Blazing Sky (Shiver-Dogzrock)

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"Three, nice!" Scorpius smiled, his eyes scrunching up with the motion. Then his smile fell at the look on her face. Suddenly he felt his muscles stiffening. Not going to point out that she was tiring, he blamed it on himself. "I'm wearing out, wanna go back to shore?" He said calmly and began to paddle, then looked behind him, to see if she was following.

[Rykett]

"Yes," Blaise said grateful that she wasn't the one to suggest to return to shore. She paddled slowly in the direction of the closest edge of the lake. With every motion, her head dipped closer to the surface. As her movement became alarmingly sluggish, Blaise's head submerged beneath the waterline for a second.

Blaise scolded herself mentally. She knew that she wasn't the best of swimmers. She tended to use up all her energy in quick motions that sapped her energy instead of the steady paddling that she could keep up for an hour. Now Blaise would pay for allowing herself to swim into such deep water.It was too far. Bitterly, Blaise thought about the major risk of drowning. With one act, she would strip herself of any chance of developing a close relationship with Scorpius.

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Scorpius turned back around and realized he couldn't see Blaise. "Blaise! Blaise!?" He felt adrenaline pump through his veins like wildfire. Gulping down a huge lump of oxygen he submerged. His blue eyes were wide, struggling to look into the dark murky depths. There! Her orange fur glinted in the moonlight. Pushing himself down. He grasped her ruff in his jaws, his lungs screaming for air. He pushed himself up, up and up. He sucked in air as he raised his and her head above the water. Suddenly his paws hit gravel, they were safe.

[Rykett]

Blaise choked in surprise a couple mouthfuls of water exploded out of her mouth. Had she swallowed that? The last few seconds had been blurry. Only vague thoughts of despair and a sense of loss. She realized after a coupled seconds that there was gravel beneath her paws and a warm, but wet, form beside her. Blaise looked up into the familiar sapphires that had so entranced her.

"Scorpius?" she croaked feeling wetter than she had ever felt. He'd saved her. Any doubts Blaise had still harbored of Scorpius not being her friend now dissolved. Her barriers started to fall. She decided that Scorpius could be much more than a friend. Blaise snuggled against him, seeking the warmth of his fur.

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Scorpius looked to her, eyes filled with genuine worry. Yes he would hurt her, break her heart into shreds, but he would never kill her. So he had saved her. It seemed to work as a bonding agent. Scorpius nuzzled her neck. "Come on, lets get you someplace warmer than my soaking fur." He attempted to laugh. It didn't work. As the water fell away behind them, the moon began to set. They had been in the water for a LONG time.

[Rykett]

Blaise nodded mutely and looked towards the east, eager for the sun to rise and dry her soaking fur. She also looked forward to the hopefully beautiful sunrise that would accompany that warmth. Instead she had Scorpius's fur. It wasn't much drier than Blaise's own coat but it was his not just some wolf's wet coat. It provided more comfort than warmth.

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Soon enough the pair-that a wolf (oblivious to Scorpius' real intentions) would describe as 'a match made in heaven- arrived at the base of a ridge. The ridge jutted out of the forest soil, revealing ashy grey layers of shale and chalky white limestone. Blown hollow by the lake wind, a cave opened up. Inside, the floor was carpeted in soft old pine needles from the outside trees. The cave itself curved into half a U. Perfect. Scorpius guided his 'lover' Blause into the crook of the U, protecting her from the cold night air.

[Rykett]

Blaise collapsed inside the hollow. She was exhausted from the night of swimming. As the warmth inside the hollow increased, it seemed to wrap itself around Blaise and drift her away to dreamland. Only the hope that she would fall asleep with Scorpius beside her, kept Blaise's mind stirring. She wondered if this crush was becoming out of hand or if their relationship was moving too fast. But Blaise didn't want to slow down. Every move Scorpius had made while in her presence had told of a wolf that Blaise wanted to fall in love with. Her instincts kept getting in way and warning her to take it slow.

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(Fade to black? Like puppies will come eventually?)

Scorpius shook out his fur in the mouth of the cave, thinking about....you guessed it! Mysti. He shook his head clear if longing and disappointment. He then crawled to Blaise, curling his warm body around her cold one.

[Rykett]

(Not yet...)
Blaise's. last movement before sleep overtook her was to snuggle into Scorpius. Her last thought was how that her happiness was too happy for the amount of time she'd known Scorpius.

