(Part 2 is out https://www.theguardianherd.com/messageboard/herd-chat/dawn-herd-rp-part-2 )

Dustwing- "Thank you but as much as I respect your offer, I don't think it is a good idea to attack. These wolves were obviously scared away by something. Timber wolves don't just get scared away. And they aren't here to mate. Their mating grounds are north of the trap. If they were this scared we wont be able to drive them back. I think we should sent a scouting mission. Choose five of your strongest steeds and I will choose five of mine and we can go investigate. Raincloud you are welcome to come along."

(I'm back! Sorry this is later that I expected to come back on, but I read the comments from yesterday since there weren't too many, and I'm making part two right now.)

(Sorry I missed a bunch. I had a huge 2-day lacrosse tournament and I was gone for most of yesterday and today. But IM BACK YAAAAA!!!! *starts choking*)

( oooooo Have fun at the beach! :D )

eck sorry I missed so much, I probably won't be on much tomorrow either as I am going to the beach))

Raincloud:

She stayed a few winglengths back and up from her son, not wanting him to think she was overreacting. Raincloud surveyed the ground far below her, watching as the wolves drew closer with each gnarling step.

She couldn't deny it now.

She flew towards Dustwing, descending and hovering just next to Ashray soundlessly. "Dustwing, I and my battle mares will willingly fight the wolves by your side, if you allow us," she spoke, and she saw Ashray turn, startled, to face her.

The lead mare waited for the opposing over stallion's response.

Ashray:

When he say the canyon in the distance, he signaled for his group to stay behind as he flew up to look down into the canyon. It was confirmed. There was a pack of around 14 timber wolves heading southeast towards the quarantine where all the Desert Herd pegasi were held up, including his parents.

Why were they this far south? Ashray didn’t know much about this land, but he did know that timber wolves thrived much farther up north, into the density of The Trap. What had brought them this far into the Interior of Anok? He blended back and caught up with his father’s captains, conversing with them. His plan was to possibly force the wolves back North, into The Trap where their home was.

But he would wait for Dustwing to come and hear out the young over-stallion’s opinion, but in the mean-time he landed his platoon on the plateau far above the wolves in the canyon to rest. He stood as lookout, constantly observing the wolves that were traveling even farther Southeast. He worried for the safety of his herd, and his unborn sibling.

Then he noticed something odd. The wolves no longer seemed on the hunt, but almost like they were fleeing from some great predator. But that didn’t make any sense. This pack of 14 timber wolves could easily take down a full grown Male bear. Then what were they afraid of?

He felt a ominous chill travel the length of his spine. Perhaps Rainwing, the over-stallion who had sent this herd to this very place, had something to with it, but he highly doubted it. Then he saw an even more worriesome sight. Another pack of timber wolves, this time a much smaller one, consisting of only 4, came bursting into the canyon to join the other pack.

What in all of Anok was going on? This was certainly a strange sight, considering timber wolves didn’t normally converge like this. It was mating season, and that could be a possible reason, but these wolves had fresh wounds and he could smell the waves of fear emanating off of them.

When Dustwing finally arrived, Ashray turned to him and dipped his head. “Sir, we are grateful for your help. I believe these wolves are either coming together to mate, or something has scared them this far. Jsut a few minutes ago, another pack, this one of only four wolves, came bursting off the side of the ravine to join the other pack. I do not wish to harm them, only to drive them back to The Trap where their homeland is, for I do not believe they are equipped for this significantly warmer climate,” he finished, waiting for the over-stallion to speak.

(Gtg for tonight, bed time, and WOO THAT WAS A LOGN COMMENT xd )

Sunfire-

Sunfire was making sure that Desert herd would be safe, as the Over-Stallions son asked him to do. He was prancing in place nervously, he was itching to know if the Timber Wolves were a threat to the herds he knew Ashray's platoon was not enough if the wolves turned out to be a threat, he hoped that Dustwing was sending out another platoon to help them if it turned out to be a threat, but even that might not be enough. Sunfire trotted over to the shade of a nearby tree hoping it would calm him down, but even that did not help, worrying about the safty of both herds, he tried to calm himself down by making sure Desert Herd would be safe.

