Wolfie

Wolfie was sincerely disappointed in hisself. He himself didn't even know where his mind had wandered off to, causing him to lose sanity and all sense of what was real or a nightmare, betraying his only true love. Frost. Frost Lake. She must have moved on by now. It was over. He knew that. But by whatever chance he had, he wanted to bring it back. All of it. Not just her, not just their love, but the pack. The small pack that had developed from nothing into something that any number of creatures could call their own... If only he had stuck with it. Been true. It wasn't in his nature to desert anything. He hated what he'd become...

No. He hated who he was.

He hated all of his faults, his mistakes, his lies... All of it. He knew he couldn't take any of it back. But, out of all the things he'd done, this. This was by far the worst. Losing her. Losing Frost. Oh, Frost. His beautiful little Frost. His heart clenched and he whimpered, his legs buckling for a moment, before he dragged himself back up onto his paws and again continued the trek to the pack he used to call his own. He wouldn't be surprised if there was nothing left. If everyone had left. Deserted the lands, just as he had deserted his pack.

~No. Stop thinking about that. Pick yourself up, pathetic creature, and get to Sora.~ He told himself harshly, picking up the pace, and soon arriving at the pack. His golden orbs widened. There /was/ nothing there. No, there's probably something... His heart thumping hard in his chest, his eyes filled with a fierce determination, his paws spread, Wolfie let out a howl to call anything that might be still living.

Frost Lake

Frost hadn't failed to pick up the slack. Since Wolfie left. Wolfie... she loved him and trying to replace him was not on her list. She wanted the pack to stay strong and with that, she had grown mighty desperate. She had gone to the Shadow Haunters, made an alliance with them and all the others the Haunters had alliances with. Frost never failed to keep Sora fed and the borders up. Even had three new members.. a step up from the three they had.

A scent came to her nares and she started to panic. It smelled like Wolfie, and she didn't want to believe it. She looked back and let out a bark to Iodine and Heaven's Angel, they were there in a matter of minutes. "Wolfie is back. I can smell him. I want you two to go around the sides of the wolf just in case im being crazy." she whispered. They both nodded and they went off quietly. Frost Lake took a deep breath and started forward. She walked through the brush and the first thing that came from her maw was his name.

"Wolfie..." she stood there. Looking at him. Her tail wagging a bit. She took another step and another. Til she was almost nose-to-nose with him. "...I... I missed you." she whispered. Her eyes tearing up and she looked at her paws before taking another step forward, her head touching his fur and she nuzzled him. Her tail wagging. Frost Lake waited to see what he would do.

Wolfie

Wolfie couldn't believe what he was experiencing. There was no one... Nothing there... Apart from his still-half-crazed mind conjuring up images of his love. Even the scent. Even the heat radiating off her fur, her nose, which was so close to his he could almost reach past all the regret and touch it. Touch her again. Suddenly his ears flapped back against his skull and he whimpered, backing up slightly. No... She wasn't there... It was just what he wanted. For this time, he wouldn't give in the fake hallucinations. The longing of her actually being there swallowed him up whole and he almost couldn't take it anymore. He was about to scratch at the vision and bound away into the undergrowth with a fustration he couldn't describe in words or anything possible, when a sharp pain flashed through his pad, streaming into the flesh of his paw, flying through his leg, stopping finally, fading, at his knee.

What the hell was that?!

Wolfie shook his head, his golden eyes shutting tight. Yeah, that was real alright. So... If it was real, why wasn't the vision shocked from his mind? No... It couldn't be... She wasn't actually here, was she? Frost Lake wasn't actually here? She wasn't... She was... Frost was here... Right before him. "Oh, God..." He breathed. "Frost? It is you, right?" Yes, yes, it was. It was her. Oh, he couldn't believe it. And he shouldn't. It could still be a trick of his mind. So, as hesitantly as he could muster, Wolfie's ears flipped back up, he stepped forward, and let her warm furry cranium push into his neck. He nuzzled her back in incredulous joy. It still seemed too good. Too good to be true. But even if it was still a trick, he would give in to just this small moment of paradise. Because it would be all he had. But, oh, if it was real...

