just let go

*Alessa* · 06-06-2013, 07:28 PM

New smells. New surroundings. Same old Alessa, except perhaps a little bit bigger. It had been exactly a year since she?d awoken to find herself alone. As all pups did, the young girl had tried in vain to locate her mother, but to no avail. She?d searched and searched and searched until her little paws nearly bled. It took about a day for the realization to kick in; her mother didn?t want her. But why? She hadn?t done anything, had she? Alessa had always been a good girl, listening to her mother and following directions. There had been a few times that she?d disobeyed, but what pup didn?t? Surely that hadn?t been enough to warrant her mother?s abandonment of her? She would never know. And so the young thing had set out, alone and without guidance into the world. It was a difficult struggle, with many nights spend half frozen or half dead from the lack of food. Fate was kind to her, bringing unexpected meals and companions along to show her the way and give her the tools she needed. Eventually after so long of being alone, the creamy peach tinted she-wolf learned what it took to survive and she began to make it. She was a quick learner and once she was taught, she could never forget. Her life had become endless wandering, always sleeping in new places, never sticking around one area longer than a few hours. She didn?t mind it much; she?d gotten used to it. Not only that but it was a lot more interesting living the way she lived. She got to experience all sorts of places and meet many different wolves as well as learn a horde of things. Alessa was rather content with how her life had turned out, but she would never forget how it all began.

And it was her endless wandering that brought her to this new place. A few of the wolves she?d managed to meet had mentioned a place named Alacritis, where a number of packs lived and thrived. They said it was full of many different ecosystems and of course Alessa was curious. And that?s where she was now. They?d told her that the tell-tale sign of having arrived would be the huge battlefield that served as a kind of entrance to Alacritis. She?d found it easily enough, the stench of blood and death rather hard to ignore. She?d passed through it safely, managing to avoid running into anyone who had the plans of taking a life in mind. She?d wandered in deeper, taking care to only traverse the unclaimed lands. Differentiating between the claimed and unclaimed was easy enough, the scent markers helping her with that. The place she was in now was unclaimed; no scent markers anywhere, just the mixture of many different wolves. These lands seemed well traveled. Alessa wasn?t afraid. She knew she could hold her own in a fight if it came down to it, even if she wasn?t the biggest of the bunch. Sturdy limbs carried the young girl through the new terrain, orange-red and icy eyes scanning the new terrain. Scarce trees dotted the landscape, a meadow outlining the forestry. It wasn?t the pretties place she?d ever seen, but it was interesting in its own right.

And then a sound. Alessa came to a stop, creamy peach ears tipped forward with attention as an aggravated howl erupted into the atmosphere. What was going on? By the tone she identified the call to belong to a male. Was he in trouble? He sure sounded like it. Pinpointing the location of the call, the maiden set off, her pace a steady jog as she neared the origin of the howl. A male scent hit her nostrils, confirming what her ears had told her. Dual-colored gems came across the dark brown brute with an obsidian face, the tips of his ears and shoulders dipped in the same color. He seemed to be hurt, favoring his right paw as he stood on his remaining good ones. Without hesitation Alessa approached him, nose gently sniffing towards his paw before she lifted her head, gaze searching his face. How bad does it hurt? It would be stupid of her to ask if he was ok because it was obvious he wasn?t. Better to know how hurt he was to see if she could be of any assistance.

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