Thread: Innocence beneath the moon

the pups she snuggled and nuzzled, whined rather pathetically as all young things tended to do when their sleep was disturbed, it wasn't unhappy whines, just simply 'i feel that what your doing there!' sorts of things. several even blinked sleepy eyes at her and huffed in annoyance that the strange 'not prey' one was touching them, before going back to sleep, while others tried to crawl into her lap and snuggle her. as she took care of the tiny pup others where brought in, those ones where mostly dry, and they where quickly taken in by the two 'teen' wolves who where quietly settling other pups down for a good long tongue bath to dry their fur and keep them warm. as she sang, the world seemed to still, and most of the puppies woke and moved to lay as close to her as they could without squishing each other, the tiny one in her hands suddenly morphing into a tiny little human baby with hair as white as it's fur, like snow in the winter, it's thumb was tucked firmly in it's mouth and it was sleeping ever so peacefully. one if it's tiny, rather chubby little fists was locked tightly around a lock of her hair, and as the gray wolf came back in, it paused as it sat down another just slightly damp pup. then, where the gray wolf had been, a woman now stood, nearly nude, she wore only a very large nightshirt, indicating she had been abed in human form when this mess had occurred. that is Erin, my Runt. she explained, smiling at him fondly. the others have all opened their eyes, but he has not... he could not crawl away when the waters rose, and he nearly drowned, i was very lucky to have caught him before he was swept away. she admitted, watching Callista cautiously. Alpha says you are of the Pack... but you have wings... she admitted, sniffing at the air. and you smell like Hunt... he says you are not Prey... she frowned, confused. if you have wings as a bird, and smell like Hunt, how are you not prey? the woman asked, setting the whining puppy down and letting it scamper off while she counted puppies. all the pups are here... safe, good. she muttered, sounding relieved. i am Tarin. she admitted suddenly. Alpha asked me to tell you to please wait here, he has many things he must deal with, and he wants to speak to you before you decide whether to stay, or to leave... the woman examined her intently and then nodded, seemingly pleased with what she saw before she turned back into a Wolf, as did the tiny little Erin, the tiny Wolf pup trying to snuggle right down Callista's shirt as the mother vanished into the rain... it wasn't long before the massive Golden wolf came into the cave, so soaked he looked more like a drowned rat than a wolf so large he could swallow a human teenager down without even chewing. he sneezed once, twice, clearing the water out of his nose and then shook hard, sending every bit of fur on edge as water hit the walls, but amazingly, did not hit anything else. he sat down and blinked at her, his head tilted a little. you sing like an Angel. he stated softly. your soft words brought calm to my panicked Pack. thank you. he gave her a wolfish grin. the rains came in the night, and i couldn't wake you, the shock to your mind was too strong... i think. i know little of how a persons mind works. the Alpha admitted. i brought you here to keep you dry, as i had brought the things from the human home to keep them safe from the Mad Man. the Wolf admitted. i hope you will not be angry with me...