Elk Run Creek

[ƴanaϦ]

Ajax held his tongue as they bantered back and forth. There was no sense in weighing in when the topic of conversation was so illogical. However, he was inclined to speak when Usdi passed out of their territory. Plopping his bottom down, he shook his head. "We aren't like you Usdi. We don't know what it's like to not have a pack. And in a pack, you can't just wander over the land as you please. That border is the edge of the world to us!" He exclaimed, his eyes narrowed.

[Ɲoquisi]

Usdi turned around, eyes fierce and angry. "Then why did you come?! I told you just what we were going to be doing. Go home if you don't want to cross it." Closing his eyes and sitting down, Usdi sighed. "Look. I'm going to find the water. You can stay here and dry up. I was made for great things, and so were you. So was everyone. It's just a matter of letting yourself go and doing something with your life." Usdi said, standing up. "I have nothing to lose. If I don't go, my family dies. If I do, they have a chance of living." He said, flicking an ear.

[Sunny]

Heraclea paused right on the border line, torn. Her brother did have a point. What if they got into trouble on the other side of the line and the others couldn't come help them? On the other paw, she didn't want to seem like a coward in front of Usdi. Finally with a sigh she sat down next to Ajax. "I got into enough trouble today," she said.

[Ɲoquisi]

Usdi sighed. "What if we just turned around and forgot about this? I would forget that you two are cowards, and will never amount to anything in my mind. You can forget that I even brought you out here." Usdi said, his words taking a dark twist.

[Sunny]

Heraclea stared at her golden paws and remained silent. Usdi's words stung, but this had gone too far. She raisesd her chin defiantly, "I'm going home. We're not going to find anything. This is silly and my paws are sore." With that she stood, turne and padded decidedly back the way she had come.

[Ɲoquisi]

Usdi curled his paws, stiff with fury. Usdi followed Heraclea, leaving Ajax to his own devices. He would persuade them to leave, if he had to get someone else to come with them.

[ƴanaϦ]

Ajax just shrugged at Usdi and followed his sister. It wasn't worth leaving the territory when he knew there was no water to be found. Glad that he wasn't alone on this, he sped up to catch his sister.

[Sunny]

Heraclea glanced sideways at her brother and gave him a playful shove with her shouler. Then shot him a "now we're even for the whole mud situation" look before speeding up to a trot.

[ƴanaϦ]

Ajax squeaked in surprise as he toppled over, catching her look from upside down. "I'll get you for that!" He called after her. Rising and ridding his pelt of debris, he chased after his sister with a playful bark.

[Sunny]

Heraclea giggled and poured on the speed as her brother chased her through the trees. She made sure to stay in sight of the dry creek bed at all times so they wouldn't get lost.

[ƴanaϦ]

Seeing her speed up was only more incentive; Ajax ran faster after her. By the time he reached her he was already tiring, but her tail was so close! It was streaming out behind her just inches from his teeth. Changing paths, he ran up the side of a fallen tree and made a wild leap at her, paws out stretched.

[Ɲoquisi]

Usdi ignored their play and padded to the Circle of Oaks quickly.

ooc; Pretend this is before my other post. >.<

[Sunny]

"Oof," said Heraclea as her brother landed on top of her, knocking the air from her lungs. She hadn't been expecting an ariel attack, but now she rolled and pinned her brother to the ground. She was still bigger than him.

[ƴanaϦ]

Ajax woofed in triumph as he caught her, then blinked in surprise as she was suddenly on top of him. She was always stronger than him- not that he cared. "You got me, you got me," he laughed, batting her nose with his paw.

[Sunny]

With a smirk of satisfaction, Heraclea let her brother up. "We should head back now," she said, eyeing the setting sun.