and the angels sang,,

[(--Z E P H Y r!]

I turned my head, watching as Serendipity looked around for a place to jump safely to. He saw the overhang above, and so did I. With some concentration, I watched him leap from his rock and land unsteadily on the ledge. I gasped, not wanting him to fall to his horrid death. He pulled himself up though. Easy, right? I looked down at my paws, and found my legs shaking under my weight. Easy jump. I looked back up to Serendipity, and managed to bring myself foreward. I placed my paw on the surface of the rock that Serendipity had leaped from, and pulled my upper half up. I let out a weak whine, as my paw slipped from there and landed below me on my rock. The waves started to rise below me, and I felt tiny water droplets fly onto my muzzle. Now, I had a time-limit.

I looked down, my legs trembling more and my body shaking along with it. This would be my death, and I knew it before I realised it. My ears moved back, and I felt the water shake the rock beneath me with the force of a bull. I quickly leaped onto the rock higher than me and found it difficult, but managed out of fright. Now to move to where Serendipity was. I looked up at the four foot space between me and the ledge. Not that far.. not that far. Only alittle more than a yard. I felt the wind, and it was pushing me. I whined, shaking violently now. I raised a paw, stretching it towards the ledge and whining again. I couldn't do it. I couldn't do it! I jerked foreward, my eyes burning and my heart racing in my chest. I could sence the sharp rocks below me, and I could feel gravity scratching at my flesh, trying to pull me down. I yelped, feeling my paws scratch at the surface of the rock, and immediatly, half of my chest landed on the surface, and the other half collided with the side of the rock. I let out a cracking bark, and found myself scratching at the surface of the catwalk-like rock that Serendipity had lunged towards. I looked at him, my eyes pleading for help. My legs throbbed, and moved quickly as I began to lose grip on the smooth stone. The waves roared beneath me, crashing against each sharp marble dagger.

Zephyr

My angel. I heard the voice breaking through the wind, calm, warm, comforting. My angel was calling to me, and all I could do was listen. I felt something, like a large blanket, wrap around me. The ocean was taken away, as if it was no longer there, and the rock wasn't beneath me. Was I dead? Had I fallen? I felt something beneath my paws, and I opened my eyes to see the rock. I was next to Serendipity, safely. The rock was shaking softly with each crash the water made.
I was... safe. But... How? I whispered a word, and wondered if Serenedipity heard me.

Angels.

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Pushing my hind legs off the side of the rock, I completed my leap, moving out of the way quickly for Zephyr to begin her own miraculous jump. The overhang was fairly large, about five feet in diameter, and I padded forward, and easily turned around, ready to aid Zephyr if the situation called for it.

I could see nothing but her face from where I stood, gazing down at her own paws, which were obviously shaking tremendously. For a second, I wondered if, perhaps, I should have found another way around the rocks. What if I was leading this femme to her death?

And then, I had a simple realization: I cared about Zephyr. Why, if it had been, say, I brutish mutt, I probably would have proceeded my climb on the rocks. In fact, if that had been true, I wouldn't have rescued it in the first place. But Zephyr...I did. It was not only something about her, but the fact that she was a purebred made me comfortable talking to her.

In reality, I could probably open up to many dogs if I only talked to them, but I never gave mutts the chance. After noticing she was purebred, it was so much easier. And now I'd found that she had a decent personality, attitude, and so forth. And it was not only that, I realized, but I had never really felt this way since I first met Vira...Yes! That was who she reminded me of. The love of my life, moons ago. We had parted ways willingly after awhile, though.

As I jerked into reality, I suddenly conceived that Zephyr was no longer on the rock she had perched upon moments before. Skidding forward, I located her on the rock below mine, a four foot leap. Breathing steadily, I forced myself to move backward, tersely. There was nothing I could do to help her on this one. Zephyr was on her own.

Closing my eyes, I could hear the scraping of claws on the rock, knowing it was the femme, scrabbling furiously against the rocks, but I could not bring myself to move. I opened my eyes, to make sure she was alright, but they were blinded by light, something so puzzling, for I did not know where it came from.

Zephyr! I called out bewildered, but no sound escaped my lips. And then, I soon as the light came, it vanished, and there was Zephyr, standing before me, completely unharmed, murmuring something to herself. Astonished, I took a careful step toward her, as if some creature were to come out of the shadows.

What...? I asked faintly, not sure of what to say. For once, I was too shocked to hold my head high, or add authority to my voice. I didn't understand, I shook my furred head back and forth, unsure of what to think.

