The Pack Lands

Soran nodded in understanding as the chestnut she-wolf disappeared beyond the forest and into the clearing. Though he felt a twinge of disappointment, he rose to his paws and prepared to head out. Feeling it best not to linger, the male headed for the hunting grounds anyway, not to hunt, just to exercises his aching limbs that seemed weak and unused since the illness. He pushed his way past a large pine into the forest that led towards the herd of elk. He had taken this route many times on previous hunting trips, and the ground ahead of him seemed worn from wolves and other creature traveling between both territories.

With a placid expression, the delta broke through trees and brush, eager to lay his eyes on the vast stretch of grass that made up the hunting grounds. He was met with the usual distant echo of hoof beats, and a feeling of comfort washed over him at the sound. His mind flashed back to when he had first come to the pack. He had followed those hooves for days, weeks until he had come across Banishing Winds; though these were not the ones that always reminded him when it was time to move on. Shaking his head, he padded towards the herd that had just begun to graze on the dew covered grass a few yards away. The elk scattered at the sound of paw steps, fearing the hunter had come to claim one of them as prey.

Ignoring the frightened animals, Soran took to chasing them individually, carefully to avoid those with a young calf. The muscles in his limbs screamed in protest as he worked them to the breaking point. However, it wasn’t long before he was forced to stop; the male slowed to a walk before sitting in the grass, his breath coming in short ragged gasps. Have I really become this weak? He thought, flopping in the grass in relief as he tried to catch his breath.

Falco dropped his ears when Kira had appeared and saw that she took charge and slipped away back into the forest unseen. Padding silently through the forest he soon heard a yelp and bolted to the sound of where it came from. Swiftly running through the forest dodging fallen logs and the thick trunks of trees, he ducked and weaved his way to the source of the yelp. On approaching he heard the scuffling of paws and a series of snarls and yelps. As the source came into sight it was Silver who had been ambushed by a coyote, which was finished now. His ears perked as she muttered "Stupid Coyotes.."

Stepping forth from the bushes Falco Barked "are you okay Silver?" He shifted his paws through the bushes and out into the small open area encircled by trees. He lashed his tail and sat looking at Silver patiently awaiting her answer. His tail wagged friendly and a small smile on his face.

Derek had stopped at a place he considered his own. It was the place where Rune had first met him, where Derek had first heard of the Banishing Winds Pack. The light filtered lightly through the high tree's above him, and a small wind ruffled his fur. Here, right now, nothing could touch him, nothing could reach him in his secret home. He smiled a little, it always made him feel better to come here, it reminded him of how lucky he was. If he had not passed through at that time, if Rune had not been out wandering just then, he would never had, had all the good experiences in his life. He never would have met Palla, or Soran, or Maia. Though his heart was burdened Derek knew he was blessed.

As he walked back to camp the new females scent drifted through the air. She seemed alone, not knowing whether to intrude he padded her way cautiously before stopping far enough to be seen and waited. Calling out a soft greeting.

Derek's ears flicked hearing the unexpected voice. He turned his head and caught sight of one of the wolves brought before Rune when he had brought Selene. "Greetings" He spook turning to her now. Her pelt was as black as the night and her eyes were a bright amber. If she had, had blue eyes she would have almost resembled Kira. "How do you do today?" he asked politely.

"Well" he replied shortly, sighing he shook his head "Forgive me if i seem rude, i do not mean to be, it has been a long couple of days. My name is Derek, though i presume you already knew that. So now that you know my name, may i ask what yours is?" He said attempting to be conversational.

"It is a pleasure to meet you Aisha. what brought you to our home land?" He hoped he didn't sound judgmental or some such. He was, as he had decided earlier, going to make an effort to meet new members and show to them that they had a friend should they ever need one.

(Lame)

Selene came to a small stream, she smiled as a spark of joy lit up in her eyes. The female padded over to the rushing water, taking a moment to just listen to the sound of it as it moved gracefully over the rocks and pebbles. She always admired water, no matter what seemed to get in it's way it would always find a way to somehow get around it. She lowered her muzzle to it's surface and lapped it up before sitting back down once more. She sighed, it'd been a long day and rest was welcomed.

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