Breeze By The Trees

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[th][atrb=width,500,true][atrb=background,http://i850.photobucket.com/albums/ab62/WaMiE123/TheWordMtl.jpg,true][rs=20] A soft breeze floated across the cloudy sky, scattering the few leaves on the ground and pushing then in patterns resembling an odd sort of dance. Zanny smiled as she walked past the small whirlwind, stopping to swipe her paw at the leaves. Zanny loved this kind of weather. She loved all weather, but the warm cloudy days were a favorite. You didn’t have to worry about the slightly annoying feel of the sun on your back, but it was still warm. Plus, she loved to make shapes in the clouds when she was board. For the past few days, Zanny had been wandering from place to place. She had enjoyed the life of a loner, freedom and time to travel, but she was never one to want to be lonely. After a couple days of thinking, she decided she would try her luck at finding a home. So far she had only managed to get herself lost in a maze of trees. She now sat at the base of one of the disturbingly “plain” trees. She could only tell this one apart from the others due to the fact that it was a very tall tree, Taller than most of the others. After sitting for a few minutes, wondering what she should do, she stood. She raised her muzzle to the gray sky and howled. She figured that calling for help was the smartest thing she could do, and hey. If they happened to come and help, she could ask to join then. Sitting back down, she rested her nose on her paws and breathed in the fresh air. With all the trees surrounding her, the air was clean and very refreshing. This only made her want to join whatever pack resides here even more. The reason? She was already used to it.

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The black furred female was patrolling the borders once more. Her alpha and beta were away on a journey, leaving the rest of the pack to look after the lands and everything in them. Her golden eyes flickered around the forest that held their home, searching for anything out of the ordinary. Of course, there wasn't usually anything wrong with the lands. There was the occasional trespasser who had to be dealt with, but other than that, nothing of interest had truly happened. Torio and Kastiel had left them all in charge of the pack and of its lands until they returned. She intended on doing so until they did return. It was an important thing to her to keep the pack safe. She helped make sure everyone had something to do throughout the course of the day. However, it only happened to be her, Haze, and Valmai at the moment. There were almost no others. Bear had gone with the alpha and beta.

Spirit suddenly caught the scent of yet another stranger. The silver fur on her chest puffed out a bit, someone else to deal with. Her reddish brown paws began carrying her to the direction the scent was strongest. There was a slight scowl on her face. She didn't necessarily like strangers on the land, as they tended to mean bad news for the pack. She traveled through the brush, around stones and trees, until she came upon the stranger. A female. It was upon the Warrior's arrival that the female called for help, sending out a howl into the sky. She could only assume the trespasser had gotten lost in the forest. It wasn't much of a surprise. The forest itself could be a maze at some points. She remembered how she had spent days in the forest just in order to memorize it well enough so she wouldn't get lost.

She stepped out of the shadows and went to the front of the female, watching her carefully. Now was not the best of times to smile. "Greetings, Stranger. My name is Spirit and I'm one of the stand-ins for my Alpha and Beta. They are away on a journey. For now, you may answer to me." She stopped in front of her, sitting back on her haunches. The female didn't seem like a threat to the pack, but she was still wary about it. Spirit was completely confident in her ability to fight and, if the female provoked her to, then she would rip her apart before she could blink. As cruel as it sounded, it was the truth. Not all loners were the greatest of company to have. In fact, most loners that had come across their land posed too much of a threat to them and they had to be chased off. "Now...why have you trespassed on our lands?"