Does the Land ever end?

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    A middle age wolf walked into the land. She looked around but also took in the smells of the new land around her. Her yellow glowing orbs looked around the fields at the were on the last leg before the winter hit. She really missed Djikka. They had became fast friends with their common history. They both lost their families when they were young. She sighed as she walked over to a small creek and lowered her coal colored head to the cold water that sent shivers from the inside out. She jerked her midnight head around when she heard a noise but just saw a bird that was talking off. 'Probably to it wintering area, which was where she needed to do but she did not want to put herself in harm by joining a pack just yet.

    Ashaka sighed as she brought in the cool fall air into her wet nose so that her brain to separate the different odors that she could pick out if there were any wolves in the area that she had to give a wide birth so she did not have to worry if they would attack her or not since they would think she was weak with her lame leg.

    She went into hunting mode after her nose picked up a trail of a rabbit. She slowly went after the rabbit since she had hurt her damage leg while working here. She finally caught the rabbit when the rabbit thought she was not there by Ashaka staying still until the rabbit felt comfortable coming back out and feeding getting ready for the winter when everything will be less able for both of them. She just did not know that someone was watching her. She soon started to it the rabbit so that she did not have to worry about other animals coming to take it away from her.

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A large, light-colored form could be seen slowly walking toward the Shydar, from the direction of the Nytyte River. Mostly covered in white and very light grey fur, the being almost looked like a ghost. Yet today, it's blue eyes were troubled.

Kismet was confused. He was just coming from his third meeting...the fourth wolf to make his acquaintance, but by far the most...strange. He had just met the beautiful, and broken, Inaya. She had put him at his very limit, yet he had somehow managed to soothe her. And he had managed to retain himself. Now, the male questioned his response, which had been automatic rather than thought through.

Had he been right to comfort her? Or should he have simply let her be? No...it wouldn't have been right to leave the vulnerable wolfess. He simply did not want to give her the wrong idea. He would never forgive himself if she took his concern the wrong way. He could not allow himself to hurt her so.

It was these thoughts that had Kismet paying no attention to where he was going, or to who might be around him. The cool fall air gently ruffled his fur, but he paid it no attention. Therefore, it surprised him when he heard the sudden rustling of paws on the fallen leaves. Snapping out of his thoughts, the male looked around. How could he be so careless? He chided himself silently, trying to locate the sound. And then he heard someone eating. Curious, he followed the sound, and saw a black femme devouring a rabbit quite rapidly. Not wanting to interrupt, he stood and watched her. After a surprisingly short amount of time, the wolfess finished, liking her chops. Kismet smiled smally, before slowly approaching. He exaggerated his steps, making the leaves beneath his paws crunch loudly. He in no way wanted to scare this wolf. He wanted her to know that he was coming.

Hello.

"Talking."

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        The coal colored fae looked up at the crushed leaf sound that reached her ears shortly after she finished her meal. She saw the wolf that was totally opposite coloring than herself. 'Hello.' the male said to her. She lowered her head as she thought he was part of the pack that roamed this land. "Hello." she said to the male.

    She kept her body ready for action incase the male decided that he wanted to attack her. She knew there was not much meat left on the body of the rabbit. She licked the rest of the red liquid of her maw. "I was just passing through the land." The coal black female said to the male. She knew that she could easily take her down if he wanted to.

    She took an small step back from the dead body of the tri-colored rabbit that was at her medium length legs but her weak leg gave out from her weight and she went down toward the ground for a moment. She needed to find a place so she could rest her body up before the fae had to go back to wondering the land for a place to call home that she never had before. 

    Ashaka kept her yellow glowing orbs on the snow and gravel hued male as she watched his entire body for any danger to her own self because she wanted to be able to react to the hint of danger. She just knew that her leg would give her the biggest problem since it had been a while since she had been able to rest her whole body but her mind. She had seen the male that killed her parents a couple of nights ago so she kept on moving through the island so she kept a step ahead of the killer male.

