The Alpha knew things were going a miss within his pack. He had heard rumors that Erenyx wolves were conspiring with Helidos ones. After his meeting with the Alpha of evil and sin, Azul knew things were in a strange balance, and Helidos did not have enough members to hold up their pack if any issues were to arise. Erenyx needed wolves, and Helidos had plenty. Multiple litters would be coming later this season, allowing their numbers to multiply once more. Azul looked to Lucy, observing the pups had already fled for their daily activities. They were at least a year in age now, something the Alpha was truly proud of. The young ones were learning more daily, growing and adapting to their world. Lucas was much like himself, head strong as a pup, willing to do anything he wanted, even if authority told him not to. Athena was also very smart, learning the ways of healing from Creek. Azul had many things to be proud about as well. A member of his pack, the closest one to him, would be taking a mate officially before the rest of the pack. Others would also be stepping up to be presented to the rest of the wolves. A few promotions would be given out as well. Thoughts of who should serve what purpose flashed in his mind. Lifting his large white frame from the den floor, he walked to the outside world, looking to the wolves and dens wrapped in the close knit circle of the pack clearing. Taking a stand in place before his den, he lifted his head and released a long call to all the wolves of the pack. As he finished, he lowered his head and stood before the others, waiting for them all to arrive.

The Elite woke from his slumber, his mate pressed to his side. It was apparent that she were pregnant now and for this very reason Kenai found purpose in his days. The journey to this point had been long and hard. It had many dips, set backs, and trials he had overcome. Most of them he had done alone, but the hardest ones he always found her at his side. Kenai licked the side of her muzzle closest to him as he moved from the den and walked towards the call. His eyes and ears were alert, ready for anything Azul had planned beneath his paw. Stretching his body, his tail curled over his spine and rolled back to hang between his legs. With a long yawn, he moved to the circle, looking up to the Alpha himself. His eyes trained on the white coat, listening to any words of importance he knew he would speak. Kenai relaxed his body to the floor, gazing at his Alpha. He waited for the others to follow suit, curious to what the rest of his news would be.

The sun had not yet awoken from it's slumber when the hardened brute awoke from his own. Sleep for the King's guard was a rarity, and when it was granted, it was only for a few brief hours. Drogo had wandered off from his den when he woke and headed out into the forest to train. Keeping himself in peak physical condition was important to him for it was all he had. He was a fighter, born and raised and to let ones physical form slide was to give your opponent the upper hand. Starting with a run along the borders, the rest of his morning consisted of practicing and perfecting defensive moves and attacks. Lost in his training, he had barely noticed the sun take it's place in the morning sky, but he pressed onward, fine tuning the demanding moves until his muscles began to protest. A sly grin slipped across his lips at the feeling and pressed even harder, pushing himself to his limits knowing full well that one did not improve without going above and beyond their limits. His muscles ached, but it was a comforting feeling. There was much about his past he would like to forget, but being able to train, to be the best that he could be, had always kept him sane in a world where logic had no place. He allowed himself to end his vigorous training and took a deep breath in. Spring was here thankfully, and with the sun's rise came trickles of heat from it's rays. Taking a moment to bask in the warming light, his ears swivelled as a howl cracked through the air. He had not heard this howl before but it rang with dominance and was a call to the wolves of Helidos. It could only belong to one wolf, the Alpha. Wasting no time he sprang into action and took off towards the camp clearing. Agile limbs made quick work of the terrain as he closed in on camp and only slowed once within it's boundaries. Two wolves fell into his view, a white male, and a male who's pallet consisted of greys, black, brown's and tan's. Both held themselves in authoritative positions so immediately his tail hung low and his ears followed suit, flattening against his head. As he approached he made sure to keep his eyes trained on the ground below their paws and dropped himself to the ground. He knew of respect and held it, along with loyalty among the highest of importance and so remained silent as he had not been addressed. He awaited patiently to hear what news had summoned the wolves here.

