Ryder watched as the pups pulled the sled up from the river. "Snowflake! Don't fall in the river anymore!" Everest barked. "S-sorry Everest." The shivering pup whined. "How'd the sled get in there dudes?" Zuma barked from behind. "I'm not sure but I'm glad Snowflake's alright." Marshall barked a reply. Ryder looked at the pups. "We're going through so much. I'm not sure we're going to be able to find him." His eyes got watery. "Wait?" barked Tracker, "shouldn't the bears be hibernating? It's winter." Everest nodded. Then he continued, "Then why are they out? Must be a reason." Everest bounced, "There's probably something blocking their cave, or they were hungry." Tracker nodded, "Let's go and check why the bears are out guys." They all nodded and sighed, walking away from the river.
Chase woke up, lying in the snow beneath the tree. A tree branch lay across his back. Chase looked at the tree branch, and shut his eyes in pain. He looked between the trees and saw the sun high in the sky. "Noon" he mumbled. He coughed, his throat sore. He looked around, noticing something moving. He heard a gasp, then his name. "Chase! Don't run off like that!" He looked over and saw his mom. "Mom," He said in a hoarse voice. Clover was behind her. Chase's mom looked around. "Where's Redwood and Cinnamon?" Chase looked up, "They're not with you?" Sage shook her head. Chase tried getting up, but the tree branch continued to dig in his skin. He yelped in pain. Clover ran up to him, and Sage and her lifted it off the pup. Chase limped away from it. Clover growled, "Why'd you leave? You had perfectly good dogs healing you! Am I not good enough?" Chase was tooken a back. He'd never heard Clover growl before, "I well um," Clover stormed off. Sage helped Chase get to his paws, and they walked out of the forest. Sage helped him lay down. "I'm going to go find Redwood and Cinnamon, you stay here." Chase nodded and his mother ran off. Chase sighed and got up. He walked back into the forest and walked to Clover, who was behind a tree. "Clover, I didn't mean it like that." Clover said something, but Chase didn't hear. "Clover, your a great healer." She continued to look away from Chase. Chase whined, "Clover I really am sorry. I didn't mean it lik-" Clover got up and looked right at Chase. She growled, "I wish I never picked you up in that snow! You never wanted to help me, and all I get is that I'm not good with healing? That's just harsh. You never NEVER once said that you wanted me to help you! I wish I would have stayed with my pack! With my dad! He's actually better than you! He knows what to do." She continued to growl, Chase didn't listen to the cutting words coming from her mouth. Clover stopped, staring at Chase. She growled, "I should have let you die a long time ago." She jumped at Chase, who was wincing by the tree, but the pup never came. The pup was staring at her paws, until she ran off when Chase made eye contact with her. Chase's jaw hung open as he saw the pup run away in the distance. He got up and limped over to where his mother had laid him down. He sat, anxious for when they would get back. He saw Sage return with Cinnamon and Redwood. He got up and wagged his tail. "B-brover!" Cinnamon ran towards Chase. Chase smiled until he saw her face. "W-What happened to her eye?" Redwood walked over, "A bear, thankfully she knew how to play died." They laughed and sat there for a while.
Redwood's ears perked. The family was now lying down together and Cinnamon was asleep. Clover broke through the trees. "R-run! W-wolves!" Redwood and Sage quickly got up, along with Chase who slowly got up. Sage got Cinnamon's scruff in real jaws and they ran. They could now hear the wolves, and ran faster. Chase quickly fell behind because of his leg. He still half limped, half ran, but it wasn't very fast. He continued to try to catch up though. Redwood looked behind him, seeing the wolves burst out of the forest. He looked forward and saw the river. He turned quickly, along with the rest of them. He had to find some kind of stepping stones. Chase just now turned at the river, but turned left, the other direction as the others. "If I can get them to follow me, mom and dad and Cinnamon and Clover will be fine." Chase shook the thought away and ran. A little bit of half of the wolves still followed. He ran into another side of the forest, branches bursting in his face. He didn't see the wolves, but he continued to run. He stopped, seeing things moving in the distance. He heard speaking. He quietly limped over behind a bush, trying to hear what they were saying. "We'll never find him." He heard a whimpered. "Marshall?" Chase thought. Then he heard a growl, he looked behind him. Shadows of wolves were near the edge of the forest. Chase gasped, looking at the talking figures to the wolves. He jumped out from hiding, and ran in front of the two figures. "Ryder and Marshall! Run! Wolves!" He barked before limping and running away from the wolves. The boy and the Dalmatian quickly followed behind, and soon caught up to Chase. "Chase! It's you!" Chase didn't respond to Marshall. They continued to run until Chase fell, his back leg stung with pain. "Gahhh!" He screamed in pain. Marshall stopped, looking back at Chase. Ryder stopped as well. The wolves still burst through the forest. "Not leaving you!" Ryder picked up Chase and continued to run. Marshall followed behind. They made it out of the forest, snow at their paws and feet. The wolves had stopped following them. Ryder set down the pup in his hands and looked at the rugged dog. He had wounds and dry body splatted on his body. "R-Ryder," Chase coughed. "Chase! Oh my dog! Skye will be so happy." Marshall stood there, his mouth gaping open. He couldn't believe his eyes. Ryder looked at Marshall. "Call the lookout. Get Skye and her helicopter and Everest and her rescue sled. Oh and Rocky and some rope." Marshall nodded, his pup tag flashing up. Chase coughed, and winced as Ryder touched his leg. "Chase boy, this legs looks horrible." Chase only rested his head on the snowy ground. "Looks infected if you ask me." Marshall barked. He was now done with calling the two female pups and Rocky. Ryder laid down next to Chase. Marshall kept eyes out for wolves. Marshall barked, "Dog!" Chase carefully got up and looked into the foggy view. There was a dog shape, and the dog was limping. The dog made it out of the fog and Chase suddenly relized who it was. "Tucker!" He barked. Tucker only limped over to him. Chase looked behind Tucker, and there was several other dogs. "Chase!" One barked. Other dogs laid down, as they were panting. Ryder sat there with his eyes wide. "It's okay Ryder, they won't hurt you." Chase limped over to Tucker, who was now lying on the ground in agony, holding his front paw. "C-chase we went back to the den, b-but there were wolves and-" "it's alright. As long as everyone's safe." Mountian came into view, "Not everyone." Chase looked at the St. Bernard confused. "We lost Fluffy, in the ferocious pack of wolves." The dogs looked down. "We got some new recruits though. Here's Crow, Vine, Marigold, Owl, Camel, And Apple." The dogs barked a hello. There was Crow, A black male pit bull, Vine, a female Doberman, Marigold, a female spaniel, Owl, a male Greyhound with light brown fur, Camel, a male Jake russel, And Apple, a female labradoodle. Chase laid back down, and Marshall looked the injured dogs over. Suddenly they heard a helicopter in the distance and saw Everest pull up in her snow cat. "Chase!" She barked, hopping out of the vehicle. "Does Skye know?" Ryder shook his head. Rocky pulled up as well, "Chase!" He barked in excitement. "Rocky get the rope I asked you to bring, Everest get your rescue sled out. I know it would be easy to have him just ride in the sled, but it'll be faster with the helicopter. Skye I need you and your hook." Skye barked and sent her hook down. Once Rocky put the rope on the edges of the sled, and put Velcro on it like a stretcher to make sure Chase didn't fall out of it, he tied a knot at the top so Skye could connect it. Skye took the helicopter hook and put it through the knot hole. Chase got strapped in, and Skye lifted the helicopter. "Finally going to see home" Chase thought to himself.