Shadewood And We Meet Again

@Mella <3

So Laika was back, wandering the place she so dearly loved. Why? She did not know, but one thing was for certain -- it called to her in a very special way. The petite Delta was not completely ridiculing Silver Creek. It was a mighty fine place that Saena had chosen for her lot of wolves, and Laika respected her choice. She just liked this place better, that's all. As long as she was free to meander around Shadewood, she was perfectly happy. A smile was brought to her delicate features as she remembered how Spring struggled to come up with the name, but in the end, she came up with a very invigorating and clever name to call the vast forest.

The silver female sorta wished that someone was with her. She ran a list of her best friends through her head. Spring immediately came into her mind, but with her new promotion to beta, she was overcome with more duties for Saena. Casmir came second, and another smile -- this one wider -- spread across her face. A strange warmth flared in her breast, but she pushed it away. Casmir surely had other things to do. Then came Shreya, but that old wolf was far too busy with her own sort of duties, plus Laika knew she didn't love travelling. She tended to stick by Silver Creek. A fleeting thought of that brown furred loner she'd met earlier in the year crossed her mind. Mira... no, Melley... Mella! That was it! She thought. But that she-wolf was probably off in her travels. She'd probably never see her again... she was nice though!

Laika pushed through a wild thicket of leafess bushes before coming to the pool her and Spring had hunted in the first time they came across the Shadewood. She padded up to the bank to peer down into the depths, noticing the flickers of silver as the many fish that dwelled in the shadows flipped and twirled. She let out a relaxed sigh and plopped down onto her rump with a rumbling chuff of releif. From behind, her snowy fur seemed like a perfect cloud against the crystal blue water.