When at War

Mariska sat in the woods drawing in her sketch books as the clouds started to roll in. She was glad to finally have some time to herself. She was also glad that everyone was getting along now. Mariska looked up when she heard a twig break. She smiled a little when she saw Jackson come into view. "Hey." She said as she closed her book. She had become very close with him over the last couple months. He was actually nice compared to what others said about him. She stood up and looked up at him.

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Tristan laughed as he sat on the porch with all his friends. He had been staying with his pack a lot lately. He knew the truce had happened but he still felt weird. He let his eyes scan the small area around them. Tristan took a sip of his water then looked over as a few people walked into their village.

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Jackson was wandering around the woods aimlessly, just thinking. He stooped after a while and glared at the sky which looked as if it was about to beeak at any moment. With a shake of his head he turned back towards home. After a couple minutes a voice interrupted his thoughts, he whipped his eyes with a glare towards the person. As soon as he realized who it was however his features softened. Mariska was one of the people he actually considered a good friend, which was sort of weird because of the pack she was with, truce or not. Clearing his throat he replied slowly, "Well hello there."

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Aqua, her brother, and a couple of his friends had decided to go check out the neighboring packs village on a count of the peace they now shared. Surprisingly it was only a 20 minutes walk from her home, which was only a 10 minute walk from her own village. She still marveled at the fact that people who were so close in proximity could be so separate. They finally entered the village and her attention was drawn to a laughing figure on a porch.

Mariska looked at him, "Why are you wandering around here when it's about to rain?" She asked as she held her sketch book close to her. She had to admit that Jackson was very handsome and rumour had it he was going to be the new alpha.

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Tristan's eyes narrowed when he saw the new guys walked into the village. Naturally his wolf instincts kicked in. He stood up as the same time as his friends as he watched them.

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Jackson frowned at the girl before him and growled out, "I could ask you the same thing." Realizing he sounded like a jerk he quickly added on, "But I was walking around checking through the woods. He studied her for moment noticing the sketch book in her arms. He couldn't help the slight smile that appeared on her face, she was quite good at what she did, and he always enjoyed seeing her work.

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Aqua became very annoyed when her brother and his friends were suddenly surrounding her as if she needed to be protected. With a growl she pushed her brother out of the way suddenly coming face to face with a very attractive boy. "Hello," she muttered at him her voice overly sweet, "We're we violating rules of your village or something." She vaguely recognized the boy before her as someone her father told her was important, Trace, she thought his name was.

Mariska bit her bottom lip lightly when he growled at her, "I was just wondering." She said softly. He was very intimidating to her. She saw his eyes move to her sketchbook then let her eyes meet his. "How is everything with your pack?" She asked.

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Tristan watched her his hands wrapped around the banister. "Nope just trying to figure out why you felt the need to come over here." He said. His friend growled as the guys walked towards them.

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Jackson considered her question a moment before answering, "Everything is fine." But the truth was a lot more complicated than that, there were already issues with the truce. But it wasn't time to worry her with things like that. "Would you like me to walk you home?" He asked looking pointedly at the sky.

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Aqua was sure there was going to be issues if one of the groups of boys didn't back down immediately. This definitely was not supposed to happen on her adventure into places not yet known. "We've come to see your village, we we're curious about our neighbors."

Mariska nodded, "Sure lets go." She said as she walked with him. Mariska looked at him, "You lied back there." She said to him. She knew everything wasn't okay.

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Tristan nodded, "So you had to bring a whole group of people." He said as he let his eyes scan over them. Tristan looked over at his friend when he heard him growl. "Knock it off." He snapped.

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Jackson frowned slightly, "What exactly do you know." Again it came out harsher than he had wanted it to, but he wasn't exactly used to being friendly. He closed his eyes and tried to force down the anger that was welling up inside him a her accusation.

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Aqua shook her head once, "We weren't sure of the reception and wanted to ensure we would all be safe." She wasn't going to mention the fact that her father had insisted her brother not go into unsafe territory alone. She smiled at him, "Look we can leave now, there doesn't need to be any issues." She then glared at her brother and muttered a harsh, "Calm the fuck down." Normal ears would have never heard it, but for some reason she was sure the boy, no man, infront of her had.

