Black Arms 101

Chapter 3

Previously: Come sunrise the next morning, the pack of Black Arms was on the move again, towards what Sonic now realized was their breeding grounds.

He was both nervous and excited to see the place to say the least.
As he arrived though, the scene that met his eyes was one that took his breath away...

Countless amounts of Black Arms were all spread out into a huge valley of rocky grassland, more than what he originally saw travelling with the group that he had arrived with.

As the pack that he was with poured into the valley, he couldn't help but stare at everything going on in wonder... That was until a loud roar sounded through the valley, to which the Dominants started to separate from the Females and Submissives.

Sonic blinked and, guessing that this was normal, he separated and went off to join the large group of Submissives nearby. However, he was still completely confused at what was going on, so he asked one of the other Submissives in the group. The older Submissive, a dark blue individual, smiled at him, saying, "Judging by your question, I'm guessing this is your first time here, right?"

A shy nod was his answer, making him chuckle.

"Take a look around," he said, "You see any of the Dominants grouped together?"

Sonic noticed and shook his head, no.

"That's because they're all finding suitable spots to make a nest for when their mating partner comes along. A good, strong nest in a well-protected location leans a good, strong, and protective Dominant when eggs come along... Always remember, the nest and location tells you a lot about the Dominant. A good nest in a bad location shows a male is not taking his duties seriously. And a bad nest in a bad location just shows an irresponsible and immature male. My advice to you is to take in every little detail. The more experienced a male is, the more effort he will put into his nesting ground’s location..." he smiled.

"Thank you," Sonic smiled in return, "I'll have to keep that in mind."

"I know I saw some good-looking Dominants in the group you came with," A silver-coloured Submissive said with excitement. "Ooh, I hope my mate's one of those!" He near squealed, practically bouncing with excitement.

Sonic smiled, he must be a first-timer to.

“Well, I wouldn’t get your hopes up. There’s a lot of new people round this season.” Another male, a mature and dark red Submissive piped up. “And the more-handsome of the Dominants are, unfortunately, usually the irresponsible ones…” he finished, clearly not a first-timer.

“… Oh,” mumbled the silver Uke (another name Submissives went by) before giving a small smile, “Well… It doesn’t matter what he looks like. As long as he’s strong enough to protect me and our pups, and loves me, then I’m happy…”

Sonic couldn’t help but smile at him in agreement.

“That all depends on who you can stand up to.” The first male, a teal scaled Submissive, smiled.

Both the silver and blue ukes looked confused, “Stand up to?”

“What do you mean?” Sonic asked curiously.

The older male smiled softly, “When you have chosen an appropriate mate, you need to show him that you also have the strength to protect your offspring.”

“To do so,” he continued, “you have to match your chosen male’s strength by fighting him.”

“Ooohhh,” both young ones said, making the more mature and older ones around them smile and chuckle.

“When the time is right, the older and more experienced males will go straight previous partners, so that does make it a little easier for you younger ones,” The elder smiled softly, looking up at the Dominants as they began to move off in different directions to start building their nests.

“So… What do we do now?” Sonic asked curiously, earning chuckles from the other Black Arms around them.

“Now, it would be best to just rest and preserve your energy little one,” said an amber colored  older male that was lounging around with the others.

“You’re going to need it for later,” another smirked, making Sonic and the silver Submissive next to him blush, getting the hint as to what ‘later’ implied.
So at that, the azure and silver Submissives found a place to lay down and relax, to save their energy as it would otherwise be called.

“So, what’s your name?” Sonic smiled curiously.

“I’m Silver,” The smaller Submissive smiled. “What’s your name?”

“I’m Sonic.” He smiled. “Is this your first time here to?”

The other nodded. “Yup! I’m really excited!”

Sonic giggled, “Well, I guess I am too! I just can’t wait to see what happens!”

“Me too!” Silver giggled, tail wagging happily. “I hope I get a real handsome male!”

“I just hope I’ll be able to get anybody this year,” Sonic smiled sheepishly. “Though there were some very handsome guys in my group that caught my attention…”

“I saw. But which one caught your eyes?” Silver asked, curiosity covering his face.

“Um…” he thought before looking around the valley before eventually spotting Shadow as he began to break off tree branches before dragging them back to wherever his chosen nesting grounds were.

“Him,” Sonic smiled, pointing to the Dominant across the way, and once he spotted Scourge picking up various stones and carrying them off to his hidden nesting grounds.

“And him,” he smiled, pointing to him.

Silver smiled as he saw them both. “They certainly are handsome.”

Sonic smiled, nodding, “What about you? Who caught your attention?”

“Well…” he started, “He looked a lot like the darker male that you like, but he has a sort of greyish-green streaks on his sca- - Oh! There he is!” The silver male exclaimed, pointing out an almost exact look-alike to Shadow, the other male having greyish-green streaks instead of red.

“Wow,” Sonic blinked. “He’s handsome too. Think they might be twins?”

“Could be,” Silver shrugged. “But if they are, he’s mine.” He smirked playfully.

“And the red one’s mine,” Sonic smirked and both broke out in a fit of laughs and giggles.

As the laughter died down, Silver laid his head down and curled up around himself.

Sonic decided to do the same. Yawning from the oh-so-long trip, he curled up beside his newfound friend and decided to nap like most of the other Submissives were doing…