New Story. Old Characters [Atrox]

[secret]

Soul walked through the meadow, she didn't care about the poisonous things. What was to worry about? Her green irises glistened from her black body with a shining hate as she thought about to herself, claws ripping at the grass silently. One thought kept popping up, another sherkia she couldn't recall their name. But the seemed important,no an old friend from her old pack? Yes, probably,but the thought escaped her mind in a flurry. Her mind wandered some more, as she Waded through the poisonous things that had fatality written across them. The black female continued to ignore the world with its problems. But so far she had her problems, the last pack she had been in was her very first one. To add to that, she had chased away every living creature who bothered to notice the bitter creature. Soul had hated every but if everything she was forcing herself to do but she loved it at the same time. She decidd to try again and join a pack if she could find one without her toxic reputation infesting the air. Hopefully his was just the place.

[Immortal]

Atrox galloped with his pack to a nearby hunting ground but he soon caught the scent of wolf not welcome in his land, he told his pack to move on and stalked towards the Nightshade Meadow, his wings held tightly to his body. He sniffed again thought she smelled familiar but could not place that sweet scent, crept into the long grass and sniffed out the female, he knew was close and still didn't like an outsider being so deep into his land it was annoying and he was in a abd mood today anyway. He crept around until he was down wind the other wolf. He slowly crept closer and stared out through the tall grass watching her, She was beautiful but there was something else about her the spikes his anger and his interest. He restted back on his huanches and lunged at the she wolf with his large fangs showing.

(best I could do right now starting to feel the affects of sleep comin on)

[secret]

Soul sat back in the grass, until she thought she heard something. Turning quickly she dodged the wolf lunging at her, something caught her eye. A silver shine, silver bracelets, a memory flashed back. "Atrox? Its me,Soul." she said hopefully, sitting down looking at him. "So your the alpha here it seems, taking that you were going to try and attack me." she had fun when they were younger with him. She knew it was him, no other wolf wore silver bracelets or had the weird mane he had. She smiled, very excited to see him again, but her stubborn temper spoke from her words and she smiled lightly.

[Immortal]

He slowly turned and looked at the she-wolf with narrowed eyes. He tilted his head to the side and studied her, Soul? The name sounded familiar but he could not place what she had been to him at one point. He tilted his head back up and thought, Soul! She was from his fathers pack but he still hadn't seen her in probably hundreds of years and he still wasn't sure what they had been to each other at that point in their lives. Finally he sat down and looked her up and down his clear eyes meeting hers. "Yes I am the alpha here and I have been for hundreds of years, why are you here?" He asked still not knowing if at one point they had been more to each other then fellow pack member or friends. It was many years ago now that he had last seen her and then she was banned from the pack and he never saw her again. That was all that he remembered of his past with her. He shook out his mane and watched her carefully while paying close attention to the area around him, this area was heavly laced with posion and predators that were not them.

[secret]

It seemed to take him awhile to remember her, she sighed and made an impatient sound. She looked at him, her equally hostile ways shining in her eyes "I don't know. I guess I just found my way into her. Why do you want to know?" she spoke in a hostile attitude "Oh yea, your the alpha." she thought of herself stupid for that moment. She sat back, looking at him curiously, wondering what he would do next.

[Immortal]

He shook his head and laughed to himself at her impatientness. Atrox shook his fluffy neck and said, "I care becuase this is my home and I have defended it for hundreds of years now." He had a hard tone to his voice but then softened as his memories came back to him about everything they had done together and he said. "What happened to you? After you left the pack?" He asked with real interest, "you left and I never saw you again." He tilted his head to the side and then looked up at the full moon over the meadow, life sure had never been boring with her around. He wondered how Raven was doing in the mortal world, had she found his daughter yet? Had she gotten to her in time? Or had the Talons wolf gotten to her first?

[secret]

She laughed, partially a cruel laugh, but it really was a laugh of amusement at herself "Yes, I should have known that, you always seemed destined for the alpha part, always a leader." her radar ears picked up how his tone somehow softened over his words. She shook her head looking down as she answered his question "Yea, I guess, I just turned more hostile than I was, and drove everyone away... and I decided never to look back and stay alone till it was all over, but look at me now, I broke that, and I'm not alone." she looked up at him, green eyes shining with a softness that Atrox only brought. It was strange running into him, it was like destiny, what a silly thing she thought. She looked at him and tilted her head just a bit "You seem... distracted." She said, her smile fading a bit.

