Username:Clytie (my cats name)
Kennel Number:20
Use:I don't know specifically yet. I will defiantly try to get art done of him, and I'm seeing a new siggy design in my future if I get him. Maybe I'll try to role-play with him, I've never really been good at roleplaying. Either way, I'm gonna give him as much love as possible.
Name:Toxic Midnight (Midnight for short, name explained in the story)
Gender:male
Species and/or specific breed:
wolf
Personality:Solitary, a loner, a hunter, not exactly a humorous wolf, strong, graceful, thoughtful, protective, quiet.
History/Background:It's the winter solstice festival that my parents throw every year, my family and friends come from the far reaches of Canada all the way to northern America to come to this party.
The evening before the holiday "bash" my parents organize me, and all of my fifteen brothers and sisters, plus seven spouses and nine nieces and nephews, my mothers parents, my fathers father, two aunts, one uncle (the rest arrive tomorrow), their spouses, four cousins, my father's two best friends, their wives and both of their children (only three), my mother's twelve best friends (as she puts it: "I'm easier to be around then your father"), once again their spouses, and this time there are twenty-one children, eight neighbors, and one mysterious fourth cousin twice removed, who sleeps, I'm positive, for 95% of his life, and only awakes for food. And remember, this is only the setting up of the party, tomorrow, ay least five hundred wolves will come with their family and most of them stay with us.
Now how do we live with all of them and still have plenty of room, you may ask. Alright, quick history lessen, my family is one of the oldest recorded families to move to this area (Dark forest, more about that later) and my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather was scouting out land when he tripped on a stick, and fell (conveniently) into our beloved home. What it really is is a huge catacomb of over ten old rabbit warrens, abandoned long ago, and we have been widening the tunnels side my great-great-great-great-great-grandfather magically landed in our now entry hall.
Well back to the present, from the youngest pup, to the oldest old wolf, we sweep and clean, straighten and throw out unwanted things. An old magical song that’s been passed down in this family is a song that lures fireflies to the singer. My father sits and howls, and our youngest participants take jam jars and run around jailing the fireflies in the jars, they then run to an adult to help them hang the jars from the ceiling.
Two of my cousins go through all the room stacking dry wood from last winter into the fireplaces with extra hemlock for kindling. My job is (with my cousin Annalise who’s two days apart from me) to go out and hunt. Maybe it’s not the most pleasant job, but I like it, I have always been outdoorsy, and running, and feeling the wind through my fur and the thrill of the chase, I love. Annalise and I make a good team silent and fast. We don’t talk much, but instead just let our feeling of companionship say all that’s needed. We have been very close for as long as I can remember, she is by far one of my favorite wolves. Most of my family leaves us alone, especially when we are together, as I mentioned before we don’t talk much, and we love to hunt together.
We feed most the family most of the time, although my mother loves to cook, so we really just supply the food. Honestly we are the only family that stills hunts for their meat, now we have butchers that are wolves who farm animals and kill them themselves and then other wolves can trade for the meat, all ready carved and divided into different types of meat, but my family decided to make use of our love of hunting, and some nights we have the forest to ourselves, especially in the winter, and this is one of the highlights of my life.
So tonight my mothers meat preference is four white rabbits, six elk, two jackrabbits, eight wild turkeys, and twenty-four sparrows to incorporate into her special dishes. Only some of her dishes have meat in them recently vegetarian dishes have become more popular, don’t ask me why, there are even some wolves who believes in hunted animal rights (weird, I know). But anyway, back to the hunt.
It has snowed recently and the frost crunches beneath my feet, Annalise is beside me and we don’t touch, but we’re close enough to share each other’s warmth. Suddenly I have an idea and I pick up my pace to a swift trot, pricking my ears, Annalise looks at me but does not question my sudden change in attitude, and just follows.
After about fifteen minutes we emerge out on an cliff, below us is the plateau we were headed to hunt the elk, in the distance are the faint outlines of mountains, but its above that takes my breath away. The sky is clear as I’ve ever seen it, and each star shines piercingly as if judgmental of the earth, toward the mountains is the moon, it is suspended in the sky, as if some invisible thread should hang it from the heavens above. The moon is of course full and bright, white. The wind picks up and ruffles our fur cold but refreshing. I love this place, home is a relative term to safety and security that’s used loosely by most, but to me home is this, it’s bright and dark, cold and fresh, with warmth as a precious gift that’s given no more then needed, but just enough to be sought after and not found. My home is the quiet and sounds of the forgotten. My home is the dreams that dance just out of your reach. My home is open space and emptiness and every thing that fills them. This is my home. Forever and always.
So today is the party, it’s going well. Not that I would know that is, I avoid everybody as much as possible, if I need to get from one place to another, then I slink by in the shadows. But I’m mostly just following my mother, she is one of the family favorites, and always has a group of goggled-eyed guest trailing her wherever she goes, amazed at her stories. And most of all, the one she tells….
