Onyx was walking down the beach at a steady trot to no where, often tripping over her own long legs. She spotted a dark brown blur down by the water. She jogged towards the blob. Soon she began to realize it was a canine, a wolf. Hello! I am Onyx. She introduced herself, calling out loudly to the wolf. Soon she was a few feet away. Don't drink it. It's salty. The young girl referred to the sea, noticing the chocolate lady before her testing the water with her paw.

Onyx quickly noticed Kesuk's matching blue eyes, just like Onyx's. They were pretty, she thought. Hi Kesuk. Nice to meet you too. Your eyes are like mine. She added. When the lady continued, Onyx nodded. Yes. I am from Stavanger Bay. We live there. She told Kesuk, pointing her muzzle back behind her towards the Bay, before turning back to look at the dark brown female.

Her face twisted in confusion. Blacktail? Blacktail Deer? Are those a thing? Mama told me about whitetailed deer, never blacktails. I haven't heard of your pack, but you smell a little like someone else I met recently called Osprey. Maybe you are from the same pack? She suggested. Her mind flitted back to blacktail deer, and could imagine a deer that was completely black- just like Onyx! Well, except for her white toes, of course. Deers couldn't have toes, they had hooves.

Onyx was confused again. Back in? Were you gone? She asked, her curiousity fizzing. Before Kesuk could reply, she kept going. Why'd you leave? Where'd you go? She asked nosily. She really didn't mean to be, but hey, she was missing four months of her life. Four months she could have been learning about the world and manners and life. Instead she spent four months pretty much curled up in a hole underground all the time, mourning. She missed her.

Onyx listened as Kesuk explained what had happened and that she had reunited with her mate. It sounded sweet, like a little love story. Then Kesuk asked what had happened to Onyx. She was confused. What had happened to her? Nothing really, in Onyx's mind. What do you mean? Nothing really happened to me. I joined the Bay a while ago after my Alpha Ypres died and my pack disbanded. Before that Mama died when I was really little, but I lived alone for four months before deciding to live with Wheeling Gull Isle. But nothing big ever happened to me. Because in Onyx's mind, her mother's death when she was four months old hadn't happened to her, it happened to her mother. Her Alpha Ypres dying hadn't happened to her, it happened to Alpha Ypres. Nothing had really happened to Onyx herself, in her mind.

Onyx nodded a little. Yeah. I think it's okay now. But neither of us were expecting it. She sighed quietly. Her mother hadn't seemed to know it was ill. She ate the gull. Two days later she was lying on her deathbed saying her final words to Onyx before an angel would take her away from life. The kiss of death would be upon her. Onyx had mourned underground. After a week she was starving and came out to hunt. Her schedule became living underground and hunting every other day. It suited her for four months, before she became curious and restless. And she set out across the sea to begin her little life.

Onyx's ears flattened. Kesuk had been through the same thing! Onyx had no idea there were other orphans around here. She wasn't the only one at the orphanage anymore. She felt accepted, even if she didn't know if Kesuk accepted her. I'm really sorry your parents died. I had no idea. A river killed my father, an illness my mother. She sighed to the wolf. She felt it was okay to share with the wolf, she was trusty, they were orphans together.

She listened as Kesuk said that nobody knew what had happened to her parents. At least Onyx knew. This girl maybe had to put up with having them just suddenly go missing. Dissapear. She nodded when Kesuk mentioned that a pack helps. Yes, a pack becomes a new family for you. They become your new friends. She told Kesuk, even though she did not feel like family to Stavanger Bay, in fact, she barely had friends. Could she consider Ragnar and Thistle friends? They were alphas, and adults. If they weren't friends then the only others she'd met were pups, almost too young to know her words. Leila was a friend, though. She really wanted to see her amiga again, and couldn't wait. And maybe Kesuk was a a friend too.

Onyx nodded, despite how alone she felt sometimes. It was okay. She had a friend, Leila. Onyx couldn't wait to see Leila again, and she hoped she had been able to find The Grey Man and The Sun Lady. The Plateau? Sure, I could meet all your friends and stuff! Onyx said excitedly at Kesuk's idea. Suddenly a thought struck her. Friends, Kesuk?

Onyx's blue eyes seemed to sparkle like sky crystals as Kesuk said they were of course friends. Her tail wagged gently and a smile split her face. Onyx looked forward to meeting Kesuk's friends, family, and friends with benefits. I think I should go, Kesuk. I hope we can see eachother again! I'll visit sometime. Goodbye! She said with a little smile, her diamond eyes sparkling with joy as she began to walk off, her long gangly legs nearly tripping over eachother.