Wisp's Story

Kida stayed quiet, taking in every word that Moonsong repeated. She could make out small, sing-song words from the wolf who she now knew was the Spirit wolf, but nothing all that clear. Would it be possible for her to use an energy field to translate the blurred voice of the wolf? "So then, you were supposed to be the first..but then there was an accident.." She said, trying to put things together. I wasn't aware this wolf also knew that there were others..we aren't supposed to know..I thought I was the first created.. She paused in her thoughts for a moment. If this wolf already had contact with Mother Nature and was created by her first to carry on the knowledge of the other wolves..why did she have knowledge of them well? Was I....a replacement?

"I've got no idea how old I am either. I've been alive since before I even gained this physical form...Mother Nature's the one who gave it to me. I am curious though, why is it that only you and I knew that there were others? Or well, if you were created first, why did Mother Nature also give me that knowledge?" She kept herself calm, so not to show that she really was curious to know. She silently felt the energy field surrounding them, the life of Evalion flowing past them like a golden river, but she couldn't hear anything from the other wolf but blurring sing-song. I guess a spirit doesn't really have much effect on life energy..

Wisp cocked her head, gazing into the wolf of Wisdom's eyes. A memory sparked inside her and she spoke again, slowly, remembering. She closed her eyes and thought. "Yes. I do remember you, wolf of Wisdom. You were there, when I was created. At first I thought you were a normal wolf. At that point in time, it was just us two. There were a couple others, and slowly, over the years, more were crafted." She paused, collecting her thoughts, remembering what Mother Nature had said. "Mother Nature said that she, before even thinking of the 24 elements, had granted her wisdom onto you, wolf of Wisdom, to aid her. She needed a way of protection. So she decided on making the 24 elements, you being the first one. She sent the wolves off in different directions, but kept me there with her. She said that it was for my good, to stay. She needed to make my soul pure. To this day, I don't know what that means."

She paused again, recollecting her own thoughts on what she was. "But as I gather, I feel as if there is more to me than I know, and Mother Nature was making sure that I wouldn't use this for bad. She then sent me to aid wolves, unseen, and unheard. I grew into a large wolf, and my powers developed, soon I could let the wolves hear me, see me. But sadly, they will never be able to feel me, feel the warmth of flesh, the beating of a heart. And they will never understand the words I speak."

She lowered her head sullenly, finished. She wasn't used to talking so much, because even if she did speak she wasn't understood. So often times, she didn't speak at all. It was a lonely life. But now, it was filled with wolves. She didn't know if she liked it.

Kida smirked at the wolf of Spirit, Wisp was it? She sounded so serious, as if the world was about to crumble down around them. Though, that could always be the case. Either way, Kida couldn't find herself taking any pity on this wolf, despite the sad story behind her upbringing. Or perhaps she did feel a little sorry for her, but was too busy trying not to feel sorry for herself that she didn't have time to be sympathetic to others. She glanced over at Moonsong for a moment. Judging by his tone, he didn't sound completely comfortable translating such personal input from Wisp. It wasn't like he had much of a choice, since Kida could only hear bits and pieces of what the Spirit wolf was saying.

A pure soul.. She thought to herself, trying to understand the meaning. It wasn't an easy thing, to completely purify someone. Everyone has a dark side buried deep withing, even in the calmest, most respectful wolf anyone has ever met. There was also a looming darkness. "This is an interesting turn of events, don't you think? You say Mother Nature granted her wisdom onto me, she also told me that herself. Still, as much knowledge I have and are able to gain so easily, I don't know why she is having us all meet up like this. Not once, in all the years that I've lived have I come across another wolf like myself, but suddenly the Sound wolf shows up out of no where, and now you. Mother Nature must be pretty troubled to give a reason for us to rejoin again. Do you know why?" She asked, her blue eyes moving back onto Wisp.