[(--Z E P H Y r!]

My head was caught in what I thought was something fake. My mind was swimming, almost drounding in these thoughts... these memories. These... dreams. I opened my mouth to speak, to answer Serendipity, but I felt breathless, but not weak. I felt... strength. Little strength, but more then I had before the leap. I finally looked up, seeing the waves crashing into another off in the horizon, to see the clouds angrily roaring as bright flashes streamed through them.

I turned my head, now looking at Serendipity. I opened my mouth again, gawking. I blinked, at realized how dry my eyes had become. I took in a shallow, unsteady breath and then stared at him again, clearly still wrapping my head around what happened. What had happened? If I was right, if it was what I thought, my angels were with me. But, would they stay once Serendipity left me alone?

I nodded slightly, and I noticed for once my legs were still, infact, sturdy. I felt strength, and an odd power coursing through my veigns, through my paws, my legs, everywhere. Angels...

I murmured again, this time alittle louder. My angels. I drew a nervouse smile, and felt like my heart was being crushed, but in a way that felt almost good. Confusing. I took a step towards him, afraid what his reaction would be, but knowing he couldnt run from my stupidity as we were standing on a rock with no run-way to the land. Thats when I came to realize, we had yet to escape the mess we had awkwardly gotten ourselves in to.

I raised my head the tiniest increment, and felt my paws slide closer to him, almost romanticly. What the hell was I doing? I couldnt, but I was. He had saved me from that human, and he had gotten me to a safer place. It was out of the reach of the waves, and closer to shore. He was strong, handsome, and perfect to me. My eyes saw something amazing, when he saw nothing in me, somehow I knew. I knew how he felt, and the rejection would cause my heart so much pain later. But, I didn't care. He was right here, right here with me.

A lightning bolt illuminated the sky, and the area around us. The thunder pounded through me, just more power through my veigns, and more curouge in my head. I raised my head to his, and affectionate movement. I felt his fur brush against my leg, and I exhaled a breath I felt like I held forever. My muzzle nudged his lovingly, and my heart was pounding so hard I confused it with the storms heart. I whispered in his ear, words I thought I would never say... ever.

I... I think... I love you.

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The angels...? I thought faintly, almost disbelievingly at that. For a moment, I could only stand there, trying to grasp the event that had just occurred and the aftermath of it all. Zephyr had nearly fallen to her death and was saved by her...her...angels? How ridiculous that seemed to be!--white winged beings flying from the clouds to rescue the femme from a cruel death.

Yet, she seemed to believe it so fiercely that I dared not to laugh or even question her explanation of the matter. It simply was what it was, and I would have to accept that if our journey up the cliff-side would proceed peaceably.

Ready to continue our hike, as we were only arguably half way to our destination, I lifted my paws heavily from the ground, as if to begin, but caught something shining in Zephyr's eyes. Heavy as sandbags, I lowered my raised limbs, looking quizzically at Zephyr, for I could not place the emotion radiating from her twinkling orbs.

I opened my mouth to speak her name, but found myself closing it as she spoke so quietly that I almost could not hear. Or maybe, it was because I was afraid to hear or to stunned to even comprehend the simple words. She spoke plain dog...yet at the time it seemed almost jibberish, as if she had somehow misspoken to some degree. Yet in the pit of my heart, I realized she knew exactly what she had said.

I love you... Left her lips in a hushed whisper, and her misty breath spun in the air and split apart as it plowed into my chest. I stared straight at her, not in an authoritative way like usual, but a gaze of disbelief, horror, and yet...happiness.

But then the sudden weight of the statement bore down upon my shoulders, and I found my paws slipping from beneath me until I fell into a sitting position, so my face ended up only slightly below hers. There was only one question now: Did I love her? This left me silent for quite awhile, for I was not sure how to place it.

For the past years, every dog I met, no matter it be femme or brute, purebred or mutt, I cast aside, not giving them a second glance. Why had I not realized from the start how strange my sudden twist in habit had been? Not until now did I notice how peculiar it was, for myself, to interact with her? Did my heart now when my mind still did not?And, too, I cared about her. I had rescued her numerous time. Why? Would I have done that for another? Perhaps not, but it did not even cross my mind at the time.

But what of...the past? What of...what had been before? Vira...? I asked faintly, commemorating the dog of my dreams...my past dreams. It was all in the past, behind me, gone. This was now, and I had a life to carry out, new things to look forward to, new things to see and do.

Suddenly I locked gazes with her and spoke softly yet with such a firm tone I could have stunned any passersby: I love you, too.

