Rowan:

Star nudged me awake.

"Fawn brought back some friends," she whispered, harshly.

I shook my head; Star wasn't too big a fan of the cervitaurs. "Be nice," I scolded, getting up.

I headed over to the group, smiling.

"Hi, I'm Rowan," I greeted "I see you've already met Fawn."

The girl smiled shyly, while the boy stared warily at me.

"This is Rose and Red," Fawn said.

"Nice to meet you," I said, nodding.

"They were wondering if they could stay with us," Fawn said.

"Only for a little while," Red put in.

"Sure," I said "It'll be nice to have more help around here."

"Come one," Fawn said "I'll introduce you to everyone else."

Before either of them could say anything, she was dragging them over to Keesh's and Snow's shared den.

I smiled, Fawn was kind, but, like Freddy said, she could be a bit overwhelming.

I returned to the center of the clearing and dozed off with the sun warm on my back.


I grabbed a girl's hand and ran. I heard an angry shout and tried to go faster.

"Take Jay and run!" I heard Rose shout.

"Yeah, we'll hold him off," Red agreed.

Freddy ran alongside me, holding a young boy's hand. I couldn't make out either the boy's or girl's faces.

"I'll take Jay back to the clearing, you help distract Jet," Freddy said.

I nodded and let Freddy take the girl's hand. I turned around and ran back in the direction we came. I saw a large black centaur and charged at him. I snapped at his legs, but made sure to avoid his hooves.

Suddenly, both Star and Fang were at my side, nipping his ankles and dodging his blows. We kept this up for quite a while.

Then the centaur was able to get in a blow.

He reared up, catching Star upside the head and she fell back. I snarled and bit down hard on his hind leg. He stumbled and turned to face me. I took off, him chasing after me.