The Spirit of Destiny

[Vixen]

She bowed her head again toward Miska and let out a kind yip of greeting.

"My name is Vixen...Greetings to meet you Miska..."She replied with another bow of her head.

Her ears then, flicked a bit as she smelt something coming through the forest.She recognized the scent and growled happily.She knew no one else could smell the sent and only she could, but that was the good thing about being a fox, a more better nose!
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A white form raced through the forest on silent paws as it jumped over a large jog.It stopped instantly when she smelled a familler scent.She let out a small happy bark.She was downwind, but even if she was, Vixen could still smell her out with her keen nose.The creature was wolf for sure, but her form was pure snowy white and had black claws with eyes like tarnished silver.It appeared female as she looked about.She stood larger then a Grey wolf female, but just a bit smaller then a male.She crouched down and hid in the surrounding trees, her eyes watching what was happining near the small sleeping den.

[Miska]

Miska smiled. She watched Vixen's ears sudenly flick up. She questioned, "what do you smell Vixen?" She looked into her eyes with her icy blue ones and tried to read what was happening in her eyes...

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Tiana giggled and turned her attention to her surroundings. It was rather beautiful with the big lake and the tree line and the lovely sky. She turned back to Jalon and decided to just act regularly until she could get on his good side. She gave a warm smile and spoke, "So where exactly are we right now?"

[Nukaleu]

Jalon took the opportunity to answer Tiana, who seemed to be acting more normally. "This is Clubfoot Ridge. OR...rather that is Clubfoot Ridge," Jalon said, gesturing to the ridge itself. I live here. Where are you girls from?"

Jalon then looked to Vixen, who clearly sensed that something was near. Yeesh! Jalon thought to himself. What else is new today?

[Miska]

Tiana replied to Jalon, "Oh. I see. It looks beautiful here." She smiled and spoke again, "I'm here from running away from another female wolf. I might have made a comment she found offensive, but I really didnt mean it to be! She just took it wrong." She looked down, ashamed at how much she had revealed so quickly.

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Miska spoke, "I dont really know why or how I'm here. I just sort of found my way here by wandering. I tend to wander, for I dont really have what one would call a home." She looked to Vixen, wondering what she was sensing.

[Vixen]

Vixen tilting blank eyes towards the others, was about to say what she had sensed and then shook her head a bit.

"I will only tell Jalon....Since he seems to be the Person who lives here...So he has a right to know....I will tell Miska later...as you Tiana...No...I won't tell..."She replied, glancing at him so they could go somewhere they could not be heard, tilting over at Miska with thoughtful eyes and then, turning glaring brown eyes onto Tiana.

She shook her fur out and waited to see if they agreed with her.She mostly cared if Miska and Jalon said ok...She didn't care what Tiana would say...

[Nukaleu]

The blonde and blue wolf was surprised and slightly pleased to hear Vixen deny Tiana the right to know what was happening. Jalon smirked the tiniest bit as he turned to follow Vixen away from the others. As they arrived in a spot behind a wide tree, Jalon told her to stop. "This should be good, right here," he told her. "Alright, what's goin' on?" he said in a mellow tone.

[Vixen]

She nodded her head and let out a yip of playfulness.

"Well..Shakara...The wlf I was telling you about earlier....She's here!"She replied with a happy yip.

She grinned at him, knowing that he may like her friend.To her, her friend, Shakara, was a beautiful creatuure and more beautiful then Tiana, whoe thought she herself was beautiful enough to be the queen of everything.She mentally rolled her eyes as she thought about her.

[Nukaleu]

Jalon sighed as Vixen mentioned the wolf she had spoken of earlier. "Vixen you just met me. How on earth would you know if I would like her or not?" He looked around occassionally, wondering if the wolffess Vixen spoke of was aynwhere in sight. Jalon didn't see what would possibly be so special about the wolf. Why did Vixen have such a strong hunch about this?

[Vixen]

She grinned.

"Would you like to meet her in private....or should She make a 'Big' entrance.....?"She replied with another wider, grin.

[Nukaleu]

Jalon started to become irritated. Vixen was simply insisting that he meet and immediately love her, and was not even answering his questions. He glared at the fox. He decided that this vixen was going to do whatever she wanted, as stubborn as she was. "Have it your way. You choose," Jalon said, rolling his eyes and sitting back. He loked away from her, shaking his head in disapproval.