Mariska looked at him, "I know things aren't going as planned." She said as they walked. She could tell that he wasn't use to being nice to people.

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Tristan frowned, "You got a problem?" He asked the boy next to the girl. He wasn't a fighter but if he had to then he would certainly defend his pack.

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Jackson nodded briskly, "Do not speak of it to others, but the truce is on borrowed time." Jackson was doing all he could to stop the inevitable but he was not Alpha and would not be in time to stop the fight that was brewing. He looked around his woods for a moment and almost wished he could just stay.

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"There's no fucking problem." Aqua growled before whe could stop herself, she turned to one of her brothers friends and muttered, "Get Marcus out of here now." Without a second thought Jared did as she asked and pulled her brother off.

Mariska nodded, "I figured it wouldn't last long." She said. She frowned as they walked into the village seeing Tristan and some boy yelling. She sighed as she went over to them and grabbed Tristan's arms, "Stop they are leaving." She said. She looked at Jackson hoping he would help control his pack.

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Tristan growled at the girl, "Like I'm scared of you." He snapped. He looke at Mariska, "Don't go taking their side." He said. He looked at the larger boy with her then pulled his arm away. Tristan had an awful temper an when he was mad he was pissed.

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Jackson was immediately angry, this was not the kind of shit the truce needed right now and even less so with his beta Marcus involved. Holding in a growl he stepped up next to Aqua and asked in a deadly voice, "What seems to be the issue?"

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Aqua looked up at Jackson shock apparent on her face. "We are leaving! Seriously everyone has to go crazy, we meant no harm! End of it. Sorry, Trayce?" She was sure after she said it, that particular name wasn't his but it was bit late for that at any rate.

Mariska watched as everyone argued and sighed, "Everyone shut up!" She yelled. Mariska never yelled because she hated it so much. She watched as Tristan and his friend walked off then looked at Jackson. She frowned when she heard Tristan yell for her.

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Tristan frowned and stormed off. "Mariska!" He yelled knowing she was going to talk to them. He crossed arms as they walked off.

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Jackson muttered a quick, "See you later." Before he turned to go deal with the situation at hand. He roughly grabbed Aqua's arm and started back towards his own village.

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Aqua let herself be pulled along and got ready for a verbal lashing from both her brother and Jackson. She couldn't help but think it might be worth it as she through of the boy whose name she couldn't quite remember.

Mariska sighed, "Yea bye." She whispered. She walked after him and sighed. She hated fighting like this. "You disnt have to act like that Tristan!" She yelled.

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Tristan frowned, "Yea I really did. didn't want to but that guy was being an asshole!" He yelled. Tristan sighed as he looked at her.

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Jackson was absolutely livid by the time he reached the village and it was evident. "Meeting at 3." There was a no nonsense tone in his voice that everyone would obey for there own sake.

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Aqua secretly smiled she had gotten away form punishment then if it was to be a meeting, as she wasn't allowed at those. With a look at the sky she snuck away from the group and down into the woods. Maybe ahe could have a bit of a run in the rain, she had always loved those.

Mariska sighed as she stormed off into her house and went to her room. She was so sick of everyone actin like this. She wanted everyone to get along.

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Tristan went to the alphas house and stepped inside. He was pretty excited to tell him about all of this. It would certainly end this truce.

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Jackson was pacing around the room, nearly howling in rage from the news he had received. The truce was pretty much over, and now it was his war and his pack. Alpha Luruin had stepped down.

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Aqua spent a couple hours running around the woods, blissfully unaware of the consequences of her actions. After a while she stopped at a lake and laid down still in her blonde gray wolf form.

Mariska frowned when she heard everyone talking in the meeting room. She frowned when she heard the truce was over. She made her way to Jackson camp then snuck over to his house. She jumped slightly when he swung te door open. "Jackson what is happening?" She whispered, glancing over her shoulder.

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Tristan frowned as he listened as everyone talked about the new war. "That's it I'm ending this!" He snapped. He was sick of all of this.

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