(Oof I said HE alot)

( Wait, Scorchwing is is Dawn Herd? I thought he was at the quarantine two miles away, and that Vixinleap was sent to warn Dawn Herd and ask them to bring additional help while Ashray went to go an see what was up with the wolves? )

Dustwing- "Wolves don't retreat. 15 to 30 steeds wont be able to take them down. I am going out to make sure that fool hearty young stallion doesn't make any rash decisions. I have nothing against him but he doesn't know these animals like us." He said. "Hazelwood go ahead and see what their up to we will be right behind you. She set off and with a flick of his tail a small scout of steeds set out with Dustwing in the lead. "Also Scorchwing, I saw your mate fly off after your son. Are you aware of this?" He said as he was about to take off.

( May I just say, that in book four, the timber wolves seemed VERY aggressive towards Bumblewind and them lot xD )

Vixinleap:

“Why do you think we are approaching from the east?” Vixinleap said to Hazelwodo. “And there are no other wolves in the area. No other wolves have come this Far East, or south, and this is the biggest pack I’ve ever seen. And they are hunting the blood they smell on the pegasi back in the quarantine.“ Then he looked back to Dustwing. “The Desrt Herd leader’s son has already taken a platoon to scout out the wolves and make sure they really aren’t hunting, but they’ll need backup if the wolves are hunting, or if they find the thing that has driven them this far east. I suggest sending a platoon of at least 15 steeds, and at most 30. If we can drive them back into The Trap, then no one will die, and no wolves will have to die. I am only a messenger, of course,” He finished humbly, and waited for Dustwing’s reply.

Hazelwood- She was informed by the desert herd steed that there were timber wolves on the prowl. These wolves weren't very aggressive unless they were hunting. Plus they always hunt from down wind. It was a bad move to attack the wolves cause they can call for many others. The only time pegasi needed to attack these wolves was to defend themselves. "WHOA WHOA WHOA WOAH............................WOAH. Hold your land horses." She said while waving her arms. "First of all these wolves cal call for backup that can take down a whole battalion. So I suggest that we send scouts to see where they are and weather or not they are going to attack. They always hunt down wind and I smell them from upwind. When Im on patrols I see that a lot of them live north of these swells so they could be just passing by." She said sounding more like an over stallion than she meant to. Then she realized everyone was staring at her. She got nervous and crouched down. "Or maybe Ill just stand over there" She squeaked as she walked "over there" nervously waiting for their answer.

(@Rosestream could you make a part 2 post so this does not hv so many pages?)

(byeeeeeeeee)

(See y'all tonight or tomorrow)

(xD)

(LOL)

(I already knew that xD I'm going to be gone today, but I have extra time since my family's rlly slow)

( Recap: Not much has happened except for Desert Herd having been affected by a plague, and they are currently quarantined around 2-3 miles away from the herd. Daisyfire’s report of wolves near the canyon has been confirmed, but they are timber wolves, a pack of around 14, and the pegasi are wondering what had driven them this far Easr/South/Southeast And now, Vixinleap and Lilacroot are going to get a platoon from Dustwing to fight off the wolves, while Ashray, Honeyblossom, Rainclo9ud, and Scorchwing, along with around 40 healthy pegasi, are heading already heading towards the wolves and are estimated to arrive before Dustwing’s platoon of pegasi. Did I help? :D )

(Im gone for today and most of tomarrow so i cant rp sorry)

Raincloud:

The mare hugged her son back, taking in his scent. "I know you'll be fine," she whispered, watching him fly away.

"But I need to help in any way I can."

With that, she flared her amber wings and flapped, shooting off after her son, making up her mind.

She was going to fight off the wolves, invited or not.

Raincloud had to help the two herds, foreign and familiar alike. Maybe battle was the answer to unitement all along, just not in the way they all suspected.

Maybe the two herds would finally be at peace if she helped.

(Tomorrow, I'm going to be visiting some friends for the day, so would anyone mind giving me a recap tomorrow night?

