SPiRiT

The eerie white wolfess softly trekked into the lake area, where hard, dry land appeared to meet the cool, wet liquid. Her body, under the cold winter sun, seemed to glow in the light that radiated off of her intensely hueless dove-white fur. Her eyes, colored a bright baby blue that stood out clearly against the white backdrop, swept over the land with little interest. She looked like a real, walking, living ghost. There was none like her-- no one that could match her in personality or spirit. She was unique, and quite the pick of the litter. But did she brag? Gosh no, for that wasn't her.

Her body moved with liquid motions, graceful and silent, down to the water's edge. The intensely chilly air blew across her face, and combed away at her thick pelt of shine, easily pushing it back against her elegant form. She was a lucky one; being an Arctic wolf, she had the originally thick coat, but with the sure signs of winter approaching fast, it was only gaining in thickness. She could barely feel the bitterness-- only the warm, toasty heat vibrating off of her body.
She slightly grinned, looking down at the pike that swam only a few paws reach away from her. She could feel her stomach growl again at her, then a loud, empty snarl. She had to get some food, or she didn't know what she'de do. Lowering down halfway to her belly while bending her legs readily, her bushy banner flicked once, twice, three times, and then she leapt, straight out into the cold lake water. She ignored the very faint pain from her wounded hindlimb, since not only had time taken a positive toll on it, but the bitter air did as well. Opening her mouth, and then flinging it shut quickly under the water, a bit of blood shown for a brief moment before flickering away. When she lifted her head back up, a nice, big pike was clamped between her strong jaws, flipping and flapping either of it's ends. She turned and hopped back out of the water, not getting very wet overall, and pinned the flopping fish down with a large paw. She bent her neck down and ripped away at the flesh, tearing and tearing with her pointed fangs and chewing with the smaller teeth, before swallowing it all down like it was nothing. Oh, hunger was something she had to abide by.
She laid down, the fish soon beginning to turn into those tiny bones. One of these slightly larger ones, she took in her mouth, and lightly knawed on it. She'de be off yet again, once she was satisfied and finished with this rather big and tasty meal. After all, who would leave any decent scraps behind when they were as hungry as she had been?

Havfeera-Vh'mei

It had been a few months since she entered the lake, and already the bull shark had completely atuned herself to the low-salinity levels of the freshwater lake. Water that would quite litterally make other sharks explode if they lingered for too long.

Her attention was captured by the brief struggle of the pike and wolf, although she was far too large to get close enough to that particular shore line. And even if she did, her appetite was completely gone right now. It would be about a month before she had her young, but already instinct had kicked in and her desire to eat was completely gone. Which was just as well, for the soon-to-be baby sharks would look so much like prey fish in these murky waters!

With her dorsal fun slicing upwards through the water like the classic shark from the human's movies, Havfeer lifted her head briefly up from the water. A little adaption she had learned from the spy-hopping whales in the Bay, to get a good look at what was going on out of her watery domain. That's when she saw that striking white pelt, and thought instantly of her wolf friend, Ying. >[? Gliding in as close as she could to the shore, Havfeera lifted her head partially, just enough so that her large eyes glimmered halfway out of the water, "Ying, is that you?" Her voice, strange and alien as it was, was still spoken in the common tongue of this land.

SPiRiT

Spirit had continued to lay there, on her belly, each leg doing some part in holding her up. Her wounded leg, which was beginning to quickly heal, stuck out a bit from the rest.
At first, she hadn't noticed particularly the swishing sounds of the water as the shark swam in that same fashion they often did, which would have given her time to move away, but instead, she just kept chewing away at the tiny bone, as if she didn't have anything at all to worry about. Which she actually didn't, for she had only made friends, and not enemies, since meeting new wolves here. What was there to worry about? Perhaps humans and other animals like cougars and the sort, but they were a whole nother story.

