He lifted his head and banner high once again as he lead the way down the beach. They reached the looming cliff walls and large sun-bathing rocks and he didn't pause for a moment as he padded through some greenery that grew out of the wall. To others it would appear as if he was walking through the towering stones, but there was a hidden entrance there that was just big enough to allow a large tiger to enter crouched down. He poked his head out and motioned for her to follow him in. A short tunnel lead to a small valley, with a small stream that cascaded down the side of one cliff to pool in the center, then drain out into some underground water source. There, a short distace away was the den's entrance, sheltered by more dead greenery. "Welcome home," he whispered, still awed by the place he had found. He sat back apon his haunches and threw back his dial, letting out a long eerie howl to his pack. It called to those who wished to come and meet the rest of the growing pack.

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Kirrick had been sprawled out on one of the large rocks, lapping up the sun while it was high in the sky. The sound of others made her ears perk, and she opened one lazy eye to spot her alpha and another female walking along the beach. She knew she had yet to get to know another canine in the pack, and so she rolled onto her front and pulled herself up to stand, her tail wagging slowly behind her.

It soon stopped however, when Kahota passed her, without even acknowledging her presence. Frowning, the hybrid ignored the unknown female, and fixed her alpha with a confused stare. Still, he continued on, and she wondered if she had done anything wrong. Then again, perhaps he hadn't seen her? Jumping down gracefully from the rock, it was evident that Kirrick was large. The triple cross hybrid took the height of her Great Dane heritage, the muscular build of her Rottweiler heritage, and the longer fur and temperament of her Pyrenean Mountain dog bloodlines.

Her toned muscle and tall build meant she look graceful in whatever she did, even as she stood perfectly still, with the wind ruffling her black fur. Her coat was completely sable, save for a white underbelly and chest. Her dark brown eyes followed Kahota as he continued up the beach towards the wall, and her curiosity was peeked; she had to follow.

She was quick to catch up with Kahota and his companion, her long legs allowing her to cover ground fast. She followed them through the small entrance hole, and was filled with awe at the sight of the incredable scenery. The stream cascading into the pool, the beautful foliage, it was amazing. Then she spotted Kahota, seating himself before howling out for the pack. Kirrick actually found this quite amusing, smiling quietly to herself as she made her way over. Head held high, she approached her alpha grinning, her dark eyes first looking over him, then at the new packmate.

"Hello Kahota," she then looked to the new female, "and hello and welcome to you. My name is Kirrick."

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K I R R I C K

Starlight followed Kahota into the valley.Smiling with awe when she saw the place.Her eyes brightened to their full height for only a few heartbeats.Then they were back to normal.Turning when she smelled another wolf.She saw a hybrid female."Hello,"she said.Then she turned her attention back to Kahote when she heard him howl.Her eyes lightened up a bit more when she thought of the prospect of meeting the others.Her white tail began to wag silently.She sat down and looked around again at the buetiful place."So how many did you say was in the pack,"she asked Kahota smiling.

As they entered the beautiful green knoll he noticed Starlight’s eyes brighten to an impossibly brilliant blue as she took in the gentle green grasses and sparkling aqua waters of the cascading waterfall. The pure joy and surprise that filled her glittering orbs made his breath catch in his throat as he watched the years of torment vanish from her face to be replaced by unmasked puppyish glee. It filled his heart with a gentle warmth that made his fur tingle. She was a very special fae. Even if he didn‘t fall in love with her, he would always be protective of this fragile wolf.

He settled in front of the winter den, his thickly muscled haunches resting on the chilled dirt beneath him. Then he tossed back his majestic dial and letting loose a deep rolling howl from between ivory daggers. It rang out across his vast, beautiful lands, caring his message to the auds of his growing pack.

