I was awoken by the sun shinning in my face. I tried to block the sun out of my face by covering my face with my paws, but it did not work. I opened my eyes having my vision a little blurry. I rubbed my eyes with my paws so I could see straight. my vision finally cleared and I began to get up slowly stretching my hidden muscles under my rugged fur. As I stretched I could also hear bones cracking throughout my body. As I finished stretching and stood up I noticed that the den was empty. 'Probably hunting.' I thought to myself thinking of Earl. Right then I heard the sound of something being dragged on the ground. I looked to the entrance of the den and saw Earl walking in with a caribou. "Mornin dad." I said. "Don't you mean good afternoon, it's already about midday." He said while chuckling. "Well the thing I've been through recently I think I deserve a good night sleep." I said half jokingly half depressed while looking at the ground trying not to cry from the memories. I have been trying to keep in my tears as much as possible. Earl saw my depressing look on my face and frowned. "I'm sorry I didn't mean to upset you." He said to me while bringing me into a hug. I told him that I would be fine and gave him a reassuring smile.
After he was done hugging me we went over to the meal he caught and began to eat. We really didn't say much just a little small talk. I guess I was really hungry because I was still eating while Earl finished. He chuckled at how hungry I was but didn't say anything because it would just go to why I hadn't eat'n for a while which would just lead me to think about her. As I was finishing eating I had a question pop into my head. "Hey dad you remember those wolfs you were talking about." He laughed at this,"how could I forget them they've saved my ass plenty of times, plus that Andy wolf he could make you laugh your butt off or just be an annoying idiot." He said still laughing at the memory of his friends. "Well why aren't they here?" I asked while tilting my head. When I said that his facial expression changed from a happy one to a sad one. "I honestly have no idea were they are, I asked them if they would help me find you and they agreed because no one should be separated from family. But the world is cruel and one day we were caught in a fierce blizzard and I haven't seen them since." He finished with a sad look on his face. I felt bad for this wolf, always doing good yet something comes and messes it up, well mow come to think of it that is just like me too. I also thought about my three best friends from Jasper and how we were just like brothers. I smiled at the memory of my friends. Then I grew an even bigger smile when an Idea popped into my head.
I was thinking out all the details with a smile on my face. I guess the smile was bigger than I thought because I heard Earl laughing and he asked why I had a giant smile on my face. "Oh I was just thinking of something..." I said. He moved his paw in a circular motion telling me to continue telling him my plan. "Well you seem to really miss your friend and I would really like to meet them and since you found me, or I found you..well that's not the point, my point is how about we have a little adventure to find your little gang of friends." I said still with a smile. Earl also had a big smile plastered on his face,"Really you would do that for me." I nodded yes and said,"That's what family is for." He got up and pulled me into a big hug. "Dad…can't...breath." I managed to get out. He let me go and said sorry and of course I forgave him.
Thats when I felt something hit my head. I looked behind me and saw my two favorite birds. "Well isn't that a way to get someone's attention." Marcel laughed out. "You know a simile hello or something that doesn't involve pain would suffice." I said also laughing a bit. "But what is the fun in that." Paddy said. "Good point." I replied still laughing a bit. "But any way my furry friend, I couldn't help but over hear your little plan and I was wondering if we could join you on your quest for your missing friends." Marcel said. I looked at Earl and he shrugged, so i turned to them and told them that they could join, we could use the ariel view. They told us their thanks, and I told them to get some rest because we would leave in the morning. They nodded their heads said goodnight and flew off. After they left I looked out the den and saw that the sun was going down. 'Wow time flies.' I thought to myself as I began to eat the left over caribou for dinner. I was soon joined by Earl and we began to eat our fair share. We got done eating leaving enough for breakfast in the morning before we set off.
After we got done eating Earl went to the back of the den, but I had a different plan to spend my night. I left my den just as the moon was coming up. I decided to try to look for a tall mountain or hill peak. I looked around for about thirty minutes before i found what I was looking for. I made my way up to the top of the mountain. Once I got there I was awe stricken by the beautiful view I saw. I took it all in every sight, sound, and smell. After I was done enjoying the scenery I tilted my head back and began to howl out my emotions. My howl was just like the one with the train ride back with Kate, except this one was filled with sorrow and despair. It was so powerful that any creature that could hear it would be in tears from knowing how much pain I was in from my heart being broken. After about thirty minutes of howling I finally stopped with tears coming out of my eyes. I then whispered to myself,"Even though you are with someone else I will always love you with all my heart Kate." I felt more tears come out of my eyes but I tried to suck it up. I turned around only to see Earl, Marcel, and Paddy starring at me with tears in their eyes.
"you really miss her don't you." Earl asked. That's when I just broke down. I just lied down balling and said," yes I miss her so much." I caws crying real hard from all of the emotions I tried to hide. Earl came up to me and hugged me and let me cry into his chest. "That's it just let it all out." Earl said in a calming voice. After about ten minutes of none stop crying I finally pulled myself together hugged Earl and thanked him for his support. We then went back to the den and I fell into a well deserved sleep.