Bulldozer the Male Caribou moved towards the land. His held high showing off his magnificent antlers. He let out a bugle to who ever the leader was and then waited.

Petri the Rhino followed his ne found friend and stoped at the boundry.He pawed the ground.

The cougar walked toward the pair when she heard the caribou's call. "I am sorry. The Alpha is not here." She said. She thought about War Song and how he had been left with the Haunter hostage at the Ruins. "But you may stay, if you want."

The Caribou listened to the cougar and nodded."we shall stay"He said and moved in to the terra.He feared the cougar but didn't think she would try anything with two dangerous herborvoirs present.

Petri snorted.

The Blue-Throated Hummingbird flew over Phoenix and landed on a tree behind her.

Phoenix watched Storm enter, then looked back at Petri and Bulldozer. "My alpha is currently at the Ruins, tending to some business." She said. "You both seem considerably smart. The Shadow Haunters - the bad guys - recently took a hostage. We got her back, but do you think it is wrong to keep a Haunter hostage, just to get back at them?" She tilted her head, awaiting their answer. "And, if we did take the hound hostage, would you be interested in guarding him?" The 'hound' she was speaking of was Ireshk, the Haunters' watch-dog, so to speak.

Bull dozer was the smarter of the two."No It would not be smart. It would just show others that we are the same as them by holding one hostage. and if in the end we keep him hostage we will gaurd him."

"bull dozer is right. If we keep one a hostage it just shows the others we are no different"

Phoenix sat and thought about these words. "Perhaps we could convince him to join our side." She said, but then sighed deeply and looked up at the hummingbird. "Go tell War Song and Icarus that they can leave the hound and come back here. Come back yourself, but do nothing further with Ireshk. He is a Haunter so we have no business with him anymore." She turned her head back to Bulldozer and Petri, but said nothing.

Storm took off and flew towards the Ruins.

The large black bear padded back to the forest and sat down. He looked at Bulldozer and Petri, then to Phoenix. "I had a chance to kill him, but I didn't." He said to the cat. "We are not safe. The hound will tell his master everything he knows. Risen will be after our heads." He looked at each one of them. "Don't let your guard down."

Sasha walked up to War Song and Phoenix. "I-I just thought I'd let you know that I will be away for a while...I'm going to go see my old herd's territory. I'll be going with a friend." She said, then bowed and walked away.

War Song approached Bulldozer and Petri. "For now, you will be called Warriors. You may change your job at any time, but you will start as Warriors." He said. To him, it seemed that these ones would make great warriors, with their horns and antlers.