Shapes in the Mist

Ghost stopped and thought for a moment, "Well yes.. i suppose you would have. Yes that makes sense." He turned back towards the bush, "It's ok guys, she wont eat us." He watched the wolves that only he could see walk up before turning back to Ash, "Here they are, this is Sablast." He turned his head to the space on his left, "He is a scaredy but a good hunter." He turned his head to his right, "And this is Avet. We let her do the thinking." He turned his head back to Ash, "We mostly get along, after all every group needs someone like Sablast to hunt, and we would never have gotten this far without Avet and her thinking."

Ash sat staring at the two blank spaces beside the dark brown wolf. 'Yup, he has definitely lost it...' She turned to the wolf and then back at the two spaces again. "H-Hi there..." The timber fae couldn't help but stammer, still she didn't have to be so nervous around a wolf who was insane!

Ghost just sat there for a moment, his ears twitching. He then cleared his throat and asked, "So, do you have a den somewhere we could stay for the night? Because we are lost because Sablast insisted we take the wrong turn and now we need a place to stay for the night because we have no idea where our den is."

Ash snapped back to the dark brown wolf as he spoke up. The timber fae shook her head, and she lifted her chin. "No, I'm am a wanderer. That, and I've only recently arrived here." She said the last part with a sigh.

Ghost looked down, "Oh...... Well then i guess the four of us should start looking for a place to sleep."

Ash's icy blue eyes sharpened. "Are you referring to the possibility of working together?" The timber wolf wasn't big on working with other wolves. They always messed up, dragging herself down. She also made mistakes, which made her feel guilty, but she didn't mess up as much as others did. Still, the thought of your welfare in another person's paws, made her shudder. She resisted the instinct to growl, and only lashed her tail. "You and your friends can tag along, but I'm not taking care of any of you." Her voice was cold and calculating, along with her frigid gray eyes.

Ghost looked up and took a step back, "Oh.... Ok then we'll just follow you till we find a place to sleep."

Ash grunted in surprise when he stepped back. With a slightly shameful face, she said,"A-Alright..." She felt bad for assuming that he would be a burden. "B-But don't expect any help from me." She realized she had repeated herself, so she abruptly turned on her heel when her face was tinged with red. "C'mon. Or I'll leave you behind." She muttered under her breath loud enough for him to hear. Then the timber fae galloped froward at a slow pace.

Ghost followed behind Ash. It wasn't long before the constant murmuring and arguing with himself started, "No Sablast, I don't think she'll kill us. No she wont, why are you so afraid of everything? Yes you are, tell him Avet. See Sablast? Even Avet thinks so." This went on as they picked their way through the undergrowth.

Ash flinched inwardly every time he spoke. His words sent shivers down her spine. He kept talking to wolves. Either it was all his imagination, or there were spirits of some kind surrounding and only seen by him. But Ash criticized such beliefs. The supernatural, was supernatural, it wasn't natural. Or she forced herself to think. 'He's just some lost wolf who longs for company.' Settling with that thought, she sped up her pace.

Ghost easily kept pace with Ash, but the arguing never stopped, "No Avet, just because i can't fight doesn't mean i'm a coward, oh really? And who was hiding behind that bush with Sablast when we met Ash? Hey that's a good question Sablast." Ghost suddenly looked up from the ground and called out to Ash, "Hey Ash, whats your story? How'd you end up here?

The timber fae tuned out all of what Ghost said, but at one point he went silent. 'Did he just me a question?' She glanced back, and he stared at her attentively. Ash slowed to a stop and let Ghost come up to her. "Did you say something? I apologize for not hearing. The growth here is like an unnavigateable maze." Her words had started to change since she decided those wolves were only in his mind. "It's very misty around here." She added, glancing around her.

Ghost sat and scratched his ear, "Yeah, Sablast and I were just wondering how you ended up here in the woods. We don't really know you and if we are going to be staying together for the time being we should at least know a little about each other. Other wise we might start feeling distrustful because we don't know each other."

The timber female tipped her head to the side and frowned to herself. "There isn't much to know. I'm a timber wolf. You already know me name, it's Ash." She said turning to look straight at the dark brown male. "I can't recall of anything that occurred when I was younger." Ash lied, she didn't exactly want to get close with the other brute. Acquaintances would be just fine for her. 'But if they think I'll kill them, it would be better to be more specific.' But it was done, she couldn't lie again. It would make things even worse for her.

Ghost thought for a second about that, "Well that's interesting."

The timber fae rolled her eyes and almost shot back with a sarcastic remark, but stopped herself. She didn't need to stir anything else between them. With a tired huff, the wolf turned to start trotting forward again. She pricked her ears as their paws snapped through sticks lying in her path. Ash slowed down when she caught small whisper coming from the mist. She pulled her ears back a little, and she lifted her tail to signal Ghost to stop. 'What now? I don't need another travel buddy. Being by myself would have just been find, Lupus!'

Ash caught another noise, this time it was a growl. 'Eh? Do you hate me now? I don't need a fight either! I've had enough of those hot-heads!' The timber fae closed her eyes with a twitch. She stifled her growl and snorted loudly. "Look. I've had enough action for a day. So if you would just come out, that would be wonderful." She said opening her solid blue tinged eyes. Her face became neutral, but her gray eyes narrowed in suspicion.

Ghost was caught off guard by Ash's sudden stop, he stepped back a bit, not sure what to do.

The timber fae tensed as a black figure emerged from the mist. She heaved an exasperated sigh as the wolf started to act awkwardly. "I never asked what you were growling at..." She mumbled with a tired expression plastered to her face. The brown fae glanced back at a surprised Ghost and shook her head to reassure him. "Calm down he probably won't kill us." She didn't say it to scare him, but to be honest, she didn't know whether or not he would kill them. Ash stared at the wolf from the corner of her vision to keep him in check.

Ash raised an eyebrow. 'That evil? It makes you a little more suspicious if you say it that way.' She plastered on a neutral mask and replied in a monotonous voice. "This one here says he's lost. To be honest, I didn't have any destination in mind." She blinked slowly at him.

Ghost stepped back further, "I don't like this Ash, we should just go around."