Emeralds fluttered open to shine a bright everlasting green and her triangular ears playfully erected on towards the wondrous and harmonious sounds of the great one's voice that rang throughout the clearing in genuine echoes that made her head rose slightly from her paws. Peering right to see her pups warmly at her side, she had wondered where her beloved mate had gone and simply shook it off her mind to finally stand on all fours. The Beta female stretched out her long-lean legs and claws softly at the ground with her sharp claws, releasing a howl-like yawn to roll off her pink and blackish tongue. She nuzzled her adolescent litter with the end of her snout to awaken and shook the debris loosely from her thick obsidian pelt before dipping her head out to see the wolves emerging from their dark caverns. As the dark beauty moved like a shadow out of the large, roomy den, she blended perfectly in the ground of others but with her long tail raised higher over her lean backside. She moved closer to the front so find a spot nearest to the Alpha, ducking in respects to his rank and power as she lowered her gaze to the floor, ears pierced closer to her cranium until she finally rose back to her normal stance, "Salutations, Alpha Azul." Her breath was drawn as cold as the air surrounding her, tickling the end of her tongue that lolled out the side of her mouth. Darting her eyes to the rest that arrived sooner, she nodded once in greetings, slipping her tongue away to balance her gaze sternly forwards without a word to be heard. Curling her tail over her paws, she rolled back her shoulders to straighten, lifting her head high with ears pointed skywards. It made her wonder as to what Azul had in mind for these meeting he had summoned the pack for, but she was willing to hear anything her master had to apply and would stand by his side to whatever he commanded.

Stretching out onto his back, the young brute squirmed in his sleep till he was awaken by the sounds of a glorious-filled howl to cause his dark ears to twitch and nose to sniff the air. Opening his lime green and amber flecked hues to see, the den appeared blurry to his vision, shaking his head continuously till it stopped and he could understand what was happening. As he watched his mother's silouette disappear into the crowd, he looked around and finally got to his feet, frantically shaking free his bronze and dark ebony mixed pelt of all the dust and dirt collected within it. He then followed and made himself silent to the rest of the wolves nearing towards the call that he so happened to of remember was the Alpha. He smiled kind-heartedly as he saw the large brute's ivory pelt peer over the rest like as if he were a beacon to all great wolves and fighters. Apollo sighed heavily as he knew he would be nothing like the Alpha when he was older, but he could only dream and nod along to what his parents had to offer with their most prefered advice, and the training he received already to when they were not busy with their superior duties. Wagging his tail down over his hind legs, he started to trot faster and leave around the larger wolves, mumbling soft 'excuse me's' and 'hellos' to those faces he could remember and making his way to sit comfortably in front so he could see. As he looked over the other brutes and his mother at the Alpha's side, he smiled softly and glanced over to Kenai, the Elite with a bright, cheery grin. It was such an honor to be the Apprentice under his mentoring, perhaps he could try a few times to get into more of habit and learn a bit more from the male later on. Until then, he kept quiet and mimicked his mother's stance in the attempt to feel proper. One could only try, right?

The fae had been awake when she heard the luring call of the alpha. Her feminine frame turned and padded towards the call’s origin with a curious perk of her pointed ears. A nervousness came upon her as she made her way. It had been quite awhile since she had really seen any of her pack members, including those she was close to. The soft padding of her paws turned into a lope as excitement bubbled up over the nervous facades, dragging down to its dark death within her mood. Ember hopped over branches that she could otherwise walk over and loped along until she reached the meeting place of her alpha’s call. Pale, silvery orbs looked around to the other wolves that were there. She didn’t know the lot of them but greeted them with a happy smile anyways and took her place off to the side of the group. Her fluffed tail curled around her front paws as her attention locked onto Azul and remained there, interested in what he alpha would have to say. It must’ve been important business for the pack in its entirety to be called to stand before him. She knew her sister, Nyx, had traveled into the rival pack and was indeed going to be successful. Ember wondered if it had something to do with the rival pack, issues maybe. She didn’t really know, but she had the patience to sit and find out. Hopefully others would be gathering soon and she could satisfy her own curiosity about the situation as well as the new members.

Awaking from his slumber Marrok became aware of two things. The first was that the draft he felt meant juno wasn't nestled against him anymore. The second thing was that Azul was calling the pack to order. Rising to his feet Marrok breathed in the late winter weather and shook off a light dusting of snow that had clung to his fur. He was glad spring would soon be upon them and it would mean easier hunting and new pups for the growing pack. Going out into the snow he blinked rapidly before breaking into a trot to the main clearing. Many wolves were coming together and instantly Marrok spotted Juno, seated with his pups. Briskly walking up to them he licked her cheek in greeting. "Hello love, didn't realize you awoke so early." He said, smiling at his sons and daughter. Sitting next to her he gazed to Azul, wondering what he was to speak of.

