Killjoy shifted from one side to the other. He hadn't slept much at all. He wasn't even sure if he'd gotten a wink of sleep. All that he knew, it had been a slow, long night of circling the words that Night had spoken around and around in his head.

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He sighed, and looked out his den. The sky was getting light! Finally! He stood up, eye's feeling heavy from his lack of sleep. He shook out his brown and black coat. Killjoy yawned, showing his large, sharp teeth. He licked his lips afterwards, and took the first steps towards outside. His legs felt nearly as heavy as his eye lids.

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He stepped out to the fresh, cool air. He perked up, and his eye lids were less heavy. Pointing his nose in the air to catch the breeze, it was detected that there was snow on the wind. Killjoy sighed, and glanced at the food pile. It wouldn't hurt to hunt before the rest of the pack was up, was it? Surely not...

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Killjoy walked past the medic's den, glancing inside. His ears went back as he looked at the nest that River had just been sleeping in the night before. A snarl escaped his muzzle. There wasn't time to be thinking about her. Some path's weren't meant to cross, and it seemed that theirs was one of them.

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Putting on a brave face, he took the back path that Sorrel had shown him just the day before. His throat was dry and slightly sore from the lack of water. A shiver traveled up his spine as a sharp breeze blew into his short coat. Gosh, this was going to be a rough winter.

If my family survived the winters, I can too. He thought boldy, before a bit of panic set in. Winter was coming, and it was coming fast. His ears went back, and he looked around, nervous for what the weather held.

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As Killjoy walked along the forest towards the river, he watched the sky. It seemed clear so far, but no promises as to how fast it would change. After tripping over his own paw, he decided that it would be best to pay attention to where he was going.

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He went around a tree, and saw the bank of the river, the water sound rushed peacefully in his ears. The ears perked, and his eyes gained a bit of spark in them as he came closer to the bank.

His paws hit the sand, and he felt a rush of happy energy. He tossed the sand around like a pup, tail wagging. He let out a small bark of joy before stopping to get a drink of water.

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His pink tongue lapped at the cold water. As he did so, he met his reflections eyes. I am too old to be acting like that. He thought, ears going back slightly. Killjoy stepped back, and still looking at his reflection, he sat down on the sand. He noticed that his muzzle was slightly greying. How wonderful. Listening to the peaceful morning birds chrip, Killjoy sat by the river watching it flow by.

Cuentista woke up on the floor in the early morning. Not a moss bed. The floor. I fell asleep outside again... She sighed, frustrated that she can hardly keep herself awake anymore. She sighed and slowly stood up, her legs shaking in the process, looking up at the sunrise. Then, she slowly started to walk to the nearby stream.

When Cuen reached the stream, she saw Killjoy, the alpha of the greatest pack ever, the Eastern Pack! "Hello, Alpha Killjoy!" She said respectfully with a wheezing sound in her voice, before stopping by the river and lapping up the water. Angling her eyes towards Killjoy, she watched the wolf play in the sand for a bit before he began to drink too. "How are you doing this morning?" She asked before lifting her head up and looking away from him, coughing a few times, before looking back down at the water and drinking more. She was quite thirsty this morning, hopefully the water will help soon. But she also was just feeling extremely exhausted today... She angled her eyes up at the sky, noticing it getting slightly brighter. Hopefully today will be a really amazing day!

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Comanche was wide awake and glad to see the sun. He watched it fill the sky with blue. He and Apollo had taken turns keeping watch since Harry was fast asleep and nobody else was bothering to. It was finally light out, which meant activity in the pack. He had a feeling it wasn't going to be overly exciting out here like they all hoped it would be. Maybe not Kaara- at least not yet.

He and Apollo were excited to try hunting oddly enough, but they had no idea what prey was this deep into the woods and what was new about this area. A trip out in the woods should give them a good idea. Now it was just Alha keeping them from that since they needed permission. They'd bother her later though, when she didn't look so peaceful.

Comanche watched Loki as he stumbled over to Harry almost. Curious of the weird expression he had. Looked like he was planning.. and that was only good when- when was that good? He had no idea when Loki's planning face would be beneficial to anything but himself and or his amusement.

He glared as the smaller male walked off and turned to his brother who was sleeping curled up under some waved over, tall grass. He wandered over and nudged him awake. "It's morning, Alha isn't awake yet though. Shh." He said softly as Apollo stirred. He shook his head and gave an "Okay" before he sat up, rocked and then stretched. His tail curling at the tip as he did so, the sun lighting up their mostly white bodies in the camp. They exchanged a glance that definitely meant that they both were really excited to explore if Alha let them. Would they be looking for a better den-site? Would they be looking for prey and or scavenging? Would they be hunting? Both tried to keep the excited expression off their faces with the stoic one they tended to share, Coman more than Apollo though.

Anya woke up before the crack of dawn, hoping her pack would still be asleep. Fortunately for her, it seemed she succeeded. Last night she had been thinking, and she decided she would use her new learned skill to give her pack breakfast. She was so grateful for River, she would have to catch her something too sometime. But for now she was focused on her pack. Quietly, Anya got up and sat down a few inches away. She then carefully grabbed Brielle and layed down, letting her pup eat. After Bri was done, Anya nuzzled her back to Icicle and got up. With one last glance at her sleeping pack, Anya somewhat sleepily made her way down the river.

