While the rain continued to poor down onto Aleu's coat she ventured deeper into the forest to try and get an idea of her surroundings. She climbed higher into the mountains, losing her footing in the deep mud on the inclines but she continued on.

Getting to the top of her current slope she could see far and wide. A heard of caribou were grazing down in a valley a great distance away from her. She looked closer and could make out a couple of figures in the trees around them. Wolves.

It was some of the wolves which had separated from the pack. Among them, the brown she wolf. They seemed to be watching and waiting for an opportunity to strike. Aleu could see 4 of them in total and being that it was raining she assumed that these wolves must be hungry to be hunting out in the open in all the mud.

The wolves started their hunt slowly, stalking just as Aleu had earlier that day. The sun was beginning to set now, making it difficult for Aleu to see. She decided to descend down to the valley to get a better view, and maybe offer some help to try and make up for yesterday's events.

The herd began to scatter as a warning call was given. The wolves began their chase, targeting a bull slightly older in age but seemed to still have a bit of go left in him. The pack followed the bull into the trees right where they wanted him, it was much easier to catch up with such a large animal when it was forced to navigate through rough terrain.

They wanted him badly. Ever since the herd and crossed the ice ahead of them they had been left to starve.

"This bull will feed the clan for a few days," the brown she wolf thought to herself as she neared the bull's hind.

Aleu was almost at the bottom of the hill when she saw the caribou heading toward her the pack in close pursuit. She knelt down, so low that she could feel ferns brushing up against her belly.

"If a can help take this caribou down maybe they'll give me and second chance," she hoped. The bull ran closer, not seeing her until it was too late.

Aleu leaped out of the bushes and managed to knock the bull of balance. He tumbled down knocking into a nearby tree. The other wolves were soon on top of him, the brown she wolf finishing the kill. Aleu walked towards them, tail wagging happy to have helped.

A couple of the wolves looked up and gave her a thankful nod. It wasn't much, but she would take it. After the brown she wolf released her grip, she turned to face Aleu.

"Couldn't have just gone for the throat yourself?" She asked annoyed. Her coat was soaked with water and her paws and jaw were tainted with red. The rain above, although slightly covered by the trees, was dripping from her large ears. Her remark took Aleu by surprise, but she felt she was entitled to bit more than just a snarky comment.

"It doesn't matter how it happened, you have your kill either way." Aleu stepped closer, hoping for her own opportunity to eat.

"Not so fast", the she wolf blocked Aleu's path stepping closer to her, "You may have helped catch it, but that doesn't mean you deserve any!"

Aleu bared her teeth. She was getting increasingly ticked off with this chick. What was her problem, she didn't want much, just a couple bites to get her through the next couple days. What she wanted even more than that was to belong, and this wolf was making it more and more difficult.

"I see you have fangs, what side did you get those little things from? Must have been your mother's ha-ha." The wolf laughed and turned around to get herself some of the kill.

"Bitch," Aleu muttered to herself. She turned around and once again became one with the bush.

She didn't understand why this particular wolf was on her case. She had tried to be nice, she knew she had failed as a leader at first, but she didn't know the first thing about leading a pack. Stumbling into another deep forest Aleu searched for some shelter.

It was dark now, and becoming colder by the minute. Trying to stick to the high ground to get a better view of where she was heading Aleu spotted smoke in the distance. Recognising it from her days living near a town, she associated this with humans.

This could be both a good thing and a bad thing for her. Her father and shown her in the past that humans couldn't always be trusted as they weren't always capable of understanding your intentions. Her wolf like colors and build didn't help much either. However this type of loneliness sometimes required a sense of home, and maybe it was better if she did some observations anyway.

It took her a couple hours to make it to within seeing distance. The moon was visible in the sky now amongst all the stars. They puzzled her at first, but she concluded that these were indeed still humans, just a different kind. They worse long thick clothes, with unique patterns she was unfamiliar with. They all seemed to have long black hair which was tied back away from their faces.

Aleu also saw dogs. Smaller than her, and looked like her mother.

"Must be huskies," she thought. She saw the humans gently petting them and offering them food. Her stomach still wasn't full, and the smell was getting to her.

"Maybe this is my chance!" She walked up tail wagging being sure to keep her mouth closed to keep from showing her teeth. She moved forward cautiously and approached the others.

One of the dogs noticed her, and alerted the others with a bark. Soon enough the eyes of seven other dogs were up and watching her to. Aleu was careful to put on a show and act as friendly as possible, knowing it was a risky strategy, but also knowing to trust her instincts.

It wasn't long before a human showed up. He was tall, and strange. He had markings over his face, and a bit of a confused look, which then molded into a friendly one. He turned around and came back a second later with another bowl of food. He walked toward Aleu and she backed off just in case, making sure to mind her own safety. The human seemed to recognise this, and place the bowl down where he then stood. He backed away giving her plenty of room, but then decided to leave again, this time not returning.

Aleu walked up to the bowl and tasted its delicious containments, still making sure to keep the tail wagging, and look up every once and a while. During this time she noticed that the dogs were already ignoring her presence.

Something told her that meant this wasn't a strange occurrence for them. She noted in her mind that if she was ever in need of food that she couldn't find on her own she would check here. She was comforted in knowing that there was still hope and friendship to be found out here in the wild.

She licked her lips and ventured back into the woods with a full belly. Tired and content she laid in a small cave, rested her head on her large paws and drifted into a blissful sleep.

What do you guys think of Aleu's discovery? Do you think that she will ever get back into the pack? Let me know what you think, and I'll be talking to you guys soon!

-Askor