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"That good for nothin', canker livered, mange pelted mutt!" Crescent swore as they headed down the mountian. "How dare she insult me like that?"
"Calm down Crescent." Rocky sighed and flicked her shoulder with his tail tip. She'd been cursing Everest since they left. Crescent shot him an icy glare. "Don't ever tell a girl to calm down." She hissed. "And no. She deserves it. I should have clawed her stupid face when I had the chance." She flexed her claws.
Rocky sighed. "No. It was wrong to have you meet in the first place. It's just..." He broke off.
"What?" Crescent looked at him. "It's just what, Rocky?"
He hook his head. "Nothing." His tone provoked no arguement. They were silent for the rest of the trip.
When they got back, Crescent lept out of the truck and headed over to her tree. She was stopped midway by Skye.
"Hey Crescent." She greeted in that ever-cheerful bark of hers. "Where have you guys been? You missed breakfast."
Crescent clearly wasn't in the mood to talk. "Rocky took me to meet Everest, and it didn't go so well." Skye couldn't hold in a gasp of surprise. "He took you to see Everest?" She echoed. Crescent angled her ears toward the gray dog walking toward them. "He'll tell you the whole story." Then she stepped around Skye and over to thre base of the tree, which she scored her claws down the moment it was in reach.
"Wow. She's really upset." Skye commented to Rocky without shifting her gaze from the angered wolf-dog.
Rocky nodded, but didn't say anything. "What in the wide wide world of everything made you think it was a good idea to let those two meet. You know about Everest's thing with wolves."
"But Crescent's NOT a wolf!" Rocky protested. "Look at how well she's settled in. A wolf couldn't do that." "Rocky, she's more wolf than an actual wolf." Skye said matter-of-factly. "Look at her. She still upholds all the wolf traditions and such. I mean, have you ever heard of a dog sleeping in a tree? And look at the way she refuses to eat dog-food. Only living prey. It must be hard for her. I mean, living with a paw in two worlds." Rocky sighed. "I suppose your right. But, what if she decides to go back? What will I do then?"
Skye smiled. "You'll let her go, knowing it's what she chooses, and what will make her happy."
Rocky rolled his eyes. "I hate it when your right, Skye. You know that, right?"
"I know." She giggled. "Now come on, let's go see Ryder and get you something to eat." Rocky followed her over to the Lookout.
Crescent, absorbed in her own venting, never noticed the pair walking to, and finally dissapearing inside the Lookout. Seeing they were gone, she sniffed and swiftly climbed up her tree. She didn't stop at the bottom branc this time, like she usually did, but went up higher, leaping up the branches like they were rocks, until she finally got to the top. From here, she could see nearly all of Adventure Bay. She sighed at the view.
"Well, not near as pretty as the view from the top of Cougar's Ridge, but I guess it'l have to do." She whispered to herself and laid down on the branch, observing the town for any signs of movement.
"You did WHAT?" Ryder nearly yelled the question. His releif in seeing that Rocky and Crescent were safe had quickly turned to anger and annoyance when he heard Rocky's explanation. He turned his glaring brown gaze on the pup in the center of the floor.
"I took her to see Everest." Rocky said, boldly meeting his owner's gaze. "Rocky, what were you thinking?" He didn't wait for a reply. "You obiously wern't, or else you wouldn't have done this!" He started pacing. Rocky sighed, whenever Ryder started pacing it meant he wasn't going to shut up for awhile.
"You know about Everest's...issue...with wolves, or half wolves, or, or eighteenth wolves!" He hissed. "She told us on the way back to Adventure Bay the night we invited her to join. Don't you remember? Or have you forgotten?"
Rocky didn't reply.
"I thought we all agreed that we'd arrange a meeting before hand, and tell them about the other BEFORE they met face-to-face!" "I thought she was ready!" Rocky spat, matching Ryder's attitude. "I was taking them to meet in peace! I would have called Everest on the way, but I didn't want to offend Crescent. I did it to protect her! Don't you think it would have been been harsher for her to hear, 'Well, I'm sorry Crescent, but we have to call Everest before and tell her everything about you before you meet?' I sure do!"
