Okay, here she is, Parker Sadira, the quiet, but almost always smiling, puppy. I'm still learning the lay of the Crimson Dream's subterritories so, if I mess anything up, please correct me ^_^

A new day, the sun was out, the birds were chirping, it was perfect. Another perfect day to explore the tremendous manor that she and her family, along with a lot of the other Crimson Dreams members, called home. So many rooms were as of yet unexplored by the cinnamon and white pup and her siblings. However, they were all asleep now and she didn't want to wake them, partially because she was being nice, partially because she didn't want them talking her ears off while they explored. She slowly uncurled from her sleeping position, careful to not so much as touch one of her sleeping siblings for fear she would startle them awake. Mama and papa were nowhere to be seen as of yet, though she could only guess that mama was within earshot. Her mama was always around somewhere. She liked that. Maybe she'd go find her first. Yes, she liked that idea. She needed to see mama first, both to let her know she was awake, and to silently ask for permission to leave the room. Artemis seemed to think it was silly to ask mama for permission all the time, but Sylvano always seemed to agree that checking in with mom was the better idea.

Having escaped the bed without disrupting her siblings, young Parker started to sniff around the room, quietly, hoping to catch her mother's scent. Quiet, that word described the small cinnamon streaked girl better than most. She never spoke, despite her mom's gentle urgings. She didn't know why, but answering her mother with facial expressions and gestures seemed to be fine. Listening to her siblings stumbling over how to respond to some of their mother's questions made Parker want to get it right the first time. She just was not confident that she could do that yet. Her siblings, didn't seem to quite understand why she didn't want to talk, but they rarely pressed her about it. Mama was the same way. Mama, yes that was who she was looking for! The dainty Sadira pup had caught herself daydreaming again, in mid search too. She was on her mother's scent now, that much she remembered. So, having come back to reality the young pup scampered out of the room, and down the hallway, little black nose to the floor letting it lead her to her mama.

Oh I see, thanks Erin. ^_^ 400+

The cinnamon streaked pup was barely paying attention to where exactly she was headed. She just knew that she was following mama's scent, something she was very familiar with. Wherever it led, there she would go. If she had been paying attention she would have noticed her mother coming out of the room. However, having her nose focused on the floor, following the trail, she barely had time to crouch to help her avoid tripping her mother, which she almost did anyway. Pale white face turned upward to look at her mother, golden orbs focused intently on the emerald green orbs above her. Her tail immediately started to wag in an erratic, quick pattern of motion. She was so excited that keeping her tail swishing from side to side in an even manner was next to impossible. Parker had found her mother, all by herself. She couldn't help but smile, beaming with pride at her accomplishment.

When her mother apologized for almost tripping over her, Parker shrugged, stood up and bounced up to her mom, nuzzling her affectionately. It was her silent way of saying that her mom didn't need to apologize and that she was happy to see her. Her mom's question was met with an enthusiastic nod. Yes, she was very quiet on her feet. Her light frame made it easy for her to move around with as little noise as possible; just the way she liked it. Unfortunately she had yet to learn that making noise was sometimes better than being quiet. Fortunately she still had time, lots of time, to learn. Plus, her mama did not really seem to mind a whole lot.

Having found and lovingly greeted her mother, Parker's golden orbs turned towards the objects her mother had just dropped. Toys!! Her mama had found new toys! Well, they may not have been entirely new, but to Parker they were. She immediately locked on to the stuffed toys, pouncing on the duck first and then the lamb, testing out how they felt to her paws and puppy teeth as she went. It didn't take her long to decide. She liked the fluffy, super-soft lamb the most. The duck was nice, and she wasn't too keen on the ball, for it had made noise when her mama had dropped it. Grabbing the fluffy, plush toy in her tiny jaws, Parker dragged it towards her mama, leaving it at her feet. Then, with her usual, big smile on her face the cinnamon and white puppy sat down, her right forepaw placed on the lamb. Golden orbs stared up at her mom, then looked down at the toy and back up at her mom again. Could she have this?

Sorry for the delay, been busy with getting my sister graduated from high school this weekend. Plus I find that taking a few days in between massive episodes of replying seems to help my muse calm down. Might as well enjoy the luxury of excess free time while I have it. I'm trying to get into the habit of posting something everyday, at least one reply so that I'll always be on track, but it's slow going.

The cinnamon and white pup could hardly contain her happiness as her mother returned her gestures of affection. Parker loved both of her parents, but as with most small children, mama was always the one to be sought out first. Golden orbs glanced upward at her mother's green gaze, grinning widely as her mom complimented her. She would be a great hunter. If mama said so, it had to be true. Therefore she would do her best to exceed her mother's expectations.

