Brother's words had stuck with Timber, though he had wrestled greatly with him. As much as his heart strove to love Artemis, horrid visions of his slaughtered siblings and parents kept flooding back to him. In his nightmares, he was plagued by images of Artemis and Shimmer, torn to pieces in front of his eyes and him being helpless to stop it. It had driven him away from them for so long...

As much as he fought the notion, Elder Brother had struck sense into the collie, and he could no longer deny it. He couldn't let the murders of his family crush him while he still had a fighting breath in his body. He wouldn't give into the fear. For them, for Shimmer, and Artemis... he would really live now.

Stepping down from the porch, the collie padded around the side of the house, gazing wistfully towards the timber before he lifted his sleek ebony muzzle. Much to the jolting fright to the nearby Jack, Timber let loose a feral-sounding howl, calling to Artemis.

She wasn't Artemis, but the daughter of Vixen. The lupine made her way towards the call, eyeing her brother and a horse that stood on the porch. Rolling her eyes, she continued on until she finally found Timber. Her bright mahogany eyes were on him, and the chrome colored fae with her black mask came forth, all sleek and pretty. I've never seen you here before. It was a blunt statement, followed by those dark eyes following his every movements. She had grown up on the farm, learned friend from foe. Sort of. Her mother had made sure that they not bother any of the other ranch dogs, so now they knew no one. Now was a good time to learn, right?

Black hackles rose slightly, but Erida's scent was vaugely familiar. He too had never seen her, but her scent had been caught now and then, and he recognized her as the daughter of Vixen. "I could say the same thing." Timber countered in a less than friendly tone, before easing up some, "Call me Timber." Again he fell back to Brother's words; he needed to open up again, and get to know others despite his fear of losing them.

"You're... a daughter of Vixen's, right?" It was a struggle, but he had gottens his words to a more friendly sound.

At his unfriendly tone, her hackles began to rise and she tried her hardest not to bare her fangs. However she could not hide the anger that found its way to her eyes. Her mother had named her well. Yes. She...Shes not here. She said in reply to him. She looked back towards Nix, who was having a fun time talking to the horse and Tahmores. And was that a...Cat? She shook her head. I'm Erida. Her own tone was none to polite, but it wasn't rude either. She'd been through a lot lately, and wasn't about to go through anymore trouble.

His chocolatey eyes trailed her own gaze to land on the others in the distance. "How about your siblings? There were six of you, weren't there?" Came his next question, touched with some hesitancy. As he looked back to Erida, his thoughts drifted back to his previous agenda and he spoke again before giving the other ample time for a reply, "Have you seen Artemis, by chance?"

Her smile was faint and bitter. I don't know anyone, none but my siblings and mother. Suddenly she heard the sounds of someone coming closer, but her judgement of time was off and she was slammed into by her sister, Eos. With a thud they both landed, one laughing and the other snarling and spitting. Eos leapt back nimbly, getting away from her sisters snapping jaws and she beamed at Timber. The nicest of her siblings, she was always happy to see another.

And yeah, theres six of us. Came a snarl from Erida. She stood, scowling at her younger, much happier sister. She wished she was as pretty as her younger sister, although by some standards Eos was not at all pretty. She was pale grey, with a more ruddy color along her body and the tips of her ears and tail. She was just so....Everything.

The collie relaxed a little more as Erida spoke, but always kept his gaze on the wolf; that is, until Eos showed up. He instantly felt ease at the presence of this new sister, who reminded him so fondly of his own dear sister, Elsa. "You are a sister of Erida? What is your name?" Timber prodded, ready to expanded his minimal collection of 'friends'.

"Mine is Timber. I'll have to introduce you to the others as well, and the horses." He pointed out next, knowing that Nass would need introductions if he were expected not to kick in the heads of these unknown canines.

For the first time in what felt like ages, Rihanne was up and about, if slow-moving. With her sister Minx supporting her weak side, Rihanne managed to get down the steps and out into the sunlight for the first time since the fight that had nearly cost her a leg.

Minx pressed her body up against Rihanne, moving slowly and murmuring encouragement. Minx knew that her injured copper sister had to begin using her legs again if she did not want to lose their use.

Finally the two reached the small group, Rihanne panting and pale. But a smile lit her face at the sheer joy of being up and about again, at being outside.

It was Minx who said, Hello, Timber. Who're your friends?

A wagging tail greeted Rihanne, and a slight smile was offered to Minx. While he had full trust in one sister, he was still getting use to the other. "Good to see you up. This is Erida... and, I didn't catch her sister's name." The collie replied, looking to Eos, who he was sure was the sister of Erida. "They are the daughters of Vixen; that wolf that Martha brought in a while ago. There's four others around her somewhere... I haven't seen them yet, though."

Eos. The ruddy colored female replied. Whats your guy's names? Erida rolled her eyes at her much happier sister. How everyone just adored little Eos, with her quick wit and sharp mind. Erida was more known for her quick wit and sharp tongue which got her into trouble on more then one occasion. Dromas should be here somewhere, hes one of our brothers. Mama left a little while ago to go find Nix, but he came back on his own so I don't know where mama is now. She was grinning as she supplied the information, then turned to her now silent sister. With Eos here, there was no need to speak.

Rihanne gave Timber a smile, voice soft. Aye, and good to be up, my friend. She had not been concious when Brother had spoken with him, but she too knew how reserved he was, and was glad to see him opening up to someone new. Eos' words turned her attention, however, and her soft voice came forward, though she was reserved in the same manner as Timber. Rihanne.

Minx smiled at all parties, and took particular notice of Timber's greeting. Ah, then he was beginning to accept her. That was good. To Eos' question, she replied, I'm Minx. A pleasure, I'm sure. A deep nod served as her greeting.