Sleepy Fox Hollow Sitontik

Even as tired as she was from already making this journey once, she was filled with excitement and anticipation that her family was moving to the place she already claimed in her head as theirs. She had no doubt they would all fall in love with Duskfire Glacier the minute they set paw there, just like she had. 

At Sia's words, she slowed to a stop and turned to do a quick scan of the group to make sure they were all there and then a quick scan of the surroundings to check for potential threats. She remembered this place well from her scouting trip. It had been the first place there was water soon after she had entered the mountains. She had warned her family of this and made sure they all drank their fill where otter creek ran and stopped to form a small pond a few miles into the mountains. 

To be honest, the pace was killing her even with being tired and thin from her recent trip, but she understood there were limitations to traveling with the pups, and she would never put them at risk. It just meant that she sometimes did extra patrols and other things to burn off energy. Right now, though, she was thirsty and tired. The rocky terrain they had just trekked through had done more than a good job of sapping her energy stores. 

As the other's settled down for the day, Taki trotted over to the water and greedily drank until she couldn't anymore. She then found a tree nearby the water and plopped down with a sigh. Her thoughts drifted to the older wolf she had met the last time she was here--the wolf who had spoken the language of their home, and she wondered if where she was now. Her mind soon drifted to the map she had in her head of where they needed to go. She mentally checked this map constantly, terrified of leading her family the wrong way or not preparing them for any difficult parts of the journey. As she lied in the shade, Taki started planning where they would go tonight when the sun set enough for them to move again while keeping an eye on her tired family.