpse at Creatures of the Moon.

****

Kratos growled and quickly grabbed Timothy, throwing the boy over his shoulder and racing over to where Sabrina had downed the newly converted werewolf.
"Blast it!" He growled, "That went worse then planned.. Timothy is amazingly intelligent for a uncontrollable werewolf and that boy was uncommonly stupid to follow us. I curse the odds. Everyone better be back to the ranch in ten minutes or I'll have something to take out my anger on!!"

Now carrying both boys on his back, the Alpha began charging down the mountain. He growled as he remembered what awaited him there, hadn't there been another new boy.. Theo. What had he spent this night doing? Hopefully HawkThorne would be able to keep him out of trouble while the rest of them were gone.
But as the rain began to let up and he neared the edge of the forest, the alpha caught the scent of fresh human blood and all his hopes faded...

Steadily he came to a stop, his large teeth bared and his hackles raising.. There before him lay a human figure dressed in the clothes of a animal control agent.

"Rrrarraaaahhh!!!!" Kratos roared in furry! Quickly the Alpha laid Kaleb and Timothy upon the ground and approached the female human. She was yet alive, but it wasn't to last in her condition, and even if she was to survive... she'd be a werewolf.
Kratos used his massive form to shield Jaqueline's body from the rain as he inspected her wounds. Then he growled and went back to put the two boys over his shoulders, and returned to the woman to pick her up.
From there, Kratos stood up on his hind legs and carried all three of the injured back toward the house.


Soar:

Theo stared numbly at the three err, individuals before him. Hawkthorne, who'd brought him here in the first place. Kratos, who, though he wouldn't admit it, terrified him. And the strange Animal Control officer, who though he didn't know, he knew there would be hell to pay for his misdoings to her. It was all a dizzying circle of faces as his stare shifted between all three. Perhaps he would have done so for hours if Kratos had not taken Jaqueline and moved..