Just then, Spirit's auds pricked and her fur lightly stood on end as she caught the sound of the voice. If one looked close enough, they'de be able to see the distinct hairs standing upright along her spine, along with her hackles, which somewhat bristled out her lower neck. Turning her head completely to look out into the water, she had to squint, not seeing the shark at first glance. Then, after her eyes scouted the surface of the water for a moment longer, she found the source of the unknown voice. Still with the bone in her mouth, as unnoticable as it may be, she turned her body around and stared at the shark, as if in disbelief. Such a creature should be elsewhere, especially with vocals that sounded like that. But Spirit couldn't complain, since she was from somewhere different, but her voice didn't have much of a difference. A voice was a voice, anyway.
"Who?" she asked back, staying far enough from the water, although the shark couldn't get too close to shore. She didn't want to take any chances of just being snapped up, but with how this creature was talking, she must know another wolf. But who? Spirit only knew about a couple other wolves in this valley. Not very much, but she didn't have a lot of time to converse. There was always something she had to do-- maybe only because of all the strange things that had been happening to her? But likewise, she always tried to make her conversations last unless she really did have something to tend to.

Now, the white wolfess stood there, calming down a bit more, blue eyes watching the shark as it seemed to stay afloat. She obviously couldn't reach Spirit, but just in case she wasn't all too friendly at first, she'de stay away from the shore for a moment.

Havfeera-Vh'mei

There was a long pause after Spirit's reply before the shark spoke again. This wolf voice was feminine; certainly not belonging to the male she had met at the Bay. That, and Spirit's response was enough to tell Havfeera that this was obviously not who she thought it to be. "I thought you were someone else." The bull shark said after her moment of quite, moving slowly through the chilled waters to keep oxygen flowing over her gills. Although this was not her Ying, Havfeera was interested in speaking more with this white wolf, if only to ease her boredom. With no others of her kind here, and without the desire to hunt, there was little to entertain the predatory fish.

Gliding back and forth while bringing her head up now and then to keep the lupine in her sights, Havfeera spoke once more, "Do you, by chance, know of a wolf named Ying?" Despite her relatively keen knowlege of a wide aray of different animals, Havfeera had little insight on the body language of land creatures. Even if she could see the bristling of fur, it registered nothing in her sharp mind.

Yin

What to do, what to do. Shaman had disappeared, leaving the black wolfess with white spot alone with nothing to do. Walking along the shoreline, she scowled, as if pouting. Her eyes fell on an eerie white wolfess and she sneered and was about to say something when suddenly she heard her brothers name come from something in the water. Blinking she came forth, a low growl in her voice. "How is it that you know my brother, sea thing?" Now this, this wasn't a nice wolf. Yin was just the opposite. Her brother Yang was the good one, leaving Ying in the middle and her to of course be the bad girl of the group. Fun fun. There was a white dot on the females haunch as she glared hard at the shark. Its not like she cared for her brother. Quite the contrary, she hated him and her other brother as well but they did come in handy at times.

"Ying has been missing for some time. Humans captured him. But that doesn't explain how you know him, creature." Already there was hate radiating off of the slender fae. She was quite beautiful, not like the other females with their dull black pelt. Hers seemed to have a gloss to it, with blue intermixing into the darkness.

Save The Little Children From The Evil Monster

SPiRiT

Spirit kept her eerie blue eyes on the shark bobbing through the water, and her mind was concentrated on whether or not it was friendly. So far, it seemed friendly. Catching a better tone of the voice, she could clearly tell it was feminine as well. Another thing she knew now. Spirit really didn't like creatures who tried to eat her for lunch, for as far as she could tell, this shark was "alright."
"Um, I don't a wolf of that dubbance-- er, name," she corrected herself, remembering how her father had always used the word "dubbance" to refer to a name. She gave her head a light shake, feeling another chilly breeze blow around her face, biting at her black nose.

