Kealdra Arrikanez x Tamiko-chan
Kara x Whisper
Kara x Whisper
Extremely bad headaches.
The things seemed to plague the green female for months now. What had brought on this random surge of pain? Having hit her head, she didn't remember much beyond her puppyhood back with her parents. But why? There was a vague memory in the back of her mind that told her something had happened, but she simply couldn't figure out what.
Thinking that it was simply too much of a hassle, Whisper shook her head and tried to make the headache go away. Perhaps it was the heat that brought on these things? Thinking it might be so, she changed directions and headed towards the nearest river. And, like always, she wasn't exactly paying attention to her surroundings.
Coming upon the river, she glanced down at her reflection. She tilted her head slightly to the left. A moment later she shrugged, and simply lowered her head to take a refreshing drink.
Feeling refreshed, Whisp sighed then sank down to her belly. Life was so dull...
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Kara, it seemed, was always in or around some kind of river. Even her packlands ran amuck with the things, being completely surrounded by the rushing waters. So, of course, it would have been no suprise to find that she was wading in the very river in which Whisper had come to take her drink.
She, of course, had been paying attention to her surroundings, and therefore would have seen the female approaching. Or would have anyway, if she hadn't stuck her head underneath the surface in persuit of a fish no bigger than a guppy. Don't ask why she felt the need to humilate herself in river's, but apparently it was the think to do.
So losing her footing she fell on her side in the river with a loud. Sploosh!
Needless to say the fish flopped it merry way down the river and out of sight, with a wet Kara peering longingly after it.
It was about this time she thought to notice others that just might have encroached upon her little stream of humiliation. That which she spotted was green female.
Kara was no little wolf, by any means. She rivaled easily even the tallest of male wolves, but she was far less heavily built. Her complexion was thin, but strong, not that it much pertains to her ecounter with Whisper. Or perhaps her size would be in effect?
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Despite all the splashing and whatnot, Whisper still didn't seem to notice that there was another wolf in the area. She was actually going deaf and there were certain times she couldn't hear herself breath, and of course that never went down well. So it probably wasn't so surprising that she missed the fact that there was another wolf so close. And there was no scent given to her, for the wind was blowing the wrong way.
And so she lay there, oblivious to all but her own thoughts--which, by the way, weren't all that pleasant. And it all didn't matter anyways, for she soon grew thirsty again and so turned to take another drink from the river.
That was when she spotted Kara, a rather large wolf when compared with Whisp, who was actually the runt of her litter, therefore small, and she was thin because of her bad eating habits. So when she spotted the other female looking straight at her, she couldn't help but cower back in fear. It was her way of doing things
She only hoped it would work and she'd get out of this unharmed.
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Kara was absolutely astounded by the other wolf's reaction. Oh sure, she might be scary, but she didn't look scary? Was her height really that much of a problem? Of course it wasn't! Well. . . . maybe it was. Best not be large to not scare the other.
So Kara did her absolute best to cower down low and slink her way along. She looked rather commical doing so. Any looking at her might break out in laughter and go rolling about the floor. It was just to strange of a sight to see a wolf try and shrink itself.
Especially while walking in water. She took one, no two steps before falling flat on her face.
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Whisper was used to others being at least a bit threatening to her, so when the other actually cowered as well... it was really something new to her and she wasn't quite sure what to think of it. A large wolf like that didn't seem like it was supposed to shrink down the way Kara did.
But she didn't think about it much longer, as right after that the other fell flat onto her face. Perking her ears slightly in surprise, Whisp forgot her fear and let her kindness towards all wolves come out. Without a second thought, she rushed towards the other's side.
"Are you alright?" she mumbled, crawling closer but still staying away at a respectful distance.
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Kara came up sputtering and coughing, and laughing all at the same time. Her laugh was probably one of the strangest things another person would ever hear. Mostly because of the mere fact that wolves just weren't supposed to laugh.
"I'm fine," she said through breaths of air, crawling her way out of the river and onto shore.
She couldn't say she fell into water often, she normally just waded in it, but she seemed to be more and more clumsy as of late. Then again, what wolf wouldn't be clumsy while trying to walk on water?
She seemed completely oblivious as to any fact that she might be frightening the other.
"What brings a wolf such as yourself all the way out here?" she questioned.
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Whisper was calmed a little when the other didn't seem aggressive or anything, and so gave a small smile. It made her feel better when Kara seemed to be fine.
"Good.. that's good," she murmured, mostly to herself. For some reason she was simply insecure and not at all confident, so when things happened, especially bad things, she always thought that they were all her fault. So it was relieving to see that this time nothing bad had come out of it. Or at least not yet.
"What's that?" she asked, perking her ears forward a little bit. Yep, she was definitely going deaf. "Oh.. I'm just wandering." A pause. "Aaaah... wolf like me?" she asked, blinking slightly and tilting her head as she moved out of the water and onto the bank next to Kara. What did she mean by that?