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Kismet watched the female with a friendly smile. She looked up quickly when she heard his exaggerated approach, and he saw fear enter her eyes. When he spoke, he let his friendly atmosphere seep into his voice. But all of this was to no avail. The female lowered her head submissively, as if she were trespassing or something. If she had been, making a kill was not a smart move, and would have had to be paid for. However Kismet was no part of any pack, and no pack roamed the land of Caurus, to his present knowledge. Actually, Kismet thought with a small smile, I'll have to leave Caurus soon. I can't stay in one place, although if this land is where Inaya and Zira hang around...

Hello, the female said softly.

The femme's body was tense. Her muscles were bunched, her ears slightly flattened, her tail out. She was defensive, but not aggressive. It was understandable. He was big, and his muscles could be seen underneath his fur. He could easily be observed as a threat, despite his obviously friendly demeanor. The femme licked her maw once more before she spoke.

I was just passing through the land.

Her voice was full of trepidation, but her body language was also slightly submissive. A small, warm smile lit up the male's snowy maw. His eyes didn't shine, as his thoughts were still slightly tied up, but his smile was genuine. He lost no time in responding, his soft, deep, soothing voice ringing soothingly across the space between the two wolves.

Have no fear, wolfess. I am not here to hurt you. I am simply passing through Caurus myself. Although you may rest assured that no pack resides here. This is a place for the lonely.

Kismet watched as the femme took a small step backward, away from himself. Her front foreleg gave out, and the front half of her body fell forward as a result. The wolfess was completely vulnerable, and if Kismet had been a darker wolf, he could have easily overcome her. However, the thought never crossed his mind. Instead, a slow wag made itself present. His slow smile was endearing. She watched him constantly, her eyes following his every movement.

My name is Kismet.

Kismet took the initiative of introductions. He wanted to soothe the female's worries about himself. He wanted to assure her that he was non-threatening. And this was why he did not ask her her own name. He left the decision of revealing her identity to him up to her.

"Talking."

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            Ashaka did watch the male. She knew her escape routes if the male turned on her. She pulled herself back up as her left coal hued leg shook as she changed to put all her weight on the other good leg that she had. The male's body and voice did not sound like some wolves she had come across that and did not give away if he would attack or not.

        "My name is Ashaka." she said to the male. She nodded her head as he told her that there was no pack that claimed the land. She was really glad that she did not have to worry about any pack jumping on her as she slept to keep her body up since she would usually run herself into the ground if she could not rest somewhere safe.

        There was still some meat left on the dead animal's body that she had taken down before the bog male came up on her. She lowered her midnight colored head to the rabbit and pushed it over by him if he wanted. She was full since she never ate much since she was little pup. "It is not much but there is still some good meat on it, if you want it." she said to the male. She hoped it would be a peace offering between the two wolves. She would not mind another friend if she could. She just had the look a like female that had parted ways with her so that she could go to the dark pack that she wanted to join but Ashaka did not want to join a dark pack with her lame leg because she was afraid that they would turn on her if she was the weakest one in the pack. She shook her body and sighed.

Note from Staff: Please remember to bold Ashaka's speech ^^

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Kismet watched as the female slowly pulled herself upright once more, transferring all of her weight to her right foreleg, so that her bad leg might rest. Kismet deliberated whether or not to ask her if she was alright. In the end, though, he decided not to. It appeared to be an old wound, and he did not want to make her feel uncomfortable by probing. He could not, however, stop a slight furrowing of his brow. It was a small display of concern, and Kismet would have hidden it quickly, but he did not know how she would take this, and so he left it. It was only slight though, and did not effect the warmth of his smile.

My name is Ashaka.

Kismet smiled widened. She nodded in acknowledgement to his previous words about no pack residing in the area. Kismet was a slight loss as to watch to do, but not what to say. His reply was quick, but not too quick.

Ashaka. That it a beautiful name. Your mother must have been brilliantly beautiful, to pass it on.