His eyes drifted slowly open as his voice faded away into the star-dusted night air, his gaze resting on a figure standing by the entrance. It took him a moment to reorient himself before he placed a name to a face. It was Kirrick, the beautiful hybrid that had joined his pack not to long ago. He had not seen her for a while and was glad to see her here. He gave them time to exchange greetings before padding closer. His tail was now wagging happily, his eyes filled with genuine joy as he returned her greeting with a friendly nuzzle and a puppy-like yip. He may be an alpha of a pack, but he loved his pack and was always happy to see one of his pack mates that he had thought missing.

"It's good to see you again, Kirrick. I had feared that you had left for a while, but I am glad to see you here. This is the newest member of our pack, and I hope the other's will be here shortly to greet her as well. Maybe the whole pack will show so that there are no more strangers here." He canted his head back to Starlight. "There are currently eight including ourselves. One seems to have vanished, though." He was thinking of the brute wolf that had joined recently.

His eyes returned to Kirrick's, and now that he considered her a friend and not a stranger, he now noticed things about her that he had not noticed before. Her sable coat was long and surprisingly shiney and her sinewy body seemed to flow gracefully benieth it. She was an extrodanary canine and was very glad to have her as part of his pack. He knew he would have to pick a mate to help him lead this pack succesfully and it made him notice the fae's of his pack with more interest.

Jake had followed the call and entered the valley dragging a cariobou carcess that Dionysus had caught.Her and Blackheart were only a bit behind.Spotting Kahota and two female wolves with him.Dropping the carcess he looked up."Hello I'm Jake,"he said smiling.

Starlight watched as Kahote ran off calling to the pack once agin. Nodding her small white head to Kahota once he answered her about the pack members.Turning around she spotted something that chilled her heart.A tiger was comming through the rock hole.He was pulling a carioubou behind him too.Calming down she nodded to the tiger."Hello Jake i'm Starlight,"she said politly.Her blue orbs stayed their color and didn't brighten or darken."Are you the only tiger,"she asked her voice taking the sound of the wind blowing over the ocean gently.She had encountered a tiger once and thats when she thought all tigers were killers.Now she knew she was wrong.The tiger infront of her seemed decent enough she thought.She had always feared tigers and now it looked like she had finally over come that fear.Once she thought that she smiled brightly.

Blackheart entered the rock wall.Suprise on his face when he saw the place when he entered.Then he spotted some female wolves he hasn't met yet.Padding forward he dipped his head to them."Hello I'm Blackheart,"he said.He went back to the entrance and pulled a huge male carioubo carcess in.Now their was a male and a calf carcess.He turned his head to see if Dionysus had made it in yet.

Dionysus followed close behind the other two males. She was carrying THE MOTHER CARIBOU CARCASS that she had just cought, she looked around to see if Jake had gotten back with the calf carcass.

Jake had brought the calf carcess when he spotted Dionysus with the mother carioubo.Their would be plently to go around.Two full grown Carioubo's and a calf.He wondered who would want the antlers to chew on.Their was enough for four but their was more than four.Silently he watched and waited to see who would claim them.

Dionysus immediatly ripped the antlers off.... they were her favorite part and the only part that would actually satisfy her hunger.

Starlight padded forward to the doe.She glanced around to see if anyone objected.Leaning forward she pulled a chunk of meat out and backed up silently.She began to eat it keeping her solid white ears pricked.Her eyes were lighted a medium dark blue.Once she was done she cleaned the blood off her face.Then she looked up to see what everyone else was doing.She layed down laying her white head on her black paws.She watched though silently.

Blackheart watched as Dionysus tore of the antlers for herself.He wondered if Kahota would stand for it.Then he watched as Starlight pulled a chunk of meat off and ate it.Padding forward he tore off a chunk of meet for himself.Eating it silently he sat down when he was done.He curled his tail around him and licked his face and paws clean of blood.When he was done he looked around his eyes gleaming brightly.

Kirrick simply dipped her head as Starlight greeted her, but the other did not give her name. Still, Kahota had called them together, so she knew that the femme's name would more than likely be spoken by someone else, so she would be able to pick up on it then.

