Alpine Lake Into the wild blue yonder

Anyone can hop in! Tagging @Issun and @Takara for travel reference.

They had left the plateau and while she was oddly happy she definitely missed her friends. She had betrayed them, promising her loyalty and then leaving not too long after that. It had occurred to her much too late that if she left with Issun and Takara the pack would be left with very little numbers. She had made her choice, picked love over loyalty but....why did it strike her as wrong? She knew she would feel the same way if it had been different, if she had chosen to stay and say goodbye to Issun. 

She thought about this while staring at the half frozen surface of the lake's edges. Shaking her head slowly she stood up and tested the strength of the ice, finding it weak. Lifting her paw up high she struck the ice once, twice and then a third time before it cracked enough to let cold water flow through. Lowering her head she began to drink from it, ears swiveling to keep track of her surroundings.