Alone with the Moon (open)

[Shiver]

Shivers blue ringed paws paced noiselessly over the snow, her grey and white pelt blending in well. The sky was that deep deep blue that some thought was black. The sky was blue in the golden sunlight. And the sky was blue in the silver moonlight. The sky was not marred by clouds of any kind, so clear every star could be picked out. Armony the shining points of glimmering light was a milky white, blue, and lavender streak. This streak rippled and waved across the giant canvas that was the sky. A nice sliver of a moon joined in on the action, its silvery white crescent accenting everything. Only then did Shiver realize that the stars were different colors as well. Some were white, some were pale blue, others a shocking yellow, and others still; red. The sky was more alive than it ever had been in the day.

Shiver stood on a boulder to get better view of the landscape. It was a white snowy flat slowly rolling into bundles of hills and snow drifts that gave way to the steep mountain side. The moonlight along with the starlight making the snow gleam and shimmer. This was a great place. If she touched anything it wouldn't matter, everything was already coated with frost and snow.

[Nebula]

Nova had observed the planet from the stars above for too long and so, she came down. It was upon a remote region of the mountains in a magnificent display of lights, energy crackling in the small snowy valley she came into. The earth around her was scorched and the ice disappeared on contact, and that made her a little upset. However, those feelings of regret were filled with that of tiredness.

It was surprising how coming down from space and onto the earth made such a difference in how she could move. Her body felt so heavy, and her movements so slow. After walking a few paces, she decided it best to just relax for a little while and let her body get used to the change in gravity.

This was going to be a permanent change, so she needed to get familiar with how being normal would be like. So she laid down and pondered what she would do once her body adjusted and she could travel this world. Where would she start a new pack at? Who would join her side? Would they fear her? All these things went through her head as she let the world pass her by.

[Shiver]

Shiver spotted something in the sky. It seemed like it belonged there, but she couldn't help but become immediately suspicious. The white, grey, blue, and red shewolf gazed up at the thing. It was shaped like a-like a wolf! A flying wolf. Shiver rephrased that. Another, flying wolf. The icy shewolf stepped back as the wolf landed, her golden eyes narrowed to slits. She tried her hardest not to growl.

Who knows? Maybe this wolf is better than the others! Maybe... Shiver held her head high and her tail straight out in a sign of wariness, warning, and dominance. Shiver had felt do ordinary when she realized she only had ice as her power. Her brothers and sisters were all celestial beings. Shiver was cast down from the heavens for freezing her father solid. She didnt mean to.

Through all these thoughts Shiver inspected this she wolf. She was quite pretty. The ashy grey and white Shiver stood her ground.

[Nebula]

She was not startled when the other wolf approached, and turned her head towards her with a warm gaze. The other seemed tense and distrustful of her, which was to be expected. No one knew her, and she knew no one. There was a moment of silence in which she gave a soft wag of her tail and simply stared.

'I promise you, I do not come with ill will.. I just came to this planet to find peace, and to have family..' she spoke telepathically to the other, and stood up, finally used to the gravity around her. She presented herself as welcoming, but at the same time dominance radiated through her form, the galaxy on her body twisting and turning with her movements.

'Would you be kind enough to give me your name? I will understand if you don't, but I would like to hear it..' she paused, staring for a moment. 'Let me start.. I, young one, am Nova. I have come from the heavens to live with your kind.'

She then cast her gaze skyward, eyes soft and distant. "It may not seem it.. But the galaxy is very lonely." she spoke in her true voice, slowly bringing her gaze back to the young wolf in front of her with curiousity. Ice seemed to follow her, and it was interesting to Nova, even her rather bland coat, in comparison to her own caught her attention. 'You are so interesting...' she mused at her softly, just staring her up and down.

[Shiver]

Shiver surveyed this mysterious shewolf. Her pelt was the same as the swirling stars of the heavens. Everything she told her telepathically was hard to believe. Bit then again here she was coming down from the sky. She was either telling the truth or lying flawlessly.

"I am Shiver. I am honored to meet you." the she wolf said, trying her best not to sound sarcastic. "Do you have come to start a pack? That's what we call it here in Terra(earth)" shiver sat warily, her beces awake and alert, frost spreading out on the snow, hardening it into crystalline, solid ice.

[Nebula]

Nova paused, simply staring at the young wolf, trying to decide if she was trying to offend her or not, even if it didn't matter to her. At the mention of a pack, she swirled her extremely long tail about her legs, wondering at this foreign term. 'Yes.. This pack as you call it.. That is what I intend to start, but I must earn the trust of those around me. It would be pointless to start a pack without a true basis of purpose and sense of family.' she mused aloud to the wolf. 'Shiver, my dear, do tell me.. Why are you here within the mountains? I have seen you here often from the heavens. I understand part of the reason why, but.. You seem so lonely.'

Then she paused and shook her head, trying to push down all her curiousity and questions to focus on other things. 'Forgive me. That was not polite of me to inquire about such things. I must go now. I set out to create a new land for myself and the 'pack' I wish to bring together.' she stated solemnly, giving the young wolf a slight bow it seemed, then began trotting off, heading away from the mountains, looking for the perfect place to create the land she had envisioned for herself and her clan.

As she drew down the mountain, she began to realize the trees and slowly warming climate would be a perfect place to create a balance between warmth and cool for her new 'pack'. She preferred to call it family, but she had to get used to this world, this 'Terra' and its language. Nova passed trees and rocks, touching them with a glowing paw here and there, swirling the landscape into something so foreign and strange to this world. Plants, water filled with glowing light, warm and cool colors mixed and lighting up the night just enough for a wolf to easily see in the night. The further she traveled, the further the changing of the landscape followed her. Nova was slowly changing this world to suit her wise decisions, and so far.. It was beautiful.

