"Here, lean against me," Aspen hurried to walk beside Blue back to where they were sleeping.

When they got inside without waking anyone she placed her front legs in the pool letting the healing water wrap her wounds. " thanks.... A lot" she said and offered a slight smile

"Anytime," Aspen replied jindly, looking down at her.

She sighed and swayed her tail " so tell me about the mountains..."

Aspen looked slightly guilt for a moment but spoke all the same, "I lived with my mother, father older brother and younger sister. Father lead the clan, but was power-hungry. He began creating executions to all who disobeyed him. Mother hated it, and he was becoming more and more distant from the family. She cried at night which upset my sister Elm, so she spent many nights in my bed or my brothers. One day mother went into the forest and didnt come back. So my brother, Ash, and I limitedd our training to work. Father didnt help us at all. After a few years we just stopped calling him "Father". I looked promising to be an Elder so I needed to train more, unfortunatly this ment my brother had to quit his to take up the slack. I have no idea how we managed. My mentor, the greatest Elder in the mountains, tried to stop Father from ragging war on the other clans. Father tried to kill him but I leapt on his back and pulled him off. But his "minions" grabbed me and held me to the ground. He forced me to watch my mentor bleed slowly and painfully to death. Then he tried to exile me but I refused. He tore my face to shreads before I raced off. My face became infected and hurt more than imaginable. I wandered through the woods for days. I came close to collapse but somehow held on. Then Elm found me. She looked pale, thinner than usual and had puffy red eyes. She treated my wounds silently and gave me some food. All the while I begged he to speak, but she just shook her head as tears streamed down her face. She guestured for me to leave quickly, but when I didnt she opened her mouth... Father had ripped her tounge out, bloody flesh still ragged and flared. She managed to communucate to me that he'd killed Ash and that he was going to kill me. I hugged her a final time and left tears clogging my eyes. That monster had pretty much killed my mother, he'd killed my brother, and prevented my sister from talking. I just kept going; until I came here." Aspen looked at his feet breathing in short, raspey breaths but not a tear touched his face. "I'm sorry you had to hear that Blue." He said quietly.

(soz its long -life story i guess :P)

She watched the sparkling water " we are both very similar..... The dessert clan is distant from the others, but we harness the greatest power..." She paused " when our elders found that I possessed more than one mark they plans to kill our family... The killed mom and dad first then they got Raven.... Falcon got his tail cut off and ran like a useless pup.... I watched and I felt so much pain anger and.....everything.... I blacked out and when I came too they were all dead..... I hade broken... And an entire clan died trying to stop one medic pup...." She sighed " all the clans soon found out and they have been after me... But I can kill them too they almost as stupid as fresh street dogs when it comes to the marks they ignor the ledgers and teaching of the ancestors..." She looked at her paws that were almost healed " do you want to kill him..."

"No." Aspen said with uttermost certainty, "I do not want to kill him, otherwise I would have lowered myself to his standard, and then where would I be? What goes around comes around. I dont think he'd find me here anyway..."

"We could strip him down.... Take everything from him like he took from you and your sister..." She looked at her paws" he had been after me more frequently than the other clans..... So I will eventually have to face him"

"Mabey one day I will return, and give him a peice of my mind... I dont know if I could face seing my sister again though..." Aspen looked at his feet.

She smiled gently " well there is still a lot I have to learn before I take on the strongest clan..... And why not learn from one of the best mountain elder there is?"