ooc:  I know they aren't playable til Monday but I don't have a lot of time to post so starting this now

Buried in warmth and fur, Drashiel stirred as the first light of dawn spilled into the den where the king lay curled with his family.  Left ear twitched as he slowly opened his brilliant green eyes.  It was a warm morning, the first in awhile and a grin spread across his face as he realized the weather was perfect and it was time to take the pups out.  Stretching as best he could with wolves pressing in on all sides of him Drashiel crawled out of the den only to turn and peek his head back in.  "Rise and shine, my beauties!  You're missing a beautiful day!"  Head and forelegs in the den, butt sticking out in the air with his tail wagging Drashiel didn't care if he looked ridiculous.  He wanted to take the pups out to play…. well…. most of them.  Narcissa was still ill so it was probably best she stayed and slept.  After the other's were tuckeredd out he'd tell a story to her, just for her.

"Speech"

His dad's voice drew him up out of sleep, and Atreides' oversized white ears pricked up before his eyes had managed to drag themselves open to reveal eyes as green as his father's. He grinned upward at his dad, seeing him half-in, half-out of the den. "Morning Dad!" he chirped, wiggling out of the pile of puppy bodies to fling himself on his dad's paw to gnaw on it. Last one born - 'cept Narc but she didn't count because she was sick all the time and boring and might die anyway, whatever "die" meant - but first one up! Curious eyes tried to peer past his dad to the Outside. "D'you gotta go out'n do grownup stuff or can we play t'day?" He understood that sometimes his parents had to go out and he wasn't allowed to follow... but his favorite days were when dad got to stay home with them! ""

She was deep in the burrowed group of her siblings when she heard her dad's voice. Bellona let out a grumble of disapproval until she registered what his words meant. They got to go outside! She shot to her feet, shaking herself to clear the sleep from her eyes and mind, and scurried up after her brother and father. Atreides was the first one up and she gave him a rueful look as she approached. Why'd he have to beat her?! "Dad?" She chirped as she bounced towards him. "Can we learn to fight?! I wanna chase a bear like Momma did." She said excitedly, reflecting on the story she'd heard as a pup. Momma was a bear-fighter! She wanted to do it too! Momma had even showed her scars! Maybe they'd meet some of the family. Momma said it was really really big! Where was Momma? She turned back toward the den and let out her best howl- which sounded more like a shrill whine at best. "Momma!! Come out!" She called, her little tail waving behind her. She turned her attenion back to her Daddy, her ivory lashes fluttering over her mixed colored eyes, before she bounced around, and bounded over to Artreides. "Let's do something!" She called.

Flinging herself in the direction of her brother, Siri raced towards the boy with the intention of jumping over his rump and landing splay-legged on his back. From there she'd kick and claw her way up to his neck, where she'd hopefully wrap her forepaws around the base. There were many what ifs to her plan of attack, but the final one was the simplest: if she was successful in jumping on his back and if she was successful in crawling up his back and if she was successful in wrapping her paws around his neck, Sirius would then lean forward and chew maliciously on Atreides' ears. "Speaking" "Thinking"

 
 

She had woken only a few moments after Drashiel stirred- the sudden movement roused her from her dreams, but she didn't open her eyes. A slight smile pulled at her jaws, but she remained there, enjoying the restful dozing. She heard the tell-tale scrabbling of paws as one, two, and three pups piled out of the den and into their first taste of the world around them. From where she lay, she watched the forms of Atreides, Bellona, and Sirius flee to enjoy the world, and finally she lifted her head, eyeing Integra with interest, wondering when her firstborn daughter would rise to join them. Her smile faltered as she gazed at the weak form of Narcissa. Gods, would the pup even survive to see Summer? Roman rose, and nuzzled Integra. "Rise my dear, your siblings and father are waiting." She cooed, before stepping over her daughter and near the sleeping form of Narcissa. The youngest of the litter ate, and had surprisingly survived this long. Gently, she licked her daughter, her rough tongue rasping over her coat as she sighed softly. She didn't think Narcissa would be strong enough to join her siblings outside- today at least.  With a soft rumble of a chuckle, she turned from her youngest daughter, as Bellona called for her. Sighing, she nosed Narcissa. "Sleep my dove, and grow stronger." She murmured before squeezing out of the den. She blinked, as her eyes adjusted to the bright light and stepped around her kids- coming closer to Drashiel before reaching out to nuzzle his cheek. "You will not fight any bears." She spoke sternly, in response to the earlier words that Bellona had spoke, as she gave a fond look to Drashiel. Perhaps that wasn't the best story for the children. She shook her head slightly, acknowledging Greek as he slipped from the den and took off to do whatever it was that he did. It would be just them and the children for now it seemed.  Smiling, she turned her gaze on their children- their perfect children. They were true Armada's with exquisite looks, perfect mixes between Drashiel and Roman herself. They were perfect. She watched as Sirius tried to over-take her brother with fond amusement. They were growing quickly, and stronger everyday. She stepped away from her children, and padded off to sit slowly in a warm patch of sun, and she sank to the ground with a sigh, a smile playing content on her face, as she waited to see what Drashiel had in store for them. Perhaps they'd just get to play in the sun.  Greek Speak -- Roman Speak

