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”What is this?” Asked a young teen Ice, his golden gaze looking at the gift that had been left within his room. ”I don’t remember this being there when I got up this morning.”

Razmir walked around the gift a couple of times in one direction before going the opposing direction. He scrutinized the gift before exiting his room, he wanted to see if it would disappear when he came back in five minutes later. It hadn’t moved and this befuddled the teen. Crossing his arms he sat and stared at the thing. He wasn’t sure could have placed it there without him knowing.

”I will figure you out before the day is through.” he poked the gift, ”Your secrets shall be mine!”

With this he left the room again, while he had poked the gift. Something inside stirred and started to whine. This sound was caught by the teen’s ears and he poked his head back past the door jam.

”And just what was that?” Razmir moved closer to the gift.

This was one of the first times he actually looked at the thing. It was a woven basket, something he had seen others use to keep things in. Most of the time they weren’t lidded. This one clearly had a lid on it and it was fastened with a large bow of ribbon. Squinting at the basket, Razmir reached out to pull off the lid before the basket started to move. Leaping backwards almost like he had been stung he exclaimed, ”It moved! Why did it move?!”

The basket moved again as the lid popped up a little revealing a small nose within. Something was sniffing at the air outside the basket. It also wanted out of the basket from the whining that was coming from within. Razmir was ready to leave the basket alone and ask his parents about it. Just that the sounds from the basket were making it hard to just leave it behind.

”Oh for the love of…” Razmir groaned as he turned back towards the basket and pulled the lid to the side.

Inside the basket sat a small pup. Its bright amber eyes stared up at him as its small pink tongue lolled out the side of its mouth. The pup looked like a wolf of sorts. He had seen a few with canine like companions that helped them hunt or just guard homes. ”And who are you?” Razmir asked the canine as if it were able to speak to him.

The canine tilted its head to one side as its small ears sat straight atop its head. Its ashen grey coat ruffled a little as if there were things attached to its sides. Razmir watched the pup as it watched him in return. ”What are you doing in there? Shouldn’t you be… I don’t know elsewhere?”

‘Look at that, they're getting along," chuckled a voice behind Razmir, making him jump just about out of his skin.

”What do you mean getting along, Dad!” Razmir demanded as the pup leaped from the basket and onto the Teen’s shoulder.

‘We thought you’d like a small companion to grow up with.’ answered his mother. ‘Raptrix was what you had always wanted, wasn’t it?’

While it was true, he had seen the large winged canines with others in town. He had wanted one back when he was smaller. His parents had told him when he was older. He demanded one, still they had persuaded him to wait until he was older. Frowning he ‘hmphed’ and crossed his arms. Was this their way of making up for his demands all those years ago? Really he had forgotten about it.

His mood was softened when the pup started lapping his face and neck making Razmir laugh. ”Ok, ok.” He said finally before looking at his parents who were standing in his doorway. ”I will accept this gift, but you’re not off the hook just yet.”

Standing he gathered the Raptrix pup off his shoulder and into his arms. He gave a dismissive look as he walked past his parents who only laughed softly. Once he was outside, he set the pup down and smiled at it.

”I shall call you Rajha. For you are a king among your kind. Come on Rajha, lets see what we can get into.” With that Razmir took off down the snowy street with the raptrix pup at his heels.

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