Horizon Ridge the top of the world

For @Finley ! Set at Horizon Ridge, in daytime

It wasn't that Charon was scared of the dark, because he liked spending time with the stars, but he only explored outside of Stavanger Bay in the daytime. Thistle and Ragnar often warned him of the dangers of the outside, but Charon loved to leave the territory and explore. The world seemed so giant to him, even though he had only set small steps out of the Bay. He hadn't even yet encountered any different packs, even though he knew they were out there.

Seeing Horizon Ridge and the mountains that stretched out beyond it from the forestry, Charon had decided to climb up a bit to see if he could get a good view of faraway places. Eagerly, the boy had set out on the journey, though it turned out to a lot bigger climb in practise than it had seemed in theory, when he had looked up from between the trees.

"Man, this is tough," Charon sighed as he climbed. "We gotta be almost here now, right?" He looked over his shoulder and irritably flattened his ears. "Yeah? Well, you're a fat slowpoke!" he shouted through the forest, a little louder than he had intended, and with eyes narrowed in irritation, he continued his climb. Finally he was beginning to see some light through the trees, which meant that maybe, he was nearly at his destination...