She hauled herself from her den before the sun began its ascent into the sky to light the day ahead. She had been spending a fair bit of time observing the other two members of her pack. Athena seemed to have the most reliable routine of the pair. Every morning and every night she would make her way to a place Naira already considered Athena's Place, and she watched the sun rise and set.

It obviously held some significance for the girl and after her conversation with Rhysis the night before she felt the need to join her. To watch the first sun rise on the new life she had finally come to accept. As the slightly elevated boulder came into sight a small smile passed the leaders lips. In stark contrast to the darkness around her, the small white wolf stood out like a beacon. Making herself comfortable on the next bolder over, she laid down and waited for the first day of her new life to begin.

For the first time since they left the River wolves, she finally felt at peace. No pangs of guilt, no longer holding onto the past. It was a new day. She was ready now.

Turning her eyes to the sky, she watched in awe as the vast expanse filtered through nearly every colour imaginable. She could not remember ever just stopping to enjoy the sunrise, although she took great pleasure from listening to the earth under her paws, and smelling what may follow on the breeze. She had always felt compelled to immerse herself in her surroundings, but she was yet to do so here. She would have to take the time to get to know the earth beneath her paws more intimately. She could easily see what compelled the white wolf to awake so early every morning, and watch the event in reverse each night.

She allowed herself to become lost in the beauty of it. She had never seen so much open sky before she left her home, and after viewing this wondrous event she began to believe perhaps the sparse wooded area that concealed their home wasn't such a bad thing after all. She would be able to enjoy this sight more often. Drawn from her thoughts by the other lady's gentle voice a content smile crossed her face. "It truly is." she responded, not bothering to suppress the awe in her own voice.

After waiting for the sky to settle into its pale shade of blue, the leader rose and shook herself, running over the tasks they would need to complete for the day but not overly bothered about getting to it right away... after all, Rhysis didn't seem to want her worrying about anything more than the lives that were forming in her stomach, which was growling hungrily. She had hardly eaten for days. "Care to join me for a hunt?" she questioned her companion.

While she had been considering a sparring session, food seemed much more appealing right now, but she would need to run some drills later in the day. She had been growing lazy and her father would be disappointed if he knew she had forsaken the routine he had instilled in her from such a young age. She planned on raising her own children in a similar fashion but wasn't sure how their father would take it. Some may consider it a little regimental but she had turned out just fine... They would worry about that at a later date though, a small smile crossing her face imagining the arguments that would ensue as a result.

She was silently grateful Rhysis hadn't passed his command she hunt nothing larger than a rabbit down through the ranks yet. She may as well enjoy the opportunity while it lasted. Goats were a plenty on the mountain, having had few predators in the lands for quite some time from what she had managed to gather from Angier. It would have to do for them she supposed.

Silently dropping from her perch she walked along casually at the white lady's side, scenting the air as they went. A small growl escaped her chest at the fading scent of wolverine. They would need to do a clean out before the cubs were born, and then an unexpected scent crossed her nose at the same time. It smelled like deer... but... different. Moving forwards cautiously, the creature in question came into sight.

It looked like a regular doe, with the exception of it's ridiculously oversized ears, they were almost as large as her head. Perhaps it had been chased up here by a herd for looking so funny? But there was more than one. The youngster at her side, perhaps just shy of a yearling had the same ears, and so did two others that were in this funny looking herd. They seemed a little darker than the deer she was used to seeing as well.

Looking to Athena questioningly, she wondered what they were. Having lived in a dense forrest all her life she had no idea what exactly the creature was. But it looked mighty tasty to the wolf who hadn't eaten for days.

They would need to keep this between themselves. There was no harm in dragging the leftovers to store in one of the many potential cache's but sisyhR couldn't know she had been one of the wolves to pull it down. No matter.

She was quickly gaining her mountain feet. Having been raised on flat ground all her life, it had taken a little adjusting on the tawny lady's part. Making up a large part of her reasoning behind patrolling as much as she did, so when the time came, now... she would be less likely to break her leg in her pursuit.

anehtA was the faster of the pair, and ariaN knew it would make more sense for the smaller lady to chase the pair towards her so she could ambush them. She spotted a large boulder that she could hide behind and lunch herself at the smaller deers neck. Yes. That would do just fine. Voicing her plan to anehtA, she didn't wait for the smaller wolfs acceptance before making her way cautiously to her position. She was so hungry she couldn't fail. She didn't just need it for herself, but for the new life that was slowly taking shape inside of her.

All her senses were tuned to the sounds of the deer. She listened closely as one ran away from her direction but the other ran straight for her. She was unused to the rocky terrain, and the way the noises bounced off her surroundings confounded her momentarily. She launched perhaps a split second too soon.

Growling in frustration as the fleet footed beast altered its course she launched after the animal, snapping hungrily at its flanks. Now she would have to inch her way to its throat to deliver the final blow, but any injury she could cause on her way there would be a blessing later on. Tearing at chunks of flesh as they chased, the animals bellows of pain only spurred her on. She was so hungry.