He wanted to run. No would have caught him; they were too occupied. But no matter how much he begged his legs to move, they would not respond. With a will not his own, his legs began to trail after Kratos. He wanted to run, but he couldn't. No no, he couldn't. He felt like a prisoner being tethered along by an invisibly chain that he could not see and could not break.

~~~

Jaqueline could not say exactly what she was experiencing. It was far from any sort of epiphany on overcoming her own demises or troubles in her past. For she had none of these things to overcome. It was not fear as she lay trapped in the strange blackness. Her half-lucid mind struggled to define what it was. Perhaps... exhilaration? Yes yes, that's it, her mind answered.

She could not feel pain, not yet. Pain was more like a silly tickle that would not leave- an irritation, nothing more. Her body was lifted by some invisible force and the feeling intensified. Uncomfortable, but still not overbearing. Seconds inched along and she could feel more. Tighter. The pain felt sharp. To the average mind, it was becoming unbearable. But she was not the average; she was bred and trained for it. Her mind easily lofted pain aside.

Something white and shiny peered from the dark sea of unconsciousness. She blinked. Then Jacqueline realized she could blink. Strange. She blinked again, then again, then again. She was lying backside up on some sort of creature, her mind was too tired to place its name. It was the moon she saw. She had never realized how beautiful the moon really was...

Her body shivered from the cold. But not a cold she had felt before; it was a cold chill that crept along her spine and stirred an ancient creature that had always been there, but at the same time it had not. As if it was a calling that awoke a beast from its sleep. She was not afraid of it. For she and this beast were one of the same.


Kale:

Kale stepped back as the alpha reached for Timothy and watched in silence for a moment as he headed away with the two boys slung across his shoulders. Kale looked at the ground, feeling a little useless, before sliping quietly through the trees and heading for home.
home.
such a nice thought.


Cassie:

Wolf ran, free, through the forest. What a stupid boy, to think he would control me Wolf ran, thinking mischevious thoughts. Suddenly, White She-Wolf appeared behind Wolf. Her bright fur was like a sore thumb, it stuck out. Wolf sneered, and faced her. She-Wolf leaped onto Wolf's back, and Wolf felt her press a pressure point. Wolf growled, but was overcome.

Kaleb lay in the dirt, his face dirty and one lip bleeding. Weird. He found himself staring up at a white she-wolf. "Thank you" Kaleb whispered before passing out into a welcomed darkness.

While in the void, Kaleb dreamed. He dreamed of living freely as a werewolf, but something dark lurked in the background, always watching. Because of this, Kaleb always lived in fear, while living in happiness also. He smiled in his unconsiousness. No one saw it though, as he was slung over Kratos' back, unknowing.

****

Raven:

Alice's turned in her sleep as a clock dinged wildly. She sighed and slammed her hand onto the top of the digital block. Her eyes slowly opened as she sat up, her hair as wild as her thoughts. She looked around in boredom until her deep eyes rested back onto her clock. "Oh gosh! Darn it!!" She darted up and into her bathroom, and down the stairs quickly. She looked back and forth madly "Oh comn! I missed them! " She slaped her hand onto her face.

"This sucks..." She growled silently and looked up at the mountians. Her legs brought her to the end of their house yard, she sat on a rock and looked on at the forest. The dark shadows covering her and the flowers blooming steadly at the foot of their trunks.


Alice heard a small rustle in the bushes and she instantly growled abut. Her animal instincts coming back in. Then out of nowhere a rabbit darted out and ran past her feet. She laughed as she slowly saw it hop away.

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Kaqurei:

Sabrina had hurried up ahead of the Alpha to preapre medicine for the wounded. Zeit's house was dark and quiet when she arrived... whether there were still pack members here or not she couldn't tell--it all smelled like them. Some unfamiliar wolf had been around too, and not the female from before whom had tried to protect the human boy [Kaleb] pre-transformation.

She shook her sopping wet fur--not that it did much good in the rain--and then entered the house. The house was still ill-sized for a wolf, so she transformed back into a human there too. Dry apparel would have to wait; the Alpha and the others would be back very soon.

She went to the kitchen and cleared the table, spread a sheet over it, and then started to go through herbs and spices in the cabinets. She collected some of her favorite anti-bleeding spice, cayenne pepper, and set it on the table along with some pain killers. Then she set some water boiling and laid out some bandages.

Next she went to the rooms to gather dry clothes for everyone, and finally she got into a fresh white dress herself.... now all she had to do was wait.

It was sometime around then that she heard the Alpha's roar, and understood hed found yet another new were. Oh goody. Well, Sabrina thought, it could have been much worse. With at least two new weres, Timothy's unexcepted temperment, and a rural town nearby... We might be trying to clean up a massacre now instead of just cleaning up wounds and preparing to train new wolves.


May:

The massive black werewolf finally stepped onto the porch and laid the three injured down, his brilliant yellow eyes glaring back at the darkness behind him.
HawkThorne, Alice, and the new boy had been left behind when the pack had charged into the mountains.. Things had not been expected to go so badly.

Kratos then left his werewolf form and opened the door... Oddly, Sabrina was the one inside, and she had already prepared everything needed to take care of the injured. Now, Kratos would have previously considered this as Sabrina having a good education concerning herbs, but after everything else tonight she had curiously been prepared for, the Alpha had begun to suspect diffently.

"HawkThorne." Kratos called. "Help me get these people inside."


Raven:

