The Darkest of Marks

[Ascher Stormbringer]

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Character Name: Ascher Stormbringer.
Character Birthdate: March 16th, 2010.
Wolf or a Luperci:Luperci (by birth).
Species: Timber wolf.
Gender: Male.
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Tagged for Gideon and Bris for now. I also apologise for the quality and length of this post; I wanted to get this going. =D

With one franctic, sloppy movement, Ascher stopped in his tracks. Unfamiliar sights, sounds and scents surrounded the young Stormbringer pup as he surveyed the land in confusion. Where was he? Where were his siblings, Gideon, Saul and Shiloh? Did they find their way home? A million questions flooded his mind, leaving Ascher feeling quite overwhelmed. He collapsed onto the sand around him, burying his head in his paws as the events of that night replayed themselves over and over, like a broken record, in his head.

He remembered nuzzling himself against Mama's warm soft body, lying next to Gideon. He didn't remember when - or where, if they'd even said so - Saul and Shiloh had stalked away but it didn't matter to him at the point in the night. But just as he was falling into his slumber, Grandma came. Ascher didn't know what she was doing there so late at night, but still embraced her entrance. Instead she had pushed him aside, into a heap of dust next to where the small family had been sleeping, heading straight for Mama. After that, everything seemed... fuzzy. Mama had fallen asleep and Grandma had lurked away, much to Ascher's disappointment. He wanted to play! A pool of a red, so dark it looked black, liquid surrounded Mama and her limp, sleeping body. Ascher had never seen such a liquid - he had wanted to taste some, to get an idea of what it might be, but Giddy had told him not to. In an incoherent fit of anger toward his brother for not allowing him to do what he wanted to and confusion on why Mama wouldn't wake up, Ascher had bounded off into the night in search for their home. Maybe someone there would be able to answer all of his unsolved questions.

Looking back on it now, Ascher knew he had been foolish. He should have stayed with Gideon and they could have looked for the answers together. That would have been the safest decision. Ascher Stormbringer had always been the most timid of his siblings - lurking about in the night time alone was an act he thought he'd never partake in. After wandering aimlessly for a few hours, Ascher hadn't discovered anything, only his curiosity grew. His tongue lolled out of his mouth as he looked around nervously, afraid of what be watching him. What was out there? Ascher peered through his paws, his piercing silver eyes just barely visible. Although nothing appeared out of the norm, the pup couldn't help but shiver anxiously. He buried his face again with his paws and let out a whimper. "Momma," He called out to her but knew, of course, that she didn't - couldn't - hear him.