Horizon Ridge Blackfish

I was going to assume that Pied wouldn't respond, but I don't know for sure, so let me know if I should edit... otherwise I'll continue after you post!

For one who so proclaimed to hate the sands of beached, Dublin found herself on this part of Horizon Ridge's territory more often than not—perhaps, deep down where she would never admit it, it meant that the Redwood daughter truly loved the place where tides lapped at the shore and gulls shrieked their songs as they careened through the sky. Often, she found herself pacing up and down the length, breathing deeply in the cleansing scent of sea salt. It was quiet here; far quieter than Watchtower had ever been. As much as she might claim boredom, she truly found solace in the slower-paced lifestyle.

It was on one of these private walks on the beach, the sun barely breaking over the horizon, that the point-colored woman spotted the distant form of another—to far away to make out exactly who it was, especially with the way that the rising sun played with shadows. She was about to turn away, to leave whoever it was to their peace, when the tide began to shift oddly. Dublin stared in awe; in all her life on the seaside, she had never seen the ocean behave in such a way. But too late she realized what was happening, and a black behemoth rose from the depths to knock the miniature silhouette of a wolf over like they were nothing more than a ragdoll.

Instinct took Dublin, then, and her reservations about the territory vanished in an instant. She was running now, her small build blessedly built for speed—her paws barely seemed to grace the wet sand beneath them as she moved. Faster than it might have taken her brothers, the cream-colored female found herself standing over the familiar form of Pied. She leaned close, her nose touching that of her superior's, and she held her breath. Pff, came Pied's own, then—and Dublin got down to business.

She would need assistance, but there were other things that took precedence. "Can you hear me?" Dublin asked sharply, her voice loud enough to startle one that was merely sleeping awake.