Sleepy Fox Hollow king of my sunshine palace

@Rannoch, this is for you!

Slavik often thought about how his life might be different had he stayed at home with his family. With Arway, and his mom and dad. The Kendry pack was very close, the tightest of families, and the most paramount of allies. He'd always felt safe and loved on those rolling plains, in the sparce forests that littered the terrain, in the rocky outcroppings that sprung from the earth and the meadows of flowers that blossomed in spring. Kendry plains had made it a home, and a most brilliant home it was. But the pack also had traditions; at one year of age a pup must choose whether or not to stay with the pack, or leave. Those who stayed were pledging themselves to the pack, those who left, were leaving it behind for good. Slavik had made his decision, and apart from rare visits, he would not see those plains again.

But what if he had stayed? He would still have that protection and comfort, that love and support, a companion by his side. He'd started this journey with one companion, but somewhere along the way she'd decided she didn't need Slavik anymore. That hurt him quite a bit, his feelings and ego were quite fragile, for such a big, confident looking wolf. Despite his fiery personality, he was a bit naiive. He'd believed his sister Simsey when she'd convinced him to leave with her, when she said they would find their own way together. What a fool he'd been, he loved Simsey but Arway had always been the more reliable Kendry daughter.

Whatever his fate may have been should he have stayed, it didn't matter now anyway. For here he was, a speck of gold in a sea of green, alone and mumbling to himself about how his sister was a liar, and about how this whole forest smelled like actual fox shit. He wanted to get out of this area as soon as possible, hopefully to somewhere less fox infested. He kept a brisk pace, his long muscular legs making easy work of it.