Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Legosa entered his terra once more, after being distracted in a fight with Jais. Oh well, there was always tomorrow. As the large brute entered the land, two pups in tote, his hair stood on end. He scented White Noise, but wasn't sure if the brujo was still here or not. Growling deftly, Legosa cast his icy yellow orbs about, suspiscious and on edge. Atticus growled quietly and let his fur raise high like his fathers. He wasn't sure what this growling was about, but he liked to imitate Legosa.

Sweetclover spotted Phelan and Laporta. Bounding towards them, she tackled little Phelan and sent him sprawling across the ground with a yelp. Laporta grinned wildly and pounced on Phelan. The little brother yipped and fought back, but his sisters had him beat.

Aminita

She had never gotten properly introduced to the pups, and figured now was a better time then later. With news of a battle brewing, Aminita was looking for any way to get herself out of it, for it involved the Lurkers. What better way, then to pupsit?

Creeping towards Legosa with her body held very low and her tail tucked, Aminita laid down a few yards from the playing youngsters. Her tail thumped the ground and she gave them an inviting woof.

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Legosa turned his unforgiving eyes to Aminita with a look of dissinterest. Mentally rolling his eyes, Legosa stalked away towards a snow bank and sat down on the opposite side of it.

Atticus looked towards Aminita, and after seeing his father's reaction, he too decided to ignore her. Flicking his tail arrogantly in the air, the youngster headed towards a scrap of frozen deer hide, probably from an old kill, and began to gnaw bordely at it.

Sweetclover gave an extatic yip and bounded towards Aminita. With all the energy of a growing pup, she hurled herself at the pupsitter and did her best to chew at her ears.

Laporta gave up her assault on Phelan and turned her tiny teeth on Aminita as well. Growling playfully, she worked away at Aminita's tail.

Phelan was very glad that someone showed up to draw attention away from him. Picking himself up and shaking out his tattered fur, he gave a glance at his father and other brother. Deciding against confronting either of them, Phelan joyfully pounced towards Aminita. Grinning playfully, he tried to chew at her paws.

Casino and Poker

They both saw Legosa come back with the pups. Casino stood whilst Poker stayed where he was, lying under a nearby tree.

The sister walked slowly towards Legosa, her head low, her body slightly lower than his, her tail tucked, he seemed in a bad mood so it was best to play safe.

She adressed him with a gentle voice.
Urm...Legosa, Have you heard of the war that has been declared?

Poker just watched from the shade of the tree.

White Noise

|Aaka I don't care and have come to accept him as your mate, but his killing of a friend of mine in cold blood isn't something I agree with.........| He was cut short as the scent of Legosa hit him head on the brute was back but as he turned to him a bark from his lands caught his attention. Drag it all he thought |This is continue later I must go|

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Legosa turned slowly towards Casino as she spoke to him. A look of annoyance crossed his features and his eyes showed a look of cold anger at being disturbed. Yet the talk of war stirred his interest and he let his malignant facade dissolve into a 'less' intense look. "War? I've heard rumors about it. What's it to you?" He hadn't caught White Noise's scent yet.

Atticus sat back on his haunches, his eyes shifted from his father to Casino as he tried to mimick the white brute's features. It wasn't long before he too carried a scowling face, although it didn't look nearly as menacing as Leogsa's. In fact, it looked down-right ridiculous.

Casino and Poker

Its just Aaka has asked us to prepare for it...I just wondered if you knew...

She was going to laugh at Atticus's attempts to mimick his father however she chose not to seeing as Legosa seemed in a very bad mood. She just simple bobbed her head t him in respect and slowly began to shuffle away and back towards Aminita with a smile on her face.
Hello, I dont think we've met, I'm Casino.

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Legosa watched her leave, "Thanks for the notice." It wasn't a sincere 'thanks', of course. Legosa looked to his son and grinned, "Looks like you've swallowed a bug or something, the way you're screwing your face all up."

