It was afternoon and for the first time since she had left Silvertip, Odette found herself venturing outside of her pack's territory.  Odie had been very hesitant to leave at first, thinking of all the things that could possibly go wrong.  It took her almost an hour to finally decide to go.  A part of her wanted to tell Sebastian where she was going, but eventually decided that this was something that she wanted to do to get a little break from her pack.  It wasn't that she didn't like them, because she loved her pack.  It was her... home... right?  Was it really home?  Where was her home?  Where did she belong?

As Odie reached the wood, she soon found herself in a rather interesting place, with mysterious looking willows with dabs of sunlight peaking through.  It was strange in a way... but also so very beautiful.  Caught up in her trance of staring at the willows, a sudden sound of a step sounded behind her, startling Odie.  Yet it was only a doe, who quickly darted off and away from her.  She stared longingly after the animal.  What would it be like to run like that?  Into the distance, without ever seeming to lose stamina.  She wanted to be better, greater.  She was Odette though, a wolf.  That was who she would always remain.

The sound of a voice caught Odette's attention and startled the pup, with a little jump and wide eyes, she focus fully on the other, once he was done speaking.  That was easy enough to answer, she wanted a little break from pack life.  It wasn't like Broken Antler Fen was bad in anyway, it was just that she needed to get a breather... outside of the boundaries.

Odie began to scan the wolf.  He had some scars on his face, but she didn't mind too much, they were only scars, memories of the past.  He also had a marvelous white coat with striking markings, finished off with handsome deep blue eyes.  For some reason Odette found that she was not as afraid of this stranger like she had been of others.

For a moment Odette hesitated before she began to speak, she hoped she was right about this wolf being the friendlier type, because she did not want to end up in any tough situation.  "I'm just taking a little break from pack life.  Just for a few hours."  Odie told him in a nervous yet sure tone of voice.

Odette let out a breath of relief to hear that Charon would not tell on her, but then her eyes soon widened in surprise when he mentioned that he was looking for a bad wolf.  Someone lurking in their midst.  She was very unnerved about this, but it made her feel a little better to hear that this bad guy could be injured.  Then the handsome white furred male gave her his name which was Charon.  Charon Ostrega.  it had quite a nice ring to it.  Then he continued on to tell her that he was from Moonspear, which was a big mountain between here and the shoreline on the left side.  He had also asked for her name, so she easily told him.

"I'm Odette... or Odie for short.  I live in Broken Antler Fen now... I used to live in Silvertip Mountain... but my Uncle... S-steady,"  She faltered at her Uncle's name, hissing it with vemon, but also fear all the same, "Steady cannibalized my Mother in front of me along with some of the pack and offered me a piece.  I ran away."  Odie had no idea why she was spilling this story to a stranger, but for some reason it just felt good to spill this out... plus his white coat sort of reminded her of June's... and someone elses she couldn't quite remember.  She missed her sister.

For a few seconds Odie was silent, just staring at the ground, starting to reconsider her choice of telling Charon about running away.  That was personal information after all.  It was out there now though, she couldn't really take it back.  Then suddenly a question sprange to her mind.  The bad wolf that Charon had talked about.  What was his name?  If she learned his name, then perhaps she could help Charon find the villain... the thought of it intriguded her... although deep down she knew that if she did find the villian it would probably scare the life out of her, it was better to know than not.  "What is the bad wolf's name?"

Charon didn't really advance on the Steady topic, instead asking her if she was on her own and if so that she could stay with his pack for a while.  She would have probably considered the option, but she was loyal to Broken Antler Fen.  Sebastian and Pearl.  She wouldn't leave her pack no matter how convincing Charon was at this point in time.  Although she would love to stay friends with him.  After that Charon went on to answer her question about Lazarus, the bad guy.

"Sorry I can't come stay with you because I'm at Broken Antler Fen now with my," for a moment Odie was hesitant, but slowly she continued, "my foster parents.  Sebastian and Pearl."  She told Charon a little proud sounding when she spoke Sebastian and Pearl's names.  "Thank you for letting me know about Lazarus though... what do I do if I see him?"  Odette then asked Charon curiously.

As soon as Charon told her that he would love to drop by sometime her tail begin to happily wag.  She couldn't wait for him to visit.  Now normally Odie would probably be acting the opposite around a stranger, but there was something about Charon.  She just liked him, but couldn't entirely explain why.  Sure he was nice, but there was more to it.  After that the Ostrega went on to offering her help getting home.  At first she wanted to say yes, that'd be great.  Yet the more she thought about it she was sure she could make it back on her own.  Plus she would get some nice quiet think time to herself.

"I'm happy to hear that your open to dropping by.  I'm sure Aunt Pearl and Uncle Seb would like you."  She started out.  "I'm sure that I can get back home though.  Uncle Seb and Aunt Pearl don't know that I left... I don't want to cause too much attention to myself and get in trouble for wandering."  She told him, a little bit of guilt mixing into her voice.  Though as soon as she imagined the angry face of Aunt Pearl and Uncle Seb about her just wandering off without telling them the guilt was gone.  She didn't really know how they would react to her going out, so she was also a little unsure about whether her crazy thoughts were right or not.