Day after day, Swift River's youngest member grew more confident. The need to satisfy his curiosity was no longer hindered by fear or nervousness and, today, while he trotted to the edges of the pack territory, he loped along without a care in the world. Fenru held his head high and his tail waved carelessly behind him; each step bringing him swiftly through the tree line of the Grove.
It had been some time before the young Tainn realized he was farther from home than he intended to be. Swallowing quietly, his ears swiveled back before he forced them forward again. No; his seemingly acute
nyctophobia would not get to him tonight. After all,
only puppies were scared of the dark and Fen, as of this moment, decided he was
not a pup. He scanned the gathering darkness cautiously as the scent of something rank curled in his nostrils. His pace slowed as he started to weave through the trees, even though they were several meters apart now and
black from the roots up.
If the youngster hadn't been properly looking for whatever was stinking up the air, he probably would have missed the mass of fur on the ground. The corners of his mouth turned downward.
What was that? He cast his gaze over his right shoulder, then his left, just to be sure something hadn't purposefully left the thing there for him to find. His muzzle wrinkled in disgust at first as he drew close enough to nudge the wolf's lower back with his nose. When it didn't respond to his touch, Fen whimpered,
"He-hey... Y-you okay?" Perhaps the being would respond to his voice instead.
Nothing. The leaves around the body simply rustled in the slight breeze.
He clenched his teeth together as he slowly walked around to look into the wolf's face. Only then did Fenru notice something odd. Or, rather, something familiar about this particular being. Even through the unseeing eyes and matted pelt, the mechanism that controlled the memory bank in Fen's brain clicked.
P'sper.His eyes widened in fear and he let out a startled gasp, followed by a shrill and absolutely terrified cry,
"MOMMMM!"
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