A Pack's Journey Home. Private (2) with tenebria

[tenebria]

Thunder began pacing back and forth worriedly as she worked, then moved to his mate's side swiftly as she said she was done. His heart was pounding with worry as he lay beside his mate, pressing his nose against her neck as he waited. Until suddenly she let out a yell, and he gave a sigh of relief, tears coming to his eyes as he nuzzled her. "I'm right here Bella, I'm right here darling" he said, gently hugging her to him. As Coco spoke he looked over, his eyes filled with thankfulness. "I agree with your sister, we do not have any dog that knows plants like you definitely know them. I would be only to honored to welcome you into our pack" he said sincerely.

[Abbster]

Bella pressed close to her mate, breathing in his scent. “Wait…who healed me?” She asked. “I did” Liberty said. Bella blinked. “Who are you?” She asked. “The names Liberty, and…I’m going to be your pack healer.” She said. Cocos eyes lit up. “Oh Liberty!” She said, rushing over to her and nuzzling her sister. Liberty smiled and licked Coco. “I would be glad to be the packs healer” Liberty said. Bella was still pressed close to her mate, when thunder boomed over head. “L…let’s get home” Bella said, standing up. Coco flanked her, as did Thunder. When they reached the park, Bella padded back to their den. “Bella!” She said, looking up. “Are you ok?” She asked. Bella nodded as the pups rushed over to her.

[tenebria]

Thunder smiled and nuzzled her again. "Thank you, Liberty" he said very seriously "We will be only too glad to have you join us" he added, then helped his mate up and pressed against her as they headed back, the others following behind. He helped her all the way to her den and inside, pausing to give the others a thankful nod of his head, and smiling at Aurora who had faithfully taken care of the pups. "Thank you Aurora, you may return to Fang and Clover now" he said gently, reaching down to nuzzle his own pups. Willow whimpered slightly as she caught the nasty smell of blood, nuzzling her mother.

Duke had been waiting worriedly for his mate to return, and leaped up with relief as he saw everyone returning, although the Luna looked slightly injured. His tail began wagging as Coco approached, and then he blinked in shock as he saw the yellow loner lab too! "Oh Coco! Your sister came too!" he said happily.

[Abbster]

“I’m ok Willow” Bella promised licking her daughter between the ears. “Mama?” Daisy asked, looking up at her mother. “Hi Daisy. I’m ok my pups” she promised, licking them all before laying down on their bed and heaving a sigh. “Oh…liberty needs a den” she said, with realization. “Do you want to show her a den and then announce her to the pack?” Bella asked, knowing very well the answer would most likely be no.

Aurora padded out of the den and raced to her parents. “Clover! Fang!” She said pressing against them. “You’re back! What happened?” She asked

Coco nodded. “She healed the Luna. So she agreed to join us as healer” coco said, licking her mate. “Liberty, you remember my mate, Duke” coco said

Liberty nodded. “Yes” she said. “Hello Duke”

Ginger blinked at Remus. “Wait…what?” She asked

[tenebria]

Willow growled again slightly then snuggled up against her mother as her father lay down beside her mother.

Thunder frowned "I do not want to leave your side" he growled softly. "I am certain she could spend the night with her sister tonight, I can show her where to go in the morning" he said, licking his mate's ear.

Fang nuzzled his daughter "Well there was a big male loner who had our Luna pinned down, but Thunder swiftly took care of him, although he did hurt Bella a little" he explained.

Duke gave a wide smile "Yay!!" he said happily. "It'll be good to have a healer!" he said, then grinned at Liberty. "Good to have you join the pack Lidera!" he said welcomingly.

Remus nodded determinedly, mostly to himself. "I know i've liked you for a while, I think I was just scared to admit it in case you didn't like me, and then I thought you liked Rebel so I tried making myself not believe I liked you, and then my brain just got all confused with the feelings" he explained in a mildly haphazard fashion. "But I KNOW I like you!! Like like you!" he said happily.

[Abbster]

Daisy looked at her mother, and she blinked a little. How did her mother get hurt? She wondered.

