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Namu Adhmad Caillte: Uunca Prides (CH. 1)

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Chapter 1: Arrival

       Winter has come to an end, spring has begun, and soon I'll have to return home. To see how the pack is doing, to see if there have been any new pups. But home is so far away right now. It's a very long journey back. But I love how the world changes with the seasons. I look up and there it is, a dragonfly just landed on the leaf of a great bush. Its glimmerings wings are so pretty. But I must go. I begin my journey back.

       It's noon, and the dew drops from the morning rain still shine on the leaves and grass as I walk by.  I lower my head to watch the ground. I wonder what new creatures might cross my path. In my current region there have been a few lizards, climbing trees as I greet them. The watchers call them iguanas. I wonder why? Their calls aren't loud. They're always quiet. They most certainly don't look like those human made "igloos" as they call them. Is it because they're cold blooded? Nah, maybe it's because it's another of the names given by its neighbors.

       I continue to roam, eventually exiting the rain forest and entering a field of grass. Such field's stretch is short for it's not long before my paws touch dry earth. I keep walking when I seem to have arrived at the edge of a forest. It's vast and seems endless. I hear humans nearby. There must be a village near here. After some thought I'm tempted to just turn away and leave when a sound catches my attention, a near silent rub against the ground, a paw step.

       A creature approaches me. Her body is dark, like I. Her mask, claiming her face, like mine. We look... no, never the same. Blackness clothes her neck with long fur, barely puffing as if a response to the rising silver mane of my own. I am cautious of her approach, raising my guard and releasing a low under growl. I seem to have stumbled on yet another being's territory, but I can't help but be curious. She greets me with her thoughts, surprised I raise my head and try to speak, something I know I can't do, at least not like humans do. I don't even know how to share thoughts. Amazing how she can. Even so...

She introduces herself, and addresses me as "traveler" then names her terms in case I decide to explore the boundary. I learn from her words that she has a "pride" and there's more than one. She details the laws of her kin and the consequence of ignoring each in case I decide to enter her lands. Something an alpha of their pride would and should always do, whether it's just me or not. I acknowledge her strength and simply listen; keeping watch as she continues circling me; never dropping my guard as she also describes "the tribes".

I can't be sure that we may actually be of the same race. Her gestures seem to propose that we are. We do look similar, but I'm still not sure. However, her offer seems intriguing, her laws, simple and clear but her behavior is suspicious. This is a strange encounter for me, but not necessarily the first one that offered things.


        I am a loner, but have been able to co-exist with others before. Some, however, betrayed me and my trust more than once before. I'm wondering what it may be that she wishes, but she doesn't show signs of wanting anything. She just seems to be greeting me like a stranger, at the same time, examining me with each cycle.

        She seems to wait for an answer from me for a minute. But I'm not sure of what to say. I know nothing of her, but perhaps she is not like the others. There are a few who have not done me harm, and have never betrayed my trust. They are always welcome, and I will defend them fiercely, if I must. I wonder... will I develop similar bonds here? Who knows? Only time will tell.

Her words tease, and her smiles make me uneasy. I watch as she turns away and disappears, back in to the place she came from.

I sit at the edge of her territory. My ears twitch at the sound of humans doing their routine behaviors as night begins to fall. My red eyes begin to gleam as the sun disappears behind me. The earth that I sit on rustles as nocturnal bugs rise out of their burrows. I look up at the trees that darken wondering if I should enter. More importantly, I'm wondering if I'd be welcome.

Will they be as welcoming as the wolves I've come to love? I won't know unless...

"Nuah-hul", I stand up and raise my heads to the heavens and let out the my howl, a call taught to me by the wolves when they found me as a cub. A far cry to an actual howls though.

       Now I lie in wait. I wait to see if the one who calls herself Sly will come back, or will my black mask have me rejected by her kin. I lie down, and stare into the forest, in the direction she once came from.

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       As the howl lets out, Sly smiles her signature smile. The choice has been made... and disappears in the darkness of the trees. The loner sits on the edge of the territory as a large Uunca walks out into the open. He is much larger than other masked creatures and looms intimidatingly over the loner. Muscles ripple under his long fur. He looks down at the younger Uunca. "..." He shakes his head towards the trees and begins to walk, gesturing the black masked Uunca to follow him, where the all important choice of Tribe will be made and a new path opens up for a new life.
The young black masked Uunca, Namu, looks back to the land behind her as she continues into the new one. What will happen to her next...

Based on Uunca Prides Group Join Request.
Characters Featured: Namu Adhmad Caillte (C) - :iconnakumah:
Permissions Granted: Oong & Sly (C) - :iconarmoredalienartist:

(Re-post of one of my journals. the journal was a chapter of Namu's story. Currently devided into two parts. Origins, before she entered the Aztec Pride, and Uunca Prides, which is after.)

This Chapter 1: Arrival.
The current picture is a black and white hand drawing. It will be replaced by a digital one once it's finished.

Image description: Sly is returning to the mysterious unknown after sharing a few words with Namu. Namu watches her leave as she thinks about all that was said to her. By such time it is nightfall and the dark sky is slowly overtaking the light of late noon.


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ErythraPyralis's avatar
Cool *w*
Question: Does Uuncas have eyes? O-o