[Immortal]

He smiled at her words. "My father never liked my leaders instinct, he thought it would drive me out of his control but dang it if the old man wasn't right." He said with a snort whipping his head, he was proud of his pack and was very happy that they were much more powerful then his fathers pack could ever have hopped to be. He almost laughed at the though of that pack almost completly dying out without a leader, many hated him for murdering his father but also many begged him to lead them and he refused and left them all to rot. He chuckled and looked her in the eye, "if you need a place to stay my cabin has an extra room. You don't have to join my pack but if you need some place to rest my doors open." He said tilting his head to side, he felt ashamed of himself but he couldn't remember what she looked like as a human. He laughed and shook his head, "just thinking of a little problem with one of the other packs. Nothing really." He said looking her straight in the eyes, he didn't want to lie to her but he didn't want to talk about his pup either so he told her as much of the truth as he could. he sat down and looked to the ground thinking of his human form and slowly a white light wrapped around him turning him into his human form. He knew that he had changed in this form from the last time she had seen him and he wanted to see if she still regonized him.

[secret]

She nodded and laughed "Well, I've always appreciated the leader instincts." she said truthfully and smiled. Her ears flickered, looking around, her green eyes staring out at the world. Her body was held in a position of hostility and dominance. The only reason of hostility, because any predators around, should see the signals, read between the lines, and see not to go anywhere near her. She nodded "I'll take you up on that offer." she said calmly. She nodded understanding his problems a bit, but she never ran a pack before. When he shifted she guessed she should follow, and shifted too, her amber eyes looking at him quizzically as she waited for him to say something or another.

[Immortal]

He smiled and nodded when she said she'd take him up on the offer, he watched her quietly for a moment taking in her human form but also listening for anything sneaking closer there were things out here that wouldn't think twice about attacking them and this put him on edge ever so slightly. He kept tracing with his mind where his weapon lie ready to shot to him if he need it at anytime. When he shifted he just shorta stared at her, now he remebered every moment of every day they had spent together, she had not changed from his memories of her. He cleared his throat and look her up and down with his purple eyes, his long black hair fell around his face as he stayed crouched unwilling to raise to his feet in this meadow. "I am glad you will take the offer." He said smiling ever so slightly.

[secret]

She looked at him, brushing the bangs out of her eyes with a smile at him. But her head whipped around at a slight crackle, but it only turned out to be the wind, snapping a long blade of grass, dry with dehydration. She looked at him and nodded, "Do you want to get back to your pack now? I'm sure you were doing something before my disruption." she said, her amber eyes shining brightly waiting for his response.

[Immortal]

He looked at her his purple eyes taking in every inch of her beauty. Like all of their kind she was inhumanly beautiful. He smiled and listened to everything around them and then nodded. "Yes we out on a hunt when I smelled an outsider and I'm guessing that was you." He said with a warm smile and then added. "Don't move." His purple eyes falshed to his wolf ones as they raised above her head, a very large and very hungry Hyaenodon. Easily a male around as big as they could get, razor sharp fangs gleaming as its amber eyes met his. It lifted its lips slowly and Atrox knew that it wasn't alone, its pack was with it somewhere out here. "On second thought... MOVE!" He shouted right when the thing leaped for Soul's back. Atrox held out his hand and felt the cold metal hilt of his sword land there.

[secret]

She looked at him and then smiled slightly "Yes, I'm the intruder." She heard him say don't move and nearly became angry at orders. She didn't move though, stood completely and utterly still for him. She watched him look over her head and gave him a quizzical look. She listened to him shout and turned and jumped out of the way quickly just in time for the Hyaenodon to miss her. Her eyes widened but in no surprise, she had seen many of those and other predators on her explorations. She moved quickly and then turned to face it, as she looked at Atrox.