Spirit didn't notice the other wolfess walking along the shore. Not until the scent reached her flaring nares first, and she turned her head, standing next to the water herself. Auds pricked, but with the fur along her spine and lower neck bristled again, she watched as the fae came closer. She noted the scent, and the rather strange markings-- strange for a wolf, at least. Listening to the fae's words, she blew out a harsh snort. There was something about this wolf that she didn't like. Something in the atmosphere, something rude and evil. Evil enough to set Spirit on edge. She could sense things like that. And wherever evil was, danger was sure to follow.
She was about to step forward, into this conversation, but held herself back. Who was this fae and what in the world did she want around here? Brother or not, the wolf had just butted into their oncoming talk. Like that mattered, though, but to Spirit, it made her angry. Of course, she may have done it, but not just barge in and practically cut her off. Another Spirit "moment."
As the ghostly fae stood there, attention focused on the other wolf, she studdied the colors of the pelt. Strange, but real nonetheless. It wasn't like animals could just go out and buy themselves new fur coats, of course. Spirit's was also bluish, since it was so pure in color that it appeared to have a very faint yet real blue tint. A reason for her to be proud of her heritage, for without it, she'de probably have some pelt intermixed with other colors, which she wouldn't prefer.

Havfeera-Vh'mei

Two wolves, now? The second one was most definitely not the one she wished to see, and as her voice rang out, Havfeera learned that it too was a female. However, she did seem to have information revelant to Ying. "He saved my life, at the Bay." The bull shark informed, looking from Spirit to Yin. "Humans captured him?" Again, the giant fish was silent as she thought things over. There was little she could do for her friend, unless he happened to be in the water. Which was, obviously, very unlikely. The fact was, he was deep in the woods, quite a distance from any significant body of water.

"So, you know if this Ying? Is there anything you can do to save him?" Havfeera asked next, daring to get a few feet closer to the shore, though she was still far enough away that she posed no possible threat to the two wolves.

Yin

Of course, how could she be so stupid? She had been there when her brother had rescued the shark. With a soft growl, Yin came closer to the water line ignoring Spirit now. She was of no use to her, only this shark was. "Do I have a reason to save him?" She asked the shark. She was indeed a dangerous being, for she changed moods so quickly that it was near impossible to keep up. Blue black pelt seemed to shimmer as she trembled, eyes of fire dancing darkly as if she already had a demonic plan in mind. This could get ugly. "Yeah, humans captured him and his pretty little girl friend to. Karai or something like that." She licked her lips, glaring at the bull shark almost as if it was she that would eat the massive sea creature.

Havfeera-Vh'mei

She inched closer to the shore before lifted her head completely up for a brief moment, so that the countless rows of jagged, curved fangs could be clearly seen. Havfeera turned her massive head and tilted it so that one eye looked squarely upon Yin as she replied after careful thought, "If you would like to enjoy the freedom to swim in these waters without fear of being eaten, then yes, you have a good reason to save him." As cool and casual as her voice was, the threat was clearly there. She was beginning to understand the personality of this particular wolf, and figured it was best to fight fire with fire. "You seem to have an interesting pelt, I might add. Not so striking as Ying, but in human eyes... I think they'd fancy it very much." Now the shark was giving Yin further reason to help her, although this was no threat. More of an offer to help her when needed. "Choose wisely. You can make this lake a safehouse for you, or a death pool." She stopped to bring her head under water as she swam slowly to the side, and then back again. "There is a small island near the end of the lake. If hunters pursue you here, find safety on the island and I will deal with any two-leggers that think they can cross these waters."

SPiRiT

Spirit's auds immedietly became pinned as she snapped her head in the direction of the shore line. This wolf, of all the things, thought she could just shove her out like she was nothing? Not at all afraid of some other canine, she stood up, her spine and haunches bristling sharper than a hairbrush. She had been here first, not this fae who obviously thought she was something. "Exuse me, sorry to but in, but if I am no longer wanted around here then feel free to say it," she stated, her eyes seeming to darken with anger now, and her voice rumbling with a growl. She hated being shut out of things, especially when the one doing all the shutting stole her only peice of entertainment. She wasn't directing the statement to the shark nearly as much as she was speaking to the other fae. But these two seemed to be having a mighty good time without her. Placing her forepaws into the water now, she lifted her banner somewhat higher than the usual position, the base cricked. Her pelt, shining brightly and showing off the bluish hue, she just dared to be badmouthed. Spirit also had a terrible temper, that she usually kept hidden, but this was too much, even for her. And of all the places, and with all the animals. Yes, Spirit was all too easily aggitated at times, and she was still hungry. Of course, that only made her feelings of hatred and defiance stronger, and she never backed down. Others didn't scare her, and certainly not one of her own kind. Maybe now she'de gain an enemy, but Spirit wasn't thinking of that-- at all.

