A/N: Howl with me, a song… of family and packs. Raise your head to the moon, take a deep breath, fill your lungs, be loud, let it out!

Y'know what I didn't give Lupus reprieve for in a while? A nice, long, group howling, complete with a full moon. So… how about a family/pack get-together?


Draconic Name (In English) [Details]: Ztisepzy (Yseranyx) [Corrin/Lupus, Middle Sister.] Pimtvsetbe (Nelstrasza) [Eldest Brother]. Nalaptijep (Mukanshin) [Middle Brother]. Utvseie (Ostraea) [Eldest Sister]. Qsoeqat (Priapus) [Youngest Brother]. Cimmefuppe (Belladonna) [Youngest Sister]. Zimipe (Yelena) [Lilith].


Canon Name = Nickname: Corrin = Lupus. Velouria = Vella. Keaty = Keaty. Setsuna = Seta. Hinoka = Hina. Sakura = Saku. Subaki = Superman. Ryoma = Red. Selkie = Silky. Kaden = Ka-da. Orochi = Viper. Takumi = Tako. Utvseie = Feisty.

Silky refers to Lupus = Lu-pu.

Qsoeqat = Quacker. Belladonna = Bella or Cimmefuppe = Kim.


Child Units: Artemis, forest green scales and eyes (Qsoeqat/Quacker and Hera). Kanzō, black fur with white patches, orange tips and golden eyes (Kaden and Kagero)


Consort: Well… I wasn't going to just bring Nina out of nowhere! Though, I gotta admit… writing a snarky character can be fun. True true… by all accounts, Niles should be dead, but here he is.


Lupus lowers her stance once more, standing a few feet away from Dadaan. The two are currently play-fighting, though neither of them are shifted. This is more of a wrestle than anything. Seta is on the sidelines… with about a half-dozen puppies surrounding her cross-legged sitting form. The rest of the puppies are either playing around themselves, or napping. Though, a very stern and quick growl from Dadaan ensured none of them are in the 'arena' that he and Lupus are in.

Ears twitch, tails still, bodies tense. Half-dragon and pure Wolfskin. Female and male. Lupus and Dadaan. Breathing slows down and steadies out… then Lupus pounces. Dadaan goes for a relatively simple mid-air grab, but Lupus weaves through the air, twists around, snags Dadaan by the arm, then proceeds to pull him down with her momentum. However, he refuses to go down so quickly… as he then regains his balance, tug his arm in the opposite direction, and with enough force… sends Lupus the other way, though not before grabbing her with his other hand, jumping forward, and looking to pin her to the ground.

Lupus growls, knees Dadaan on the side, nimbly climbs out of his grasp, jumps off of his back, which sends him onto the ground stomach-first, then proceeds to drop down from a distance of several dozen feet from the air and onto him. He rolls over at the last second, and deliver a perpendicular-directed blow to her front. Opposing forces collide and she is sent sprawling across the ground for several feet… but not down. She deftly gets up, if slightly hunched from the recent blow, before charging forward. Dadaan also rises back up, though he is still slightly slower than the far more agile Lupus, and takes a charge straight to his midsection. He is lifted off of the ground for a few seconds as she essentially tackles him to the ground.

"Easy." She smirks.

"Whoo! Go Lupus!" Seta cheers, followed by a small chorus of barks and howls.

"Fine, fine." He huffs, though his mood is only light and happy. "You win."

Plop, her tail pops out and she is wagging it, clearly happy with herself. "Good play, Dadaan." She then kisses him on the lips, whilst rubbing her hands onto his chest… and then deepening the kiss, more and more. She relaxes her muscles and practically melts into his grip, once he wraps his arms around her.

Step, step… Seta 'sneaks' over and climbs onto Lupus's back, boldly placing a kiss of her own onto Lupus's nape of her neck. The combination was enough to get Lupus riled up, and she lets out a muffled kiss-moan. Of course, it didn't help that Seta was also giving her a much-needed massage. As such, there Lupus lies… sandwiched between Seta and Dadaan, the former getting the knots out of her tough but lean muscles which Seta will proudly announce how much she loves feeling, the latter pulling her close for an incredibly heated kiss, with Dadaan's, uh… 'wolf' threatening to break from his tattered pants, and rubbing against Lupus's mostly torn shorts.