Settling down on her haunches, Whisp perked her ears and tried to pay attention. She didn't want to seem rude simply because she had trouble hearing.
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Kara wagged her tail and set about to clean her now matted fur which insisted on going about fourty different directions. It was out to get her, she was sure of this.
"Wandering eh?" she said, not bothering to look up. "What have you got to wander from?" Most wolves settled down, even she had her own place as a loner, even if she was an Alpha now.
"Wolf like you. .. " she had trouble decdiding exactly what she had meant by that statement. "I don't know. Figure of speech I guess," she ultimately decided, looking towards the sky. She then promptly went back to organizing her hellious fur.
"You have a pack?"
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Wandering from? Did all wanderers have to be wandering away from someone? Thinking for a moment, Whisper looked down at her paws. Was she wandering away from something? Perhaps she was, but she couldn't remember anything. Nothing beyond that day...
Shaking her head, she cleared away all of her bad thoughts. "Nothing, I don't think. I'm just wandering, is all. Aah... no, I don't think I've had a pack since my birth one.."
Had she had a pack since then? Why couldn't she remember anything? Another headache suddenly came on and she shut her eyes in a wince, allowing herself to sink down to her belly. She curled her paws up against her chest as she watched the ground.
That horrible day...
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"You think?" Kara asked furrowing a brow. She was quite confused as to this. How could one not remember? This was very strange indeed.
Then she saw the wolf curl up and cringe and worry crossed her forhead. "Are you okay?"
Her tail thumped nervously on the ground, eyes watching this other wolf, not wanting to get to close in case she was temperamental.
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"Y-yeah, I think," she responded, though it was rather rough in the tone due to the immense pain from her headache. "I..." she began, but cut herself off as another surge of pain attacked her skull.
"I'm fine," she lied, opening her eyes reluctantly to peer at Kara. "I just have a bad headache, is all." Why were they happening so frequently? Whisp was beginning to think that perhaps it wasn't the heat that was making these things happen. If they were so much like this, then it had to be something else. And there wasn't as much heat in the night time, and yet her headaches still came then. It had to be something else.
"I don't know why they happen. I have this faint memory, but I can't really think about it or place it."
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Kara never got headaches, so the word did not make any sense to her in any way whatsoever. She knew the word ache and she knew the word head, so she stuck the two together and managed some semblence of what it might be.
"How do you get an ache in your head?" she wonderded outloud. This was very strange.
"Faint Memory? You can't remember something, then?" This was all very intriguing. Something the female had never heard of before. Brain loss as one would call it, but she wouldn't know to call it that.
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"I'm not sure how or why it happens, but that's what it is," she replied, glancing down a the ground and wincing again slightly due to another wave of pain.
"Aah.. yeah, more like I can't remember most of my life," she admitted, folding her ears back against her skull in embarassment, like it was some sort of crime to have forgotten something. Sighing, she rested her head on the ground and simply lay there. It didn't feel good, these headaches and the knowledge that she couldn't remember half of her life.
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Se cocked her head to the side and furrowed her brows again. Still not quite getting this 'head ache' thing.
Then the next statement came from the other wolf. This intrigued Kara even more. "Most of your life?" came the baffled response.
"How did it happen?" she questioned again. Something caught her attention and she realized that soon she must take her leave. The pack members would be waiting.
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Whisper sighed again, glancing up at the other. "I don't know how it happened. That's the memory that I can't really seem to figure out. It's there, but I just can't see it. If that even makes any sense." It didn't really in her mind, but that didn't matter. It was pained anyways, so it wasn't like she could think straight.
Unaware to the fact that this female might have other things, more important things, to worry about, she shook her head and flicked her tail slightly.
"Anyways, it doesn't matter. I'm Whisper."
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It made absolutely no sense to Kara at all, but most things never did make any sense to her. Wolves confused her time and time again with their rantings. She was smart, but not that smart and so she could not cimprehend what this female had told her.
"No, not really," she admitted, shaking her head. To much of this and it might give her a headache.
She didn't see how it couldn't matter, losing half your life like that. "Kara," she said. Then added, "My pack mates are waiting for me. I must be going."
She rose to go, but before she did. "Did you ever run anyone that said they knew you, but you couldn't remember them? Perhaps you should ask them of your past."
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Whisper shook her head then looked off to the side. Of course, nothing she said ever made sense. She didn't even think that her life made sense anymore. Then, when Kara introduced herself and said that her packmates would be waiting, she merely nodded.
"Nice to meet you Kara," she said, then simply lay there. Her ears perked slightly, though when she talked about running into someone who remembered her but she didn't remember them. Perhaps that would work, but who was to say that whoever knew her before would be anywhere around here?
"Yes, of course. Thank you," she murmured, resting her head on her paws and simply staring ahead. "Sorry to have bothered you."
