New Life is Born-Open to friends

[snow]

Reaching the great oak, Snow let loose a a low deep growl then tipped her head back and howled, saying that if anybody that she did not know were to come near the hollow in the tree and intended to do harm, she will kill. With that, Snow flew up to the large branch and before entering let out another growl for good measure. In the hollow, she fixed the leaf nest then laid down, and just as she laid down she felt a sharp pain ripple in her stomach at a contraction. She then knew that her pups were coming.

[fangirl728]

((Yea, I'm a friend!! ;D))

Senka tread slowly through the woods, sniffing here and there, unsure of what to do. She then heard a howl, and focused on it. Another howl echoed through the trees and now Senka was sure, it was Snow. Senka sped to a trot to meet up with her friend. She breathed in and followed her sent to a hollow, where sSNow was laying in a nest of leaves. And she was VERY pregnant. Senka leapt up to join her. She gestured toward her enlarged stomach. "Okay, when did that happen?" Senka said carelessly. Though she looked composed and calm, inside she felt differently. Perhaps she was... Jealous? Senka never even thought of pups when she was with her mate. "And who might the father be?"

[snow]

((Lol yep ))

Snow growled at the sound of paws on the branch outside the hollow, but soon recognized the scent of the wolf. "Okay, when did that happen? And who might the father be?" Snow barked, with a grin, "Long story and Vryn would be the fa--" Snow clenched her teeth as another contraction rippled through her stomach. "Senka, could you go down to the creek and get me some wet moss for me to drink please, and maybe some dry moss for a comfortable bed." Snow closed her eyes and clenched her teeth at another contraction. "Sorry for sending you on a job for me when you just got here."

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal smells the air just outside his cave, it smells...
"Blood...? But not of death, of life..." he thinks to himself, wondering when he last saw Thunder.
"Did she..." he lifts his nose to the air, widening his nostrils. "But no... This comes from somewhere else..."
He begins his padding towards the smell, the smell of pups, new life and new chances...


Cercius ran towards the smell.
"Pups!" his mind yelled, ecstatic, forgetting that he was stepping on his old brother's' land.
"New life!"
His bare feet were cutting on the snagging weeds, the sharp, ancient flagstones, but nothing else mattered except that there was new life.
He slows as an ache begins in his stomach, his blood pumping loudly, and he approaches the tree, seeing Senka perched on a branch.
"Vos es et? Who is letting life unto the world as Tor bled our eternal kind unto Fenris' land!?" he calls, excited.
He takes a sniff before she can reply and his smile widens,
"Snow! I didn't know you were with pups! I will fetch dry moss for a pillow!" and with that, he was already running off again, snatching moss from treebark, hard ground and dessicated flagstone, revealing the long-dead land that would soon be alive with the play, yips and barks of young wolves.

[snow]

((Yes, Adurnak's wolf Vryn is the father and it really is awkward aint it .))

Snow's ears pricked up and forward at the sound of a new voice outside below the hollow, "Vos es et? Who is letting life unto the world as Tor bled our eternal kind unto Fenris' land!? Snow! I didn't know you were with pups! I will fetch dry moss for a pillow!" Snow was about to answer when another contraction hit and a pup appeared. Snow picked it up and started to clean it up, forgetting about the male stranger who went for dry moss. It was a black female, Snow nestled the pup near her belly, her eyes full of pride, "She looks just like Vryn."

[snow]

((Yay we are back!! Thank you Fely and who ever else helped and all!!! ))

[fangirl728]

Senka was about to run off and comply to Snow's wishes before Cercius beat her to it. Senka backed away from Snow, a little nervous and unsure of what to do. She went ahead and ran to the nearest stream, where she dampened some moss and rushed it back to Snow. She then paced nervously around Snow. "Is there anything you want me to do?"

[cptkickercutleg]

Graal's chest was burning, he knew he should stop, but his mind was running high on happiness, and although he had stopped running only minutes ago, he still wanted to sprint as fast as he could towards the birthing to help.
He stopped for a moment.
"Just a moment's rest..." he tells himself, closing his heavy eyes as the pain in his chest radiates outwards, faintness flowing through him, carrying him under into unconsciousness.
"Just a moment..."


