Tiny crystalline flakes of icy snow were drifting down from the snowy clouds far above in the sky, creating a slight mist in the air. It was beautiful. Like tiny fireflies flying through the air, but instead of creatures, they were all unique pieces of snow, no two being the same. Each different in its own right, and proud of it. He was reminded of his own siblings, how they would fight with each other over who was the most loved and special one, upon which mother would say they were all uniquely different and special. It would calm everyone down for a bit, before they would argue over who was most unique one of the lot. He missed his family so much, but now he had a new family, and among them was Aesire, his newest friend.

"Let me show you just how much fun snow jumping can be, Aesire!" Ace woofed, gently nudging her shoulder before darting forwards where there was a gap in the tree line. Snow covered the rocky mountainside in a thick, powdery white blanket. This was the snow that he loved the best, where he could mold it into any shape he liked. It was also the softest to jump on, with him sinking into it and getting absolutely covered in white. Using his front paws, the Silver Male began to dig a shallow hole, letting a pile of snow build up behind him. He then bounced around it, using his paws and muzzle to push the white powdery flakes together and create a mound of snow. Panting softly, he turned to Aesire, flakes of snow lining his eyes and muzzle as he grinned widely at her, tail wagging ferociously behind him. "Ladies first," he said, a childish lilt to his voice.

His new friend laughed before running at the pile of snow he had made and jumping on it, sending a wave of snow flying out in either direction, and some of it onto him too. He laughed openly as she rolled around in the pile of snow before getting back onto her paws. The Silver Male shook off the layers of snow he had accumulated from the spray of flakes, feeling a sense of excitement after a long time of having nothing to smile or laugh about. When she said she finally believed him in a teasing tone he smirked at her as if to say 'obviously'. "I told you snow jumping was fun," Ace chuckled as he helped her to nudge the destroyed pile back together.

It didn't take long for them to finish recreating the snow pile, and once they stood back Aesire looked at him expectantly. Grinning, The Silver Male backed up so there was distance between him and the teetering pile of snow. He ran at the pile full speed, jumping into it, and sending the snow up in an explosion into the air. Laughing, he rolled in the side, wiggling this way and that way until the snow settled. He looked like a pup, lying on his back, paws in the air, a wide grin on his face with a light sprinkle of pristine white snow on his head and underside. Laughing, Ace swiped at the snow on his face with a single paw, looking innocently up at Aesire from his position in the practically flattened pile of snow.

Ace was set off as his new friend giggled at his ridiculous looking form in the snow, his chest rumbling with his own laughter. He watched as she laid down next to him in the fluffy pile of flattened snow and decreed that the now pile had spoken: they would now be friend. His face split into a happy smile. Friends. That made him happy. He had found a friend at last, after months of being lonely and searching for someone, anyone, who wouldn't break his heart or leave him behind like so many others had done so before. "The snow pile speaks the truth; we are friends from this moment on." He grinned a cheeky grin.

The earthy hued female lightly and playfully swiped a paw at the remainders of the snow on his face, causing him to break out in laughter and shake off what she hadn't already whacked off with her paw. Using one of his large paws, the Silver Male playfully flicked a paw full of snow at her just as she did the same to him, getting him right in the face. Laughing at the completely innocent expression on her face, Ace blew gently at the few flakes of snow that had balanced themselves precariously on his muzzle, leaving the rest of them sprinkled on his brows. Sticking his tongue out at Aesire, he suddenly jumped to his feet and pranced around her in a circle, letting the snow gradually blow out of his thickening winter pelt. "Well, friend, what do you think of my snow jumping idea? If we showed this to the pups, do you think they'd enjoy it?" he woofed in a teasing tone, but also seriously meaning what he said.

Ace continued circling his new friend, his paws flicking up the powdery snow as he pranced around her playfully. He laughed loudly when she spoke of throwing the pups in the snow piles as punishment if they didn't like the idea of it. Just imagining the looks of their faces if that did happen was priceless, and it distracted him from watching out from any secret attacks by Aesire. So when she stuck out a foreleg the Silver Male completely missed it, tripped over her limb, and comically face planted into the snow with a huff of surprise. Rolling onto his back he grinned up at his friend who had jumped up the moment he fell to the snowy ground.

It seemed she had a game of hide and seek on her mind as she challenged him to see if he could find her as she darted off in a random direction to hide. Chuckling to himself Ace slowly clambered to his feet and shook off the remnants to the fluffy snow that clung desperately to his pelt, giving her time to hide before he began his search. After ten seconds he started padding in the direction she had gone, calling out to her. "You can't hide from me!" The snow also masked her scent, most of it, at least, which was a bonus for her, not so much for him.

He padded slowly, following the paw prints she left behind until the slowly thickening mist of snow flakes covered her tracks and he had to resort to using mostly his eyes and nose. Raising his muzzle into the air as he reached a large boulder, Ace pricked his ears and strained his eyes. Luck was in his favour when he heard a hiccup, two hiccups, no, there was many of them. He grinned. Too much laughter from Aesire had given her the side effect of having hiccups. Pretending he hadn't noticed her, the Silver Male turned his head away from where she was hiding as he spoke in a singsong voice, dragging out a few of the syllables. "Aesire... where aaaaare youuuuu?"

Ace heard laughter coming from behind him and turned his head to see the earthy hued female jumping out from her hiding place on the other side of the boulder, answering his singsong call of where she was in a sultry tone. He chuckled, a deep resonance coming from within his chest. "I could have," he admitted, grinning widely, "But I didn't." It had been a long time since he had felt so carefree with another wolf, one that he could truly call a friend, and it felt good. He felt happy again for the longest time since he could remember, and he liked the feeling.

The Silver Male looked at Aesire when she asked if he wanted to do some sparring practice with her and nodded. "I'll teach you everything I know." Grinning back at the earthy hued female, he also backed up, leaving a bit of room between them as he scanned her body for any telltale weaknesses. Her size matched his, and he guessed they were fairly even in terms of weight, so knocking her over would not be easy. Maybe if he went for a side shot near her rump, he could get her to bend her body in an attempt to attack him, and then overbalance her as her weight would not be distributed evenly. Lowering his head and chin to protect his throat and folding his ears back against the crest of his skull, Ace would leap forward at her left side, hoping that Aesire would be too slow to react quickly enough and dodge out of the way.