the midnight flowers blooms {fender}

[Cursed Heavens {Uzuri Grace}]

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~Ï want to become strong, try to be the best warrior I can be. I will fight sickness and fight monsters that harm my family. I want to see forests, lakes, meadows, mountains, cliffs, waterfalls, I want to see everything and travel around. I will learn how to walk properally, then I will learn to run properally, after that jump really high. After that I will learn how to fight, and after that... Jasmine panted, trying to catch her breath after her run. It was twilight now, her siblings are going to bed right about now. Jasmine thought she should to since she did a lot today. Her father was impressed with her progress, so impressed that he let her play as rough as she wants with her siblings. She was happy that she barely ever stumbled now, she had worked hard on it and because of that made her grow a bit more. Jasmine remembered the first day she told herself she would make herself strong and declare that she would challenge herself on everything that comes her way. She had been a few weeks old that time. It had been a month now so she is a month and a half old now. It warmed her that so much time has passed and she has grown this much.~

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~Jasmine told herself to ditch the bed time. Since she was a bit older her and her siblings were aloud to stay up longer than they were aloud to before. Jasmine was tired but she wanted to see the moon rise. It's going to be a full moon tonight and she can't wait, its supposed to be beautiful, she didn't see one yet. When the last one came she was too young to have seen it. Now she was aloud to see it. Though she wished she could see it in a different place other than this. She had gotten used of the junkyard's stink but she still wanted to see it with the water reflecting it and the plants around her. Her parents told her that the plants were starting to go to sleep and won't waken till after the winter that was coming. It disappointed her that she couldn't see it any time soon, though she hoped she would be able to see it someday. Jasmine caught her breath and turned around to look at the couch. She had been jumping over it almost all day other than playing with her siblings and running around in the junkyard.~

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~Jasmine took a few steps back then made a dash toward the couch. She pounded hard on her already powerful hind legs and leaped over the couch with her small size. Her hind legs touched its top part, her front paws next to her hind paws. She pounded hard on her hind legs again and leaped even higher. The time frame in the two leaps were least than to heartbeats, no hesitation in the second leap. Jasmine made it a few inches higher than her last try. She landed with a thud, neatly on her paws. The mix smiled, she was getting really good at the jumping and landing. Well she worked hard on it just like her training on running and walking and digging. To Jasmine its all work on getting stronger and barely play. Now that she was getting better on her jumping maybe she should put some tricks on it. Or maybe she could get her legs even stronger by leaping even more by doing on a hill pile of garbage instead just the couch. Jasmine sighed after her pant and sat down. She wondered what she should do next. She looked up at the darkened sky. The moon is going to rise soon. Maybe she should go find a spot and watch it. She smiled, excited for the idea.~

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~Movement behind her sight caught her attention. She turned her head to look as whoever hid in the shadows disappeared behind the fence. Jasmine got to her paws, baby blue eyes curious. She padded up silently to where the shadow had gone. Jasmine didn't trip or stumble through her walking nor did she limp. She walked as normally as everyone else thanks to her training. Well Jasmine was not going to be a hindrance to everyone, she wants to be a strong dog not an omega and that's that. Through the training and her growing, she was as big as Sin who was the strongest in the litter of six pups. Though if she hadn't of done all this training she wouldn't have been as strong as Sin but she is as strong as him now. To speak ironic the moment she thought about him was the moment she found out who the dog was. By its scent its none other than her brother Sin. Jasmine wondered why he left the junkyard. Though she knew whatever it was it was bad. Her legs that used to be short was longer and broader to match with her strengthened body. Because her body has grown, her big paws weren't a big problem anymore. Dusk told her she was growing just like he had been. Since he was just like her, had too big paws and a small weak body. She was happy that she was following his paw steps, it was her greatest wish after all to be just like her father and not just that but to even surpass him one day.~

