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[miranda]

Miranda fell. The ground met her with the most sounding ring that answered the silence in the night. The unplanned fall left Miranda winded and she lay there just breathing. A gentle winds breeze caressed her face with it's touch but whispered nothing as to the tears that made silent paths down the girls checks.

With her hands bound Miranda could barely find the strength to move let alone get up. The course material on her eyes rubbing and itching, blinding all and hiding nights secrets. Her wrists stinging and bloody from pulling on the ropes that held her prisoner to helplessness. She almost gave up. To a certain death that would await her.

[Rogue]

A snow-white she-wolf padded slowly into the main abode, deciding upon instinct once more that she would investigate the nuisance noise. Paw after paw she treaded delicately, finally reaching her destination and stopping a couple of meters from the visitor. Her ears flattened themselves back against her skull and she let out a dull growl, baring the tips of her canines in a vicious warning.

Her violet eyes took in the details of the fallen girl, and her fore-paw was held in mid-step, while her mind played games with itself in whether or not to attack the tresspasser, kill her, or let her go. Rogue suddenly lowered her upper half and swished her bushy tail to the side quickly, dropping her head low as she glared down on the girl, teeth still snarling.

Get out! She growled telepathically, barking once, before resorting to a dull growl again.

[miranda]

The Screaming "Get out" rang through her mind like a slamming door. Miranda struggled even harder on the ropes that bound her hands begging silently for the removal of the rag that hid the speaker from sight. Miranda whimpered silently, pathetically.

She hated Josh at that moment that handsome face that had betrayed her, left her here helpless and bound defenseless against the furious creature the lycan.
The breath cooled the wet tears on her cheeks and left her shivering in both fear and terror.
Miranda wished that she could more than anything do as the Telepathic creature requested and struggled all the harder in her quest for survival so she could seek her revenge.

[†Amelia†]

Amelia had followed Rogue to the tunnel's entrance: the look on Rogue's muzzle had told Amleia that something was going on, and so she had followed.

As they got closer, the scent of a human danced up her nostrils, which she then flared, and snorted out. Sitting a few feet behind Rogue, she settled to watch the 'show' and to offer her help if needed, which was very unlikely.

[Xavier]

Heavy footsteps could be heard walking down the corridor of the Tunnels. Soon a tall, well-built man wearing all white could be seen. It was Xavier, followed by his son, Sean.

"Rogue, wait. It's obvious she was forced here. I want to know why. If she doesn't give us a good answer, THEN you can kill her. Agreed?"

As Xavier waited for Rogue's reply, the Beta walked up to the terrified human girl and gently removed the rag from around her eyes. As her eyes were revealed, she found a pair of large, orange orbs staring back at her. (OOC: Sorry for the God-RPing, miranda)

"Tell me, child. Why are you here?" said the man, hesitating from removing the girl's bonds around her wrists. The smell of blood wafted into his nose and made him shiver, his mouth water.

No! he thought as he shook his head. Not now. I must find out why she's here, why she is like this.

"Sean, go back to my trunk and get out my pocketknife for me."

The boy nodded and ran off, soon coming back with a sheathed 5-inch hunting knife in his hands. Xavier took the knife from his son and held it, contemplating whether to cut the ropes on the girl's wrists.

[Kayla]

The commotion had echoed down the tunnels, and Kayla grew frightened. Jagger was fast asleep and her mother was gone, again. The small milky wolf leapt up from the bundle of grey fabric covering her milky pelt and blinked once at her sleeping brother, before trotting out of the den and following her mother's scent to an area of the tunnels she'd only been a few times before.

Kayla watched through wide eyes, the same colour as her mother's, only maybe a tiny bit darker. Her mother looked angry, and Kayla tactically placed all four paws on the ground firmly and pushed the tips of her ears forward, side-glancing the other young pup nearby.

Momma? She called in a nervous voice.

[†Amelia†]

Amelia glanced over her shoulder, to see the sweetest white pup ever! A smile graced her lips, and she beckoned it to come closer, by curling her finger.