Moonsong kept translating Wisp's words but otherwise withdrew from the conversation. He lay himself down and stopped contributing except for the snide comment now and then. As he had just found out these wolves were centuries older than him and he feared he didn't compare intellectually with these wolves. Well duh he thought rethinking the situation. I'm a blind fourteen year old wolf hanging around the wolf of wisdom and a wolf centuries years old he thought nicely putting things into perspective. He realized he was selling himself short but besides being wolf of sound he had summed up the most important aspects.
He tried to invest himself in the conversation but Mother nature's motivation for bringing them together didn't interest him in the slightest. Also he could hardly get a word in edgewise when he had to translate for Wisp at the same time. He wondered if he could use his powers to fix how she sounded to Kida. He gave this idea a brief moment of thought but hen dismissed it. It would be rude to do it without her permission and to do so he would have to interrupt the conversation. Another time perhaps he thought before casting his hearing out to what he desired. He had located what sounded like a rabbit foraging for food. After taking a moment to understand exactly how this particular rabbit sounds he started playing with the sounds. The thump of the rabbit's feet on the ground soon became a thunderclap when they collided. The rabbit was scared out of it's mind but Moonsong found a cruel sense of amusement from this. He had done his best to make sure only he and the rabbit heard the sound not wanting anyone to be frightened unnecessarily. When the rabbit finally became boring Moonsong stopped his ruse in went in search for another animal. The rabbit hopped off fast careful of every footstep.
Moonsong kept doing this as the conversation played around him until a peculiar sound drew his attention. It sounded like the sound of electricity. Well that's out of place he thought before checking of make sure he hadn't left a ruse up by accident. No that's not it he thought struggling to come up with another option. Maybe I should just let Kida figure this out he thought before instantly dismissing the thought. No he would handle this himself. Just because he was weaker than these wolves didn't mean he had to show it. He listened as close as he could without losing track of his surroundings or his companions conversation. Now he was able to pick up the faint rise and fall of 2 sleeping wolves. Electricity, wolf he thought trying to bring it together in his head to what he knew it was. He had found the wolf of electricity he thought a small smile breaking his apathetic gaze.
Well now that he had this information what did he do with it. He could leave the wolf be but would that be in everyones best interest. Kida and Wisp had been talking that Mother Nature had been bringing the wolves together would it be so wrong if i assisted her? He didn't bother to wait for his answer and conjured up sounds that would hopefully draw them near. If this goes right I can lead them right to us. He didn't want to worry about all the things that could happen if it didn't.

Wisp nodded to Moonsong, not very happy that she had to be translated, especially since Moonsong had to do it for her. As her trotted off, she watched with curiosity, as he followed a rabbit. She cocked her head and then saw him make his way toward the wolf of Electricity. The amount of wolves around her set her on edge. She had never so many at once before. It did puzzle her. Why would Mother Nature bring them all together? It must be for a very serious reason. There would always be evil creatures to be disposed of in this world, but bringing them all together? Mother Nature must be very desperate. She blinked, letting her eyes stayed closed longer than normal.

"Only time will tell."

(OOC: Haas33: correction to your last post. Moonsong has not gotten up yet he is just casting out his hearing to do these things.)

The wolves he had been watching were now aware that they were sitting here. He stifled a guilty pang of sadness that he wouldn't have to force their attention anymore. Another time he thought about to call out to the hesitant wolves. Before he did he felt the intense glares of Kida and wisp on him. It made him feel like a pup being chastised for doing something wrong and he didn't like it. He had gotten enough glares like that in his lifetime and not once were they welcome. What was so special about him right now to interupt their conversation. As soon as he thought it he knew his answer. He had forgotten to translate wisp's words while he was listening to the other wolves. "can you repeat that" he said nervously.
once he had repeated wisps words he turned his attention back to the other wolves. He would get a brief break while Kida talked but he kept enough attention on them so that that awkward moment wouldn't happen again. He thought of how he should approach them and thought he should just go with it. Worst case scenario the wolf of electricity would zap him. Actually that was a good reason not wing it but nonetheless he proceeded. It was his nature to never be completely void of caution so at first he projected his voice through a tree near his audience. "Hello how are you doing today?" he said beginning with the rare pleasantry. He wasn't fond of pleasantries considering them more useless sound but right now it would ease the weirdness of talking to a tree. He sat waiting for a response from either of his two conversations but all the multitasking he had been doing lately was taking it's toll on him. He promised himself a day of quiet tomorrow as he tried to ignore the acculmulating head ache.