And then the barking started up, about fifteen of them, to be exact. "Huh?" Lupus asks as the kiss is broken, "Oh! Visitors!" She somehow manages to squirm free, causing Seta to now be on top of Dadaan, with all of the… 'benefits' of the Wolfskin's still very much erect penis.

"Hi…" Seta smiles, gasping as she feels his intense warmth from down below.

He chuckles, "Perhaps one day, Seta… but not today." He picks up Seta, while still lying on his back, and places her to the side. Though, by the time he actually got up? One word pierced through the air…

"Sister!" No, that wasn't Lupus… though Lupus was tackled onto the ground. "Sister Sister Sister Sister…" The sound of very audible sniffing is heard as Vella shoves her nose onto her non-Wolfskin sister. Thud, thud, thud. Vella's tail is swinging wildly enough to hit the ground. "Mmm, sister… missed you."

"I missed you too, Vella." Lupus hums as Vella's sniffing dies down, and now the two are just hugging each other.

"It is good to see you again, sister." Red's voice booms out.

"Huh? Oh, hi, Red!" She waves for a moment, before resuming to wrap that arm around Vella. "I'm so happy you are visiting!"

Yip, yip, bark, woof. Seeing as Lupus is on friendly terms with these two, the puppies are let out en masse… sniffing, licking, and boofing. "Oh… I see that the puppies are doing well." He comments, stooping down to pick one up. "Hello, there."

Lupus glances past Vella for just a moment, "Alfred." She supplies, causing the puppy to bark. Unfortunately… With one puppy in his arms, now there's another one and a half dozen trying to climb up his fancy dress-thing, wait… why is he wearing a… Lupus then looks at Vella better.

"Yes, I'm wearing a dress, sister." Vella huffs.

Lupus pokes the fabric. It covers her very well, leaving very little in terms of how much one can see of her body, though it is loose enough to where it won't matte her fur… though, it has been enchanted to have that particular effect, not that Lupus can pick up on that. Lupus also notes that Vella smells very… sweet? "Vella?"

"I… got Mikoto upset." She admits with a tinge of… fear? "She scolded me, and made sure I was acting a Princess. So, I've been getting these baths every day… which were delayed to every other day, seeing as it takes me nearly two hours to get a 'proper scrub-down'. I haven't been going into the forests as much, and I've been wearing these clothes. Aaaand… if I behaved like a 'good Princess', then I could have a trip arranged to meet you!" She smiles, her tail is wagging, and… "So good to see you again." She buries her face into Lupus's midsection.

Lupus, in response, begins rubbing Vella's head, "It's been quite a while, hasn't it, sister?" She gently whispers.

"Dadaan." Another familiar voice sounds out.

"Keaton."

"Brother?!" Lupus exclaims, causing Vella to perk up. "Keaty!" Scramble, dismount, both sisters immediately break off and move to tackle Keaty, who seems more than ready to be resigned to his new fate to get plowed into the floor by two sisters.

"Mmm, Keaty…" Vella hums as the two begin a round of sniffing.

"Yeah yeah, I'm here." He looks away, "Silky is helping Hina get to a nearby town for a bit, and she'll be here."

"Why not you?" Lupus asks.

"Because, Hina insisted. She wanted me to get to you sooner." Despite his back being on the ground, the tip of his tail is wagging furiously. "Here I am." And then, well… the puppies began charging in, noting where Lupus and Dadaan currently are. "H-Hey! Cut it out!" A multitude of tinier tongues begin slobbering all over Keaty, who is 'thankfully' pinned by his sister. "Lupus! Velouria! Get…"

Dadaan offers a swift growl, and the puppies obediently back off, panting and tail wagging abound. "So… the pack is back together?" Lupus asks.

"Viper said full moon soon." Vella supplies.

"Hina said the same, moon is almost full." Keaty nods.

"Really?" Lupus tilts her head, "I guess I've been too busy with the puppies and Dadaan and Seta to notice."

"I noticed the puppies…" Vella trails off.

"Just… why?" Keaty.

Red clears his throat, "Please, let mother know beforehand if you do something like that again."