Yin

A scowl was given to Spirit. I doubt that anyone in their right mind would want you around." With that I turn to the shark and say Fine, I'll help my brother but in return you must help me. With that, she turned and trotted away, a black and blue shimmer that seemed to fade away into the trees like a shadow. She was definatly up to no good, but that was ok. Thats how she rolled.

Havfeera-Vh'mei

With mild interest, she listened to the brief but heated words passed between the two faes, and noted that her own species was that way. Females.

Yin's reply pleased the shark, somewhat. She didn't find this wolf particularly trustable, but it was better than a flat out 'No' from her. "When I see Ying, you will have my word." She replied and watched as the femme sauntered away. Now to Spirit, who seemed possibly more sincere than Yin, although Havfeera had only experienced their personalities for a few minutes. "A third wolf friend would suite me." The bull shark said, "It may be unfair of me to ask you to help a wolf you don't know, especially if it puts you in uneccessary peril with the humans. But still we can strike a mutual deal, at least? I offer you the same protection as the black fae, if you will promise to aid me when I need it."

SPiRiT

Spirit kept her eerie, unnerving blue eyes focused on the other fae as she finally turned and left the scene. It was wolves like that whom made life miserable. But for Spirit, she was smarter than to just let someone get the best of her like that. No way, those animals always got themselves into trouble that they couldn't get out of.
Her eyes, glistening with a deeply penetrating hatred as they glared emotionlessly at the retreater, she gave a brisk snort. And I highly doubt that anyone at all would want a pest around like her... she snickered to herself, turning to face the shark. Oh yes, fae's were like that a lot of times, but Spirit could attest that not everyone was. Only the rude and selfish would later regret their actions.

Her auds were pricked, taking in the sound of the shark's vocals as she spoke. Nodding at the end, she drew in a deep breath and then released it, blowing out a gust of steamy air that swirled off and disappeared. She didn't know what to say to this; that wolfess was one animal she didn't enjoy the company of. But oh well-- the shark was asking Spirit to aide her.
"I soppose I could... Though I doubt that I could say the same for that fae back there." she stated in reply, taking a seat upon her sleek yet thickly-coated haunches at the edge of the shoreline. This would be interesting... Though she couldn't always say the same for someone else. How likely.

Havfeera-Vh'mei

The bull shark altered her slow side-to-side swim and headed briefly for deeper waters. Rolling to her side, she submerged her dorsal fin in the water to keep it wet before she returned closer to the shore. The sharp, cold wind dried things out just as badly as the heat of the summer sun. As usual for her, there was a pause before she replied, "I would agree. I don't think that 'trustworthy' is an apt title for that female. Only time will tell."

Havfeera began to think about the humans once more, and recalled the conversations she had overheard the lake's fish population talking of. The pike weren't much for talking to her, but those perch and bluegill... she couldn't get them to keep quite for a second. The crazy fish, who seemed to multiply like rabbits, would trail boldly behind her in the shallows, talking up a storm.

"There is a road on the southern most shore, near where the lake feeds back out into the river." Havfeera began, peicing together what she had attained from the fish, "It is where humans bring their boats into the water. That is their only way of getting near me, and the only way they pose me any danger. If I show you where this road was, would you warn me any time you see a human bringing their boat down it?" Useing the correct terminology for 'boat' and 'road' were two things she had picked up during her journey throughout the oceans, among other things. She was by no means an expert on humans, but she knew just about everything there was to know about their water vehicles and weapons. From chum to harpoons and shark mace, she had heard or experienced it all.

SPiRiT

Spirit kept her sights focused on the shark, watching with an interested twinkle in her eye as she went out into deeper waters, and then soon came back. She watched the strange dorsal fin upon her back, wondering what such a requirement was for. Giving her head a small, meaningless shake, she turned back to reality.

She gave yet another nod to the shark then, listening to the first words. Trustworthy certainly wasn't the word. I'de go into that topic dealing with Spirit, but that'de be suicide...
"I could do that," she began, offering a bright smile, "I need something to do around here." she stated, watching the shark with clearly interested eyes. Spirit enjoyed helping others, after all. Why such an animal would really need a wolf's help, she didn't fully understand, but it must be awful important. Or maybe just for forewarning. Whatever the reason, Spirit seen no use in asking why... Yet, anyway.

