Swiftcurrent Creek Sunrise

This got a bit longer than I expected! No need to match length. Also, I'm assuming they exchanged names when Ama was accepted. :)

It seemed Ferdie and Jace were not moving willingly. It was no bother to the queen of the creek, who fully intended to pester them until they took the hint and fled somewhere far away from her home. She still failed to understand why they had set up shop so close to where they had been banished from. The lands to the south and west of here were many and uninhabited as far as Fox knew. Why choose somewhere so close to claimed land, especially a home they had been chased from? She did not think she would ever know the answers to these questions, so she pushed the thoughts from her mind.

There were better things to think of, like how she would invade or otherwise terrorize the small band of wolves—they could scarcely call themselves a pack—who were so bold as to think that they were stronger than the lot who lived here. They were not, of course, considering the creek held easily twice as many in numbers as they did. She could not know that count for sure, but she trusted Cutthroat's judgement. A funny thing, that. When he had first arrived, Fox had only mistrust for the captive. Now, she thought him a prospective mate. He was strong and able, after all, and he had proven himself loyal to the creek and its inhabitants.

The sun was well on its way to peaking over the horizon, and Fox was up and already about. Feeling peckish upon waking, she had scarfed down the rabbit Cutthroat had brought back a few days prior. The meat was still good enough, albeit dry around the edges, and she was soon on her way to the pack's namesake creek. Her strides were lazy and slow, feeling contented by the meal her denmate had provided. Still, she made her way before the sun had completely taken over the sky, and she stopped for a drink. Her belly now full of both water and meat, she began to follow the creek's bends. It wasn't long before she came across Amaterasu, the new recruit.

“Mornin’,” she greeted with a quick nod of her head. “I see you found our creek.”