His pups were seated neatly by them and it made the Beta proud to see Apollo attempt to sit proper. His training was coming along nicely and he made a mental note to speak with him after the meeting about his future mentor. Glancing then to Azul he dipped his head to him, "Hello Azul, nice day isn't it?"

Creek found her way to the clearing and found herself a spot near the front of the group. She hadn't seen Eclipse in a few days, which worried her and she still had no definite answer from Azul about her and him. Concern still was present in her mind that they would be rejected to be together, then what would she do? Sitting down near a wolf she didn't know her eyes scanned the crowd, hoping her beloved would be there soon. Her cream fur blended into the patchy snow making her almost invisible to everyone, but inside she felt like she was sticking out. Her insecurities about this whole thing made her feel very small and as if everyone could read her mind and see how silly she was. It was all so confusing it made her head hurt. Looking to Azul Creek forced a smile and dipped her head to him, not caring if her nervousness played firmly on her face.

Liberty quickly walked towards the crowd of unfamiliar wolves, for she has finally found the pack clearing. Attentive ears flicked backwards at the new sights and smells that the female was processing at the moment. It was the dominant howl that beckoned her to the area, a call of authority that would be pleasing to the ears of a superior ranking. Her orange eyes glanced eagerly at the ivory male that held pure dominance in his stance. The male was probably the Alpha of the pack, so she gave her first display of submission to him. After that, she began bow to all of the present superior ranking wolves of the pack, anxious to meet all of them and, hopefully, make a good first-impression.  She took a great delight in meeting the higher rankings in her pack, her greetings being humble and somewhat meek. The female took a fine seating behind the others and wondered what type of announcement would be made by their leader.

Shadow had awakened with the day break, since her den faced towards the rising sun it had awakened her. Always, or well almost always, giving her a head start on her duties and the rest of the pack. For hunting was an all day affair, it took time to track and take down prey. Well, she were to find any that day. She was bright and feeling light for the day, in a very happy-go-lucky mood. After almost three days of no prey to bring in she had finaly caught two hares. They weren't much, but they would have to do. Shadow took her kill and began to trot back to the camp clearing as she heard the alphas deep and long howl. His song played about the rushing wind, as it reached her ears it was almost a whisper. Just barely there, hard to hear. Her ears pricked forwards as she realized that it must be important should he be howling for the whole pack. Quickly digging her a hole within the frozen ground she placed the prey within it; having the plan to come back for it later.

On swift onyx paws, Shadow raced towards the camp. Slowing down as she reached the path that lead into the open area. Coming to a slow trot, then a walk as she looked to the rest of her pack. The wolves that had taken her in, soon returning her sapphire eyes back to the great white alpha of the pack. He was tall and his eyes were all seeing. Shadow was soon within hearing distance of the others, and Azul; but she was still kind of off from the rest of them. She watched and listened, waiting for the alpha to say something to all of them.

Warrior Nnlya was proud of the den had built herself. It was warm and comfortable, and just the right size. She knew never to let ideas of mates and pups plague her mind and meddle with her duties, always striving to hunt and protect as the pack required of her. This particular morning, the fae had woken well before dawn and travelled to her little cliffside to view the sunrise. As always she marvelled at the beauty of the earth, colours streaking across the sky as new life frolicked in the spring. She saw plenty of new younglings for the season, heard the birds twitter in their nests. It was clear that the herds had returned, and with them, the end to a long and harsh winter.

The warrior set off in search of a kill to bring to the pack. She had ensnared a hare when a beautiful, authoritative howl pierced the air. It could only be a call from the Alpha. Nnlya carried the hare in her jaws, the limp body enticing her with the scent of fresh meat, and she quickly travelled to the pack clearing. Abandoning the carcass at the kill pile, she twisted and turned her way through the crowd of wolves until she was before the alpha. Her ears flattened to her skull, tail curled between her legs and body dropped into the dirt as she paid her respects to her leader. Good morning Alpha. When enough time had elapsed, she raised herself to a sitting position, taking in her surroundings. The fae inclined her head respectfully toward the Beta Marrok who had first welcomed her. To her left she spotted a newer brute, similar in size to herself, but  ebony and copper in colour. She had met him once and knew him to be the Warrior Drogo. Rather a friend of hers as he was, she want content to remain seated where she was. Her attention returned to her Alpha as she pondered hat he could possibly have to announce to the pack.

