Haunted Wood but soon his bittersweet started to rub off on me

Clarence was gonna do something good today, he decided the second he heard the howl. Tail wagging and arced a bit in its natural way, he bounded off toward the border. His incident with Memory was over with, he was forgiven, and he was going to be more careful in the future. So maybe he could help his pack like this instead. 

"Hello!" the boy chirruped when he spotted the black wolf, tail wagging back and forth as he approached the border. A smile - the best and most friendly he could muster - sat upon his maw. "Welcome to Ightnalkers! I mean, Nightwalkers! I'm Clarence, it's nice to meet you!"

Nailed it.