It was becoming alien, so foreign and strange in comparison to the world it had originally been, new forms of plants rose up from the earth, the very earth lifted up to float within the air like minature mountains pushing against the forces of gravity. Vines reached up and tied them down to the rest of the little world she was making, and in the places they left craters, fresh clear water filled and made small ponds. She was sure that any who came upon her creation would either be struck with fear and run, or awe and wander in.

[Shiver]

"hey! Hey wait up!" Shiver ran after her, using her ice to speed her up. The shewolf caught up. She didnt necessarily want to tell her the many reasons, the biggest one was easy to pick out. But if this Nova was creating a pack where even a galaxy wolf could be Alphess, then surely an ice crazy shewolf would be allowed somewhere in her ranks.

Shiver was about to set her paw on the new grass fhat Niva had somehow made. It was awe inspiring. Shiver didnt want to ruin it with her ice so she just barked from the edge. "If you want to fit in here, you will need a teacher!" me! She thought loudly. Maybe if she could broadcast into her mind, then she could hear her thoughts as well.

Shiver didnt know how loud thinking worked but somehow she did it.

[Nebula]

Nova paused and turned her gaze to the young she-wolf standing just outside the edge of her blooming creation, and the changes moved forward without her, manipulating the landscape to how Nova wished. She heard the girl, and her thoughts, and decided that this young wolf would be good at her side. 'Then come and teach me.' she sent with a feeling of welcoming attached to her thoughts, staring at the she-wolf and the grass.

'You will not harm it. It will not freeze beneath your paws. Come and follow me. I have much to learn from you, and you from I. I need a partner in making this.. 'Pack' as you call it.' Then she began trotting off again, sending thoughts back to the girl as she surveyed the changing landscape. 'Perhaps, a clan or tribe would be more accurate? I want to promote a place of peace and serenity under the stars, no matter what. I was born from a supernova.. Something you will know little about.' she stated solemnly as she climbed one of the thick vines that tied down some of the floating mountains, and overlooked her creation from there. 'It was a thing of great destruction at first, but then great creation. It blasted out matter into the cosmos that was used to create stars and planets such as this one. Perhaps even a part of me is within this world.' she mused aloud, staring out and watching as the land spread to the plains, turning grass into silver glowing strands in the night before finally stopping.

'I wonder about this world. If I will have a good or negative impact upon it. I think with your help.. It will be good.' Then she turned and looked down at the land below her, making the last touches in turning it into a totally alien world. A cluster of huge intertwined trees in the very center where the fronds hung like slender willow branches, glowing pink in the night. If one could see up close, there were hollows made within the trees, homes for those who would join her side. Within the center a glowing pool of water, and outside a large, perfect circle of a stream of continuos water with one place to cross to get inside. 'And there is home.'

She paused, looking over the new land she had created, then back to Shiver. 'This shall be our new home. No storm, fire, or ice will destroy it, not even by the force of others. Here.. I have made safety.' Then her gaze fell back to the glowing land. 'Do you like it?'

[Shiver]

Shiver looked hesitantly at the lush green grass. The soft blades of grass were beaded with dew, reflecting the sky and the surrounding trees. Dread filled her. Was this shewolf right? Would she be able to resist the ice? Her heart pounded in her chest, feeling that it would burst though her. Her teeth were clenched together, locked in place. Her ears fell flat in fear. Real fear. Shiver only feared so many things; hurting others with her ice, and ruining things with her ice. She was afraid of her ice.

Shiver raised a red striped paw. It shook as it hovered over the grass. Slowly she placed it in the grass, the blades parting to allow her large paws. The shewolf closed her eyes tight, not wanting to witness the frost dancing hover the landscape. She did not want to witness the destruction of this beautiful land.

When she felt nothing, she opened one golden eye. The grass was just as lush and green as before. "no frost." Shiver said with amazement. Then her mind clouded. Besides her fangs and claws and her smarts, her ice was her only weapon. "Can I still use it if I need to?" Shuver took another step into the beautiful garden.

[Nebula]

Nova paused and trotted down the vines of the mountains to the girl below. She projected warm emotions as the female came forward onto the grass, slowly but nervously. 'You will not harm my creation, no matter even if your power spreads across it, but yes. You will still be able to use your powers if need be.' she paused, tail swirling about her as she looked out and began to create strange creatures to roam these woods and provide food. They ran away as soon as she finished them, bounding off to hide within the depths of the forest.

'If you wish, I will aid you in learning how to control your powers.. And be confident in using them.' Then she turned once more and stared over her shoulder, flicking her tail as a symbol for her to come walking with her. 'Of all things, you must learn not to fear it. Now come and describe the ranks of packs.. I wish to place you beside in a position beside me.' she stated calmly as she began to walk deeper into the forest, to their new home.

[Shiver]

Shiver listened to the exotic voice in her head. It was both soothing and starling. It's tones were ancient and wise. "then we can learn together." Shivers insecure state melted away back to its proud self. Her chest puffed out slightly in pride. She was being accepted into this pack, into this wonderful alien realm.

"Thank you." the shewolf lowered her head in respect. Nova was her leader, and becoming her vlisest friend. And then it hit her. She was her only friend! The shewolf grimaced, she needed to work on her social skills. The glowing landforms and odd animals filled her vision. High twisted trees and luminescent fungi. A strange shaped blue rabbit bounded by on six legs. She loved this place.

(Hey, should I bring Shiver to another thread with other pack members?)