The compliment that he paid her was sincere, but awkward. He meant it only in a friendly way, but after he said it, he wished that he hadn't. He didn't want to come across the wrong way. The female nudged the small leftovers of her meal toward Kismet with her nose. He smiled smally--sheepishly--as she offered it to him. He stomach rumbled mightily in response and he blushed, looking down. Thank you, he said quietly. Quickly, Kismet finished off the carcass and licked his maw clean. He was discreet--he never really had been a messy eater. After he finished, he sat down--a sign of relaxation and leisure. His body language showed that he was at ease with the female, and non-threatening. But then the female's body shook--in fear?--and she sighed. Thinking it had to do with him somehow, Kismet opened his maw, and spoke in a gentle, quiet, soothing voice.

What's the matter, Ashaka?

"Talking."

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        The black female watched the male finished off the rabbit that she had taken down but it was not much of a hard target. She looked around and let her ears go out until his voice came to her pinna. "Nothing." she said to him as she looked away from him. "Just listening for any danger." she said to the male.

        She sighed as she figured that the male was friendly so she did not have to tell him that she did not trust him right off the bat. "So are you a loner without a pack or do you have a pack?" she asked him. She did not mean to pry. "You don't have to answer if you do not want to." she reminded to him since they just meet. She lifted her bad leg and wiped her maw with it so she could get the left over blood and stuff off her maw though you could not see it with her dark colored fur that covered her body.

        She had to lay down to lay down to rest her damaged leg. She sat down on her hips before laying her upper body down to the ground to allow her tail to cover her paws. She was still tense because she could not react quick enough if the male decided to attack her after she laid down. She just needed to get the weight of her leg for a little bit before getting up and traveling again like she always did. She often wondered if she would be good in a pack since she was so used to traveling all the time. She kept her eyes on the male's body language incase he hinted at the plan of attacking her. She sighed as she licked her paws to take care of a itch.

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Ashaka's response to Kismet's question was quick and short. She didn't meet his eyes as she spoke, but rather, she looked away from him. Her body language--her whole demeanor, in fact--betrayed the obvious fact that she did not trust the male. Kismet did not blame her for this, though every move he made showed relaxation and non-threatening motivation. He was big, and he was strong, and this black femme was crippled. If he wanted to injure or hurt her, it would be too easy. She would not be able to escape. But Kismet had much experience with such wolves, and so his patience was almost never-ending.

So, are you a loner without a pack? Or do you have a pack? The female suddenly poised the question and then added, You don't have to answer that if you don't want to.

Kismet smiled warmly. She seemed to be very distrusting of him. Any wolf would have to be just plain insane to be annoyed at such a question. It was an innocent question. Kismet laid down leisurely, laying on his side. He knew that this wolf could never hurt him--not really--and so he was completely at ease. His smile never left, and he breathed evenly. His eyes wandered before returning to the female's own. Hers were still averted.

I am a loner, the same as you, Ashaka. He paused, considering something for a moment, and then continued. Tell me, Ashaka, what bothers you about me.

His last sentence he spoke as a gentle request, rather than a demand. He wished to settle her, but he didn't know where to start. She laid down tensely, shifting her weight. She seemed unable to get comfortable, and her eyes watched his body. She never looked into his eyes, or said his name. She licked her paws, and sighed once more. She was obviously waiting for something--and rather impatiently, too--but Kismet didn't know what.

"Talking."

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        The black fae looked at the male and nodded her small head. She wondered why he was a loner or why he did not have a mate. She was finally able to get comfortable with her leg. She listened to his question. "It is not you personally." she said to him as she willed her body to relax around the male.

        "Through my travels, I have been attacked by larger wolves since my leg is the way that it is." she said to him as she looked back at the environment around her. "I learned to hunt on my own since I was a young pup. " She said to him. "A rogue male attacked my pack and killed my parents while my siblings and I got away with our lives but we went separate ways so I do not know if they are still alive or what." she said as her body shivered and sighed.

