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Damwoods; Firefly. Dated December 27th.
For the past several weeks, Aurèle had lived in the guise of a regular lupine. No one knew who she was; save her sister, of course, but she hadn’t made a point to find her since their last meeting. Aurèle was more then aware she had said too much. The less her sister knew the better. What had happened the day of the fire deserved to vanish in smoke. She was going to take care of it, as she had been taking care of things for years. Even though she had bullied all of her siblings, she defended them fiercely. It was her right alone to act the way she did towards those other children, and therefore, anyone else doing so was a threat.
Moving at an easy lope, she followed a deer trail and cut through the thicker parts of the snow. Her body was still lean, though she was far from gaunt. She was nowhere close to a healthy weight, but it came with living alone during the hardest season of the year. This was not to say she did not like the snow, or even winter; merely that Aurèle, as all beasts, felt the strain.
A movement to her right caused the pale female to freeze instantly. It was dark, but her eyes caught what little light there was and betrayed the beast. Possum; the scent gave that away. With slow precision, she moved, closing the distance between them. As expected, it feigned death. As putrid as the scent was, Aurèle knew she needed to eat. She struck swiftly, snapping its neck. Though the ten pounds she managed to swallow wasn’t a lot, it was enough. Aurèle cleaned her face in the snow, shook off what had settled on her coat, and returned to the deer path.
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The snow had finally faded into nothing but tiny flurries, the weak sunlight trying to pour through the woods were just flits and slim lines upon the cold ground. Firefly has not in the mood to be dealing with her packmates as of lately. The damnable child they'd brought into the pack made her want to attempt to drown another puppy, the mouthy little brat would have been an excellent choice but she didn't think that killing off a member of Dahlia de Mai was a good way to keep them strong. She bared her fangs in disgust at the idea and stalked quietly down the deer trail.
The weight that hung about her waist was a constant reminder now of how lacking her skills were with the growth within using her as a host. She would rather not starve the host to kill the bastards but it didn't seem that she was going to rid her body of them any other way unless she returned to Phoenix Valley and for her own reasons that didn't seem like a good idea. Mother wouldn't be very happy to hear anything she had to say and there wasn't anything she really wanted her mother to know either. Shaking her head in disgust at the idea she moved softly down the way.
Suddenly the bronze woman lifted her head, in the crisp winter air the scent of another was on the breeze. She had been hoping for an injured rabbit or elder quail but she wasn't so lucky. She probably would have even perferred Haku at this point, anything to keep her from having to deal with a stranger or even someone who knew her in passing to see and realize the truth. She wasn't ready to be a mother, hell, if anyone was smart they would have made it impossible for the creature to bring her own offspring into this world, much less those of her faithless mate. Snarling at that thought her emerald orbs flashed as she caught sight of a flash of white moving towards her on the trail. Sitting back on her haunches she waited for the stranger to make her way to the Acer, she didn't feel like making it any easier or shorten the distance the woman had to take.
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The streak of golden-brown against the white had just enough variation from the tree line to give away the girl. Not that she would have gone unnoticed, having planted herself firmly on the road. Aurèle exhaled a breath of warm air, green eyes focusing lazily on the other female. Something was agitating her that was for sure. Body language betrayed that long before she locked on her eyes.
Regarding the stranger with her own peculiar air, the white wolf turned both ears forward. “What are you doing?” Her tone was flat, perhaps a little amused, perhaps a little pretentious. That was one thing that Aurèle could not hide, despite her best efforts.
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She would never outright admit to someone that she was lazy, but if she could find a way to make the work she had to do simpler then she would. Sitting in the middle of the deer trail was doing just that and since the other woman didn't seem to think that she had to turn back or turn away from the golden bronze female then atleast it hadn't all been a waste. The stranger had nothing to do with Firefly's foul mood but she was the first one to come upon the bitch and so she was stuck with the spoiled brat, atleast for a moment in time.
The space between them seemed to crackle and spark as the silence was aplenty until the creamy hued woman killed the distance. She was very forward with Firefly as she asked just what she wanted. Tilting her head to the side as she asked mockingly. "What are you doing?" It was obvious what she was doing but she just couldn't help it. Smiling slyly she admitted. "I was thinking of escaping.. but it seems I have a shadow that's always tailing me.." It seemed that being stuck with the young child of Dahlia de Mai was beginning to rub off on her.
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The white woman felt the abrupt change in the air between them. Her green eyes swallowed the color around them and darkened. Ignoring the weight of snow on her thick coat, Aurèle frowned slightly, not amused by her childish antics. “Congratulations,” she said coldly, flatly. Her front feet shifted on the snow, and she moved to the side, fully intending to go around the road-block.
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Firefly smiled at the cold voice that greeted her and yet when she moved to the side the bronze girl stood up and blocked her way again. The motion had dislodged the soft white downy snow from her pelt as she offered a little grin again. "Now co'mon, that's being a bit rude don't you think?" she said with her soft irish accent. The emerald eyed girl knew she was bordering on dangerous ground by taunting the stranger but she really didn't have much to lose.
