The wolves of Viruarya-UPDATED

[Time skip?]

(Kindro, should we just do a new day and see where that takes us?)

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Alexia looked at all the marvelous pups; there were six, as she expected. She looked at Leafe, and grinned.

Leafe smiled back. "Alexia, they're beautiful."

[Could you please start? ]

"They are," Alexia agreed, a grin on her small face. She bent to lick all six pups; they all whimpered lightly when she touched them.

(Horsey-Your wolf is accepted!)
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Adriano awoke to a sunny day. Beams shone in from outside, and he grinned; the rain was over.
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Rand watched Shanayya from the safety of his den, while she trotted over to the river to get a drink. Soon enough, he had pulled his body into the slight sunshine and had joined her by the body of water. He dipped his maw in, as well, and drank.

Rand, still drinking, could hear the fea's sweet voice. He took his muzzle from the water, swallowed what was left in his mouth, and smiled. "G'morning, Shanayya."

Leafe wagged his tail. "That one looks just like you," Leafe said, pointing to a little male puppy.

"'Tis great, indeed," Rand replied, nodding his head, as the wind slightly picked up. It was a delightful spring breeze, one of those kinds that you only get while the sun is rising in the morning. He grinned, his hair being blown slightly with the breeze; it brought scents of daylilys and lilac, down from the lake. Those had to be two of his favorite scents to smell, other than fresh kill.


"He does. Look at his eyes, they're gorgeous!" Alexia smiled, then looked at Leafe. "Like yours." She looked back down on their pups. "Look, there's one like you," she said, pointing to a plump little female.

Rand smiled. "Ah, thank you, I suppose," he replied, his eyes meeting the fea's. He brought his paw to his nose and sniffed; the scent of the daylilies and lilac had caught in his fur, and, sure enough, he smelled feminine, yet delightful.

"Aye," Rand replied, with a curt nod. He smiled lightly at the female, dipping his snout into the water one last time. He pulled the cool liquid down his throat; it soon stopped feeling on fire, and he smiled, pulling his maw out and looking at Shanayya. "Me, too," he said, referring to the lake visit.

"We shall," was Rand's reply. He looked Shanayya over, before standing and stretching out his legs. He began trotting with her to the rising sun, to the East, towards the lake. He could smell the lilac and lilies now, even without a breeze, and he grinned.

Rand heard the fea sigh, and he couldn't help but releasing a long, held-in sigh himself. His, however, wasn't of grief but of relief. Moments ago, before he had even seen Shanayya, he was worried that today would be the day that his grandmother's fortune would come true, that he would be the last wolf on Earth. He couldn't help but remember the time that they were sitting in her den when she told him that.

"Rand, giovani uno, one morning, you will wake up to an empty Earth," the female, Andrea, whispered in the young pup's ear. It flicked, and she leaned away.

"Grandmother Andrea," a young Rand replied, "how do you know this?" The curious pup leaned forward, itching for his grandmother to tell him.

"The Star Pack, mio nipote, they send me glimpses of the future; and that was one." Andrea nodded, then slowly lowered her frail body, and fell into an ever-lasting sleep.

At first, Rand had believed her, but as he grew older, he realized how absurd and un-accurate his grandmother Andrea had been. But the thought still haunted him.

Fotia yawned and trotted out of her den, laying down and rolling over to watched the sun and clouds.

Adriano stood, but then instantly collapsed back down. His leg was shooting pain up his spine, and he let out a long whimper.
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Rand smiled, his eyes on Shanayya's. He leaned in, as if to lick her muzzle, all the while dipping his paw in the water. He brought it back up, and then chuckled as water his the fea in the face.

Rand let out a low laugh as he entered the water. He resurfaced quickly, and began to splash Shanayya jokingly.