[Immortal]

He watched as she dove out of the way, he ignored her for the most part just letting his senses locate the rest of this things pack. After it missed Soul it became more annoyed and turned to face him with a glare, Atrox met its empty soulless stare with one of his own only his held rage and anger. He felt a fierce protectiveness over Soul, maybe it was cause she had been very important to him at one point in his life or maybe it was just the fact that he hated getting attacked and surprised in his own land. The blade in his hand pulsed with the anger that ran through him, he looked up and his eyes connected with Soul's and he quickly looked back to the thing that was trying to figure out how to attack him. In his mind he sent out a silent call to his pack to return to him, to find the other members of this things pack and kill them. It wasn't that he was talking through thought no they couldn't do that but he could send orders to his pack by using the magic that bound packs together. He stared at the thing and lunged forward slashing down with his sword and striking it, it yelped and flew to the side but before it could react Atrox jumped and buried his sword into its chest.

[secret]

She watched Atrox and could seem some anger begin to seethe in him. She watched as his own eyes connected with hers, then before she knew it, he was striking at the creature. Soul stood blankly, unsure, what could she do with this dagger? Where was the fighter in her, suddenly, her human lips curled back slightly, in anger as she glared at the creature. She ran up and began to slash at it, making cuts at it's throat. But Atrox did more damage as the creature was stabbed through the chest from his swords. She watched it's reaction, but again tried to slit it's throat in frustration. She succeeded, the throat open in a sick smile. She was slightly satisfied, but continued to watch it as if it was just sleeping.

[Immortal]

He stood bowed against his sword a moment before standing and twisting it out of the dead beast laying at his feet, he heard the snap of its rips as he twisted it out and wiped the blade clean. He quickly sheathed his sword and gave Soul a wicked smile, "You certainly haven't lost your touch." He said with a chuckle before sniffing the air, "Its pack isn't gonna be happy we should get out of here." He said crouching down and shifting into his large wolf form. "You still need a place to stay?" He asked tilting his head to the side his gray eyes studying her.

[secret]

Looking at the creature, her eyes sparkled in a certain disgust. She crossed her arms as if scolding it for messing with them, or trying to attack. She looked up at him and his wicked smile and nodded, a smirk on her lips. You haven't either. But it all honesty, she felt like she had done much. She nodded and did the same as he did, going back to her wolf form. Her green eyes laughed, and she nodded. Yes, nothing's changed in the minutes that passed from us killing that ugly beast. She looked at the dead creature as if judging it, giving it a look of weird personal hate and then she looked back to Atrox, waiting for his next move.

[Immortal]

He nodded to her and tucked his wings in close to his body, "Good." He said his eyes dancing with the old him, she was very wrong actually, he had changed a lot maybe not in his ruthlessness but in his way of using others had changed a lot. He licked his lips and looked out of the meadow, "My pack won't be back till morning, their looking for next weeks supply of food." He said looking up at the darkened night sky. "Come on our village is this way." He said turning and starting out of the meadow. As he slinked through the bushes and trees he wondered if he could get Soul to stay in his pack, stay with him. He sniffed the air and ground looking for his village.

[secret]

She watched his every move, from the rustle of his wings to the movement of his lips as he said the word good. A small smile tugged at her as she watched his eyes dance. She nodded and smiled "Sounds like you have a good pack then. You must be proud." She didn't say it with humor she said it matter of factly and kindly, truthfully. She followed his gaze looking at the blackened sky. She nodded "Okay" and began after him. She thought that he was probably trying to figure out some scheme to get her to stay permanent. She laughed lightly, maybe she would stay, she wanted to.

[Immortal]

He sighed and nodded, to her when she said the thing about his pack, "Yes they are, they are one of the fiercest in Avalon." He sighed and continued to walk along the forest floor searching for the hidden village that he called his home, "We are almost there, I have plenty of room you can stay for however long you want." He said glancing back at her and then finally came to a line of bushes and boulders. "Welcome to my home." He said with a smirk to her before jumping into the air using his wings to help him get over all the brush, when he landed he turned and howled out a call to his pack and then called. "Well ya coming Soul?!"