Alice heard the Alpha's roar for every member to come back together. She quickly raced back to the house, her bare feet trudgeing through the dead grass she had wondered into while she quietly took a walk through the forest. She finally skidded to a stop in front of the house , two of her pack members and a new comer was laying on the porch. What the?! She hopped ontop of the top stairs, slowly walking past and up to Kratos "Um....What happened?" She mumbled as she looked at the limp bodies of her pack.


She then turned her head and saw that Sabrina had set up the table and laid out all the healing herbs that dealt with any bleeding injuries. Alice looked at Sabrina also and saw that she had put on a clean white dress. What did I miss? She thought quietly as she turned back to see if the rest of the pack returned from the Mountian journey.


Nequaria:

Creorran, thankfully not badly injured, jolted awake when he heard Kratos call for all of the pack members. The young were had been laying against a tree stump after deciding it was not safe to be around the feuding wolves when he had fallen asleep. He would need to ask his alpha to catch him up on the situation.


He stood up slowly, careful not to strain any muscles. Creorran was extremely stiff, and stretched for a few moments before heading back to Zeit's farmhouse. Creorran regretted falling asleep in the freezing rain, and now wished to get home quickly and get away from the cold, wetness of outside. He yawned as he began walking through the slick wet grass. He must have morphed back to his human form sometime before he fell asleep, for he could not remember doing so.


May:

Kratos gently laid the three injured on various sheets within the house, then he looked at the bedraggled faces of his pack-mates. "Go get cleaned up and in fresh clothes." He said firmly, then giving a suspicious look at Sabrina he continued. "Take care of these, I'm going outside to wait for the others. We'll chat once I get back in."


Soar:

Theo starred numbly across the room- his attention held mainly at the tiny dial clock hanging on the wall. The second hands inched across the small circle and he watched them run their never-ending journey across the clock face. Soon the seconds passed and the minute hand inched forward. And on and on it went, starring at the clock that kept spinning and never stopping.

It was Kratos that snapped him out of it. The voice startled him, but he anchored his body to not quiver. He didn't want the alpha to see him afraid. Silently, he walked across the room. At one point he realized he must have transformed back to his human form, but did not know when for sure. In any case, he passed through the room, hopefully unnoticed, towards the stair case. A large cotton T-shirt hung limply on the rail and he snatched it up, fumbling with the cloth for a moment, and slipped it on. He didn't even care who's it was at this point; it could have been Kratos for all he cared.

Sleep tugged at his limps and he yawned. Hazily, he scanned around for a sleeping area. Uncertain, he choose a corner at the base of the stairs, which was out of Kratos' sight, and fell asleep in an instant.


Cassie:

Kaleb was lost in the nice, flowing, warm darkness that took over his entire consiousness. He floated through it, like a boat along a calm river. He felt himself stop, and frowned slightly. Then he heard voices, and slowly opened his eyes, the light flooding in. He blinked and sat up, looking around. Then he felt an agonizing pain. His fingers immediately flew to his shoulder. He groaned, and fell back.


Kaqurei:

Sabrina nodded blankly to the Alpha and watched him leave. There was almost a trace of doubt that filled her eyes, but she shook it off and got to work--most severe injuries first.

The first order of buisness was to wash wounds. Timothy wasn't too badly scraped up... he could wait. The two new weres however were greviously bitten and clawed. "Kale, could you give me a hand and clean up the woman's wounds? You can disinfect them with this," Sabrina said, offering the beta a bottle of some kind of green fluid. "Use the cayenne on anything that is bleeding perfusely--it disinfects as well as slows bleeding."

Sabrina took the boiled water off of the stove and soaked a few rags. She squeezed one out so it could cool off some, and proceeded to wipe old blood and dirt out of the boy's shoulder bite. It was then that he groaned and touched the wound, before falling back. "Shh," Sabrina said soothingly, "You'll be all right. Try to relax." She took a little vial out of her bag, removed the lid, and put a few drops of the clear liquid inside onto the bite. "That will help with the pain."


Raven:

Alice blinked as Alpha simply turned away from her and left. A deep breathe crept up her throat as she watched as Alpha setted the wounded near Sabrina. Her shoulders lifting into a shurg as she sat on a chair, watching her pack members start to walk in and grab some fresh clothes. What happened?! Their bodies were smeared with mud or simply plain dirty.

Anything could have happened while she slept soundly in her warm, dry bed as her honored pack struggled against a dispute in the rain. Alice's hand lifted to her face as she slowly drifted it down her face. Stupid....stupid...stupid... She sighed and watched as Sabrina slowly tended to the new boy's shoulder. A bite mark showed clearing on his body. "Whoa..." She mouthed as the blood melted down his tattered clothes.

She clutched her hands into a fist and sighed. I should have been there!! Her eyes drifted to the other wounded, she slowly walked up to Sabrina and asked quietly "Can I help in anyway?"

Cassie:

Kaleb winced and groaned again in pain as he felt it in waves from his shoulder. Then he turned his head and saw a kind of familiar shape come towards him. She cooed to him, and his muscles loosened as she bent down to him. She poured a strange liquid into the wound, and his blood melted down his shoulder as the bite looked clearer and his shoulder felt soothened. He sighed with pleasure. "Thank you,"he whispered. Wait! She's the white wolf! Kaleb tensed a bit. Then relaxed as he realized it made the pain a bit less. Kaleb propped himself up on his uninjured arm. "You're that wolf who stopped me from running away. And now you're healing me. Why help me when I haven't helped you once?" Kaleb questioned, but with kindness and gentleness in his voice. "I owe you a lot. By the way, I'm Kaleb. What's your name?" Kaleb lay back down, and smiled up at her.

To Be Continued...