Ferdie lead his charges with the help of Ame and Fang down the mountainside, and across the miles of land between the Sunspire and Swiftcurrent Creek, At some parts the travel was slow going until they hit the vale and the land leveled out. Ferdie was ever watchful that Leaf and Magpie did not trip up or disappear on the journey back.

Ferdie had once dared to travel as far as Duck Lake looking for Bazi however she had declined to make contact with him. but this was different, he was heading straight toward Swifturrent Creek toward the beginning and the end of it all. He had not set foot here since and he was not likely to ever do so again after this.
The last time he was here he had been a broken wolf, half the weight he was now and unfit. The months on the mountain showed that those lands were self sufficient so far, his weight was normal if not slightly more then it should be and climbing up and down the mountain side built up his muscles and endurance. Ferdie was more fit now then when he had arrived at Swiftcurrent Creek last winter. He now looked and felt like he was in his prime. The Pelt above the largest scar he had earned during his final moments here, he had painstakingly groomed thinner then the rest of his pelt so that it lay correctly and hid the fact that there was anything there at all.

Ferdie Von Pelt stopped short of the piss marked boarder he did not raise a leg nor did he do anything disrespectful toward Swfitcurrent creek or their land. This fighting was not his intent, but how did that saying go.. oh yes "The Road to Hell is paved with good intentions"

Not far behind him and being flanked by Ame and Fang was Leaf and Magpie. Both Leaf and Magpie were as unharmed as Fox had left them. Though they may have lost a pound in their short forced stay upon The Sunspire's looming peek. Ferdie couldn't bring himself to keep them any longer if they would not eat his attempt at 'saving them' was more harmful then anything.

Ferdie loosed a howl into the pack lands but stayed outside their boarders,

Do not attack unless we are attacked first, I do hope they have open ears today. he spoke to Ame and Fang over his shoulder without taking his eyes of the creek he was nervous about this meeting but his steadfast body language and calm tone would not betray that.

Ferdie Von Pelt winced inwardly as he looked upon Bazi but he did not speak until the others arrived, he was not looking to do battle, far from it.
Bazi's posture and the heavy weight upon her to young shoulders did not elude his notice, her youth stripped of her far to soon by the burden of leadership. Now if only she could come out better then Fox had. She might start by actually listening, but so far that had not been the case with Bazi either.
This thought saddened him, he still held the father-like feelings toward her, though muted, his heart still longed for her, his loyalty not easily broken. In fact so hard to break it was not harm he wanted to befall upon Fox but reason.

Ferdie kept his gaze upon Bazi and did not spare a glance to Njal whom not longer held himself like a beta but put himself beside Bazi anyway. Ferdie's hackles did not raise he did not try to look bigger, he did not step any closer. Fleetingly he wondered if Swiftcurrent creeks pups had arrived or had something happened to them if both parents were here...

Ferdie did not offer excuses or his reasons for keeping Magpie and Leaf though if the pups were not still living he had all the more reason to have tried to 'protect' Magpie in his own way.
His voice still held it's slight canadian accent even after all this time in the teekon wilds. It came out more today as he projected his voice for all to hear. He didn't start with the accusation that he plotted the whole way here Hi guys I'm just returning the wolves Fox left behind after her last dalliance at our boarders he remained diplomatic hard as it was
I needed to bring back Leaf and Magpie, they are not eating and I fear for them. I do not wish harm upon them, any of you or any of us.

Ferdie motioned for Leaf and Magpie to rejoin their pack, He carefully backed up, placing himself behind Leaf and Magpie in case they did not step forward quickly enough. He did not turn or give his side or rump to the Swiftcurrent Wolves in front of him. He did not trust he could walk away in one piece today. He nodded at Ame and Fang to do the same.

His own words rang in his head from the exchange with Njal upon the first invasion onto the mountain no swiftcurrent wolf had ever bothered to travel to before, "We will be staying on the mountain top FAR from Swiftcurrent creek and you would do well to turn back home and leave us in peace if you expect us to do the same." Though other words also came forth the plea had been clear so he asked again; this time placing it before Bazi in hopes some wolf could and possibly would listen.
Because even though The swiftcurrent creek wolves had come over and over again, Ferdie's pack had only defended. Ferdie's pack had not retaliated in kind before the taking of the captives which to be fair were on his pack land to start with it wasn't as if he had come down and stolen them.....

.
(Mwahaha to those who know of a plot that was tinkered with)
.

Ferdie Von Pelt chose to keep his words short and sweet, for to many words in the past had been lost on Fox and he did not want to risk it. I wish only for peace, that is all I wanted since the very last time my paws touched this ground. It what I asked for when Njal came to us and it is all I ask for now. Ferdie inclined his head to Bazi his gaze not having left her even when he had backed up, but his gaze was also not challenging as hers had been. His plea fell from his lips again
Leave us alone and we leave you alone. A clear cut boundary. No exceptions. Ferdie held himself still then, bracing for an attack; They no longer had anything with them to stop the Swiftcurrent creek wolves from rending their life from their bodies.

Ferdie wanted to verbally claim that The Sunspire wolves had not come to Swiftcurrent creeks boarders wanted to claim the 'war' was truly one-sided but now he knew that to be a lie. Jace had taken it upon himself to break rank and to come here of his own accord. What was worse, Jace fought back on their boarders, this had angered Ferdie enough that Jace was not here and if Ferdie had to tie Jace to a tree, Jace would not come back, for any reason.
Not as a member of his pack anyway. That thought speared Ferdie's heart deep, sacrifice Jace for the safety of the pack if it came down to it, could he?

Less words and more listening was done this day, perhaps this bode well for the future. The fact almost the whole of swiftcurrent creek heard and understood the exchange, made Ferdie Von Pelt more at ease with it. Now everyone knew the new rules and would hopefully respect the uneasy truce.

However in his haste and perhaps due slightly in part to due to nervousness of seeing Bazi for the first time since... He had left a huge hole that could bite him in the face later. He mentally bit himself in the ass; He would just have to make sure none of his wolves crossed the 'boundary' first.

His a nod to his pack mates, keeping them close, he turned swiftly on heel and departed back the way they came, he had a new law to lay down. A law that would have very dire consequences if it was broken. What would become of Leaf and Jace made Ferdie's heart very heavy. For now there truly was a Romeo and Juliet.