"Oh, aren't they cute?" Lupus squeaks out, "Because… Seta mentioned getting a pet, and a pet sounded awesome, so we got pets." Finally, she turns her attention to Red, "Uh… sure? Why?"

"Because adopting a pet has its own responsibilities? Have you gotten any of them their medical screenings?" He looks them over, "Flea treatments? Fixed?"

"They're fine, Red." Dadaan huffs out.

"What needs to be fixed?" Lupus sounds out.

"Fixed means making sure the puppies can't get puppies when they get older." Seta supplies.

"Whaaat? No way!" The half-dragon huffs. "I'm not doing that!"

"This den will be overrun by dogs…" He continues as he pulls out a paper. "Those three dozen puppies at the kennel were split exactly fifty-fifty on a male to female ratio… averaging six puppies per pairing, and there'll be no less than one-hundred and eight newborns here. And gods… that is only accounting for one breeding season." He puts his foot down… figuratively. "Sister, there is no way you're going to be able to manage that many."

"Red has a point, Lupus…" Seta nods.

Lupus stubbornly crosses her arms, "I'm not going to remove their right to breed."

"Lord Dadaan?" Red instead asks the Wolfskin.

"Uh, 'Lord'?" Are the first two words that come out of his mouth.

"Well… since Lupus is a Hoshidan Princess, and you are engaged with her, regardless of human standards, it's only right you are referred to as a Prince, hence 'Lord'." Red rubs the back of his head, "Which also makes you my half-brother-in-law and…"

"Just, Dadaan." He cuts the other off. "And, I get it." He nods. "M… Lupus."

"You can't be serious!" She continues to deny.

"Lupus." Far more firm.

"Oboro was also looking to get a puppy recently, but she was unable to." Red adds.

"I'm not giving any of them up or 'fixing' them!"

Dadaan closes the distance between them, stands tall, and… "Yes, we 'can' take care of them all, but…" He places a hand on her stomach, "What will happen when you're carrying my offspring? All that extra work will be shoved onto Seta, since I'll be spending most of my time caring for you." Removes the hand, "I'm letting Red take some back, and we can keep a few. No more than four."

"That's not fair!" However, her admittedly childish backlashing has faded quite a bit.

"It's also not fair that I have to act a 'good Princess' just to be able to visit you, sister." Vella huffs. "But, here I am." She then looks… past her?

"Nor is having to stay here and not being able to be at my mate's side." Keaty nods.

With Dadaan's scent being so close, Lupus was completely taken aback when she heard the next few words echo out, "Lu-pu~!" Slam! Silky tackles Lupus at top speed, sending the two rolling on the ground for nearly seven seconds from pure momentum alone, before they stop. "Heya how is it going it has been a while hasn't it have you been playing lots you still seem really tough and strong can we play later oh but there is also that wonderful full moon coming out tonight can we howl tonight what am I saying of course you will that is the whole reason Keaty and I came over here we knew that you would love to have a nice big pack-family howl and ohhhh it is so good to see you again oh oh and before I forget…" She finally takes a breath, sniffs Lupus's stomach and, "Kits? Er, pups?"

First things first, Lupus pulls the ever-energetic Kitsune into a hug, who hums at the contact. "It's good to see you, too, Silky." She whispers. "I haven't gone into heat yet, but… Dadaan makes sure that I have a steady supply in me…" She flushes a bit, "So, you can be sure that I'll be pregnant as soon as I'm able to… I've also been, uh… asking if Seta was interested, she said she's still thinking about it."

Silky's tail has yet to stop wagging at its max speed, though she finally does relent and step off of Lupus. "Good to hear good to hear." She quickly nods. "So, tonight? Howling?"

"You bet!" Lupus gets up, a new set of scratches in her already-ruined clothing.

"I… also have some extra clothes for you, sister." Vella hesitantly adds. "From your mother."

Mother. If but for a moment, Lupus's mind instead drifts to her 'real' mother. The one she never got to meat until after she was a literal pile of bones. The one… "Oof." Thoughts are cut out as Vella wraps her arms around her, almost to the point where it hurts.

But, Lupus is tougher than most, her bones won't cave in to this kind of hug. "Ooo! A hug!" Silky, literally, jumps in, now in her human form, and hugs Lupus. Two sets of wagging tails join in.

