Otter Creek Falling to pieces

Junior decided to make her way back to Blacktail Deer Plateau. Now that she needn't worry about her father barring her from the pack land, she hoped to catch up with Ty, Blue Willow, Dante and the other friendly faces she'd left behind. She couldn't be entirely sure any of them would be happy to see her, yet she ventured that way anyway. And the entire way there, it felt like she was going home.

She stopped near a brook to take a quick drink, prepared to move along as soon as she satisfied her thirst. As she lapped at the water, a scent drifted her way and she lifted her head, peering quizzically upstream. Distantly, she saw a slim white figure perched on the bank. No shit? Junior thought even as she wiped her damp muzzle, then turned and loped in that direction.

"Hey!" Junior called when it became clear it actually was Saēna. "Fox told me you left too! Of course that bitch would lie to my face." She ground to a halt, lips curving and tail wiggling, before noticing the crushed look on her sister's face. "What's wrong, Saē?"