Becca

The large hybrid came tearing through the woods. Her paws were the thunder of the sky. She let out loud vocals for all to hear. A raid! A raid by wolves, she didn't know when but she needed to bring the information back to the ranch. She crashed out of the underbrush tearing through the branches, completly pulling themm off the bushes. She didn't care right now. She slid around the side of the ranch house looking for Timber. Why couldn't they have more help? Rihanne was limping, and Abigale has just died. They need allies. A whole bunch of them in her perspective. Beccas eyes were wide with fury. She WOULD get her revenge for Abigale, Rollin, and anyother siblings of hers that died by the jaws of a wolf.

Timber & *Collie*

Timber ran over to his good friend. "Becca!" his voice was filled with deep relief. He had lost her once, and he didn't want to loose her again. He nuzzled her in greeting, needing to make contact and reasure himself that she was really there. He was still amazed by the fact that she had come back after he saw her fall from the cliff. Before he could say another word, his eyes stared off in the direction his mother had looked just before she died. His jaws gaped open slightly and his face took on a ghastly expression. "Becca..." he choaked out, not moving his eyes away from the spot he was staring.

The figure of a collie stood at the very end of the yard, head held low and gazing like a wolf, but this was definately a collie. He stood motionless, sniffing the wind and picking up Becca and Timber's scents without moving a muscle.

Timber finally blinked and drew back slightly in horror, "F-father?" he swallowed hard, trying to focus on the collie, but he was too far away to see him clearly. The wind wasn't blowing towards him so he couldn't pick up the other's scent. But that dog looked like Rollin from a distance... the same color pattern; almost completely black except for a while tipped tail and a while patch on his chest. "Becca..." he repeated again, thinking he was loosing his mind just like his mother had. It couldn't be Rollin; he was dead and buried. Just like Nak, Cronus, and Elsa. And Masena, confirmed dead by the crows. Four of his siblings killed, four out of six...

Becca

"I heard the wolves talking.....the ones that were just here. A raid, I'm not sure when but it might be as son as tonight by the way they were talking." Her head turned to where Timber was looking. Her eyes widened and she stumbled backwards at what she had just seen. She couldn't catch the collies scent since he was downwind. What was the point of just standing here though. "Timder, are we seeing things?"

Timber & *Collie*

Timber's eyes moved for a splitsecond towards Becca, his heart falling at the threat of another raid. Their ranks were being torn down one by one. "We'll have to be on guard." His fur rose a bit as he saw the other collie begin to approach. "I-I don't know." his fangs bared slightly as the other collie drew closer and closer. "That's far enough! Who are you?" Timber finally barked.

The other collie stopped in his tracks and gazed at the two. For a long moment his said nothing, just stood watching them. Then his voice rang out, powerful but calm, "Becca, is that really you? Timber... my brother. Where are the others; Shimmer, Ivy, Nak, Elsa, and Cronus?" His head came up, "Mom and dad, where are they? It's been so long..."

Timber looked newly shocked, hardly unable to speak a word. Now scent came to him with the collie being so close, "Stallis...?" he questioned. He had disappeared as a pup and was assumed dead after Masenas was found dead.

Becca

"Stallis!" She was quik to tell it was him. She could now smell his scent and something inside of her told her it was him. She leapt towards Stallis ignoring how it hurt her back leg to do so. She nuzzled Stallis onnose.
"We thought you were dead!"

Timber, Stallis, & *Others*

Stallis was tense at first, but this his brushy tail began to wave and he nuzzled her back. "It's been a long time. Too long." he replied with a faint smile.

Timber's tail began to wag feverishly and he sprung at his brother, tackling him and playfully biting his ruff. Stallis broke down too, nipping his brother back and pawing him away. Suddenly, four pairs of eyes shown from the timberline, caught in the fading sunset.

Stallis finally pushed his brother away and stood, shaking his pelt and grinning. Timber did likewise, not noticing the four others in the distance. His grin faded somewhat as he responded to his brother's previous question, "They've... they've all been murdered. Shimmer and Ivy have gone missing."

Becca

She frowned remembering how close she had walked the line of death. In the corner of her eye she saw the four pairs of eyes. She instantly turned to face them lowering her head in her own fighting stnace. She began to growl and snarl at them. She didn't know if this was the wolf raid or not.

Stallis & Timber

Timber turned suddenly, spotting the eyes now as well. His hackles rose and a snarl krept from his furry throat.

Stallis sighed, "Don't worry about them. They are my children. But they are wild; they have never been near humans... but they do help them. I mean, we do..." he trailed off, putting his head down.

Timber looked up in surprise, "They're yours? Stallis, that's great! Well, invite them closer, we want to meet them. They can meet Aunt Becca and Uncle Timber." he laughed.

Stallis shook his head, "No, they aren't comfortable around here. We would have to go out in the wild. They just... well, it's a long story. I don't want to get into it."

Becca

She instantly stopped growling and her hackles lowered as she sat herself down. "Thats great you have children Stallis. Well, I should break the news to him Timder, I'll tell him about mum and dad...." She turned to Stallis her eyes shined with tears. "The wolves killed Abigale and Rollin, they want to kill us all, I overheard them talking about it. They almost killed me a few months ago."

Timber, Stallis, & *Others*

Timber dropped his head, hating to hear those words. It still stung him badly that he couldn't do anything for Becca when she fell.

Stallis looked downward. It had been years since he saw his parents, but the news of their death was hard to bear. After a moment of silence, he lifted his head, "Do you know which wolves did it? They," he said, nodding back to his offspring, "Could infiltrate their pack. They are clever and sly." Stallis pointed out, suddenly wanting revenge for his parents' death and the threat that loomed over Becca and his brother.

The four pairs of eyes glinted more brilliantly in the failing light of dusk. They shifted about a bit but did not come any closer.

Becca

"No, I don't know what pack they're in. But I heard that we might have a raid, anytime soon. One of the wolves is named Whisper, she mentioned it. Find her and that could help..."

Timber, Stallis, & *Others*

Stallis nodded, "I will try. I'll return tonight. And my kin shall attack when the wolves return to the woods, but they will not go into the pastures I'm afraid." he nudged Becca and Timber again, "Good-bye, I will be back soon." The collie turned and sprinted back to the woods. The four paris of glinting eyes bounced about and then disappeared as well into the deepening darkness.

Timber watched his brother go and gave a heavy sigh, "I'm curious to meet those four. But the way he spoke of them... I don't know what to expect." Now he turned his attention to some nearby barking. "We've got visitors." He sprinted off to another part of the yard.