Once Kahota had approached and nuzzle her in greeting, Kirrick felt obliged to do the same, gently nuzzling his neck in a friendly manner as her long, fluffy tail began to sway behind her. Stepping back from the canine embrace, the hybrid smiled warmly, her dark eyes shining from both the bright sunlight, and the happiness that she felt now that she was content in her new home.

"I could not leave you, or this place. This is my home now."

She nodded her elegant head, as if to back up her statement, but her eyes never left his. "It is good to see you again too, Kahota."

Their reunion was short lived, however, as the rest of the pack began to converge around them. The smell of fresh meat hit her first, and her dark eyes spotted the carcass' of three caribou as the tigers brought them back from their hunt. She had met two of the tigers, but when Jake approached her, she found she didn't know him. She was not alarmed, instead her tail began to wag and she smiled at him. "Hello, Jake. My name is Kirrick."

Next to arrived were Blackheart and Dionysus; the two tigers Kirrick had already met. She woofed a greeting to both of them, but before she knew it, everyone else began to tuck into the meat. She didn't join them, instead she turned to look at Kahota. Surely there was some kind of order to eating? Kirrick had been bought up by both her parents to wait until told before approaching a kill. It was the alpha, or alpha pair first, followed by whoever the alpha chose, then the rest of the pack. Maybe it was different here? Still, she didn't want to disobey the alpha. So, she sat down on her sleek haunches, and watched Kahota, waiting for permission to eat. Her sable coat radiated the sunlight reflected off her silky fur; making her glow subtly.

Dionysus sat down near Kahota, still holding the antlers in her maw. She knew not to eat until the Alpha said, but she also knew she was the only one who would be able to digest the antlers. She turned her huge head to face Kahota her maw reached out to his ear.

"I think I know of a wolfess you would like to meet, she is interested in being an alphess"

Dionysus whispered this so only Kahota would be able to hear.

Starlight watched as everyone began to eat.Padding forward she pulled a chunk of meat off the carcess and padded up to Kahota.She saw Dionysus already their with the antlers though.She wondered if Dionysus was giving him the antlers.Silently she dropped the meat infront of Kahota offering it to him.Then she layed down a little ways off watching the others and her enviroment.It truly was buetiful here and she wondered if their was anyone who could hate a place like this.It felt like heaven here to her.This was the only true home she had and it felt good.

Jake watched as the others ate,but he didn't.He knew not to eat till the alpha said so.He watched as Starlight offered food for Kahota.He wondered if Kahota would be offended or not.Sometimes alphas feel offended by that and sometimes they don't.He angled his ears forward watching.He waited for permission to eat.

Blackheart watched as Dionysus tore off the antlers.He smiled rembering thats the only reason they had brought down the carioubo.Dionysus had requested it because of the antlers.Then he watched as she walked over to Kahota.He angled his ears trying to catch what their saying,but he couldn't so he ignored it.Then he turned his attention to the others and watched as Starlight offered food to Kahota.He watched to see what Kahota reaction would be.

He watched the others that had converged on the meat with nothing short of shock and just a little bit of anger. He was proud of the tigers for obeying his wish to share what was killed, but we would have had no problem if they had dined before bringing it to him. It was their right as hunters to take first from what they kill. But when Starlight took a piece, not only before him, but without requesting from the hunters, he was stunned. He had to remind himself that not all wolves were raised the same, and that her pack may have had different beliefs. He heard what The tigeress had whispered in his ear, but had to excuse himself for a moment before he could reply.

He looked up at Starlight, a little bit of sadness crossed his eyes before he spoke. "Starlight, I'm not sure how your pack raised you, but here the alpha and hunters feed first. I am not angry, but be sure to remember this next time. It is not to be mean or controling, but it's simply that with out an alpha, there is no pack, so the alpha feeds first to help preserve the pack. I do thank you for the offering, though."

