It had been a couple of weeks since the young Xanilov puppies had begun to venture outside their den and in that time much had changed for Sindri. Now she was much more comfortable with the outdoors. With her siblings she'd explored a great deal of the space around their den. She'd discovered all sorts of fun things. There were crunchy beetles to chew on and super soft grasses to roll in and the leaves! Oh, she could play in the leaves for hours! At first their odd texture had been kind of alarming, but after a little bit of investigating (she'd eaten LOADS of leaves) she'd decided that they were safe. The sound they made when crushed was particularly pleasing and easily made up for the texture. Prancing circles around Sigmarr, Sindri sang, "Siggy, Siggy bo biggy banana fanna fo figgy, " She switched directions, momentarily veering away from the circle she'd be following to crush a few fallen leaves. "Me my mo miggy, Siggy!" Oh, this was fun! Running in circles was making her dizzy and the whole world became a tilting blur. She even forgot where Sigmarr was and it wasn't until the world shifted suddenly and she careened into him that she realized he hadn't moved. "Whoa," Even though she was laying still, it still felt like she was moving. She turned oscillating eyes on her brother, "Siggy! Run in circles until you fall down! It makes everything funny! BUT," She concentrated hard on his face, willing it to stay still long enough for her to find his eyes. "You have to sing the song too or it won't work." "Talk" "You" Think

No! It couldn't end like this. Not for Sigmarr the brave. His enemy stood above him cackling in delight as he struggled in the lake that had been brought alive by the others sorcery. "You won't win! Your magicks can't hold me Faragut!" Paws stretched as far as he could, he could feel his shoulders dislocating from the effort. Just a few inches more?.just one more? about him Faragut continued to cackle when all of a sudden his cackling turned into singing? Siggy, Siggy bo biggy banana fanna fo figgy " Brought out of his epic daydream Sigmarr frowned from his belly down position right in the middle of a mud puddle to see his sister racing in circles around him and making fun of his name. "It's Sig MARR , Sindri, not Siggy. Sinny, finny?. binni?." He stuck out his tongue at her. He stood up only to plop right back down in the mud again. She invited him to try it but instead he grinned crouching down in the mud. His little butt began to wiggle?. The young deer was frolickin in the meadow, unaware that it was being stalked by a mighty, and fearless hunter. The Great Sigmarr Skaldbjorn Xanilov! Alpha of the Solis Clan, sworn allies of the mighty Ebony. He watched her carefully as she spun til all of a sudden she was heading right towards him! "Hey! Careful!" Girls. "Talk" "You" Think

Taking his attempts at shortening her name and running with it, Sindri started singing again. "Sinny, Sinny bo binny banana fanna fo finny..." She sucked in a deep breath and sang directly into her brother's ear, "ME MY MO MINNY...SIIIINNY." The world finally went back to its normal steady self and Sindri squirmed away, pushing off of her brother whose body had kept her out of the mud. She was careful to avoid the mess he was laying in. The girl liked water well enough, but the grittiness of mud made her uncomfortable. Hopping away, Sindri squared off with the boy, her front end lowering in a play bow. "Wanna play a game, Sigmarrr?" Maybe they could play tug of war? Or just in the leaves, if he didn't want to play a "game" game? Maybe they could go on their own little adventure and go looking for the others. Their siblings were around here somewhere, but she was thinking of the other other puppies. There was a bunch of them too. Maybe they could all play together? "Talk" "You" Think

Girls were soooo annoying. Sindri bounded away from him then turned to him in a playful sparring stance and his previous thought was promptly ignored. Bounding out of the mud he matched her stance with a grin on his face. "What game, Sinny, what game?" He knew what he wanted to play. War! "Let's play war! Prepare yourself fair warrior queen, Sigmarr the Stout takes no prisoners!" In his mind he was a dashing rogue conqueror. His sister was the legendary warrior queen of the north. While small and dainty it was all an act! Oh yes, for her speed was unmatched and she'd felled many a mighty warrior who made the mistake of underestimating her. Regardless of mud he charged for his sister playfully reaching out to wrap his right arm around her back and the left around her middle so he could nibble at her shoulder blades and topple the warrioress! "Talk" "You" Think

War? Huh uh, noooo way! Hide and seek sounded better. ?No, Siggy, let's play something else! Hide and Seek!? He stalked towards her anyway and Sindri, dead set against playing a warrioress, tried to get out of his way. Just as she turned to flee, the pup felt paws wrap around her. Immediately her skin lit up with thousands of tiny prickles. She felt where each limb hit her; trails of fire running down both of her sides. It was overwhelming. Screaming angrily, Sindri attempted to fall out of his grasp. She rolled to the side just as he'd wanted, although that wasn't her intentions. Twisting, she repeatedly tried to bite him, reaching for whatever part of Sigmar presented itself to her, all the while kicking and squirming. Each attempted bite was punctuated by a shriek of rage. This was not a game to her. "Talk" "You" Think

Considering that Gaia couldn't see, Andromeda typically found herself keeping close to her sister and ensuring she was ok. The den had been empty when she awoke that morning however and the golden girl had simply assumed that Hephaestus was helping her instead, certain that Nemesis wouldn't step up to the challenge, at least not without causing a little trouble. It meant that as she set about on her explorations that day, that she found herself alone, not sure where her siblings where currently located. That was until the point that sudden shrieks of another would pierce through the air and capture her attention. Never before had Andromeda heard such fierce screams and to be entirely honest, however much she hated to admit it, the girl did consider running away from the sounds. She was close though, and bravely would continue onwards to find out just what was happening. The source of the noise it seemed was a rather angry Sindri. Andromeda was sure what had caused this outburst though certainly wasn't keen on it continuing either. Family ought to unite rather than attack one and other and hoping it would be enough to make them stop, she made sure her presence was known as she continued towards them. "What are you doing?" The tone certainly lacked the authority of an adult, though some of the shock and displeasure at the scene still seeped through into her voice.

Suceess!!! The mighty warrior had seized the queen as she turned to flee. It was too late now for her to hide. Sigmarr the Stoat would reconqueor the kingdom from his sister and restore it to its former glory. All who saw it would shout "huzzah!" at the sight. At some point his daydream was finally punctured by his sisters shriek as she rolled to the side. The rolled and tumbled before she finally squirmed out of his grasp. He paused in preparing a secondary attack as he turned to see one of his many siblings, Andromeda appear and ask what they were doing. He grinned and bounded over to her tail wagging. "Playing war! Wanna join? You can be another rogue conqueror after Sindri's kingdom and my rival. Come on it'll be fun." He frizzed up and growled, front paws forward, bum in the air as he gazed at the girls. "Talk" "You" Think