Atticus turned and growled angrily at his father, "Nuh-uh! I looked mean! Just like you!" Then his tail waved a bit, hoping to get some sort of praise from his father. All he got was a laugh and a, "Keep working on that angry face of yours." Atticus snorted puffed his chest out once more, "Yeah, yeah. I'll show you an angry face..." But Legosa didn't respond this time, for he had turned about and laid down once more.

Atticus stalked about a bit, casting glares over at his three siblings playing. In all truth, he wanted to go join them, but something in him kept the pup from joining in the fray. He contended himself, instead, with chewing on a piece of bark.

The three pups stopped their attacks and looked to Casino, at first unsure of what to think of her. But she sure seemed like the nice type, so it wasn't long before all three pups were scrambling her way. "Hiya, Casino!" Sweetclover yipped out, more vocal and outgoing than her other two siblings. "I'm Sweetclover. And this is Laporta." The pup nodded to her sister, who looked very much like Sweetclover, except that Laporta was all while, while Sweetclover had a gray tail and a touch of black on her.

Phelan sat down and looked up at Casino, tilting his head to the side. He was the runt of the litter, and was easily pushed around by his other siblings. "I'm Phelan." He piped up in a tiny voice.

Casino

The wolfess sat down, a smile upon her feace as each pup was introduced.

Very nice to meet you all. Where have you all been today?

Slowly she sunk down to a lying position, her tail beating gently against the ground. They were all so sweet!

Aaka

Aaka growled softly and stalked to her mate and the others. She glared after White Noise then shook her whole body anger radiating off of her. Her gaze softened as she caught site of her pups and her mate and the rest of her pack gathered. "I dont know how many enimies there are but who cares right guys?" She smiled faintly and walked over to Legosa laying next to him.

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Legosa turned his head towards his mate, and at once, all that anger and cold light in his eyes slipped away. He thumped his tail against the ground in mutual greeting and, hoping that no one else could see actions behind the snowbank, he offered Aaka a nuzzling embrace.

Atticus yipped excitedly, also tossing the 'tough guy' demeanor aside at the sight of his mother. Bounding over to her, he also nuzzled her. But unlike Legosa, he didn't care that anyone saw this. At least not yet at his age.

Sweetclover and the others were all wagging their tails. Sweetclover was again the first to pipe up, after she woofed a 'hello' to her mother. "We were off learning some lessons today! Where have you been?"

Laporta laughed, "That's a stupid question, Clover!" But there was a joking tone to her words, and Sweetclover knew better than to take offense from them. Instead, she shoved her sister playfully. And with that, the two began to wrestle.

Phelan stayed clear of this play, for he knew he wasn't strong enough to match up against either of these two sisters. Instead he shuffled towards Casino, gazing curiously up at her. "You live in the pack with us?" He really hadn't gotten to know the other pack members yet.

Casino

After offering a smile and a small howl in agreement to Aaka, She turned back to the pups. She grinned as they both began to wrestle but was ready to break it up if it got too violent, which she doubted would happen. When Phelan shuffled towards her Casino smiled and nodded her head.
Yes I do. So does my brother, Poker.
She cast a gaze back to the brute before looking back to the pup.
Did you have fun with your father on these lessons?

Aaka

She smiled at Atticus and nuzzled him back. "Why dont you go play with your brothers and sisters? Get those fighting skills of yours up." She smiled warmly and nodded towards Faute and Sang who would always enjoy fighting the male or each other. But Lost on the other hand was more into playing nice and having fun.

Faute growled low and lowered his head to the ground. He watched Atticus closly ignoring the others blocking out the rest of the world. This would help or defeat him in the end with this tactic if he dared use it in a real fight.

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Phelan shook his head, "Not really... Laporta and I came home instead of going to the lessons." The little pup admitted, then brightened up, "Where's your brother? I don't I've met him yet."

Atticus glanced at his siblings and wrinkled his nose up, "Aw... do I have to?" But then his eyes fixed on Faute and a new grin came to his face. He sprinted across the ground with his tail shot straight up in the air and his little hackles raised up. He still had to learn about the aspects of fighting, but he knew at least that strength would be on his side in most fights. And this he decided to use to his advantage. Running faster, he attempted to run right into his brother and bowl him off his feet.

