Astro watched flame shut Ash down. His face had pure enjoyment on it. He rather quite liked drama. It was fun to carry it out, drag it along and see how far it can run. Little demon.

He then watched both siblings run off. He turned his head slightly towards River to hear her whisper.

"Okay. Be safe. Anything happens, howl." He whispered back before standing up. He walked around the pup, giving her a glare before slinking after Ash.

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He followed him to the dens, and when he found him, he sat down next to him, rapping his tail around his paws. He sat there in silence for a minute before licking his lips.

"Well." He looked at the young male. He tried to see himself in Ash, but he couldn't. How could he relate to Ash's problem?

"I don't know what you have gone through, and honestly, I don't care, but I do want to see you suceed. Even if that means that there isn't any drama or fights." He said rolling his eyes. "I'll make you a deal," He said, looking into his eyes, and doing something that Night used to use on him when he was an apprentice. "If you don't attack the foxes and accept the fact that your sister likes them, I will tell you any secret that you want to hear." He said his eyes slighty narrowed in a challange.

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He watched outside of the den as Shiva walked over to Laan. He sighed, and switched gears to watching what Night was doing. Nothing much. His ears went back. Camp was so boring.

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After they came to agreement (Or if they didn't I'll fix this part), Astro stood up, and walked out of the den, wanting to give him his space. As he was though, he smirked, and stopped, turning back to meet Ash's eyes.

"You aren't wrong about one thing though, I am a traitor." He said, a evil look on his face, and in his eyes. He then turned back about and walked out of the den, heading into camp, the evil look gone and replaced with a happy, confident one.

Sundown trotted back into camp after collecting herbs. His trail smelled like Night, Ash, and Astro, as well as outside wolves. He shook it off, but he stopped when he reached the camp. His mouth dropped open, and his herbs hit the ground.

He saw the outside wolves... and foxes? He gulped. Great. He didn't like outside wolves. He was pretty sure that everyone in camp could smell his fear.

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He quickly scooped up the herbs, and sprinted towards the Medic den, hoping that no one had seen him. He let his breath out once he reached it, and relaxed a bit. He started to sort through the herbs, and was quietly humming to himself.

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He soon stepped back, admiring his handy work. He felt proud of himself, and walked to the entrence of the den. He didn't dare step out of his safe spot, but he sat down, watching the new wolves, scanning them for any injuries.

Killjoy was spaced off when he heard a voice. He blinked, bring him back from wherever he was. He lifted his head, and saw Sorrel standing at his den.

His eyes met her's, and he nodded in towards the den, noticing that she looked wet.

"Come on in." He said, his deep voice soft. "No need to put 'Alpha' in front of my name. It seems too..." He paused for a second, wanting to thoughtfully put it. "Too offical." He said, a smile on his muzzle, but his eyes weren't smiling along with it. His warm blue eyes seemed sad almost.

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He thought about how he was for a second, and watched her sit down before speaking.

"Eh, is it worth being sad over? Nah." He said, trying to lift his own spirits.

"I'm sure that you are going to miss her too." He said, watching her, before turning and looking out of his den.

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He didn't really want to admit it, but the camp seemed almost empty without River, even if it was full of life.

He listened before standing up.

"Well, can't be sad for too long." He said, a smile on his face, but once again not with his eyes. "There are things to get done, and food isn't going to catch itself." He began to walk out of the den. "You are welcome to stay there as long as you want, or if you'd like, you can join me. Either way, I don't care." He nodded slightly at the scout before striding off towards the hunting grounds.

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Killjoy walked along in silence. He wondered how the weird lone female was, what was her name? He couldn't rememeber. The one with the skull, who was on a mission to find her father.

As he stalked a rabbit by the river, he caught the faint scent of Shadow, Flame, and a new wolf? The one thing that he could tell was that the new wolf's scent was fresher, almost like she was close.

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He shrugged it off, and pounced on the rabbit. A change of wind patterns and he could smell the ever so faint smell of River. He figured that it was just in his head, and spotted another rabbit nearby. He stalked it, and soon had two rabbits in a pile.

He panted slightly, even though his pelt was short, it didn't mean that it wasn't thick.

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He slid down to the bank of the river to get water, before sliding in, happily paddling around. He crawled out, and shook off, feeling his head a lot clearer. He let out a happy breath, and padded back towards his kills.

With slightly more speed than when she first took the path it didn't take her long to reach bottom. She was tempted to flat out run but she knew more than likely she would end up flat on her face. Which reminded her she would have to focus extra hard on hunting. Atleast Icicle wouldn't make fun of her if she did happen to fall like she usually did when running in the forest. It was silly, but she always happened to trip over sticks or rocks or just flat out run into a tree. Sadly her mind didn't dwell on hunting for to long, it kept coming back to Ash and everything related. The sound of footsteps made Anya's ears prick towards the sound. Maybe it was Shadow. He was the only one who kinda knew what she was feeling. It was true the rest of her pack had experienced the same thing, but it was Shadow's pups and mate, just like it was Anya's siblings.