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~She knew she would be in trouble for it if she went after her brother but she knew he would be even more if something happened to him. If the next day she finds that her brother has been taken by Demeron or killed by daemons she will never forgive herself. She was the only one that knew he had gone anyway. "You should go after him," Jasmine pricked her ears and turned to look at Zytka. "Aunt?" that was what she normally called Zytka, since she had been with the family and all and let her mother and her siblings live in her bus. Zytka turned and walked deeper into the darkness. The moon started to rise, dim light brightening, showing faintly of where Zytka was. Jasmine blinked and looked at the moon. She shook her head, she made up her mind, she will go after her brother. Jasmine turned and ran out of the junkyard, forcing the questions to the back of her mind about Zytka. About half way though, she lost her brother's scent. She found herself at the Harthorn Park. Which to her eyes widened from the immense beauty. The grass was in golden color, because of the season, the trees lost most of its leaves. The moon that reached over the horizon with its light blanket the grass silver and the wind blew the leaves. How beautiful it was. Jasmine never saw so much grass, sure she had seen it but only a few, but never as much as this. And trees, those huge plants as tall as the biggest garbage piles, she finally saw them. Jasmine padded into the park, her blue eyes looking at everything.~

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and if we fell, where would it be that we would stop?

The light began to fade, leaving the eight month old alone in the darkness for the third time. It wasn't like his family had left him, but it was more like he had left his family. It was just getting too much for him, always fighting for the highest rank, always having to do the most amazing thing to get attention. It had just gotten too much for him, and he told his father he was leaving, and he had, that day. His mother had begged for him to stay, but he had left, and didn't look back. It wasn't like he hated any of them, in fact, he loved each and everyone of his siblings, and both of his parents, but it was just time for him to go.

The young dalmatian had been to the Harthorn center just a few hours before, and was now making his way toward the park. On his first night out he had found a bush that protected him from the cool wind, and the open sky. It was a nice little bush, and he had made a hole underneath to fit his small form in. That was what he called home now. Light brown eyes looked toward the darkening sky as he padded along. No clouds covered the stars, and the pup was glad. The past few days had been filled with rain, and dark clouds. It got depressing after a while, and he was so very pleased to see an open sky above him.

As the young brute padded closer to the pond, he pricked his ears forward and sniffed the air. The regular scents of the land came to him, and the sound of splashing from the ducks came to his ears. A small grin pulled at his lips, showing his white baby teeth that hadn't fallen out yet. Speeding up a little, the dalmatian looked up to the sky again and breathed in the fresh air. To him, this was freedom!

The air he was breathing in brought a new scent to his nose, something he hadn't smelled before. It smelled of trash, but also of an animal. The brute stopped his quick pace and slowed to a walk, his light brown eyes looking around him. His sense of smell was a lot stronger than his eye-sight, but he knew he'd be able to spot the creature that smelled different. As he looked, he noticed a small pup, a little younger than him, walking around. At first, he ignored the figure, but then sniffed hard and figured out that the smell was coming from the pup.

"Hey you!" He called, springing over to the younger pup, light brown eyes shinning with joy. It had been three days since he had spoken to another canine, and using his voice felt good.

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[Cursed Heavens {Uzuri Grace}]

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~Jasmine padded slowly to the center, eyes large and looking at every detail. Her nose was flaring by all the new smells, she detected fresh water, a big scent of grass and trees. She detected lots of scents of canines too, not Morgs. She only got about one or two that she knew was a part of her pack but the rest was the mixture of house dogs that smelled of humans and the disgusting food the humans give them. Jasmine caught the scent of dogs that smelled like the streets. She was amazed by the beauty and can only picture what it would be like in the day. Oh how she wished she could, it was be so beautiful she just knew it would. All her live which is only almost about two months she had heard stories about plants. Zytka, the dog that been in mountains, forests, rivers, canyons, and even valleys. She told Jasmine lots of stories since she had been part of a wolf pack that exists around such areas Zytka had been in. Every story her parents or the adults give her she pictures the beauty of them. She would always ask what did the plants look like, the color, size, taste, texture, everything of them. Sometimes she would be so excited about that they would have to scold her to calm down. Jasmine couldn't help it, she was so interested in plants and the world. She wants to see all its beauty and travel in them. Though Zytka told her that in order to go to the places she had went that Jasmine would have to leave Morg Pack, her family behind. Jasmine doesn't like the idea of leaving her family, but she knew one day she will be out there traveling and learning.~

