The closer spring seemed to be the itchier his paws became to wander as he always had in search of herbs. He thought once he'd joined a pack that would stop but the only thing that had was the deep snows of the winter. He'd set out early the previous day hunting here and there in hopes of scrounging up something for the pack which he'd really only managed enough to feed himself. He also was searching for the plants and herbs that he knew to be in the area.

The healer was aware that nothing had started to sprout just yet but he felt compelled to search, to have something other to do than border patrols and hunting. The searching also gave him a calm that he hadn't felt in awhile with the hunting becoming more difficult.

Wild cherry orchard looked much different than it had when he had last been there. No leaves nor fruit on the trees. Any plants that had once grown there had long since died and now awaited their chance to sprout from the ground once more.

When he first heard it he wasn't sure that he actually had, a voice, at least that was what he thought it had been. As he drew closer he heard it once more but was unsure of where the voice was coming from. What he did know was it sounded like it belonged to a woman. “Hello,” he called out to her, “Where are you?” He hoped she could give him some indication of where she was or he could at least follow her voice.

With his ears perked and eyes searching he listened as hard as he could for the woman's voice to determine where she was. He didn't understand why he could hear but not see her when there wasn't anything to keep him from at least glimpsing her through the trees. It wasn't like the time he had met Jynx here when the leaves were so abundant that it made it impossible to see even a flash of her agouti pelt. The healer became worried that he wouldn't find the woman when more time passed than he was comfortable with and he hadn't heard her again.

Then finally she called to him once more his ear flicking in the direction her voice came from. He was relieved that he had a direction to look for her in the desperation in her tone still there, he knew he had to hurry. “I'm on my way,” he called to her to give her some hope that she would have some help. Emrys didn't know exactly the situation he was looking at but in that moment he was only worried about getting to her. He didn't waste any time as he moved between the cherry trees in the direction her voice had come from. Still he couldn't see her, “Call out again,” he called to her as he continued to walk.

That however became unnecessary as the mouth of the pit opened up right in his path. He felt that this was where she must be as he took careful steps to the edge. Looking down his gaze landed on that of a wolf that was in very bad shape. “Found you, finally,” he stated, “We’ve got to get you out of there,” he added as he glanced around the orchard for anything that would be of use.

He was grateful that she had called out to him again so that he had a better chance of pinpointing her location. He found it odd that as close as she sounded he still couldn't see her but it all made sense once he found the pit and her trapped at the bottom. As he looked down at her he looked for any signs of injury, there didn't seem to be anything too serious. Looking around the immediate area of the pit he didn't see anything that would help him to get her out of the pit. Looking back to her once more he said, “Don't worry I'm going to get you out if there, I just need to find something to help.”

He then left the edge of the pit hoping what he'd said would give her some comfort that she wouldn't be in there much longer. He didn't know how long she'd already been down there so he felt time was of the essence. A vine of some kind would have been the best option but he couldn't find anything like that. His ears picked up her suggestion of a branch or something sturdy, “I'm looking for one that will be long enough now,” he told her. It was a minute longer before he finally found a branch that he thought would be perfect to get her out. Picking it up in his jaw he carried it to the pit and dropped it, “I've found one,” he said as he looked over the edge of the pit once more, “I'm going to lower it down so you can grip it and I will pull you up.”With that said he picked the branch up once more in his jaws and began to lower it down to her. He was trying to be confident it would work for her sake but he couldn't be sure. The healer waited for the sensation in his jaws that would tell him she had gripped the stick and was ready to be pulled out.

He hoped that his reassurances were enough to let her know that he wasn't just going to leave her at the bottom of that pit. The healer had no idea how she'd gotten down there in the first place or how long she'd been down there but he was going to get her out. Emrys didn't care how long it took either, it wasn't in him to give up on her. He called out to her to let her know that he had found something, a branch, that he was going to try to use to get her out. Judging the distance and length he felt that he had chosen a branch that would do the job nicely. Of course there was still the task of pulling an adult female wolf up on the other end but he had confidence he could do that as well.

Quickly he carried the branch back and explained what he was going to do to her before lowering the branch. Them both knowing what was going on was the key to their success of that he was sure. Once she agreed he took the branch I. His mouth and lowered it down to the level she needed it to be in order to grab it. Emrys felt her grab the branch in her jaws through the wood and knew that he had chosen a branch of the correct size. There wasn't any time to celebrate however as she gave a grunt which told the healer she was ready to be pulled up. Digging his feet in he started pulling, giving it everything he had to pull her out of the pit.