The Main Den

Jeamesero giggled when suddenly Navin came around and glomped to Kanaya. His nervous feeling disappeared as the pup gave him the courage to stay; this pup still loved him, even though Jeamesero kept his distance from them because he was afraid to hurt them.
"Haha, Navin. Well, Kanaya is sure going to stay, so you don't have to worry about that.", Jeamesero said to Navin, before looking at Kanaya, smiling at her. "Right, Kanaya?"
Looking back at Navin he giggled again, and wagged his tail amused. "Since your father is busy, could you give Kanaya her rank? Pleaseeee?"
Jeamesero looked up when he heard paw steps and smelled the scent of an unfamiliar wolf, his eyes met those of another wolf. He didn't know who it was, but this male didn't seem dangerous.
The Hudson Bay wolf smiled at the newcomer, a quick wag of his tail.
"Um hello, nice to meet you, Scout."

Roki wagged his tail happily and smiled widely up at the wolf. The thought of taking on a bear excited him and he really believed he could do it. Even if he couldn't he would have a strong adult wolf beside him.
“No, we can't get a bear. Have you ever seen a real bear, Roki? They're bigger than you, and me. Bigger than the biggest wolf here, with another wolf on top of him and two wolves beside him. Bigger still.”
Roki stopped wagging his tiny stub tail and sat down as he looked at her in confusion. Didn't she think he was a strong adult wolf who could protect himself against a dumb old bear as well as her?
He did listen to her words but he found himself slowly growing bored and Roki started looking around for something to do. He then noticed she started playing with his paws and giggled softly before pawing back at hers.
“Bears are angry too, and they don't like a lot of creatures, including us. So, when they see us, they either ignore us because we're so distasteful, or attack.”
Roki blinked his eyes as he grew even more confused, though to be honest he wasn't exsactly paying much attention now.


He felt something pop him on the head and he yelped loudly growing scared from the sudden touch. He looked up at Veri shaking a little as tiny tears of fear formed in his orbs. They didn't fall though because he didn't let them and instead blinked them back.
"Bears are smart too, not dumb Roki. They like to steal little cute pups like you away and eat you for dinner, so we won't play with the bears, okay?”
Roki nodded still shaking from the pop on his head and Veri's words. She had him kind of scared of bears now and he really didn't want to fight anything. He watched he stand up and he wagged his tail hoping she would still help him get something to eat.
To his surprise she turned away and walked off. Roki stopped his tail and blinked looking around sadly now. Had he acted to much like a tiny pup and chased her away? 'Why can't I control myself? Here she thought at first I was a strong wolf worthy of Alpha male problay and then I spoke from a baby's point of view and ruined everything...' He looked at the ground letting his ears drop as he whimpered softly.


Suddenly he heard pawsteps and looked up to see the Alpha female returning, something hanging from her mouth.
“I know they're not your favorite, but later the pack will go on a big, big hunt, and we'll bring back something better, okay?”
Roki nodded slowly as he watched her drop the food, realizing it was a rabbit. He giggled as she nuzzled him before pushing the prey towards him.
He placed his paws on the prey and bit into it taking severel mouthfuls of the meat before swallowing. Roki then looked up at her and wagged his tail happily. “Thanks, Miss Veri~ Navin is right you are a good mommy~”
Roki walked slowly over and nuzzled his face against her front leg a few times before walking in between her legs.
He sat down and looked around wagging his tail quickly as he yelped happily. “Wanna play a game? Wanna play a game? Huh? Huh? Do ya?” Roki jumped up and down quickly wagging his tail faster and patting the females tummy with it by accedent.
“Please~ You know you wanna~” He looked down at the prey and yelped again this time softer. “After you eat then we can if your hungy. If not play a game with meeeeee~”

Roki rubbed the side of his head against Verine's leg, whining softly as his tail continuted its rapid wagging. He hoped she would play with him because now that he had a tiny bit of food in his tummy he was bored and full of energy.
Suddenly he heard the sound of paws brush against leaves on the ground and looked up quickly, stopping his whining and wagging almost insteantly. His orbs fell onto a dark gray colored male a few feet away.
Passing his tiny orbs over the male to look him over Roki found that there were a few snow white patches on him along with beautiful deep ocean blue eyes. He whimpered softly unsureness and fear reaching his heart.


