Porcupine Ridge Grab your passport and my hand

Slavik had been thinking a lot about where he would settle lately, and had decided that he at least wanted to try Sunspire out. He and Rannoch had hit it off great, Slavik considered him a friend and he wouldn’t mind hanging out with him more. Not to mention the other Sunspire wolf he’d encountered, Wraen. He liked them both, and from what he’d learned about the pack they were a tight knit bunch, and if they were all like Rannoch and Wraen then that was the place he wanted to be.

But still something in his soul told him to explore just a little more. He remembered his earlier mantra, walk till you drop! And that he would! He wanted to see as much as he could before he went back to the pack he’d chosen, so he’d continued past the Sunspire and through the rest of the mountain range. He found himself in a very familiar place, a spiky ridge that he’d been to a week or so ago. He smiled as he remembered the footprints he’d made, and the dust clouds that had billowed behind him. 

He followed a new path this time, one that led him down to the lower sections of the ridge. He came across a scent trail, and always curious he began to follow it. He’d expected to find a wolf at the end, but he first came to the mouth of a tunnel. He stopped and wondered whether or not he should enter, then without another cautious thought he padded forward. It was a little spooky at first, the darkness was truly blinding. But still he followed her scent, for if she could make it through then so could he.

He ended up in a large cavern, an unbelievably and otherworldly  sight. Wow, he said loudly and wonderstruck, looking around with eyes wide. Crystalline water lapped at a shoreline of earth and dirt. There was glitter and shine on the surface, from a distant sun, and it looked somehow inviting. It was like an entire lake at the end of a tunnel, he felt like he’d entered another realm. He only knew he didn’t because the wolf he’d been seeking was here too, lapping gently at the water. Surely she’d heard his exclamation upon entering, but he greeted her with a friendly chuff anyway. He could’ve waited for a response, but he was too intrigued to virtue patience at the moment.

How did you find this place? Do you live here? he asked, too excited for a real introduction. He simply had to know!

thank you!