Unknown enemy {Roleplay thread}

[Canadian Sunfeather]

For years a pack of wolves and a herd of horses have shared a valley but the peace is about to be broken by the arrival of Uprights (Humans) will they band together to survive or are all doomed to be killed or captured

Horses: Bandit (Abbster), Firefly (Abbster), Valor (Canadian Sunfeather), Orca (Canadian Sunfeather), Britz (Wingfeather), Nexus (Abbster), Riptide (Abbster), Fiero (Canadian Sunfeather),

Wolves: Drail (Wingfeather), Artic (Abbster), Viron (Canadian Sunfeather), Arijta (Canadian Sunfeather), Bard (Wingfeather), Phantom (Abbster), Nymeria (Tenebria), 

[wingfeather]

Drail

Drail loped back into the pack territory, his paws making hardly a sound as he broke into the clearing, it had been a long night and he had his dew soaked coat to prove the fact. He had been checking with the border guards to see if there was anymore sightings of the enemy uprights, all was well, at least it seemed so. Quietly he entered the off-duty den, by now he knew the cozy little cave well, for here his mate had lain for weeks, pregnant with their first litter of ups. He growled slightly to the healer to tell the wolf to stay away while he visited with his mate, ''how are you feeling my dear,'' he asked Arctic gently.

[Abbster]

Arctic

Arctic lifted her head from where it lay at the edge of her nest. She smiled as her made padded in. As the Luna, Arctic was now in the off duty den. Heavily pregnant with pups. “I’m alright.” Arctic said, as she turned to nudge at her belly before she nuzzled her mate lovingly. “Although I feel that these pups of ours were more restless last night.” Arctic said with a chuckle. “How was the patrol?” She asked.

[Canadian Sunfeather]

Viron

Viron would walk outside of the scout den he was ready to look for any threats that might be nearby the pack he was not thrilled that uprights were in the area as it made things difficult, he could scent the horses to the west of them so far they have stayed away from the pack which was just fine to him as he didn't want to face there kicking hooves, he was getting ready to head out for a long scouting patrol his fur bristled up as the cool air from the mountains blew through the valley where the pack and a herd of horses shared, he would turn his head hearing the voice of the Alpha speaking to the luna he knew that pups were on there way into this world, which made his job even more important to do for the safety of the pack, he would walk by the hunters den as he started to head towards the area where he would scout, he would catch a odd scent it was unlike anything he had ever smelled before it clung to the air making him sneeze which one of the hunters seemed to hear it was the small female hunter Aritja who seemed to be ready to start hunting.

[Canadian Sunfeather]

Aritja 

Aritja would walk towards Viron she could also smell the odd scent in the air, "What is that smell I hope it doesn't affect our hunt" Aritja said to Viron who had just sneezed which had made her jump a little bit, she was well aware of her size diffrence to bigger wolves like Viron and the alpha of the pack but she didn't let that bug her as she was a pretty good hunter and could catch smaller prey that the bigger wolves couldn't, she then made her way towards the hunting grounds which were only a few feet away from the pack, she could smell at least five diffrent scents of prey at least three rabbits and two deer in the area nearby, she knew that large prey might feed them for days but it was early in the morning and most of the wolves weren't super hungry yet, so something small like a rabbit would have to do at least until the afternoon when the pack would be more hungry and large prey would be needed, she quietly followed the scent trail that was the strongest and to her luck there was enough rabbits to feed the pack, she needed to be careful with what rabbits she selected as young rabbits were faster and the adult rabbits were smarter and able to react quicker to danger, she decided to pick the weakest rabbits from the warren and swiftly dispatched them with a swift bite, she would carry as many as she could back to the pack and placed them down on what the pack called the prey pile, which had a few crows and now her rabbits that she had killed on it, she would then lie down in the shade to rest until the afternoon when larger prey was more active and less likely to be aware of the wolves hunting them.

[Abbster]

Firefly

The morning sun glistened over head as the beautiful lead mare stood to her hooves. Her mate, Bandit was already awake and most likely on a patrol. Firefly began to graze as her colt lifted his head from where it lay. "mama!" Riptide said excitedly. Firefly smiled as her colt stood up. "good morning my golden colt." Firefly nickered to him. "Milk!" He said. Firefly chuckled and nodded as her young colt trotted up to her belly and bent his head so he could nurse. His tiny tail flapped wildly as he drank. A few moments later, Bandit came galloping back. "well good morning my beautiful family" Bandit nickered. Riptide finished nursing and then looked over at his father. "dada!" Riptide squealed racing to his father

[Abbster]

Nexus

Nexus was snuggled up beside his mother when hoofbeats raced passed him. He looked up and saw the lead stallion galloping back to his family. Nexus let out a little sneeze and then snuggled back down by his mother again. "Mama" Nexus said, gazing up at his mother. He nudged her a little bit as he waited for her to reply. Snuggled beside her with his mother's tail around him, Nexus felt safe as he pressed into her. But he was hungry, and he wanted some milk.

