Happiness finds those who wait, I will wait...wait for a friend

[Darina]

Darina sat, she sat longing for company the loneliness bothered her deeply, and she wanted a friend. She wanted help but no one could offer it her face was cold and her eyes shut, she laid down, the path reminding her of a poem her mom would say to her, she opened her eyes saying all she could remember:

"Tis the lane I walk is a sandy one
But the one I run point’s home
For the bell’s that chime so merrily
Seem clueless to the world’s drone
For the fountain that shot so elegantly
Now tumbling rusted stone
All piles of dust that once could be
And the forest of hills with beauty it shone..."

She closed her eyes unable to remember any more of the poem she rest her head on her paws he only thought that remained on her mind was please someone come "please...someone" She said at last before falling into a deep sleep with dreams that faded into nightmares.

[Dorogon]

Dorogon hummed a silly tune he had learned in his pup-hood. The handsome and a bit ruffled looking brute wandered in with his gaping lope and his tail wagging. His dark gray fur with lighter flecks glistened a dusty color, although it did complement his form. His two muticolored eyes, the left minty green, the right icy blue, scanned the Mirma Lands. He chose a certain path that looked rather interesting. "What shall I meet down the path of memories?" he mused in his charming voice. "Maybe a louse, or a mouse! Or a lemming or a hemming. Whatever a hemming or a louse is." At that he laughed softly. His eyes glittered with warmth even in these frozen and cold times. My my.. he hadn't seen a wolf in days! Sure, he was rather timid, but as long as no one snuck up on him, he could be find. Technically, he was rather more comfortable around faes. They were less likely to bite, as long as you were respectfully polite.

Just like this he saw one, and stopped dead. A little brown femme, laying in the snow and fast asleep. He blinked a couple of times. What was a wolf doing here all alone? This was a dangerous place. He shook his head, deciding he would keep her company. Even asleep, she looked so miserable. However, he didn't want to wake the poor thing. It was only polite to let her keep to herself and her dreams if she wished.

So he padded silently to where she was and sat a distance away, facing her. His head tilted slightly to the side, and he sit to wait for her to wake. He made not a sound, and just stood there looking polite.

[Darina]

Darina twitched her ears a bit in her sleep, she heard a sound, and she thought she was dreaming when she opened her eyes to see a figure standing a way's away from her. Had her wish really come true had someone come to visit her and break the loneliness she had felt, as she grew more awake she realized a brute there and she wasn't dreaming?

She got up slowly and stretched her legs one by one and picked up a brisk trot to go and meet the brute, as he came closer into view she realized how stunning he looked, eyes both of different tones, and a dark gray pelt with lighter flecks scattered in places. "Hello" She said her small voice almost a squeak "I'm Darina who are you?” When she sat down she realized how close she was to this brute she did not know. If he really wanted to hurt her he could do so easily, but she thought of it rude to get up and move away so she sat still awaiting a reply.

[Dorogon]

Dorogon smiled almost sheepishly as the femme awoke and came closer. He nodded politely when she said hello, and his ears twitched when she gave her name. "Darina...Its a pleasure to meet you then, Miss Darina." he dipped his head low for just a moment in an almost bowing gesture. "My name is Dorogon." for a moment he sat in silence, but just a moment. He was busy listening to the rustle of some creature among the trees to the right. Many femmes might have thought him to be flirting with his smooth, serene, charming voice and his pleasant manners. Really though, he was just a young wolf who couldn't help but be polite.

He cleared his throut after a bit and turned his attention back to the brown fae, smiling pleasantly. "Tell me Mis Darina, if you don't mind me asking- what brings you to these parts in the middle of winter?" He questioned politely, his tail twitching slightly from side to side. He examined the frozen branches again, his naturally ruffled pelt shivering. Where he was from, it was never this cold. The air was always pleasantly warm, and everything green and fresh. How had he come to wander to this desolate place?

It may have been pure chance. He had run many miles to flee from his birth pack. His mother had been forcebred, at the beginning. How could such a thing happen to a fae? Some brutes were.. well... brutal! He would never do such a thing to a fae. Then she rejected him. His siblings.. they had been sent into exile, no? He smiled sadly. Then he had been tortured. His mother ran away, and his father chased after her, hungry for more pups. Disgusting brute he had been... then Dorogon had been all alone. They tortured him. They tore at him. He could feel his thick scars around his waist and all across his back end, though not visible. Then.. then he had run. He ran away. Forever and ever. And that was how he came to be here, wasn't it?

He shook the flashing memories from his mind. Then Dorogon focused all his attention on Darina, waiting for an answer.

[Darina]

Darina giggled a little at his politeness, and something about him made her feel more comfortable although he could still hurt her. She watched as the wind blew and picked up some of the few leaves that had fallen. She watched him as he listened cautiously to the sounds lurking in the forest.