The two sisters kept fighting, but their playful growls showed that it was nothing serious.

Faute

Faute snarled deeply as he saw his brother rush. The male knew that if he went down there would be little help for him. He could see his brother was bigger and faster but also that just brute strength would not always save him. Fauve would use him mind more then his brawn.

As Atticus rushed Fauve turned to meet his brother with his chest hoping to take most of the blow that way. It would more then likely knock both of them off balance but he wanted to shock his brother and make his parents proud. He snarled low and quiet as his fangs flashed at his brother.

I am a mistake Born in Hate

Casino and Poker

Every now and again her ears would shift to listen to the girls, but thier palyful growls showed nothing to serious, so she smiled back at Phelan yet the smile faded when he said he and his sister hadn't enjoyed it and had come home.

Oh, She then looked back and let out a small howl to Poker.

The big mass of the brute came out from beneath the tree, no expression upon his face, nothing. He slowly walked over and sat beside his sister.

Casino grinned at her brother before looking to Phelan.
This is Poker. Poker, This is Phelan.

Poker slid down to lie by his sibling. So that his head was the same sort of level as the pup.
Nice to meet you Phelan.

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Atticus felt the air rush out of his chest as he collided with Faute, and the fangs of his brother snapping at his flesh. Angrily, Atticus began to snap back at Faute, trying to get some sort of hold on him. His growls were very intense and his tail was still stuck up in the air.

Phelan wagged his tail and looked to Poker, "Nice to meet you, too!" The runt sat back on his haunches, "Can we do something fun together?"

Legosa glance back at their two sons, but didn't do anything to stop them. Instead, he turned to Aaka while trying to keep his face more or less calm-looking. "I smelt that one brute. White Noise. He's not bothering you, is he?" Legosa was definitly jealous.

Aaka*Faute*Sang

Aaka smiled at her mate and nuzzled him. "He wants to fight you because you killed Umay." she didnt know the fae so she did nto matter. What did matter was that her mate could possibly be in danger or her best friend could die. She glanced over at the two males and shook her head lightly "I said play not kill each other." But she made no move to stop them for it hadnt gotten to serious as of yet.

Faute snarled as he felt Atticus's teeth sink into his right foreleg. He bit harder into Atticus and tried to pull away pulling the bigger male with him as he did so. He wasnt going to let his older brother win this easily.

Sang watched to two males fight for a moment then snorted and went over to Phelan. She pushed him lightly and bowed in play. "Come on Phelan lets play!" She wasnt like the others to pick on her runt of a brother. She wanted to include him in all of their games to.

Casino and Poker

At the question of playing, Casino grinned.

Sure, What do you want to do?

When the other pup came over and asked Phelan to play, Casino and Poker felt it best to leave the pups to themselves, unless they wanted company.

Poker grinned at Phelan. He had been smaller than his sister when they had been born even though he had been older, However he was now bigger and stronger than his sister. He turned at the sound of weak snarling and saw the two brothers fighting. Shaking his head, Poker found it strange that their parents weren't stopping them. He turned back to Phelan and his sister.

Who are you?

He asked. Not rudely, in a friendly manner.

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Legosa grinned broadly, "Ha, kill me?" The brute gave a short laugh, "I'd like to see him try. The rat..." He rested his head momentarily on Aaka's paw, while his dark, brooding eyes gazed fondly up at her. He was getting more use to this 'tender' sort of stuff, as long as he knew that no one else could see it. "Any more news of this war?" He asked the question lightly, as thought he were asking no more than the of the weather or time of day.

Atticus snarled even shriller as he brother bit into him. But the big pup was down right determined to win this match. Uttlery refusing to let up his hold on Faute's leg, Atticus tried to use his larger size to push Faute to the ground and pin him.

Phelan got into a play bow and wriggled his tail happily, "Lets play hide and seek!" It was one game that he was sure he'd be good at. His eyes flickered to Casino and he grinned, "Maybe you can count for us!"

Laporta and Sweetclover ended their play battle, with Sweetclover pinning Laporta down and knawing at her ear. The two disengaged and bounded towards Sang and the others. "We'd love to play too! Oh, and I'm Sweetclover. This is Laporta, Sang, and Phelan." She answered promptly to Poker, nodding to each sibling as she stated their names.

