Dark Blaze

You're prancing around staring up at the lights and wolves as they move to and fro across the camp. You're so fixated on well, everything, that you fail to pay attention to where your going. You feel fur not your own, and rib bones smack into your face. You fall back, dazed for a moment before looking up at the wolf you apparently had run into. A red mask seems to blaze in front of you and you realize who it was. As you stand you provide your apologies, but the other wolf waves his paw.

"It is all too easy to loose yourself, I understand." He said. He nods toward the tree. "I am heading to the healer. One of the pups stumbled into a thorn bush and got some scratches. It is currently with it's mother, refusing to leave." You think you hear the massive warrior chuckle. "So where did you come from?" He asks. You fall into step next to him and give a reply telling him about your own pack. He nods quietly as he listens, critically discerning each word you say. You arrive at the tree and he looks at you.

"Hang on a moment here." He says. He walks up to the tree and claws at the sand. "Lark Song?" There is a scuffling noise, and a brown wolf appears from the roots of the tree. At first you think it is the wolf from earlier, but then your mind roles around another name, Acorn Fur...but wasn't he the? You cock your head. She looks up at you and smiles.

"Ah you must be the visitor Acorn Fur told me about." She nodded. "Let me help the Alpha, then you can ask me all of your apparent questions." She chuckled before turning her attention to the alpha. "What can I get you?"

"A healing slave." He said. "One of the pups injured himself during training." She nodded and disappeared. You look at the alpha and mention that you don't believe you caught his name.

"Dark Blaze." He replied still watching the entrance. "I am Dark Blaze, but why is a longer story." Suddenly Lark Song reappeared caring a healing salve. She dropped it at Dark Blaze's feet.

"That should do it." She said. She looked up at you. "It was nice meeting you." She replied. You return the pleasantry and she disappears. You offer to carry the salve, in exchange for more about the alpha and how the pack came here. He nods.

"It is a long story, sort of a slow one." He sighs. "I guess my part is a good start as any though." He looked up as he walked. "I was abandon by my own pack as an adolesent. I had gotten into trouble with the pack alpha's other son. Not just pups trouble, I critically wounded him. Course in my mind at the time, he deserved it. But in hindsite I realize he didn't he was just being an annoying older brother."

You stop and drop the salve. "Brother?" You echo. He pauses and looks at you.

"Yes." He said. He eyes the salve and you pick it up, continuing to follow him. "My brother. He was boasting about being pack leader, and how I was just a lucky to live runt. It was the hundreth time I'd heard that so I launched. Now, I was stronger than my brother, so it was a quick fight. Fortunately my mother was there to call for help, or it could have been worse than a lost limb." He stopped again and looked up. In the dim light you think you see a tear, but you're not sure. He looks down and lets out a sigh before continuing on. "I was removed from the camp with a new name, Dark. At first in my anger I was fine with it. However, life caught up in the form of winter. I wasn't prepared and almost starved. Had it not been for an elder in the area I would have died. He taught me the ways of a rouge. I learned to care for myself in ways I hadn't before. Unfortunately the wolf passed on a year later. By then I was full grown though, and I decided it was time to move on. I hiked into the mountains where I met Tala and my mate Hidden Dove. Tala got us situated, and some other help in the form of Chasing Stones and Snow Queen."

You reach the pups and set down the salve. You ask him if he came here then. He shakes his head. "No." He replied. "My mate actually found this place." You look at him curious to the story. He smiles. "You should ask her. As for now..." A small pup walks out from under a log with some moss and glowing mushrooms on it. A grey and brown female walks out behind the pup and approaches Dark Blaze. She nuzzles him then looks over at you.

"Who is this Blaze?" She asks. He frowns, and it occurs to you that the rest of his name came from his mate.

"A visitor." He said briefly. She nods, and then smiles at you.

"Welcome." She says warmly. "If you need anything feel free to ask."

"Although, for now." Dark Blaze guesters toward a pup preparing to bury himself in the salve bowl. You nod and say you will, before going off to explore elsewhere.

[Brother]