Cercius ran through the forest, snatching enough moss for a human bed, never mind a comfy resting spot for pups to sleep, his body luxuriating in the long strides it took to cover the ground as he snatches even more of the soft plant into his mouth, canine teeth already stained a green mess by the stuff.
He ran over a mound of-
He whirls around, dropping the moss down carelessly as he realises his mistake, slipping around to see the mound of ill-smelling fur and greyness, sniffing at the wolf's body.
"Still alive! Thank Tor!" he thinks, nudging the still body's neck and hearing the wolf take a shuddering breath.
"Is he sick? He LOOKS okay..." he muses, cocking his head and padding over to the pile of moss he had left. It was big enough for the pups to rest in, and he had plenty left over from his overzealous picking, easily enough for both Snow and Graal seperately.
He nods to himself as he decides to leave Graal for a few minutes while he deliver's the pillow to the birthing female, turns tail, and begins to run.

[snow]

Snow grasped the damp moss in her jaws, biting down on it to get the water. The water was cool and sweet as it gushed out of the moss and down her wanting throat. Snow placed the wet moss back down and looked up at Senka, "Thank you." Snow clenched her teeth as another contraction rippled through her stomach and another puppy appeared. Snow picked it up and cleaned it up, a white male, Snow thought to herself. Day turned to night as the fifth, and last, pup came. Snow was grateful for the dry moss Cercius, as she came to know, brought. Snow nuzzled the last pup to her belly for him to feed, she had two boys and three girls. The first one, and the smallest, was all black like its father, the second, and the biggest, was all white like her, the third was all gray with a white star shape on her left eye, the fourth was silver, and the fifth was black with silver markings. Snow gazed at them, her red eyes full of pride as she licked the tops of each of their heads "I hope Vryn gets here soon, so he can help me name them." Snow whispered so she wouldn't disturb the sleeping pups. ((There will be some NCCs, I think thats what they are called, coming in here soon. Just giving a heads up. And sorry Kicker, I know Cercius wasn't there yet was he. ))

[cptkickercutleg]

(( It's fine, I can adapt ))

Cercius sits at the bottom of the tree in human form once more, Graal's heavy body across his legs as he strokes the unconscious wolf's back, humming the song to which the wolf upon him had been born... With some changes...
"And our pack is your power,
Through the fires, through the storms!
And no more,
Lands be silent,
With this graalan súntar in your ears.
And you'll stand tall.
Children of Snow;
You will not fall, under your foes, 
For your hearts will be hearty and spirits be strong,
When our voices are lifted into, this graalan súntar..."
(( Edited Sovngarde Song, from the Skyrim soundtrack. Graalan súntar means "Protecting song" ))

He gently shuffles his legs, keeping them from going numb with Graal lying heavily upon them.

Graal awakens slowly, his breathing slow and purposeful as he slumbers on this unfamiliar place, his nose not making sense of his surroundings just yet.
His ears twitch and hone in on Cercius' singing, a small smile creeping across his face as he loses himself in memory for a moment, stretching slightly, then flinching as he remembers his chest.
He blinks, realising what was going on in a rush of sensory information, and looks up.
"Es et fini?"
(( "Is it over?" ))
"Aye, Ash Dragga, es fini, kantz pups."
(( "Yes, my friend, (it) is over, five pups" ))
Graal smiles weakly, his chest still aching mildly, and puts his head down again, all wrongs forgotten in this place and time.
For how long Graal could keep his barriers up, he couldn't tell, but they both knew that after they left, things would go back to the way they were.
Both wanted this moment to last, for Snow, Vryn, Sanka, and each other to be happy.
"Es Vryn ou?"
(( "Is Vryn here?" ))
Cercius shakes his head with a small smile.
"Nort, mai Draegga vell hers gút, es tran gút sol."
(( "No, but he will feel good, (it) is a very good day" ))
Graal nods again.
"Tran gút..." he says, closing his eyes, shuffling closer to Cercius' chest, feeling warm inside and out as Cercius buries his hands in Graal's ruff.

(( Sorry to break the turn order, but I was just setting out where Graal and Cercius are now. Cercius went back, changed form, picked Graal up and carried him back to a safer place, where he could wake up with friends and be able to help Snow if necessary. ))

[Adurnak]

[glow=navy,2,300]"You are jumping to conclusions again, Cercius. I have been here all along. It is the custom of my people to stand guard over the den during the birthing process."
Vyrn shimmers into veiw as he speaks, sitting on the branch outside the entrance to the hollow.[/glow]

[thunder]

Lust had been hovering near the castle, trying to decide whether she should try and see if Thunder, whom had recently been shattering bones and carvings against the wall of her library for hours on end, was okay and willing to visit Snow, or simply head over to her friend at top speed.

