Sivinith, Auna, Snowden, & Asplen

The snow leopard finally reached the area of the Avalanche Grove pack. She had rarely been to this area, but from frequent travels she knew enough about it to locate it. Also, she had a vague trail from Nyscee to follow, although her nose wasn't as good as the wolf's. It was good enough to tell her where the borders were though, and that's where she stopped.

Snowden bounded around excitedly, "Wow, look at this place!" He exclaimed. "I can't wait to explore!"

Sivinith narrowed her eyes slightly, "Snowden, there will be no exploring on your own right off." The youngster sighed and turned his head away so that his mother couldn't see while he rolled his eyes at her comment.

Auna was emensely curious to see the pups! She paced about near her mother then sat discontently back on her haunches, eager to enter the terrain.

Bandit, Star

Bandit ran in quickly after Snowden crashing right into him. He quickly stood. "Sorry!" He said but still wagged his tail anyway.

Star smiled padding in beside Auna. "I wonder if Night's still around here." She inquired to herself aloud wondering if her and Bandit's brother had stayed at this terrain. She then glanced to Sivinith. "You think we'll get to see the pups?" She asked curiously.

Nyscee

She finally had made it to the terra, and set Tolacca down very gently to rest a bit. She twisted her neck all angles and rolled it around, making her look very funny. She nodded to Sivinith and quickly adressed the cubs and the brother and sister 'wolf cubs.' "Alright, there are some things I need to tell you. Firstly, do not get too close to the pups right away. Kana will need to get used to you. You arrived just at the perfect time thought, they have just opened their eyes." She smiled and winked at Auna. "Please try not to stress Dark Star too much, he is under a lot of pressure. If he acts weird, don't take it personally, ok? He is just a really busy dad." She smiled brightly, and looked to Sivinith. She did not tell this to Sivinith because Nyscee was sure Sivinith already knew. After all, she had cubs, and would know how to act about them. Of course, this was a bit different. She quickly adressed sivinith. "There are some new members about, so if you see a wolf you don't know, don't be alarmed. I am sure Dark Star will introduce you before you and he go 'house hunting'." With that, she said "Follow me please." And picked up Tolacca and padded off. She looked at two trails. The one to the right had a large hill, while the one to the left had a rocky steep ridge leading up to a flat path. She took the right path, for she knew it would not be safe to pick the cubs up and carry them up the ridge. She then took a shortcut through some brush, and for the most part, the way to the den was flat. She asked Sivinith on the way. "Have you met Jais, Peregrine, Untouchable, or Akira?"

Sivinith, Auna, Snowden, & Asplen

Sivinith looked to all her little ones. She remembered way back when Dark Star and Kana came to save Bandit; she nearly killed them! Oh how she felt bad now; they inviting her into their home and trusting her around the young that just had their eyes open! She'd have to make it up somehow, definately. "No one goes near the den and the pups. Stay near me and listen to Dark Star and Kana, and me." The feline's light eyes studied each of her young before looking to Nyscee. As she guided her young and carried Asplen along the trail, she replied, "Those names don't spark a memory. Wolves live in such big families..." she said with almost a despairing sigh. "How many... pups are there?"

Snowden bounced along then took up a more respectful stride as he followed after the others. He and Auna were not nearly as anxious and stressed as their mother was about this shift into a wolf pack. They were absolutely thrilled! And that's just what Sivinith feared; she feared loosing Bandit and Star to the kind of life they were suppost to be living in.

Nyscee

She smiled and answered the question about the pups. "I do believe there are five. I have only heard of three names, I believe. Azeros, Roselin, and Lost Star."

After answering her inquiry, she continued down a more often used trail that took them through the caches. She still carried Tolacca as best as she could, keeping the little one off the ground. It was tiring work, of course, holding her head up with extra weight, but she was so excited about the new 'temporary members' she couldn't possibly work harder.

They had almost made it to the central packlands, and she stopped so they could all rest and look around. The cubs have only been here once, and the should want to explore, I suppose. She made a quick remark. "Stay nearby, please everyone. I should like to speak with Sivinith for a moment." She nodded to Sivinith and ventured over to her. "I would like to fill you in before we proceed. A lot has happened."
Her tone changed to a happy, yet sympathetic tone. She felt that Sivinith would be somewhat nervous, and she didn't want to make it worse. "Firstly, I simply want to advise you to tread with caution, for as you know, there are many grizzly bears in this area. If your cubs want to go exploring, either you or a pack member may go with them, or a raven could." She tried to explain. "Dark Star made somewhat of an alliance with the birds in the area. They can eat the carcasses of our food, or bears, once we dispose of it, and they will spread news to beware of our pack, and warn us of danger." She paused a moment, then continued. "Secondly, you already know about the cubs. I feel that Kana would not be to stressed if you were to go in to see them. If you wish to please ask." She smiled, then added one more thing. "We have recently killed another bear, and this one had great memory of Dark Star and an ill past." Her look turned grim as she spoke. "The bear we killed had long ago killed survivor, Tri-Tundra's mate. It was only days ago this happened, and now with you here, I am not sure how she will take it. Just to tell you ahead of time." With that, she summoned the cubs to come back, gently grabbed Tolacca, and made her way across the central packlands to the den.

Bandit, Star

Bandit followed along and when the adults went aside he looked to his siblings. "I would have preferred to stay at breve Ridges but it will be good to see my freinds." Bandit stated. He and Star hadn't really gotten back to long ago and he would have preferred to stay at home.

Star smiled and nudged Bandit. "Yeah but this might be really fun. We can see Night and the others and mabey go on a hunt with the pack." Star says to everyone around. Then she hears Nyscee call them back over and immidiatly rns over to Sivinith and Nyscee ready to enter the terrain.

Bandit nods and looks to Snowden and Auna then follows Star.

Sivinith, Snowden, Auna, Tolacca, & Asplen

She listened carefully, taking in all the new names and information that Nyscee told her. Normally, she never had to deal with bears and the more rugged terrain of the Breve Ridges. But for any yearling bear, she was more than a match. Adults were much more difficult, but she did have the extreme advantage of agility against them. The talk of alliance with other creatures struck her as odd, but she didn't say anything about that. Mostly, her kind hated crows and other animals because they scavanged. But... she would tolerate them, for Dark Star's sake.

"I hardly trust ravens! Foxes, coyotes, magpies... all of them! But if Dark Star could make a friend out of me," she gave a hint of a smile, the absolute most she had ever done infront of anyone before, "then I don't doubt he could make a friend out of them." She said 'them' with a tinge of disgust. Her words seemed quite negative, but she was pretty much saying that she trusted Dark Star's decisions. Besides, she couldn't possibly hope to keep her kittens, Bandit, and Star all together all the time. As she followed Nyscee again, she thought about the pups once more. She was surprised by how curious she was of them. Never had she seen any wolf pup younger than Bandit.

Auna's eyes widened at Nyscee's first response. "Five?!? Woah! I thought we were a big bunch!" she exclaimed. Four was a large litter for a snow leopard! She didn't know that wolves could have larger litters than that, and on average!

Nyscee

She smiled at Auna's statement. "You are a bunch, but Dark Star's bunch it going to be even MORE trouble." She continued to smile, and made way for the den.