He bent down and in one quick gulp he swallowed the offered meat. He then padded forward, head and banner held proudly, over to the largest of the beasts. There he sank his deadly ivory daggers into the chest of the creature and tore it open with his powerful jaws. As much as he loved his pack, he used this moment to demonstrate his strenght. He left a massive gaping hole where it's ribcage use to be, and then buried his muzzle deep within it's chest and ripped out its bloody heart and wolfed it down. Then he dug deep into the abdomen to pull out the liver and several pieces of the best meat. He took his fill of the choice pieces before backing away and allowing the hunters to take there share. After they were finished, the rest were free to take theirs. He returned to Kirrick's side, two thick pieces of meat hanging from his bloddy jaws. He offered on to Kirric and one to Starlight as they waited their turn.

He turned to Dio to reply to her, "I would like to meet your friend, but I won't promise that I will take her as my mate. I have found two beauties here that I am also considering."

Dionysus' murmuring certainly caught Kirrick's attention, but her keen ears couldn't quite catch what was being whispered. Deciding it was probably best not to interfere, she silently watched as everyone but herself and the alpha took their meat and then sat round the kill. She was very confused. This was certainly not how she was taught to behave at a meal. She turned out to have done the right thing, which made her smile subtly to herself. Kahota reprimanded the pack, but Kirrick already knew the routine; both her parents had bought her up with very good etiquette, and she knew how to behave around the alpha.

Kahota then approached the largest kill and proceeded to feast. Kirrick watched him devour it easily, and admired his power and strength; she also admired his looks. She wouldn't tell him this of course, she would be far too embarrased, but it always lingered in the back of her mind. Her dark eyes were fixed on her alpha as she sank down to lay upon the grass, her head on her paws.

Once Kahota had eaten his fill, he allowed the hunters to eat their share. She didn't even think to complain, after being bought up in exactly the same way by her parents. What surprised her was the fact that he brought back two think chunks of meat; one for herself, and one for Starlight. Lifting her head, her ears forward in surprise, Kirrick smiled greatfully, her tail thumping on the ground behind her. She accepted the meat, placing a paw on it as she grinned up at her alpha, "Thank you, Kahota!" Then she began to eat it, her sharp fangs shredding the tender meat with ease. It took a few minutes for her to finish her piece, and though her stomach longed to go and eat from the kills, she knew she must wait for the tigers to finish.

Her mind wandered to her siblings; her brother in Aspen Grove, and her sister in Shimmer Valley. Perhaps it would be good for Kahota to meet them both, as well as her sisters pups? With this in mind, her dark eyes watched Kahota speak with Dionysus.

Starlight listened to what Kahota said.She nodded her head showing she understood.It was true she had never been taught like that.Usually she and her moher just ate togather.She watched as Kahota padded forward and make a huge hole in the carioubos ribcage.Silently she layed down to wait for him and the tigers to get done.She smiled when he offered her and Kirrick a piece of meet."Thanks,"she said her eyes brightened a bit.Dipping her head forward she ate the peice of meat.She listened to what Kahota and Dionysus said with one ear.She wondered who their new female alpha would be.

Jake listened to what Kahota said.Then he wated as Kahota moved forward and ate.One he was done he moved forward and began to eat.Pulling a large chunk off the female cariobo.He ate it quickly then using his sharp from teth dug deeper and pulled out the organs a tasteful treat for tigers.He left a few in their though incase someone else wanted it.He tore off a few more chunks ate then left the kill.He licked his paws clean of the blood and his muzzle.Soon all you could see was his orange fur and black stripes.Looking up he watched the others silently.He wondered what would happen now.

Blackheart got up and finished eating.He went to where Kahota left and dug in deeper.He pilled out some meat by the veins that had a lot of meat on it.He ate it using his strong jaws to chew it.Once he had ate a couple more chunks he drew away.Laying down he cleaned his paws and muzzle once more.When he was done he layed his paws on his head letting out a soft sigh.