♦Skyrise♦ 1x1 with ColorpawxKurious

[houndjaw]

Snow giggled and stepped back, beautiful face breaking into a wolf smile.

Grim stalked forward, tail raised as high as he could, anger swirling in those gray eyes. "Where were you?" he growled, his vocie oddly calm.

Mercury enrvously shuffled his paws, not looking up.

[Colorpaw<3]

Blossom smiled happily and put her head down on top of Illusion's. "I wasn't going to leave you. I hope you know that." she reminded and smiled before looking back at Grim. "She's back. That's all that matters."

Illusion glanced up at her mother and whispered a thank you before she turned her gaze back down to the ground, not wanting to make eye contact with her father.

Thunder smiled at Illusion and then turned his gaze to Grim. "Aren't you happy that she's back?"

[houndjaw]

Grim ignored his family and stared coldly at his daughter, though he said nothing. After a few moments, he broke his gaze and looked abruptly at Conri. "We leave now, then." and with that, he put on a brisk pace toward the towering mountains.

Snow glacned back at Illusion sympatheticaly before paddign after her father with on light paws, ears flattened and body slightly downed towar the ground in submission.

Mercury scowled at his father behind his back, gray fur pricking annoyingly at his anger.

[Colorpaw<3]

Illusion ducked her head, her ears flat against her head. She wished that she had kept running away from them; it would make her father a lot happier. She sighed and padded slowly nudged Iehind them with her head bent down over the ground.

"You don't need to be a jerk about it!" Thunder barked at his father, narrowing his eyes.

Blossom frowned and nudged Illusion's side softly. "It's alright." she whispered softly. "He can be like that." she added and then looked up when she heard Thunder yelling. "Thunder, hush up! If you want to keep that tongue, you better be quiet." she scolded.

[houndjaw]

Grim turned just as Blossom spoke, eyes glaring at his son. "Know your place, Thunder, or I'll throw you out just like any old loner around here." The wolf spat, then began to tread on.

[Can we skip ahead, like, three days to when they're about to get off the mountains?]

[Colorpaw<3]

(( Yeah, sure! c: ))

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By the time they had got to the foot of the mountains, Illusion was exhuasted. She still felt bad about a couple days ago; how Thunder had stood up for her and then got scolded... he didn't seem to care though. Illusion wanted to rest a little more, her legs were aching, but she wouldn't be able to get away with that.

[houndjaw]

Grim stopped, tail raised as he told the others to stop, as well, gray eyes comprehending. "We'll rest for a few moments." The wolf announced, then sat down.

Mercury plopped down on his side, lungs heaving for air, tongue potruding from his mouth. "We finally made it over those blasted mountains!" The silver wolf barked happily and gave a thump of his tail.

Snow was staring up at the heated sky. No birds were in sight, no clouds. Everythign had vanished except for the circular orb scowling down at the wolves. She turned to Blossom. "Mother, when will we reach the ruins of Galhalt?" The young wolf asked, speaking of the abandoned city made by man thousands of years ago.

"No!" Grim growled, standing abruptly and turning on Snow. "You must'nt speak of the city! Not here, not now." He could tell they were all baffled by his sudden worry, but he explained. "The fortune-tellers may be watching us right now through their mind's eye. Don't speak of anything about Galhalt until we meet the fortune-tellers." The gray wolf stared sternly at his children.

[Colorpaw<3]

Illusion sighed happily and sat down on the ground, heaving in deep breaths. She made a small whining sound and looked up when her father yelled. She ignored it and turned her gaze forward, panting.

Blossom sat down next to Illusion and started grooming her daughter's face with fast strokes. "Are you alright, honey?" she asked softly and frowned. She jumped a little when she heard Grim, but she nodded in agreement. "He's right." she whispered and then went back to licking her daughter's head.

[houndjaw]

Grim sat back down, eyes turned toward the forest set infront of them.

"Mother," Mercury began, rolling until all four feet were on the ground. "What will we find there? At that place father was speaking of."

[Colorpaw<3]

Illusion thanked her mother and slowly got up and walked over to her sister. She sat down besides her and curled up to Snow.

Blossom nodded and touched her ear to Illusion's ear as she padded away, and then she turned to Mercury. "I don't know, and I don't care." she whispered to him. She crawled closer to her son and sighed, shrugging her shoulders. "It just seems messed up."