(Wow.... and all I wanted was to go watch an F-35....)

(They didn't mean too, but they did.)

(yes its just part of her past she's told no one.)

( Whaaaaaat? They did?! )

Mossbrook- "See you later, Beestripe!" Mossbrook called, flying away to go see the Desert Herd, and see if they were as terrible as she remembered. They had killed her best friend.

HOneyblossom - she blushed slightly while Ashray was talking to her, then shook his wing awkwardly, and followed him off to Lilacroot.

( NOOO DON’T DIE. xD Lilacroot is such a shipper, I love it xD )

Lilacroot:

"Haha...my mission is accomplished." She said, watching the two interact for the first time. She nickered loudly to herself and flapped her wings faster in victory.

Ashray:

He looked to the mare, and blinked a few times. He didn’t blush, but he would blink when he was embarrassed. He nodded to Lilacroot. “Thank you,” he nickered, and swooped down to land in front of the mare. “You,” he said, standing tall. ‘We need your assistance with the injured steeds we will receive from the timber wolf attack. Lilacroot needs your help with it. You will be flying with us while she goes to help your herd. My name is Ashray, son of Scorchwing and Raincloud,” he said all ver quickly, holding out his wing to the mare.

Lilacroot:

She recognized the stallion as Honeyblossom's crush and she tried to hide a smirk. "Fortunately, yes. She's that pretty pearl bay mare down there with a white blaze and a high sock. You see her? Her name's Honeyblossom." She bit her lip to stifle a nicker. "Just tell her that Lilacroot needs her help in caring for the injured wolf-attack steeds." Lilacroot said, hovering in mid-air, waiting for the stallion to fly down and get her.

Ashray:

He called after Lilacroot. “Wait! Lilacroot! Do you happen to have an assistant we can take with us since it seems we will make it there before their steeds do?” He shouted. He turned to Sunfire and said, “You can stay here and protect my pegasi. So for now, don’t do anything but what your over-stallion commands you to do.” Then he turned back in Lilacroot’s direction as she turned back to talk to him.

Lilacroot:

She turned to Raincloud. "Oh! It's my pleasure! And don't worry about that. You're a lead-mare and worrying about hurt foals is what a lead-mare does. You quickly acted on instinct-a quality not many pegasi have. Besides, no one was hurt and most of your steeds are healthy!"

She heard Vixinleap landing next to her in a panic. She listened to his report with surprising calmness.

She looked back to Raincloud. "I'm sorry, but I have to go. After they're done fighting the wolves, they'll need a medicine mare."

Lilacroot turned to Hazelwood, took one look at the cut and said, "Hazelwood, I'll treat you when I get back. While I'm away, rinse the cut thoroughly in water and chew on pine needles to help with the pain." And with that, Lilacroot lifted off and as fast as she could, flew towards her herd.

Sunfire-

Sunfire hearing the word Timber Wolves, immediately went straight to where alot of other pegasi were gathering, he trotted to the nearest captain, "Is there anything I can help with?" He said in a rush, not wanting anything to harm any herd,

Duskriver-

Duskriver was still tucked under Nightriver's wing, as the strange herd left, and stayed under there for a while more, she heard Pebbleheart call out for Smokewood, then she immediately forgot about the strange herd. "Can I go find the other foals, auntie?" Duskriver asked in a small voice,

"Of course you can sweetheart" Nightriver said kindly. "Just be careful, and don't go close to the other herd" Nightriver finished. "Yay!!!!" Duskriver said galloping off to find her friends. finally she found Smookwood and Pebbleheart, out of breath she slowed to a trot and trotted over to them, "hey whats going on" she asked

(Oof so long sorry)

(........)

(Guys can we make a new post for a part 2 so we dont have so many pages?)

Vixinleap:

He burst into the clearing just as Raincloud said wolves, and dived down, much like Hazelwood had, in an explosion of feathers. He landed in the midst of it all cantering up to Lilacroot. “Lilacroot! Wolves, in the canyon. But they aren’t regular wolves, they’re- they’re timber wolves. 14 of them. One of the largest packs I’ve ever seen before. They’re headed this way, smelling the blood on these pegasi from injuries. We have to get them to a new place of quarantine,” he brayed.

