♦Skyrise♦ 1x1 with ColorpawxKurious

[houndjaw]

Mercury came to a sudden jerk-stop as he heard a familair bark, coming only a few feet away from the black and white creature he had been scouting for. He took a couple of steps back, excitement making his muscles quiver as his blue eyes danced with eagerness. "Illusion?" the wolf barked, smiling his wolf grin.

Grim tore his gaze away, ending up at his gray-russet paws. "But the children are so young..." he doubted.

[Colorpaw<3]

Illusion barked again and looked up at Mercury. She tilted her head at his silly grin and jumped back as the badger tried to swipe at her. She growled and her fur even fluffed out a bit. She barked, but then it would be best if she retreated. She ran up to Mercury's side and butted him in the shoulder with her head, telling him to start running away.

"Trust me." Blossom whispered and smiled at him, nodding her head. "We can always just leave the pack and become loners if it made it easier on you."

[houndjaw]

Grim sighed, his eyebrows furrowed together. "It's only us six," he growled, "And besides, we could never leave the children."

Mercury, clearly misunderstanding Illsions's intentions, barked at the badger playfully, dancing away whenever it swiped its giant paw at them. "Look out!" he laughed, wagging his tail blissfully.

[Colorpaw<3]

"Oh, sorry, I forgot." Blossom whispered and sighed, glancing up at Grim. "You know what? Talk to me when you can be nice." She walked away from him, sighing.

"You idiot! Start running!" Illusion growled, butting him again in his shoulder with her head. She had always been scared of badgers, and she didn't ever want to get near one... let alone, have her brother play with it.

[houndjaw]

[Sorry if you took 'growled' the wrong way, I usually type that instead of 'replied' or 'barked. XP It's just another word for said.]

Grim sighed as Blossom padded away, then turned his gaze back to the mountains. "The mountains of Conri..." the wolf breathed gravely as a gust of hot wind blew into his face. "King of wolves..." The gray dragga shook his head and looked away, lost in his own thoughts.

"No way am I-" Mercury started, but a snarl had interrupted him. The silver wolf looked around from where it had come from, and found that a wolf had sprugn from the forest, hackles rasied. Mercury leaped infront of Illusion. "Stay back!" the male snarled at the approaching wolf while staying clear of the bewildered badger.
The stranger clawed at the badger with vicious claws, brown eyes flashing with anger. "Go back to your burrow, friend of Soil!" the wolf's vocie was hearty and cruel as he advanced the badger, and the low-crouching thing seemd to understand, and turned and left. The wolf looked up at a scowling Mercury and blinked, looking him up and down. "Yes..." he beganimmediately, as if nothign had happened. "You must be the Herder of the Sky..."
"What are you talking about? Who are you?" Mercury snarled, neck fur rising in defense. His claws unsheathed, and instantly the stranger let out a chuckle.
"I am merely a messenger of the Madge. Put your claws away, for they will become of use at a better time." The stranger chuckled in his deep voice, looking at the silver wolf before him and, the cinnamon-colored wolf behind him.

[Colorpaw<3]

(( Oh, no, it's fine! Blossom was just fed up with Grim. xD ))

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Blossom sighed and padded into her den, beginning to wonder about the whole prophecy idea. She lied down and sighed, curling up. She put her tail over her nose and before she could let her thoughts wander any farther, she was fast asleep.

Illusion blinked and looked up to see where the snarl was coming from. She stayed behind Mercury, her eyes scared. "Mercury, let's go back." she whispered in his ear, stepping back. (( WB ))

[houndjaw]

Mercury turned his head halfway, though his eyes never left the stranger. "No, let's stay." he murmured, somewhta drawn to the mysterious wolf that claimed to be a 'messenger'.
As Mercury spoke, the stranger's smile increased. The Protector is here, also. What joy! The prophecy is already beginning to form. he thought blissfully, his dark chestnut fur gleaming. "You are wary of me, I realize," the male murmured thoughtfully, "But I am to no harm to you, or your siblings, I assure you. Where are your parents?"
Mercury snarled again. "Why do you want to know?"
The stranger sighed and lollopped past the two juveniles, head high with confidence at where he was going. "My name is Sinnoch (pronounced Sin-ock, if wondering :B)," he suddenly spoke, though he hardly stopped to see if the two were listening. His pace was steady as he advanced onto the little camp set for the parents and children.
Mercury growled, but looked at Illusion. "Let's follow him." the male growled and, without waitign for his sister, trotted after the strong brown wolf.

Snow wrestled boredly with a blade of grass, which was clasped between her paws. It was an odd sight fo anyone passing, but she was so bored that the she-wolf was up for anything.

[Colorpaw<3]

(( Cool, cool, c: ))

Illusion looked up at the wolf with confused eyes. She sighed and blinked once they began to pad away, back towards camp. "Have fun with that." she whispered and started walking in the other direction. Negative thoughts began to come to mind as she padded through the forest. She was reminded of how her father didn't like her, how she never had any family of her own, and she kept telling herself how useless she was. She yawned and flicked her tail, quickening her pace a little. She did not want her brother following her.

Thunder sighed and padded back out of the den. Once he saw his sister, he smiled slightly and walked up to her. "Bored?" he asked and lied down in front of her, putting his paws down on top of hers. Though he was grumpy, there was still some kindness in him.

[houndjaw]

Mercury followed Sinnoch warily, tail swaying in the hot breeze as his deep blue eyes studied him.
Sinnoch could feel the juvenile's eyes on him, though he kept padding on until he reached teh end of the trees, and was immediately faced with a gray male and white female. He blinked his brown eyes in amusement, then trotted directly over to Grim, who sat staring at the mountains of Conri. "You are Grim." he yipped excitedly.

Grim snarled and backed away from Sinnoch, hackles raised. "Who are you?" he snarled, gray eyes flashing. He saw the strange wolf smile happly.
"A messenger of her's truely, nothing more." Sinnoch barked as hs gaze raked over Snow and Thunder. "And these are your children; the Chaser of Lands and the Runner of Water." he murmured, but he was giving away too much at the time.
"What?" Grim growled as Mercury came to his side, where his son bowed his head respectively as one would do for an alpha. "Blossom!" he barked fiercely, hoping that his mate would come.

Snow had leapt to her paws as soon as the dark wolf and Mercury appeared, sharp yellow eyes as cold and solid as flint. Her white fur began to rise as the stranger's gaze travelled over her andher brother, and she let out a high-pitched growl. "Who is he, Thunder?" she whispered fearfully, for the strange male carried a strong scent of travelling from many places on him. "He said he's a messenger from her's truely. Who's 'your's truely'?" The she-wolf's vocie shook.

[Colorpaw<3]

Blossom stuck her head out of the den once she heard Snow growling. She cocked her head to the side and ducked her head once her mate called for her. She trotted out of the den, narrowing her eyes once she got a close look at the wolf. Her gaze went from wolf to wolf; Mercury, who was way too happy for this; Grim, angry; Snow, worried, but angry; Thunder, confused... and angry. This wolf shouldn't be here. "Go away. Get out of here." she said softly, not wanting to hurt anybody's feelings... but she had to. "Please go."

Thunder slowly stood up and stood in front of Snow, keeping her back from the wolf. When the wolf mentioned him and Snow, calling him Runner of Water, he barked and barked. He turned around to face his worried sister. "It's alright, it's alright. Don't get scared. I'll protect you." he whispered and licked her forehead before he turned back around to face the wolf. "Get out of here, you freak of nature!" he snarled.