Aaka

Aaka rested her head upon Legosas and sighed softly. "No. We will not start anything until they make the first move. Haunted tells me that there is another allie for the shadow Lurkers so they may be helping us as well." Aaka sighed softly and closed her eyes. She was getting used to having a mate and pups once more. She heard the shrill snarl and looked up and saw Atticus and Fautes fight getting more and more intense. She growled softly watching them closely for if it went much further she would seperate the two.

Faute contained a yelp but barely. Atticus's teeth were drawing blood from the young pup now and he didnt like that. He bit as hard as he could into Atticus grinding his teeth back in forth kneading through the pups fur trying to gain a better grip to tear. He snarled as feircly as he could through his pain trying to think of a better way to win.

Sang watched her two sisters then turned to Phelan. "Sure we can play hide and seek." She looked up at Casino and Poker "if you wouldnt mind that is."

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

"I see. The Lurkers are pretty lucky, having and ally like you." Legosa mentioned thoughtfully. Another new thing for him was complimenting others; in a non-sarcastic way of course. His mind soon put the thrills of war aside and switched to a new topic. His brows furrowed a bit, and another, half-thoughtful tone carried his next message, "You know, having pups wasn't as hard as I thought it would be." He had envisioned being swarmed by yapping, bitting creatures that needed his attention at every waking moment. But as he was finding out, they could be quite entertaining. Still, he wasn't exactly the 'good father figure' that most were, so he wasn't really getting the whole experience.

Atticus felt a sense of great insult when Faute's teeth manage to work their way into his flesh. His eyes opened in great surprise at the unexpected pain and he yelped before he knew what he was doing. Like his father, a feeling of embarrassment and uncontrolable anger washed over the young hybrid, driving him to fight even harder. His eyes narrowed devilishly and his snarls grew more intense, as if to make up for that accidental yelp just a moment ago. Atticus began to thrash his head about like a wild thing while still attempting to pin his brother down.

The three siblings all wagged their tails now, and Phelan grew so excited that he even began to prance his paws in anticipation. Sweetclover spoke up again, "Can you count for us? Please?" Then the other two took up the begging, each one repeating the word 'please' as fast as they could.

Casino and Poker

As the pair were swarmed by the pups, Casino grinned and consented to their request.

Okay, We'll count. Run quickly and find a hiding place. Just dont go too far!

The duo looked at each other, grinned and buried their eyes in their paws as they counted for the pups to hide.

As they reached 50, they both looked up, hopefully the pups wouldn't make this too easy. Standing Casino went left, Poker right, growling playfully as if trying to pretend to be hunters going for their prey to add an element of fun and suspence to the game.

Aaka

Suddenly getting an idea, Faute pushed forward as hard as he could hoping to surprise and overthrow his brother. He knew the toher male would not be able to break his leg with his little puppy teeth so he bit harder and harder and he said into his brothers fur "Awwww poor little baby. Do you need mommy to rescue you?" He felt Atticus's teeth sink even deeper and let out a whimper of pain but with his surprise little attack maybe it would loosen his brothers grip long enough to pull away.

Lost wanted to join to. Softly she said "um...um....um....THERE!" then ran straight for a log and hid underneathe it. The little den was where her mother had come in times of sadness and it still held Aakas scent. Maybe it would disguise hers!

Sang smiled and nudged her brother nodding towards the river. There was a large rock that they could hide under and since it was mommys rock it was safe. Hopefully.

Legosa, Atticus, Sweetclover, Phelan, & Laporta

Faute's trick worked on the young Atticus, who still had a lot to learn in the art of battle. In a moment's time, he was upon his back, after tripping. Instinct told him to submit, since all his vitals were suddenly revealed. But Atticus rebelled against instinct and fought still. "You're the one who'll need rescued!" The youngster raged back, plunging his fangs for his brother's throat. Even if he were to make contact, he'd never be able to make a killing bite of course. But that didn't stop him from trying. His paws were swinging about now, which didn't help his imprisoned leg any, for it only worked his brother's teeth deeper into his flesh.

