Windy Peak

“It is something else, but let’s not get caught up in sightseeing.”

"Indeed. But it is a beautiful sight to behold." Linnëa replied calmly, her eyes lingering for one more fleeting moment. Her gaze then broke and she focused back on the path before her. Crimson was right, the mountain was dangerous, but did she really understand what he meant? Yes it was dangerous to fall, but what other dangers were there other than slipping and falling to ones death? She was not sure. As well, the place she had resided in before had been mainly flat, apart from warmer than this territory. There had been cliffs and lower mountains, but they were not snowy as this place was. Confused slightly, her ears pinned, but moments later she reaction disappeared.

“Watch where you all place your paws, the ground may look safe, but it does not always show the truth.”

The ground? Linnëa thought, looking down to the snow beneath her paws. The khaki female was still slightly confused. Thinking about what he meant, she remembered a few words from her largely fogged past, one where she had been attending a Guardian's lesson from her birth pack that was about traveling. Beware of mountains capped of snow, a wrong step and the snow will flow. She got the meaning for the most part. What had they been called? An avelance? No, no... An avalanche. I must not ignore him then, he obviously has more experience here than I. She thought. It was okay though that she did not know of avalanches. She would learn soon.

Lelio padded behind the alpha pair. He thought about life over the past few weeks, Linnea, the lovely female in front of him had been named alpha, much to no ones surprise. She was perfect for the job, or so he thought, plus it was always good to have a beautiful creature like her at the front of the pack. Lelio kicked a pebble in his path and sent it over the cliff they now stood at. Surprise of all surprises Lelio had been named Lead Guardian, the position his father had once held, or so he had been told.

Lelio looked out over the territory, it was really beautiful, he had grown up in a land not unlike this one, just smaller. He knew of the dangers, but had come to accept them as a fact of life. Lelio let his gaze travel back to the female in front of him. He wished he could get to know her better...if might be fun.

(Lame)

Linnëa turned around to take another glance at the wolves padding behind her, as well as the territory beyond them. What caught her eyes, however, was the Lead Guardian looking at her. The khaki female was somewhat caught of guard by this, it was not often that one stared at her. She pinned her ears confusedly, but otherwise hid the full extent of her reaction. "Hello." She said simply, as she slowed her pace to match the male's so that she walked next to, but just in front of him. She was placed closest to the edge of the lightly snowed slope that laid to the right of her.

Her eyes then trailed back to the mountain as she gazed at the expansive rocky spire. There was a strange feeling coming over the female now. It scared her somewhat, as if she was at the wrong place at the wrong time. Or she was forgetting something.

Lelio hadn't been aware his staring had gone noticed. "Why hello, what brings you back to me?" He said in a different tone then usual (think Sean Connery XD), when the very female he had been staring so intently at, came back to join him. Though when a look of fear crossed her features as she looked over the sloppy abyss all thoughts of flirting drifted from his mind. "What is wrong?" He asked his own eyes searching each crevice for secrets that may harm the pack.

That is why he was named Lead Guardian, was it not, because he could protect the pack like no other? He had been feeling the same emotions as the female beside his but had pushed them aside as mere annoyances.

"Why hello, what brings you back to me?

"Thought I might say hello." The khaki female replied kindly, giving Lelio a small smile in reply. She kept a smooth, loose pace next to him. Her long legs were good for many types of travel, whether through snow or swamps or through plains and forests. She could cover ground quickly and efficiently without expending too much energy, and obstacles were no problem. She could leap over tall fallen trees, wide branches, and several obstacles in a row without loosing speed. It was very helpful indeed for when they traveled like this. Alphas were meant to lead, not to lag behind. Her mind continued to wander from subject to subject at random and in no particular order like this for a few more moments until her thoughts were interrupted.

"What is wrong?"

She pondered this question for several moments. What was wrong? What was this strange, disconcerting feeling that brewed inside her like boiling stew? It disturbed her and caused her heart to be at unrest, and her mind to be far more alert than it normally was when she traveled. Normally, she would be in a robotic state where her body went into an autopilot sort of mode and her mind was quiet and at rest. But not now. "I have a strange feeling that is causing me some.. Mental unrest." She replied quietly. It was so only he could hear. She did not want any wolves that may find her current state of mind silly or stupid. She pinned her ears. If only the female listened to her mind. But she was more intent on calling her feelings and ideas silly for fear of them causing her something she did not want.

Spirit walked in silent observation behind the others, bringing up the rear of the group trekking across the snow tipped peaks. Conversation drifted to the landscape and the view that presented itself to them. Spirit allowed her eyes to drift off to edge of the rocky pathway and beyond. Trees stretched across the land in a sea of green, stirring a longing feeling in Spirit. She was not one to mind the snow (for she was best at hunting in it) but the cover of trees brought shelter to the female and up here on the open cliff she felt vulnerable.

Shaking her fur free of the clumps of snow that began attaching themselves to her, Spirit turned her attention to those in front of her. Linnea had dropped back a few paces to walk along side Lelio. The Delta didn't bother straining her ears to listen in on their conversation, she didn't feel like intruding nor did she have the energy. Their smiles soon dropped as the conversation turned serious; Linnea whispered something to the male that was meant to be inaudible to the rest of the wolves. Spirit looked away, she wouldn't bother herself with it. Free of watching the others, Spirit gaze traveled up along the slope to her right and up to the snow collected at the top. She didn't trust this rocky landscape in the least.

[ Lame ]