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Anya felt herself getting slightly excited but the feeling soon fizzled when she smelt and saw that is was only River. The excitement was replaced by a prick of sadness but she quickly pushed that feeling away. Anya was slightly confused when the female didn't say anything but didn't say anything. Maybe she was just here for a presence....or just to protect a helpless pup. When Anya was forced to stop because of the water she heard River speak up. She winced when River said sister. No one would replace her family.....but it was nice to have someone who you could count on. As River countinued to talk Anya finally grew enough courage to look at her. When she wasn't cuddling around Brielle, the female wasn't half bad. She also understood why Shadow wanted them to meet.

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As River sat down so did Anya. As silence came upon them, even though it wasn't actually silent, Anya mulled over each word River had said like it was the most important thing she would need to know. Not only that, but almost everything thing that happened to Anya in her lifetime. To the time when she was old enough to play to the horrible fight she just had with Ash. While she thought, she was glad she wasn't alone. After what Anya guessed to be about 20 minutes she finally was slightly okay. Thinking about the hard stuff let the exciting feelings come back. Like the fact she was in a real live wolf pack's camp! Well sorta atleast. And the fact that she had a possible friend sitting next to her. A real life wolf friend? Wouldn't that be amazing?

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"Thank you for following me. I hate being alone, even if i run off by myself." Anya started quietly, focusing on the river. She then couldn't help but ask, "Since your name is River, do you like the river and water and stuff like that? I love hanging out in water. It reminds me of home. My mom used to catch huge fish from our river and let me eat it. She said she would teach me someday, but never got to it. I think its crazy that it's even possible. Its really fun to watch someone do it though." Anya didn't know what it was about this female, but Anya felt safe with her around. Perhaps it was because Shadow knew her and introduced her, or maybe it was because she was just that amazing. Whatever the reason, Anya was able to talk more than she would've normally with a stranger. More than likely she would've just said thank you and moved on. A little bit of hope appeared in Anya as she thought about having a wolf friend and staying in a wolf camp.

In reality, even though Ash acted tough, he still had his moments of weakness. He wanted to be happy with his sister, but foxes are evil. In the den Ash curled into a ball in the farthest corner of the den and began to quietly cry. Why did life have to be so hard? All Ash wanted right now was to fall into his parents pelts. He wanted to smell them again and he wanted them to say everything was okay. Just then Ash heard footsteps approaching. He stopped crying and took a deep breath, calming himself. It was probably alpha Night coming to punish him. After getting rid of every trace that he was crying, he sat up to face Night.

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Oh wait....It was Astronomy? "Astronomy?" Ash asked as the male infront of him sat down. He took in the offer though he seriously doubted this would benefit him. What could Astronomy know that Ash didn't know? Nevertheless, it would come in handy in certain situations. He looked away, thinking about it. Ash sighed, it didn't really matter if it benefited him, it was the thing he needed to do. He needed to be the one Anya could trust. Ash was her older brother afterall. The little secret thing was just a small reward for doing the right thing. "Fine, but i dont think you have anything i want to know."

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With that Astronomy got up and left, but stopped before he was out of sight. Ash watched the male, confused. Ash then listened to the male as their eyes met. Just from this little conversation Ash could tell Astronomy was big on eye contact. Or atleast it seemed that way. Astronomy's words pricked Ash's curiosity. Was the male actually in kahoots with River like he originally thought? Ash sat there for a second, his mind racing with possibilities of what the words meant. Just then Ash realized Astronomy had left. Ash jumped up and caught up with the male, falling into step with him.

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"I wasn't talking about you when i said that, but what do you mean by that?" On the slight chance the male wouldn't answer him Ash added, "And you have to tell me 'cause the deal." Ash then paused for just a slight second and added, "And from the way you were talking, in the den, you like fighting? I do too, this camp is so boring." Ash then snickered, "The only reason there wasn't a fight just a second ago was 'cause Anya was there." He sighed, "She hates fights."

Harry laid in the shade, blending in with the dirt as he watched Loki and Alha. His eyes narrowed as he turned to watch Shalah and Kaara. He was glad that all seemed quiet. He let out breath, and watched Loki trot off. That wasn't good.

He sighed and sat up. He yawned, and looked around before following Loki.

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He could hear the traps shutting, and he shook his head. He stopped in a bush, and saw Loki clawing the doe that bleated saddly.

He growled as Loki killed it off. He stepped out of the bushes, fur raised, and a mad look on his face.

"That wasn't nice, nor called for. Next time just kill the damn thing." He said, remembering how the wolves had played with his sheep in a like manner.

He glared at Loki before turned his fluffy butt around and limping back towards camp, not wanting to get into a fight. His leg already hurt, his neck still stung, and he didn't need any more injuries.

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Harry came back to the camp, and laid down under a different tree, grumbling about Loki as he watched his packmates.