Portia/Isabella

Ramex came trotting in with Portia on his back, he slowly came to a halt and let her down. "Here we go. Nesra should be in the barn... I set up a little place for her..." Portia grabed Ramex's ranes and led him and Leo down to the barn. She opened the door and put Ramex in a stable, before going into another stable were Nesra was pacing back and forth.

Nesra looked at Portia but the contractions were strong at this point and the pups were coming soon. The red Border Collie laid down, stood up circled and repeated over and over again.

Leo

Leo followed after Portia silently. He had tied Sunholder to a tree to graze. He knew the stallion would be alright till he returned. He looked at the pacing dog silently. Most females pace till after the first pup was born, or was comming out. Than they layed down to give birth to the rest of the pups. "Do you know how many puppies she's having?" He spoke to Portia softly so not to disturb Nesra. She was pretty, the border collie. He could tell the first pup was about to be delivered, so he waited to see if Nesra would laid down before or after the first pup came. He hoped that nothing was wrong with her, but hopefully if their was it was something he could help with.

Nesra

Portia Nodded "She should be haveing three..."

Nesra's pacing slowed and finally she laid down. The first pup came out and strait away began screaming for her mother. Nesra turned around she was some what confused. She softly licked the puppy, it was a female, red sable with fawn points, she looked alot like a wolf. Portia reached over and picked the puppy up, she took a towel and lightly cleaned her off. "She looks like her dad..." She smiled and gave the pup back to Nesra. Soon after the second came, a Male, he was red like his mother with irish spots and ticked on his legs. He was slow to start breathing but once he was he wouldn't be quiet. Portia did the same with him. And then the third came, he was built like a border collie and was black, red and white tri also with ticking. He too was slow to start screaming, he was also the calmest pup. Portia set him down and he started suckling with the rest of the puppies. Nesra looked baffled she was unsure wether to let them suckle or if they were a threat and that she should leave them. She lightly nuzzled one of the pups and finally laid her head down. Portia staired blankly, before standing up. "I guess we got here just in time. I didn't expect it to happen so quickly... She must have been having contractions all day." Jack'O'Lantern paced out side the barn barking, and scratching at the door as he tried to get in to see his mate.

Leo

Leo watched as the three pups were born. The mother seemed to be doing great as she accepted them. They were beautiful pups though Leo thought as he watched them suckle. He listened to Portia talk about what she should of done. He couldn't help but say what he said next. It was what he usually said when someone spoke of that.

"Well I'm glad everything went alright. The pups seems healthy, although I'd suggest keeping eye on that last one. He's being quite quiet for a pup, even a newborn. By the way I think someone wants in pretty badly." He spoke with a smile as he glanced to the barn door where it was rattling under pressure from Jack'O'Lantern.

Portia

Portia smiled "I should probably let him in before he breaks through" She laughed as she stood up and went to the door. She opened it and the 100 lbs wolf-dog came bounding it. He ran up to Nesra and lightly licked her face before looking at his pups. His tail wagged furosiusly as he went along. Portia walked over and sat dog next to Nesras head and lightly pet her. Isabella walked through the barn door and saw the puppies "Oh! I missed the birth?" She souded sad but she looked like she was about to explode with happyness. She walked over and sat down. "Im going to have a friend stay for a while is that okay? She found out she was adopted and she doesn't want to go home yet..." Portia nodded "Thats okay, how long" "I don't know yet..." Portia nodded aprovingly "Sure I don't mind she can stay in the guest bedroom." She grined "So which puppy do you want to keep Bell?" Isabella looked at the puppied "Um I think the tri male..." She said lightly brushing her fingers down the puppies back, she stood up turned around and left the barn. Isabella walked up to the house and sat down on the stairs of the porch. Portia looked at Leo "Do you want a puppy?"

