I am standing on the large slip of ice on our new island. I'm standing here because I am on a walk with Sierra, exploring the land we found.
Right now, I'm stuck beneath Shira's large yet soft paws. Her breath slithered across my orangish face, almost like a cool breeze on a hot day. She was smiling her "kitty" grin, a smirk forming on her beautiful white face.
"Not so powerful now, Softie?" she teased me, jumping backwards to let me catch my escaped breath and stand to my paws. I looked serious for a moment, then pounced at her and we rolled along the ice until we bumped into Peaches. By now, she was more mature then when we arrived. Ethan was standing beside her. From my point of view right now, it looked as if they had the same idea as me and Shira. I flipped over, grinning sheepishly at the two mammoths.
"Sorry about that, Shira and I were just practicing our fighting skills!" I said, protecting our walk from being exposed.
"No, I think you were doing something else. Oh well, it doesn't matter now. So, what are you guys up to, other than a romantic stroll down the ice?" Peaches replied, lifting and eyebrow and winking at Shira, who blushed just slightly beneath her tough fur.
"I was thinking of building a den for Shira and I inside of this mountain wall here. If we find a mud spot, we can dig out a nice space that is big enough for the both of us, and the sun can dry the mud once we finish," I said, anxious to get away from Manny's daughter. I had things to do with Shira!
"Awesome! Glad you found something to do. Me and Ethan were just exploring the land here, because we haven't had the time, with my mom being all bossy over cleaning our ice ship. I don't know why we have to clean it, because we don't even use it anymore! I don't see the use." Peaches turned her head to Ethan, who looked back at her and shrugged. Ethan then looked to me and smiled.
"Enjoying your manly life?" he joked, trying to be friendly. The feud over territory we had not long ago was not fun to go through, but we made up, and we are friends again. Anyways, we are growing a nice relationship.
"I guess it's nice, being able to run all over this land without running out of it!" I responded, slightly embarrassed about talking about this in front of the females. My teeth gleamed in the setting sun, shining into Shira's eyes, whom closed her eyes and shook her head, which I could see out of the corner of my eye.
"Yeah, it's amazing, ain't it? Well, Peaches and I better be going. We want to get some nice parts of this territory covered before the sun goes completely down!" Ethan said, nodding his goodbyes and moving past us as they walked up the ice.
I turned to Shira, who smiled at me and licked my ear. "We have to get going ourselves if we want to make a den before it is too dark!" I nodded and ran ahead, sliding on the ice slip but catching myself with my colossal claws. I made some ice shavings, which sprayed into Shira's eyes.
"What is with you and my eyes?" she teased, shaking the now melted water out of her blue eyes and making her earrings jingle.
"Just my awesomeness wants you to notice I'm here more often!" I teased back, padding along until I found a soft spot in the mountain wall, around the corner from the ice. "Hey, let's dig here! If it really is a mud spot, we can dig here and the sun can wake us up in the morning, without it shining into our eyes!" I suggested, starting to claw my way through the rocky mud. It came out smoothly, even though some pebbles got stuck in my pads. I ignored them and kept digging until I found the mod spot was deep enough for us to make a big den. "Hey, look at that!"
Shira smiled at me, and together we dug out a quite big den, larger than I imagined. We also dug two tunnels, both a few inches from the entrance. The left one led to a smaller room for a couple sabers to fit in, which could be Shira and I's room. The right tunnel led to a food storage area. Anyways, by the time we got it done, the sky was dark, and I could see the rest of the herd asleep in the huge den they found in another hill. Sighing slightly, I padded into the left tunnel to find that Shira had already fallen asleep on the moss bed. I smiled and chuckled quietly, curling my body around hers as I fell into a deep sleep.