Every.
Single.
Time.
Oh, And did I mention, it, the story, is (of course) about me. The one person here who does there best to avoid contact with anybody, and every year she insists. Every Year. And this year will be no exception, she is just now settling down on the couch (and so are most of guests). And so it begins….
“My darling Midnight, was born one night mid winter, a ball of fur and joy….
That is not how I was and she knows it, but for her, what others think of her is more important then the truth.
A few painful minutes later….
“….And it was on this fateful night that Midnight ventured too far out into the wilderness and a star hit him, it fell out of the sky, and it’s dust sprinkled his pelt permanently.”
Without meaning to, I feel my hackles rise, and my lips pull back, the family turns to look at me. They all stare at my glowing markings, reverence is in their gaze, and also….fear. I can’t stand it, I turn tail and run outside, I hear my parents call my name, but I don’t stop. That is until I stumble into the one place that could tug more heartstrings then I ever thought possible. This is the clearing (I’m sure of it). That is, the clearing where we buried my uncle. All right you deserve a story, let me backtrack, to the day I did come into this world, a bundle of joy? I think not!
The beginning of my life was uneventful, I was silent, and hardly ever spoke, not much of a difference from now. Not like some of the little hellions I know, just cold. But what my mom is hiding is the thing I saw when I followed my Uncle out one night. He noticed when he was halfway there, but instead he waited for me, and then continued. That’s on of the reasons I loved him, no sugarcoating, you were always old enough to understand the struggles in life. We finally emerged out on the plateau (the one we were at earlier) and trotted across until we were at the base of the mountains. We started to climb, I was short, still young, and he lifted me most of the way. When we reached our destination, it was a rocky out clip, that overlooked, structures I had only ever could have imagined. The structures of stories. The structures of humans. And they were destroying each other. Bright flashes of light illuminated the sky, and building would blow out ward. I could see no sign of teams. Bangs hurt my ears, and everywhere here where the animals of my dreams falling, and spilling there life everyway, staining both crumbled walls and my memories. I shook my head and tried to back away, but my uncle held me there. So I had no choice but to stand there and watch what was a legend in my species, kill each other. So I listened to my Uncle, I did not close my eyes, but stood and watched, watched when cries an pleas were abruptly cut off, watched when a building with beautiful paintings on it, caved in leaving nothing but derbies and dust. I watched when, an actual star fell out of the sky, out of nowhere, and hit the ground, and then I remember white everywhere, and the ground rushing up to meet my face, and the darkness fringing my vision before it took it over completely.
I awoke to my ncles face peering down st me.
Alright?
Yes.Silence.
Are they all gone?
Her looked at me.
Yes. I’m sorry midnight.I lay back down. My eyes nose and paw pads burned, there was a puddle near by and I went to for a drink of water to see if it would cure my burning throat. I yelped and jumped back, there was a creature into eh water that had stared by at me. But no, I chided my self, that is impossible. So I returned and peered over. Low and behold there it was a face. It was the face of a monster, its eyes and nose glowed, green and toxic. And it was my face
I turned to look at my uncle.
W-w-wh-what h-h-happ-p-end?
A bomb.I didn’t know what that was.
I’m sorry, it seems to be permanent. It must have burned you. You were to young.At this I bristled, but instead I said?
Permanent?He could see my dismay.
From every wound there is a scar, and every scar tells a story. A story that says, I survived. (unknown)
I looked at him and realized life is not about living longest, or having the biggest family, it’s about the experience and the respect you gain from them.
So from when I was a young pup, to now I raise my head high, and never forget that day.
Annaleise finds me.
Oh Toxic.And we sit together to watch the sun rise.
So in the end what have learned from my past life experiences?
I learned that hunting on the night before the winter solstice is beautiful.
I learned that my home is here.
I learned that nothing is perfect, and although my family may be flawed, they are flawed no more then I am, and nothing should ever come between us.
I learned that to raise my head is an important rule in life.
I learned that talking is not necessary.
And that forgiveness is crucial, forgive and forget, move on, love thrives on forgiveness, and we thrive on love.
Likes:
Cold
Night
Night sky
Fireflies
Hunting
Stories
Likes wolves acceptive of the truth
Annalise
Meat
Home
November
Friday
Running
Elk
Dark Blue
Green
White
Fires (as long as they're controlled)
Dislikes:
Summer
Rain
Herbal Tea
Mud
Talking
Wolves who engage him on talk
Loud noises
Flashes
Fuchsia
Early Mornings
Family get togethers
Staring
Thursday
Vegetables
Animal Rights Activists
Butchers
March
Swimming
thisain'tasceneit'sanarmsraceI don't know what this is, but I guess I'll keep it.