As her mother officially gave her the lamb, Parker leapt up and licked Savina on the cheek several times, as repeated gestures of extreme gratitude. Then, satisfied that she had sufficiently conveyed her excitement, the young Sadira girl returned to her new plush toy, pouncing on it and grasping it in her tiny jaws, ever so gently mind you. However, she was forced to drop it again as her mother asked her a question. The meadow?! Did she want to go to the meadow? She knew what that place was, or so she thought. Hadn't she been told about it before? Parker could not remember, but as she turned to again face her mother, her golden eyes sparkled with pent up glee. Doing her best to control herself, rather unsuccessfully, Parker nodded her head emphatically all the while struggling to keep her white tipped tail from wagging its way off of her rear end. Yes, she wanted to go! Words could not describe how much she wanted to go. However, Parker paused for a moment, remembering her clean, white lamb toy. She looked back at it for a moment and then back at her mother, brow furrowing quizzically as she wondered what to do with it. She didn't particularly want to take it outside and possibly endanger it. Then again, she didn't want to just leave it here and have one of her litter mates or somebody else possibly come and damage it. Mama would know what to do! She could do anything!

Puppies are so much fun!

Oh did Parker ever love her mama. She always knew what Parker was trying to say, despite the fact that the cinnamon and sugar girl never spoke. It was as if mama could read her mind, or so Parker thought. It had yet to occur to her at this young age that her facial expressions and body language said almost as much as spoken words would have. Her body did the talking, and her mother was just an expert at reading what it said. So, at her mother's suggestion of a plan to protect her lamb from harm, it would have been easy for Savina to understand that her daughter approved. Nodding her head several times, Parker displayed her overt approval of her mom's idea. What could she say, her mom was a genius.

In order to put the plan in motion, the delicate Sadira girl clamped her jaws gently around one of her lamb's legs, carefully dragging it over to her mom so that she could put it back into the room for safekeeping. Sliding it right up to her mom, Parker released the lamb, right in front of her mother's paws. A quick nuzzle of gratitude was given by the pale girl before she stepped back to wait for her mama. Now that she knew her lamb would be safe, Parker was focusing all of her excitement on going outside to see the meadow. Her mind began to wander in the few short seconds it took her mother to secure the lamb's safety and Parker could not help but begin to speculate on what they would see. What other animals would they see? Would there be any flowers to smell? Would the grass be really tall or really short? Such questions randomly popped in and out of the young pup's head as she waited for her mother. She knew that her mom would have to help her down the stairs, since it would take her too long to get down them by herself. Then Parker would dutifully follow as closely as possible behind Savina all the way to the meadow. She would have to listen very carefully to her mother, she told herself, because she didn't want to get into trouble by accident. Parker had yet to do anything horribly disobedient, and she hated to even think about disappointing either of her parents. So she made it a point to try her hardest to be good all the time. After all, if she was good, mama was happy and she liked it when mama was happy!

Yes, Parker is too darn cute indeed. The universe struggles constantly to handle such cuteness.

Her lamb was safe, that was all Parker needed to know. Now she and mama could go to the meadow and Parker would not have to worry about her special toy. Oh how wonderful! The cinnamon and sugar girl could not contain her excitement, and she would have been wiggling and bouncing around had not her mother scooped her up by the scruff to carry her downstairs. Parker didn't understand it, but something about the way mama carried her just made her relax instantly. She had almost no control over it. It just felt so good that Parker would just tuck her paws up against her body and hang there from her mama's jaws quiet and motionless. The trip downstairs was quick, though, and as soon as Savina set her down the golden-eyed pup began bouncing and wiggling about as if she had never stopped.

Her mother very kindly opened the door, and Parker scampered out making it a point to nod in a gesture of gratitude for her mom's actions. Then, like the good girl she was she waited outside patiently for her dark furred mama to follow her outside. Immediately her senses were bombarded with every sort of sight, scent and sound she could imagine. The birds chirping made Parker's little pointed ears dance about on her head, trying to listen to all of them. Her nose almost instinctively sniffed the air trying to identify everything she was smelling, which of course she couldn't as she had not been outside the mansion before. At least, she could not remember ever being outside the mansion before. Last but not least, the Sadira girl's bright, shining eyes moved across the landscape in front of her, sweeping all the way from left to right before focusing back on her mother. With a wag of her white tipped tail, Parker eagerly awaited her mother's lead. Parker wanted to know what everything around her was called, but she would be more than happy to wait until they got going. After all, it was impolite to bug her mom with each thing she came across. Whatever her mother pointed out, she would learn about. Mama knew what was most important, and what was coolest, so Parker was more than ready to trust her judgement.

