{{Drowning}} In >Sorrow< ((Open))

[Ärï]

Sunblaze smiled sadly at Belle and dipped her head, licking the little pup lovingly. "Hi sweetie" Sunblaze murmured softly. She raised her head and looked over at Thite. "I...I'm..." Sunblaze swallowed hard and tried to focus on keeping her voice even but she couldn't avoid looking down. "I'm pregnant. A loner cornered me a few moons ago....That's why...I left...."

[Destiny]

The brute stiffened, not moving for several moments. Then the creature padded slowly forward. Velvety ebony nose pressing affectionately, and comfortingly, into the sunset fur a top her crown. "It wasn't your fault. He'll pay with his life for hurting you, for doing this to you. I promise."
A new enemy.
I wonder who this one is.
He'll die for impregnating my Sunblaze.
For hurting her like this.
I'll see to it if it kills me.

Belle whimpered and curled herself up in a ball between Sunblaze's front paws.

[Ärï]

Sunblaze nuzzled Thite's neck lightly, breathing in his scent. Her heart felt like a ten pound stone resting in her chest. She pressed against Thite and bent her head, brushing Belle comfortingly before again the pups inside her kicked and Sunblaze winced. She felt the familiar jabbing pains in her belly, reminding her of Sierra and Yoru's birthing. "I have to find a den soon" Sunblaze murmured.

[Destiny]

The divine aroma of his Sunblaze was thick in his nostrils. Clouding over any anger or emotions that were not love momentarily. "There's one nearby..."
The den I was born in.
The brute gazed down fondly at Belle. He wasn't her biological father. But he was her father, none the less. And she was his baby girl. His little angel.

[Ärï]

"I'll go alone" Sunblaze murmured. She knew the den of which Thite spoke though she'd only seen it once or twice in her past. "Take Belle somewhere safe until dawn then come to the den. I don't know what you'll find but..." Sunblaze let her words trail off into silence. Dipping her head the sunset femme smiled at Belle. "You be good for your father alright? I'll see you soon little one." Sunblaze smiled at Belle and licked her forehead before turning and padding slowly into the undergrowth. This torture she would go through alone though something told her dawn might be too much to hope for. She may not last that long....

[Destiny]

The brute dipped his head. Soft optics watching his mate leave. Dancing over her sunset fur. "Sunblaze, I love you." The words were quietly spoken and he couldn't tell wether or not she had heard. He could only hope that she had. Looking back to Belle he picked up the small fae and disappeared into the undergrowth with her. The sky was dark and he felt rain coming.

"Wuv you mommy..." Were the little pup's words as daddy carried her off into the forest.

[Ärï]

As the sun began to break the spell of the night, Thite's former den shadowed and sheltered the russet pelt of a weakened femme. She laid at the very back, the sun barely touching the tips of her paws. Curled at her side, five pups laid nursing against the flank of their unwilling mother. Two steel-toned males, a little white and red femme and a sunset-toned she-pup. As for their mother, Sunblaze was weak. Too much blood had been lost during the birthing and the litter too large for a femme so young. Her family seemed to have some herditory gene that made their litters small. Sunblaze's fair sized and the two males were large pups. Now Sunblaze was struggling to hold onto her life and wait for Thite, to know the pups would be cared for. Despite the fact t hat they were not willingly hers she could not see them be killed. Black fogged the edges of her vision as the rising sun kissed her pelt lightly with it's heavenly warmth. Half-closed eyes watched and waited.

[Destiny]

The brute sat and waited. Optics never leaving the sky except to glance at Belle who slept between his paws. In the moment that the dawn came the brute was dashing through the wood, Belle hanging from his jaws. Optics searching and stabbing at the undergrowth. Then he saw the den. He slowed to a walk and paused outside to pull himself together. Calmly the brute entered his birthing den. Belle was placed on the earth near Sunblaze's head. Velvet nose touched the crown of each pup in turn. A gesture of acceptance. Then gaze was rested on Sunblaze. He leaned forward to touch his nose to hers ever so slightly

[Ärï]

"T...take them to...the packs" Sunblaze rasped, seeing Thite loom over her. "Th...they are blameless...innocent...." Sunblaze's breathing hitched. Her mind was foggy and her lungs felt too tired to draw in a breath. Darkness swam over her topaz eyes, darkening them. Her head lulled and topaz eyes closed. Her flanks stilled. The pups began to whimper and whine as Sunblaze's body began to cool, sunlight dancing over her red-gold pelt.

(u want a pup?)

[Destiny]

(Sure.I'll take the white and red femme if I may.)

The brute nodded. His optics were clouded with sadness. But he refused to force her to continue to live just for him. Refused to make her feel guilty in her moment of death. "Goodbye, my love." The brute nuzzled the sunset fur of her neck.

Belle licked Sunblaze's muzzle, sensing death. "Bye mommy..."Were the simple words her innocent voice managed.

[Ärï]

(sure now which pack do they go to?)

The pups whimpered and the two males pawed at Sunblaze's flank blindly. They didn't understand. Why was it cold? Why was something different. Something was wrong. Blind and deaf the pups were helpless should their foster father refuse them aide. WIthout a mother they would die within a day.

[Destiny]

The brute gazed at each of the pups. It would be difficult to carry them all. He'd need to call in a friend. The brute turned to pad out of the den and howl but he didn't even have to open his mouth. Serra was already padding towards him.

The fae looked over each of the pups. "None of them are yours... where are we taking them?" Were her simply words.

The fae was small, her pelt snowy with splashes of a reddish orange shade here and there. She whimpered and nosed Sunset's body.

Belle, though only a moon or so old herself, licked the pups trying to comfort them.

Thite looked them over. "The packs." Was his reply as he reached down to take the two brute's in his maw.

(Sheeran Pack, if they refuse the pups then we take them to the Siverians. I would prefer we not take them to the Yozorans or Destinians because those are the largest packs in the forest.)

[Ärï]

(ok)

The two grey brutes batted blindly at one another. One, the largest of the two was a darker shade then his brother and would probably darken as he grew older. The second was lighter, almost sterling in some places and not quite as large. He would probably be small for a brute when he grew older. Both whimpered and whined, pawing blindly at their dead mother.

[Destiny]

Thite took the two brute's in his jaws. Holding them carefully. Optics darted to Belle. He motioned to his back. She'd have to sit up there and ride along.

Serra reached down and picked up the faes.

The little snowy orange femme whimpered but went limp in Serra's jaws.

Belle nodded and scrambled up Thite's side. Placing herself on the back of his neck, between his ears.

(Anything else to post here really?)

[Ärï]

(nope. OFF TO THE PACKLANDS! -runs off in wrong direction-)