[b][i][u]Stardust Vale Pack - Pantalaimon[/b][/i][/u]

Pan barked a laugh at her words, momentarily pulling ahead his eyes scanning the floor as quickly as he moved. He blinked as she overtook him, pulling ahead with a grunt he stretched his strides and raced up her inside once again pulling in front of her, the sides of his mouth tugging up as he gulped in air ignoring the chill that seared his throat on its way down. He slowed up a little as the landscape became less familiar, to him his eyes flicking across the ground quickly picking up any disturbance on the path he narrowly avoided a frozen clump of mud before hopping over a raised tree root, he glanced back over his shoulder at Sequoia, the distraction making him trip of a fallen branch he stumbled but caught himself luckily. He took in the dark forest around them as he weaved through the trees with smooth transitions, the smell of pine was still heavy here and he could feel needles under his paws on occasion. 

As he hit a rise in the terrain he slowed his pace to gentler run, his tongue lolling out the side of his mouth as his claws gripped into the dirt pulling himself up the hill. As he heard Sequoia say his name, his ears flicked back towards her and he slowed to a halt, turning back to look at her, his sides heaving as he panted, his nose twitched as he caught the scent of the male alpha, the hackles on his back instantly rose and he had to force himself to not growl in surprise. The smell of the other alpha stirred feelings in Pan he hadn’t felt for a long while, the alpha in him refused even the idea of showing submission to another alpha. He glanced at Sequoia watching her lower her head, the feeling of unease apparent in her body language. He wrinkled his nose trying his hardest to feign submissive thoughts but his inner wolf wouldn’t have it, he had worked hard to submit to his brother he wasn’t sure he could do it successfully against another alpha. He turned his head to Sequoia as she shifted closer to him; he gave her a reassuring nudge on her shoulder, his tail wagging though he was holding it higher than he should have been. 

He maintained eye contact with Sequoia as she spoke, concentrating on keeping his head level with hers, an alpha complex was not needed at this moment. He nodded his head curtly at her, moving over to the top of the small hill they had begun to climb. “Very true...I got carried away” He lifted the sides of his mouth in a wolfish grin, as he padded over the top of the hill. His troubling thoughts pushing back to the front of his mind, casting a shadow over his expression, now he felt more jumbled the scent of the other alpha was very strong in this area. His hackles were still raised as he stood at the top of the hill, scanning the dark wood in front of them. “I don’t think we should go any further...I’ll call to them, so they can come to us. We don’t want to trot straight up to their dens...if we can even find them” Pan explained he glanced at Sequoia before he lifted his muzzle to the sky taking a deep breath he pushed the air back out of him in a melodic howl, calling to the other pack peacefully he managed to keep his tone even so it couldn’t be seen as a challenge...more of an announcement of his presence, a summon. After a few minutes of soft howling Pan dropped his head again, mentally preparing himself for the inevitable meeting. “Here goes” He murmured to Sequoia, rolling his shoulders and shaking his head, his sky blue eyes watching the trees in front of them anxiously.

[b][i][u]Stardust Vale Pack - Wolf Bane[/b][/i][/u]

Bane chuckled quietly as she admitted she was a cheater for using the sad eyes, his tail flicked as she pawed it. He glanced at her occasionally as she treated his wound, he couldn’t help but appreciate how attentive she was. He leapt up in surprise as Rose collapsed next to him, he moved next to her crouching and pushing his flank against her to support her back onto to her feet. “You’re not fine” He snapped, his tail lashing as she looked into his eyes they were ice blue spheres of agitation. His ears pricked forward as another wolf stumbled into their small group, stress lines creased the bridge of his muzzle as he watched Artemis collapse by the fallen tree, he watched Tarkutt rush to her side. “Come over here and rest” Bane told Rose forcefully, in other words he wouldn’t take no as an answer. He moved around her watching her carefully, he nodded his head at the fallen tree indicating where he wanted her to rest. He came over to Tarkutt as he looked up searchingly at him, Bane moved around to Artemis’s head touching his nose to her cheek. 

He watched Tarkutt work, his tail swishing behind him, he listened to Tarkutt mumble to himself hearing something that he knew he could help with he looked up. Turning to the fallen tree he crouched before leaping up onto it with one powerful kick of his back legs, unfortunately the movement agitated his wound. He dropped down the other side before Rose could scold him, sounds of scrabbling echoed around the surrounding trees a loud crack following them simultaneously. Bane’s back end reversed around the fallen tree first, before the rest of him he was dragging a large piece of bark between his teeth, he tugged it over the snow towards Tarkutt and Artemis, pulling it close to Artemis. He stood back up, raising his muzzle in a snarl as he shook his head and spat wood chippings out of his mouth. “It’s not perfect but it will do, I’ll help you move her onto it when you’re ready” Bane told Tarkutt, standing by the other healer patiently.