Things That Go Bump in the Night
02-24-2019, 09:01 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-24-2019, 09:39 PM by Frostbite.)
It was in the dead of the night that the secondary had found himself unable to sleep. He wasn't sure if he was unable to get comfortable or something else bothering him enough to cause it. He had decided that he better go patrol and make use of the time he had on his hands. Quietly he moved out of the den, careful not to disturb his children. Moving away from the den he moved at a steady pace heading to the border that was closest to his den.His movements were fairly quiet, aside from the very quiet crunching as he moved over the light fresh snow. The night was quiet and as he moved he didn't pick up the sound of anything moving around. That was until a noisy, long legged pup caught up to him. He stopped momentarily letting Eurus catch up looking down at his gangily son before shaking his head. "Couldn't sleep either? Alright just this one night, but you have to remain quiet, understood?" he said. He smiled as Eurus agreed and together the pair moved on, quiet through the night to the border. Once reaching the border they would turn left, Eurus in the pack lands by a few feet while Frost walked directly beside the borders. The only time they slowed or would stop would be when the scent markers would need a bit of a refresh, which each time Eurus would copy him and place a marker inside the pack, quietly learning from his father. They would continue on passing the valley and moving into the valley. It seemed like it was going to be an uneventful night, that the two males would return to the den without any surprise. Halfway through the valley a pungent oder struck his nose, making the hair on his neck and back instantly rise. Frost stopped dead in his tracks, deeply inhaling the fresh scent. "Eurus run back to the den, don't stop and don't look back," he words were quiet, rushed and even was pushing his son back towards the den. Once the boy began to move Frostbite stood tall and let out a deep howl summoning anyone who could fight. A mountain lion had crossed their borders and the young ones were in danger. Once finished he saw his son stopping and looking back. "Go!" he commanded. Then without warning he felt something smacking into his rib cage, hard and claws raking against his right cheek, the mountain lion attacking him out of no where. Taking him to the ground the impact sucking the air from his lungs momentarily before he forced himself to roll and kicking the cat off of him before he desperately pulled himself to his feet wheezing as he tried to catch his breath, blood oozing from the claw marks on his face. "Talk" & 'Think'
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02-24-2019, 09:21 PM
He was unable to sleep either, no matter how long he would lay still with his eyes closed. He could hear his father tossing and turning and when the large form of his father moved out of the den Eurus would pick his head up. For a couple of minutes he contemplated on fallowing, nice and warm here in the den, but to curious about a border patrol. Soon he was up and sneaking out of the den, once out he fallowed his father's fresh tracks within the snow, his doplick movements not quiet at all. It took him a while, but his father would finally come into view and would stop once he realized he was fallowing. He moved up beside his father, looking up to him with a big grin as he spoke, allowing him to tag along and giving him instructions.
"Got it!" he whispered.
He tried to mimic his father, trying to take more fluid movements to quiet his walk. It helped that Frost wasn't walking as fast now and Eurus did his best to remain quiet. They turned and walked along the invisible line that bordered the pack. When they would pause to refresh the border, Eurus would try to copy his father. He would find something to pee on, just so he knew how to do it. In fact it was the first times he had cocked his leg on anything. He was happy when he was finally able to balance himself enough that he would be able to cock his leg long enough.
Eurus was naive to what his father was really looking for on this patrol, but he hoped he could go on a day patrol and learn a lot more. He was surprisingly able to keep quiet, not feeling the need to talk at all as they moved. Eurus didn't know how far they had gone, but when his father came to a sudden stop, so did Eurus and he curiously looked at his father. Next thing he knew Frost was urging him back to the den, even pushing him back that way with his nose. Eurus slowly began to move that way, his ears flattening at the tone of his howl. His heart was beginning to race suddenly feeling like something was horribly wrong. He was a few yards away when he stopped to look back at his father. He flinched at his commanding voice, but soon his eyes widened as he saw the massive cat drive into his father.
"Dad!!!!!" he screamed.
Then out of fear he began running, as fast as he could towards the den, obeying his father's orders.
-Exit Eurus-
"Speech"