[(--Z E P H Y r!]

I moved away just an inch, feeling him sit in disbelief. He looked... horrified, and it made me regret my very existance. He seemed so hurt with my expression, my words, my feelings. He said something, a name, and it made my heart break into athousand pieces.

He already had a love.
It wasn't me.

I backed away more, oh I had never felt pain before such like this. My head was starting to spin even more, and I closed my eyes tightly, blinking away my tears. I looked up at the sky, secretly asking, Why? Why had I had to chose one who already loved? My knight belonged to another. It was then I fell to my stomach, still taking in the name. Vira.

I looked down, past him, past the rocks, past the shore, past everything. Past my grief.
Vira? I asked, my words holding so many sorrows it was hard to not listen to my voice sting the air. I raised my head to him, and he said something else, and this made my heart ache more.
I love you, too.

Vira was nothing more then a painful memory to him, and it wasn't till he spoke again that I realized that. Vira, was a past love. Nothing more. I stood up quickly, everything lifting off my shoulders. So, he loved me. Is that what I picked up? He loved me? I then felt like an idiot, and my words were the very form of my emotion.
You... you love me?

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After I spoke the words, I abruptly realized I must have said something entirely wrong, for Zephyr seemed to mentally crumple inside of herself, like a big smiling float who suddenly got jabbed with a needle, and began to deflate rapidly. This was an entirely unintended reaction, and I found myself searching for words that would erase my previous statement.

Regaining my footing, almost stumbling, actually, I rose to my paws as she began to speak again: she had understood, I was overjoyed to find, for I had feared that she would mistake my statement and flee over the rocks alone. But she was not as naive to make such a mistake, and for this, I was glad.

You love me? Her soft words of disbelief tunneled through my ears. I had never been so alert, so eager to hear another's speech in my life. It's not as if I had ever cared before. But now I did, and it was the most peculiar feeling one could ever have, especially someone like me.

Swallowing hard I managed to to rouse my voice. Yes...I believe...this is the feeling... I told her clumsily, not sure of what to say. In the past, when I was with Vira, both of us always knew how to talk to each other comfortably. Yet, it was so long ago I had forgotten the ease of a conversation such as this, and my words seemed to jumbled, and my mind disorientated.

Pursing my lips awkwardly, I stared up at the rocks again. Now that this had been said, I wasn't sure I could break the serious theme of the conversation to suggest we carry on, so I merely stood there, staring at Zephyr, wondering what the collie was thinking.

[[OOC: Sorry it's shorter than usual. Totally blanked because there was nothing else to say, really. xD]]

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[(--Z E P H Y r!]

I cought his glance towards the rocks, and nodded in agreement. My nose raised to touch his gently, then I turned and took a few steps closer towards the edge of our column. I glanced up at my destination, and the other rocks beyond it that led to shore, and it seemed good enough. There weren't any long leaps, and they got smaller as they got closer to the sand.

I lunged, and thankfully, landed on all four paws. I looked back at Serendipity, and whined. The surfaces ahead of us wouldn't hold more then one dog at a time, so I had to stay atleast one rock head of him.

I took another leap, leaving my rock open for Serendipity to get to. My legs were starting to shake again, and I felt the exhaustion coming back. I tried not to whimper, but they came out in long streams. I was finally over three rocks ahead, so I looked back again, trying to wag my tail.

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oof, sorry. muse is leaving me for another

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There's always that one person, or dog in this case, who always seems to be utterly unaware of anything that is going on in reality. They might begin to venture onto a topic that might offend the person sitting on the opposite side of you, but no matter how much you give them cutting looks, and pointedly glance back at the other, they really don't seem to get the idea. In the end, someone gets offended, angry, or simply embarrassed.

Thankfully, Zephyr did not seem to be someone like that, for my mere glance up at the rocks seemed to give her the idea to break the awkward silence we had been standing in the midst of, and start off once again to continue our journey up the small cliff-side. It was quite fortunate for me, on one hand, to not have to put up with an oblivious mutt to travel with. Zephyr was much better company, without a doubt.

With a brusque nod, watching her take a first graceful leap, I waited patiently for her to proceed to the next rock. Each time she moved, I sensed her longing to stay closer to me, and it almost appeared to make her quaver. Attempting to ignore her reactions to prevent me from feeling the guilt off making her jump first, I quickly followed. Haunches bunched up, I made a great lunge, landing a bit too high, though able to staunch a clumsy landing.