"No I'm not." he said hardly believing it as the words came from the tree. He hadn't been thinking when he had said that. The instinct of protecting himself had kicked in and he had done nothing to stop himself. He could feel the nervousness rising up in waves from his pelt and he did nothing to stop it. He had never had reason to lie before. He had always believed that it was best to get straight to the point instead of wasting his senses on people trying to pick apart his lies. Not to mention that who would he lie to as a loner and the consequences of lieing as an omega were too terrible to even consider lying. However when he thought it over he realized he was glad for the instinct. If he had told them he was the wolf of sound then he would instantly plant the image of a blind wolf in their minds. Hadn't he just been thinking about how he had longed to have fun but couldn't with his reputation. Well he could do that with these wolves. He could create a whole new identity for himself through this tree. But first I have to think of it he thought turning his mind back to the situation. He would have to come up with some explanation as to why he could speak through this tree. He contemplated saying it was one of the many powers of the wolf of earth and decided that was the best chance to make the lie come across.
Taking an audible gulp he thought Here goes nothing. "My name is Adik and i'm the wolf of forests not sound. What kind of element is sound?" he said throwing in the self inflicted insult to make it more believable. He gave a small chuckle as if he was thinking about the comedy of the thought. He would admit that the name wasn't creatve in fact he had just reversed the letters of kida's but he was new to lieing and he was coming with all of this on the spot. As he progressed though became fluent in this language of deceit and the lies spun easily from the tree's core. When Shelbie asked him if they could speak face to face he immediately had a lie prepared for why they couldn't. The only problem was how he would convey it without earning sympathy from her as compared to the playful mood he preffered her to be in. He could get sympathy easily enough without the use of adik but he bagan his fable. He explained that he couldn't come out because he was shy and that his body wasn't fully formed yet. Mother nature had just recently created his conciousness and was still working on his body so for now he existed in the trees and bushes of this forest.
The whole time he was thinking of how he would pull off the ruse. To be the wolf of forests meant he would have to be able to manipulate nature like he could do with sounds. I should probably start off with a demonstration to prove i'm not lying even though I am. He contemplated how grand he should make the demonstration whether it be as simple as moving a vine or rustling every tree in the forest. The bigger the effect the more believable Adik will be he thought giving off an inaudible sigh. He got up from his spot asking wisp and Kida to stop their conversation for a moment and sat down someways away from any where he had found any of the wolves. He had a aching headache by now after all the multi-tasking he had been doing. Even now he was listening to Shelbie and Zaira and answering whatever questions they had through Adik, Listening to see if Wisp was saying anything he would need to translate when he got back , and echolocating his path. Needless to say he fell short of the latter may times and was covered in grass and dirt when he finally stopped in the clearing.
It was the same clearing that the blizzard had been i but it seemed to have concentrated itself to a small part of the clearing. Sitting slowly in the clearing he began concentrating on making a sonic boom loud enough to shake the leaves all the way back to Shelbie and Zaira. He would give himself a headstart by collecting the noises of the forest around him discretely enough as not to arouse suspicion from wolves. To start this he had to drop his attention from the fronts it had been on before and he had a brief moment of relief until he reigned control of the boom. Just these sounds weren't enough so he started lending enough sounds until he could barely control it anymore. To add to this as soon as the sound was released he would have to silence it so it wouldn't bust the eardrums of anyone or thing. The speed of sound was really fast and he didn't know if he would be able to protect himself from the blast in time while still controlling sound. He felt the chill of the bizzard against his fur and almost lost control. He didn't give himself time to think instead walking into the freezing cold of the blizzard. As he expected his hearing was instanly cut off within the blizzard and he was able to increase his concentration until it was perfect. He had just enough sound energy to rustle the leaves for miles without breaking anything major. Turning his head in the intended direction his breath drew in as he prepared to give the releasing bark. His eyes and ears were glowing a blinding white sybolising the stored up potential energy held within him now. At the same moment of release he had Adik say "Hey watch this." and the wave burst forth. He barely had enough energy to silence it before passing out beside in the middle of this bliizard. If you listened carefully to the boom the only thing you would hear would be the faint yelp of a blind wolf.