"Hush child, your Momma is ok, she's just busy, come sit with me and be safe" she cooed to the pup, who smelt of Rogue and so was obviously hers.

[Rogue]

Rogue dismissively shut her jaws, lazily at that, as the girl squirmed in terror and fear; clearly she wasn't any danger. Arching each jaw away from the other in a yawn, Rogue moved to turn on her paws when she spotted Amelia, and heard Xavier's comment. Had she been in her human form she would have cocked a brow at him.

No. I don't want to kill her.

She sent simply, before slinking past him and sending a wink Sean's way. At the sound of a little girl's voice, and a very familiar one at that, Rogue abruptly spun around to face Kayla, a look first of concern, then a glance at the other lycans, and finally a sigh escape her muzzle.

Yawning again, she plopped down right there by the wall, wrapping her warm tail around her side and blinking sleepily at her pup and Amelia. A smile formed on Rogue's muzzle, and though it looked weird, it represented how content she was with her niece meeting her youngest pup Kayla, and vice versa.

[Kayla]

Her ears twitched to the side as a woman responded to Kayla, and she quickly backed up into the tunnels, only bumping her bottom against the wall in a poor attempt at retreat. Momma! She called in surprise, jumping away from the wall and copying her mother in the fashion of flattening her ears to her head and growling at the wall, which came out sounding like a gurgle.

When Kayla realised that it was only a wall she'd backed into, she put her ears forward and literally stepped on her front paws over and over as she sat in embarrassment, a habit she'd formed. Licking her tiny muzzle with a pink tongue, she bravely took a few wobbly and uncertain pads towards the woman, then wiggled her tail and looked back at her mother for encouragement.

Seeing her momma's face was relaxed, Kayla looked at the woman again and carefully walked over to her. The spine of milky fur on her back absentmindedly spiked a little as she approached the stranger, but when she was about a foot away, she sat back on her rear and tucked her muzzle low, offering a cute look at the woman, her eyes full of curiosity.

[†Amelia†]

Amelia's heart could have melted at the milky-white pup's innocence. Her pups had seemingly lost all innocence a while ago, and they appeared to be fearless over most things. Quite a contrast the girl pups were.

As the pup approached with caution, Amelia caught Rogue's gaze and nodded, getting permission to make contact, when the pup sat down, Amelia smiled even more, and tilted her head slightly.

"Wow, you are a brave little girl" she praised, completely forgetting about the trespasser situation going on. Leaning forward slowly, she outstretched her slender hand, and with the tips of her fingers, gently rubbed the white pup's chin. "There there, aren't you a beauty?!" she commented.

[† Cealla †]

Cealla had slowly been going absolutely stir crazy. Though it wasn't like this feeling was entirely unpredictable- she'd been holed up in the Tunnels ever since she was born. Except for a small excursion to the lake which resulted in Momma and Railyn fighting, which didn't really count. Hatching a plan, she had decided to go outside... just for a few minutes. Just to get a breath of fresh air.

But she had no sooner decided this and run out of her den when she noticed the commotion at the entrance. Trying hard not to sigh in frustration, she trotted over and surveyed the small group. Aunt Rouge, Momma, Uncle Xavier, Sean, a human girl and Kayla.

But at least Kayla was here! Though the other pup seemed to be a bit younger than Cealla, she didn't care. Bounding over to her, she barely took time to lick her mother hello before tackling the white pup.

"Hi! I don't know if you remember me.. maybe your eyes were closed, or you were too little... but I'm Cealla, and I think that we're cousins, or something like that.. maybe second cousins..." She suddenly realized that she was rambling and then decided to get to the point. Batting Kayla's shoulder with her paw, she grinned devilishly.

"Anyway... you're it!" Barking happily, she darted a short distance away and then looked back. "I bet you can't catch meee!"

[†Amelia†]

Amelia grinned at Cealla, as she came through and gave her a little goodmorning kiss before turning her attentions to the white pup.