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~She looked down and found birds on the pond. Jasmine sat down, eyes filled with wonder. That must be the pond her parents spoke of. Sometimes her parents would talk about the city, all the places dogs had been in like the Abandon Apartments and that. When they had gotten to the Park she asked about every detail of it and pictured it in her mind. Though she never thought it would be this beautiful. They told her about the pond and she asked what ducks were, they got her the dead duck they caught for the pile. It looked like the birds in the pile but they had weird paws, the dogs told her that is how they stay afloat. She didn't believe it but now she is seeing it for the first time. Zytka told her the pond is like a big puddle, its not as big as lakes though. Jasmine knew that lakes were bigger than this because Zytka told her they are almost as big as the sky. Her Aunt never exaggerates, if she does she never did on her. Zytka always likes making everything of her a mystery by switching into so many personalities. It's funny really.~

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~The female pup sighed, her heart content. What was she doing? She should be searching for her brother not lying here looking at all this. She told herself that Sin could look after himself. Jasmine looked down at her paws, looking at her right splayed out paw. It was twisted by birth, no one knew why it was because Anastasia had been healthy and the birthing had went fine. The only conclusion they had was that it was caused by the big litter. Anastasia did have a huge litter after all, six pups at once. It baffled her that before this paw used to get her into so much trouble, always made her stumble. It got not just her into trouble but it caused trouble for her parents, her siblings and everyone else. Jasmine was glad that she decided to make it one of her strengths instead of leaving it as a hindrance. Before she couldn't even walk properly, but now she can run and leap without falling down.~

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~Jasmine breathed in and got to her paws. She better go back home before anyone else finds out where she was. Though it bothered her why Zytka had let her go after Sin when she could have gone. Maybe she wanted Jasmine to go out and have an adventure, see the world instead of listening about it in stories. Zytka always is the one to push others to go after their dreams and help others become better than they are. She heard that Zytka helped a bit to get Dusk and Anastasia get back together after their argument at the City Center. "Hey you!" Jasmine paused, pricked her ears. She turned and found a pup she never seen before come over to her. Jasmine blinked and felt herself burn with her heart pounding in a way she never felt before. At the first look at the male pup she thought not who he was but how nice he looked. She looked around, wondering, hoping that he wasn't calling to her and just someone else. Jasmine didn't know why though, it was just a Dalmatian pup. Jasmine felt like dashing away but she stayed put and looked hard at the pup, trying to imitate her father's look he usually gives around everyone except her mother. Jasmine cleared her voice, "Hello."~

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and if we fell, where would it be that we would stop?

Light brown eyes landed on the figure that he had smelled not too far off, and he realized how the figure looked just like another dog. Truthfully, he had been expecting a raccoon or something of the sort, by the way the figure smelled, but it was, in fact, another canine. Ears pricked forward at the sound of a beating heart, and the pup titled his head to the side. Why was the dog's heart beating so quickly? He watched as the other dog looked around, as if they were trying to find someone else, or seeing if he was really speaking to them. It was true, he was speaking to the odd-smelling canine. A small smirk formed on the pup's maw when he saw the look this new dog gave him, like it was trying to be all powerful. No way. That wasn't going to work with him. He had been on his own for three days now, and he had seen meaner dogs than the one that was standing before him. Then, like nothing happened, the dog spoke, a single word.

Blinking, the dalmatian realized that the younger dog was, in fact, a female. He didn't think that the canine before him was the same gender as his mother, but he quickly accepted it and took a step toward her. Sniffing, the brute took in the scent of the female dog before him, trying to pin-point what her true smell was. As he sniffed her an image of his father appeared in his mind. 'Father smells like this, or at least, there's a hint of this smell on him!" When he realized this, the brute took a step back away from the female, and blinked again. He had never seen this dog in his life, and yet, she smelled like his father. "Who are you?" The pup asked the fae before him, trying to appear as if he was okay with what she smelled like, even though anyone could tell that he was confused. The brute shook his pelt once, hard, and felt the stress and confusion leave him for a second.

Locking eyes with the female, he spoke again, hoping to break the ice. "I'm Fender, by the way." It wasn't much, but he hoped that would make her open up and tell a little about herself. Light brown eyes looked over the fae's form, and he could tell that she was one of the stronger ones. He was the strongest of his own litter, and he was very glad to meet another that seemed strong as well. As he looked over her, he could tell that she was born of someone powerful. It was just the way she held herself, and the look she had given him before she spoke her single word. Yep, this pup was high in ranks, just as he thought he was.

