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THIS ROLEPLAY IS PRIVATE, BETWEEN DRACO AND CATWHOHAS14TAILS, FOR FUTURE SHORT STORIES. YOU MAY READ AND COMMENT, BUT PLEASE DO NOT ASK TO JOIN. THANK YOU ;D

Characters:

Main:

Achak (c) Draco

Kiona (c) CatWhoHas14Tails

Other:

(c) CatWhoHas14Tails:- Kita

(c) Draco:- Olathe, Kanook, Dartanion, Takoda, Ayashi

A storm was approaching, he cold smell it in the air. The air was damp and ice cold as it blew against his face. The snow that had been falling softly earlier in the day had hardened and flew through the air by the lashing winds that were still picking up. Frowning, the black and silver wolf, standing at his lookout post near the caves where his packed resigned. And with winter fast approaching, it would only get worse.
It's getting hard to see, hunting in this weather would be dangerous... Achak thought as he stood on the cliff, the quickly harshening wings blowing at his long coat. But luckily, to his pack atleast, with the dark coat, he was easier to find. We can't hunt in this...

Kiona looked outside of the cave where she and the rest of the pack (with the exception of their alpha) dwelled. The weather was getting pretty bad and she was hoping that Achak was okay. She shivered, making her fur stand on end. She wasn't cold, she was just nervous. The weather didn't bother her, she was just concerned--

"You worried about my brother?"

Kiona turned her head back. It was Ayashi, but if Kiona didn't know any better she'd say it was Olathe. She was a very nice person, and they talked to each other, but not that often (Kiona was never a big talker, at least with most)

"Um..." Kiona was a tad embarrassed to answer, but Aya knew she was. The silver wolf shook her head and smiled.

"He'll be alright." Ayashi said, assuringly.

Kiona looked ahead and saw the black and silver wolf coming towards the cave, his fur blowing harshly in the wind. Kiona's heart lifted.

Stepping into the cave, Achak's fur was half damp with the snow that had clung to and melted with his body heat. The specks of frozen water that hadn't melted yet, dotted his dark fur with white. Once inside, the wolf shook himself off briefly, trying not to send too much moisture everywhere onto his packmates.

Glancing around, they were all waiting for him to speak. Achak sighed, the look of discouragement.

"The weather conditions are too harsh, and are just getting worse. It's going to be a bad storm, and go on all day by the looks of it. We won't be able to hunt in this until it dies down." he saw the looks of disappointment and worry spread across the other wolves' faces. Judging by the severity of the snow storm blowing just outside, they might not eat at all today.

Kiona sighed, a bit frustrated. This would be the second day she wouldn't get food. They couldn't get a kill yesterday and today the weather was bad. She hoped she could hold out until tomorrow at least. She barely made it without eating after 3 days.

Achak gave some words of encouragement to the entire pack to try an raise the spirits again. After his pep talk, the entire pack crowded into the back of the cave to keep warm. It was later in the day, so hardly anyone slept. Kiona tried sleeping, but she couldn't, so she walked to the edge of the pile of wolves and layed down, staring out at the snow storm outside, cursing it secretly.

Her thoughts were interrupted when her stomach growled very loudly, louder than all of the conversation going on within the cave. A few stopped to look at Kiona, the rest tried carrying on with what they were already doing.

Kiona snorted embarrassingly and put her head down, still noticably awake.

Having been talking with Kanook, his uncle and gamma (second in command) wolf of the pack, Achak's sharp hearing picked up the hungry growl coming from the entrance and turned his head along with a few others'. Seeing it to be coming from the red female, the silver and black wolf frowned, remembering how she wasn't as accustomed to not eating for over a day or two. No doubt now that Kiona felt embarrassed over it. Excusing himself from Kanook a moment, the alpha padded over to the hybrid, his claws making only the slightest noise on the hard rocky ground of the cave.

"Kiona?" seeing her head turn to him at that, the wolf continued. "I know you're hungry, and the storm should pass by tomorrow..." He couldn't help but worry over her. Once she had gone a few days without food and had collapsed. The alpha had had to go catch her a few rabbits to bring to her, which the female had devoured quickly. Achak didn't want that happening again. Perhaps, while the storm was still not at it's worst, he could go out and catch her something quick to hold her over. Glancing into the brewing storm outside, the large wolf nodded to himself. "I'll be right back..."

Not really thinking, Kiona stood up and grabbed the furred tip of his tail and kept her ground. No you won't! She thought to herself. He looked back at her in surprise.

Kiona let go of his tail and bowed her head, as a way to apologize for doing such a stupid thing to the highest-ranked wolf. Then she looked up at him.

"Don't go." She said. "Don't treat me special. I'll be fine." Kiona knew that she needed to adapt to this lifestyle, she couldn't have Achak fetching her food all of the time, it wasn't fair to the others. And it wouldn't be fair to her if something bad happened to him in the storm.