        She wish she could know if her siblings were alive or not. It was a heavy weight over her. She leaned down and licked her injured leg. "I broke my leg when I was running from the male since he wanted to kill me too." she said as she closed her eyes and remembered her past. "I have teaching myself how to hunt and survive with my damaged leg." She said to the male. She did not want to tell him that he looked alike the male that tracking her and kept tracking her since he took over the pack that was her family's. She could never forgive herself for giving up to the male after what he had to her family. The fae opened her eyes and remembered where she was so she soon let her body relax and take in the breeze and everything.

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Ashaka moved until she was comfortable, listening to the male's request. She seemed to force herself to relax, but Kismet could still read some minor tension in her body language. He frowned slightly and the curiosity became more defined in his eyes.

It is not you personally. Through my travels, I have been attacked by larger wolves since my leg is the way that it is. She paused to scan her surrounding once more. I learned to hunt on my own since I was a young pup. A rogue male attacked my pack and killed my parents while my siblings and I got away with our lives but we went separate ways so I do not know if they are still alive or what. She shuddered at the memory, and Kismet wished to quell her fear. She licked her hurt leg and then continued, I broke my leg when I was running from the male since he wanted to kill me too. She closed her eyes slowly. I have teaching myself how to hunt and survive with my damaged leg.

After a few moments, Ashaka opened her eyes slowly. She inhaled deeply, and relaxed her tense body, letting the breeze ruffle her fur gently. Kismet smiled smally, suddenly feeling slightly shy. He probably resembled the young male who had destroyed Ashaka's parents. He must have been big and strong, both of which Kismet was. Little did he know, he looked almost exactly like the male. Still, Kismet's body language became more and more comfortable, relaxed, and non-threatening as the femme spoke. He listened with something more than politeness. He was truly interested and upset by her sad tale. He wished that he could help her, but he didn't know how. Was the wolf even still alive? Had she even been born on the island, or was the wolf tracking her to Anikira?

I'm very sorry to hear that, Ashaka. It seems that the brute was quite cruel to you and your family. Tell me, do you originate in Anikira? Is this male still a threat to you?

Kismet didn't hope for a specific answer. If the she had been born in Anikira, the wolf would have been here the whole time. And, in that case, Kismet would watch out for him. He hated taking another's life, and would give the wolf plenty of chance to change his ways if he ever came across him. If the wolf was tracking her from another location, it was possible that he still hadn't arrived. Either way, Kismet would watch for him.

"Talking."

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        The midnight colored female listened to the male and nodded her head. "I was born in the furthest reaches to the north of this island." she said to the male. "I often see the male or smell the wolf on the wind when it hits the right away." She said to the male. "I just do not know what he wants with me..." she started but did not finish.

        She often wondered if her father had done something to the male but her father was so nice to his family but he could be something else when it came to someone that was messing with his family. She shook her head and sighed. She would not know since her parents were dead and all the answers had gone with him and her mother.

        "My mother was a white wolf but my father was black so my siblings and I took after my father but my brother has a little white on his paws." she said to him. She did not know if they would have changed much since she seen them but she figured they would. "I do not know if it would change while they grown or not." she said as she sighed. She hated being like this.

        "Enough about me." she said as she wanted to get the attention off of her. "What about you?" she asked him. She had shared enough about her sad life to the male. She did not know how long the male would stick around so she did not want to tell him too much information about herself. She laid her head on her good front leg and waited for the male to answer. She wondered if he would answer her question of just shrug off and leave it hanging in the area.

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The black wolfess nodded her head in response to Kismet's questions. She explained her history, and her constant contact with the demon who had murdered her parents and scattered her and her siblings. He listened intently, his eyes remaining on hers the entire time. Though he didn't move his relaxed position on the soft grasses of the Shydar, and his head never lifted from his paws, you could feel the intensity of his earnest concentration. The femme quieted and sighed. It was a few moments before she began to speak once more. During this time Kismet's mind wandered back to the Mexican Wolf he had met the previous night. The strange, mysterious wolf. The wolf with so many boundaries that he didn't know how he had kept her from running away. She had almost bolted twice. But each time he had managed to stop her. It was a complete mystery that fascinated him. It also confused and troubled him, and he couldn't help the fact that his mind was constantly thinking about her. Ashaka's voice pulled his mind from his thoughts, and he listened quietly as she described a little of the appearance of her family. And then she sighed and turned to him again.

