One, two. One, two. One, two.

The femme wasn’t quite sure why, but as she walked, she counted by twos at the sound of her paw steps on the arid desert’s floor. She rather liked it here, and the counting seemed to add to the effect of relaxing and getting her mind of why she was agitated. Why was she agitated? Well she was for several reasons quite honestly. Her parents being the main source. Not only was she angry at her blood mother, for abandoning them, she was angry at her father and both mothers for keeping a lie from her. Not just her, but her and her siblings. She couldn’t understand why Aru wasn’t upset.

Her brows knitted together. She didn’t stick around long enough to see Nina’s reaction. She was sure her sister would have a reaction within reason unlike her brother. Then again, he wasn’t the brightest tool in the shed. She sighed, stopping in her tracks and frowned. Her counting had failed as she’d started thinking about how irritated she was once again. She growled lowly, how irritating it was to be irritated.

With her brows furrowed together, Naesse continued on her way through the desert. Her strides taken in large swift steps. Her ears lied back and her tail flicked from side to side in an irritated motion. Anyone who crossed her could easily tell by her body language she wasn’t happy. Not even in the littlest.

She was unsure how long she’d been traveling for the desert was fairly vast in size, much larger than her home in Narwain. Like three times it’s size actually, but that kind of excited her as she had more places to explore. Licking her dry lips, Naesse’s tongue rolled out of her mouth as she found herself suddenly fairly thirsty. She was starting to feel a bit warm too now that she thought about it. Water was a must at the moment as she would soon might become exhausted from the heat.

Then, the Russian femme came upon something rather paculiar. To her at lest. A beach, sure they where on an island so it made sense but a desert having a beach seemed a bit odd to her. The white sands where very warm under her pads and she liked it. A smile tugged on the corners of her lips as she patted towards the waters that ebbed up and down the beach’s shore.

The warm waters rolled up onto her paws and nipped at her ankles. It was rather inviting and soothing. Smiling, Naesse walked deeper into the waters until it was up to her chest. She sighed softly and walked around in the waters a bit and even swam out. Ducking her head under water when she resurfaced her Mohawk wasn’t even slightly out of place. She stared at her wavering reflection and frowned ever so slightly. She’d never been bothered by her oddly placed fur on her head that extended down her neck before but for some reason now it was fairly odd to her and just unnatural.

Now that she thought about it, all of her siblings including herself where a bit odd. Aru was crazy huge, Nina was missing an eye and her, she had this weird fur thing going on. Shaking her head, Nae tested it’s durability by shaking, pressing, wetting and smoothing it down. However no matter how many times she pressed it down it popped right back into place. To the touch it was just as soft as the rest of her fur, so it was naturally occurring. Well of course it was, she didn’t do it herself.

Sighing, Naesse gave up on her odd fur and made her way back to the shore. She felt a bit better, however she was still rather thirsty, and ocean water was not by all means drinkable.

Sneezing, the femme rubbed her nose with the back of her paw when a scent caught her nose. Border markers. These lands where claimed. Frowning, Naesse inwardly groaned. ‘Just what I need to get into trouble.’ She thought and tilted her head back, howling to let the alpha of these territories know that she was here and meant no harm. She wasn’t sure if she was ready to meet with the alpha just yet, being she was irritated, but if he came to seek her out she would deal with him and jump to the opportunity into asking to join his pack. After all, Naesse was rather fond of these desert lands.

Whoosh. Whoosh. Whoosh.

The sound of the ebbing waves hitting the shore was somewhat soothing to the young femora as she lied on the white sands of the desert’s beaches. Her dark red and brown coat stood out incredibly against the pale white sands. Her eyes where closed, and she did not move except for the rising and falling of her chest as she breathed in a slow rhythmic pattern. She was not asleep, oh no, she wouldn’t dare try and sleep on this unknown land. She knew better than that. These lands where claimed, and she had howled, sooner or later someone would come and find her. At the moment, she was just enjoying her time alone in solitude with nothing but the ocean breeze and warm sun to keep her company.

The sun was setting and Naesse could feel the sun start to disappear as the light became dimmer behind her eyelids and the warmth of it all seem to be fading into the cold darkness. Her eyes peered open and she gaped at the sight before her. "A-amazing!" She awed in anew, she’d never in her life seen something so beautiful. Her paws crept towards the edge of the waters as the sun sat behind the horizontal edge of the ocean. Red, Pinks, Orange and Purples painted across the sky danced across the waters and Naesse felt a warm tingly feeling inside her. She could not hold back the smile that graced her maw. ‘This is it.’ She’d found her home, now, her only challenge was to have the alpha accept her. How unfortunate, if only the land was unclaimed then it could be her own. ‘As if, I could never be a leader.’ She thought with a wrinkle of her nose, and her warm hearted spirit seemed to escape her as the sun completely disappeared and night fell upon the desert. It was surprisingly colder than she expected.

Shaking her coat, a shadow danced circles around her. For a moment she was frightened, frightened of the unknown but when a screech caught her ears she was terrified. Her deep red-brown set orbs locked onto the on coming target and her ears lied back against her skull. She’d never seen a bird so huge before. Her eyes never left the eagle as he landed not to far away from her, his large wings extended in a defensive manner. Was this eagle looking for a fight? Nae’s lips twitched into a slight snarl ready to fight and defend herself if she needed to.

The eagle, spoke, and his first words had asked her to stay where she was. She felt the need to challenge the large bird by taking a step forward, her eyes never leaving it’s silvery ones, however when he spoke of the land’s alpha she became curious. Her head cocked to one side and she rose an eye brow ever so slightly. “Pre-occupied with what?” She asked aloud, but shook her head. She was more confused as to why she was being told this by a over grown bird. Sighing softly, the young femora relaxed her defensive stature and thought about it all for a moment. She did not wish to accidentally pose a threat when all she wanted as a place to call home here. She’d long simmered down from her family issues, for now at lest. For the time being she just wanted to meet with the alpha and ask if she could humbly join his pack.

Licking her black lips, the femme smiled at the eagle and sat on her hunches nodding. “I would like to meet with your alpha, Nibensirien Faeron you said?” Her right ear flicked slightly, if she’d heard right he should take her to this brute by the name of Nibensirien Faeron, who was supposedly this land’s alpha. Naesse had to hold herself back from getting excited as her heart rate increased with both excitement and nervousness. She was about to make the biggest step in her life yet, joining her first pack and starting a life without her family.