Where The Fish Swim In Many

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In this part of the creek where it is too dense for bears and moose to go. Wolves, fox, and lynx rule this shadowy spot where salmon and trout call paradise. The water may be 4 feet deep, but the fish are many in this spot, and are easy to catch with the right skills. The Fishers and Fisher apprentencies dominate this area where they excell.

ALBA

Not hearing any sort of response from Ken, she sighed, and continued to gaze at the spectacular view. Alba smiled at Velvel, knowing she had been a shy wolf pup. Alba felt no words to express the beauty in her eyes, so she just nodded to herself and licked the nape of Faith's neck. "Let' go!" Alba yipped in excitement for more adventure.

FIERA

Fiera sensed nothing, for she was just lingering above the pack's territory. She sighed in loneliness, watching as her kit played with Faith, Velvel, and Ken. As Blade galloped away with another wolf, she laughed and narrowed her eyes. "Hah! That fae won't last a second with... What's his name... I'll call him Stripes." Fiera swung her fluffy tail below her as she smirked, ready to watch the show.

FAITH

Faith laughed happily as the smooth tonge rolled across her neck. The mutt lifted her chin up high and gave a kind eye to Alba and the others. "So, let's check out the waterfall?" Faith smiled sincerely, and slowed to a trot as they came closer to the rushing water. With a steady pace, not to drop any of the pups, she trotted to some large rocks that designated the falls.

(OOC: Fiera, when does Blade "gallop away" with anyone? He's usually stationary when he meets others, I've noticed...)

"I'm Asmira, what's your name?"

Blade looked up with his emerald eyes at the wolf on the other side. It was definitely a she-wolf, brown and tan with big blue eyes that were angled as her head cocked in curiosity. Lifting his head slowly, Blade eyed her. She was short and lean, seemingly a young wolf like himself. He smirked, but didn't answer. He went back to drinking from the creek. Blade had already decided that avoiding people was pointless. So instead, he decided to seem even less approachable. She'd make other friends, he was certain. She seemed friendly enough.

ALBA

Alba smiled, seeing Ken had taken interest in the scenery. The kit licked his cheek and smiled as he had done when they first met. Shelaughed happily, and scooted back closer to the two pups. "Faith is taking us to that waterfall!" She yipped happily, and poked her paws between Faith's ears. The rushing waters came closer as they all approached Blade and a new female to the area. "Oh, it's you again. My mum told me not to talk to Stripes." Alba nodded her head looking at the neon striped wolf, and smirked. "I'm guessing thats you." With a laugh and a grin, she sat proudly on the giant's back.

FAITH

"I believe my passengers have met you before, Stripes." Faith laughed, and wagged her long tail as it brushed the wet ground. Blade was soaked in water after seeing the stranger shake her fur. "And you, stranger, I don't believe you are setting the right example for a youngling like this striped fellow, hmm?" Faith chuckled slightly and kindly to the side, her eyes squinted in humor at the pups behind her. "Shall we continue, or would you like to stay and chat?" Faith tilted her head and awaited further instruction.

"Hey, I'm talking to you!"

'No, are you really?' thought Blade, 'I didn't notice.' He heard a splash and watched her as she swam/trudged across. He continued lapping at the water. When she reached the edge and clambered up and after a pause, he saw movement and didn't have time to flee or even move before she shook cold water all over him. "Hey!" he snarled, becoming just as wet as she was. He turned and leapt, knocking her over. He was about to show her what he was made of when he heard, "Oh, it's you again. My mum told me not to talk to Stripes. I'm guessing that's you." He looked up at a wolf he hadn't met, and the three pups riding on its back. He recognized the fox fit and Ken. The last one looked like that pale wolf's pup. "I believe my passengers have met you before, Stripes." the wolf added as she laughed with the fox kit who'd been the one to speak. Blade's ears pinned to his head in annoyance. "My name's Blade, not 'Stripes'," he growled as his eyes narrowed and he stepped off and away from Asmira. "And you just did talk to me," he smirked at the little fox kit.

Asmira couldn't stop laughing, mostly because of the look on his face when she splashed him. Not even when he knocked her over and pinned her to the ground. It didn't hurt when her head hit against the ground, mostly because of the soft grass. She only stopped laughing when she heard a voice and looked over to see a wolf carrying pups on its back. The little fox kit among them seemed to be making fun of this striped one. "My name's 'Blade', not Stripes," he growled and she smiled. So he was Blade! He stepped off her and she got up, feeling happy. His mean ignoring had got him nowhere. "And you, stranger, I don't believe you are setting the right example for a youngling like this striped fellow, hmm?" said the other wolf with a smile. Asmira laughed. "Oh, he deserved it. It's okay." At least, she thought it was. It's not like she could get in trouble or anything for it. He wasn't in danger. Just a simple payback. "Besides, I'm sure he's tough enough to handle a little water," she added mockingly, sneering at him in a taunting but not cruel way.