[Vixen]

She nodded her head with another wide grin and twitched her tail to tell him to follow.She soon led him to another smaller area that was slighty identical to the lake near Jalon's sleeping den.She barked at him to stop and dissapeared into the foliage.A few moments later, she appeared pouncing out and standing next to him.The next thing either of them knew, a pure white creature, most likly a wolf, stepped out of the forest.Her fur was pure white like the snows of Kulup and nails like onyx.A long sweeping tail and a her plet long and beautifulHer eyes were the clor of Tarnished silvers that had regaind their shine.The she-wolf stepped forward a bit, sending a unrecognizable lance to Vixen.She nodded and urged the she-wol on.The wolf then, stepped forward and soon stod only a few minor feet in front of Jalon.

"Greetings..."She murmered, her voice pure Russian accent, with the hint of the voice of a Vixen.

[Miska]

Tiana sighed and rolled her eyes at the fox. What was so special about her little friend. She couldnt be that beautiful. No one could be as beautiful as me. Tiana thought. She knew she was, males had followed her all her life. She was the utmost expert in flirtation, but that Jalon.... he resisted her. This bugged her. No one had ever done that. She didnt like it either. Suddenly the fox vanished, and took Jalon! This angered her. She thought to herself, that stupid fox is ruining everything! She waited for him to come back. She decided to lay off on Jalon and see how he would react. She would be her regular self, minus flirting. She was quite intelligent, she knew. She was pretty. She resolved to just smile and talk to him as a friend.......

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Miska turned and saw Jalon disappear with the fox. She was going to meet this friend of hers. She got a strange feeling in her stomach that after this friend came into all of their lives. Something was going to change. The one thing she did know, was she would NEVER buckle under to anyone, especially another wolf.

[Nukaleu]

Perhaps Jalon had been wrong. She was a beautfiul sight, this...Shakara girl. She had a rugged look about her, her white fur long ad stiff and flowing in the light wind. She looked as if she came straight out of Kulup, which intrigued Jalon. What if she was from Kulup? She would be so interesting to speak with!

The was the only reason Jalon spoke with this female. Jalon was awed by her beauty, but he was not easily swayed into love beacause of appearance. Sure, a gorgeous mate would be nice, and would be prefferable, but he did not easily fall for those who simply had the looks of a goddess. "Hello," Jalon said to her, his voice quieted. "May I ask where you come from?"

[Vixen]

She bowed her head to him and her silvery eyes glittered at him.

"I come from Russia...But...I have been taken away from my Pack and Family and some...Problems have arised....Since then...I have lived in Kulup...I travel very often....I met Vixen once when I was traveling...."She replied, her voice coming even more of a Russian accent.

She turned about, shaking her fur, as if feeling uncomforatable with the sudden intrest in her.She looked away and then, once again, turned her eyes on the Grey wolf, her eyes glittering at him blankly.

[Nukaleu]

Jalon listened intently to Shakara's explanation of her past. Jalon's heart skipped a beat as she mentioned that she had once lived in Kulup. His ears shot up, and he resisted to interupt her until she finished.

"So...Kulup, huh?" he asked. "You're...so lucky. Wha-what was it like, there? You know...in Kulup?" Jalon was rambling and studdering, just thinking about what it might be like to live there. He had never met someone from Kulup before. He figured she had so many things to tell him that he would find incredible. He sat there, tense and excited, ready to soak up any information she had like a sponge.

[Vixen]

She felt a bit more reassured and explained of the beautiful deep snow drifts that were like the sands of the desert, beautiful, yet deadly.She described the beautiful moons that floated above the drifts at night, the chilling, refreshing, and majestic winds of cold.The pounding of your paws as they thundered after potential prey, the scent of battle and blood as you fought against a bear that could steal your prey.She soon took a deep breath, realizing that she had been speaking for over an hour now.

"Forgive me...Thats not even half of what you would expect, but from what Vixen has told me...You have visitors, No....?"She replied politly and calmly.

[Miska]

Tiana was getting ansy waiting for Jalon and Vixen return. She looked to where they had gone into the forest and she was thinking of going in. She looked to Miska who had decided to go fishing. She had already gotten three fish. Tiana figured that Miska was fishing for their little group as a token of friendship or something like that. She wanted to meet this new one that Vixen knew so well. She looked up to the ridge that Jalon had spoken of earlier. She liked climbing and it would be beautiful to be up there. The others still weren't coming out so she decided to do it. She walked over to the bottom of the rock that made up the ridge and found a small path. She looked around and then went up. She looked around as she walked up. There were some small crevices in the rock. She got to the top of the ridge and looked down. It was gorgeous. The lake had little silver streaks going through it that she realized were fish. She layed down and stared at the lake, waiting for the others to come back.