Blaise dreamed. Usually every dream that she was lost in the buzz of rest. But this dream was different. Much more vivid than the blurry images that remained from her dreams. It seemed like real life with a bit of a dreamy atmosphere. Her emotions seemed muted but her senses sharper than normal.

She looked around the dreamscape. Memories that didn't belong to Blaise seemed to play out their horrors before her. She watched as an unknown she-wolf confessed her love to Scorpius but he pushed her away. Meanwhile another Scorpius only a couple feet away from the first was conversing with a different she-wolf but instead of Scorpius breaking the she-wolf's heart the female broke his. As Blaise focus of that female, a giant bear charged into the clearing. It was chasing a pack of wolves. The bear killed them all and Blaise noticed the same she-wolf on the edge of the place where the bear was attacking. Tears were streaming down her face. Nothing made sense. What was all this? Some demented vision cooked up by her subconiosius? Or something else? Then Blaise saw a version of herself curled up beside Scorpius. She shuddered as she realized it was the present. She was watching herself sleep.

Blaise tried to run. But she seemed to be running in place. Her attempts to flee made the horrible scenes around her start to fade into a mist that was quickly surrounding her. Soon everything was a light gray. Blaise could hardly see her paws and when she duck her head to examine the ground there was nothing but blackness. Suddenly a voice penetrated the silence that had accompanied the mist. 'Momma?' A pup's voice rang clear through the atmosphere. The sound faded as the mist grew darker and darker until it was black. Blaise's sleep continued without being bothered by any other dreams.

(That was a long post...)

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Scorpius laid his muzzle on his forepaws, drifting into the world of sleep.

He was greeted by the same scene that was the beginning if every dream he had dreamt. A cool dark warm cave, and the familiar fur if his mother. Then the sharp angry presence if his father. After his parents can his siblings. Atlas' dirty and cruel. Kaiho's sweet and timid, yet mysterious. In this dream he was not Scorpius, he was Savu. The wolf who only lived on in dreams. He realized all it would take for Savu to reemerge, and for Scorpius to be banished back into the barrens of his heart, would be for Mysti to forgive him, and for her to love him.

His family disappeared and he was met by Blaize. He saw her smiling happy face, and heard her confident voice. Yet here eyes told if doubt and a hint of the truth.

Suddenly he woke. He didn't jolt awake or flinch. He merely opened his eyes. Suddenly his ears were capable if picking up bird song. Morning had arrived.

[Rykett]

Blaise rose to wakefulness slowly. She began to hear singing of birds and feel Scorpius at her side. Only when her other sense had awoken did Blaise open her eyes. The dream was becoming just as blurry as the rest of her dreams. All Blaise could remember was the mist that hid a pup and watching herself sleep. The other visions she'd seen were maddeningly distant, blurry, and fading. Blaise raised her head and turned slightly to look at the ashy male beside her. On an impulse, she licked his ears, affectionately.

Her mind began to ponder the dream remains that still dwelled in her mind. Maybe the dream was trying to tell her to find the pup or maybe pups that were lost by being with Scorpius. The pup had called for its mother. Was Blaise its mother? Did that mean Scorpius was its father? A thrill went through Blaise at the thought of the two of them being mates and she suddenly realized that was what Blaise wanted. She wanted to be with Scorpius forever. That was what the dream meant! That they would have a pup, but the pup would be lost in someway so Blaise needed to help it.

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Scorpius yawned loudly. He felt nice next to Blaise. Too nice. He was getting attached. He shook off that thought and felt a warmness spreading through him as he felt a tongue flick across his ear. He put in a soft, contented, sleepy smile and turned to her. He nosed her cheek then licked her chin with 'affection'. He gazed into her deep purple eyes warmly.

[Rykett]

Blaise enjoyed his affection more than anything she had experienced. More than any vibrant sunset or silent winter morning. She had fallen in love with Scorpius and now all she wanted, needed to know was if he loved her back. "Scorpius?" she said hesitantly as the sudden fear that Scorpius didn't share her feelings, "Would you... Do you... like... love me?"

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At her voice, Scorpius growled affectionately. The equivalent of a cats purr. At her question he felt fine, not as guilty as before. "Such a silly question! Of COURSE I love you! You're my whole world." He nuzzled behind her ear, hiding a smirk.