"I..." Wolfie smiled and ducked his head into her fur. "Oh, Frost, I missed you too."

Frost Lake

Frost swished her tail back and forth in happiness. Her tail wagging and her ears back she kept her head against his fur, against him. She looked at him, searching his eyes and licking his cheek. Iodine and Heaven's Angel came out of the brush. ''Nice to have you back Wolfie, been so long eh?'' Iodine said before walking a little ways away. Heaven's Angel followed him and looked back. ''Maybe you'll stay this time?'' she asked softly.

Of course at this Frost bristled. Her eyes looking at them with a fire in it. ''Of course he's staying! Arent you?'' she said, looking back at him. His form was a lot bigger then hers, making her look small. But really she wasnt that small. She moved beside him and looked at him. ''Come on, let's get you settled back into your home.'' she said softly, her fur brushing his.

Wolfie

Wolfie settled into Frost's warmth nicely. He almost pulled back, though, as he realised how weird that sounded. Because it did, didn't it? For once, it wasn't just his mind playing tricks on him again. He knew he hadn't been in a very good place outside of the pack, but now he hoped that was all gone, and it seemed so as his two other members, Iodine and Heaven's Angel, spoke from a distance. Giving Frost Lake one more nuzzle, not wanting to pull away this time, he looked to Iodine. "Yeah-" His gaze snatched from Iodine and to Heaven's Angel when her querie slipped from her maw. He knew it wasnt meant to do any harm, but a fire of his amber orbs still flashed, but it soon calmed down and went back to the warm flame which Wolfie usually posessed.

"Frost, it's okay." He turned back to Heaven's Angel, letting out a long breath. "Let's... Let's hope so." He still needed the new information on the pack; like if they'd made any alliances, got any new members. His gaze drifted back to his mate. "Anything new I should know about?" He half-hoped there was, but also half-hoped there wasn't. It would show that the pack had been rolling strong even when he'd been gone, and Frost had been coping without him. However, what was so wrong with that?

Oh, God, I'm torn between being happy, and of feeling guilty.

Frost Lake

Heaven's Angel nodded and disappeared into the brush, going to hunt. While Iodine stayed, walking to the clearing. Frost looked at Wolfie, ''Well, We have three new members, Nightcrawler, Timber, and Lilly. Very good additions to the pack. And I went a made an alliance with the Lurkers over in the Alleys they want to meet our pack.. um.. thats about it. Besides the fact i've been moping around here like some ghost or something." she said. Then buried her head in the fur of his neck. Breathing in his scent.

"I needed you all those days you were gone, I wouldnt believe that you were dead. It's like I knew that you werent. I wouldnt let anyone take your place in the pack, cause I knew you'd come back." she said, her tail entwining with his.

Wolfie

Wolfie listened to Frost's short report, trying to regain some of his authority as alpha by straightening himself up and holding his tail high. "When are they going to meet us?" He asked almost harshly, but annoyed at himself, not Frost. However when she pushed herself into his neck fur, he gave in and ducked down, leaning his head on hers. His ears drooped back against his skull, and he closed his eyes. "When are we going to meet them?" He repeated more softly this time. When Frost Lake spoke, Wolfie pushed his body against hers and sighed happily. He knew there was a lot to do, but for now, every single chore and more could wait.

"You probably didn't need me. You don't need me. I know you are strong enough to survive without me, as you've shown here, but... But there is no reason to, and I will never, ever desert you and this pack ever again. You were right to believe that, and I would do the same for you, even if I had to wait forever." Wolfie let her entwine her tail, and he held them both up as a sign that they were back, and no one would ever seperate them again, even in death.

His ears weren't still back against his skull because he was sad. No, they were flopped down because he was as happy as he had ever been, more so.