Waking early, before mother or father arose from their tender sleep, Lucas slipped out from the den. Stretching his legs, he shook his body from side to side. Four still growing paws pressed to the ground as he held his place still. His golden hues locked on the lands away from the pack clearing. Starting on a sprint, he dashed forward. His tail wagged behind his body, his legs working their hardest to get him out of there before he was even noticed gone. The now one year old pup was unsure of where he was going or what he would do when he got there, but he wanted adventure. What was life without a small one? Making steps to the borders, he looked to the open land. Azul had always told him to stay away from the borders, knowing full well Erenyx could be lurking past their safe haven. But Lucas did not fear the other pack, no matter how many stories or tales he heard of them. He was young and naive. Taking only a few steps outside of the pack lands, a feeling of freedom rushed over his body. His body told him to run for it, to leave and never come back. But once he heard his father's call, his ears dropped and his tail clung to his underbelly. Turning around, he started to run back home, heading for the pack.

Seeing all the other wolves gathered around his father, he knew he had not been caught. Lifting his ears and tail, he moved slowly to his father's side. If there was one thing Lucas enjoyed, it was throwing his father's name and title around, or even acting like he himself was the Alpha of the pack. "Thank you all for coming, we really appreciate it." He nuzzled against his father gently, then looked to the others as he mimicked his father's stance.

The call echoed in his den, alerting his ears to the serious call of the Alpha himself. Odin woke instantly, standing and shaking out his body and coat before he exited his peaceful den. His eyes focused on the gathered wolves before the Alpha and his pup. Golden orbs scanned over the gathered wolves, until he found the one he had been searching for. His tail began to wag instantly, and his heart raced. Taking slow paced steps, he made his way to her, trying his hardest to not be recognized as an overly excited pup. He was also cautious for he knew he was clumsy. As he moved about the wolves, he positioned himself beside Ember. She smelled amazing and her coat was radiant as ever. He gave a gentle lick to her cheek and smiled as he spoke her name, "good morning Ember." His voice was sweet and gentle, just as she had been to him. It had been a long while since the two had been close to one another. Odin had been off doing his thing, trying to work on his obvious faults, while self teaching himself to hunt. He wanted to impress the fae, he wanted her to love him like she would or could never love another.

Tense excitement fluttered in his chest whilst he held himself low and poised, prepared for the inevitable chase. Regularly he had visited the burrow and crouched behind the entrance of it as he did now, out of sight to any peering eyes within, to wait for the little creatures to eventually have to leave the comfort of their underground chambers and scurry out into the open. It was a game he enjoyed, a test of self-restraint and endurance on his side as well as his prey's. Yesterday he had been victorious, snatching up three leverets whom were not innately intelligent enough to try and run to the next burrow and zigzag whilst doing so to try and hold off their pursuer. And so they had fallen lifeless in his jaws; yet more evidence to prove it really was survival of the fittest and most cunning in this world. Silently licking his muzzle, his nostrils then flared and took in the scents of the bodies huddled somewhere deep in the damp earth beneath his paws. There were plenty of them since Spring brought birth and warmth to allow new life to survive. One day it would surely greet him with the great gift of pups from him and his sweetheart's genes. It was whilst he considered all of this and what Azul would say about his and Creek's mating that a howl sounded from the pack clearing not far from where he lay. The morsels stirred at the sound, out of fear to the calling of a potential murderer no doubt. One large ear perked in the direction of his leader's howl and the other to the shuffling of the terrified creatures. His mind wanted him to stay and wait for one to lose their nerve and flee their nest but his loyal heart told him that this howl was one of summoning, and so he rose carefully and turned to trot towards the location. Upon entering the clearing he saw many wolves: some he had seen around, others he hadn't, and a few he worked alongside or was friends with. Eclipse noticed his fellow hunting leader and Warrior Nnlya, but only one wolf made his tail wag. His posture low as usual, he slinked around the crowd and sat beside her, avoiding the patches of snow which hadn't melted in the trees shadows. This situation made him nervous as it did her, but he masked his emotion fairly well except in his eyes which still showed worry. Nevertheless, one side of his mouth quirked slightly to smile as he tongue tenderly kissed her cream tinted cheek and temple. "Hello darling", he whispered, before turning his dipped head to the Alpha and his family to await what would be said.

