Sun Mote Copse he chortled in his joy

I don't know the outcome of this thread yet but I wanted to go ahead and get this started!

Sun Mote Copse wasn't far, as the crow flies, and in theory it should've been a pretty straightforward trek up and over the mountain pass. It turned out to be quite an arduous climb, forcing her to detour further north and aim for the switchback between Alpine Lake and Ghost Lion Crag. Before she reached it, she slipped on some loose scree and went down hard, her left foreleg taking the brunt of impact and twisting beneath her weight. It twinged when she resumed all fours, though not too badly, so she decided to proceed.

By the time she swam the lake's runoff and spied the copse's northern corner in the distance, it officially hurt. Sugar limped the rest of the way before slumping onto her haunches right before she would've breached the Firebirds' borders. She panted from the exertion of the journey as well as the throbbing ache in her twisted ankle. She took some moments to simply catch her breath and rest her leg before finally howling for @Eljay.

She had only meant to come catch up with her older brother, since she'd promised him she would keep in touch. But now Sugar needed something else from Eljay: his help.

Title from "Jabberwocky" by Lewis Carroll.