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[Cursed Heavens {Uzuri Grace}]

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~As the male Dalmatian came closer the more relaxed she forced herself to become. She doesn't know why she was acting like this. This is so not like her, she is determined, brave and the tomboy type of girl, not a twit. The only thing that made sense on why was because this was the first time she met a loner, someone outside of her pack. Sure she meets the newest members but they become part of the pack at once. To meet a loner that didn't and lives a life not like hers is way different. This was her first time meeting a loner, though she expected it to be an adult or someone way older and tougher than her. Yet this dog looks as strong as she is. She wondered how long he has been on his own. Jasmine thought that living in the streets as a loner would be tougher than in the pack, you get to get food, have someone at your back and someone to talk to. Yet if a pup like this can survive than she could too. Why does everyone get in a hissy fit about it when she said out loud on how easy it sounded and would be fun. They are as bad as her father, thinking she wouldn't be able to survive on her own. Though that was a while back, it still bugs her now since the fact a pup could live on his own. Yet Jasmine wondered if the pup has his brothers and sisters with him. Jasmine gets annoyed with her siblings yes but she can't imagine not having them around. They are her littermates after all, they were with her since the beginning of her birth. Like she loves playing rough with her brothers Sin and Koda and sister Daisy. She would miss Ursa coming to talk to her about problems or watch anyone else she pesters to. Jasmine would miss Apollo's nagging and Sin's boasting about being a wolf and that. She would miss all of that if she didn't have her siblings with her.~

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~"Who are you?" The pup asked, his brown eyes confused though she can tell he is trying to do the same thing she was doing. Jasmine smiled and sat down, she forgot totally about her parents going in a fit when they find that she had gone. Hopefully she would make an excuse if she finds Sin and brings him back. Though she doubt she would go unpunished even if has an excuse. She knew her parents would say if she had seen her brother had gone she should have gone to an adult and told them. If that happens maybe she could say the trail would have been lost if she went to look for someone. Though the only problem was how was she going to explain how it took so long to get him. That seems to be the only problem. Well it doesn't matter to her now at least, she was interested, she didn't meet another pup for a while yet, she only met the pups inside the pack which were quite a few other than her littermates. From what her mother and aunt said Dusk has a big heart for young ones.~

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~Jasmine sat down and watched the pup a bit more. She found the pup looked pretty mighty for a pup, even if he is older than her. However by size they look like the same age. Jasmine is like Dusk by growth, so is Sin as it seems. They grow big and strong and here at the beginning she thought it was just through her father's hardship to survive that made him grow as powerful as he did. Doesn't seem the case though. "I'm Fender, by the way." The pup introduced himself which was what Jasmine was waiting for. Jasmine doesn't like introducing herself first, she finds it if a dog asks who she is they should introduce themselves first. If she asks then she will say who she is that way its fair. Jasmine is a very fair and honest tomboy type of girl as well as a hothead. The only secret she has is about daemons, she doesn't have the same thoughts about them as the rest of the Morgs. She wondered if her siblings have the same thoughts about them. "My name is Jasmine, but everyone calls me Jazz," Jasmine sat down and smiled, she felt more realized now that she knew the dog's name. "I know I smell awful," she said when she had noticed the dog looked a bit disturbed with his nose twitching. Jasmine knew she smelled disgusting, even though her father and mother said she doesn't. She hates it where she lives, she wants to smell like forests and that, not human garbage.~

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and if we fell, where would it be that we would stop?

Blue eyes watched his each move, and Fender didn't know if he liked that or not. He had been away from his family for a few short days, and not been around any stray, or pack, dogs much. It was weird to have someone watch his every move as she did, but he also wondered if she was doing what he had done with a dog just that afternoon. When he had been in the center, he had watched a dog beg for food from the humans, and Fender hadn't moved an inch the whole time he was watching. Light brown eyes had caught every, single detail of the dog, every movement, every sound the dog made. Everything. Maybe the fae was doing the same thing, and Fender was kind of impressed with her. It wasn't often that someone found another dog who did the same things as another. So, just like he had done with the dog in the center, he began looking over her.