“Pardon me miss, but do you know who I should seek to speak to? It's been nearly a years since I've been around wolves-the whole exsperience is a bit shaky to me still.”
Roki blinked in confusion wondering why the wolf hadn't been around other wolves for so long. 'Is he scared of them? Or did he do something to make his daddy upset too...'
“You'll speak with me, alphess of the territory you're passing on. Your name?”
He heard Verine and the male exchange words and he shrank back in between her paws. He whispered softly trying his best to stay still and not draw attention to himself. “Miss Veri mommy... I'm scared.... Who is that?”
He tucked back his ears and wrapped his tail around his body, watching and listening to what was going to happen and unfold.

Roki yelped softly as he felt someone shove him aside a bit. He looked up and blinked in confusion a tiny bit of anger growing his in chest as he growled softly at the pup. “Why did you do that?”
“Don't be such a little wimp.”
Roki sniffed at her and turned his face to Verine's warm under belly again. He snuggled up next to it and cut his eyes at the girl pup. “I'm not...”
He heard the girl pup turn her attention and words to the male and he blinked a few times. He wanted to be just like her and be brave enough to talk with the male as well.
“Verine, mated to Cassiel. Speaking to you is Dido, and between my legs is Roki. Welcome to Riadven.”
Roki winced as he heard her say where he was. He looked at the ground in shame, fighting with himself in his mind. 'I should protect the females not hide behind them or under them... Shun believed I was an adult wolf and if I want these wolves to believe it too I have to try harder.'


He nodded happily to himself and started to exit from underneath Verine until he stopped. Another wolf's voice caught his attention and he turned to see a black wolf with amazing golden colored eyes.
“Who the hell are you? You're trespassing! You think this creep is pretty!? You should leave; You're not welcome here.”
Roki jumped at the wolfs sharp words and started to back under Verine's tummy again, but stopped himself. He shook his head and raised it high forcing himself to walk up next to Dido.
He looked back and forth between the two male wolves before looking at the one who first came, and that everyone was talking to.
“Sir I hope you know that I am the son of an alpha and that if you cause any trouble here I can take you on.” He nodded quickly trying to hide how bad he was shaking.
Looking at Verine and Dido, then the black male before turning back to the new comer he added a tiny bit softer this time. “You're not here to hurt me or anyone are you?”

''You can snuggle if you wanna but I wanna get something to eat first~ You can come if you wanna~'', Roki said before padding off. Navin nodded and wagged his tail slightly, watching the pup leave. ''I will come soon.'', he said after the pup, hoping he was still able to hear him. He then turned his head towards Kanaya, smiling as he looked up at her and snuggling up against her, nuzzling her neck; he giggled when he did this.
''Your coat is really warm, Kanaya, and you're beautiful~'', he said, still giggling. He rested his head on the female's paw, licking it for a moment. He felt his eyes slowly closing, a sign he was falling asleep, but he didn't want to. Navin wanted to stay awake and talk to Kanaya more, because he hadn't seen her in so long and he had missed her.
But suddenly something caught his eyes and he looked up to see Verine, his mother, together with Roki and this male he had never seen before. And it didn't take long before Dido was there too, talking to the stranger. Watching them made Navin feel rather tensed and he lifted his head, perking his eyes.
Then came Keane, who seemed very angry all of a sudden, and the older male yelled at the newcomer.
Navin looked at them in worry, getting to his paws and shaking his body to get the sand and dust off his coat. He gave Kanaya a concerned look, an apology.
''I'm sorry, I will be back soon. I think my mommy is in trouble... I don't want those males to get into a fight and maybe pull her along and hurt her as well.'', he said, trying to sound as grown up as possible.


