He'd been tossing and turning since his mother told him it was time to sleep but Elyan felt he might have taken one too many naps that day. He still had plenty of energy and felt he could go a few more hours at least. Laying in his back next to his sister he could see the light fading from the den entrance and knew that night was coming. It had taken him a long time to figure that out and now that he knew he was proud to have the knowledge. The gray pup looked around the den the best he could at the sleeping residents wishing one of them would wake and keep him company.

With a sigh the boy started thinking of all the places he'd had a nap that day, maybe it would help him to fall asleep. He'd only gotten as far as the second place, that large tree across the clearing from the den in the soft patch of grass. A yap sounded from outside sending him into his stomach. For a minute he didn't hear anything, starting to think he might have been wishing too hard for someone to play with. With a huff he sat up deciding he was done waiting to find out if he'd actually heard the yip.

Silently he crept to the den entrance, if his parents caught him he would be in very big trouble. When he had a clear view of the outside he saw her, his gray and black friend. A smile crossed his features and an idea entered his head. Without another moment wasted her barreled out of the den and right into her.

When he pounced on her he hadn't thought so far ahead of what she might so when he did. All he was thinking about was how much fun it would be to sneak up on her and then jump on her. He wasn't expecting the paw that swing out and hit him causing him to land in the ground with a, “Omph.” He hadn't even thought about the fact that his parents were right inside the den and would be furious if they found out he snuck out.

As he rolled into his stomach a smile broke across his little maw as she exclaimed name. “Good see you, Hawth.” He rose to his feet with a glance back at the den as he remembered where exactly they were. When he didn't hear any sounds coming from within beside that of sleeping wolves he turned back to his friend. He was curious what she was doing out so late but that didn't matter. They had the whole night and no adults to tell them they couldn't do something.

He was just about to open his mouth and ask her what she was doing when she bounded over to him and whispered her reason. “I couldn't sleep either,” he whispered back, “There's lots to do.” Before he could tell her what he wanted to do he reached out and nipped her ear before bumping her shoulder and taking off across the clearing. A good game of chase seemed like a great idea to start if the night of fun they had ahead of them.

When he ended up in the ground from her seat at him with her paw Elyan merely took it as an invitation to play. That was the thing they should be doing while they didn't have to worry about rules.

What were they to do while his parents were asleep in the den? It was night and he was with his friend and it made sense they should do all the things they weren't supposed to do during the day. That was what led him to nip her ear before barreling off out if the clearing. “Catch if can,” he said over his shoulder as he ran away from her.

She was a little bigger than him but he was becoming more sure in his feet. He only looked back once to see if she was following and she was. It pushed him to run a little faster but he could hear her gaining on him and then he felt the little shove which cause him to topple to the ground.