"Sure," the light blue vixen said cheerfully, "and if you were worried that I would've turned you down, because we're of different species you shouldn't have been. I don't mind actually, because well strangely enough.. believe it or not, I am half wolf."

"Really?" Ash said enthusiastically, "that's so cool!"

"Thanks, it's actually because of my father, he was a wolf. I have an older brother he's a wolf, a sister that's also a wolf, and another brother which is something of a hybrid, not big enough to be considered a wolf yet not small enough to seem like a fox."

"So," Ash began, "he looks like a coyote?"

Caleb face-palmed again.

"Dude did you seriously just call her brother a stupid coyote?"

Alyssa giggled at the notion.

"Yeah, I guess that's a better way of putting it." She replied smiling.

"So? She liked it didn't she?" Ash inaudibly teased at his brother.

"Psh, lucky break." Caleb scoffed.

Ash smiled as he gained confidence from his minuscule progress.

"That's pretty cool," he began, "I knew when I saw you that you were more than an ordinary fox."

This statement flattered Alyssa, but this feeling was quickly extinguished by a single thought.

"I hope I won't be getting in the way of you and your um, brother. What was his name again?"

"No, not at all!" Ash said assuredly clearing all worries in Alyssa's mind in regards to that issue. "And his name is Caleb."

"Also," he continued, "Caleb and I had no real plans. We were basically riding the wind I guess."

Caleb grimaced at the thought and Ash's easygoing response prompted a little apprehension in him for he knew that wasn't exactly what Alyssa meant.

Nova had opened her eyes to the morning sunrise as she noticed that she had slept on the outcropping. She picked her self up and made her way back to the Healers Den, when she arrived she noticed that Alyssa and Ash were missing, but before she could confront the head healer about their whereabouts a conversation nearby caught her ear.

"I was told that a fox named Alyssa was here." said a female wolf who was talking to a healer, she was a whitish grey-toned wolf with streaks of cyan that ran down her back blending into her flanks and surrounding fur.

Nova intriguingly made her way over to the conversation.

"Does she have white fur?" She interrupted, the wolf instantly shifting her attention toward her, "With like a light-bluish tint?"

Her eyes lit up.

"You've met her?" She responded, "Do you know where she is?"

"Depends on who's asking?" Nova replied cautiously.

"I'm sorry, where are my manners," the female wolf said slightly embarrassed by her behavior, "my name is Allena and I'm her.."

"Sister." Nova said finishing her sentence.

"Do I.. know you?" Allena said quizzically.

"No but," She began, "I know your sister, we're friends, and she's told me about you. I don't know where she is now, but she's supposed to be here, which is actually the reason why I am here."

"Is that right." Allena replied.

"Yeah, I could help you find her if you want me to," Nova suggested, "she can't be to far off."

"That would be excellent." She affirmed.

Ash and Alyssa were making their way in the general direction of the Healers Den for they knew if Nova had returned that's where she would be. Along the way the two engaged in varying topics about their lives, hobbies, favorite wild game etc. but their chat was cut short by two wolves approaching them one being a tan female wolf and other one was a dark gray male. The female was slightly larger than the male in which they inferred was an alpha.

"So you guys are the visitors that were attacked by the rogue wolves." Spoke the male.

"Yeah, Garth told us all about it," Added the female, "My name is Kate and this is my mate Humphrey."

"I'm Ash and this is Alyssa," Ash responded, "nice to meet you two."

"Likewise," Humphrey began, "and real assholes they are, we've been seeing many factions of rogue wolves pop up around Jasper lately."

"What crooks," Caleb snarled, "As if they didn't have anywhere else to be."

"Yeah, we hope you didn't get a bad perspective on our territory from your unwarranted encounter with those degenerates." Kate added.

"No, not at all," Alyssa assured, "we actually like it here, it's beautiful."

"As a matter fact," Humphrey began, "weren't there three of y-"

"Alyssa!?"

Shouted a familiar female voice nearby cutting off Humphrey's sentence.

"I don't believe it," Allena continued, now trotting up to the group along side Nova, "Alyssa is it really you?"

"Allena!?" She responded gleefully, pulling her sister into an embrace, "It's been so long."

"You too.. know each other?" Kate questioned.

"Do we? We're siblings!" Allena answered.

"Woah," Humphrey began, a bit confused, "what an interesting reunion."

"Well Humphrey and I will be on our way," his mate said, "we hope the three of you enjoy your stay here."

"Ok, and nice meeting you to again." Ash responded

"Wow, long time no see sis," Allena teased, "So how's the 'lone' life been treating you?"

"Pretty well I suppose," Alyssa responded, "as you can see I've made friends along the way."

"I've noticed," the sister said gleefully, now turning her attention toward Ash, "now let me guess he's your special friend huh?"

Alyssa and Ash both blushed at the implication, both to embarrassed to address the claim.

"Aww, you two lovebirds," Allena continued, "so what did you all have planned for today?"

The crew shot uncertain glances at each other as if one or the other had an answer to the question.

"So... nothing? Well why don't I show you guys around?" Allena suggested, now leaving with the group following along without objection.