[Canadian Sunfeather]

Valor

Valor would look down at her foal Nexus and then lowered her head to graze on some grass, she was very alert to the real threat of the uprights as they had taken her beloved Archer away with them to somewhere he would never come back to, she would fight to protect Nexus from them anyway she could to save what was left of her family from being ripped apart without a care for her or Nexus's feelings, she let Nexus nurse from her as she listened and watched the rest of the herd go about there morning, but none of them were really at ease as the uprights were a real threat with there unwild horses and thick snake like things they threw at a horse's head to catch them, just yesterday they had captured a small family band to the southwest of there herd, it was only a matter of time before they found this herd which had become her safety and family and had welcomed her without hesitation.

[Canadian Sunfeather]

Orca

Orca would lower her head to graze on some grass her tail was thick and brushed away flies with such ease they didn't bother her, she would look at Britz the other horse around her age "Britz come on let's play tag" Orca would say to the colt well she playfully nipped him being careful not to actually hurt him, she didn't remember much about her own family other then her mother had died when she had just turned two years old and that her father was nowhere to be seen, Valor had speculated that uprights had captured him like they had with so many other horses, but she wasn't sure herself as Valor was pretty new to the herd and did not know the full story behind her father's disapperance, she would wait for Britz to reply her silky tail kept swishing as she stood there beside Britz and then swatted flies away from him.

[Abbster]

Nexus

Nexus stood up and he trotted over to his mothers belly. He bent his head and began nursing swiftly. His tiny tail flapping as he drank. He could feel his mother nuzzle him from time to time and her whiskers tickled him. When he finished nursing, the lead mare and stallions colt, Riptide came trotting over. "Can Nexus come play?" Riptide asked, looking at Nexus with a bright smile. Nexus looked up at his mother and shook his head, pressing close to her side. "oh...ok." Riptide said with a sad sigh as he turned and trotted back to his parents.

[wingfeather]

Britz

Britz munched on grass quietly, his mind buzzing with plans for the day, he hardly even noticed any horses around him as he dug his nose into the tasty green blades. At Orca's sudden suggestion to a game all the ideas that were going through his mind vanished as Britz returned the invitation to tag with a challenging grin and a playful butt with his nose. He started prancing a little before galloping away quickly, ''sure, if you can catch me,'' he said releasing a high pitched whinny of delight as he tried dodging Orca's attempts at tagging him back.

[Abbster]

Riptide

On his way back to his parents, Riptide saw Britz and Orca playing a game of tag. He turned and began trotting over to the two older horses. "Can I play?" Riptide asked them, looking hopeful. Usually, Britz and Orca didn't like him tagging around them, but Riptide was the son of the lead mare and stallion...which didn't really do anything for him as most of the younger horses usually said no when he asked to play. "please?" Riptide asked, looking at them again.

[wingfeather]

Drail

Drail nuzzled his mate back, he gazed at her intently through his pale eyes to reassure himself that she was really alright. He smiled softly, ''they must be on their way soon,'' he said, though he really did not know much of those sorts of things. ''It was well, and all is quiet,'' he said not wanting to cause her any anxiety with talk of uprights nearing the area. ''Have you need of anything,'' Drail asked suddenly.

[wingfeather]

Bard walked back towards the territory, he had been scouting all yesterday and well into the night, and now his paws were very sore. But he still had a job to do... report to the Alpha. Bard sighed he wished he didn't have to go up to the dark and formidable wolf, at least that is what Drail looked like to him. Really nearly all the wolves in the pack caused him nervousness and he tried his best to stay away from them but this was different... he had to report to the alpha, it was his duty as part of the pack, even if he hadn't seen anything, which he hadn't.

[Abbster]

Arctic

Arctic smiled softly. "Thats good" Arctic said, shifting her weight so her mate could lay beside her. Of course with her still growing belly, shifting was a lot harder now. "I wonder how many pups we'll have" Arctic said, as she snuggled against her mate. "I'm hoping for healthy pups, I don't care how many we have. I just want them to be healthy." Arctic said, with a smile. Arctic smiled at her mates question. "oh, no I'm alright my darling. Although I do want to spend some time with you." she said