Ken was distracted in his thoughts, but his eyes continued to survey the lovely surroundings. Then he felt a soft lick on his cheeks and he quickly turned to the form who had licked him, it was Alba. He was surprised by the unexpectedly lick but he laughed and softly nudged the fox. When Faith had taken them to two figures, he immediately recognized the neon brute, a small growl erupted from Ken's throat. When Ken heard the name of the neon brute, a small grin formed on his lips, "Oh so thats his name" thought Ken.

ALBA

"Hey, who do you think you are growling at an assasin's daughter?" Swiftly, Alba leaped off of Faith's back, and landed on a green stripe. "Look at these things, it be a pitty if one was scratched." Alba revealed an evil smirk and wicked eyes. She walked forward to his two pointy ears and whispered, "Too bad I enjoy pain." She shot out her tiny - yet painful - claws, and dug one into a big juicy stripe. Only a little bit of blood came out, but that would do. She covered her paw in Blade's blood, and spoke villanously, "Now, I do a little painting." Alba spread her fiery red paw along the green stripe, which now Blade had many green stripes, and one red. Before Blade could attack Alba or try to kick her off, she gracefully leaped back on Faith for protection.

FAITH

Faith flattened her ears and narrowed her eyes. "These passengers are my passengers." With a mighty hunch, Faith snarled violently at the two wolves in front of her. "Nobody messes with a teacher." She slowly stalked forward, and was practically in both of their faces due to how big she was. "Oh yes, I almost forgot," Faith exhaled angrily, almost like a bull. "Faith, will bring you to your fate. And whose Faith? Me." Faith was very serious, and did not want to startle the pups, though she knew all of them were tough. "Mark my words, Stripes - Do not annoy any of these pups, or else - No, you'll get a beating if you even hurt a hair on any of them."

Lucas eyes slowly opened, lifting his head up, he looked around with confusion. "I must have fallen asleep" murmured Luke, he glanced down to the animal his head was laying on and remembered it was his friend Alaska. He sighed and slowly lifted his body up, "She really is gone" thought the brute sadly. He turned away from Alaska's body and quietly padded through the woods, he opened his mouth and yawned. Then he heard sounds somewhere nearby, he came to a halt and raised his lobes adjusting them to the sounds. He inhaled the air and sensed wolves, and a small scent of blood, "What is going on?" thought Luke. Shaking his head he bounded to the direction where all the chaos seemed to be happening, emerging out of the woods he saw the neon brute walking away and Ken with Alba, Velvel and two canines he had yet to meet.

Ken was surprised by Alba's change in character, before he knew it she had leaped onto Blade and was digging her talons into the male's neon stripes. Then Faith was getting serious to Blade, things were definitely getting wild and Ken didn't know how to react. Then a strong nearby scent drifted into Ken's nostrils, looking to the direction where the scent was coming from he saw his guardian Lucas. "Lucas!" yipped Ken, it felt like ages since the young lad had seen his faithful guardian, but Ken knew Lucas seemed different, the male seemed more distracted and less focused.

FAITH

"Why waste your time? My, you must hate life. The striped wolf doesn't even get whats going on!" Faith snarled at the stranger, and continued to walk towards the large waterfall. "Are you all ok?" She was a bit concerned for Alba's health and emotions, so she licked her neck and hoped Alba and the others were fine.

ALBA

"Yeah, I'm fine. I hate the color green now, though." Alba laughed slightly, and looked at her bloody paw. "Hold on Faith." Alba leaped into the water quickly to wash the red off her paw. She licked it twice, and jumped back on Faith's neck. "Ok, I'm good now." The scent of Blade now was the scent of hatred to Alba. It was an instinct to avoid him. "Faith, before we go to the falls, I wanna see my mum." Faith seemed to have nodded and they started walking towards a tall tree. Fiera's tail lingered below a branch. "Mum! I missed you!" Alba cried, and clawed her way up the tree to greet her beloved mum.

