Shimmer

The young pup pads in. Her floppy ears perk as she searches for food. She was 3/4 wolf and 1/4 collie. She sniffs the air not knowing of the dangers around here. She didn't know of the two dogs or humans. She sees the chicken coop next to the barn. She knew she was only a pup but she was starving greatly. She knew how to hunt but only a little for her parents disappeared before she learned fully since she was so young. She hops onto a box then inside of the coop and pounces on a chicken and bites at whatever she could grab.

*Chickens*

A chicken squawks in alarm as it's pounced upon. It flaps its wings and struggles to get free, and your teeth end up closing on the right wing. The chicken squawks again and begins to peck at your nose.

With the male collie, Rollin, at the vet, the only real threat is the female collies, Abigale. And of course, the humans. Abigale hears the squawking and sprints out from the barn and to the chicken's coup. She spots Shimmer and her eyes narrow, "Who are you? Those chickens belong to my master!" one young collie pup pads up behind his mother, looking at Shimmer as well. Now that Abigale has pups of her own, she is much more lenient to other pups.

Shimmer

She releases the chicken at hearing the female collies voice. She backs up a little. "Oh I am Shimmer. I'm sorry about the chicken I'm just so hungry since I haven't eaten in days." She said nervously for she was often timid at times. She hops on a box then out of the chicken coop.

Abigale & Pups

The chicken darts to the corner of the coup, squawking still.
Abigale gives a light smile to the pup. "My name is Abigale. You can have the rest of my dog food, Shimmer." the collie says, waiving her tail slightly. If Shimmer had been an adult, Abigale would have attacked her, or at least alerted the humans about her. But now, she couldn't bring herself to be mad at the pup.

A second pup emerges from the barn and slinks over to Abigale. Both pups watch her curiously while three others remain in the barn.

Shimmer

She smiles slightly also and pads over to the dog food and finishes it. She looks to Abigale. "Thanks for the food." She notices the pups who were younger then her. "What's your pups names?

Abigale & Pups

Abigale nods to one, all black except for a white patch on his chest, "That's Timber." The next one she pointed to was mostly black, but had white on his throat and one paw, "Stallis." the next two were an equal mixture of black and white, "Cronus, Masena," The last two were mostly black as well, "Elsa, and Nak." The pups cautiously approached Shimmer, sniffing her curiously. Timber was the most outgoing of the bunch, and waved his tail a bit.

Shimmer

She smiles and nods. As the pups sniff her she sniffs them and waves her tail happily. "Hello." She says to the pups. She looks back to Abigale.

Abigale & Pups

The pups yip back a hello to Shimmer. Abigale looked toward the ranch, but didn't see her masters. She wished her mate would be back soon. Abigale turned her attention to Shimmer once more, "Do you have a home?" she studied the floppy ears the pup had, and the wolfish look. "You're not all wolf, are you?"

Shimmer

She shakes her head. "Nope I don't have a home. Both my parents disappeared one day and I waited a week but they never returned so I left. Um no I am not all wolf. My mom was a pure wolf but my father was half wolf and half Collie." She said the first part sadly but when she talked about how she wasn't all wolf her voice cheered up a little bit.

Abigale & Pups

"You can stay with me if you want. My masters are very nice." the five pups yipped excitedly. "Can she really stay, mom? Can she?"

Shimmer

She wags her tail rapidly with excitement. Shed love to stay. "I can really? Thanks! I will." She said happily. She yipped excitedly. She then looked to Abigale. "Who are your masters?"

Abigale & Pups

She smiles more, "You'll love it here, Shimmer. My masters are three humans, two adults and an adolescent. One adult is Mark, and his mate is Martha. Their son is John." she said, after hearing the humans say each others names now and then. "And I have a mate, Rollin. He's a collie too. But a wolf attacked him not too long ago, and he was taken by Martha to a place called the vet."

Shimmer

She smiled and listened happily. "So when will I get to see them?" She said wanting to meet Abigale’s masters. :And I hope your mate gets better soon cause Id like to meet him as well."

Abigale, Pups, & Mark

"I'll go get him now." Abigale replied and sprinted off to the ranch house. Her pups stayed behind with Shimmer.

Soon, Abigale returned. The human, Mark, followed after her. He was quite surprised to find Shimmer. The man knelt down and leaned his head in to get a better view of her, "Why, you look like a wolf, but you have those floppy ears." Mark said to himself, and assumed she must be some kind of hybrid. He finally reached a hand out and patted Shimmer roughly on the head. "It seems Abigale has taken a liking to you, pup. As long as you don't go raiding the chicken's coup or kill my livestock, I don't mind you here." Tom went on so say a few more things that only humans could understand. Finally, he stood up and walked back inside. Tomorrow, if Shimmer were still here, he'd take her to the vet for shots.

Shimmer

She wagged her tail happily as he pet her and she looked to Abigale. "He's nice." She said happily. She looked to the pups. "Wanna play?"

Abigale & Pups

"Yeah, let's play!" they yip. "What do you want to play?" Timber asked, tilting his head to the side.

Abigale smiles and watches the six pups.