First, he pricked his ears at the sound of her voice, and he studied it. It sounded like the wind through the drying leaves on the trees, and he smirked. It was beautiful, and he wished she would speak more but it was only little what she said, and he dismissed the part about her smelling not so sweet. Light brown eyes looked over Jasmine's face, taking in the way she looked a lot like a husky, with the thick fur on her cheeks and around her neck. He had seen a dog like that before, on his first day away from his family. He had felt safe around the larger dog, but then found that he wasn't so safe. Blinking, he looked at the blue eyes that seemed to study him back. They were amazing, and Fender knew he had never seen eyes so blue. Even his own father's eyes had never been like that. Quickly looking over the rest of her body, he found that she was built strong, and that she was prepared for anything that came her way.

The only default he found on her was her front, right paw. It seemed odd to him, and he glanced down at his own to compare. His wasn't bent as hers was, but he ignored it and looked back up to those blue eyes he had almost gotten lost in. "It's okay. I've smelled worse, believe me." The dalmatian chuckled and thought back to his first day alone. He had come across road-kill and took a big whiff of it, which almost made him lose his lunch of a piece of bread. "I've smelled your scent before though." He told her, his voice casual, as if he had known her for years. "Where do you live?" The question seemed odd, even to him, but he wondered if a name of a place would trigger anything in his mind. He wondered if the name of a place would pull anything from his father's stories, and then he'd be able to connect the dots.

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[Cursed Heavens {Uzuri Grace}]

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~Jasmine smiled as Fender looked at her the same way she was looking at him. She wondered if she will get to play with him lots, he isn't a daemon because he doesn't look strange and he doesn't smell any different to a normal dog. Everyone kept saying that daemons smelled different to normal dogs and warned her and her littermates that if they smell something different from a dog to run away from it as soon as possible. What got her stuck though, was that this Judge guy that some of the dogs in the pack spoke of was part of their pack. Yet what got her was that there was a dog part of Demeron, the one that is alpha of that nasty pack. There couldn't be two Judges in the same city, right? Though she can see that Judge isn't here anymore and when she asked what happened to him they just walked away or ignored her. Which is very rude to do. When they had talked about him though they had been very angry. She even overheard that Judge was the reason why Jewel had been taken. So confusing, it doesn't make sense. Maybe there aren't two Judges in the City but they were all just one dog. Yet if that was true than the Morg Judge was actually a daemon. Or maybe that Judge got caught and turned into a daemon.~

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~Jeez, it doesn't make sense and it's starting to annoy her that she can't get it. She shook her head and bared her teeth in frustration. "It's okay. I've smelled worse, believe me." Fender spoke, snapping her out of her frustration. She looked at him with her baby blues and smiled. Jasmine was glad she didn't smell that awful. She hates it enough that she has to live with the stink and the dirt. To know she wasn't the worst smell around was good. Or maybe Fender was just pulling her leg and trying to make her feel better. Well either way, true or not its working, she feels a bit better. She pushed the thoughts about her pack away. Fender doesn't need to know that she is part of the pack. He especially doesn't need to know that she is the daughter of the alpha there. It would really make things here really awkward. Jasmine doesn't want to be treated with respect around the pack just because she is the chief's kid. She wants to be normal, to have friends that won't get all creepy and that just because of her heritage. Jasmine loves her family but sometimes she wishes she never had them, that she was born in a different family. Have a parent that isn't in such a high rank like leader. "I've smelled your scent before though." "Really?" Jasmine's throat went dry and she squeaked it out. Oh no, he's going to learn that she isn't a loner.~

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~Damn, now he's going to go all awkward, Jasmine doesn't want that to happen but she can't lie to him. She isn't a liar and she isn't going to start to be one. Plus, who knows Fender might not mind. What if he does? So what, it doesn't matter. Well it does, Jasmine really wants to have friends that don't care about her family and that. "Where do you live?" He asked and Jasmine gulped. Oh boy, was she in a jam. Well she will tell him where she lives and if he finds she's part of Morg pack it won't change anything. He seems to be a good guy. Hopefully he won't ever find out that she isn't just part of Morg. It would be the end of their growing friendship for sure. She just know it will. Because he is going to be just like everyone else, if she tags along with them and if she gets into trouble Dusk is going to blame them. It was like that all her short life. "I live at the garbage place, its disgusting there, really stinky and I hate it. Plus there isn't any beautiful things like this here." She looked around the place, her voice and face casual and calm. Hiding her discomfort. "Where do you live?"~