Jais

The white wolf returned to the pack lands with his head and tail down, for two reasons. For one he felt deprived of energy, and the other because he and his brother got into a fight. He sauntered into the thick cover of some young cedar trees and laid down. Three deep wound covered his neck and one at his shoulder. They were marks were Cavan attempted to kill him.

Tri-Tundra

Tri-Tundra had been lying down nearby when her sensitive ears picked up movement in the nearby brush. She became conserened when she caught the scent of dried blood. She began to look around and see what was going on....

Jais

Jais heard her rummaging about, so he stood quickly to greet her. The sudden blidness and spinning sensation came to his head as the blood receaded from his mind. He shook his head and waited a moment before his vision returned and his senses clear. "Tri-Tundra?" he barked softly to catch her attention. He was aprehensive about her reaction, and wished Peregrine were here to help explain.

Tri-Tundra

She whirled around as she heard her name. Her eyes lit up and she barked back, banner waving "Jais?" She smiled, and came closer, and saw his wounds. She then frowned. "Oh, dear Jais, you don't look well. What happened? Was there a fight?" She didn't appear to be angry this time. The reason she was angry last time was because her other friends needed help. "Please tell me that Cavan attacked you, not the other way around. It isn't any better either way, but, um..well..you shouldn't go looking for trouble..even if it is basically what Dark Star told you to do. I won't..I mean...the pack won't want you hurt." She paused, shifted her weight to her other foot, looked up, and asked. "Jais, how is it going? You know...between you and Cavan?" She asked, concerned. She didn't want things to get worse.

Jais

Jais dipped his head down, looking at the ground with his ears back slightly, "It was a fight with Cavan." he admitted uneasily, then brought his light eyes up to look at Tri-Tundra, "I didn't start it though. I talked with him, then he stormed away... he must have followed me as I headed back here. He attacked me... he was out of his mind." Jais shook his head, remembering how irate Cavan had been. "Peregrine went to talk with him."

Tri-Tundra

She lowered her head and let out a deep sigh. "Well, it isn't your fault Jais, I mean, you did try to reason with him didn't you?" She had lifted it up as she spoke, but lowered it down again sadly as she spoke again. "I understand how things slip out in sibling rivalry. I don't think that you would understand my side very well." She looked away from the ground. She had no idea Jais knew her story, but still, she would feel the same if she thought he did. She looked at him with a bit of a happier tone. "I am glad you have told the truth Jais."

Jais

He turned his gaze away, feeling guilty that he knew her story but couldn't say anything. If he did, it would be known that he had listened in on Dark Star and Cavan as they spoke, and he didn't want to be thought of as a nosey, spying wolf. "If I give him time, he might come around." Jais pointed out, but doubted any amount of time would bring his brother closer to him.

Tri-Tundra

"At least there is a chance." She said after he had pointed it out doubtfully. "I hope that there might be peace between all someday." She thought about all of the vicious wolves and evil things that purposly hurt each other. Why? She also thought about her collie friend, and wondered if he had found who he was looking for alive. "That day is far away." She said looking up. Fall was setting in, and she wondered what surprises it had in store.

Jais

He nodded then tilted his head to the side a bit, "Do you think Dark Star will understand? I mean, Cavan had helped him escape and all... but then again, so did Peregrine." He was emensely releived that Tri-Tundra had beleived him. Now he had to find out if Dark Star would.

Tri-Tundra

Her mouth formed a hesitant frown. "I...eh....I never know for sure what mood he is in. It always changes, and it depends on that." She looked around. A heavy gust of wind blew, whipping the fur of her pelt down against her skin and up in swirls. A brief scent passed by her sensitive nose. It was coming from the den. "Do you smell that? I know that it is Dark Star and Kana, but they aren't here yet are they? What is that other smell?" She furrowed her brow, unsure of what to do. "Lets wait here and see if they will come out soon. We shouldn't confront Dark Star with the situation. Besides, it is obvious Cavan attacked you. But it would be better with a confession from your brother. If only someone could get through to him. Is there anyone you can think of that he cares about? Anyone new he obeys, or has a liking for? I know he tried to listen to Dark Star, but did Peregrine work it out? I wish we knew." She sighed. Everything had been so peaceful and free when they were at Pike's Lake, but now, it was a hectic mess.