Crystal was asleep in her new den, when the Alpha's howl woke her. Rising to her feet, she padded out into the warm sunshine and stretched. Crystal then headed off towards the pack clearing. Arriving at the clearing, Crystal could see a number of wolves already and was feeling terrified already. This would be the first time that she had met any of the Helidos wolves apart from Delta Aurora who had accepted her into the pack. She looked around for Delta Aurora but couldn't see her there yet.

Slinking around the edge of the group, Crystal spotted a space and curled up in it, keeping her head low. Looking up from her lying down position, Crystal could see a large white wolf (Alpha Azul) stood in front of the wolves. From his stance, Crystal could tell that he was the Alpha of Helidos. "So that's the Alpha." Crystal thought to herself nervously, watching him. Crystal decided to greet at least one member of her new pack near her. Turning to the wolf (Elite Kenai) closest to her, Crystal said "hello." timidly, before turning her gaze back to the Alpha.

It felt strange. Usually around spring time a wolf would lose weight, but Fel felt heavier than ever. Not that it bothered her too much, for her strength and wit was still about her. Besides, she could feel that her burden would not require to be carried for much longer. The guardian had awoken before dawn and was perched outside her den, watching the clearing and listening for any strange noise, specifically from the direction of the alpha’s den. Oh she knew every twig within a hundred foot’s radius and was focused on making sure that no one with an ill mind was to come close. Of course, all of her eagle-like protection was done subtly in respect to the privacy of her leaders, but she knew that she was expected to protect the alpha family to her fullest capacity. When the summoning howl rang out, almost echoing in the small caverns of her onyx ears, Fel rose to her paws and padded away from her cold, lonely little cave and into the full of the clearing, where so many were gathering on such a short notice. How nice and yet how strange it was to see all of her pack mates. It seemed that she knew so many, and yet there were new scents in the air. Helidos was strong indeed.

Not knowing where she should be officially, Fel moved to the edge of the clearing, to the side of the group and yet in the shadows, before sitting down. She did not know if her superiors would see her or not, but she offered a slow bow of the head in any case, before curling her tail around her paws. Thoughts and wonders about the purpose of this meeting ran through her mind like the newly freed water of the rivers. Perhaps it was some ceremony, a pack meeting, or maybe even a call to arms. It mattered not though, for the fae would soon find out. With a watchful pale gaze she regarded the pack, sitting as graceful and resolute as a raven in her dark perch.

Katyusha had not yet returned to her rather makeshift den yet today. Late yesterday evening the hunter had found a rutted out path, typical of a migrating herd, and with such a major find the young huntress couldn't even imagine leaving the path until she had found the herds location, and with most of the herd resting for the night, there was no better time to make up the distance than tracking them all night, the jitters of so much prey and such a great catch keeping her motivated through the chilly night and the deep heavy mud of the spring thaw.

Just as the sun started to peak the horizon, the young huntress would catch the herd, it was much smaller than she had hoped, but still more than large enough to harvest some stragglers out of, and much bigger than anything the wolf had seen in a while. Holding back the urge to yip her excitement, the hunter would crouch low, moving from tree to tree as she worked her way closer, trying to find a comfortable over watch to observe from, before returning to discuss a plan with the other hunters, sleep would have to wait.

Although this plan would quickly be cut short as a light howl met hear ears, the wolf's head raising with ears perked as she caught the tail end of such a summon, letting out a light sigh and taking a mental note of where the herd was, before turning and keeping herself low as she moved away from the herd, then broke into a sprint, not wanting to howl a response for fear of startling the pack, so she had to be there quickly. After several long minutes of sprinting, the huntress quickly making her way through the pack clearing to the already growing crowd, fur stained with mud from her shoulders and haunches down, paws actually looking a dark brown instead of their usual grey. Quickly the fea would move through the small crowd to take a spot near Shadow, giving a bow to both the alpha, and the lead huntress "I have found a small herd not far from here, if you'd like to speak afterwords." she said with a little smile.

