The Crystal River Pack: The Search for Paradise (Now's a good time to join if your wolf likes snow xD)

"Okay then. Nice to meet u Lily." She smiled stayed still, knowing she shouldn't move so much. She closed her eyes and thought of why this wolf,Lily picked her up.

((I'm using a much wider computer now than I was before, so posts look a lot shorter. I won't be reinforcing the one-liner policy as much, since on this computer everything looks like a one-liner, but I do appreciate effort in posts.))

Swallowtail was about to reach the den when she looked back at Lily to make sure she was following. The blue wolf had heard talking, but wasn't sure of what it was. Now that she looked back, though, she noticed that Lily had been carrying the pup the entire way. With an exasperated sigh, Swallowtail stopped at the cave entrance and turned around, dropping the rabbit at her paws just long enough to talk.

"So you're Arcticfur, right?" she asked the pup. Her eyes showed an emotion that was half concern and half frustration. "We'll be traveling a lot, since my pack and I are looking for a new territory to replace this barren one--" a listener could hear a slight growl in her voice, though the growl wasn't directed at the pup-- "so I only hope that you can survive."

Her ears angled forward for a moment, then she turned to the inside of the cave. Apparently, they were the first ones back. The alpha decisively moved toward the inside of the den, and put the fresh-kill to one side as she looked at Lily and Arcticfur. "You two can share that. I'm going out to find everyone else." With that, she headed back out, on the scent trail of her packmates. She could smell Am's trail, apparently independent and heading straight for the riverbed; Luciano's trail, which was fading because Swallowtail had been following his scent in the first place; and finally, Storm's trail. However, as she followed the latter, the scent began to mix, and Storm began to merge just into sight.

"What's going on?" Swallowtail asked as she approached Storm and the other wolves, one of which was Luciano. Surprise flickered in Swallowtail's eyes as she looked at the three.

Am finally reached the dry riverbed, where he had been standing about a day before. He wasn't about to leave the pack, but he wanted some more alone time, away from the others. Not used to having a family, he preferred to have some time to himself rather than hang out with a lot of unknown wolves. He trusted Swallowtail, but it was his nature to be solitary. For now, he wanted to analyze the territory for a while longer. It would be an advantage had the off-chance event of enemies attacking occurred.

He tilted his nose to the wind. Wolf scents were wafting from quite a while away, and he might have smelled Swallowtail and a couple of others, although he wasn't sure. Am stood on "his" hillside, scanning the ruthless land below. The pack would have to find a place to live - and fast. Wolves couldn't live here. Nothing could.

Arcticfur looked up when the blue wolf spoke to her. "Um yes." Arcticfur listened to the wolf and nodded. She tried to looked up at Lily. "You can put me down now," she said smiling. Once Lily put her down she looked around the cave. She walked around it and smelt every corner. She liked exploring but this was different. She was in the den of other wolves and quite trust any of them yet. She was sure they would try to hurt her. She laided down by the side of the cave wall. Putting her head on her paws she watched Lily then glanced at the blue wolf that ran back off. She sighed and looked back at Lily. "Why did you save me?" Now looking at the cave floor with her blue eyes.

Arcticfur watched Lily a little long then crawled over to the kill. She picked it up and took it over to the purple wolf with her head almost looking at the top of the cave so that she wouldn't trip over it but still almost did. She put it down by Lily's paw and stepped back a few steps then laid back down. Her ears were down so that it looked like she was in trouble but she knew her place here already. She knew she was the youngest and wasn't going to be of any help. She looked out of the cave for the blue wolf or any other wolves.

Luciano was having too much fun with Solace to notice Storm or Swallowtail as they approached.

Solace's ears whipped around at the bark, but then tackled the other male anyway. It could wait.

Luciano growled at the toxin green wolf as a sign that it wasn't funny anymore, and regained his composure. Great, Solace's first introduction to Swallowtail and they both look like adolescents. 'Greetings, Swallowtail. I- guess I didn't notice you. This, is, Solace." He said, pointing to the other wolf who was using his wings to push himself up off the ground.

