Hearing with your body

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The small cat pearched high in the tree, watching the world below through bright golden orbs. The leaves in the large tree that stood in the middle of the meadow camoflaged her coat easily. The gold and brown of the leaves moxing to conceal her in their depths, leting her observe while being unseen.

As she watched, a lone lupine wandered into the clearing and began to roll around in the grass like a pup. Amber found this highly amusing and focused on her, watching how she rolled with her feet in the air and her head against the ground. She looked like she was enjoying herself quite a bit, but Amber knew to keep her guard up. The presence of the unknown canine made her quite uncomfortable. Though she looked friendly enough, she was still a wolf, and wolves were dangerous as far as Amber was concerned.

The lupine's head popped up and looked at a flower that a butterfly had landed on. She looked almost saddened by it, and then lookied away. Her gaze drifted to the tree and she got to her feet and walked to it. She was right below Amber's perch now, playing among the leaves. Every muscle in Amber's body went taught, all she had to do now was look up and she would see the feline on the limb above her head....

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As the wolf looked up into the tree, Amber froze, fearing that she would be caught. But then by some miricle she began to walk away as if she did not know that there was something odd perched among the branches. Breathing a sigh of relief, she watched the wolf with wonder, most others would have caught her in an instant. Just as this thought crossed her mind, the wolf turned and came back towards her. Cursing to herself, she knew that she had been caught.

Amber froze, becoming still as the limb that she sat on in a last hope that she would remain unseen. She knew that she was in Heaven territory and that wolve here were generally nice enough, but that did not stop her heart fom racing. She watched, side eyed as the canine came to a stop right below her and called up to her.

"Hey you up there, don't be alarmed i am not going to harm you"

Amber stared down, frozen in place, not sure what to do. She was curious about this female that had called out to her in such a friendly way. One part of her brain told her that she was safe enough with this lupine, and the other screamed at her that all of the wolf species was evil. It was the thing that had taken her family from her, killed them in cold blood, how could any of them be any good? The two sides warred in her brain, fighting for their own view, one side that she was evil, and the other that she could be a friend. Amber longed for a friend, for somone that she could talk to , and somone that wanted her around, gave her a reason to stay in one place.

Maybe it was for this reason that she decided to look down and respond; or maybe it was simple curiosity. Curiosity killed the cat, hopefully it will not do the same for me... Either way, Amber looked down from her perch and answered in a light, melodic voice...

"How can I be sure that you will not eat me? I do not even know who you are."

Now I'm in for it... she thought to herself.

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Amber watched every move that the canine made, her fear was beginning to ebb, and curiosity was taking its place. Why had she taken such interest in Amber? Why was she still here? Most others would have given up or come after her by now.

"Oh, sorry of me being rude. My name is Agora, and your name? Why are you all the way there up in the tree? Aren't you afraid that you might fall down and get hurt, i know i would be if i was up there. Luckily i can't climb trees."


Amber stared down, her eyes wide in wonder. She had never had a lupine address her in such a way as this, nor look so friendly. She had an image of them in her mind that was mean and heartless, but Agora, as she had called herself, was the oposite of all of that. She seemed to have a pure heart and good intentions.

Cocking her head to the side, Amber made a decision. She moved to the end of the limb so that it bent slightly toward the earth and jumped lightly and gracefully to the ground, all of her weight on her tiny paws so that she made no sound. Turning, she sat and wrapped her long thin tail around her paws, letting it curl slightly at the tip. The golden eyes shone with curiosity now rather than fear.

"I am Amber. I prefer to be in the trees, up high where I can see everything around me. I am not afraid of falling, I have no reason to be, I have very good balance. I much prefer to be in the trees rather than on the ground."

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Amber tilted her timy head to the side, and her whiskers twitched in amusement. She made the final decision that this was not a canine that was to be feared. As Agora asked if they could be friends, a small thrill went from the tips of her ears to the tip of her tail. Amber longed for a friend, her life was lonely and she wanted a friend to spend time with.

Amber met the eyes of this odd wolf and smiled. She was sorry now that she had come off as so cold, but she could not help it, she hoped that Agora would understand after she explained...

"I live wherever I choose to. I don't have a permanent home like you do. I guess you could say that I am a rogue, though I am not wild like most of your rogues seem to be. There just aren't very many of my kind roamng the woods. My family was killed by wolves about 2 years ago. I had gone out hunting and came home to find them all dead. I stayed long enough to bury them and them left, and ended up here. I drift between the Heaven, Earth, and free lands, but I stay out of the land of the Hell pack. Knowing that it was a pack of wild dogs that took my family from me, I am a bit wairy of canines in general. Please forgive me for seeming unfriendly, I am never sure if one of you will try to eat me... Why would you wanna be friends with me?"

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"I am so sorry about what happened to your family, those hell pack wolves are a bunch of mean wolves that have nothing better to do with there time then kill and fight, my parents died too along time ago, but that's very vague. Why don't you ask one of the Alphas, maybe my pack's if you could join in. I'm sure Cyone won't mind having someone as skilled in trees like you, in the pack... I want to be your friend because it seems you could use one. I also care a lot about others, and don't judge them on who or what they are. I know we could be the best of friends, we could play and have fun together. I also am in need of a friend, those at camp aren't really the friendliest to me, because i am not clan born. So some of them judge me on that."

Amber looked at the ground by her paws to hide the sadness in her eyes, batting at a fallen leaf with her small paw. It skittered across the ground and landed at Agora's feet, Amber left it, not comfortable enough to get that close yet. Her eyes came back up to meet those of the canine before her, and her nose crinkled in disgust at her last words.

"Blood is no reason for somone to judge you. Where you come from does not make you who you are. I am not one to judge based on that. If you are mean and rude to me, then I am going to be the same way with you, that is just how it is. Treat others the way that you want them to treat you. Why should I waste my time on somone that is mean and rude, or is a threat to me? That is my thought. I look at who you are, not where you come from or what you look like. However I do not think that a pack would be very happy to have somone like me among them. I am far to different for most to be comfortable around me. I would be happy to be your friend."

A smile spread across her tiny feline features, it felt good to be able to call somone friend' to know that she was no longer alone. She hoped that she could be a comfort to Agora as well.

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Amber laughed as Agora bounced around before her, the wolf's happiness and enthusiasm was contageous. She had never seen anyone react to her in this way, and as she thought about it, she decided that she liked it. She was used to others avoiding of making fun of her because she was something new and strange to them, but that did not seem to faze Agora in the slightest, and she was glad, oh so glad for that. Amber needed a friend, and now she had found one in this beautiful canine.

Amber froze momentarily as Agora touched her, nuzzling her. But she relaxed, knowing that Agora would not hurt her, she tentativel nuzzled her back, running her cheek along the wolf's larger one. Standing, she twined herself between Agora's front legs, brushing her soft fur agains her legs. In a sudden spur of the miment playfulness, she padded to Agora's side and jumped lightly onto her back, landing perfectly balanced, and sat down, batting at the canines ears. Amber was careful to be gentle and keep her claws retracted so that she would not hurt Agora.

"We could meet here? I am sleeping in the tree right now, though I will have to move soon, the weather is getting to cold at night. I have also heard of the power of the tree, but never exactally what powers... Though I do think that it emminates a sense of peace, don't you?"