Yay for short posts due to writer's block -_-

It took several seconds, seconds that dragged on like minutes, before Parker was finally able to move on. Finally, though, she was able to focus her overwhelmed senses on her mom who was waiting for her a few yards away from the door. What was that stuff she was standing in? It was all over the ground, like a giant rug. She knew what rugs were because there were a few scattered around the manor. This didn't look like a rug though. For one, it was green. Two, it was shaped differently. Her puppish curiosity moved her to investigate this new surface immediately. Golden orbs focused on the the grass and Parker stepped out onto it, one paw at a time. It felt cool and wet beneath her pads, the long blades tickling her abdomen as she finally got the courage to follow her mother all the way. A big, excited grin crossed her face as Parker bounded towards her mother, her white-tipped tail wagging back and forth. This was fun, more fun than she could ever remember having in her life, though in all honesty that wasn't a very long time. For the cinnamon and sugar girl, though it seemed like a long time.

That was just life for a puppy, time seemed to just drag on, leaving lots of time for fun. It would not take long before her understanding of time changed and she realized that it indeed ran faster than she thought, but for now nature was content to let her have fun. Golden eyes focused up at her mother, awaiting the fun, learning experience that was surely ahead.

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When her mama started to walk again Parker was more than happy to scamper after her, enjoying the feeling of this green stuff between her tiny toes. What was this stuff anyway? If seemed to be everywhere. Fortunately for Parker the question was answered before she could even look at her mom inquisitively. Grass, that's what this stuff was. The cinnamon and sugar girl immediately memorized the term, though it was not hard considering that she had all sorts of stimuli to remember it by. She would remember how grass felt, how it looked and how it smelled. Parker couldn't imagine what those flower things that Mama had mentioned were like.

Fortunately, Parker did not have to wait long to find out. After just a few minutes of following her mother, her golden orbs dancing all around, taking in the surroundings, they reached the valley. Mama stopped and watched her, and Parker took that as a cue to move ahead slightly to see where they were. The sight that met her bright gaze made her jaw drop. All of those colors...what could they be? Without hesitation Parker bounced ahead a few yards to the first patch of brightly colored, grasslike things. At least, they sort of looked like grass. After all, grass was long and green, and a lot of these things had long green parts. Yet, they were brightly colored, all types of colors. Were these the flowers that Mama had mentioned. Her white-tipped tail threatened to wag off her rear as Parker leaned closer to investigate the possible answer as to what made flowers so pretty. They seemed to similar to grass, but grass did not have such a variety of colors as far as Parker could tell. She was just utterly fascinated by all the colors. Turning to look back at her mother, Parker's face betrayed her excitement as always. She wanted mama to tell her what made these flowers so pretty, and to teach her about the types, and everything. There was so much to see! If Parker had her way she and mama would be here all day investigating the valley and all it had to offer. This was, of course, if Mama allowed it.

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So these were flowers! Parker had guessed right. For a moment the quiet girl's chest swelled with pride that she had come to such a conclusion on her own, but her excitement quickly overtook her once more as she nodded to her mom's inquiry. The flowers were absolutely gorgeous, some of the prettiest things she'd ever seen! Parker could have spent forever looking at all of them and she doubted that she would ever learn what each of them was. However, Parker soon saw something else that intrigued her, a bug of some sort. This one was bright red with black spots on it's back. Golden gaze focused on the insect for a moment before turning back at her mom, indicating with her facial expression that she had found something that needed identification. However, when Parker turned around the small insect flew away. Without hesitation Parker bounded after the ladybug for a few yards before the tiny creature flew too high for Parker to see. Of course, she stopped then and turned back to look at her mother, whom she had left standing back by the first patch of flowers. An excited grin followed by her head cocking sideways inquisitively could have been loosely translated as Parker wondering if it was okay to keep going. She knew mama would say yes, but she felt the need to ask permission anyway. Without a doubt Parker would stay out here with her mother as long as she could. The only two things that would get her to leave would be her mother telling her it was time to go home or exhaustion. The latter would simply result in mama taking her home to go to sleep. Whichever came first, the Sadira girl did not care. For now, all that mattered was the here and now, and there was much more here in the valley to learn about.