Sure she was growing heavy with child but it's not like she wanted them in the first place. Anything to get rid of the parasites might just be worth it now. Brilliant idea, if she lost them maybe the stress on her body would make her baren. She could always dream. Her bronze and gold fur seemed to have taken a darker cast in the woods as she watched the woman and wondered what this loner was going to do.
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The girl moved, blocking her path. Twin impulses rushed through Aurèle, one demanding blood, the other demanding silence. Her face remained constricted, eyes pieces of jade flint, muzzle just barely crinkled in a display of distaste. Ivory-yellowed claws dug into the ground, locking her in place.
“I have no time for a mouthy whore like you,” she said smoothly.
“Now why don’t you move aside and go home, little girl,” she added, speaking as one might to a pup.
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She studied the slight change in the ivory female's face as she tried to taunt this new creature she'd never seen before. Why in the world was she taking the time to bring trouble to her door when the woman was trying to avoid her, she couldn't exactly say but she'd done it already. She drew her lips back at the words of the bitch before her, a fair warning on the words she'd chosen. "Quick to assume you know me so." she said softly as fire flared in her bejeweled orbs. "Must see a refelction of yourself to get so personal.." the last words were thrown out at the other with a suggestive raised brow. She was no pup to be told where to go and what to do, the woman with the winter coat was the stranger here, not her.
"You're not from around here are you?" she asked as her eyes stayed firmly placed on the lady before her as she still blocked the other's path. She wasn't swayed so quickly with such idle words, it wasn't time to leave yet anyways, though winter was coming on fast there was still daylight left to burn.
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The way these two are going at it, I could totally see them getting into a catfight. Maybe Aurèle could strike her in the face to prove her point? And then Firefly can be all ":|||||||||" and instinct can take over so she runs off to save her kids? And later can be all "DAMN IT!"?
The greatest of all sins was pride; and they were both guilty of it. Aurèle would never deny that she was a proud creature, but she was not vain—and that she read from the girl, whose flash of teeth was no more warning to her then Aurèle’s own display had been. Aurèle knew that were this to become violent, as it seemed to be, her weight and experience would outdo the stranger. A false and thin smile came at the question of her deviance. “Please,” she laughed. “If I saw anything of myself in you it would be an improvement.”
Flicking an ear in a dismissive motion, she narrowed her eyes. “No, I’m not. Now get out of the way. You wouldn’t want anything to happen to that pretty face of yours, would you?”
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-Firefly hates her to be-pups, she'd probably welcome the fight.. but female hormones would probably screw with her head and she would run... Aurele should just knock her down in the snow and wander away laughing while Firefly tries to get back on her feet. All I'm picturing for some reason is Firefly as a turtle now.. x.x She would be pissed afterwards though! 
The yonug Sadira woman had no problem with doing more than baring her teeth at the stranger. The bitch seemed to think that she was better than the whole world and Firefly didn't like seeing others become illusioned by their own fantasies. She rather enjoyed bursting those little bubbles and this woman seemed to be demanding to have herself brought back to reality. Her sharp emerald orbs narrowed as the stranger seemed to really believe that she was the better half of this meeting. "You wanna rephrase that..." she growled as her heckles began to rise. "Or am I going to have to do that for you." Those jade orbs were dark and cold as she took a step into the other woman's space.
Her fangs were back out for the world to see again as she hissed. "I've more right to be here than you and I don't worry too much about this pretty little face.." Firefly's temper and lack of patience were well known within her own pack, too bad the icy bitch before her had never received a fair warning of that. Cercelee wasn't here now to maintain control over the golden bronze soul.
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The move Aurèle uses is actually based on something we do in roller derby. She'd hip-check her but, you know, four legs. XD You reply and we're done?
The reaction meant that the girl had an ego; she could have gathered that at a glance, though. She laughed at the younger woman’s words, and laughed as her agitation became all too clear. It was that invisible border that she crossed next, and by the time she was speaking Aurèle’s body was tensing. Suddenly she moved, threw her shoulder into the girl’s side, using her weight to catch her under and send her flying into the snow bank.
“Au revoir!” She laughed, and continued along her way.
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Firefly really hadn't expected the bitch to have attempted anything, but she learned quickly that perhaps there was another like her out there that didn't give a shit that one's opponent was pregnant. If she'd had the time to think on it she might have wondered where the woman's morals were, but who cared, she was lacking in that department as well. It was so quick and so brielf that all she could do was snarl as she felt the weight of the other woman snap her off her feet as she fell on her side into the deep bank of snow.
All she saw was red as she wallowed in the snow as the laughter of the bitch echoed in her ears. She squirmed from side to side as she just sank deeper into the bank. Now more than anything she hated the parasites that grew within her and the ivory woman who'd laid her out so lovingly in the snow was probably right there at the top of her list as well. Getting her feet gathered underneith her finally she snarled, panting heavily as she scattered snow everywhere, but already the woman was gone. "Fuck!" she screamed as she began to fall back into another of her moods.
She turned back towards Dahlia de Mai and decided that perhaps she'd go pick on that damnable child. She could mar her pelt up a bit and no one could say the least about it. No one could argue that the girl didn't have a mouth on her.. someone had to teach her a lesson or two.. or just take their anger out on her, eitherway the idea sounded good.
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