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Miska decided to catch some fish for everybody to come back to. She thought they would enjoy that. She was on her fourth fish when she looked over to see Tiana climbing the ridge. She shrugged and continued to catch fish. She caught five and figured that everyone would be fine with eating one. She layed them just below the water, with rocks on top to keep them there. She layed down on a rock and relaxed.

[Nukaleu]

Jalon soon found himself siting down in amazement as Shakara spoke for over an hour about nothing but life in Kulup. Jalon lay there wide-eyed, listening blissfully to all she had to tell him. He listened intently to everything she said, and was positive he would remember every detail with enthusiasm. Everything she spoke of seemed just as wonderful as what he'd expected, except...she had mentioned nothing about Selobe. He had waited through the entire conversation to hear something about him, but nothing had ever come up, and Jalon couldn't resist asking Shakara.

"Hold on a second,"" he said as she asked about his guests. "Um...what do you know about...Selobe?"

[Vixen]

She tilted her head in thought, trying to remember someone by that name.She ten, all of a sudden straighned up as she remebmerd.

"Actually Yes...I have Spoken to him once...Very Interesting Volk...."She replied calmy as she suddenly, relaxed a bit.".....Why is it you ask....?"

She tilted her head a bit and her eyes once again, glittered like Tarnished silvers that regained their shine.She bowed her head to him, asking once again with her eyes about the guests he had.

[Nukaleu]

Jalon's eras shot up as the wolfess remebered Selobe. However, never was he more excited to meet someone than when he heard her say she had actually spoken with him! Selobe! Jalon had come across someone who had actually been in his presence!

"Are you serious?" he asked in shock and pure excitement as he whiffed himself onto his feet and leaned into her face with eyes wide and childish. All sorts of questions were rushing through Jalon's mind, wondering if she knew of any informtion of Selobe that he didn't know. "Where did you meet him? How did you? What did you talk about?" Jalon realized he probably seemed crazy at that moment, but he didn't care. After all, he was holding back most of his rushing energy.

[Vixen]

She gave him a smal smirk and her eyes glittered at him playfully.

"Well....I meet him by the Ice caverns once....I had brought down a large Bear and I forgot to cover up the Blood....He found me and I was a bit wary at first, but I soon gave up and we spoke about many I thing back then,....Well...Him and I spoke and shared the Meat and soon we wee...Kind of friends...."She replied as she recounted the time with the wolf.

[Miska]

It was beginning to get dark and Tiana was starting to get worried. She climbed down and looked to where Jalon and Vixen had gone into the forest. She barked out to see if Vixen and Jalon would hear her and come back out, for she was nervous about this newcomer.

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Miska looked up suddenly when she heard a bark. She realized it must be Tiana barking for Vixen and Jalon. She was a bit worried, but she figured they could take care of themselves. She was beginning to get bored of being in this little 'group'. Nothing happened and no one seemed to care about any one but themselves. She got up and looked into the forest. She saw the little glowing eyes of an opposum looking back at her. She growled and it scurried away.

[Nukaleu]

Jalon's eyes widened even more and an enormous smile came to him when he heard her tel the stroy happily and not think he was going to flip on her. So she had actually spent one on one time with.......wow.

Jalon was about to go crazy with questions, but he heard Tiana's bark from behind him. He realized how long they had been gone, and withheld his need to know more. "Oh...wow...you know I....I'll have to talk about this later. Thank you for tlling me so much...Shakara, is it?"

[Vixen]

She bowed her head to him and stood with acertian, unspeakable grace.

"Understood...You shood be getting Back...Tell me...May I come with you...?It is quiet Chilly in the forests, even with my thick Pelt..."She asked calmy, now seeming to be a bit on the edge and nervous, not wanting to offend them.

[Nukaleu]

"Absolutely," he replied ot her inquiry. "Oh, and I'm Jalon," he said in introduction. "Nice to meet you, Shakara. You lead an interesting life!"

He lead her and Vixen back to the other two, who he suddenly felt he had neglected. He saw Miska over in a forest looking at something in a tree, adn Tiana had somehow pulled herself all the way to the top of Clubfoot Ridge in boredom. Jalon couldn't believe he even noticed her, since she was so high up and looked tiny from here.