The difference between you and me

Kiara Amarok · 02-06-2012, 02:35 PM

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First Lasky ever! WB BTW.

Word Count → 714

As the packs Ikusei, Kiara was used to being around kids. She had watched Sarian grow strong and healthy after Shiloh had found her thin and dying on the boarders. She had worked extensively with Jace's puppies, teaching them the fundamentals of pack life, playing with them, and watching them grow. Soon, so very soon, they would leave Kiara's world and enter the world of the luperci. It was the one step in their journey the uninfected Ikusei could not help them with, although she would be there when the time came for their first shifts. However, all of those important moments and responsibilities as the packs Ikusei could not have prepared her for the full time job of motherhood. While Kiara loved Jace's puppies, at the end of the day they were just that, Jace's puppies. Raising her own children was...different. She had grown them within her body, she had given birth to them, and they were the ones who called her mother. It was a completely different experience, and the young mother loved every minute of it.

As the small family walked through the wilderness, Kiara kept watch over the three puppies with a careful eye. At nearly two months of age, they were completely weaned and growing stronger by the day. The one thing that always scared Kiara was how small they seemed compared to Jace's puppies. It wasn't until after they were born that Kiara had learned non infected puppies were always smaller than luperci puppies.

"Kohaku, don't play in there." The largest puppy, a young male stopped just outside of a small den. He took after his father more than his two sisters. His small back was covered in a dark grey, which fadded into a light red on his legs and a reddish tan on his belly. His head was a darker red, with patches of white on each side of his muzzle. However, his fur was thick to protect him from the cold winter air. Mom, i's smells funny. Kohaku turned, his green mischievous eyes glistening. "I know it smells funny. That's because a skunk lives in there." A chorus of "eew" came from the sisters who stood practically at their mother's feet. Lucia took mostly after her mother, but there were bits of red and grey thrown into her fur along her back. The most notable coloring on her was her black tipped tail, making it look like she had dipped it in ink. Annabel on the other hand, was completely white and was the smallest of the three puppies. If Kiara didn't know better, she would have said that Annabel was a pure blood arctic wolf.

Kohaku eyed the hole as he considered disobeying his mother. However, a stern look from her made him quickly change his mind. He knew better than to cross his mother too much. After all, if he wanted to be taken on a walk outside of the pack lands again he knew it was better to behave. Grudgingly, the small boy walked through the forest, his head down and his green eyes rolled as his sisters played frivolously next to Kiara. The snow wasn't deep enough to greatly impede the young wolves movements. Kohaku's red ears twitched at the sound of scurrying feet. His head shot up as he looked around for the source of the noise. Not far off was a mouse, its small body scurrying quickly over the snow. Quick as he could, the young puppy dashed through the snow, his small body sinking a little into the shallow powder. "Kohaku, don't go far! Make sure I can see you."

Ignoring his mother's words, Kohaku ran off, chasing the small mouse through the forest until the scent of an unknown wolf filled his nostrils. Frantically Kohaku looked around, his mother's calls not far in the distance. Not far off was a luperci tent. The sound of humming could be heard from inside. Kohaku's small heckles raised and his tail rose into the air as his fur stood on end. A growl came from his lips as he pulled them back. He wasn't afraid of some luperci. Every moment his mother's worried voice grew louder and louder, with the high pitched yips of his sisters adding to the chorus.

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