Alanoth had awoken quite late that morning, the pups under his care and his many worries about his mate, the beautiful raven-colored Fel, with her new burden, all of these concerns had weighed heavily on his mind. As such, sleep had not been very fruitful for the middle aged Caretaker, nor had it lasted for all that long. He sighed and stretched with a wide yawn that almost hurt his jaw, then sleepily looked around the Caretakers' den. That was when his ears pricked straight up to the sound of the Alpha's call. A meeting in the Pack Clearing? Was something wrong? He looked around and noticed pup tracks leading outside, clearly they had all awoken before himself, and gone to investigate. So, he followed suit and bounded out of the den and through the snow towards the clearing, taking a place at the edge, befitting his lower rank among the pack.

Aurora awoke to the sounds of the Alpha calling each wolf to a mandatory meeting, but, still she didn't wish to move. Her belly was growing more and more round by the day and soon she would birth a worthy family to her mate Kenai, who had now confirmed that they must leave to attend. With a short goodbye, she nuzzled him to allow him to take his place beside Azul and assist him, while she would take her time strolling along, wish not to active the little ones inside her, or to risk pre-labor. Still, Aurora left the den with a smile on her face, spring was finally here and soon her pups would be too. Nose to the ground, Aurora followed her mate's scent and casually took her place beside him in the group circle, her shame suddenly creeping up on her as she arrived later than expected to the pile of wolves.

There were familiar and unfamiliar faces in the group and figured that this would be the perfect time to introduced herself to others but suddenly felt quiet next to Kenai. As everyone worried about the pack and forth coming events, Aurora could only worry about Kenai and her family, but still in her odds she would protect others with what she had left to give. Wondering if it was proper to relieve herself from these situations, or, to serve as Delta like she was supposed too. It was a battle, she wished to never endure. Wanting to serve Azul as a ranking member of the pack and wanting to serve Kenai as a proper mate. Looking around she got nervous and stepped behind Kenai, only wishing to go back to their den and ride out the rest of her pregnancy. "Greetings Azul." She found her voice suddenly, but it was far more silent than the normal pep in her spirit. Motherhood. Aurora just could wait for it to be over.

((Sorry for the delay between my posts. I forgot to bring the charger to my laptop on vacation))

Athena woke up with a drawn out yawn, unhappy with awakening so early after a night of practicing poultice-making on her own. The strong, bitter scent of dock lingered on her paws and snout, but she didn’t seem to mind. After many months of apprenticeship, the herbal aroma that often bathed her did not wrinkle her nose as it had originally. With a shake of her pelt, she stood and trotted out of the medicine den, towards the clearing where everyone was gathering.

Upon reaching the clearing, she immediately noticed the figures of her father and mentor, as well as her brother. Annoying Lucas, always thinking he was alpha! Athena almost snorted at the thought. Her bright gaze flickered over the rest of the wolves, recognizing very few of them. She knew that the dark one sitting over in the shadows was Fel, their guardian, but she had not conversed with her before. Kenai and Marrok were also familiar sights, but again, she had not spoken with many in this pack. She glanced once more between her father and Creek, not knowing where to sit. She felt that she should belong with her family, beside Azul, but with a sigh realized that the apprentice healer should probably sit among the rest. Not feeling up to conversation, Athena sat down at the back of the group, looking around and trying to maintain a bright and happy appearance.

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The young sprightly fae growled softly in her slightly awakened state of sleep, not being one to enjoy being woken up any earlier than when she woke up naturally. Loud howling not far from the den was the source of her slumber being disturbed, but she just folded her paws over her closed eyes and attempted to drift back into a light snooze. However, such peace and dreams would not come upon her again as she felt her mother's body stretch and shift from her side, and as her black form rose to her paws so the heat which had reassured and warmed Ryland enough to allow her to fall into the bliss of sleep had disappeared. She groaned, as adolescent wolves do when things don't conform to what they wish, while her claws defeatedly fell from her eyelids and her paws found their rightful position on the ground surrounding her sable and faun muzzle. Squirming, her still developing body curled up to provide itself with its own contained heat. But still, she was irritated again. The beta, her mother, was still in the den and nudged her awake in a forceful manner that indicated that it was really necessary to get up. She sighed and unfurled herself, opening her emerald hues with a most displeased squinting of her eyes towards the sunlight beyond the den mouth. Stretching and yawning she then trotted out after her brother and into the rapidly populating pack clearing. Her green tinted eyes peered around at all the wolves as she sat beside Apollo, slightly concerned as to the reason for a large gathering like this. But her spirits soon raised when Marrok neared them. She wagged her tail frantically, always happy to see her father. Though his main attention was always on Juno, that never deterred her from trying to take the spotlight. On swift pads she positioned herself by his side and resumed a seated position, nuzzling her father with a bright smile. "Do you know what we're here for?" 

