Winters Soothing Kiss

Ballad's eyes were half closed, but she shivered, her white fur fluffed up to keep the small pup she was curled around warm; she knew pups could freeze in this weather. She was shivering herself, but she didn't care about that, and it took a few moments before she noticed that the blood falling from her eyes was dropping on the small pup, and she raised her head a little. The white wolf thought of her siblings, and wondered, briefly, if they were alright, if any of them had gotten the sickness; at least, she hoped they hadn't. She didn't even want Scorpion, or Orchid, to get sick, even though they were too close to each other and not the others, it seemed like.

No scent touched her at any time, no wild predators that could come and hurt the tiny pup, and Ballad turned her head, only to see a strange wolf pulling herself from the den. A shiver went through her body, but she only thought that it was not the parents of the pup, that the pup had traveled so far that they wouldn't find him; she had thought that they would thank her for helping the young pup. But when the wolf began to get closer and closer, Ballad tried to struggle to her paws several times, so she could explain, but her constant twitching made it impossible for her to do that. Ballad closed her eyes as best as she could, waiting to be attacked. A fear scent went through the air, coming from her, and she struggled to get to her paws.

Finally, as the wolf got closer, and began to yell at her, Ballad got to her paws, and scooted away from the pup, her brown eyes opening and blinking back blood, as she twitched and moved away from the pup. Jaws opened to speak, but frothy liquid came out again, and the white wolf said nothing, her body trembling as she stared at the other wolf. A soft whimper escaped her throat, and she struggled to speak, making soft gasping noises. He's sick. I was just trying to help him so he wouldn't freeze. I didn't want him to die in this weather. Please, don't hurt me. Please.... Ballad's brown eyes were full of fear, and her tail was tucked between her legs as she finally managed to speak.

"I'm.......I'm so sorry. But your son is sick, and I found.......I found him laying out here. I was scared that he would freeze to death. I'm really sorry, but I would never hurt a pup."

"Speech"