Phelan grinned widly and dashed after his sister towards the rock. He crouched down in the snow, trying to use it as camoflauge with his light-colored body. As he waited, he glanced back at the stream and his eyes grew wide. Little did he know that this was the spot that a former pack member, a young pup like them, had nearly drowned herself while playing with her brother. Phelan scooted closer to the rock and his sister, trying to calm his fears.

Laporta panicked for a moment, looking wide-eyed at the landscape around her as the two began to count down. Finally she bolted towards an old, bent-over catalpa tree. With a spring, she managed to clamber onto the rough bark, and and race across the neary horizontal serface of the wide trunk. The aged tree was hung over the creek, for these trees often grew around the water. She smirked to herself as she spotted her brother and sister behind the rock. Thinking she had the best hiding spot ever, Laporta crouched down behind one of the arching branches and stayed quiet.

Sweetclover thought momentarily about stealing Lost's hiding spot, but then shrugged away the thought. Instead, she ran completely out of the central lands, and went to the Den site.

Faute

He felt his brothers teeth sink into his throat and snarled visciously sending vibrations that his larger brother would feel. He clenched his teeth as hard as he could and pressed his body against his brothers. "GIVE IN BROTHER YOUVE LOST!" HE shouted at Atticus. He wasnt in the mood to deal with this right now but he wanted to prove to both his brother and his parents that he could beat his brother and that he was the better son. Not some mistake that they made. He snarled and cleched his teeth even harder as one of atticus's paws hit him in the face. He moved slightly positioning himself over his brother and pinning him further into the ground.

Atticus

Atticus snarled louder, kicking harder at his brother and shaking his head around in an attempt to hurt Faute more. "I haven't lost yet, I'm still alive aren't I?!?!?" The youngster growled back. Legosa just might have to teach him this lesson the hard way, if he wasn't going to learn from this little skirmish. The pup continued to struggle, but was beginning to find the pain in his leg quite umbearable. Pain tolerance. That was something else that he had to build up on. His eyes began to water from it, and the little blood that was drawn began to stain his white fur. Yet still, Atticus fought, striving to defeat his brother, although he was on the loosing end at the moment.

Faute

He let his weight drop to even further pin his brother. "You wont be alive much longer my brother" He hissed at the larger male. He began to knead his teeth back and forth hoping to cause his brother more pain trying to ignore what he was feeling. He was showing Aakas side in not letting up a grip when he had it. He snarled deeply and dug his teeth in further. HE could feel the bone and he relished in his brothers pain.

Atticus

Atticus gave a muffled howl of agony as teeth hit his bone. A little tear trickled down his cheek from the pain and he wiped it angrily away with his paw. Finally he could take no more, "Alright, get off! Get off!" Atticus snarled, kicking fiercly at his brother, but letting go of his neck now. He didn't want to admit defeat, but he could take no more of this pain.

Faute

He let go of his brother and leaped away cackling. "HA!" He shouted. He raised his tail high and trotted around his brother rubbing it in as much as possible "You lost. I beat you at your own game and your a lot bigger then me. How pathetic you really are." He smiled then trotted towards Aaka and Legosa the malicious smile still in place "I beat him mama! Papa!" Blood tipped his fangs as he turned back to Atticus ill intent dancing in his eyes. Although it had been a hard battle between the two brothers he had come out victorious.

Legosa & Atticus

Atticus snarled angrily, picking himself up and hunching his shoulders as he glared at his prideful brother, "Laugh now, but you'll be sorry later. As soon as you turn your back..." The pups warned, letting his words trail off because his sinister voice said enough about what he might do to Faute when he got the chance. With his ego hurt rather badly, Atticus turned away from everyone and stalked off.

Legosa showed his smirk and nodded to Faute, "That was quite impressive. Keep honing your skills like that, and you might be as good as your mother and I someday." He pointed out. The father looked at the blood that was staining his son's jaws, and the sight did not bother him in the least bit. "I should take you out for some lessons soon. Make you an adept fighter."