FIERA

Fiera had seen everything, from Faith and Blade's conversation, to Alba with the blood. As the young kit was climbing up the tree, Fiera licked the kit as a gentle greeting. "I missed you too, Alba. But right now, I need a moment. You stay with Faith." Fiera licked under Alba's muzzle once more, and scanned Blade's coordinates from her leaping range. He was close enough. You could almost hear Fiera's claws stretching like eagle's talons as she leapt into the air. It seemed as Fiera was a meteorite with fur as she slammed against Blade's hind quarters. Fiera snarled violently, and inched her way up to his head. "I don't care if you waste your time, I don't care if it's not your fault, and I definitely don't care if you have green stripes!" Fiera was in a rage as she sunk her fangs into the flesh of his grey fur.

"Don't let them get you down! It's still a really nice day."

Blade heard Asmira come up next to him and was about to tell her off when a thrusting weight collided into him and the air was knocked out of his lungs. He tumbled to the ground, wincing a little. When his vision stopped bouncing he was face to face with the she-fox Fiera, who snarled her words and bit into his fur. He almost howled in pain but instead tried to pry her off. He wriggled and kicked out but it didn't help. He heard Asmira shout something and he gave a low yelp as the fox was torn from his body, pulling out fur tufts. His legs splayed out as his head craned up. Asmira was standing between him and the raging mother. Defending him. His eyes widened in shock. So far he'd been scraped up by pups, told off, insulted, bloodied, threatened, and now this? He was at a loss for words. He sat there stupidly for only a couple seconds before he regained his wits. Standing up jerkily, he looked at both of them. "I don't need a guardian, especially a girl," he looked between them, "both of you-- all of you-- just leave me alone!" he screamed and ran away, his head bent so the wind from his speed wouldn't slow him down. He considered leaving (OOC: he's not going to) again. Being a loner was more appealing.

FIERA

"Watch it sister." Fiera hissed violently as a tiny bit of blood poured out of her wound. The raging fox perked her ears, and slowly turned her head to her back. The bite mark was worst than she expected from a female. "If you had family, you'd know what I feel right now." Fiera gently padded forward, with her shouldes hunched upward, as if she was stalking prey. She kept walking forward, speaking with a deadly tone. "No matter how many times you both say, 'Oh, but we didn't do anything!'" She paused and felt her pupils turn to slits, her tail waving high above her head. "I'll do something." She hissed as loud as a wolf could howl, and leaped onto Asmira. Fiera's jaw whipped open and she slammed her fangs against the female's neck. Through a mouthful of fur, she manage to say, "Never tell an assasin to stop attacking!" Fiera was finished. Plainly, she allowed the female to run away and chase Blade. She's a bit perky, but she can sure bite, Fiera thught to herself. Fiera limped swifly to Sharon and Faith, who both were talking. "Sharon, please help me." Fiera fell to the ground before both of the canines and the pups. (Fiera is not going to die anytime soon, she is just severly hurt.)

ALBA

"MUM!" Alba sceamed frantically as her mum collapsed to the ground. The young kit kicked off of Faith's head and landed beside Fiera. "Sharon, please, please help my mum!" Alba tugged on Sharon's fur hoping that throwing a tantrum would grab her attention. She gave up on the tugging, probably knowing she had noticed the fox laying on the ground. She laid her head down low, beliving if Fiera was cuddled enough, she'd wake up healthy again. Though, this was just a myth.

FAITH

"Oh, it's no problem. Velvel seems excited to visit the falls with us! Would you rather she stay, or would you like to come with us?" Faith was a respectful dog, though she was rather larger than a wolf. She smiled kindly and licked Velvel's cheek. As Faith bent down to do so, Fiera laid motionless but breathing beside her paws. "Fiera!" Faith started to panic, and nudged the fox lightly. "Sharon, we have to heal Fiera's wound. Is there any way that I could help?"

Blade thought he was home free when he heard a voice behind him. "What's this about me being a girl? I can do everything you can, and probably better!" He kept running but glanced over his shoulder at the approaching wolf: Asmira. He groaned. When would she leave him alone? "I simply meant I'm stronger and bigger. That's all. Now stop following me! Go play with the others or something!" he growled, knowing by the look on her face she wouldn't listen to him. He didn't care. She'd get bored soon, or insulted. Most wolves only had a certain point before they got fed up with him it seemed, and he'd maxed it out for quite a few of them. He was about to speed up when a black she-wolf came up to him. "Stop, Blade," she said, and he skidded to a halt. He could tell by her eyes and her voice she had authority. When she said the rest his face hardened. "She's not my friend," he growled, glancing at Asmira when she came up beside them.