My claws clicked and clacked audibly against the rocky terrain, and I glanced up briefly to look at Zephyr, calmly waiting for a me a few boulders up. Gritting my teeth passionately, I took another leap. This one I took more effort to time out, as to not embarrass myself further with my clumsy footing. Perhaps I didn't want to frighten the poor collie into thinking I was going to cause myself to fall over the edge. But whatever the cause, I found myself much more cautious as I lept from rock to rock.

I shortly found myself behind Zephyr, only about a foot below her. The rest of the way up did not seem as treacherous as what we had just passed, and I found myself quite pleased with how the entire situation had turned out. Neither of us bore any injuries of the sort, and we were both better off than we had started, in my opinion. I smiled reassuringly and pointed with my snout up the rest of the way.

Soon, we would be free, without a shadow to darken our path.

[(--Z E P H Y r!]

Zephyr,,

^{Does he make you high, make you real?
Does he make you cry? Does he know the way you feel?}

I finally found the last rock, and lunged, feeling my breath catch in my throat, and for a moment, I felt different. This wasnt like the other jumps, and I knew why. Once my paws touched the sand, I would be safe, but my heart wouldnt be silent. There was still my darling, behind me. I wouldnt feel happy until he was next to me. I wouldnt feel... complete. He was my all.

I felt the wind rush past me, stirring my emotions, and I felt body start to throb with anticipation. Finally, I hit the ground with enough force, it made me fall into myself. I let out a surprised whine, doubling over into the sand as my legs folded under me awkwardly. Its broken. I layed in the sand, afraid to look down at whatever mess might be awaiting my glance.

I finally dug up enough guts, and looked down slowly, hesitantly. There was no blood, but my legs were alittle swollen. They weren't broken, just sprained. I raised on paw, and winced, then set it down. Serendipity. I quickly jumped to my stomach, and looked over at the rocks, forgetting the pain until I could see him safe. I scanned the towers, feeling my heart skidding, like everything was beginning to fall around me because I couldnt see him. I couldnt see him.

I barked, shaking inside myself like before, but more violently. If he had jumped after me, and hadnt made it, what would I do? If he was lying in the water, amidst the sharp rocks, would I just... leave? What would I do? I couldnt bare to examine the area, only to find my worst fears, but I couldnt just... leave him. 'Serendipity!' I called, panic drenching my voice.

I could do nothing.

^{Love is all around you,
your universe is full
But in my world, there is only you}

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i got kinda bored, so i just spiced up mah reply XD

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Over the years, I've come to know a great number of expressions to use in almost any circumstance, no matter who you happened to be talking to. One that I've most frequently encounters states as followed: "Put your worries behind you, and just keep on going." Of course, the order of words obviously changes throughout the numerous times it has been retold, but mostly everyone is familiar with it.

And now, I sit here, teetering over the edge of a cliff-side in deep thought, trying to make sense of it, for now that I think about, I find it a truly impossible feat to accomplish. Worries are something that burdens you so much, it's quite hard to forget about them, let alone move in quickly enough afterward. This conquest heightens further especially when your worries are about something very near and dear to you.

Looking up in Zephyr's eyes, there was no doubt that she was suffering through a teaming mass of worries, and though she tried, she did not seem to be able to put them behind her. And as she called my name in desperation, my suspicions could only be correct. I wished that I could tell her she need not worry about me, and she should only keep on going; that I would follow. But I could not tell her a lie. Truthfully, the last jump looked rather impractical to me. I said nothing.

Yet, I scrambled up two more widespread boulders, panting heavily as I pulled my body upward so that I was standing right below Zephyr, only another rock in the way of our relationship. Only. One. Rock. With a savvy familiarity encroaching my heart, I closed my eyes and felt my paws leave the ground. For a second, I almost felt as if Zephyr's so-called angels would fly me to the top.

I was surprised to find my paws thudding down beside Zephyr; a perfect leap, a leap that during my climb to the seemingly top of the world had yet to be completed. Opening my eyes slowly, I turned to my right to face my love, smiling. It was only then I could see her swollen legs. The grin dribbled off my face into a saddened puddle at my feet. Zephyr? You--you're hurt...? I almost said it as a question by mistake.

Rushing forward, I reached out with my muzzle to touch her face forlornly. I knew I should have told her to rest, but I could only look at her in misery. How could we run off together if her legs were not suitable for walking? You're going to get better? I asked as if she knew the answer. Draping my head over her shoulders, breathing heavily, I knew I should have been happy. We had made it out of our treacherous predicament. Together. And now we could do anything.