Leo & others

Leo watched as the wolf dog came in the door. He looked as a girl came in talking to Portia. So this must be Isabella he thought to himself. He watched as Isabella choose the tri colored male. At Portia's question he looked to her a smile still on his face. "Sure. I'll take the female when she's weaned if that's okay?" He waited for her to reply.

Scarlet and the others were comming down the road. Clarissa was at Scarlet's heels. Talia was carrying a backpack on her shoulder that was full of clothes and other items. She had no weapons on her except for her gun that was in her pocket. Once they neared Scarlet called out in a cheerful voice that was beautiful sounding. "Hi Isabella. Everything okay with your dog giving birth?" She called with a smile.

Isabella

Isabella nodded "She had three puppies. I think we're giving two of them away." Bella looked down at the barn. Bella stood up and smiled "So how long do you think you'll be staying Talia?"

Genra heard voices out side and made her way to the front door and through the doggie door. "Oh hi!" She smiled.

Portia nodded "Okay." she softly pet the puppies. Itona softly wimpered as she suckled from her mother. Her brother Rev was almost compleatly silent except for a few wimpers here and there when Kempa shoved him over a bit.

Scarlet & others.

Scarlet's smile remained on her face. She nodded her head.

"At the most a week. I'm waiting till the man clears out his things from the house I brought from him. The only bad thing is that Sam found out my plans."

"Isabella, may I speak to you alone." Tony's voice was soft, but still held that sound like he was the devil. He waited for her to reply. He needed to warn her of what might happen.

Clarissa wagged her tail. "Hello Genra. Everything okay?" She went to Genra silently so they could speak.

Leo looked to the puppies as he thought of something to say. He wasn't one much for conversation. "Was that Isabella who came in?" He spoke just to make sure his guessing was correct. Besides it would also get Portia talking.

Portia

Portia nodded "Thats my sister. She moved in with me after I started going to collage,I started early..." She was quiet but loud enough so that Leo could hear.

Isabella froze plans?". Tony's voice broke the trance "Uh sure..." She walked over to Tony and waited for him to talk.

Genra smiled "Its going well, I believe Nesra had her puppies. I was going to go see them do you want to come along?" She yipped exitedly.

Scarlet & Others.

Scarlet saw her froze. "Plans as in moving out." She spoke to clear things up before Isabella went to talk to Tony.

Tony spoke swiftly, but not to swift. "Here take this, please. Sam might come after Talia. If he does we won't be far behind, but please be careful." He handed her a gun and bullets.

Talia fall into talk with Scarlet.

Clarissa followed Genra with a nod.

Leo listened silently. "It must be hard raising a younger sibling?"

Portia

Portia shook her head, "She usually takes care of her self, lucky me she likes alot of things I do. Meaning I don't have to make her dinner..." She looked over to the door and saw the dogs come in. When she saw Clarissa she stuck her head out for the dog to sniff before she pet her. "Who's dog is this..." She said she sounded slightly concerned.

Genra walked over to Nesra and nuzzled her before sniffing the puppies "Their cute...". Nesra smiled and softly licked the red male. "They are..." She looked at Clarissa "Hi Im Nesra. This is my mate Jack'O'Lantern" Jack lifted his large wolf like head and looked at Clarissa, he nodded and put his head back down.

Leo

Leo nodded his head. "That's lucky alright. My brother would of wished he had the same luck with me, but he didn't really. We agreed on few things." He glanced to the dog before a astonished look came across his face. "Whoever she belongs to, they have good connections or money. That's a Airdale Terrior and they are rare." A beautiful creature as well he thought.

Clary sniffed the hand before continuing on. Normally she wouldn't have unless commanded, but she was only be polite. Clarissa looked to Nesra a smile on her face. "Hello Nesra, Jack'O'Lantern. I am Clarissa, but you may call me Clary. You have beautiful pups, dear Nesra." She spoke softly her voice full of warmth.

Tony waited for Isabella's reaction.

