Home at last

[arora]

arora stooped arguing with zurara to listen to dawn speak. puzzled buy what she had just heard she said to dawn. "i didn't know that, and she doesn't control me she has no hold over me... except my life but i hold hers as well." arora glanced an evil look at zurara who had listen to our conversation with interest. "oh yes arora i could end your life IF i wanted to but i would much rather live and tell the tell of killing you." zurara said glancing over dawn and arora as she spoke. "your not killing me nor are you ever going to." arora said standing up straight to meet eye to eye with zurara. "oh really well then please do tell me who is winning this fight right now? in case you hadn't noticed your still bleeding." zurara said with a smug smile on her face. arora started to laugh know that zurara had lost track of time. startled and irritated zurara growled at arora. "whats so funny?" she said looking at arora. "it seems as though i have won this little battle of ours!" arora said with a huge friendly smile on her face and nodding twords the rising sun. "you tricked me arora!" zurara said running for the shadows. "i cant trick the sun to come up zurara." arora said with a laugh. the sun broke over the horizon and light up everything in its path zurara was running for the shadows but the sun caught up to her before she could, not that it would have worked anyways, zurara howled out a long and ticked off howl and disappeared going back into the necklace from once she had came from. arora walked over to the necklace and put it back round her neck making sure it wasn't cracked or anything like that. arora looked at dawn and smiled a faint smile but passed out onto the ground from blood lose. her wings took a defensive stage and wrapped around aroras body acting like a shield from the outside world, force of habit really...

[hitobannofokkusu]

Dawn watched the scene unfold with interest. It was strange to see someone who didn't know about their condition yet. When the sun rose she watched as the demon was sucked into the necklace and Arora's careful searching of the jewel to make sure that it was unharmed. She padded over to the buck she'd drug in earlier and pulled it toward the cave entrance. She stopped when she neared the waterfall and turned back.

"Are you coming?"

[arora]

hearing dawns voice she folded her wings back up, she glanced at Dawn with heavy eyes. "ye.. yeah." arora said staggering up to meet dawn buy the entrance of the waterfall. with every step she took she winced with pain. "I'm hear..." she said looking at the ground.

[hitobannofokkusu]

Dawn watched the painful struggle for the wolfess to get to the cave entrance, and she knew that there was no way she was getting in on her own. As she looked down, Dawn moved toward her and crawled under. She stood, groaning slightly under the heft of not only the wings, the wolf, and the demon necklace, but the strange weapon on her back as well. She staggered up the cliff face, struggling greatly to not topple over into the water. Finally she snuck behind the curtain of water and put Arora down on the cave floor. She turned to smile at Kage, and was surprised to find him...not there.

She scanned the whole cave and discovered that no one was there. She was half-expecting Hitoban to not be back yet, but she was expecting Tsuki and Kage to be there. I'm just being worried. They're probably down in the grotto. She glanced behind her at Arora and decided that taking the secret tunnel would have to wait. She didn't know the girl, and for all she knew, she could be a spy or something. She padded over to the bed made for two and lay down on it.

"So how did you find this place Arora?"

[arora]

glancing up to dawn as she made her way to the bad that was made for two. she started to stand up and head over when she remember her question. "oh well i was on my own in the forest when i came by rin's sent i have know rin for a very long time and when i went to investigate... well lets just say i slide into the conversation." arora said this with a humerus smile on her face. "and after rin had told hitoban that i was not an enemy or anything like that she offered for me to come back with them so i did, but unfortunately i hadn't realized that it was the full moon and Zurara is allowed to come out every full moon or when i am in danger... so for their safety i left just for to night and told hitoban that i would return in the morning. so here i am." she said sitting down not being able to make it to the bad. "i am really surprised that you cloud even lift me dawn. my sword on my back is a demon sword and no one can pick it up except for me... it must have weekend in the battle." she said laying down on the floor.

[hitobannofokkusu]

Dawn saw Arora moving toward her bed and subtly stretched out over it. She didn't want to be rude, but normally even pack members aren't allowed into the cave. She just wouldn't have a guest laying where Kage normally lay. A soft sigh escaped her when she lay down on the floor.

She listened to her sword explanation and shrugged. "I've always been stronger than most of my kind. I'm just not specifically tired right now."

[arora]

nodding at dawns response she layed her head down on the cold ground. "being strong is good... i supose... the ground is nice and cold... i like it." she said nodding off to sleep. her vision darkened and fell off into a deep slumber, she could feel the heat escaping from her body as the cold ground sucked it away. her dark vison suddenly turned into a dream of her past. she could see her mother and father standing there, behind them the warm sun shined beautifuly. i was running tripping and stumbling as a ran to catch up with them but no matter how fast i ran i never could catch up with them. then suddenly they disappeared i was all alone, i could hear voices talking saying horrible things about me. everything hushed to a whisper. "arora" i hear someone whisper into my ear startled i woke up. standing to my feet and noticing she was sleeping. "well it looks like my wounds are already healing up." she thought to her self with a sigh.