[secret]

She nodded in listening to him, looking over at him in silence. Silently, she breathed in and out, moving stealthily along side him. Her every move was quiet, predator silence, stalking in the shadows. She blinked her green eyes and looked to him "Thanks again Atrox." Then looked back to where they were going. After some time, they came to a line of bushes and boulders and then she smiled at what he said. She watched him jump over and decided to mess with him. Once he called after her she decided to play a bit of a joke on him. She said a bit loudly so he could hear. "No, I can't. As if denying his offer to come to his home. She began to move noisily away and then silently, she ran forth and jumped over the barrier, catching the air in her wings that helped her achieve height. She landed a bit ways away from him from her running start. She grinned over at him "Of course I'm coming. Then turned her vision back to the village, watching it in curiosity and some admiration.

[Immortal]

He snorted and sat down tucking his wings tightly into his sides waiting for her to join him in his village, he looked back at and smiled, his cabin sat at the top of a hill looking at the rest of the village, he looked back at the bushes a bit of a doubtful smile spreading on his muzzle, he was pretty sure that Soul was messing with him but he would wait a moment before he decided she wasn't.
When she jumped over the brush he looked over at her and laughed, "Glad ya decided to come along. No ones here tonight, if you stick around tomorrow I'll show you around." He said and started to trot up to his cabin, when he reached it he transformed into human form, he slowly opened the door.

[secret]

She looked at him an laughed as he said glad you decided to come. She then nodded "Ok I might just take you up on your offer." Padding after him, she let her gaze travel around the village. It was nice, great, maybe she would stay here, she was debating on it. After some thought she decided to surprise him with it tomorrow, tell him if he didn't mind she would like to stay permanently. She hoped he would say yes, then she realized that they were at his cabin. The top of the hill was where it located. A perfect place to monitor his pack and the village. She shifted to human with Atrox and walked in with a nod of thanks. She smiled, looking around, it was nice, she liked it here and smiled wider thinking.

[Immortal]

As they entered his cabin he looked around before moving to the unlit lanterns, he twisted the knob on the side and made the light brighter. He smiled a little thinking of what she said, for now his brain was running wild with all sorts of ideas on how to get her to stay. But as he turned and watched her smile his mind went to other things that had been playing about in his brain since he saw her again, he removed his sword and its case from his back and hung it above the fireplace, but that was not its rightful place, when she wasn't near he would place it in a hidden spot within his room. "I don't have any food at the moment the last of the village food went to the ones that can no longer hunt." He said and then added, "Your room is down the hall to the right, there is a full lantern and running water. Now if you'll excuse me I would like to get of these blood covered clothes." He said going to room next to the fireplace.

[secret]

She watched him brighten the lantern that was providing light for the room. She watched him place his sword above the fire place but figured he had a less obvious place for it somewhere. She looked to him as he spoke "That's fine, I'm not hungry, but thank you." She didn't know why she said thank you, maybe it was for considering that she was hungry. She listened to what he said and laughed. "Ok, thank you Atrox." Walking down the hall after he left, she went to the room he said was hers. She closed the door and noticed she had some light blood splatter on her and decided to just try and each it out. She pulled her shirt off and began to run it under the water, scrubbing it with the pressure of her fingers.

[Immortal]

After he lit the lantern in his room he removed his clothes and got in the shower. When got out he found a pair of his old pants and slipped them on, he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair and then walked back out into the main part of his cabin, he knelled down and started a fire, he just kinda stared at it letting his mind drift.

He hadn't seen Soul in hundreds of years, but she looked exactly the same, she was still beautiful, still fierce, and he hopped still totally herself. He leaned back against stones of the fireplace thinking, he wanted to talk her about something but not unless she decided to stay here.

[secret]

After washing out her shirt till the blood stain was mostly gone, she turned the shower on and laid the shirt out to dry on the bed. Taking a quick shower, she thought to herself, after she was done she got out. She began to dry her hair, wondering what would happen if she stayed here. She smiled to herself, so far, Atrox was close to the same. But there was something changed about him, she just couldn't put her finger on it. She dried herself and put her now dry shirt on, and then pulled on her same tight pants. Running her fingers through her hair, that still had traces of dampness, she made her way down the hall. She walked in and sat down comfortably, then leaned back and watched Atrox. She smiled "What are you doing?"watching him, she actually remembered some longing to joke around with him, and just be with him.