Moonspear nightmares

The days passed in a rainy blur, each one filled with action and adventure. Before Meerkat knew it, she and @Bronco had been living on the mountain for nearly three weeks. That meant it was almost time to make her first trip back to the copse to visit. There was so much she wanted to tell Towhee and the rest of the family about her stay here. And she wanted to hear how things had been going with them since her departure.

Deciding she would go in a day or two, with her older brother as her escort, Meerkat decided to spend today doing the usual: running up and down the mountainside. She was getting much more suited to her high altitude life these days and knew most of the pack's main landmarks by now. Bronco had mentioned spending some time at the rendezvous site the other day, so she decided to check it out. Her younger cousins might be there, an exciting thought.

Ignoring the rain, as always, Meerkat arrived at her destination with a spring in her step. Her warm brown gaze scanned the terrain, quickly locking with a pair of dull yellow eyes. They belonged to a smaller pup she didn't recognize, her white coat flecked with cream. A grin broke out on the adolescent's face as she approached, wriggling tail slicing through the rainfall as she greeted, -"Hiya!"-