"Good, because I'm starving and am waiting to get started!" she stepped into the river.

Hazel shrugged. "I've been wrong before Celeste, go on you two, have an adventure." Celeste rolled her eyes and went the opposite way of the river.

Buster smiled and steped into the water after her. "lest start."

Christien smiled and walked besides her happly as they started to explore, he wanted to show her a lot of things.

Shadow smiled "our family sure has grown." he said softly

Hazel sighed. "Sometimes you bug me. So melodramatic. Now come on, I want to look around and not let the cubs have all the fun." She stood.

Celeste looked around and saw large boulders that weren't exactly mountains ahead of them. "Wow." she said, looking at them in awe.

Umay smiled as she flipped a fish onto dry land. "Let's make this a contest!" she said.

Shadow laughed happly "sounds like a plan to me."

Christien smiled "yeah it is wow and you will love it here, wait untill you see the lake." he said happly

Buster smiled and kicked a fish out of the water "sounds like fun to me." he said as he looked at her.

"a lake?!" Celeste exclaimed in amazement. "How do you know there is a lake?"

Hazel stood. "Then let us go then."

Umay got ready. "Ready, set..... go!" she sent two fish flying out of the water.

Christien smiled "I was one in the distance when we got here."

Shadow smiled and nodded "lets go" he said as he started to walk slowly

Buster laughed and sent three fish out of hte water.

"Oh." she wasn't exactly sure what that meant, so she let it drop and started to climb the large boulders.

Hazel sighed and broke out in a trot, passing Shadow. "If your doing that because I have a bed leg and a bad eye, then your going to have to speed up!"

Umay growled playfully and using both of her paws brought three fish with one paw and two with the other, and using her mouth she snagged one.

Christien cursed when he realized he had said something like that. But he was glad that she didn't ask questions.

Shadow laughed "oh, I will" he called as he ran after her happly

Buster stoped for a second when he saw her. She looked amazing but he quickly remembered they where having a contest and went back to snagging more and more fish out of the water.

((I love it when I make mistakes in writeing something))

((it is quite confusing!!!))

Umay started to pant when she had ten fish on the bank. "Ok, I'm pooped." she said, sitting down. "I got ten. howabout you?"

Celest had reached the top. "its very nice up here!" she called down, the rock was covered in moss.

Hazel wanted to see what sort of borders they had. She ran east, hoping she would know when the border ended.

((yes it is but then it makes me think of a way to turn it into something and you will find out later. It iwll have to deal with why Christien had been every where))

Buster panted and got out of the water "I have ten.. in a half" he said as he bit itno one of the fish happly.

Christen smiled "I am glad that you like it." he said as he looked out over the valley. It was amazing and as he looked around he seemed different, like he was older then he said he was.

Shadow laughed and ran after her happly, following her where ever she went.

Umay laughed and licked his forehead. "You're just trying to make me feel better." she said.

Celest looked at him. "You seem different. And you keep saying you've been here before. Why?"

stop. Hazel skidded to a stop. She was at the end of the forest, and before her was a large Human city.

Buster smiled and offered her the other half "maybe." he said happly

Christien smirked as he looked over the valley that he knew like the back of his paw. "I was born here... a long time ago." he said softly

Shadow stoped besides her and growled at the human city "I thought no humans where here."

Umay smiled and excepted the other half of the fish.

"How old are you?" Celeste asked. because if he was as old as Shadow... that make her feel like she had a crush on her grandfather.

"they don't seem to leave that Thunderpath though." Hazel said, pointing with her tail to the large highway. "Maybe no one comes in the forest."

Buster smiled happly and then looked at the fish "should we take those back home with us or eat them all?"

Christien chuckled slightly, "I may look young but I am far older then any wolf around. But if you want a age number that I can't give for I have forgotten over my years of travel."

Shadow nodded "yeah and hopefully they stay out."

"Now that wouldn't be very nice now would it?" Umay said with a grin. "We'll bring it back. Mom's got her bad leg and she can't hunt."

Celeste's brow furrowed at that. "Are you a spirit or something? Like a cat, gifted with extra lives?"

Hazel shrugged. "Come now, I'm sure Umay and Buster are back and-" she stopped and sniffed the air.

Buster nodded "yeah your right" he said and started to gather the fish

Christien chuckled "yeah, I guess you would say that but it is more of a curse."

Shadow looked at her "what is it?" he asked as he sented the air.

Hazel sniffed the air. "I know I have smelled that before...." she took off running in a random direction.

Celeste frowned. "how is it a curse? am I making you stay like this?" She felt horrible.

Soon Umay had most of the slippery fish in her mouth. She started padding back to the main clearing.

Shadow looked at her then ran after her as fast as he could.

Christien shook his head "no, your the one who can set me free." he said as he looked at her.

Buster had all of his fish in his mouth and started to walk back by her side.

Celeste burried her nose in his fur. "How?"

Hazel ran. I know i have smelled that before. She quickly crossed the Thunderpath and ran up the hill that was across it.

Umay walked slowly, fish were hard to carry. But soon she saw the camp.

Christien smiled and licked her ear "you just have to stick with me and I have to stick with you till you die, then I will be set free."

Shadow ran after her, wondering where she was going

Buster was haveing no problems carrying his fish and set them down when they got to camp

She thought about the time frame that he had just given her. That's a long term plan if I ever heard one. she thought gloomily. Was she ready for this?

Umay put her fish down next to his. "Look, Tyson and Clair are still asleep next to each other." she said with a smile.

Hazel ran and stopping to sniff the air, ran up a hill and looked around. She looked to her left and saw a lone wolf figure. She took a deep whiff. Her tail started to wag, and her entire body tensed. The lone wolf saw her and they froze, looking at eachother. "Hazel!!!" He howled, running toward her. "Raven!!!"

Christien sighed as he saw her face "yeah it is long, but you dont have to if you don't want to"

Buster smiled and nodded "yeah, they look happy"

Shadow ran after her but stoped when he saw the other wolf. He didn't want to get in the middle of this.

Was he reading her mind? She smiled. "No, it's not that I don't want to be with you, its just.... other things." she sat down.

Umay thought for a second. "Let's put grass up their noses!" she said with a giggle.

They ran right toward each other, and embraced happily. They couldn't even talk for a little bit, just howling and barking and jumping. Finally Hazel caught her breath. "But you're supposed to be dead." she said, trying to take it all in. Raven shook his head. "After the battle and looking for you, I decided to travel." he said in a deep voice.

Christien looked at her "other things like what?"

Buster chuckled "they will hate us but sure"

shadow just watched htem from the shadows and smiled, happy for Hazel.

"well..." what if I fall in love with someone else? What if I want to travel on a journey like Tyson did, only by myself? What if... the list went on and on.

Umay grabbed a few stalks of very long pieces of grass and crept up on her brother. Holding her breath, she stuck them up his nose and retreated.

"Oh I'm so happy your here, I-" she stopped. "Am I dreaming? Have I passed out from running and I'm dreaming?" Raven shrugged. "Well then I'm having the same dream." "Makes sense." Hazel perked her ears and looked back at Shadow. "Raven, I would like you to meet Shadow, Shadow, this is Raven!"