"Be careful Cealla, I don't want either of you hurt" she shouted, as Cealla ran off, to Kayla she softly said: "Don't worry, she'll play nice...go on.." she smiled.

[Kayla]

Kayla was so excited to be meeting new people, but she was still very shy, since she hadn't seen anyone but her brother and mother in most of her life. Her eyes had been closed at the tiny moments when others entered their den, or were nearby, but she did recognise Amelia's voice, only a little.

Kayla buried her chin deeper in her fluffy white chest and pawed her own paws over and over again, bashfully taking in the comment about being brave. She blinked sweetly and licked her muzzle again with her tiny pink tongue, smiling all the while.

Kayla's eyes squeezed shut as Amelia reached out to her, and the tuft of fur on her neck frizzled up in an adorable manner as she tensed, frightened and not daring to move, but holding onto the thought of being brave too. When Amelia's finger found it's way under Kayla's chin the pup's tail began to wiggle uncontrollably and she made a purring sound.

Kayla's innocent purple-y eyes were closed in relaxation as Amelia kept tickling the pup's chin. But suddenly Kayla couldn't understand which way was up as the wind was knocked out of her and she toppled sideways, paws flying in all directions and the world started spinning. Opening her eyes wide and swaying a little as she felt the ground testingly with her front paws, Kayla scrunched up her face before letting out a tiny sneeze.

Kayla hardly took in anything the other girl-pup said to her, but she tried to look friendly all the same. Her nose wiggled a little again, fighting another sneeze, and just then she was knocked chin-first into the floor and a sneeze shot from her muzzle, sending a puff of dust into the air. Cealla sure was strong, Kayla thought.

Realizing that the game was chasey, Kayla jumped up on her paws and wriggled her bottom in the air, keeping her front half low as she play-growled/gurgled at Cealla, taking aim. In a flurry of fluffy paws and an uncontrolled body, Kayla clumsily ran forward and pounced at Cealla, missing her completely and diving face-first into a wall. Her whole miniscule form was pushed into the wall like a slinky and she let out a small whimper, rolling over upside down and rubbing her nose with her paw.

Cealla was definitely a great player, Kayla couldn't even control her body yet!

[Rogue]

Rogue watched the female lycans with a gentle eye. Her muzzle rested snug on her forepaws and she occasionally tilted her ears in the direction of the human girl, to check whether she was still with them or not. One of Amelia's pups came dashing out of the tunnels energetically, and Rogue closed her eyes, knowing what was coming, and chuckling to herself on the inside.

Kayla's sneeze made her eyes open again and she fixed her daughter with a soft gaze, silently wondering if she might be coming down with a cold. Thinking it best not to worry this time, Rogue left the darling pup be, and watched with a light heart as Cealla proceeded to knock Kayla off her feet with a gentle blow to the shoulder.

Had Rogue been in her human form she'd have been laughing at the whole ordeal. The pups were too cute together, and only when Kayla ran head-first into the wall did Rogue's position change and her smile disappear. She swished her tail across the ground and sprinted over to Kayla quickly, lifting the small pup to her four paws by the scruff of her neck.

Unlatching her jaws from Kayla's neck Rogue nuzzled her daughter affectionately and licked her over the head, sending all her fur in it's opposing direction and creating a mohawk of sorts. Smiling to herself again as she concluded Kayla's nose was in fact OK, the snow-white she-wolf layed down behind Kayla, and against the wall to prevent anymore injuries. Then she nudged her pup forward with her nose, gently coaxing her at Cealla.

[†Amelia†]

Amelia was to smiling inwardly at how cute the pups were together when the mood suddenly changed to panic when Kayla launched herself into the wall.

Jumping to her feet and running to Kayla's aid, she wasn't fast enough and Rogue reached the white pup first. Amelia let out a little sigh of relief as Rogue decided that the pup was ok.

And walking past Kayla, she gave her a simple rub just over her ears, before settling down to sit beside Rogue.

"She's a darling, Aunt. she makes you proud. Where's your son?"