She went down to the ground and up some steps to the door of the library. "Thunder?"[/color] Her voice rang out into the air. Her ears were perked as she tried to dicern the numerous sounds coming from inside.

Thunder bit down on the bone hard, her irritation getting the better of her as it shattered and grazed her cheek. "Thunder?"[/color] She picked up a rather large cracked bone and hurled it at the door. "I said LEAVE ME ALONE!" Her resonating growls were always intimidating, making it seem as if the sky itself were out to get you. Still,Lust had heard it before so it lost a bit of it's touch.

Lust cringed and shied away from the door. The bone had been hurled at it with such force that the bone had split in to and the sharp ends came all the way through the door and had nearly hit Lust. Not wanting to end up like the door she backed up around the bend and continued talking."Eh....Thunder. I don't mean to bother you but maybe you should consider calming down and heading outside, anyone who lives anywhere near here has probably heard you and is on there way...."


Lust was trying to convince Thunder to come out and find her way there on her own, so she could leave. Assured that Thunder had at least heard her she flew as fast as she could away and to the site of birth."Hello!"She greeted as she landed, taking in the whole scene.

Thunder trotted upwards, to the top room of the tower she had claimed as her own. She peered out the window and followed Lust with her eyes, tracking the blur of movement to the western ruins. While she knew her anger couldn't be heard from there she also knew that was where Graal lived. Her nostrils flared, picking up the faint scents on the strong winds. Maybe she should go....

[snow]

"Lust, how are you doing? Its been awhile." Snow peeked around her to see if Vryn was here as well. Seeing that he wasn't, Snow asked, "Do you know if Vr--" Snow stopped, her ears pricked at Vryn's voice outside of the hollow. "Vryn! Get in here and see your pups!" Snow barked excitedly, accidentally waking the pups. Snapping into mother mode, Snow gave each pup a lick on the head and then sang:
Sleep, O babes, for the red bee hums the silent twilight's fall;
Eeval from the grey rock comes to wrap the world in thrall.
A lyan van o, my Pups, my joy, my love and heart's desire.
Snow hummed the lyrics until they were once again fast asleep, her tail gently placed a top them.

((I'm just gonna modify this post and bring in the NPCs, lol found out what they are called here. ))

A pack of wolves surrounded the great oak, teeth barred and ears back. A large jet black wolf stood in front of them, his blue eyes slits, he barked, "Snow your father is here to see his grandpups and they shall DIE!!" As soon as he finished speaking, all the wolves around the oak let loose menacing growls and barks then attacked. Snow's eyes darkened at the sound of Hawks voice and the many growls and barks outside the hollow. Hawk and six other wolves jumped up to the branch. Two of the six wolves attacked Vryn, attempting to push him off the branch and stand watch outside of the hollow, unless Vryn dodged then they would fight with him until he fell. Hawk and the remaining wolves entered the hollow, two of the wolves jumped onto Senka holding her down unless she dodged. If so, then they would force her outside of the hollow. Snow stood up, but was a tad to late as the last two wolves knocked her back down and held her down as Hawk took out one of her pups then another and another just about to kill it, About to leave only her first two pups. Snow growled then burst into flames, burning the two wolves upon her to ashes. standing up, Snow stood above her remaining pups and lowered her head and growled, tears rolling down her muzzle. "Put her down!"

[cptkickercutleg]

(( what? Nobody else does anything to stop him? ))

[Adurnak]

There's no warning, nor the wild yell that usually heralds his arrival. Just a sudden blur of light, and all at once Hawk is no longer holding the three pups, and Navanic is alighting next to Vyrn and Cercius, setting the pups down gently. A savage, primordial rage burns in his eyes, fire starting to seep from his jaws as he turns his gaze on Hawk. When he speaks, however, his words are directed at Lust, his voice distorted with barely-controlled anger.
[glow=Yellow,3,500]"Lust, I suddenly feel like causing extreme pain to a specific target, then killing it slowly. Care to join me?"[/glow]