[hitobannofokkusu]

Dawn laid her head on her paws, facing Arora. She watched her until she fell asleep, and then she closed her eyes. She didn't fall asleep, needing to watch the cave for Hitoban. She wondered where she was, and she wondered where the boys were. Shimo and Mar she figured were in the grotto, but Hitoban and the boys should have been up here.

When Arora woke up, she opened one eye, just to keep an eye on her.

[arora]

arora looked around the cave and then to dawn. "i know your not sleeping... do you have any idea where the others had gone to? the last place i seen them where in the healers wing." she said looking off in different directions as she spoke.

[hitobannofokkusu]

Dawn looked at her out of her open eye, then shrugged. She rolled onto her side and sighed.

The Healer's Wing is in the grotto, so that's probably where they are.

[arora]

arora looked at dawn as she sighed. "then why are we here and not there?" she asked puzzeled.

[hitobannofokkusu]

Dawn turned her head to hide her rolled eyes. How naive was this girl? Had she never seen pack hierarchy before? Dawn turned back to look at her, then out at the glistening fabric of the waterfall. She spoke sort of monotone, entranced by the dancing and sparkling that the cascading water emitted. It was all second-nature to her, so she didn't have to think of what words to say.

"This is where I live. Hitoban lives here too, but she probably doesn't know that I'm back yet. I am the Betess of Kuran no Hikari, and she is the Alphess. Tsuki and Kage, the Alpha and Beta, have gone somewhere and I don't know when they will return, but they live here as well. Everyone else lives in the grotto. The reason Hitoban's not here right now is because, like I said before, she probably thinks I'm still out and she doesn't want to be alone."

[arora]

noticing dawn was getting annoyed at her she turned as she spoke. "oh right well its just been so long sense i have ran pack thats all you kinda forget whats going on and all." she said turning back around to look at the waterfall.

[Rynn]

Rin woke slightly groggy, she stood and rolled her shoulders before stretching and looking around the cave. Where was everyone? Kaze was still asleep where he had been but she didn't see or hear Hitoban or Maname...where had they gone? She shrugged and laid back down relaxing.

[hitobannofokkusu]

Dawn listened to Arora's reply, a slight guilt creeping in the pit of her stomach. When she mentioned running a pack, she perked her ears, surprised.

"You used to be an Alphess? Where was it you lived?"

Maname stretched, hearing movement in the main room. She had been awake for a while, normally only getting two or three hours of sleep a night for her restlessness, and she wanted to let them know that she was available if needed.

She stood and walked out of her room, peeking in at Hitoban. One of her eyes was open, but she couldn't tell if she was awake or not.

"My Lady?"

Hitoban's other eye blinked open and she yawned. Apparently she had been sleeping, just with one eye open. "Yes Maname?"

"Oh, I'm sorry to disturb you. I was only wondering if you were awake."

Hitoban stood and stretched, then padded over to her. "It's alright. I needed to wake up anyway. Do you know if Dawn is back yet?"

"I haven't heard from her as of late, Lady Hitoban, but I would think she is."

"Thank you Maname. I am going to go and check on the cave."

"Yes My Lady."

Hitoban and Maname both left the Wing, Hitoban going to the right and Maname going straight toward Rin and Kaze. She noticed that it was Rin who was awake and whispered to her.

"How are you feeling this morning, Miss Rin?"

Hitoban slipped unnoticed up into the secret tunnel, winding and twisting to get through the other side. She shook herself off and quickly shrunk back into the shadows when she saw two wolves there. After further inspection, however, she saw that it was Dawn and Arora. She padded out silently, a grin on her face, and tackled Dawn.

"Dawn! So glad to see you've returned!"

Dawn, who hadn't heard Hitoban sneak up on her, laughed when she recognized the blur of red black and white to be Hitoban. She pushed her off of her and shook the loose stones from the cave out of her fur.

"Glad to see you as well Hito. I thought for sure you were a goner when I left. I can see Maname's been taking good care of you."

"Yes, she has indeed. I might've died if Maname wasn't here. I see you've met Arora."

Dawn's tone was slightly bored when she said "Yeah, I have." It quickly returned to normal, however, when she spoke next.

"So how are the boys doing? Are they down in the grotto?"

Hitoban shook her head in answer. "No, they've left on some family adventure, or so Kaze tells me. I wonder when they'll be back. They'd better not get into trouble on the way, or they'll have it when they get back." Hitoban laughed as she spoke, knowing that there would be no trouble for them when they returned.

"Oh, I see. Well why didn't they say goodbye?" Dawn was going through the same thing Hitoban went through when she first heard that they'd left without a word.

"I'm sure they would have if they could have."

Dawn smiled and lay back on her bed, sighing. "It's good to be home. There's a nice buck in the food storage room if you'd like some."

"Thanks, I will." Hitoban padded over to the food storage and dragged the huge buck out the door, into the middle of the room. She tore off a large chunk of it and padded to her own bed. She didn't stretch out over Tsuki's spot as Dawn did, but she looked at it longingly. When she was finished with her meal, she turned her attention to Arora.

"Sorry about ignoring you there for a minute, we just had a bit to catch up on. Would you like some deermeat?"