To The Grande
02-05-2013, 06:57 PM
Time had seemed to drag on over the past two weeks of endless traveling. The dame and her partner, Gerhardt, had been traveling practically night and day in search of a new home, so of course nature was taking its tole on the pair. They were both exhausted, but the dame was exhausted not only physically, but mentally. She had recently lost her own litter of pups to a freak miscarriage, and the pain hadn't even begun to heal. The pain in her heart stung worse than any physical pain she could endure, and to make matters worse the endless walking only gave her time to think about her pain. Why her? Why did it have to be her pups? She had done nothing wrong, besides mate with someone who she was not bonded with through marriage. Either way the deed was done, and her pups had suffered an untimely death. --------------------------------------- Along the way, Adette and Gerhardt had come across a barren landscape that had been wiped out by a volcano eruption. Life had been completely sucked out of the land, and as the pair passed through, the ashes of the deceased filled the dames lungs, making her cough roughly. She wanted so badly to leave the lands, and when the end came near, she could barley contain herself. That's when she saw them: three small pups curled around each other, smothered in black smudges from head to toe. Of course she couldn't leave them there, they would either die from the horrific conditions or starvation. After a bit on convincing, Adette took in the pups as her own, allowing them into her and her partners pack. At times the babies made the hole in her heart heal, and others made her heart ache more. She would never have her own litter back, and she had to accept that at some point. She didn't let her bitterness show through as she raised the pups though, because she knew it wasn't fair. They had lost their birth mother and father, and from the odd markings on their pelts, she figured their pack must have been extraordinary. Luckily the pups didn't protest the adoption, but she knew at some point they would. They looked nothing like her or their adoptive father. For now things were going well, and all they had to do was find the new territory they would call home. -------------------------------------------- ?YOU FOUR, I?M GOING UP AHEAD TO SEE IF THERE?S ANYWHERE WE CAN SETTLE FOR THE NIGHT." The mans words snapped her back into reality. The sun was falling, and once again it was that time; time to find a place for the night. A heavy sigh slipped off the dames tongue as she watched him walk away. Since they had come across the pups they have had little to no time alone together. She missed it, missed it being just them two against the world. She turned to the three pups who were tumbling over one another in some attempt at playing tag. "Little ones, stay here. I need to go talk to Gerherdt alone or a moment. Don't go anywhere, alright? I'll be back." She said, giving each pup a stern look. She couldn't bear the thought at losing one of them. With a swish of her tail she turned away from the trio, and took off towards the mans scent. ---------------------------------------------- He hadn't gone very far, which was a good thing since she left the pups alone. He was wading into the shallow part of a massive river, and from the looks of it he was enjoying himself. The dames eyes flickered happily as she followed the small trail to his position, stopping at the waters banks. "Come here" She said, a flirtatious smile tugging at the corners of her lips. She could barley contain herself when she was alone with the man. She had been madly in love with him since she was a pup herself. Speech, |
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