Blacktail Deer Plateau i can't stop drinking about you

This takes place a few days from now (couldn't resist getting it started!). Please allow @Ira to post first, then anyone's welcome. :)

They took their time, enjoying the waning summer scenery and cooler weather as they trekked west through the mountains and then angled north in the direction of the plateau. By the time Bones and Ira found themselves in its shadow, her heart was thumping with anxious excitement. The yearling looked forward to catching up with her father and seeing her old Alpha. She hoped Atticus and Ira would get along. The yearling also wondered if she might get to see some of her young cousins.

"Remember," she said to Ira as she prepared to call for her loved ones, "they might try to convince me to stay here. Help me stay strong to the creek, blaggard." Bones smiled, her eyes dancing merrily. Truth be told, she wondered if she really belonged in the creek now, now that everything had changed. Yet she felt an attachment to it and she wanted to honor her vow to Bazi. "It's me home," she whispered, talking to herself.

"Ready to meet me old man?" she teased in the next breath before throwing back her head and howling for Atticus, Peregrine, Fox or anyone else that was available for a visit with the recently returned marauder.