Bella smiled and snuggled against her mate. “That dog…tried to take me as his mate.” Bella said. “When I said no, he got angry, and attacked me” she shuddered and pressed closer to Thunder. “If you hadn’t come…” Bella broke off as tears filled her eyes. She pressed close to Thunder again.

Auroras eyes grew wide. “WHAT?” She exclaimed. “Is Bella ok?” She asked. Clover nodded. “She is.” Clover said again, licking Aurora. “Let’s get you out of this rain” she said to her daughter. Aurora smiled and padded back to their den, with her parents beside her.

Coco smiled softly. “Darling. It’s Liberty. LIB ER TY” she said. Liberty looked confused. “Sorry. He doesn’t understand names very well” coco said. “How does he know yours then?” Liberty asked. Coco shrugged. “I honestly don’t know” she said

Ginger blinked. “I thought…you just liked me as a friend” she said. “And no, I don’t like Rebel, Lulu does”

[tenebria]

Thunder gave a low protective growl and hugged her to him. "Oh Bella, I'm so sorry, I'm just relieved we came in time." he said, nuzzling her gently and licking her ear.

Fang nodded and padded into the den behind Aurora, nuzzling Clover "I've never seen Thunder so angry before" he said quietly, so the pup wouldn't hear. "Of course I understand him completely" he added, nuzzling her again.

Duke frowned, listening hard, then glancing over to the lab apologetically "It's honestly not anything I can control" he said helpfully, then added with careful thought "Liberty" then smiled widely at Coco, who seemed to the be only one to be able to get him to say names properly... even if it didn't last long.

Remus gave a sigh "I was being foolish. Of course I like you as more than a friend! You're the fastest dog I know, the smartest, and.. the prettiest" he said blushing slightly. "And we've scouted together enough that I know you, what you like what you don't like... even if we haven't talked about deeper things like our pasts or anything" he said quickly.

[Abbster]

Bella smiled. "I can always count on you" She said, licking him again. "I love you so much My Rolling Thunder" Bella said softly, as a loud clap of thunder sounded overhead and shook the leaves on the entrance to their den. Daisy's head shot up, and she scrambled over to her father, whining. "dada" she said, climbing under him, and beginning to tremble as more thunder sounded outside.

Clover nodded. "I know what you mean" she said. "I was about ready to protect Bella myself" she said. "But I didn't as I didn't want to worry you" she said, smiling. At the loud clap of Thunder, Aurora began trembling, and she crept over to the corner in their den, hiding and beginning to tremble.

Coco licked her mates nose, and then looked up as lightning lit the sky. "lets get to a den" She said, standing and racing to a den for cover.

Ginger looked at her paws. "well...then...I suppose we should tell eachother about our past"

[tenebria]

Thunder licked her ear again "I'm always here for you" he confirmed, then looked down and nuzzled her "It's ok sweetie, just a little storm, but you cannot be scared of thunder when that's your dada's name!" he pointed out, nuzzling her again.

Fang nodded and nuzzled her "It was the Alpha's fight" he agreed as they entered the den. He glanced away from their talk and his eyes softened as he saw their pup hiding in the shadows. Padding over to her, he lay down, pressing against her comfortingly. "It's ok Aurora" he said softly.

Duke simply raced after Coco, heedless of whatever den he crashed into, because he was not one to necessarily appreciate a rain drenched coat.

Remus sat down and smiled widely "I would like that!" he said happily. "Mine though... well we were both born in this pack, but we didn't have our father, he was taken by the Uprights when he was getting our mother to this pack for safety, and they took him to the Great Unknown" he said a bit sadly.

[Abbster]

Daisy looked up at her father, she blinked a bit, and slunk lower as more thunder echoed in the sky. She whined again, trembling harder. Bella smiled and licked Daisy's ear from where she crouched, trembling under her mate's paws. "its ok darling" Bella said. "your dada is right. There's nothing to be scared of, its just a little storm." she said, nuzzled her oldest daughter. "it will all be over before you know it" she promised, licking her daughter once more. Saylor's head shot up, and she raced over to her father as well, trembling in fear.