Ashray:

He twisted his ears in the direction of Vixinleap, and came up to the stallion. “Where are they?” He asked. When Vixinleap gave him a suspicious look, he held out his wing and said, “Ashray. Heir of Scorchwing and Raincloud.”

“Vixinleap,” he replied, shaking Ashray’s wing. Then he pointed with his wing in a northwest direction. “That is the way to the canyon. I don’t know if you Desert Herd pegasi have dealt with timber wolves before, but they are around our size and twice as dangerous. Sometimes it takes at least 50 pegasi to take down a pack of 7, let alone 14!” He said. Ashray nodded. “I’ll gather up our captains and most healthiest steeds. You go inform Dustwing, and tell him we’d be internally grateful if he’d send one of his platoons to help us get rid of the abominations,” Ashray snorted. Vixinleap nodded. “I’ll bring them.“ With that, Vixinleap jumped into the air, rocketing straight for Dustwing.

At the speed he was going, Ashray guessed Vixinleap would arrive in around 6 minutes, and another 4 to organize the platoon, and then another 5 to get to the canyon. Ashray whinnied for the captains, who quickly came, recognizing their best warrior’s battle cry. “Fernfire, round up the healthy, without foal battle-mares. Dustfire, go pick out 10 under-stallions, and Robinfire, go gather up another 20,” Ashray commanded.

The captains soon took off, gathering steeds from the small mass of pegasi very quickly. Then he heard his father come up behind him.

“Son-“ Scorchwing started.

“I’ve got this, father. The herd needs their leaders, not the Heir. Besides, you’ve got another one coming soon. I’ll be fine,” He said, reassuring his father. He hugged him, and hugged his mother.

i gotta go again bai))

( this exploded, and now I don’t know what to do with myself. )

( oh my gosh )

Hhhhhheeeeelllllllllllloooooo??????))

Hello??))

(im bk) Mossbrook- She bumps him with her hip. "How are you?"

(Bai)

Beestripe - he blushes slightly and says, "Hai, Mossbrook!"

I gtg sorry guys baiiiii))

Mossbrook- looks at Beestripe and smiles. "Hey, Beestripe."

((Oop sorry I missed so much eek’)

Raincloud:

She was one of the many who weren’t that badly sick. While she still cheered for the majority being cleared, she couldn’t help but pity the few who were that badly sick. She was a lead mare, and she was overthinking, but that’s okay because that’s her job.

When Lilacroot was done treating the Desert Herd patients, Raincloud walked up to Lilacroot, staying still at least a winglength away.

”I just wanted to say, thank you for taking care of us,” the lead mare dipped her wingtips in respect. “And - I’m so sorry for acting impulsive and intruding like I did. But...” the mare sighed. “I want my herd to be safe, to have a home, to have hope. You gave them all of that. You and your herd. Thank you.”

A sudden breeze blew by (yeesh try saying that five times fast), throwing Raincloud’s black mane in a wide arc. She caught a sudden scent.

She sniffed the air, her nostrils flaring. Though the scent wasn’t familiar, it wasn’t alien either. She did know what the scent was.

Her face exploded in terror, and she let her jaw fall slack.

”Wolves.”

Mossbrook- wakes up and notices Beestripe and walks over to graze with him.

Beestripe - he grazed nearby

Mossbrook-She yawns, and lays down in the sun, her wings spread out, and falls asleep.

Smokewood - "Cakm down, Pebbleheart" he said. "Wanna play tag?"

Pebbleheart- "ACK!! Oh Smokewood its you. Im bored. Where have you been? You should watch where your going. Want to hang out. Have you seen Duskriver? How'd you get here? Do you know what happened? Where's the other herd? Why'd you run into me. Who were you talking to? Hello?" She spammed questions at him.

ok))

(Np i'll do it rn)

(yes pls! thx!)

(Oof, I'll make a yearling if u want)

adult stallions i mean))

(man i want her to get a crush, but the only ones older than her are stallions... oof)

(xD) Mossbrook- She followed Smokewood then flew away to the big clearing where everyone usually hung out.