“It’s a pleasure to meet you Dorogon” A smile met her face as she looked down towards the ground. She let the wind continue to blow until she had realized he had asked her another question. She shook her head lightly, and looked at him, “Well truth be told I was scared to go elsewhere, I didn’t want to stumble into the wrong place. And I don’t usually get cold but then I realized the wind and grew colder, so I curled up and fell asleep hoping no one would hurt me.” She looked pondering over weather she should tell him about her wish for a friend but she decided she would hold off or never tell him.

A steady breeze blew through Darina’s coat making her shiver. “But now it is really cold and I’ve got no where else to go” She turned her face opposite of the wind so it wouldn’t be as cold when it struck her. She watched his face carefully and it looked almost sad like some thought was reminding him of something he didn’t wish to be reminded of. “I….erm…I know it’s none of my business but is something troubling you, you look as if you were sad or something?” She tilted her head waiting for a reply wondering if she should have said that.

[Dorogon]

Dorogon laughed a little at her explanation. He loved to laugh. It always made him feel better. "Well, surely you're right! It is rather chilly!" She looked lonely, he thought sadly. What she said next really stabbed his heart. No where to go.. it was sad. He had no where to go. No where to run. No one to be with. He knew how that felt. He smiled with silent symathy. Maybe he should travel with her? If she didn't mind of course. They could become fast friends.

"Oh." her question took him aback a bit. He blinked uncertainly for a moment. Then he thought long and hard. Should he go ahead and tell her? He didn't want to lay his own troubles on the poor fae. She looked cold and miserable enough! "Well, I dont want to trouble you with my own affairs, but a while ago I ran away from my pack." he said slowly. "They were an evil lot. I wouldn't bother telling you about them. It would only make us both all the colder. Long story short, I ran away and came here. I have no one to rely on myself!" He laughed again, and glanced at her with question. "If you don't mind my forwardness, maybe we could travel together? I'm sure we'de have much better chance than if we lived seperately. I bet we both need the company, don't we Miss Darina?"

[Darina]

"Yes, very cold especially with that wind" She said smiling, at him his eyes lovely but sad at the same time. She sat looking into the wind now, wincing a tiny bit a the cold hit her, she wondered most of the time causing her to forget what she was about to say. She remembered and blinked quickly out of thought, she let the wind rustle through her thick coat as she played the words out in her head making sure she didn’t' say anything to offend him. "I'm deeply sorry your pack was like that, and that you ran away, I truly am. I myself have a different story but somehow we ended up with the same endings no where to go.” She sighed thinking back to her past, and then trying to force the thoughts from her mind, she hated thinking of them.

She blinked at his question, thinking about the words then her face grew into a smile and she barked with a friendly voice "Of course I'd love to travel with you, I hate being alone and I had been waited for a friend actually, I'd love your company" She smiled looking down a giggling slightly.

[Dorogon]

Dorogon's tiny smile grew to a large grin. He laughed along with Darina's giggle. "Thats wonderful!" was all he could say. He stepped a bit closer to her rather hesitantly and pressed against her side in a friendly way to take the chill away. "Miss Darina, I'm glad you think the way I do! Why don't we find somewhere to stay for a while? I don't know about you, but I'm awfully hungry!" The thought crossed his mind to go for a deer on Ruukina territory. They were plentiful and the smaller ones were easy to catch. He wondered if Darina wouldn't mind taking some though... oh well, he could deal with that problem later. Trustworthy and polite as he was, he still didn't mind hunting on other territories. He was much thinner than was healthy to be perfectly truthful. Sometimes you had no choice but to take what you could get. He thought that maybe a goat on Faina lands would be fun to catch. They were too small to get them anyways.

"Why don't you find somewhere to rest, and I'll go and find some food, shall I?" He smiled and flicked his tail, bounding off excitedly. "Don't worry! I'll be back! Why don't you go to the dens?"

[Darina]

Darina Smiled as well, her eyes were very soft and calm, "I'm very glad now I have someone to travel with and will not be facing the cold alone" She stood up as the wind stopped blowing as harshly but the snow began to softly fall. "If you think you could find food that would be wonderful" She let her tail wag in pleasure she was completely starved and hadn't realized it until He had mentioned something.

She shook some of the fallen snow off she watched him run off for food she now trusted her new friend and knew now she was never alone, just hoping he would never abandon her, he was one of the only friends she had. She was delighted to go to the dens she hadn't even thought of doing so. But she quickly trotted off, her head filled with so many thoughts and new things, perhaps maybe she would find hope here after all, hope in someone who too is searching for hope

She let her feet take her away she loved to run she soared with the wind, here the brutal cold wind wasn't her friend, nor enemy, it was part of her soul when she ran she was free, free to turn where she pleased to think what she wanted, just overall free.