Her move had taken her by surprise. No wolf had ever done that to him before, save for when he and his family played when he and his siblings were pups. At Kiona's statement he stared at her, his bright blue eyes penetrating into her. Then his face softened.

"I can't say when the next time we'll get to eat is. I am not going to let any of my pack members go hungry if I can help it. I'd rather go hungry first..." noting her embarrassed expression, he continued. "Winters are hard, with little food. Trying to learn how to go without food now would be foolish. During this time you should try and eat whenever you can to save your strength. You don't know when you're next meal will be..." With that, the alpha turned back to the entrance. "I know this territory well, I won't be long..." With a quick glance over his shoulder that warned her not to try and stop him, the silver and black wolf padded out, his dark form soon disappearing in the white flurry.

Kiona ran after him. She knew that she should've stayed in the cave with the others, but she had a feeling in the back of her head that something bad was going to happen. She wasn't sure if it was the right thing to listen to that instinct, but she did.

It was ungodly frigid outside with the snow and the wind blowing unmercifully. She consentrated on staying next to Achak's side and she didn't feel as cold. She didn't know if he noticed her by his side, but she kept running.

At first, the alpha didn't notice the female next to him, having been concentrating on his current new task. But as a flash of red caught his eye, he glanced at it out of the corner of his eye. So she had followed him after all, even when the wolf had told the female to stay. It made the silver and black wolf frown, but there was nothing he could do about it now. Sending her back would just end in her getting lost, and in this weather, she wouldn't last the rest of the day.

Certainly not happy about the new arrangement, but putting it aside for now, he decided to speak to her. "There's a field nearby where there might be some rabbits. But we won't find any thing much bigger out in this storm..." They'd be lucky if there were even rabbits at all.

With the cold white snow spotting, and dampening their coats, they continued on.

Kiona trotted alongside Achak for a while, both stopping to sniff the ground every once in a while. But then the snow fell harder and it wasn't long until both wolves lost sight of each other. They tried keeping a close eye on the other to not get separated, but they ended up losing each other in the winter storm.

The weather impaired all of the senses. The wind was blowing harshly and howling cruely through Kiona's ears, whipping them around, making it hard to hear. The snow was falling hard into her eyes like daggers. And the temperature dropped imensely, practically numbing Kiona, especially her paws and her nose. She tried sniffing around to find Achak's unforgetable scent, but she lost all traces of it.

She had to keep moving through the snow to find him and to keep warm. Although she had a thick coat, it was not thick enough for this kind of weather. She wasn't even sure if Achak's fur was thick enough. She called out to him in the wind, but there was no answer. She trudged on, moving slower and slower with each step.

Periodically, Achak had glanced to his side to make sure Kiona was still next to him. The harsh winds and blinding snow that blocked the senses beat at the two mercilessly. Both their coats were getting wet. If they didn't find food soon they would have to head back or risk freezing to death.

Once more glancing to his side to check for his female companion, the black and silver wolf was surprised to see her gone. He stopped immediatly, looking around though that was pointless. It was impossible to see a foot infront of him. And trying to catch her scent was also impossible. Perhaps going back to find her tracks--no, they'd be covered by now. Standing there for a few moments, the alpha tried to figure out the best course of action. He needed to find Kiona, that was his top priority right now.

Calling out into the storm, it was hard to even hear his own voice over the roar of the winds. Growling under his breath, the large wolf shook himself briefly of the snow coating his fur. This wasn't good. Just then, a thought came to him. Taking a deep breath, and lifting his head, he let out a loud, long howl, hoping it carried through the storm so Kiona could find him.

Draco,you and Cat are doing a really outstanding job on the RP,keep up the good work.

Thank you Sarabi, but remember, you have to take off your signature when in the roleplay section

Kiona picked herself up, for she had collapsed in the snow from exhaustion, she called Achak's name as loud as she could, but it was coming out no louder than a whisper. Thoughts were overcoming her, when her master had abandoned her and she was left in the forest by herself, how she almost froze that night. But when she remembered Achak had saved her, she felt the urge to continue, even as weak as she was at the moment. Just then she heard a familiar howl on the wind. It was faint, and could barely be heard through the wind.

Achak... Kiona thought. She pushed her way through the snow, almost completely buried in it. She clumsily shook the snow off her fur and continued... but in the wrong direction. She had been out in the cold unprotected for so long, it had reached the inside of her body and she couldn't think properly. She kept calling Achak's name out loud, but it seemed like he would never find her.

Her body knew it was struggling to survive...so the wolf within Kiona took over. The wolf that lashed out by the touch. When Kiona opened her eyes again, her pupils took over almost her entire eye, her vision grew dark. She then ran through the woods frantically in search of safety, not knowing what she herself was doing. When a tree branch would brush against her fur the slightest, she whipped back to bite it, but didn't in case it was Achak. It wasn't. So she carried on in no particular direction, frantic, scared, and wild, praying that someone would find her.