Abigale & Pups

Timber pads slowly towards the barn, with his tail and head down. He knew he would be in trouble for going to see the cows. Sullenly, the pup approaches Abigale, who was lying down in the barn. The rest of the pups were wrestling and chasing each other around.

Abigale caught scent of the cows on Timber, as well as the scent of sulfur from the Ashen Domes. The collie stands up quickly, looking from Shimmer to Timber. Her eyes are stern as she speaks, "You've been out to the cow pasture? And somewhere else... I told you not to go there."

Timber looked away from his mom, and pawed nervously at the ground, "Sorry mom... I just wanted to show Shimmer some of the strange creatures around here." he peeked timidly up at his mother, who looked down at him just as angrily as before. Quickly, he looked away again, "I really didn't mean to... we just followed this crow, who was gonna show us some neat things."

Abigale softened her eyes a little; they were only pups. "Don't go over there again unless I go with you. Those cows could easily trample you to death. Not to mention there are lone dogs and wolves who often prowl around that could steal or kill you." The collie sighed, "I'm glad you two are alright. There's some food over there if you're hungry." she said, motioning towards a large pan of food in the barn.

Timber gave a side-glance to Shimmer and gave a small sigh as he whispered to her, "When my dad gets back, I'll be he'll let us go out exploring with him." he then went over to the food and began to eat.

Shimmer

She enters and sits by Timber looking away from Abigale and she nods slowly. She then listens to Timber and nods as he speaks. She goes over to the pan and eats then pads over to Abigale. "I heard a weird voice before I left that said don't trust the crows. It sounded like that wolf that you told us to hide from once cause the voice sounded similar. But why would anyone say not to trust the crows?" She asks Abigale.

Abigale

Abigale frowns slightly, "She had better not be there. I don't know why she'd say not to trust crows; they don't do anything to us, besides be pesky." Abigale's ears perk up suddenly, hearing the sound of a shotgun being fired. She sniffs the wind intently, but cannot pick up any information. "We had all better stay away from the pastures for a while, at least until Rollin gets back. He should be back sometime today."

Shimmer

She also hears the shot and jumps. "What was that?" She asked.

Abigale, Rollin, Pups

"That was a gun blast." Abigale replied. "The humans must defend the creatures that they have out in the pastures; like the cows. They use a thing called a gun to kill any animal who tries to harm their cows and other livestock."

It wasn't long before the wife came walking towards the barn. The male collie, Rollin, walked slowly beside her. His neck was wrapped, and the fur was shaved away there where a wolf had attacked him.

He padded in and nuzzled Abigale, then looked down at his pups who had ran over to greet him, and were bouncing around yipping. Then his eyes turned to Shimmer, and Abigale quickly explained to him how the pup came to be here.

The human patted Shimmer on the head before walking back to the house, leaving the collies and the wolf-hybrid in the barn.

Shimmer

She listened to Abigale speak and she nodded. She sat beside Abigale and wagged her tail and the looked to Rollin. "Hi I'm Shimmer." She said to Rollin. "You must be Rollin."

Rollin, Abigale, Pups

He nodded once to her, "It's nice to meet you, Shimmer. It seems that our masters like you as well." The collies lied down then, still very tired from having lost so much blood in the battle a few days ago.

The pups were excited to see their father come back, so they began to climb on him and nip at his ears and tail.

Abigale kept an eye on them, making sure they weren't being too rough. "Maybe tomorrow I can take you all out to see the cows and sheep. I believe our masters are also getting more horses, and possibly some other creatures... you will all need to know how to protect them from wild dogs and wolves."

Shimmer

Shimmer smiled and nodded and she wagged her tail ferociously.