Lifting his head up and seeing her watch him, he straightened his back and held his head high, as he had been raised to do. Even though he probably looked like an idiot. Trotting up to her, he decided he might as well get to know this pack that had saved him, and should start with her. ''My name's Ari. What are you called? And do you know where the pack leader is so I can... thank him?'' He managed to force the words out so most sounded ok, but stumbled towards the end and cursed himself inwardly.

"BANGLE went into the REDWOODS?!?!" Lythia shreiked, loud enough that a few birds were frightened enough to fly out of the trees they sat in.

(fail, sorry.)

Krael nodded to Scarlette. Or Scar, as he had so stupidly asked if he could call her. She agreed, though, so at least it hadn't angered her. "You would have your head fighter fight to the death with members of our own pack?" he said, a little surprised.

~~~ 

Aerya was silent. Did Bangle really think no one would miss him? Eventually she said, "I guess I'm kind of counting on the fact that no one will miss me. It'd make everything a lot easier." 

((/Fail)) 

"The three wolves you were fighting were useless runts, Krael." Scarlette said. "You should have never lost. And I wouldn't care much if you killed Ohjain, Bangle and Lythia." She paused. "Our pack can afford to lose them."

Bangle nodded. "Let's go, then." He said, standing up and getting ready to leave.

"Spoken like a true Kohzar," Krael said, grinning. "You're right, next time those three won't get off so easy."

 ~~~

"Alright," Aerya said, following Bangle uncertainly. 

((/Fail. Both of them)) 

"Good." Scarlette said. She sat down next to him. "Has anything else happened while I was asleep?" She asked.

Bangle walked.

(I fail worse.)

(bump)

“Watch it, wolfess!” Azrul-Ryne snapped in Lythia’s face. His forepaw was liften halfway in an unintended effort to strike her. If she had continued for a second more, Ryne would have landed a full blow on her snout.  He stiffened, svivelled his ears  and looked around in an attempt to spot any sign of movement.  No crunch of paws on the dry leaves, no furious barks of the enraged Kohzar leaders, no mouth on his throat. At least not yet. Ryne let out a sigh of relief. “You want Krael and the rest to know about this?” he hissed, turning back to Lythia. “And no, they don’t know about this yet. Well, perhaps they do now, thanks to you, who so conveniently yelled it out for all to hear.” He took a deep breath in an attempt to ease his frustration. “He went into the Redwoods with one of them. And came back. That’s all I really know.”

Lythia was qriet after that, regretting what she'd said since she had been so shocked. "...Why would he go out there?" She asked, concerned.

"Two scared wolves..." Bangle repeated, thinking for a moment that she was right. Then he shook his head. "We're right to be scared. We've been beaten our whole lives, what would we possibly know other than fear?" He asked her. "All we need is a few more wolves, and then we'd have some defense. We wouldn't have to be afraid anymore, Aerya."

---

Scarlette's gaze brightened a little as Krael as he offered to ask questions. "You should." She said, standing up. She began to walk away, then turned back to him. "Now you're starting to think more like a Kohzar." She gave him a smile of approval-which was rare- then turned back around and walked away.

"...Alright, Bangle. I agree, but who would want to join us?" Aerya said.  

((Yet another fail))

~~~

Krael grinned, amber eyes glinting unnervingly. He turned away from the alphess and began to search for Bangle. He couldn't find him, but he could see Azrul-Ryne and Lythia off in the distance. He set off towards them.

Krael barked. It was a wordless noise, meant only to alert the others to his presence. When he was sure he had their attention, he began to speak in his usual haughty tone, as if the fight had never even taken place. "I'm not looking for a fight with you... at the moment. All I want is information. I suggest you give it to me, as I am doing this under direct orders from Scarlette. So tell me, where is Bangle?"

Lythia growled. "Bangle left." She simply said. "We don't know where he went." She sat down, wrapping her silver and white tail around her small paws, green eyes burning with fury that she wanted to unleash on Krael.

---

Bangle shrugged. "I don't know. We could howl for lone wolves that want to join a pack tonight, and see if anyone comes."

---

Curren nodded. "Yes, omega, I am." He said. He stood up, walking over to the wolf. "Now, you're staying until you get better." He said. "Once you're healed, you will have to prove yourself worthy of joining the pack if you wish to stay. If you fail, you can go straight back to being a starved loner. If you succeed, however, you may stay. The tests will be hard," He said," The hardest thing you've ever done in your miserable little life." Curren was not happy that he had had to accept this wolf, and decided to try and give him reasons to want to leave.