At the break of dawn, the little sundrop had escaped the confines of the den. She later found out she wasn't as brave as she had been while planning her freedom, and now stood almost frozen outside of the entrance. The world was so big! She still didn't see in the clearest of images, but from what she could tell this place was humongous! No wonder Mother and Father were so big, being as tiny as Nellie here was scary. Her little head wobbled from left to right and shaky paws put her in reverse until her butt hit the edge of the entrance.

In the distance, the great unknown, she saw someone. It approached her, making her nervous. Her ears still hadn't perked up yet and she was as good as deaf, but the other was clearly moving its mouth. Her head tipped in confusion, letting out a soft Awooo? in response, though she didn't notice she was making noise.

On the ground she saw their paws, and his were HUUGE. Not as big as Mother or The Other One, but much bigger than her annoying brother. Her butt came off the den as she reached out to sniff him, the only other sense she could rely on right now.

Cool wasn't the word that came to mind when Nellie looked at Elfie. Technically, no words came to mind because she didn't know any. She scrambled a bit closer to the den wall as he came to lie down with her. Only Mother, The Brown One and Auntie could do that and still look bigger than her. She tipped her head as he mouthed his food-hole again and both ears flopped with the movement.

He tasted like wolf, that was all she needed to know really. She sniffled a bit too, recognizing her own pack scent without knowing it. Alright then, this other small being was somewhat trustworthy - she thought, just before he let out a sneeze that almost sent her flying. She spiked up and scrambled back to a safer spot, copying him. She tipped her little blonde head, then made a few steps towards him. He looked like he was going somewhere, and she refused to stay behind.

She huffed a soft sneeze as the strange boy nuzzled her blonde head. She'd been praised all her life already, so she knew she was a good girl. Unbeknownst to her, she was even the favourite of Mother because her pesky brother was such a troublemaker. She followed after the other kid, careful not to fall and in no particular hurry. She'd only just learned to use her feet, so it was no wonder that she wasn't running along.

She'd never strayed this far from the safety of their den. She thought their little bed was big, thought the small bit of what she had seen of the copse was big, but it all paled in comparison to the vast woods they lived in. Rooo. She let out softly, an amazed little sound she was unaware of, when she "heard" water.

She watched her escort from a distance, paddling her feet on the ground with a soft peeping noise. She stuck her nose in first and, upon discovering it was cold, sprang back as her ears flopped with the movement. She plopped her little blonde butt on the ground and stared at Elfie with a distressed look on her face.

Argllu... She gargled in response to her escort coming back for her. The water was simply too scary for someone so small and inexperienced. The cons greatly outweighed the pros of going into the water, and so she was convinced this wasn't the road they should take.

She got up and followed the edge of the water, hoping to find a way around it, almost forgetting she was with someone.

Whatever Elfie was saying, Nellie didn't understand or even hear. The world was still as quiet as it always had been and she assumed it was supposed to be this way. She looked over her shoulder to see him following her, again flapping that food hole she only liked to put mommy's teats in. Bwa-bwa-bwa. She mimicked flapping her mouth too, but it didn't satisfy the hunger in her tiny tummy and the action was deemed useless. She suddenly halted, having forgotten what they were even doing out here.