12-24-2007, 02:33 AM
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She often forgot parts of what it was like to be young. Her youth had been spent quickly, it seemed; her parents had left her and her twin in Chimera to go off by themselves, away from the pack…she’d been taken in by her father’s ex-mate, and cared for for a short while afterwards. She had wandered the territories, looking for her lost parents, for a while before she had accepted that they were gone, but while on search for Kaelyn and Roman she had taken a fall, a tumble over a cliff way out in the neutral territories. That was when she had first become involved with the Sadiras, another prominent family in Bleeding Souls.
It had been Iskata that had found her broken body and hauled her here, to Clouded Tears. And since then, this had been her home.
Her new mother had been kind to her. Soon after her arrival in Clouded Tears Iskata bore two pups, a little brother and sister. They grew quickly, and Naniko helped to care for them. She couldn’t be everywhere at once, though, and the two pups disappeared one day, swept away by the ocean. Iskata disappeared, as well.
They returned, her younger brother and mother, but were changed. The young male missed his mother, still needed her…and the half grown Naniko had no idea what to do about that. She was too young to know how to care for a pup; she hadn’t had the instincts that an adult would have had. But she’d managed, bringing the young one half-chewed meals and making sure that he stayed nice and warm at night. It took a toll on her, and she realized after a few weeks that she could not to it all on her own. Her friend Conri, currently a member of the Syemv/Aremys pack, came to live with her to help her. Eventually they became mates. Iskata returned a few months later, to join Storm and become mates with the alpha there. Naniko’s little brother, the one she had cared for, grew into a Lehrling and drifted away. Her mate disappeared.
And here she was now.
The green eyed wolf jumped when something hit her, knocking her entire bowl over. She stood quickly, on alert, gathering some of the dust back and flipping the bowl back upright, putting the dust back in. More than half of it was ruined, though, scattered over the dirt floor of the den. She turned to see what it was that had spilled everything, to see who had made such a horrible mess of all of her hard work—
And met the eyes of a pup. Since when had Clouded Tears had puppies? She didn’t know that any of the members were pregnant, that any had been born. So where had this one come from? She could see that the little one hadn’t realized that she had done anything wrong; she seemed to be in a good mood, judging on the way her tail was whipping back and forth like it was.
”I think it’s gone for good” She commented; she’d caught a glimpse of what the pup had been chasing, one of the quick little rodents that lived nearby, I’m surprised you were able to get that close to it; those things tire me out”
Naniko sat back, putting the bowl up on a shelf. ”You really should watch where you’re running next time, though; I could have had a fire going in here, and you would have stepped right into it”
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She often forgot parts of what it was like to be young. Her youth had been spent quickly, it seemed; her parents had left her and her twin in Chimera to go off by themselves, away from the pack…she’d been taken in by her father’s ex-mate, and cared for for a short while afterwards. She had wandered the territories, looking for her lost parents, for a while before she had accepted that they were gone, but while on search for Kaelyn and Roman she had taken a fall, a tumble over a cliff way out in the neutral territories. That was when she had first become involved with the Sadiras, another prominent family in Bleeding Souls.
It had been Iskata that had found her broken body and hauled her here, to Clouded Tears. And since then, this had been her home.
Her new mother had been kind to her. Soon after her arrival in Clouded Tears Iskata bore two pups, a little brother and sister. They grew quickly, and Naniko helped to care for them. She couldn’t be everywhere at once, though, and the two pups disappeared one day, swept away by the ocean. Iskata disappeared, as well.
They returned, her younger brother and mother, but were changed. The young male missed his mother, still needed her…and the half grown Naniko had no idea what to do about that. She was too young to know how to care for a pup; she hadn’t had the instincts that an adult would have had. But she’d managed, bringing the young one half-chewed meals and making sure that he stayed nice and warm at night. It took a toll on her, and she realized after a few weeks that she could not to it all on her own. Her friend Conri, currently a member of the Syemv/Aremys pack, came to live with her to help her. Eventually they became mates. Iskata returned a few months later, to join Storm and become mates with the alpha there. Naniko’s little brother, the one she had cared for, grew into a Lehrling and drifted away. Her mate disappeared.
And here she was now.
The green eyed wolf jumped when something hit her, knocking her entire bowl over. She stood quickly, on alert, gathering some of the dust back and flipping the bowl back upright, putting the dust back in. More than half of it was ruined, though, scattered over the dirt floor of the den. She turned to see what it was that had spilled everything, to see who had made such a horrible mess of all of her hard work—
And met the eyes of a pup. Since when had Clouded Tears had puppies? She didn’t know that any of the members were pregnant, that any had been born. So where had this one come from? She could see that the little one hadn’t realized that she had done anything wrong; she seemed to be in a good mood, judging on the way her tail was whipping back and forth like it was.
”I think it’s gone for good” She commented; she’d caught a glimpse of what the pup had been chasing, one of the quick little rodents that lived nearby, I’m surprised you were able to get that close to it; those things tire me out”
Naniko sat back, putting the bowl up on a shelf. ”You really should watch where you’re running next time, though; I could have had a fire going in here, and you would have stepped right into it”