Save a spot for me in heaven.

"This way mother, I'll go ahead of you to take watch.."

The occasional hiss came to the ears of the canine that strolled through the never ending expanse of red sandstone, the wolf looking like a black inky smudge against the sandy earth. Large strangely shaped rocks jutted out above into the sky from the cliff sides they created, casting shadows across the territory, small escapes from the wind that whistled loudly through the land, a bone chilling breeze coming from the ocean behind her. Her tail remained tucked beneath her hindquarters, ears pinned back against her head, eyes shifting left and right with their duo colored iris's watching the land close. Her ears twitched gently as a figure came into view before her, she picked up the pace catching up to her dearest companion that seemed to be quicker than the wolf itself. Before she knew it the ground shook softly beneath her, pebbles vibrating on the ground below her, the gnarled trees shaking their limbs. "Tarot, come here, please. It's too dangerous for you to be away from me." She quickened her steps, finally stopping next to the snake. The python was quick to slither her way up and around the neck of the canine, her head resting in her neck, with her tail linked around her chest. She wore the large snake like a necklace, and although she was no piece of jewelry, she was treated like the wolf's most prized possession. Tarot had been with JJ since she was a hatching, it was actually this location where she had found the infant reptile.

Her tongue grazed her nose as she became tensed, finally, the shaking stopped. The companion now slithered down the wolfs' frame, her eyes watching the calico snake close as she slithered ahead a few feet. A familiar scent came to her nose as she stepped into a light trot, a voice called out to her upon the ground, Tarot had apparently changed her mind. "May I return to my spot, mother?" Although she was clearly not related to the wolf genetically, she felt as though the python was truly her child. She had raised her since her hatching, making sure the young snake was fed and safe. A warm smile came across her features as she felt her snake coil around her neck once again, hopefully, she would stay where she was this time. A growl was heard before her, a large canine with golden eyes. For whatever reason, he looked strikingly familiar, like some sort of.. Ghost. "Go see if they will speak to you, Tarot. I'll be right behind you." JJ stepped up her pace again, as her snake went to go speak to this wandering soul, and it was in that moment her heart fell to her toes. A pit rose in her stomach, a scream threatening to bubble from her throat. "Tarot, watch out!" She stepped into a run, her teeth bared in aggression. Her nostrils flaring with rage, her nails digging into the sand beneath her, cold to the touch. "Kill my daughter, and I'll have your head!" Her body squared as she stared into the deep golden pools of the wolf that reeked of several things; Memories, familiarity, sand, water, and painstakingly male. Why was he so familiar? Where did he come from?