"Thanks." Lupus mutters. "You all are so great." She breathes in a pair of scents and… "Sure, Dadaan. I… I'll agree."

"Agree?" Silky tilts her head, but Vella pops on her on the forehead. Silky huffs and pops Vella on the forehead in return, but stays silent afterward.

"So… howling tonight?" Lupus asks. "It'd be nice… I'm looking forward to it!" Her own tail pops out and starts wagging.


It's now the dead of night, and there's a group of close friends, family, and pack all huddled up in the center of Dadaan's den. Lupus is in the center of the group, Dadaan is on her left side, Vella is on her right, Seta is in front, Silky is in the back, Keaty is in the corner between Vella and Silky, while the spot between Silky and Dadaan is left purposely open… for Ka-da. The last two corners are reserved for… the puppies! The full moon hangs on high. "How about now? Can we start now?" Silky wags her tail. "C'mon, I got energy for days!"

"You never run out of energy…" Keaty gripes.

"Are you being worn out by my friend, Keaty?" Vella asks.

"Heh, try handling three dozen puppies, a mate, and an absent-minded female." Dadaan chuckles.

"Are you saying I'm a handful?" Seta counters.

"Sh! Sh!" Lupus hushes them all. "Get ready, I'll start." Silence ensues, and Lupus rears her head up. One long, deep breath, and she starts her howl, tinged with that small 'crack' that only she has to her howls. Shortly after starting, Vella and Keaty follow, then Seta… or at least, what she could provide, it sounds more like a strange yell. Silky is next… and when Dadaan starts, so do the puppies.

Several minutes pass without pause, except for Seta, as the beastfolk let out pent up feelings in a way that doesn't involve words. Lupus has sorrow in hers… she never got to know her actual mother, and her eldest brother of the brood is gone, but… she also has her own family, her own pack, and close friends! She has secured a wonderful future for all.

Vella… has some annoyance in hers. She's stuck following being a Princess, but… she does care for Red, and is finding new means of enjoying herself. A marriage between Prince and beastfolk will go a long way.

Keaty is full of pride, he has a pup on the way, and is also mating with a Kitsune. Though, there is a tinge of loss, not that anyone would catch him admitting it… he does miss Ka-da.

Dadaan, as with Keaty and Vella, has lost his original pack, but there have been many things to give him reasons to push on. He, arguably, has the best potential mate, though part of this relationship is brought upon by love, rather than just a pure need to breed.

Silky perhaps has the most hurt, Ka-da was her brother, as close as the two could be, but… she's in good hands. She's a close friend to a Wolfskin, Vella.

The puppies are happy.

"Whew!" Lupus breathes out, "Oh, that felt so wonderful!" She raises her arms in the air…

"I missed this…" Vella hugs her, letting out a small whimper.

"Hey… we're here for each other, right?" Silky joins in. "A big ole' pack-family!"

"Yeah… it's nice, I guess." Keaty tries to sound tough, but his tail gives him away.

"Hmph." Dadaan huffs, though at least he gives in with a proper smile.

"My first howling… that was fun~." Seta lazily smiles.

Yip, yip, bark, woof… comes in the chorus of puppies. "So, uh… you all are leaving in the morning?" Lupus ends up asking.

"Yep." Comes in Keaty response.

"Y'know we'll be back!" Silky licks Lupus's face.

"...Always will return." Vella shoves her nose up at Lupus's face, then proceeds to lick.

"I'll, uh… take the first watch." Keaton walks away… or he tries to, if Silky didn't snag him.

"Rest with us, Keaty!" The Kitsune licks his face and wags her tail.

"Ugh, hey! Get off, I... oh, fine." He huffs.

"Yeah, I can take the first watch." Seta states. "Dadaan can take second." She looks over at Dadaan.

Who chuckles, "Yeah, we'll do that." He nods. "Remember, Keaton… you're in my den, right now."

"Snuggle me!" Lupus yanks Keaty down and piles on top of him, which starts a chain effect. Vella takes the first move and goes on top of Lupus, then Silky, and finally… the puppies. Oh, all the puppies. "Mmm…"


A/N: Oh wow, this came out a lot longer than expected. Longest chapter of this fic so far, huh...