Roleplaying

For once Sora did not want to be alone. She listened to what Justin told her. After a while, she got up and padded over to Justin, her claws softly clicking on the stone. Once she was close enough, Sora curled up beside him. It was not so much the weather that Sora decided to curl up next to Justin than the fact that Sora missed being able to be so close to him. Since the pack had been reunited, they hardly had the time to say hello, much less spend time with each other.

Sora rubbed her head under Justin's chin. "I don't hate you. No, I do not hate you at all. i could never hate you Justin." Sora mumbled sleepily as she set her head on Justin's paws. She trusted him completely. "I love you, Justin," She whispered as softly as she could. For the second time that evening, tears were threatening to overwhelm Sora, only, this time they were from happiness and relief. Justin did not hate her after all.Although she had nightmares in the past, Sora could tell that tonight would be an exception. Soon Sora was sleeping soundly.

Sora woke up and carefully got up, trying not to wake up Justin. She stretched and wagged her tail softly when she saw Justin. The moon was still up. It looked like a full moon tonight. Soon it would be the end of the world or so the noble said. Sora knew that nobles were not to be trusted but Sora had a bad feeling that what he said about the world ending was true. If that was the case, then the pack had to leave as soon as Raiku's injuries healed.

Sora must have woken Justin up because she saw his dark brown fur out of the corner of her eye. She nuzzled him briefly, then said, "I think we should return back to the pack soon. We don't have much time." Sora stared up at the moon. She could not tell if it was a full moon, but it was full enough to worry her. She wondered if Justin understood what she was saying.

To be honest, Sora was reluctant to head back. When she returned, she would be back in charge of the pup that she found. Sora decided to name her Star since Sora did not actually know the pup's real name. On top of that, someone in the pack had to step up to become the Alpha. Sora was willing to become the Alpha for a while. For how long though, she did not know. All she knew was that it would be a lot of hard work. Hopefully Justin would help her lead the pack. One thing was for sure-Sora would not let anyone die while she was in charge.

Sora spent a little more time with Justin before they both headed back home. Sora ended up saying, "Justin, if it's okay with you, I'd like to become your mate." She knew that what she said was probably really obvious and sounded a least a little dumb, but she had to say it.

Soon, Sora and Justin were passing the ledge that Sora usually howled on. Before they returned home, Sora decided to play fight with Justin but it did not last long. Sora smelled blood on the breeze. Instantly the playful look on Sora's face vanished and was replaced with a concerned look. Sora raced towards the den with Justin close behind her. As soon as Sora returned back home she was met with a gruesome fight. Star was lying down in a small pool of blood, almost lifeless. Sora curled up around Star and licked her wounds. "What happened?" Sora asked. She and Justin had only been gone for two days. How did something like this happen while they were gone? Knowing Star, she had probably been caught between two fighting wolves. The question was which ones?

Sora growled at any other wolves who tried to get close. The only wolf she trusted around Star right now was Justin, no one else. Taking charge of the pack would have to wait for now. Star had gotten injured, so that was Sora's first priority for now. Sora knew that someday soon she would have to fight Raiku for the Alpha position of the pack. Knowing Raiku, she would just charge towards Lunar Mountain and get the whole pack killed. Sora had to take command of the pack before it was that happened. At the moment though, Star needed to be taken care of. "Star, don't die on me. Please don't die." Sora told her.'I can't have you die on me. Hold on just a little longer. You'll get better. I promise.'

Sora nodded her head at what Raiku said. She knew that the pack should have moved on long before now but she also knew that if she had left, the pack would not want to split up. If Sora had left, only Justin and Star would have followed her. Sora watched as Raiku rose and left at a rapid pace towards this dangerous city that she was talking about.

It was funny how Raiku only told Sora goodbye. Sora had been expecting her to tell Firin and Lillian goodbye. Sora knew that one day they might fight for the Alpha status. She hoped that she would not have to but had a feeling that it would be inevitable. Star would probably be fine to travel in a few days, so Sora had to prepare for the journey before then.

Once Sora had calmed down a bit, she decided to watch over Star a little while before she went off hunting. That night, she walked straight up to Axel and asked him if he could teach her how to fight better. Sora had not had a whole lot of practice and did not want to head into battle again without really knowing how to fight properly. Axel did not answer immeadeately but reluctantly agreed. He probably wasn't fond of fighting she-wolves or teaching them how to fight for that matter.

Sora knew that Axel could be really rough around the edges especially when fighting, but he had the most fighting experience out of all of them. Sora came back tired, sore and a little beat up but by the time Star got better, Sora would know how to fight. She had a couple minor cuts here and there, but that was to be expected. Justin probably saw her learning how to fight from Axel. On the way to the city, Sora could teach Justin the fighting moves that she learned.

Before she nodded off to sleep, Sora told the pack that they were moving out in five days, no longer. "Firin, you can head on ahead if you would like. Raiku might need your help. She can be...a little reckless sometimes and I don't think her injuries have healed completely yet." Sora curled up next to Justin, Star and Lillian, eventually falling asleep.

Sora's tail slowly swept across the floor once she found out that Star was alright. It looked like she just needed some more rest. That and Veronica had helped to heal her injuries while Sora had been outside. Star was really rambunctious and playful today. Unfortunately, she was also a devious little pup as well. Sora was going to clean Star up a bit to get the last traces of blood off her fur. Sora knew that Star hated baths but this one was necessary. Of course Star protested it and squirmed away from her. What Sora had not anticipated was Star rolling in a pile of mud and rubbing it all off on Justin's dark brown fur.

"Star!" Sora said sternly. "We do not smear mud on our packmates." Sora kept her voice steady and calm when talking to Star. It looked as though Sora had lots of experience when it came to this but this was actually the first time that she had ever disciplined a pup. Star looked crushed after this, so Sora quickly added,"Besides, I don't think that Justin appreciates being smeared with mud." Sora looked at Justin's fur, then back at Star. "Oh, and Star, if you had held still and not run off, I would have given you a few good licks and let you run off to play. Since you got yourself all muddy, now I have to give you an extra long bath. Before that, I want you to apologize to Justin. That action was uncalled for."

'Strange' Sora thought.'The snow is already melting. Have we really been here for so long? Winter is turning into spring sooner than I thought. I wish I knew how many red moons we had left before the end of the world.' Her thoughts were soon interrupted by her pack.

Sora's thoughts were interrupted when Justin came towards her and Star with his coat full of mud. "Justin...No! Justin don't you..." Sora tried to avoid getting hit with mud but the look in Justin's eyes told her what he was planning next. Before she could get out of the way, Justin "plopped" down and splattered just about everything and everybody within ten feet with mud, not to mention Sora's face. Needless to say, Sora was not amused about getting plastered with mud, especially the mud that managed to land on her face.

Shortly after this and Justin explained that he would wash the mud off, Sora was seen briskly trotting in the general direction that Justin was. Sora was going to wash off all of this mud soon but she had other plans at the moment. As Justin leaned down to get rid of all of the mud, Sora slid into the side of him and swept his paws out from under him, causing Justin to fall into a large puddle of mud. "You forget," she said as she tripped him, "that I lived in the mountains once." Sora then flashed him a playful look that said, "Come at me, if you dare."