Portia

Portia nodded "They are?" She hadn't known this about the breed. She had seen one or two before but she had never thought of them as a rare breed, and she saw them in pet stores.

Nesra smiled "Thank you Clary." She laid her head down. Jack slept quietly next to her.

Isabella looked at the gun "Um Im sure I won't need it..." She didn't want to have to handle it, she had never held a gun before any ways. "I've never shot a gun before... I'd probably hurt some one..."

Tony

Tony looked at her with slightly pleading eyes. "I would feel better if you had it just in case. The whole point is to hurt somebody. Besides Sam would back off if he knew he had no chance. If you don't have a weapon your sitting ducks. Talia has a gun too, just in case Sam does pay a viist." He still held out the gun. "Clarissa's going to stay the first night as well if that's ok?" It was simply extra measures.

"Yeah. They were bred in the older days for hunting foxes and other vermin. You don't seem quite often these days. This is only the second time I saw one. The first time was in a dog show." He spoke still watching the dogs.

Clary looked to the humans who were watching her. She wondered if she had done something wrong, but she looked back to Genra. "Maybe we should go? To give the mother and father rest?" She spoke real soft so as to not disturb Nesra or Jack.

Isabella

Isabella took the gun and nodded "Okay." She went back over to Talia and Scarlet "Come in I'll show you to the guest room, okay?" She gave them a polite smiled before walking over to the door and opening it. She entered the entrance and walked a little further, when she came to the stair case going up she opened a door to the right. It lead to another set of stairs leading down. She walked down and turned on the light. They were in a small hall way with one door to the left and two to the right. "To the left is the guest bedroom to the far right is the bathroom and the door closer to us is a game room." She opened the Guest bedroom door and turned on the light revealing the light blue and cream colors that seemed to swallow the room. "Make your self at home." She smiled and sat down on the bed.

Genra looked at Clary and nodded "Okay..." She trotted out of the barn and over to the house. She stopped on the porch and squirmed her way through the doggy door. She was sure that the airdale could make it through since the almost fully grown German Shepherd could with out a problem. Deja came running up when they came in "Hey." The Bichon Frise smiled and wagged her tail.

Portia watched as Clarissa and Genra left. "I wonder if I should go see whos dog that is..." She stood up and looked out side the door. She saw Isabella and a couple of other people. "Would you mind if I went over there for a few minutes? You can stay or come if you want I just want to see who's going to be staying at my house for a while..." She said blankly, she waited a few minutes for him to answer before going.

Leo

Leo smiled, but shook his head. "No thanks. I need to return to the felines, and give them their lunch. Your welcome to stop by once your done." He left, riding out on Sunholder.

Clarissa followd after Genra. She saw Talia go in with Isabella, but she didn't pay attention. "<>BHello. I am Clarissa but you may call me Clary."

Tony and Scarlet left to let Talia get situated. Besides Sam would come looking for them if they didn't get home on time.

Portia

Portia nodded "Well it was nice hanging out with you" She gave him a warm smile before heading up to the house. She went down stairs and into the guest room. "Hey Isabella," She turned and looked at Talia "Hi, Im Portia Isabella's older sister." She gave her a welcoming smile. "Portia this is Talia, Talia this is my older sister Portia." Portia smiled once again "I'm going to be up stairs if you need me, Its time for Poppy's nap time." She scurried up stairs and was gone. Isabella looked at Talia "Oh yeah Poppy's a little girl who's living with us for the time being. Her mom abandoned her, and we had to take her in..." She frowned.

Talia

Talia smiled. "Hello," she spoke to Portia before she left. She turned to Isabella who she explained Poppy was. "Yeah, I know how that can feel. Being abandoned that is....Sorry if I'm being a little moody." She sighed softly.

Clarissa was silent as she stayed with Genra mostly. Although she kept her concentation for any intruders. Mostly she looked out for Sam.

Isabella

Isabella looked at Talia "Its okay."

Genra climbed up the porch steps and laid down.