Lira was fairly grateful for the small rabbit who lied now asleep between her shoulder blades. If not for her, Lira and Zysha surely would not have been able to find their way out of the crater. ‘Only a rabbit would think of digging their way out mostly.’ The slopes to go back out had been too steep, thus Zysha and Lairiel had to dig into the earth slightly to help create steps to guide them out of the crater and now they could get in and out of it easily. Provided the steps stayed there that was.

‘Sleep well my friend you deserve it.’ She thought as she cranked her neck back to look at the arctic hare sleeping between her shoulder blades. She’d done a great job to help them dig as much as she could. A large job for a small creature.

Yawning, Lairiel soon found herself and Zysha in the thickets of her home. Lira’s tail wagged ever so slightly, she loved her lands. They where her home, she’d been born here and explored ever inch of them, however, now. ‘The lands have shifted.’ She thought sourly, everything she’d known had been altered and familiars became unfamiliar. “The dens are this way.” She told Zysha, as she remembered the direction, broken limps from the earthquake still lied about trying to hinder their journey but Lira moved them aside and continued onwards.

When finally they reached the site of the dens, Lira shrieked. “W-what happened?!” She barked stepping back at the sight of her dens in rubble. Her home. “No… No, no, no, no.” She shook her head and flopped down on the ground. “No…” She murmured and lied her head on her paws staring at the rubble that used to be her dens.

With a flick of her rather large ears, Aza started to come around before Lairiel shrieked and the young rabbit found herself fully awake now. Jumping up the arctic hare quickly jumped down from her friend’s back as the young wolf flopped on the ground. Aza’s heart beat quickly she’d been startled with her suddenly shout and movement. Once Aza calmed down she took a deep breath and hopped over towards Lira. “Lira… Lairiel, dear… Are you alright?” She asked timidly a bit afraid still that she might through a tantrum or something or another. She had no clue what was wrong and was a bit afraid for herself and Lira.

Shaking her head she looked back at Aza and Zysha. “I-I’m sorry… The earthquake must have shift the lands more than I thought… our dens are gone…” She sniffed, blinking back the tears that wanted to fall. So many questions formed in her head, but then a scent was caught. ‘Father.’ She perked up slightly, and feeling rather relieved. She was unsure if her family had been crushed or not, now knowing her father was okay she felt confidence he’d gotten everyone out before it’d collapsed.

Nuzzling Aza’s cheek, she picked the small creature up and placed her back on her back between her shoulder blades where the arctic hare gratefully snuggled into her dirty white fur. “My father should be near by, C’mon.” She smiled and gestured towards where her father’s scent lead.

The two wolves and single hare walked deeper and deeper into the thickets. Soon, another scent entered Lira’s nostrils. ‘Who is that?’ She wondered, maybe a new member her father had happened upon. She wagged her tail slightly at the idea of new members. She’d grown tired of her pack filled with her siblings and father’s old friends. Sure, she loved them but she liked the idea of something new and exciting once in a while.

Soon, she found the mouth of a cave, and knowingly she smiled back at Aza and Zysha. “C’mon, father is just up ahead.” She told them and entered the caves, as she entered she saw just who she was looking for and someone she was rather shocked to see. “V-vanya!” She barked and grinned ear to ear as she approached the silvery femmora. Nuzzling her cheek she smiled. “Do you remember me?” She asked with a bit of a sad smile, her orbs searched behind her and her ears perked forward, what she was searching for not there. “Where’s Nit?” She questioned recalling her pup mate. He’d been born the same day her and her siblings where so they played together. She missed the goof, when he’d left with Vanya without a word she was rather sad.

Putting that aside her orbs turned to her father and she smiled as he came over and nuzzled her. Her cheek rubbed against the snowy white part of his chest and under his chin. “Father, I have a new member for us, two actually.” She smiled looking back at the Russian femme. “This is Zysha, she’s told me she was interested in joining Naru. And then…” she trailed slightly, turning to the side slightly so her father could see Aza. “This is Aza, my friend, she will be staying in the pack with us as well.” She said, firmly, she wouldn’t let her father turn the hare down, knowing her father he might not think it was such a good idea…

“V-vanya!” A familiar bark reached the gray and white alpha’s auds. His ears perked up and blue orbs found his eldest daughter (well second eldest) trot in. Another wolf behind her. Lexath raised an eye brow at her wondering just where she had been all this time. It had been a while since he saw his daughter. He was surprised at how much like her mother she looked like. The only difference was in there face. She looked more like her father in her face than her mother. Lexath sighed, a small sad smile on his maw. He still had no clue where Uruviel was, and he was starting to get worried.

“Lairiel…” Lexath murmured as he watched his daughter walk in excited to see a familiar face from her past. Lexath was surprised and slightly alarmed when his daughter bravely went up to Vanya and nuzzled her. Lexath was even more alarmed when Vanya gave a snarl and backed away. The hurt that flashed across Lira’s face was heart breaking but even Lexath knew better. It occurred to him though, that Lira did not. She had not seen the femme she knew as her aunt Vanna since she was a pup. Or her cousin Nithron for that matter.

Lexath stepped over closer to Vanya, his fur brushed against hers as a comfort, letting her know it was alright and okay. Lira meant no harm, but to Vanya the existence of his daughter alone was all the harm in the world. On some level, Lexath knew that but he denied it. Uruviel and Vanya never got along and the fact Vanya and him used to be… something more than friends at one point in time did not help the cause. Vanya likely held a grudge, something he knew she was fairly good at.

Lira asked about Nit, which did not surprise him. Her and Nit played together a lot when first born. There had been a time where Lexath actually thought Nit and Lira might become something more than friends in the future. However, that hope had been lost when Vanya left the pack. A sigh escaped his maw, and Vanya bitter mumbled he was missing. “We shall find him, do not worry, I am sure he is alright.” He gave her a reassuring smile, he was not sure if it was for Vanya or Lira, more so for both he believed at this moment.

His eyes once more turned to Lira as she announced they had two new members for the pack, and Lexath raised an eye brow. Seeing one he did not see the other. The questioning look on his face must have gave it away to her as she introduced the two to him. One a wolf and the other… an arctic hare. Lexath’s brows furrowed, and for once, Lexath had to agree with Vanya as she bluntly stated that that thing was food. “Yes, it is actually. Lairiel, what are you thinking? She cannot live with us, she is …” He trailed off as a howl in the distance reached his auds. He sighed. “Lira, can you take care of that? I shall think about… your other member. I would like to talk with Zysha myself before she joins for sure.” He said, stepping closer to his daughter her lowed his voice so only she could hear.

“Lairiel… I know you are to be alpha soon, and you care confident in yourself but your mother and I are still this lands alphas, and we make final decisions on important matters like knew members. So I wish that you do not get your hopes up in the future.” He murmured, giving his daughter a knowing look as he backed away from her. He felt a bit bad for the disappointment that crossed her face as she murmured that she understood. He nodded and she left the dens off to answer the howl that came from the highlands.