V I O L A &California

California moved sleek and fluid like underneath the slender girl straddled over her bare ribs. The vibrantly speckled mare wore a soft hemp rope halter with long reins loosely held by Viola's pale hands. The dirt path they casually trotted on led to a address that Viola had seen attached to an add about puppies - Vi and California had quickly come to realize that living in this wilderness is different from any other; they needed protection.

California's winter coat fought the gentle winds, her tough hooves grabbed friction on the thin layer of snow with effortless ease. Viola wore a caribou pelt coat, decorated with colorful beads and feathered tassels, made by a tribesman friend of hers before she left for her journey here. Cali also wore a decoration of their friendship with native peoples in her mane. The hemp rope was braided into her thick creamy hair with an aquamarine stone tied tightly to the end.

They'd arrived in the driveway of this home, Cali's tall skinny limbs coming to a well calculated walk as they advanced towards the building that appeared to be a house.

Vi dismounted and left California to find something interesting for herself somewhere, "Mind your own business, Cal..." She whispered to the mare before slipping the rope halter and reins off of her face.

California dipped away and curiously stepped away, watching as Viola walked towards the door. The small girl knocked confidently on the door. Waiting politely for someone to answer her knock.

Isabella Wayson

Isabella had just made it back inside with the dogs. She had taken them out to allow them some time to romp and play in the large fenced in yard. Though, it had been about an hour or so since they had gone outside, so she had decided that they should go in for a bit. And it was a good thing that they had, because not long after they had all made it in the door, Pyro heard something outside and ran to the front door where he began barking. Well of course, all four pups, Asha, and Kona all followed suit and ran to the door barking as well.

With all of the commotion, Isabella barely heard the faint knock. Though when she did she immediately called the dogs back, the three older ones listened obediently, their job was done, they had warned Bella that someone was there, now they let her handle the situation. Pyro kept watch though, he lay down a good ways back, calmly, though he was still watchful. He was trained in personal protection and would be there if the person at the door was not a friendly one.

As the older dogs backed away, which only took a few seconds, she opened the door. As she did so the four puppies continued to bark and jump around. They were only six weeks old, so they had not learned a whole lot in the way of how they were to act when people visited.

When the door was opened, Bella saw a blond girl standing on the other side and a smile was placed on her kissers. Hi, I'm Isabella... Are you here to see the puppies? Of course, they were jumping all around the other's legs already so even if she wasn't here to see them she would any way. But Bella didn't know why else some stranger would be on her doorstep. Though, she was very friendly as she moved aside from the door. You can come in and sit down if you would like.

V I O L A

She was met at the door by barking at first; large guard dog barking, Germans, if she wasn't mistaken. Viola's heart immediately began to skin, German Shepherds are perfect protection!

A stunning green eyed girl suavely opened the door, Viola's odd colored eyes were no match for the brilliant green of Isabella's. Viola immediately matched the girls smile, offering her hand to gently grasp Bella's in a soft feminine shake. "I'm Viola - Vi, if you prefer." She again smiled as she glided passed the threshold, politely not making eye contact or touching any of the dogs until they'd all had their sniffs and calmed down. After the dogs settled she knelt down to greet them, touching the dominant one first respectfully asking the mother of the pups if she would allow Vi to pick one up. Viola had already spotted Ryder, his almost pure black coat was what caught her eye, his tumbly large body was the promise that he would grow into a massive dog. His tan points accented his dark color, Viola stood back up and looked down at him.

"Is this one called for?" She looked up smoothly with inquisitive eyes, pointing lazily to the floppy black and tan puppy romping with his brothers and sisters.

Isabella Wayson

Yes, Asha and Pyro were perfect guard dogs. Both had been gifts from her parents when she had first moved out of the house. After all, they had not wanted their eighteen year old to go unprotected. Months of searching had gone into finding these dogs.

As she opened the door, the first thing that she noticed about this girl was her eyes, they were such a striking color. She did not say anything though. She had just greeted the girl and then invited her in after shaking her hand. It is nice to meet you Vi She continued to wear that same friendly smile on her features as she shut the door behind them as they had made it inside.

Pyro was the first to stand up and sniff the new girl once the ok was given. He was the most forward of the canines, aside from the pups of course who were still jumping all over the girl. After Pyro had accepted the stranger as not being a threat he wagged his tail and then went to lay down. Asha was next, she was the mother of the pups and it took her a little longer to sniff the girl before her acceptance was given.

The small mutt named Kona just trotted up to Bella and sat by her, she had no interest in the new comer, obviously if the two big dogs accepted her then she was fine. Bella bent to pet the small dog as the other girl greeted the puppies now. After the greetings were over, the other girl spoke, pointing to the large male puppy she had named Ryder. The blond asked if he was taken and she shook her head. Nope, you are the first to come and look at them so far. She smiled as she then picked the already large puppy up and handed him to the blond.

I must warn you though, he is going to outgrow both his mother and father, I'm sure... And they all have protection in their blood. She thought that it was best to let the girl know as much as she could, so that the girl could be best prepared for her new puppy. Oh, and his name is Ryder, or at least that is what I have been calling him...She smiled as she waited for a reply.

V I O L A

"Nice to meet you too, Bella."

Viola's hands moved smoothly over the male dog's soft fur, when she reached the longer hairs of his shoulder she let it streak through her fingers before slowly taking her hand away from him. "You have beautiful dogs."

She met eyes with the girl, smiling honestly and brightly as she reached down to pick up the dark male puppy, Ryder. "Oh he's heavy, too. Your definitely right about him out-growing his parents." She chuckled to herself, looking over to Bella as she softly patted the small dog.

"So how much for him?" She gentle put the pup down to go play with the others, giving Pyro another smooth pat before reaching into the cloth bag with one strap slung diagonally across her chest and back (over draped over one shoulder). She pulled from it a wad of tightly wound bills, looking politely to Bella for her answer.

Isabella Wayson

Bella smiled in a friendly manner as the girl returned her polite comment and then turned her attention back to Pyro who had laid down, enjoying the attention that he was receiving. He was always the type to want as much attention as he could get from any one who he thought to be safe. He was an attention hog. One would never guess that he was a trained personal protection dog if they didn't know it, unless you were a threat that is.

As the girl spoke of her having beautiful dogs, she nodded. Yes, Pyro and Asha, who are the parents of the pups, were presents from my parents after graduation. And Kona here was a rescue from the pound. She would not trade any of them for anything. Upon hearing her name, the little mixed breed jumped up on Bella's leg and nudged her hand wanting to be petted.

After she had handed the puppy, Ryder, to the other girl she had laughed lightly to the girl's response to his heaviness. Yes, he is definitely going to be a big boy. After the other girl petted him for a few moments she had looked back to Bella and spoke once more, asking how much she wanted for him. Well, she knew how much these pups would normally go for, but she just thought that was outrageous... So she would not charge near as much.

I'd say $150. This was very cheap since both of the pups' parents had cost her parents around $2000 each, but that was because they were already trained and everything. But the same breeders were charging around $1000 each for puppies. So, she thought this was more than a good price.