A Tale of Two Packs: Sky-Dogs (RP Thread)

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(Up in Starris, I doubt she’d need milk to survive, or else Anna and Merida would’ve been screwed. What I did for Anna and Merida, who were less than a month old, was that I had the water from the river healing and nourishing them until they were able to eat meat.)


COBALT | Former F-Pack Beta/Sky-Dog | Starris | Tagging: Octavia | Location: Starris Meadow


Cobalt's gaze softened. Something in the Pup's eyes was familiar, reminiscent of the Den Mother who he remembered having tended to him and his brother when they were young. Fire Pack, those eyes, priority to her sons. Just on a guess, he leaned forward. "Little one...was your mother's name after a leaf? Maple, perhaps?" He asked. It was a longshot, but it could do some good. Maple was close to her end. They could be reunited once Maple had passed on. He turned to Octavia.

"Young Octavia, her mother cannot be here now, perhaps not for many more months, or even a couple of years. This little one never experienced adult life. She is fated to remain this small forever, but will mature like any other wolf, should she choose one day she wants to grow up. However, while she can’t die again, she can be made unwell, ill, unprotected if she’s left on her own." Sorrow flickered through his eyes. "You never had the chance to have a mate or Pups of your own with the earth-dogs. I know it’s a huge responsibility, and I have no authority save for my seniority, but I think it’d do you some good to have someone to care for, and her to have someone to look up to." he gently nosed Rain towards the grey and white she-wolf. "Will you take care of her?"

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RAIN's eyes flickered from the grey she wolf back to the male. This place smelled oddly like the sky, or what she imagined stars would smell like. She even had stars in her own pelt! They were so cool! And sparkly! She had tried to shake them off but they weren't going anywhere. She sighed deeply, her eyes widening as her flickered between the to older wolves.

"Maple was mummies name! How did you know?" she asked him, gazing up at the male with round eyes. She felt her body being shifted towards the similar grey older female, but she didn't feel uncomfortable. She trotted up to the she wolf and yipped slightly.

OCTAVIA glanced at Cobalt, then looked down at the young female pup. She had never gotten to be a mother, but now was her chance. If she looked after this pup, she could give her a better chance at life. "Of course I'll look after you" she smiled down at the young wolf. She gently dipped her to pick up the young she wolf. She placed Rain on her back and nodded to Cobalt before heading off towards the river. She grabbed a ball of moss from one of the rocks by the water and dipped it into the water. She grabbed it in her jaws gently and nodded for Rain to sit. She padded over to the pup and gently lay down, placing the moss over her belly so she made it more comfortable for the pup to feed. She watched as the pup padded over and began to suckle the moss.

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COBALT | Former F-Pack Beta/Sky-Dog | Starris | Tagging: Octavia | Location: Starris Meadow


"Well, little one, I knew your mother," Cobalt told her. "She used to take care of me and my brother Max when we were very small, then she had to leave and become a loner after the birth of your older brother Ash," he explained. Although the news had not gone to many wolves on earth, in Starris, it was hard NOT to see the happenings of the earth-dogs. Cobalt's dark blue eyes settled on Octavia as she took the Pup to the water to drink. "Thank you. I know it’s a big undertaking."

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OCTAVIA lifted her head to glance over at Cobalt. “I always wanted a daughter. I could raise Rain as my own. I-“ she paused, her throat chocked up with emotion.

RAIN suckled happily, the water tasting good, if not better then her mother’s milk. Something pained her heart. She missed her mother.

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COBALT | Former F-Pack Beta/Sky-Dog | Starris | Tagging: Octavia | Location: Starris Meadow


"Most she-wolves do want Pups of their own at some point. Unfortunately, more than half usually never get the chance to have their own," Cobalt noted, shaking his head. "I saw you down on earth. This little one is safe with you. Though..." he glanced briefly towards the Pup. "Did she give us her name already, or was she too young for that?"

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OCTAVIA lifted her head once more as she watched Cobalt for a minute. She dared not move as she felt Rain’s little muzzle moving as she suckled on the moss. Rain paused what she was doing and glanced up at Cobalt. “Rain” she squealed up at him before continuing to drink.

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COBALT | Former F-Pack Beta/Sky-Dog | Starris | Tagging: Octavia | Location: Starris Meadow


"Hail, Rain, daughter of Maple." Cobalt dipped his head to the youngster. He watched her as she drank. It’d been a while since he himself had drawn water from the sweet moss, but he still remembered its taste. He’d lived off that until he’d come to trust the prey here.

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Octavia settles down more into the ground, a steady sigh escaping her mouth as she settled down. Rain squeaked slightly and pulled back from the moss and trotted to Cobalt. She was finished anyways. Octavia sat up and watched her for a bit. “What is this place?” Rain asked.

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COBALT | Former F-Pack Beta/Sky-Dog | Starris | Tagging: Octavia | Location: Starris Meadow


Cobalt's eyes filled with sorrow. It was one thing- and hard enough- to explain Starris to an adult wolf, but to explain to a young one that they wouldn’t get to live our their life...that was another thing altogether. The big black wolf heaved a heavy sigh and sat down. "Little Rain...your mother couldn’t save you. I’m so, so sorry. This place is called Starris, and the wolves here are the Sky-Dogs. We've finished our lives down on earth, and continue them up here. Eventually, all wolves who are good and true wind up here," he explained.

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RAIN’s tailed wagged back and forth as she looked up at the older wolf. OCTAVIA stood behind her, her brow creased as she looked at Cobalt, waiting to see what he would say to the youngster. RAIN’s eyes widened as she listened to the older wolf talk. “What... what about my brothers?” She asked, her heart thumping in her chest.