Clover padded after her mate, and nuzzled her ten month old daughter. "its ok Aurora" she said, as Fang pressed against her. Aurora let out a small whine, and her tail was out straight, her ears pinned to the pack of her head as more thunder sounded overhead. "I....I'm scared" Aurora finally said, pressed close to her mother and father. "m...mommy" she said. Clover blinked suddenly. "did you just..." Clover asked. Aurora nodded. "d..daddy" she said, looking at Fang. She felt safe with Clover and Fang now...safe enough to call them mom and dad. "I'm scared" she said, pressing against her parents.

Coco shook her pelt off in the den and then she lay down on her bed as Liberty padded in after her. She looked around, and blinked in the shadowy darkness before settling down by her sister.

Ginger smiled softly. "I remember you telling me that story while we were scouting once" she said

[tenebria]

Sage attempted to bluff out his fear, then broke and dove against his father. Willow did not attempt to pretend in any way, racing to her father and burrowing against his lush fur. Thunder nuzzled all his pups "Easy there little ones, it will pass" he said in a soothing tone.

Fang nuzzled her, and at her words he felt as if his heart were bursting. "Oh my darling daughter, it's ok, we're here for you, always" he said, nuzzling her lovingly and looking over to Clover. He could see by her expression that being called mommy had hit her exactly as it had hit him. He nuzzled them both.

Duke popped into the den as well, shaking out his fur then smiling at his mate who was laying beside her sister. "Oh wait, am I in the wrong den?" he asked, looking around sheepishly.

Remus smiled and nodded "That's right, I did tell you!" he said with a sudden almost fond look at her.

[Abbster]

Bella smiled softly and nuzzled the pups as they hid under Thunder. "its just a little storm" she said. "it will pass in a few moments" Bella said. "or...maybe a few hours" she added under her breath lightly.

Aurora smiled and pressed close to them. "thank you for taking me in" she said to them.

Coco looked over at her mate, and she nodded. "yea..." she said. "you are"

Ginger blushed a bit looking at her paws and then outside. "the rain is really coming down" she remarked

[tenebria]

Thunder nuzzled the pups again then chuckled at his mate's words. "Maybe" he said, then nuzzled her again "How are you feeling?" he asked in concern.

Fang nuzzled her "of course! Your our pup" he said lovingly.

Duke blinked. Oh. He was. he glanced dubiously out at the rain. "Is it fine if I just hole up in here until it stops?" he asked.

Remus glanced outside, then back to Ginger. "Yep" he said, then cocked his head "You know... you never did tell me your backstory. Of course i won't press for it, I certainly understand if you do not wish to tell me" he said quickly, not wanting to be forceful.

[Abbster]

"I'm ok" Bella said. "my back paw is hurting a bit though" she added, nuzzling him lovingly. "From now on, I'm not leaving the packs camp without you, or one of the guards" Bella said, licking her mate's nose lovingly. "I love you, Thunder" she said, with a smile.

Aurora looked down at her paws. "not always.." she said. "well that may be true, but you are now" Clover said. "why don't you tell us what your life was like before we found you" Clover suggested.

Coco's eyes brightened. "of course!" she said, with a smile, and a lick to her mates nose.

Ginger looked down at her paws. "oh.." she said. "well...as you know, I was born here" Ginger said. Her backstory...was dark, even though she was born in the pack.

[tenebria]

Thunder turned to sniff her back paw, then nuzzling her again. "Thank you my darling, I was going to suggest that myself" he said with relief, licking her nose again as well. "I love you so much my Belle"

Fang nuzzled her "I feel almost as if it's been always" he offered, then nodded "I would love to know about your past, although if you prefer to not think of it, I understand that as well" he said, as that was how he often felt.

Duke smiled happily and lay down beside her. "Well then I will" he said, nuzzling her with a beaming grin.

Remus tilted his head at her tone and quietly lay down, inching closer to her. "You can tell me" he said quietly.