He put his paws on Kanaya's chest and pushed himself up, smiling and licking her muzzle affectionate before turning around and dashing off towards Verine and the others. He stopped a bit away from the wolves, eyeing them with insecurity, before opening his mouth to speak.
''What's going on here?'', he asked, looking up at Verine with a slight hint of fear in his eyes. ''Mommy, if you're in danger let me know, okay?''
With those words he walked over to her and hid behind her, staring at the wolves. Navin knew he was acting like a coward but he was just too afraid to stand in the open right now. Though, the pup still tried his best to sound like an adult and a bit brave.
''Misters, please don't fight. Fighting is bad and it hurts. Right, mommy?'', he said at the males, before looking up at Verine, like he asked her in silence for approval. Then he noticed another male coming their way, a black wolf, who now addressed Verine, as well.
Navin began to feel a bit overwhelmed by all these wolves around him but he still wanted to be by his mother's side in case she needed his help. Navin looked at Roki who too seemed to stand close near Verine, maybe because he too was afraid or feeling like he should protect her. The pup wagged his tail slightly and spoke, trying to get Roki's attention.
''Psssst, Roki. Come hide here with me, it's much safer here.'', he whispered, hoping only the pup could hear him. He was afraid but he didn't want to show the others, and right now while hiding behind his mother, he just wanted a companion by his side. ''My mommy will protect us.''

Roki felt someone pull him back away from everything and all the wolf's that were talking and he looked around in confusion. When he saw it was Verine and she looked worried he whimpered softly in fear.
He wanted to be big and not show his fear so that everyone would look at him as if he was a wolf and not a pup but he couldn’t seem to stay in control of his emotions.
Roki watched Verine push down one of the other wolfs as well as more wolves come to join and tucked his ears back against his head.
He turned around slowly and let his tail drop between his legs as he backed in between Verine's legs again. 'What's going on? Why is everyone being so scary and everything...'
Suddenly he heard Dido start speaking of one of the males, the one that had yelled at her and threatened the newer wolf. Of course most of the wolfs here were new to Roki so he wasn't sure who was trying to join and who was already a member.
“Psssst, Roki. Come hide here with me, it's much safer here. My mommy will protect us.”
Roki heard a familiar voice whisper to him from behind Verine and he blinked a few times in confusion before looking around.
He heard the wolfs all speaking and moving but he wanted to know who that had been and where they were. Finally he heard movement and popped his head around the side of the she-wolf to find Navin.
He yelped happily and popped around the corner before jumping up and rubbing his face against the other pup. “Navin~ I'm so happy your here~ There's a lot of scary things going on right now...” Roki whimpered softly but quickly recovered and licked the other pups face.


"Navin, Roki, I want you to go find Cress and Erol, and take them to the woods. You guys go play; Dido, you can either accompany them or do something else, however, you need to stay away from Keane, at this time. Is that understood?"
Roki yelped in surprise at the words not expecting someone to speak to him or Navin at the moment since all the adults had seemed busy. He looked up and saw Verine smiling down at them and smiled a bit back feeling a tiny bit better.
He turned to face Navin and nodded his head to the side in confusion. “Who's Cress and Erol?” He asked not sure that he had met those pup's yet. The only other pup he knew of was Dido.
Suddenly he heard foot steps and looked up to find another male wolf come into the picture. He snuggled up behind Navin and looked over his shoulder at the male as the male took a seat.
“Navin... Who's that?” He whispered into the pups ears softly so that no other wolf could hear him. He figured it might sound rude but he was kinda scared of the male now since so many males were upset and everything at the moment.
Roki pawed at Navins face with his paw and licked the pups ear as he spoke. “Lets go find these other pups like Mommy Verine said and go into the woods to play~ I wanna play pack and I can be the alpha of the pack~ Hey you wanna be my alpha mate?” Roki asked wagging his tail at the idea of playing a game with other pups.

