Is all good!



Most days the young pup tried to avoid being around his mothers. It wasn't that he didn't love them, but he had spent his whole life with them so far, and he wanted to get out on his own! However, when he had seen momma Nani leaving the territory of their pack, his curiosity had been piqued. As usual when he was following one of his parents, he was doing his best to be sneaky. It had been a little difficult since she could walk so much faster than he could.



Haven's stalking had been going well, it didn't seem that his mother had noticed him at all. But all of sudden she started moving faster than she had been! That wasn't fair! He could barely be sneaky when she was going at the pace she had been, much less faster. And what was she so interested in anyway? Deciding to abandon the stealth act, the burnt orange pup bounded ahead after his mom. "Momma! MOMMA! Waits for mes!" The boy's tongue hung out of his open, panting mouth as he sprinted forward.

As soon as his mother turned around, he beamed with pride at being able to surprise her. He was beginning to think that he was quick the little sneak. Would that be a skill that the pack would find useful when he was older? Maybe he could be a spy! That would be sooo cool! He would have to ask his mother about this possibility later however. There were much more interesting things at hand.



His short tail wagged and a big, goofy grin was plastered onto his maw. Haven lovingly rubbed up against her leg as he reached her, jade eyes looking up into her matching ones. "I followed you mommy! I was being sneakies! Isn' I goods at dat?" The boy puffed out his chest, always loving to impress his mother. "I didn' mean to scares you! I sorries!" As she mentioned a castle, his gaze turned to the gigantic black stone building. The pup's eyes grew even wider and his jaw dropped. "WOW!!!" He exclaimed. This thing was like, a bazilliion times bigger than even the mansion! "A ghosts? Reallys? Can I comes to?? Pwease mooom!" The last thing he wanted to miss out on was an adventure in the cool looking building!

The young boy hopped around in delight as his mother said he could come along. Exploring new places was so much fun! And he was excited to have some alone time with momma Nani. Maybe this castle would be their special place! Like somewhere they would go again and again. He liked his siblings, but whenever they were all together, Brooklyn seemed to cause so much trouble that she was the only one their mother had time for. He knew it wasn't his mom's fault, Brooklyn was just a show off, and liked to pick on everyone else. As she leaned down to kiss his forehead he gave her a small lick on her muzzle.



Then it was time for the adventure to begin! Haven followed right at his momma's heels, eyes wandering around to try and take in the huge structure. He let out a little snort as they came to the steps. The pup was still small enough that steps were somewhat of a challenge for him. His going was slow, having to wriggle himself up from one step to the other.

By the time the pup finally made it up all the flights of stairs he was huffing and puffing a bit. But his energy was instantly restored as his mother said that she was proud of him. Tail wagged happily and he puffed out his chest. "Tanks momma! An' your leg was brokeded?" Haven really didn't know what that entailed, but it sure sounded painful. He couldn't imagine having broken legs. He walked around everywhere! How inconvenient something like that would be!



Psssh, he wasn't afraid of the silly castle! He wasn't afraid of anything! "Course I'm sures! I's not scared of nothin'!" The boy stated flatly, making all ends to the argument. His attention then turned to the massive open doors. To prove that he wasn't scared, he began to walk forward first. Jade eyes peered into the darkness, waiting for them to adjust to the light change. "Comes on mommy!" He hollered back.

Anu had told the pups of kings and queens and knights and dragons. Those were some of his favorite stories. So it was places like this that they had lived in? "Soooo cool..." The pup uttered under his breath, to no one in particular. Even though it was dark, and his eyes were still adjusting, he could see how huge this place was inside. The ceilings looked like they reach all the way up to the sky! "Is ginormous! You coulds like...fit all the packs in the worlds in here!" Though he supposed that would cause quite a bit of fighting.



Jade eyes finally more or less used to the dim light now searched around for anything of big interest. For the first few seconds he didn't see anything. But then his whole body began to wiggle as his eyes caught something glinting in the distance. Fast as a bolt he took off towards what he had spotted. "Momma, momma, quick! Comes see!" Giant puppy paws screeched to a halt and the small pup stared up at a giant suit of armor. Haven's eyes sparkled with wonder.

Holy crap yes!



