Aquila

The elderly wolf limped into the area. His large paws brought up small clouds of dust where they fell upon the near barren earth. His eyes didn't see with much detail anymore, and his hearing was gone in one ear, and getting worse in the other. Every step brought an aching pain to his legs, especially his front left shoulder. His black fur was thin and unkempt.

In an agonizingly slow pace, Aquila made his way across a vast stretch of area, and kept clear of the lava flows. Steam billowed up from a dome nearby, and that's were the old wolf headed for. When he reached the spot, Aquila lied down carefully and closed his dimmed yellow orbs. He didn't know if he'd get up again, but for right now, he didn't care.

*Kitten*

She enters the terrain following Aquila's scent. She had wondered where her friend had gone. She suddenly lost his scent for she was only a kitten and usally never followed scents like a wolf or dog might do. She meows a couple of times calling him. Steam came up from a fault and she leaped back fearfully. She peered into the fault and saw lava. It looked cool to her but it was to hot for her to keep looking at. She realized it was hotter here then anywhere else. Since there were very few trees shed have a good view of Ashen Domes. She climbs the tallest tree she could find all the way to the top. She peers around and spots Aquila. She slowly backs down from the tree and runs over to Aquila worried. She knew he was old and couldent see or hear as well as other wolves cause of his age. She sits. "Aquila are you ok." She asked worryed. She jumped in fear once more when steam came up from one of the faults near by.

Aquila

His eyes opened again, but it was his nose that told him it was the kitten who was near. The old wolf smiled lightly, "I'm alright, just tired." he didn't lift his head as he spoke, but he did thump his tail aginst the ground once to greet the kitten. The heat the came from the ground eased his pain, though it didn't make it go away.

"How is the pack doing?" Aquila asked, "Have you made good friends with any of the other wolves? I know Luna is very nice. And so is Azari."

Shika

She sighs sadly. "No I havent seen any of your pack in a while Aquila. Not even Azari or Luna. By the way I never told you my name in all this while. Its Shika." She says. She lays down. She wasnt a fan of the heat. It was to hot for her.

Aquila

"That's a nice name." Aquila replide. He was worride that the pack wasn't around, but he tried not to show it. Honestly, he didn't want to get up, but for Shika, he did. "Are you hungry at all?" the elder wolf asked.

Shika

She smiles when he gets up. "Nope Im not hungrey." She replied. She thought for a moment. "Hey you wanna go downtown?" She asked. She still hoped her mother would turn up but she highly doubted it but she like to check every once in a while but didnt like going alone much for the bigger stray cats could get nasty sometimes.

Aquila

Aquila wasn't hungry either, "Sure, lets go downtown. I'll follow you, unless you want to ride on my back. I'm afriad I've forgotten how to get Downtown."

Kitten

"I can walk." She saidsmileing. "Shall we go?" She asked.

Shika

She smiles and dosent wait for him to answer her question befor paddeing out of the terrain to Down Town. She looks behinde her to make sure he follows.