Misty watched as the white and red cub ran along the river. But only she noticed when he swerved back across it and headed into the woods. Everyone else was busy watching Zuko and Ash fight for dominance over the pack. After the fight and tensions were up, she sneaked out of camp.

After ten minutes of walking aimlessly in the woods, she decided to go back. She could never find the trail from the cub all by herself. Just then, something struck her in the back. She yelped in surprise and spun around. There was the cub, looking at her. His fur was up, and he looked an even amount of scared and hostility.

"Promise you won't say anything about me being here or I'll kill you right now!" He swore.

"I promise." Said Misty. The cub seemed to relax a bit. He sat down. "I'm Misty." She said.

"I'm Covu." Said the cub.

"Why did you stay in our territory?"

"I need to survive!" Said the cub in a high voice. "This is the only place in miles that has so many little creatures that I could catch on my own. If I leave this place I'll die!"

"How long have you been here?"

"A couple weeks."

"Wow!" exclaimed Misty. "I'm surprised you haven't been caught until now!"

"Yeah, and I wouldn't have if I hadn't tried to steal one of those rabbits. They were just so close, and I was so hungry!" Just then the wolf looked much younger, and his voice had a wispy tone. "I guess I'll just stick to hunting by myself, although it is still hard in the winter."

Misty took one look at the skinny wolf. "I'll be right back."

"Where are you going?" called the wolf, but Misty was already dashing for the deer carcass. She started ripping off a huge chunk of meat. It took about three minutes, but when she had it, she trotted back to where she left Covu. No one had noticed her missing. When she was walking through the trees, Covu suddenly popped out of nowhere.

"Why didn't you say where-" He stopped when he saw the meat she was carrying.

"Here," She said, laying the meat down. "You looked hungry so I thought I'd bring you something."

"THANK YOU!" shouted the wolf cub, and started tearing at the meat. There was not a scrap left by the time he was done. He lie down, content in his eyes.

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Sasha watched from her den as Scout slowly open her eyes and sat blinking. As if she just remembered something, she suddenly tried to stand, but fell down. She looked around and spotted the body of Cadoc under a bush. She painfully crawled over to him and sat down. Scout began licking Cadoc's bloody fur, trying to quicken the healing process.

Sasha looked away. Not only was having two members of her pack not able to fight bad enough, they would not be able to make the trip as soon as she wanted.

"Do not be Afraid, Cadoc. I am with you. Come to me, and you will a happy life without fear of starving. Travel over the mountains to me, and you will safe. Come to me…"

After about two hours, Cadoc woke up. He looked around confused. He remembered what had happened that morning, and looked around. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Scout sleeping next to him. He felt a searing pain on his side and looked down. His side had been covered with snow. He could see red snow around him where his pack members had replaced the blooded snow with fresh ones. The last thing he remembered was attacking the bear after it had charged Scout. He knew he couldn't let it touch her.

Scout had a bloody jaw, and he thought her leg might be broken. It oozed blood and was at an awkward angle. She had a few scratches on her side as well. He knew he had heard something. He cursed himself that he didn't look closer and had taken the chance which could have been fatal.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Sasha walking towards them. She sat down and examined him.

"The prey you caught was much needed, although I cost you dearly. You and Scout are free to eat as much as you like first." Sasha then went away and came back, dragging the deer carcass. Cadoc gratefully dug in. Halfway through, he woke up sleeping Scout. She seemed so relieved that he was alright. After she sorted her thoughts through her mind, she too ate.

The two ate like they never ate before. They ate until their stomach was so bloated it was uncomfortable to lie on. After they were done, Sasha dragged away the carcass and ate with the rest of the pack members, including Taggerung. He had brought back his squirrel, and was chowing down on the deer. There was little fighting over food, everyone was too shocked over the day's events. After the deer was gone, Dewdrop and Nighthawk buried their squirrel for later.

Cadoc thought about the voice that had entered his head while he was asleep. Was it just a dream? Or had there actually been a voice telling him to travel over the mountains to the place where he had heard so much about?

After he built up his strength, he painfully walked over to Sasha.

"Sasha." He said. She looked up at him.

"What is it, Cadoc?"

"We need to travel over the mountain."

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Every day since then, Misty went out to meet with Covu and to bring him food. After a week, he started to look much better, and was much stronger. Since the meat Misty gave him wasn't enough for him to live off of, he still had to hunt for himself. Misty often found feathers or scraps of fur near the home-made den Covu had made.

Her mother, Daisy, knew she went out every day, but why, she didn't know. Misty was growing fast, and was soon able to catch food for herself. Her light grey coat grew thicker, and she was less cold at night. Her paws started to get a darker color to them, and her claws grew longer. When she and Covu fought, she still could not beat him, but was able to hold her own for a good period of time. She practiced hunting and building up her Stamina every day.

She walked into the hollow trunk stuffed with dead leaves, which made up Covu's home.

"Odd…" she whispered to herself. Covu was always here every day, at this exact time. She sniffed around. She smelled something funny, but could not figure out what it was. Then she saw it. Blood. Heart pounding, she followed the smell until she came to a dense forest. She had never been here before. The forest gave off a spooky air, with bushes and thorns growing out of the thick, dead tree limbs. The smell suddenly grew strong and she turned around just in time to see a red tail appear out of a den. There was a squeal form inside the den.

"Covu!" She shouted.