Enough about me. What about you?

The female laid her head on her good foreleg, and her eyes sought his. Kismet's ears perked up immediately at the question. He was quite surprised. Normally, he was never caught off guard, but this time he had been so caught up in a pair of tear-filled grey eyes that he did not expect the question at all. He blinked twice, quickly, and then blurted.

Oh-uh...what would you like to know? This question only remained in the air for a few moments--not long enough for the female to speak. Forgive me, you caught me off guard. No one usually asks me such things, and I wasn't prepared for the question. However, I would be happy to tell you about myself. My father was a Grey wolf. He was black with yellow eyes, and my mother looks just like me in color, but quite different in stature. She is an Iranian, and as a result, she is small and frail. She has bad health, unfortunately. I have only one sibling, Eclipse. I originated in Europe, and Eclipse lives with her mate right in between Europe and Russia. She inherited my father's coloring, and my mother's stature and health. I came to Anikira through a serious of....unfortunate events. He chose to skip over the tragedy of those events, which resulted from his humility. He paused for only a moment, and then posed his first question once more. What else would you like to know about me, Ashaka?

"Talking."

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        Ashaka looked at the male as he looked at her like she had drawn him out of his thoughts. She was about to tell him sorry for bothering him when he started to tell her about his past. His sister had been a lucky for finding someone that would stand by her side. The midnight shewolf wanted to find someone to find someone that would stand by her side and protect her so she would not have worry always looking out for herself.

        "Your sister is a lucky to find someone that will stand by her side." she said to him. "My father was like that. He gave his life so that hopely my mother and siblings could get away but then my mother turned and protected her pups from the threat which claimed her life." she said to the male. She often felt her mother with her since she had been the runt of the litter and closer to her mother than her brother and sister.

        
    "Do they have any pups?" she asked the male. She knew she was getting personal but he did not have to answer if he did not want to. "I know I am getting personal but you do not have to answer if you do not want to." she told the larger wolf. She was just trying to keep the talking going so that she could keep relaxing her body as they talked. That was one way that she learned that she relax her body if she keep talking to someone and just let what was on her mind come out but she was really careful so she did not tell too much about herself so that the wolf she was talking to could not go and use it to hurt her. She always looked over her shoulder.

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Your sister is a lucky to find someone that will stand by her side. My father was like that. He gave his life so that hopefully my mother and siblings could get away but then my mother turned and protected her pups from the threat which claimed her life.

Outwardly, Kismet didn't change except by frowning a little at her last sentence. But inwardly, the thought confused him. Eclipse was lucky to have Seth? Inwardly, he shook his head in defiance. No. Kismet was lucky to have the she-wolf as his sister, and Seth was the lucky one. But then...no. He never would have left if she would have remained mateless.

Kismet truly loved his brother, for he considered him such, but Eclipse had always had a special place in his heart that had only grown stronger, softer, and more permanent as time passed. Seth had earned his right to Eclipse, and would always hold a special place in Kismet's heart as well, but Seth was the lucky one. And Kismet knew that Seth would readily agree. Kismet did not in any way reveal these thoughts, nor did he reveal that he was even really thinking. Ashaka asked if his sister had any pups, and his response was quick and warm, and a warm smile replaced his previous frown.

Yes. They have two pups to my knowledge. A boy and a girl. They should be about two and a half by now. They are named Kenai and Sydas.

Kismet's eyes saddened slightly as he spoke their names. He missed them. They probably thought that he was dead. They had always called him 'big brother' affectionately because he had acted like a brother to them, and because he had been giant in their small eyes--until they were seven months and he had taken the scouting trip which had eventually landed him on Anikira. It had been about two years since he last saw them.

"Talking."

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