Darkness lay like a soft blanket over the valley. The small pack had settled down not a few hours ago from a hard two days' trek. Though bellies rumbled, they managed to play a little, the light gray male leading the romp with the gray female. The only two apprehensive about the interaction were the wolf and the large yellow dog with the short snout.

"Razer?" A deep and smooth voice whispered. The she-dog turned to look at the white wolf trying to sleep behind her. His left ear was chipped from a long ago fight, his muzzle scarred from years of battle. But his blue eyes were calm and soft. The black she-dog smiled and moved toward her friend, leaving behind the pack she had been watching.

"Yes, Walker?" She whined, rolling over in front of him. He smirked at her youth. He had only known her for a week, but already he treasured her companionship. He had spent months and months alone after his pack had been destroyed. He had heard of a pack in the Frontier Valley and had only made it there to find the valley underwater. That is where the two had met. She was lost and looking for her identity, the only clue being 'Razer'. So they had begun a journey of their own, to find a pack or a place to live. It had been the day before when they had become aware that they were following another pack. Unsure as to whether the pack was friendly or not, the two decided to keep their distance for a while.

"Are you sure these wolves are friendly?" The white wolf asked. He was worried for the female, she was too trusting. She had immediately trusted him, something that, had he been another kind of wolf, he could've easily taken advantage of. "They don't seem overly fond of each other."

"Oh, Walker. You worry too much. Didn't you see them playing together?" She tried to reason. The need to belong tugged at her being. "I need a pack, what if these wolves are the perfect match?"

"Razer…you know that you and I could be a pack, right?" Walker yawned, rolling onto his side.

"A pack of two? That just doesn't seem right." She mused. She looked at him, their muzzles almost touching, and a moment passed. "Please, Walker? If it doesn't work out by tomorrow we will move on. I promise." Walker's blue eyes narrowed.

"Alright. Tomorrow we'll go down into the valley and talk to them."

Skip

"Razer, do you mind if I sleep here tonight?" Aya's soft voice whispered in the night. The light-sleeping wolf lifted his head and looked in her direction. She faded out of the shadows into his line of sight.

"Not at all…but why?" He asked suspiciously. The light gray dog looked down at her paws.

"Actually, I have a few questions." She murmured. Razer's ears perked.

"Ask ahead, then. I may not answer then all though." Razer grunted.

"Why are you still here?" Her first question was direct, catching the wolf off guard.

"Well, I have nowhere else to go. Atrocitus certainly wouldn't take me back, not after helping your pathetic little pack." The wolf snarled. Aya smiled and sat down, her tail neatly wrapping forward.

"It is your pack, as well, Razer." She woofed calmly. "Why are you so easily angered?"

"I have great rage in my heart, dog…Aya." He corrected, calming himself. Just looking into her hypnotic green eyes embarrassed him for his behavior.

"But you can lose that rage, can you not?" Her voice was soft, Razer felt his heartbeat slow, then his mind registered her question.

"No…it is not that simple." He growled. "If it was do you not think I would have let it go sooner?"

"Well, I had always assumed that you wanted to be angry." She growled softly, her head tilting in curiosity. Razer huffed in amusement.

"No. I know this anger is going to be my death. I know it is slowly eating up what little of a heart I have left."

"Can I help?" She asked, standing and moving toward him. Immediately Razer recoiled. He had not eve brushed fur with another wolf outside of battle since he had lost Ilana. He was not about to start.

"You can leave me in piece." He gruffed ad turned his back to her, laying down to sleep. She stood there for a moment.

"Oh…" She muttered quietly. After a minute more of silence, she turned back to the others, laying next to her brother. "Oh."

Skip

Walker was running. The sky all around him was dark, dark blue. But there were no stars to illuminate his path. Suddenly trees sprouted up from the ground on either side of him, their line coming closer and closer. They were all around him. A tree sprouted up under his paws. Desperate, Walker leapt, just barely clearing the tree. He landed already rolling, everything around him disappearing into a blur. When he stopped, he looked up and saw his pack. There they were, alive and healthy. But a large red wolf leapt on them all, swallowing them whole. Walker cried out in anguish as the red wolf howled. From the red wolf's mouth a canine figure slipped. It rolled across the ground to rest at Walker's paws. He looked away for a moment to see the immense red wolf disappear. A squeak drew his attention to the animal at his feet. It was the black she-dog. Her tail thumped once before she leapt to her paws and ran. He followed, everything around him a blur again. An abrupt collision stopped him. His muzzle smarting, he looked up to see a great deer of some kind. The antlers were enormous, arcing out over the dwarfed white wolf. Behind the deer stood the black female, her green eyes blazing. She and the deer opened their mouths to speak, their voices twining around each-other's.

"Wake up and find Mogo."

Skip

Walker jolted awake, his breath labored and his tongue dry from panting. Above him stood Razer, a look of concern on her face. Behind her the sun was high in the sky.

"Walker, are you alright?" She barked. A smile spread across his muzzle as he sat up and shook his anxiety away.

"Yes…wait, why didn't you wake me? I must have slept half the day away." He yawned, stretching himself out and relaxing.

"The pack left before dawn, so I figured I'd let you sleep. By the time you started panicking, I couldn't wake you at all." She explained, still worried. "What were you dreaming about, though?"

Walker became serious. "We have a new mission, I believe." He muttered. "We must find an elk named Mogo…"

Sorry there was so little canon in this chapter, I will get back to it, I promise! I just needed to set up a new arc. You have any questions, just put them in your comments and I will answer you.