"Well how'd that work out for ya?" Ryder threw back at him. Then he sighed. "Sorry. I'm just really worried about this. If we can't find a way for them to get along it could split the team." He shook his head. "We're lucky that they didn't get into a fight already."
You've got me to thank for that. Rocky thought grimly, aloud he said, "Yeah, REALLY lucky."
"Stupid wolf. How dare she come to MY home and do that. It's like she thought I was going to steal her man or something. So untrusting and cruel. Huh! And here I am surprised about it. Typical wolf! Well, she can have him! It's not like I wanted him in the first place." Everest spat as she paced in circles around the floor of her cabin that she shared with Jake. She shook her head. "I was just greeting my friend, nothing more!" She hissed and lashed her tail. "Oh, why'd it have to be a wolf. A wolf. Of all things!" She wailed and laid down, resting her head on her paws. Jake wouldn't be back for another three nights, she was all alone until then. She had thought about seeing if she could stay at the Lookout until he returned, but there was no way now. "Not with that wolf there." She muttered. She closed her eyes as an old memory flashed back to her.
"Come on Everest! Is that all you got?" A small, blue-gray husky pup called down to her from a snowbank. Everest looked up at her brother and growled playfully. "I'll get you one day, Slate! Don't you worry about that!"
Slate rolled his eyes. "Yeah, tell that to the snowball on your face!" Everest was confused. "What snowball?" She was interrupted by a glob of snow smacking her strait in the muzzle.
"This one!" Slate erupted into laughter, rolling so much he almost toppled off the snowbank.
Everest shook off the powdery frozen crystals and glared up at her brother. "I'll teach you to throw snow at me!" She yelped and raced up the snowbank, leaping on her brother and sending them both rolling down the side.
"Hey!" Slate yelped and tried to throw her off once they reached the bottom. The two chased and wrestled with each other for awhile, all well getting dangerously close to the border...
"Ha! How's that for a girl pup!" Everest yipped triumpantly as she pinned Slate down. He struggled to push her off. "Alright! Alright! You win!" He yelped. "Just get off me."
Everest giggled and lept off. Slate sat up again and looked around. "Any idea where we are?" He asked.
Everest looked around as well. "Nope. Not a clue." She suddeny got a weird feeling, one that made her feel as vulnerable as a squirrel surrounded by cats. "Hey Slate." She whispered to er brother, who had turned his attention on a leaf blowing in the breeze. "Do you feel like, like your being watched?"
"Huh?" Slate asked as he pinned the leaf under his paws. At that moment, a dog, larger then any husky she'd ever seen, lept out of the bushes and whacked Slate with it's paw. He flew trew the air, hit the ground with a yelp of pain, and didn't get up again.
Everest squealed in fear and backed up, only to land in the paws of another of those fearsome creatures. It bent down and sniffed her. "A husky." It said. It's voice told Everest it was a female. "Well what's it doin 'ere? On OUR territoreh?" The one who'd smaked Slate snarled. "I took care'a that one. I could deal with this one two, eh?" He swiiped his tounge around his jaws and extended a paw towards the quivering pup. But the other wolf smaked it away. "No Orion." She growled. "Let me handle her." She bent down and smiled at Everest. "What's your name, little one?" She asked, her voice soft.
"E-e-e-everest." She managed to stammer out. The creature looming above her stroked her back with a large paw. "It's alright. I'm not going to hurt you." She glanced over at Slate's lifeless form. "Can't say the same about that pup though." She whispered. Then she picked Everest up by her scruff. "Come on Orion." She managed to say through a mouthful of fur. "Let's head back to camp."
"Wait!" Everest barked, all her fear gone or a minute. "Where are you taking me? What about Slate? Is he okay? I wanna go back to my mum!" She squealed and kicked weakly, trying to writh out of the dog's grip. Her captor groaned. "Shut the hell up." She hissed. I'm helping you. I'm Luna, by the way."
Everest just sighed and cast a final glance at her brother's body before they vanished into the undergrowth.
A/N: Well. Now ya know. So yeah. BYE!
Sianii out!
Peace!