10-29-2008, 10:16 PM
She'd been wrapped up warm in her dreams, laughter and job enveloping her as she finally relaxed for once, forgetting the stress and worry of a mother, a packmate and a leader. There was nothing on her mind for once except the hazy world of pictures that lurked within her lucid dreams. The strained warth that crept through the doubledoors of the hayloft as the sunlight cut across her pelt was just enough for her to feel like summer was back again if only for a moment. Her coat had already begun the strange change for the winter months as it thickened and the silver and cream seemed to overtake the strands of gold in her pelt. She'd known few others who went through such a dramatic change in appearance with the seasons but it had never bothered her. She still blended well with the world outside, especially in the morning with the frost nipping at the gold bleached fields.
A voice seemed to dance in her dreams, a memory of her puppyhood so long ago. She'd been older than them, nearing the time when she'd be able to take rank with the rest of the pack and not held back. The loud and happy cries of her brother's children scampering in the meadow had woken her up, she'd remembered a tiny Laruku and Maluki chasing one another in the tall grasses as she watched them with a slight annoyance in her eyes at having been woken, yet she just rolled over again and decided to ignore the boys, hoping sleep would come again. One of the boys had discovered her sunning on the alpha stone and suddenly she was out of breath and glaring face to face with Maluki. In her sleep she called out in annoyance. "Maluki! Get off me!" She might have been his aunt but she was not the aufpasser. Getting up and dumping the youngster in the dirt the older near yearling decided it was time to leave the meadow and move on... but the voice still followed her.
Blinking at the sunshine that was shining through the open door she yawned and realized that the voice wasn't one from her dreams. She rolled over and peered down through the entrance from ground level, realizing who it was as the last words he spoke greeted her. Trouble filled her eyes as she found it more than passing strange that Jefferson had come looking for the owner of one of her dream's memories. She yawned wide and crossed her arms under her chin as she replied slightly sleepily. "Maluki was my newphew, who.. sent you?" she was slightly confused, she hadn't seen Maluki since she'd been a yearling, the last time she'd even really spoke of him was when she'd been bickering and arguing with Laruku about the truth of his past. She hadn't seen nor heard of hide nor hair of any of her brother's family except Colibri as of lately. "His mother was a member of Phoenix Valley, Colibri Soul, though she left not long past..." Iskata had been hurt by the disappearance of her friend but she realized that perhaps Laruku had been right once when he said packmembers came and went like the fogs and mists in the lands of Clouded Tears. Perhaps she'd been lucky that more stayed than drifted in their lands now.
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A voice seemed to dance in her dreams, a memory of her puppyhood so long ago. She'd been older than them, nearing the time when she'd be able to take rank with the rest of the pack and not held back. The loud and happy cries of her brother's children scampering in the meadow had woken her up, she'd remembered a tiny Laruku and Maluki chasing one another in the tall grasses as she watched them with a slight annoyance in her eyes at having been woken, yet she just rolled over again and decided to ignore the boys, hoping sleep would come again. One of the boys had discovered her sunning on the alpha stone and suddenly she was out of breath and glaring face to face with Maluki. In her sleep she called out in annoyance. "Maluki! Get off me!" She might have been his aunt but she was not the aufpasser. Getting up and dumping the youngster in the dirt the older near yearling decided it was time to leave the meadow and move on... but the voice still followed her.
Blinking at the sunshine that was shining through the open door she yawned and realized that the voice wasn't one from her dreams. She rolled over and peered down through the entrance from ground level, realizing who it was as the last words he spoke greeted her. Trouble filled her eyes as she found it more than passing strange that Jefferson had come looking for the owner of one of her dream's memories. She yawned wide and crossed her arms under her chin as she replied slightly sleepily. "Maluki was my newphew, who.. sent you?" she was slightly confused, she hadn't seen Maluki since she'd been a yearling, the last time she'd even really spoke of him was when she'd been bickering and arguing with Laruku about the truth of his past. She hadn't seen nor heard of hide nor hair of any of her brother's family except Colibri as of lately. "His mother was a member of Phoenix Valley, Colibri Soul, though she left not long past..." Iskata had been hurt by the disappearance of her friend but she realized that perhaps Laruku had been right once when he said packmembers came and went like the fogs and mists in the lands of Clouded Tears. Perhaps she'd been lucky that more stayed than drifted in their lands now.
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