Without being able to explore too much, there wasn't much to do in her early, young days. Onyx stayed safe inside the pack to keep her parents happy. She had gone out supervised by one of her parents here and there, and while she did care for and love her parents, she didn't want them over her shoulder all the time. They weren't now of course, but they were nearby and always there if their kids needed them. It was blessing and a curse for Onyx, more of a curse, but she understood what kind of dangers there could be out there for her.

Wandering the pines was normal for her, but she had started to go on runs to build up her strength and stamina as she was growing older. She wasn't quite ready for anything big yet in her life, but she wanted to be. So she trained herself instead of doing fun pup stuff or whatever was normal for her age.

While walking around the pines, she spotted on of those red kids and even if it was one she had already encountered, she would have offered to fight them again. She approached at a trot rather abruptly from behind, "Hey!" She didn't invade their space though, it wouldn't have really been fair to ambush them. At least for no reason. "You wanna fight me? I'm fighting all the red kids."

"Onyx"

Mature! For foul language. Can be prone to violence.

Celosia was still fuming over her loss at the tournament, unable to admit that she had been bested while still embarrassed that she hadn’t been able to prove herself. She’d been sulking to herself, trying to work on improving her skills and wishing her father was around to work with her. A little more training with him and she was certain she’d be the best fighter in Boreas. There was no way she’d lose again!

She heard the sound of pawsteps behind her, but she didn’t bother to stop until she heard the voice call out. She turned to face the other pup, silver gaze sliding over the blue hued pelt with an assessing gaze as she listened to the request. A fight? She was always ready for a fight, and this could be a good opportunity to boost her ego again. "Sure, but only if you’re ready to lose." She spoke with a smug smirk on her lips, overly confident despite the fact that she had yet to prove her skill.

"Speech" || Thoughts

She's Sweet Like Candy In My Veins I'm Dying For Another Taste ________________________________________ She did like the confident reaction from the girl, it seemed all the red kids were like that though. Onyx's family was strong, but two of her siblings didn't take to fighting. She would have fought them anyway though because they needed to learn how to fight and how to protect themselves. And she just liked to pick the fight, even with her siblings. "Not a chance." She smirked back, nearly mimicking the red girl's confident attitude. She was already enjoying their time together, she didn't even know her name. Onyx moved forward quickly afterwards, closing the distance without much warning but the girl was sure to be ready just from her acceptance of the spar. Just the light age difference made them about equally matched in height and build, but one day Onyx would be bigger than her. She aimed to throw a bite down at the red girl's front right forearm around the sides. She didn't hold back from aggression, though it wasn't wise to really intentionally harm a pack mate. So that wasn't her intention. She just wanted to win. Onyx vs Celosia for Spar Round 1/? Age: Under 1 Year Size: Extra Large Build: Medium Skills: Advanced Fighter & Beginner Intellectual Specialty: N/A Walk "Talk" Think

The other girl shot back a response that held just as much confidence as Celosia’s. Quickly, she spread her legs out, lowering her body to shift her center of gravity so that if the blue pup came at her head, she would be harder to knock over. She dropped her head to protect her chest, eyes narrowed as the girl suddenly bolted forward. The fiery pup didn’t attempt to jump out of the way, wincing as jaws caught her leg. She moved her head to the left, away from her opponent, before swinging it back towards her rib cage, aiming to use the hard horns atop her head to try and knock the breath out of the blue wolf. She wasn’t trying to hit hard enough to crack ribs or anything, but she did hope to knock the breath out of her.

Celosia Praetor vs Onyx for Spar
Round 1/?
Age: Under 1 Year
Size: Large
Build: Medium
Mutation 1: Ram horns - Offensive
Skills: Beginner Fighter & Beginner Hunter
Specialty: N/A

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She's Sweet Like Candy In My Veins I'm Dying For Another Taste ________________________________________ The red girl was quick for her return attack, her horns knocking into Onyx's side and her goal accomplished to knock the wind out of her. Onyx wouldn't let it bend her though, she would have to move on to show her strength, she was getting used to pushing through that sort of thing. Onyx had fought a number of wolves with mutations, she didn't have any herself. But she had too much pride and confidence to even consider the physical mutations she could see. She always just thrust into a fight and figured things out as she went a long. She would have to be more observant as she aged. The hit from Celosia's horns nearly knocked her off her feet so she had let go of her current grasp and fell down crooked with her front left leg under her. She wouldn't waste any time though to go forward again with another aimed bite for the same front right leg, but this time wanting to grab around her ankle. Onyx vs Celosia for Spar Round 2/2 Age: Under 1 Year Size: Extra Large Build: Medium Skills: Advanced Fighter & Beginner Intellectual Specialty: N/A Walk "Talk" Think

The other girl wasn’t able to move away from Celosia’s horns in time, and she felt satisfaction in the sound of the air rushing from the other girls lungs. It was a good hit, but this opponent seemed to know what she was doing, far more than her last opponent had. That made things more challenging, but it also meant that if she lost, it would at least be a bit less embarrassing.

The blue girl moved for her leg again, and while Celosia tried to move back in time, her ankle still wound up caught in the other girls jaws. The horned child let out a quiet growl of frustration, shoving forward and dipping her head to try and bite the back of the girls neck. Her goal was to sink her teeth around the other girls spine, not hard enough to cause any major damage, but enough to get her attention if she was successful.

Celosia Praetor vs Onyx for Spar
Round 2/2

Age: Under 1 Year
Size: Large
Build: Medium
Mutation 1: Ram horns - Offensive
Skills: Beginner Fighter & Beginner Hunter
Specialty: N/A

"Speech" || Thoughts

And the winner is...

Celosia

Onyx must give up by submitting, fleeing or passing out. Totals: Onyx: Attack Roll: 83 Defense Roll: 22 Agility Roll: 20 Perception Roll: 67 Total: 192 Attack[83] + 5% Bonus[4.15]: 87.15 Defense[22] + 5% Bonus[1.10]: 23.10 Agility[20] + 0% Bonus[0.00]: 20.00 Perception[67] + 5% Bonus[3.35]: 70.35 Total[200.60] + 0% Bonus[0.00]: 200.60 Celosia: Attack Roll: 6 Defense Roll: 67 Agility Roll: 87 Perception Roll: 99 Total: 259 Attack[6] + 15% Bonus[0.90]: 6.90 Defense[67] + 5% Bonus[3.35]: 70.35 Agility[87] + 0% Bonus[0.00]: 87.00 Perception[99] + 0% Bonus[0.00]: 99.00 Total[263.25] + -15% Bonus[-39.49]: 223.76