 
 

Integra growled softly as her father's voice stirred her from her pleasant dreams.  Turning she sought to bury her face further into the soft, warm fur of her mother's belly as she groaned, "No daaaad…. five more minutes." Integra twitched and shuffled herself before slowly trying to let her mind drift back into the warm arms of sleep.  One lone magenta eye opened in irritation as her brother squirmed out of the pile and towards the entrance, followed shortly by Bellona springing to life as well.  Noooo…..  she was so warm and now the warmth was going!  Rise my dear, your siblings and father are waiting.  Sighing and lifting her head the little princess gave a yawn.  Well, she was up now.  Pausing she shook out her coat, leaning to lick at her legs as her mother stood and moved to the entrance.  Inty paused for a moment before leaning over to nuzzle Narcissa gently.  "Sissy?"  She waited but as usual there was barely any reply and the eldest sibling sighed.  She knew there was something wrong with the other girl even if she didn't know exactly what.  Bounding outside with the others she let loose another yawn and just sat back listening to her other siblings.  Any game sounded good to her!   Integra moved to sit next to Bellona.  "Yea!  Go Siri! Get him!"  She cheered.  Gaze slid sideways to Bell for just a second before she attempted to reach over and touch her sister before yelling tag at the top of her lungs and bounding away toward her parents. "Speech"

Atreides was the first up and the boy wasted no time launching himself at the older male in an attempt to chew on his paw.  Drashiel chuckled and allowed the boy to play, occasionally reaching out to try and bop his son on his forehead.  The King chuckled.  "We have time this morning to play, so let's make the best of it.  Everyone come on out."  Drashiel tugged his paw out of the boys reach to move away from the entrance so the puppies could file out into the sunlight. The still serenity of dawn broke into a flurry of fur and high-pitched voices.  Drashiel couldn't help but smile.  "You're a long way from bear fighting, Bellona, but maybe we could teach you some of the basics."  Like defenses.  Drashiel believed the pups were never too young to begin learning the basics of self-defense.  Musedly his peridot gaze drifted to Sirius who was already practicing her fighting arts.  Goodness, how did they have this much energy? As Roman emerged from the den, Drashiel reached out to return her nuzzle as he gazed at the heirs to their kingdom.  Integra was the last out, the little sleepyhead quickly attempting to instigate a game of tag and he sighed heavily.  Sometimes it was like herding cats.  "Maybe we should let them burn off some of this energy before lessons, hm?" "Burn Baby Burn"

Atreides was happily gnawing his dad's paw when he was viciously attacked from behind, a big fatty scrambling over top of him. He groaned dramatically and collapsed beneath her weight, flopping down as though dead. The attacking monster chewed on his ears and Atreides just continued to sprawl out. "Siriusly, how'd you get so heavy, Siri? Did'ja eat Narcissa? Ugh you're squishing me. You're getting your germs all over me. Ew, you're giving me cooties." But through his whole dialogue he made no effort to squirm away despite his complaints. But his dad's words broke through the litany of insults, and his slobbered-on ears perked up. Basics? Lessons? The boy flailed underneath of his doofy sister. "Wait Dad, I wanna learn! I wanna learn! Are you gonna learn us something? Siri let me uuuuuup!" He couldn't miss lessons with Daddy just because Sirius was squishing him! ""