Den des Chasseurs

City Visits and Color Choosing

SIX MONTHS LATER

Tony awoke, as he had realized happened ninety percent of the time in these, via one bouncy Riley.

"Ton! Wake up you lazy bum! Plus vite! Plus vite!" She said, shaking his shoulders, bouncing on her knees on his bed.

"I'm up, I'm up! Jeez Ri, let a guy sleep..." He groaned, pulling the covers off of him, and stepping onto the floor, scooping up his puppy, which he had named Acier, which means steel in English.

He should probably elaborate. A few weeks ago, Jaguar had found a litter of four puppies abandoned on the street, the mother hit by a car.

He brought them back to the order, and the four youngest trainees had pounced at the four adorable pups, and they helped nurse them back to health. They each got one to claim as their own, due to the fact Wolf couldn't stand to see eight sets of puppy eyes (four human, four actual puppies) directed at her for long.

They were Huskie puppies, adorable little things, and took to their owners personalities.

Riley's pup, the only female who she named Danse, meaning dance in English, was light brown and white, and bright blue eyes, and a habit of wandering off and causing trouble. For example, she was often caught stealing things and hiding them, or causing messes due to nosing around, one time she even caused a crash, by spilling water all over the floor.

Tony's was a gray color, with one blue and one brown eye, enjoyed staying in Tony's company, and stuck to the boy's side almost constantly, a happy dog grin on his face. He often fetched Tony random weapons or tools that were laying around, and would lay them at his feet, grin prominent. He had named the pup Acier, meaning steel in English.

Evan's huskie puppy was the traditional black color, with blue eyes, but a more calm feel to them, rather the the mischievous look Danse's held. Evan had named him Chase, just because he liked the name. The dog wasn't as attached to the hip with his owner, but it was close. He often followed Danse around, barking at her as they played.

Jace's pup was a dark brown, with lighter brown eyes. Jace had named him Jackson, also liking the simple name. The largest pup, he was broad shouldered, and had large paws, and was often seen trying to keep his siblings out of trouble, as Jace was often seen doing with Tony, Riley, and Evan-who Tony quickly discovered had a massive trouble making streak. The groups of trainees usually became the closest group of friends, often still being roommates until they retired, and were always seen togeather. Snake, Jaguar, and Tiger for example. Three of the closest friends. The groups were called 'clans' in the den, but the four had become more than that.

They had become a family. Tony and Riley were the trouble making twins, always getting into messes. Evan was like the dad, he would scold the 'kids' but later on would be seen making trouble with them. Jace was the mother, while getting in trouble often, was more of that time trying to stop the instigators, and would make sure they each ate, did their work (they still had to learn basic school studies), and held them when they got nightmares.

And the little family had even recieved a name. The Mischief Mongers, or MM for short. The four had pulled more pranks in six months, than the average clan in a year or their stay. A record, kept by the clans. Tourra Wolf had had them in her office more times than she could count, and by now, she just sighed, pinched the bridge of her nose, and pointed towards the door. She didn't bother punishing them anymore, they didn't care, and usually found a way to turn it to come back and bite her in the ass anyways.

Tony was brought out of his musing by a yelling Riley, and a licky puppy. Acier had taken it upon himself to wash Tony's face, making the boy wrinkle his nose and giggle, holding the dog at arms length, smiling.