Jais

He tilted his nose to the wind, narrowing his eyes against the harsh yet pleasant tang of cold. Indeed there was a scent that seemed familiar by means of instinct, but he couldn't quite figure out what it was. What ever the scent, Jais decided, it was a good one and it made his spirit a bit brighter for it. "Hhhmm, I wonder what it is." he then listened to her next set of questioned and looked upwards in thought. "He for sure would trust his old 'family', but they are gone now. And they are bears anyway, big ones. There is Nachi, our sister, but I don't know where she is." Jais's eyes suddenly lit up, remembering an old ally from the past. "Our pack use to have an alliance with a large grizzly, named Thunder's Call... but, no, he is Cavan's enemy." Jais shook his head, "I forgot about that." Thunder's Call had attacked Athara, the she-bear that adopted Cavan. And certainly that would make Cavan and Thunder's Call enemies.

Tri-Tundra and Dark Star

"Yes, perhaps it is just the dead bear. Nothing bad." She looked up then began thinking. "Hmmmm" She seemed to growl in thought. Her sleekly formed body was ridged and tense. She tried to think of someone he might be able to trust that was new. "Would there be any chance he could get along with an eagle, or another bear or something?" She didn't know who else, but then she wondered something else. "He wouldn't trust a collie would he?" She figured she would ask, but didn't know how Jais felt about them. She had a collie friend, when really, they should be mortal enemies. "I need to stop by Timber soon..." She thought to herself.

Dark Star came to late to here the convesation, but padded up. He had a soft glow in his eyes. He padded up with a gentle feel. He smiled warmly, and nodded to the two. "Is everything well?" He asked. "Where is Nyscee?" He had just realized she was gone. Off to spend some time roaming perhaps.

Jais

He thought about what she said, but it was hard to tell how Cavan would react. A bear seemed the most fitting friend for him, but maybe just some creature that wasn't a wolf would be good. He knew his uncle had preeched about the dangers of humans and their dogs, but Jais had yet to even encounter a human! "One of those might work. But I know of no one that he could trust, that isn't a wolf anyway. I might a nice wolf named Nightcrawler, but I don't know where he is." Now spotting the aproaching alpha, Jais quickly lowered his head and body appeasingly in submission. "Cavan and I had a fight..." he said, looking away, "Peregrine said he'd try to reason with Cavan though."

Tri-Tundra and Dark Star

Dark Star replied in an airy tone, his mind had wandered to other things during the short silence, and he was no longer really with them. He simply said "Yes, well, hope that doesn't affect the saftey of the den." But then his mind shot back and his cold wise eyes now lit up with a warning. "Stay away from there, mind you. Even if Cavan attacks you, it will be your neck if you or anyone else jepordizes the saftey of my terra. That includes me. You and the others may have to sleep in the crevase above the den." He spoke of a place that boulders circled around and left a sloped dirt center, like a nest. He didn't want to be seem to the pack like that, but he didn't want anything to happen..... He then nodded to them both to show he was not angry. as he had spoke, life returned to his eyes, but his mind was on other things.

Tri-Tundra nodded, not at all minding sleeping outside. It will give me time to be with Jais, at least. I love the outer world so. She smiled to Jais once Dark Star left and spoke "I have a new friend collie named Timber. Last I met him he was looking for someone, so I don't know if he still is. I might have to speak with him, and it might take a while for you to gain his trust, but in the end, it is good to have someone that is not usually an allie. It makes the bond strong and not many other wolves will be allied with him. That makes it someone for Cavan only." She then frowned. "The downside is that the humans have gone like mad hunting for us," She let out a low growl "We may have to keep low a few days before we go to the Ranch." She looked to Jais for his opinion.

