Crayon

Crayon grew up in a big pack. One of the most powerful ones. Even Patch has heard of them, and that's saying something. He's so young, she was hoping maybe things have changed. Crayon was next in line. She was supposed to inherit her mother's throne. But she knew from the day she met Fabian that what she really wanted was a quiet life. Her plan was to change the way her pack had done things. She was going to bring revolution. She was going to do a lot of things. 

Fabian visited her often. He was handsome, from a small pack but with good lineage, and her mother approved of him. Or so she thought. What her mother approved of was Fabian as her breeding male, not as a mate. As soon as Crayon found out, she stood up to her mother. She stood up for what she believed in. 

She thought she could make a good case. She knew what had happened between her parents and she knew neither of them had been raised for love, and she knew she wasn't supposed to, either. But she also believed her mother to be a rational wolf. She'd seen her guide their pack ever since she was born, she'd seen her make some difficult decisions. And she knew that her mother let both her heart and brain guide her. How else would she build this empire, all on her own?

She paced the outside of her cave for hours. Trying to find the right words, trying to order the arguments in her head. She was ready. 

And then she saw them. Fabian and her mother, coming back from an early morning walk. They were in good spirits. Maybe this would be easier than she thought? Both her mother and Fabian looked like they were getting along. But then she noticed the rustling in the bushes behind them. The hunters! As her mother walked the path to her cave, the hunters surrounded Fabian. Two royal hunting parties against a single wolf. 

She heard him growl. She wanted to jump in, but her body between him and the rest of her pack. She wanted to run away with him. She was about to, but suddenly her mother was standing in front of her. She looked sad. She also looked serious. 

"He was bad news, Anita. He was going to betray you."

Her heart was broken. She didn't know who to believe, she didn't know where to look. She turned around and she ran, she ran, she ran for days. She was exhausted and hungry and her paws were swollen with pain, but she wouldn't stop. How does she move on? How does she go back to the pack that killed her lover? How does she lead them? Were they protecting her or were they protecting some secret interest her mother had, something she couldn't even comprehend? Just yesterday it looked like everything was going to work out in her favour, but she was here now. How did it come to this?

She changed her name and swore never to be found again. Not by Fabian's pack, not by her own. She couldn't take the idea of betrayal by either side, her mother's or his. She decided she didn't want to know. She decided to move on and build her life elsewhere. 

So when she found Gentlesock and Anemia, she knew what she needed to do. And when they offered for her to stay, she accepted. 

"I do know a thing or two about leading a pack, as so happens. I can help."

Crayon was the first wolf befriended after Anemia.

She seems kind and gentle, she's very romantic and caring. She likes nuzzling and playing catch.

Crayon has had two girls with Gentlesock, Vitani and Akira (they have been chased from the pack).

Since she is on puppysitting duty with Magnus, they are now getting along quite well! She is also close to Gentlesock because he comes to visit the puppies often. I'm hoping to come up with a way for puppysitters to spend more time with the rest of the pack sometime. 

Crayon is currently residing in Cushion home, alongside other scouts, herbalists, pupsitters, and pups.