Moonsong finally awoke from his slumber with the pain of ringing ears. It could be worse he thought remembering the first time he had attempted a sonic boom. He had been deaf for hours and been forced to face the humiliation of being blind and deaf. He shivered at the thought before stretching himself in the remains of the blizzard. He looked to the wolf he had heard beside him ealier but decided not to say anything. He had other things to attend to. He shook his head back and forth but his ears were still clogged. Even the blizzard around him was a mere whisper to him right now. He gave a series of loud barks until he could hear them just as clearly as he should have been. "Much better" he said to himself just thankful he could hear. Problem was with his hearing back the blizzard was as loud as ever and he fled from it quickly.
As for the next problem he could face was maybe the hardest thing so far. He had no idea how long he'd been out but he doubted the world would stopped on his account. Shelbie or Zaira could have said anything in response to his demonstration and he would know nothing of it. Well he could deal with that when he was somewhere safer than the middle of a field. As he set off his stomach growled reminding him that he hadn't eaten in even more time in a long time. He wasn't sure how much time he could spare hunting while paying attention to his other conversations but he knew he would have to eventually. He refused to have someone else hunt for him so he set about his special hunting process. Being blind their were many things that he had to teach himself because a blind pup wasn't usually allowed to live. Only his echolocation made him seem like the other pups. Hunting was one of these skills and it was completely different from the conventional methods of a wolf. Instead of stealth and teamwork he used deceit and planning to get his meal.
Too start he dug a hole that was as deep as he was high that could act as a trap to chase prey into. With that done he sat and listened. I was about time for prey to be stirring so they should be looking for food and too slow to react to his deception. Soon he was able to pick up the distinct fall of dirt that fell as a rabbit scampered from his hole. Now the deceit could come into play. Hiding himself in the brush he started to create the noises of every predator the rabbit face from every direction bu the one moonsong was in. The rabbit's instint kicked into play and it ran in the only direction it thought was safe. Moonsong did this every time the rabbit straye off course until the rabbit fell into his hole. Even a rabbit couldn't jump that high and so it stayed at the bottom of the hole frantically searching for escape. Now came the part he dreaded about hunting when he had to go and actually kill the rabbit. Jumping down into the hole he pounced at the rabbit. The rabbit was faster than him and it darted out between his legs to the other side of the small hole. "Come here rabbit." he muttered spitting dirt from his mouth. "No your going to eat me." the rabbit shot back quickly as it darted away from another one Moonsong's pounces. Next to being blind, understanding the language of literaly everything was another downside to being wolf of sound. They both combined to make hunting excruciatingly painful. When the prey talked back he just felt cruel killing it.
"Of course I am. I'm a wolf and your a rabbit. That's how it works."
"But we can help each other. Perferably in a way i don't have to die."
Moonsong stopped his attempts and cast his blind gaze on the rabbit. This rabbit was peculiar to put it simply. His meals had tried to appease him before but never offer a partnership.
"What do you have in mind?" he asked without any intention to hear him out.
"Um well..," he didn't seem to have thought moonsong would actually listen. "You could offer me protection and I could-"
"Feed me?" moonsong interupted.
"Be your eyes." he said pleased he had come up with something.
With a growl moonsong finally caught the rabbit beneath a paw and fumed angrily in his face. "What makes you think i need eyes?"
"Well you wouldn't have caught me like this if you could see or hunt like a normal wolf. And with this rain coming you won't be able to hear right."
Moonsong glared sightlessly at the strange rabbit before taking him in his jaws. The rabbit scrambled in between his teeth fearful that he had gone too far with the comment of helplessness. Moonsong dropped the rabbit above the hole before he jumped out himself. The rabbit started off in one direction but Moonsong just headed back towards where Wisp and Kida waited. They were probably agitated with how long he'd been gone by now and anxious to continue their conversation. "How cool was that?" he had adik say so he could continue on his way with almost no priorities. He wished that the rabbit would have been content with his life and leave but the rabbit was loyal and felt the need to describe everything that he passed in detail. Moonsong sighed and wondered how he had made a guide of a meal.

"For the last time rabbit, I only need to know what's in front of me and where it is. I couldn't care less what color or texture it is." He hissed at the rabbit after it had given a detailed description of the rock next to his foot. The rabbit was silent for only a moment before he went on talking. Whenever the rabbit wasn't talking about their surroundings he was telling Moonsong about his personal life and it was starting to get irritating. The headache he had lost during his sleep had now returned just by listening to this rabbit. He had already tried multiple times to drown out the rabbit with his conversation with Zaira and Shelbie but the infernal rain mad everything jumbled and unclear. What he had picked up from them along his journey was; amazing---,can do this; from Zaira. Even Adik couldn't actually see what it was she was doing so he played it safe and said "That's cool." He had no idea how it might sound for them but he stumbled on a low lying branch that the rabbit failed to point out.
"Have you forgotten why your still alive?" he asked stopping to turn towards where the rabbit hopped along beside him.
"You didn't say we would be heading towards wolves."
"Well where else did you expect me to go?" he thought wondering why the rabbit suddenly had the destination in mind. Taking a sniff he could smell the sodden scents of Wisp and Kida. "Well I guess we part ways here." he said taking a step towards Kida. He was halted when he bumped into the rabbit who had jumped in front of him. "Hold on. You haven't kept up with your side of the bargain," Moonsong must have shown confusion because the rabbit continued. "You said you would give me protection but you haven't protected me from anything. Therefore the deal is still in motion." Moonsong started to growl and tried again to walk forward only to be stopped again by the rabbit. The rabbit held his ground feeling he was stupid to think the wolf would keep a promise with a meal. They stood there in a deadlock until moonsong finally gave up and went to lie by a tree. The rabbit went over to sit by Moonsong and was met with a growl. The rabbit ignored him and nestled beside him white fur mixing with white fur. If this wolf hadn't killed him yet he probably wasn't going to so for the first time in history a rabbit could feel safe by a wolf. Moonsong sighed at the rabbit getting comfortable beside him and sent a brief message to Kida that he could relay their conversation again. After that he went back to seducing creatures into his jaws. He was able to coax a few mice into his jaws but with the rabbit lying against him he couldn't bring himself to summon and eat a rabbit right now.