On jittering paws altair moved, here he was drawing closer to the pack, what was he so nervous about? He was now one of them no? Wiping away his hesitant look he placed his usual easy going smile as he moved past wolves he had no clue who they were, he gave a nod greetings even if they would not acknowledge him. Ears twitched in all directions listening for names but all he heard was nothing close to it. It wasn't long till he heard something to do with prey. 'Maybe a hunter?' He hoped to himself as he drew closer to two females.(Shadow and Kat) One a dark black, she was tall and lean with a complimenting pelt. Next to her was a brown and gray and white wolf. Both he found lovely to the eye, though mentioning eyes he couldn't see their's from this angle. 'Shall i meet them?' He still didn't see how he could look so calm with his mind was in such turmoil. Ina few bounds he now stood just beside the two, he lowered his head before rising again with a wag of his tail. "Greetings." Maybe he should ask their names? But wait he didn't give his so why would they. Oh why couldn't he have said something clever...but what if it looked like he was being flirtatious? And if both had mates....far to many possibility. He stood tall with perked ears as he awaited, not once showing what was on his mind.

As the wolves gathered around the Alpha, his eyes looked to each one upon their entry. Some came and gave the Alpha acknowledgement, while others sat among their friends, speaking in private. Azul watched as each wolf met with another, his own family entered as well. Lucas sat to his side, while Athena sat among the pack. He cared little where they sat, as long as they were present. Lifting his eyes to the rest of the pack, he waited for them all to silence themselves. Azul spoke loud enough for all the pack to hear, but it was a tender and soothing call to the pack. "Wolves of Helidos, as of late apologize for my disappearance. I know times have been crazy for the back, wolves coming together as Lucy and I have, starting their families, new wolves coming to the border. If it had not been for our wonderful Betas, Marrok and Juno, as well as Delta Aurora, we would have no new members, so I thank you all for your hard work. It is good to know I can trust you when times become difficult for myself to rule as I should. Now, on to other matters. We have some litter announcements. The fist belonging to no other than Elite Kenai and Delta Aurora. The next litter belongs to Guardian Fel and Lead Caretaker Alanoth. The last litter belongs to Lead Hunter Eclipse and Lead Healer Creek. Please everyone, congratulate each couple on their blushing families." He paused for only a moment, looking over the wolves, watching as the families were greeted and congratulated. When the talking ceased, he lifted his head high. "There are some wolves who have been working very hard around here. It has not gone unnoticed and today the whole pack shall be thankful of your efforts!" Looking to Lucas, he whispered "please step down son and sit with your pack." Lifting back up to the others, he continued, "if your name is called, I ask you join me up here for all the wolves to see you. Delta Auroa, Warrior Drogo, and Warrior Nnyla." He waited for the wolves to sit beside him. His smile was bright and wide as his eyes gleamed with joy towards them. He did not know the Warriors personally but he had heard great things of them from his Betas, the two wolves he could trust beyond any others, with the exception of Lucy, Kenai, and his pups. "Delta Aurora, for your hard work and determination to keep the pack moving smoothly. I award you the rank of Elite, where you will serve it alongside Kenai, which I am sure you will be pleased with. The rank of Elite is very important, you will aid the Lead Warrior and Lead Hunters in their efforts to train the rest of those below them. Warrior Drogo, it has come to my attention that you are a wonderful asset to us, one I would be more than proud to have serving as my Delta Male. Warrior Nnyla, you are awarded the rank of Delta Female. The two of you will be tasked with border patrols and helping keep the pack in line. This rank if very important among the pack. I once appointed two very gifted wolves in this rank, and look how they have flourished to the rank of Beta. The three of you deserve the ranks you now hold. Please keep in mind your pledge to the pack, and as well as making sure members are aided when in need. Thank you all for coming."