Solace stared blanly ahead as he normally did, even though he could see the blue alpha-figure in his peripheral vision. "Salutations." He said, stretching his wings and then resettling them close to his spine.

Swallowtail nodded to Luciano, then looked to Solace with her posture straight. The strange wolf was light yellow-green and black, with feathered wings and light gray eyes. Swallowtail watched him for a moment, then tilted her ears towards Luciano. "So you two know each other?" she asked, growing impatient. She should howl soon to gather the pack together so they could get moving before the day was over. She anxiously looked toward the north for a moment, then focused again on Luciano and Solace.

Storm watched Solas carefully, she still couldn't get past his wings. Then she turned her attention to the conversation, "I'm Storm," she interjected for SOlace's sake, then berated herself for speaking wihtout really thinking it over first. Storm swished her tail over the ground, sudenly shy for being made look a fool in front of what could possibly be the only other wolf she would meet with wings that were similar to her own.

Solace smiled, walking over to Storm and gazing over her. Another winged wolf, good. They could both be good help to the pack when they got moving, but he didn't bother to announce the awkward thought. "So, what's your power?" The toxing green male suggested, trying to pick some non-irrelevant topics.

Luciano turned to leave with Solace's small kill pile, and headed back down the riverbed. He laughed inwardly at Solace becuase of how oblivious he was at times, but then stopped because they both were.

((Sorry, I wasn't feeling up to posting earlier... I was in a bad mood.))

Swallowtail nodded to Luciano, looking at Solace cautiously as he introduced himself to Storm. There were a lot of wolves in Swallowtail's pack now, and that might make traveling difficult, but when they went up north where there were more deer, groups would be good. Plus, it was apparent that Solace could fly, so he wouldn't really get in the way. She nodded to him, silently but welcomingly, and then looked up to the sky. Her chest puffed out for a moment, and then she let out a howl that transferred the message that she wanted her packmates to be near her. Hopefully Lily and the pup would be okay.

Solace smiled mischeviously, and hissed like a snake.
"I guessss you'll have to do the sssame."
He said, walking torwards Luciano and Swallowtail.

Luciano laughed at his friend and dipped his head.

Arcticfur stood up and looked at the wolves around her. She backed up behind Lily's front legs. She saw the blue wolf and again but she had never seen the others. She looked up at Lily then back at the others. Wow they are big,she thought.

((Splash, that purple is hard for me to read against the black background...))

Swallowtail turned around and wagged her tail in approval as she saw Lily and Arcticfur returned. After a moment of looking at them with bright eyes, she turned in a circle and wondered if the rest were coming. She was sure that they had heard her howl... unless they were in trouble. But then they would surely howl back. They would send out a distress call or something.

Am's ears pricked on his hillside. A howl emanated confidently from the distance - if his hearing wasn't failing him, it was evidently Swallowtail calling for a gathering. He lifted his foreleg bearing the severed forepaw and tipped his muzzle to the sky. Opening his jaw slightly, he let a howl fly from his throat, the low bass note echoing across the barren land. After a few seconds, he calmly lowered his neck again, flipping his ears back to their original position. Confidently, he trotted - and then ran - down the hillside, tearing over the grassless plains below towards the source of his leader's howl. His pace slowed considerably after about thirty seconds, and within a few minutes he halted by the side of the blue wolf.

"Here and accounted for," he announced, resting his three paws.

((Almost typed "pause" instead of "paws."))

Luciano jabbed Solace angrily, but then maintained his position by Swallowtail.
"Get ahold of yourself." He growled between his teeth.

Solace hissed at him like a cat would and sat back up straight. Brothers- always trying to keep you in line when they're the ones who need help.
He huffed annoyedly and scratched a patch of fur behind his horns with a front paw.