Twilight Beauty, Lion, Outcast, & Tersek

The hybrid mother choose a secluded area where she was certain there would be prey for her youngsters to practice with. Hopefully a rabbit or weak yearling deer. "Now, keep your eyes alert for movement. Test the breeze constantly. Listen closely."

Tersek was ready to take down the biggest thing he could find and show-up his siblings. Plodding forward near his mother, the large pup kept his senses alert for prey.

Lion stayed off to the side of Twilight, keeping quite as he moved along.

Outcast trailed behind Twilight, not keeping to busy with the whole hunting idea. She was still easily distracted by a passing butterfly, or a particularly good-smelling flower.

Nachi

The central lands held too much activity for Nachi; she liked to work one on one with the adults and strike them down. A bit of hunting around brought her to a fresh trail of youngsters. Passing along to the far side of them, she saw as Ireshk met up with Silver Trace. Perfect. Now she would use what knowledge she had of this pack to her advantage.

She knew Crucified was the alpha; this was simple enough to determine after investigating the scent marks around the border. She also learned about how many mothers and offspring were here; that played very well for her too. Since she carried no pack scent, Nachi had rolled herself into the freshest scent markings until her fur was permeated with the banner of the Emerald Pines. Now all she needed was a good act and hope that Twilight wasn't too knowledgeable on her own pack.

Ears flattened back and eyes wide with mock horror, Nachi came bolting from the undergrowth. Her back was arched with fear, and she took on a look of surprise as she came across Twilight Beauty and the three pups that were with her. "You must run, hurry! Crucified sent me to warn the mothers; humans are coming!" Nachi panted heavy as if she had been running for a long while, "He told me to take charge of the pups and take them to the den, while the rest of you head northwest and try to distract the two-leggers from our territory, so they don't discover our young ones!"

Twilight Beauty, Lion, Outcast, & Tersek

Twilight bristled when an unknown female came barrelling towards her and her pups. She bared her fangs and prepared to attack with a mother's bravery if this stranger proved dangerous. She was slightly distracted by the frantic pace of Nachi's words, and even more confused by the pack scent that she carried. "Wait, slow down!" Twilight rumbled, feeling edgy and uncertain. "Who are you? I've never seen you in this pack..." However much she felt wary with this female, the instinct to protect her pups tore her desires in two right now; should she believe this stranger, and go to head of the hunters that would otherwise pose a deadly threat to her pups? Or stay here, and hope that this stranger was only lying, and there were no humans? It was a tough delema. On one side, Nachi did carry the pack scent, and she could see no reason for a lone wolf to go through all this trouble just to steal some pups, especially from such a large pack that could easily track her down. Slowly, Twilight's hackles began to lower, but she needed some reassurance from this unknown fae before she'd let her in charge of the pups.

Nachi

Again the look of surprise betook her expression, "Oh, he didn't tell you? I'm Athara; new to this pack. I'm designated as a pup sitter; but there's no time for that, run! For their sakes, you must run! Tell the other mothers to send their pups to the den; I will guard over them." Nachi spoke fast again, trying to instill the fear of humans in this mother and get her to work in her favor.

Twilight Beauty, Lion, Outcast, & Tersek

Her resistance began to wear down now, and she found she had no real reason to doubt this wolf. A decision came to her at last, and she nodded to Nachi, "Be careful with them." Taking in a deep breath, she turned and ran as fast as possible for the Central Lands.

Lion, Outcast, and Tersek gathered together, watching as their mother left. Tersek grew nervous, but dared not show it, "What's the big deal about humans? We can fight them!"

Nachi

A secerative smile was hidden behind a mask of worry and urgency, "Come little ones, we need to get you to safety!" Nachi nuzzled the three little pups, "Humans are too dangerous for you, but I will teach you how to kill them soon enough." A bit of lying, playing on Tersek's desires. She began to head south, then stopped abruptly, jerking her head to the side, "Oh, no! The humans are at the den! Now we must make haste; I know of a place where you'll all be safe!" Frantic notes now teased her words as she headed for the Ruins. At a quick pace, but one held up enough for the pups to keep up with.

Lion, Outcast, & Tersek

Lion took the nuzzle, though timidly, as a sign of trust from Nachi. Without question, he followed after the female. Outcast pulled away from the nuzzle, bristling and growling low at the touch. She did no like this wolf one bit, and she would make that clear. Still, she had to follow. Tersek's fear began to wash away more at first when Nachi told him about killing humans. Before he could ask more questions though, alarm came back to him as Nachi declared human presence at the Den. Like the others, he followed after her.