Haven had listened intently to all his momma Anu's stories about knights and ladies, and he knew that they wore armor, but he didn't really know what it looked like. Of course he had imagined pictures of it in his head, but they were always somewhat fantastical. This was just a simple gray, dusty and rusty. So at first he didn't see the large thing for what it was. When his mother joined him and started to inspect the thing herself and talked about the humans was when it finally clicked in his head. So that was what humans looked like. "Momma, momma! I knows! Its must bes armor! Likes the knights in momma Anu's stories wores! Its da stuff they wores to protects 'em!" He bounced up and down excitedly. How neat! They had found a real life suit of knight armor!



The young boy bounced up on his mother's leg, pawing at her. "Mommas, can we takes it homes? Pweeeeeaaaaseee!!" The only thing better than finding a suit of armor would be having it at their home!

Yarrr matey! >



"Yahs! You will! They's mah favorite stories! I was playin' wif momma Anu the other days and we were playin' pretend and I was a knight!" The boy stated proudly, puffing out his chest. He wanted his mom to know how brave he was. He began to bounce around and yip excitedly as his mother began to try and lift up the armor. They were going to take it home! How awesome! He couldn't wait to show off their find to the whole pack. Wouldn't they all be so impressed! "It'll look great in da mansion!" Jade eyes looked in the direction his mother had pointed, spotting a lot of other suits of armor. They had barely even begun to explore this place and already they were finding so many things! He was glad that there would be more for other people to find.



"Yah! There's prolly a ton of neat stuffs!" He looked up at his mom, eyes sparkling with excitement and wonder. Haven began to pad down the hallway, looking into the different rooms and chambers. In the first few he gazed into there wasn't much. But at about the third one down something big and colorful caught his eye. He walked to the opposite wall of the room from the door and stared up. It was like a giant picture that covered the entire side of the room. There were so many details in it that it made his head spin. The pup looked back at his mom, unable to find the words to even describe or express this thing he had found.

The young boy was completely mesmerized by the giant cloth picture. There were so many things going on it in it. It looked like in one part some humans were hunting a boar or something. Then on another part was a feast of some sort. He was amazed by the amount of detail that had been worked into it. He couldn't even fathom how old this thing was, yet the images were still more or less crisp. These humans were fascinating creatures. Haven knew that they were gone, but he was still in the dark as to why. They seemed so smart, he wondered what had happened.



It was only when it sounded like his mom had discovered something even more exciting that his eyes were torn away from the picture. He wandered over to where she was standing, but whatever she was looking at was up too high for him to see. A small impatient whimper issued from his throat. "I can't sees! You tink is a crown?" How cool would that be? A suit of armor and a crown. It seemed the two had hit the jackpot.

Haven watched with awe as his mother worked to lift to big glass case that was apparently protecting the crown she had discovered. Momma Nani was so big and strong, he hoped he would grow up to be like her. Seeing how much strain the case was putting on even her, the boy shuffled back a bit, wanting to give his mother plenty of room to move the heavy object. But as she gently set the glass back down he eager walked back over to her, tail wagging. He couldn't wait to see the a crown in real life. He had been slightly disappointed with the plainness of the armor, would the crown be plain too?



As she squatted down with the smallish ring, his eyes glittered like the stones that were on it. It was so cool! Not at all plain like the armor had been! Maybe not as grand as the ones he sometimes imagined, but this certainly wasn't a disappointment. "Is so cool!" The crown looked like it might fit him. The idea excited him. How awesome would it be to show up back home wearing a crown? He hadn't known that the humans made crowns for children. "You tink it would fits me?" Hope and longing rang strong in his voice.

The young boy could barely contain his excitement as his mother began to lower the crown onto his head. It took all his might to keep from bouncing around and wiggling like a worm. With his mother being the leader of their pack, the boy couldn't help but kind of picture himself as a prince. He never really admitted that to anyone else, and it wasn't at all in a "I think I'm better than you" way. He just wanted to be a brave knight, and lots of the time, the knights were princes. So in his mind, that made him a legitimate knight possibility.



The cold metal slide down over his ears and rested on his head. It was a little heavy, but not too bad. The feeling that shot through his small body was amazing. His momma had just crowned him! Alright, that sounded a bit more grand than it actually was, but it was still cool anyway! "Yahs!! I wants to wear it arounds!" Jade eyes looked up to his snowy mother. "Mommas, am I likes da pwince of Cwimson Dweams?" If he was going to ask anyone it would be her. She would understand that he wasn't trying to think of himself as above anybody else. It was just to fuel his imagination.