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Once she got there, she had woken up and was now fully aware of her surroundings. Anya sat down by the river, almost the exact spot from yesterday, and peered into the water. A couple minutes later a fish appeared. She did as she did yesterday and plunged her paw into the water. She got it! And this time, she didn't fall in and she killed the fish right away. She then countinued this until she got enough fish for her purpose. She missed a good deal of times, but she also did a very good job for a young female. After a while, she plunged her paw into the water for the last time, bringing out the fifth and final fish. She would've caught more, but she was running out of time and she was becoming quite bored from all the waiting.

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She then picked two of the fish up and trotted back to the cave. However, instead of going in, she layed the fish outside, hoping the smell wouldn't wake her pack. She then ran back and got the other three. When all five fish were outside the den she began tossing a fish infront of each of her pack members. Oh how she loved their reactions! However, Shadow was the last one to get his fish, and Anya accidentally hit him in the snout with it. Anya's eyes grew big, not sure what to do as she just stood outside of the cave, peering in.

Astro sat up, startled from something in his dream. He was panting, and alert. He looked around, the panic feeling in his chest fading away. Astro couldn't remember what his dream had been about, but he knew that he didn't like it.

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After calming his beating heart down, Astro stood up, and shook out his thick fur. He yawned, and licked his lips afterwards. He looked out his den, and saw the sky starting to get light.

Astro saw a figure slink across camp. He narrowed his blue eyes, and sniffed the air. It wasn't an intruder much to his disapointment, but the female traveling with Shadow.

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He sighed, and stepped out into the ghost town camp. If it was a western movie, a tumbleweed would be rolling across it, but of course, it wasn't. Silently, Astronomy made his way to a sleeping River.

Laying down to watch her for a couple of minutes, he thought out ways to wake her.

I can A. Pounce on her. B. Bite her tail. or C. Sit here and watch her until she wakes up. After eliminating option C, he decided that A seemed like the funnest.

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He crept forwards, waited for three seconds, and then pounced on the small female. He gently grabbed her by the scruff, and growled as he shook her around gently.

Makena glanced out of the den with one eye. She knew she should probably wake up...but Muli was so warm and comfortable and out there was cold and annoying. You had to think out there, but right now she could just relax. After a couple minutes she sighed and carefully got up without waking or hurting Muli. A couple minutes more a big yawn escaped her before she got up. "Im going out. Ill be back in a bit." Makena whispered in Muli's ear so he wouldn't worry. She then slowly walked out into the still dark morning. The crisp morning hit Makena's face, shocking her out of being tired.

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Makena then looked around, aleart and awake before taking a deep breath of air. The thing that stuck out was the faint sent of snow. That sent a shiver down her spine, getting ride of any lasting tired feelings. The tiredness was replaced by awareness, shock, fear and worry. There was no way it was winter already. Makena wasn't the least bit prepared for the stress of the coming winter! She had to make sure she had enough food for Muli! With wings on her feet, Makena sprung into action. She had to get the materials quick and then get on hunting!

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Makena quickly ran close to where the cliffs were, knowing that's where the valerians were waiting. Before long, she spotted the pink and white flowers. Makena quickly ran over to the flowers and bent down to pick them. She was in such a hurry, she accidentally bit a small portion of the flower. Great Makena growled in her head, knowing very well that she was about to feel drowsy. Nevertheless, Makena was off again. She knew running probably wouldn't help but she still did it. After dropping the flower off near the tree den Makena took off towards a good thorn patch she knew of. This particular place usually had the biggest thorns. However this isn't such a goof thing when you happen to be not paying attention to where your going and accidentally run right into the place.

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You guessed it, Makena had thorns sticking out of her fur. Some even had poked into her skin, giving her slight pain. "This wasn't how this morning was supposed to go." Makena grumbled as she began in a slow trot back to the river and tree den. "But i guess it could've been alot worse." Makena said to herself with a yawn. The valerian flower was taking full effect now, and Makena could feel it. She was drowsy, and that was why she had not been paying attention. After a while she picked up speed into a slow run and not long after that she arrived back at home base. She sat down infront of the den and quickly, yet sleepily tended to the thorns that littered her fur.

Kimulimuli twitched in his sleep making small tipping noises ang sometimes his paws would jerk around a bit.

Kimulimuli woke up, licking his jaws. "Man! I wish dat dream was real..." He grumbled and licked his still hurting chest. "Why am I gettin' such happy dreams lately too? Can Makena even change my dreams to happy things..?" Oh my! Makena is... A magic fox! :0

Harry woke up as Loki slunk by. Blinking six times, he yawned, and laid his head back down, wanting to get more sleep. Closing his chocolate eyes, he tried to go back to sleep. Seemed that he wasn't going to be able to though...

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Pulling himself up to a sit, he looked around camp. Loki was by the river, Alha was asleep, and the brothers were up. He sighed, and hauled his rump off the ground. He wagged his matted tail, and began to sniff around the ground. After a minute or two of sniffing, he lifted his head, and began to walk around camp, black nose to the ground.

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Harry looked into the forest, unsure if he wanted to go any farther. He shook his head, and decided against it.