Havfeera-Vh'mei

She may have smiled at this new wolf, but feared that such a display of teeth may be taken the wrong way. Instead, she simply nodded her head, "I thank you, then. I'll show you where this road lies." Turning away from shore, she began to slowly swim through the waters, parrallel to the shore as she headed for the southern area. The tip of her dorsal, and occassionally the end of her tail sliced through the top of the waters, allowing Spirit to track her progress.

It didn't take long before the bull shark reached the area. A long gravel road stretched on towards the lake, then promptly ended where a large cement ramp declined into the water. There was a small floating dock the bobbed along side of the ramp, and an old john boat resting idle on the shore. "This is the road, the only one I know of that leads into the late. And the only way the humans can get the larger boats into the water." Havfeera explained. It was simple for the humans to put a canoe or little john boat in the water from any location, but then, Havfeera could easily capsize one of those tiny crafts. It was the larger ones, with thier thundering motors and heavy hulls that defied her. "On clear days, dust will rise high on the road when a human is traveling on it. And of course, they are very loud. You'll hear them coming from a mile away." She explained, most of this information taken from other animals she had met. "By the way, I don't think I have your name? I'm Havfeera-Vh'mei. Havfeera for short." Here, the water was much deeper along the shore where the boats needed to go in. The giant fish could get closer to the wolf, though there was no way she could ever reach the land. Still, it offered her a closer look at her new friend. A giant, darkly-colored eye was focused on Spirit as Havfeera tilted her head up out of the water.

SPiRiT

Spirit gave her own smile, which was more like a toothy grin. Those darn humans and their mouths. How could they be given such easier things? Well, Spirit didn't care right now.

Turning to follow after the shark, she stepped cunningly along the shore, her paws slicing into the surface of the water. She kept her blue eyes focused on the shark, making sure the sea creature didn't slip out of her sights. Heh, slipping out of her sights was all too possible when in the water.
Finally, which seemed like a longer time to Spirit than the shark probably, they reached the spot. She slowed to a halt as the shark pointed out the road, which was all gravely with stones and pebbles and dirt. Her head tilted at this, though it wasn't too different from others she saw. But something like that all the way out here? That was a thing to wonder about.

The ghostly wolfess stood there, averting her gaze back to Havfeera now as the shark spoke. How does she know all this? she wondered silently to herself. It was strange, especially for an animal that would probably be best off in an ocean somewhere. After all, sharks did spend their time in oceans. She guessed that this shark must have caught the info from the locals. Little did she know, she was actually more right than wrong with a lot of things.

"Ahh, I understand this," she stated, although she was still quite curious.
"I'm Spirit, and I see that it's a good thing we found each other." she then replied, taking a seat on her haunches right by the water. "So, when do I start patroling? Any scheduled time that these 'humans' use?" she asked, as if she was going to start a job or something. Technically she was, and she could start right now if she had to.

Havfeera-Vh'mei

Gliding back and forth at the end of the dock, Havfeera was tickled by the cooperation from this wolf, and from the dark fae's brother. Normally, such land creatures wouldn't extend themselves to such a fish as herself. Heck, even the water creatures avoided her. But, well... given her unbiased appetite, maybe it wasn't a surprise that almost every creature in the ocean reguarded her with a less than friendly attitude.

"I'm very glad that you're so willing to help me." Hevfeera stated, pausing a brief moment as she gave Spirit a sincere look- if that were possible for a shark. "They very rarely show up during the night. Mostly, they come here around midday, when the sun is in the center of the sky." The shark explained, translating the strange speech of the fish into the common language "They don't come nearly as often during the cold months either, but apparently it's been warmer than usual around here. I've seen them come every few days or so. If it's no trouble, might you start right now? It's been a few days since I last saw them, so I image they will show up in the next few days. Possibly today or tomorrow." It was a lot of information to divulge, but when you don't often get to speak to others, it's nice to have someone to talk with.