Greatwater Lake is what i brought to you

no worries!

annie's ears flicked back at the distant rumbling, growing louder. her brow crumpled as she turned, pinpointing it as hooves as the bison crested over a slight rise in the grasslands. 

she'd have thought it to be a lone wanderer, had the ungulate not been galloping. if not for the pale speck that became visible charging along with the beast. 

the thought to hunker down so as not to be seen fled as quickly as it came. there were scents here but this seemed to be neutral territory. and the woman -- as confirmed by her perfume carried on the wind -- had her hands full. she probably wouldn't pay the rogue any mind. 

the girl was just about to turn back to the waters for a drink when the stranger called out.

pulling away from the lake with a vaguely panicked look, annalee cast it one last, lingering look before setting off after the woman.

"excuse me, ma'am," the stormwisp called out as she came upon the alabaster she-wolf, "did you say there was monsters in the lake?" 

there was a hint of amusement in the words, as if she'd swallowed a laugh. it wasn't so much that annie didn't believe her, it was just hard to imagine. the only thing her mind could come up with to fill in the blanks were the huge reptiles and snakes she'd seen in swamps far from this climate.