Another wolf came around, this time a cream colored female. Navin watched her carefully, she seemed quiet and friendly, Navin liked that. His eyes fell back on Roki who still stood there, hoping the pup hard heard his whispers. And it seemed like that was the case, because Roki turned around and looked at him, coming his way.
''Navin~ I'm so happy your here~ There's a lot of scary things going on right now...'', he said and Navin smiled wagging his tail in response. ''I know, that's why we're hiding here.'', he answered, feeling like a bit of a coward.
Navin hid even more behind his mother, pressing his ears against his skull, when the new male and Keane kept on exchanging words in a rather mean way. He swallowed, looking up at his mother and wondering what she would do, but his mother seemed rather... unstable? Navin wondered what she was thinking, if anything was wrong? He felt worried about her, he wanted to help her.
She acted strange towards this one black coated male who had arrived not long again, then after stabilizing herself she shoved her face into Keane's, telling what he could and couldn't do.
After Keane and the grey with white coated newcomer were scolded for their behavior Verine looked at the pups and Navin lifted his head and perked his ears slightly, worry but also curiosity in his eyes.
''Navin, Roki, I want you to go find Cress and Erol, and take them to the woods. You guys go play; Dido, you can either accompany them or do something else, however, you need to stay away from Keane, at this time. Is that understood?'', she asked and Navin stared at her in utter confusion before nodding, even though the nod and agreeing with his mother was against his own will; he preferred to stay with her so he could make sure she was feeling okay, doing alright. ''Okay mommy.'', he mumbled, stepping out from behind her slowly, in stalking mode.


Navin watched Keane leave the den area in a daze but woke from his daydreaming as Roki suddenly addressed him. He turned his head to look at the pup. ''Who's Cress and Erol?''[i], the pup asked and Navin wanted to answer, but at that moment a familiar face came around the corner, stepping into the conversation Verine was having with the strangers; his father, Cassiel. And again Roki asked him a question, hiding behind him. [i]''Navin... Who's that?''
''That's my dad, Cassiel.'', Navin whipered back, a sparkle on pride in his eyes. ''He's our Alpha male, doesn't he look handsome~? Oh, and doesn't my mommy look beautiful~?'', Navin said proudly, wagging his tail. He watched Cassiel talk to this black male and asked for the wolf to speak in private, and Navin suddenly got very curious about why they wanted to speak private. He watched Cassiel leave and wondered if the black male would follow him, but at that very moment Roki addressed him again.
''Lets go find these other pups like Mommy Verine said and go into the woods to play~ I wanna play pack and I can be the alpha of the pack~ Hey you wanna be my Alpha mate?'', he said and Navin looked at him in confusion, a huge frown on his face before it turned into a simple innocent look.
''But you're a boy, and I'm a boy. We can't be mates, right?'', he asked in confusion, before looking up at Verine. ''Mommy, can two male wolves be mates?''
He looked back at Roki, a puzzled look on his face before nodding. ''Okay sure, sounds like fun.'', he said, looking around him. ''As for Erol and Cress, they are my brother and sister. Come, let's go find them.''
With those words he walked off, looking for his siblings, wondering where they could be.

Roki wagged his tail happily and looked at Verine and Cass as he recalled what Navin had said about them being his mommy and daddy. He yipped softly and stood on the tips of his paws staring from Cassiel to Verine and back again.
“Yeah they are pretty looking~” He said softly a smile on his face. He felt a feeling of saddness wash over him as he remebered his mother who had been killed and his father who hated him and wanted him dead.
Whimpered very softly he slowed his wagging and let his tail drop a tiny bit as he started to loose himself in his thoughts. 'But I wish my mommy and daddy were like this... All happy and caring... Alive... Loving...'
“But you're a boy, and I'm a boy. We can't be mates, right? Mommy, can two male wolves be mates?”
Roki blinked in confusion. He hadn't even stopped for a few seconds to think about that. He shook himself from his thoughts of his mother and father and started wagging his tail again. Standing up and turning to face the pup, he listened to Navin continue.


“Okay sure, sounds like fun As for Erol and Cress, they are my brother and sister. Come, let's go find them.”
Roki nodded growing excited again at the thought of playing with other pups. He rushed to keep up with Navin and get into a steady pace beside the other pup. “I think we can have two alpha male wolves if we play pretend.”
He giggled happily and ran in a few circles before spotting his tail. He barked and stopped before starting to run in circles, despertly trying to grab it with his paws and teeth.
Roki bumped into Navin suddenly while chasing his tail and fell into a heap half on top the pup. “Oops... sorry was trying to get something really quick.” He wagged his tail smiling at the pup until he noticed it was right near his head now. Roki smiled evily and reached out very slowly with his head before taking a bite and grabbing it with his teeth.
He yelped loudly and jumped up off the ground before popping back down on Navin. He rolled off and looked around quickly, sitting down now and staring at his tiny hurting tail now. “What happened...” He asked Navin giving the pup a innocent and confused look.