Played Fire on the Mountain

The borders where weak they had spent so little time in this place, there new home but now that the pups had been born it was vital that they guard them all it would take was one wolf with cruel intentions and well, they where not safe but still they where together. She had climbed to the headland the thin outcropping of rock which stood sentinel at one end of the beach, from here she could see around the arching border of their home, it was different new and strange but that did not mean it was bad he nose twitched as she searched the winds, the brine had taken a while to adjust to and for a while it had muffled her sense of smell but she was used to it now and it faded as background noise to the rich palette of scents.

She was on her feet before she realised why, a stranger she had caught the dames scent but could not see her from the vantage point hidden as she was by trees, this could be dangerous she thought as she began to move towards the scent, she thought for a moment of calling the others but surely there was no reason to disturb them at this point after all they where a rouge band and as much as she wished it so they did not own this land. She had reached level ground and broke into a run slowing only when the lass came into view for a moment confusion swept over her was it a bear? But it couldn't be the scent was that of a wolf, still she hesitated the creature was huge brown and white fur covering her massive frame. Midnight had planned to step out immediately confront the lass and inform her of her restriction but now, midnight was not a small wolf but something in her heart feared this beast of a girl, the lass was clearly in a world all her own as she walked straight past midnight where she stood concealed in the shadowed bush. For a minute Midnight watched the dames tail retreating further into the territory they had claimed, then shaking her self she took a few bounding steps catching up with the dame then passing her. The girls head went up as she stopped and midnight stepped out onto the path.

She had left a gap between them if the girl attacked it would probably only take her three bounds to cross it but midnight hopped that would be time enough to get a warning off, to warn them of the intruder, she was regretting now not howling for back up from the headlands, but it was far to late for second guessing. Taking a deep breath and calming her nerves she began to speak, ?Greetings from the rouge band, my name is midnight, and I wish to know your purpose here,? there was no point beating around the bush and she spoke with conviction her head held high, tail forcibly relaxed behind her, she could not help but think if she had still been a loner then she would never have faced this wolf she would instead have run taken her meagre possessions and moved to a different land as far away from here as possible, but family makes a fool of us all, she thought her ears swivelling, trying to catch the sounds of any other wolves she did not want to be flanked.