in the middle of a forest stood both Balto and Snow. The trees' shadow was cast over them as they were hidden in the brush, "now get ready to pounce as quickly as possible," instructed the wolfdog, "okay papa," following out the order, Snow pounced deeper into the bush, "ow!" Yelled a femine voice. Rushing into where the pup had lunged, a wolf pup was under the dog's paws, "s-sorry!" He yelped, jumping off, "you need to watch where you're going!" Yelled the cub, "Snow, we need to run, wolves must've heard her and-" he stopped, taking a look at the shaking bushes.

The two pups stared at each other for several minutes as the older canine had fixed his focus on the bush, "Suki! Are you okay… state your business mutts," Balto's heart began racing as what looked to be a wolf, with several others at his flank. The one that had spoken was seemingly the alpha, "you see sir, Balto here was just teaching me to hunt and I accidentally landed on this pup," the pup kept his head held low in a submissive manner, "is this true, my daughter?" If he could sweat, the wollf-dog would be sweating anvils, "well papa, I find it hard to believe a dog would even be able to teach, let alone hunt," she took a look at Snow, he kept his eyes focused on the alpha, "from his demeanor when he pinned me down, it was probably just a fluke," the alpha nodded.

He looked directly at Balto for a mere moment, then looked at the mutt pup before him, "for a dog, you seemed well mannered, tell me, what is your name, "m-my name is Snow, sir, "now drop the formalities, you may call me Shinrock," the wolf's expression changed to a bit more of a relaxed voice. He gestured Balto to come over, "if you wish we can let you visit our densite, you're looking a bit… thin, your kid too, "thank you for the offer Shinrock," with a swift head motion, the group started walking to their new destination. Taking the chance to know the husky pup better, Suki walked by Snows side.

His ears seemed to be panning around for some reason, "so… what's it like being a human's pet?" She asked, "I wouldn't know, got tossed out when it was too expensive to take care of my whole litter. Being a runt means I was first to go," the husky looked at the sky. Taking his eyes off the sun, "so, why were you wandering so close to the outskirts of the forest? "Just exploring," suddenly an idea sprung in her head. Tagging him with her paw, she ran ahead, "you're it!"the Snow immediately began grinning, and ran after her.