Jais

He had listened carefully to what his alpha had to say, "I would not dream of doing anything that might bring any sort of danger to the pack. I swear on it." He dipped his head lower, as a sort of bow to Dark Star as he left. Then his light eyes flickered to Tri-Tundra and spotted her smile. It brought an instant smile to his snowy muzzle and his ears came up again in a content manner. "At the Ranch? I've been there once, but haven't met dog or human. But you're right about the alliance part; if we could get this collie as a friend, it would be a great benefit." He remebered back to when he and Nightcrawler went to the Ranch and were attacked by the large brute Legosa and the other she-wolf. Jais tilted his head slightly in curiousity before speaking in a low whisper, "Dark Star carried a certain scent... did you smell it as well?" He was sure the scent was of new pups, but he wasn't sure. Since he had been a lone wolf most of his life, he never had the chance to see new born pups, so it brought a great joy to think there just might be some at the den. But maybe he was wrong; he didn't know.

Tri-Tundra

She smiled and asked inquisitively "You have been to the ranch? Were there any other wolves there? I know many of the valley, but I have not yet met Nightcrawler." She then replied to his last comment/question. "I smell it too, and yes. I do believe it that Dark Star is now a father. He has always wanted pups of his own to care for." She spoke softly and was extremely careful to say "Make sure not to mention it to him that we know. Ok?"

Jais

"Yes, just once. A large white dog and his mate, I think it was, attacked us. Two more members of the dog's pack showed up, but for some strange reason the white dog attacked them. Night and I ran off, in different directions unfortunately. Haven't seen any of them since." he explained, recalling upon the curious event. The large white dog was a belligerent fool, but Jais didn't know his name. The white-wolf's tail waved a bit at the confirmation of his guess; there were pups in the pack! And this time, history shall not repeat itself in the way it had to his siblings. "I won't utter a word of it." he assured, "But I do hope he tells us the news soon."

Tri-Tundra

She smiled and replied "Yes, I sure hope the news comes soon as well." She then lowered her head near Jais' ear and spoke in a hushed tone "I wonder how many there are." She then pulled her head back, thoroughly thinking about the large white dog. Then it came to her, she wrinkled her nose in a snarl and then spoke. "I bet you it was Legosa, and his LOVER Mitya! They were having quite some fight with the one alpha Black Fyre, and I bet that was the one of the other's he attacked. That might have something to do with the fight my sister was in...." She trailed off, remembering how she met her sister Spirit at the W. Farm only a few days ago. "She and many others were at the farm soon after because of the wound she caused Mitya. The whole fight turned into a mess when Spirit's " She spoke her sister's name with a sinister tone " friend Aaka made Black Fyre leave and took over. Serves Mitya right to get hurt like that, and I hope my sister gets removed from her pack." She then said under her breath "Or worse." She had been thinking aloud to herself for quite some time now, but soon snapped back to what she was talking about. "And to think I helped Legosa find her after what he did to you!" She shook her head.

Jais

A surprised expression came to him a moment before it dissolved into a more thoughtful one. He had to be careful about how he responding. "Your sister, Spirit?" he questioned, wondering if he should delve deeper about there relationship when he already knew a lot from Dark Star's story. He hated that fact that he was hiding something from Tri-Trunda, yet thought it was best for now to keep it a secret. Still, he felt guilty, so he changed the subject a bit, "Legosa, huh? That brute is going to mess with the wrong crowd one of these days." he said.

Tri-Tundra

When he asked about Spirit, she nodded. "Yes, my sister. Although I too think of myself a lone born. She is more of a mutt than a wolf." She sighed. She was clueless that Jais knew anythinga about the story, so all she said was. "My hatred for her goes back almost as much as yours and Cavan's does. I never truly liked her though, can't say I ever loved her like I should have." She then changed the subject to what he had. "Yes, I agree. Although it seems he is allied with Ghost, my friend and allie, I will only tolerate him. Nothing more. He deserves nothing else for he is truly rude and arrogant." She remembered how truly angry and hateful he was. "Dark Star will not appreciate what he has done, surely. Come to think of it, Legosa and Spirit are both untolerable mutts."

Jais

He was about to add comment, but a distressed howl caught his attention, "Kana! She's in trouble!" he said hurriedly with wide eyes. He started a quick pace to the den, but before he ever reached it he picked up on Kana's trail and followed that to a different part of the Central Pack Lands.