Smokewood, "Aww, okay..." Then, he swiveled his ears and heard xomeone calling his name. He followed the voice and ran in to Pebbleheart (he was looking up I guess xD)

Pebbleheart- She trotted around the forest looking for Smokewood. "SHMOOOOOOOOOOOKEWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD" She neighed hoping he would hear her.

Mossbrook- "No...sorry." she replied sadly.

Smokwood - he stood up. "Yep, I'm fine. Have you seen Pebbleheart? Or Duskriver?"

Mossbrook- Mossbrook realized she had just ran into someone and flew down quickly. "Smokewood, are you okay?" she asked looking concerned.

Hazelwood- "Oh thank goodness" she sighed. "I tripped over Mossbrook and scrapped my leg." She wheezed and coughed "I also think I swallowed dirt." she explained wrinkling her nose.

Mossbrook- As she was exploring she got lost. She didn't know that she could fly above the tree line, because no one had ever told her. She flew up and stretched her neck, trying to see, but she couldn't see. "Help," she cried. "I'm lost!!"

SMokewood - he was running through the forest, looking for Pebbleheart and Duskriver, when he ran in to Mossbrook, falling onto the ground and eating some dirt.

Honeyblossom - seeing Hazelwood approach, she said to Lilacroot, "I can take care of the new herd, you should go help Hazelwood." She knew that she could've helped Hazelwood and leave the other steeds to the professional, but she was hoping the appaloosa stallion might drop by.

(Honestly I've no clue.)

(Where'd everyone go)

Mossbrook- Mossbrook trotted off to go see if anyone wanted to play with her, but no one did. "Oh well," she said to herself. "I'll go explore!" She cantered off into the brush to explore.

(xD)

(YAY!)

(Oh, wait, nevermind, Im back)

(Or no??)

(Are we gonna continue RPing??)

(bye)

Rivercloud - she nuzzled the foal, then leaned against her mate. "Thank you, Dustwing" (gtg see y'all)

Mossbrook- "I love you too mama."

Lilacroot:

She saw Hazelwood limping around and looking for someone. "Well if she's limping she's probably looking for me." She thought. Lilacroot whinnied to her and started waving her wing, trying to get the mare's attention.

Rivercloud - she hugged the foal, then nickered, "I love you, sweet pea."

Mossbrook- She leaned into her new parents and cried tears of joy. "Thank you. Thank you." she nickered quietly as she nuzzled them both.

(good xD)

(caught up)

Rivercloud - her heart leaped with joy. She nuzzled the foal, happy that she now had a home.

(Uhhhh...wow)

Mossbrook- "Really," she asked incredulously. "You... you guys wanna adopt me?" Her eyes filled with tears, but they were tears of happiness. "Yes," she cried sobbing. "Please please yes!"

Rivercloud - seeing the fear in her eyes, she said, "You're not in trouble - don't worry!" She looked at her mate and smiled, then, turning back to Mossbrook, she said, "We, we were wondering if you'd be okay with us adopting you" Her eyes glowed, waiting for the filly's answer.

Mossbrook- "Yes," she asked, her voice wavering with fear. "What is it?"

Rivercloud - when she heard her mates response, she nearly leaped with joy. "I think she has," she replied. Then, she turned to the filly. "Mossbrook, sweet pea, I have a question for you," she said, her eyes glowing.

Dustwing- He looked into his mate's eyes. "No..." He saw the shock in his mates eye. But then he smile and chucked ".....way we aren't. Of course we can. Has she been living without a dam this whole time?"

Mossbrook- She looks away, trying not to overhear, and her mind comes up with a whole manner of things that might happen. Like maybe their going to kill me. She thought her eyes going wide with fear.

Rivercloud - "Yes, poor girl..." Then, she quieted her voice, trying to keep Mossbrrook from hearing her. "I was thinking we could adopt her, but it's up to you. I can't imagine how lonely she must be..."

Mossbrook- She sighed with relief.

Dustwing- "Oh really? An orphan filly?