Shimmer

She smiles and hops around. "What about... Tag!" She says as she brushes against Timber and begins to run. "Your it." She giggles.

Abigale & Pups

Timber barks and runs after her. Nak and Cronus sprint away from their brother, while Elsa follows closely after Shimmer, also trying to get away from Timer. Masena hides behind a hay bale while Stallis attempts to climb up onto a hay bale.

Timber suddenly whirls around and dashes after Mesena and tackles her before leaping away and running. The pup gives a playful snarl, and springs up and nips Stallis's tail before he can reach the top of the hay bale he was climbing.

Stallis yelps in surprise and falls down. He's up in a flash and takes off after Nak and Cronus, but can't catch them. He circles back and puts on all the speed his little legs can muster, trying to catch up to Shimmer and give her a playful nip to declare her 'it'.

Shimmer

She laughs and dashes away from Stallis and jumps into a small pile of hay and crawls through hoping he wont catch her.

Abigale & Pups

Stallis bounds over to the hay bale and barks loudly, tail waiving. He digs at the pile then begins to crawl through it. The pup thinks he finds Shimmer, and tries to nip her tail.

Timber and Cronus make their way out of the barn and hide behind the side of it.

Shimmer

Stallis had indeed nipped her tail. She leaps out of the pile and looks around to see Timber and Cronus exit the barn. She bolts after Cronus and Timber and tries to nip Cronus's tail.

Abigale & Pups

Timber heard Shimmer coming from around the barn and leapt sideways into his brother Cronus, knocking him over. Then he jumped up and ran. Crouns didn't have time to pick himself up before his tail was nipped.

"You're it!" Nak yips from a few yards away, prancing with his front feet. Crouns springs up and dashes after his brother, but Nak was too fast for him. Frustrated, but still enjoying the game, Cronus doubled back and sprung at Elsa who had been following after him. She yelped in surprised and tried to scramble away, but was pounced on. "Elsa's it!" Nak barked from behind a tree, tail waiving.

Elsa was the smallest of the pups, and had a hard time catching up to anyone. Finally, she sprinted into the barn and leapt on her mother, "TAG! You're it!" Elsa yipped and scrambled back.

Abigale stood up, ready to play a game of tag with them, but stopped suddenly. She gave a sharp, quick bark to the six pups. "Hide!" The she-collie could pick up the scent of Black Fyre, the one who had attacked her mate.

black fyre

*walks stealthily into the barn. she stares at the big horses. not knowing what they where. going on her hind legs she looks over the stall door. she looks at the way the lock is on the door. something maybe she couldn't open.*

Abigale, Pups, & Horses

One horse snorts in alarm and rears back slightly, pulling his ears back. "Get away wolf!"

Abigale, the she-collie, had picked up scent of Black Fyre. With her lips pulled back in a display of her fangs, she padded over to where Black Fyre was, "You aren't welcome here, leave!" He pups had hidden behind the hay, while peering out to see their mother and the wolf. One of her pups, Timber, cautiously walks out beside his mother, showing his little fangs as well.

black fyre

what is this animal abigale i'm interested. *thinking about last night the havoc those humans had caused trying to hurt her.* he's a cute pup you know. i'm thinking about leaving my bad days behind its gotten me in trouble a bit to much I need to settle down and take care of my pups. *she left silently.*

Shimmer

She hid when Abigale had said to and then she comes out of hiding as Black Fyre leaves. "Who was that?"

Shimmer

She waits for Abigale's answer as she sits next to Timber. Her eyes were now filled with curiosity. She scents the air where Black Fyre had stood when she was here.

Abigale & Pups

She watched, relieved, as Black Fyre left. "That was the wolf who attacked my mate, and nearly killed him." Abigale sighed, "I don't trust her words."

Timber tilted his head to the side, "What's in there, mom?" the pup asked, looking up at the horse stall. Then he looked to Shimmer, "You should see some of the odd creatures around here!"

Shimmer

"Oh." She said in a sad and quiet voice her ears dropped a bit but as Timber spoke her ears perked up. She looked to him. "Hey Timber maybe can you show me the strange creatures around here tomorrow cause its getting late now?" She asks. She looks to Abigale. She wasn't sure if she could call Abigale mom but she looked up to her as if she was. "Where do we sleep at night? In the barn?"

Abigale & Pups

Timber waves his tail again, "Yeah, that'll be fun!" Abigale looked down at her son, "You'll stay near the barn and the ranch unless I come with you. You can find plenty of interesting creatures around here. Don't be going out to the cows or sheep; you'll get stepped on." Timber nodded reluctantly, "Alright mom." Then Abigale answered Shimmer's question, "Yes, we sleep here in the barn. Even in the coldest times of winter, the hay keeps you warm." The collies padded over to where most of the hay was laid down on it with a yawn. The rest of the collie pups followed her over and lay down near their mom. "I can't wait till morning," Timber was interrupted by a yawn, "I'll show you all those funny animals." Soon, most of them were asleep.

Shimmer

She yips excitedly and follows after them. "I can't wait till morning." She yipped excitedly before laying by the others. It didn't take long before her eyelids shut tightly and she was fast asleep in the hay very close by to the others.