the silver-grey girl skirted the borders of her home, tending to her normal duties. she actually wished for something to pop around on the borders, to spaz around with her, curing her boredom in her process. it isn't that she didn't like border patrol— she quite liked guarding the bypass while observing the beauty nature withheld around her, but it was particularly today she wished for something else to happen.

new scents wafted through the air, new members of the bypass, and she wondered if she was to meet them. the beta female hadn't sighted or met many, which promptly led her to wonder where they all were at and if she was to seek them out. after all, these were her packmates, and her packmates were family.

she scented her before she saw her. crëyr turned to see the brown-furred wolfess— a new packmate, there was no doubt. the other female lowered herself accordingly into respect, something the grayscale outrider wasn't actually used to getting, but of course, now that she was beta. she appreciated it. giving the hazel-eyed female a nod of approval, a bright smile dawned onto her features.

"hi," she offered amiably, returning the greeting with one of her own. "i'm crëyr. you're new around here?"

the female responded plentifully to her question, confirming her suspicions. she then continued to offer crëyr words of how she was glad she'd made her stay, though she hadn't exactly decided to give her her own name yet. well, okay.

at the question directed towards her, she began with her response. "i've been around here for quite a while." following that she gazed up at the clear winter sky, her mind swimming with memories of her life in the bypass, before continuing, "five months or so, i think. i met shadow when he was about to found the pack."

the petite grayscale girl then turned her bright blue gaze back onto the brown-furred female, regarding her with curious cerulean eyes. "so how're you settling in?"

a loner all her life. "well, i'm sure you'll grow accustomed to pack life in no time," crëyr told the female, who later introduced herself as sarana. the grayscale beta nodded then, and soon received a question regarding the pack and how it had been doing over the course of the season.

"well," the sterling girl shifted on her feet, wrapping her silvery tail around her paws. "we've been doing relatively alright lately, though i haven't been seeing many around, neither has everyone been doing as great as we have before winter. you know. i'm glad to see the ranks are filling up again, and that we're nearing spring. but until then, we'll have to keep working hard."

her azure gaze went back towards sarana, watching her with a curious smile, before saying, "sooo you need help with anything around here?" she knew that most newcomers would have to take as long as a day to a week looking for a den, to grow accustomed to everyone around or to get familiar with their surroundings. crëyr would gladly help if sarana needed assistance.

sarana smiled weakly at her, seemingly skeptical of what she had said. the smile on the petite female's face diminished slightly, then, and crëyr started to become unsure of her. would she be a good, firm member of the pack?

"sure!" she replied brightly to sarana once she requested for a tour of the place. the petite grayscale female then began to move, intending to head towards the boulder, throwing a glance over her shoulder as she did. "we'll go over to where everyone usually meets and then we can make our way from there." in the distance, she caught a glimpse of the surrounding tall mountains, and knew why shadow had chosen to claim this his territory. beyond those obstacles were treasure, and here it was.

crëyr began to introduce sarana to that. "you see those mountains around? they're one of the reasons why shadow decided to settle here. lush forests, awesome lakes, flowing streams, all that stuff, hidden beyond those mountains, and here we have it. it also provides as a good defense mechanism. to shadow, probably." the small sterling outrider turned to her, then. "have you met anyone else around rather than myself or shadow?"

apparently sarana had only met herself and shadow, telling her that she wished to meet the others, as she hated being alone. crëyr wouldn't mind being alone with her thoughts once in a while, though she pretty much had experienced what sarana mentioned.

they weren't far from the border when the brown-pelted female asked another question. "eight, nine or so, i'm not really sure myself," the grayscale wolfess replied. after all, she didn't even know if she had met all the wolves in the bypass. "of course, there's shadow. flash, he's the beta, along with myself," crëyr spoke of her position. "hjalmar, the healer, along with alastor, a nice guy whose speciality is plants," she grinned. "to name a few i'm well-acquainted with."

sarana didn't say anything in return, which crëyr responded with a casual shrug. she supposed that the rust-colored female wanted her to keep talking, for after all she was introducing her to her surroundings.

it wasn't long before she arrived at the boulder, where shadow usually gathered them together for a meeting. she stopped at the soft dip on the grassy field, which was currently coated with a layer of snow, and seated herself where she could clearly see the moss-covered boulder. the petite silver wolfess looked to see if sarana was with her, before saying, "so this is where we usually meet. guess there isn't anyone around today." she gestured to the border with a paw. "that's the boulder. shadow usually gets up there to talk to us when he hosts a pack meeting."

she paused for a moment, allowing sarana to take in all the information, before sitting up to head towards divinum campi. following that she would lead her towards silva stellarum, the river, the lake it ended at and then all the spots crëyr loved. "now i'm gonna show you the awesome hunting grounds."

she stopped under the single tree smack in the middle of divinum campi. "there are always a couple of hares around. great for a snack or two!" crëyr would ask sarana if she would like to hunt for a couple together, but again she'd requested for a tour.

so after guiding her around the area for a couple more moments, she began to lead the way to silva stellarum. when the brown-pelted female made a comment on how she thought the bypass lands were beautiful, she could only smile and nod her head in agreement. "shadow chose a brilliant place to settle."

sarana gave her shaky smile, which crëyr returned with one bright one of her own. perhaps something was on her mind at the moment, so she decided to stop talking for the moment and let her be up with her thoughts.

the sterling female continued to sarana through divinum campi and began working her way through the beautiful lands she called home, showing her all her favorite places— the lake, the river, the aspen-rife forest her den was situated in. soon enough did crëyr give her newfound friend a goodbye and a "see you around", and set off to hunt something for the caches or to patrol the borders.