Book 4

We had traveled quite a ways from where our clan had once lived and where traveling through mountains. We had seen a human village and risked getting close to see if we could find any shelter. We met a strange wolf-human creature who said her name was Moony. She said that she was staying in a shed nearby and that we were welcome to stay with her until the storm was over.

"I'm worried for my cubs," my sister, Wisp, said. "They're too young to handle this cold."

I nodded. "They might not make it through the night."

Blaze snarled at me. "You're not helping, you idiot!"

I shrugged. "I'm just telling the truth."

Blaze opened his mouth to say more, but Shooter came forward.

"We shouldn't fight, it only makes it worse," he said and we all just stared at him.

"Mommy, I'm scared," came the voice of Polaris "I mean, what if the roof falls in, or the furnace explodes, or a fire traps us?"

I rolled my eyes. "First, yes the roof may fall in from the snow, but humans seem compitant enough to build for this sort of weather. Second, the furnace doesn't even work. And third, there's snow everywhere! I don't think a fire is going to pop up out of nowhere!"

Wisp chuckled. "No, sweetie, we'll be fine, don't worry."

"But-"

I interupted her. "Nope! Nothing will happen, now go to bed before *I* kill you!"

"Taurus!" Came the furious reply from my sister.

I winced, she had never gotten *this* mad at me before.

"Sorry," I muttered and turned back to the door and watched the snow coming down.

The wooden door on the shed had a latch, but it was bent at an odd angle and wouldn't hold the door shut, so the door was blown back and banged on the outside of the shed.

Moony entered the shed.

"Wow, it's really blowing out there," she said, smiling.

"Really? I hadn't noticed," I replied, sarcastically.

My sister stepped foreward. "You'll have to forgive my brother," she said "He's a bit grumpy."

Moony nodded. "I could see how you could be going a bit crazy, being cooped in here, and all."

"It's not being here that has me going crazy," I muttered. I couldn't wait to get moving again.

## Chapter 1

**Freddy:**

I wove bramble tendrals into the wall of the camp. Everyone had been helping out to get things back to the way things used to be.

Kip, Becca, and Randy, were collecting ivy, Reina, Red, and Jay were collecting sticks, Fang, Crow, Alcor, and Snow were collecting brambles, and the rest of us were working on the camp.

After the flood, the lake had ended up bordering the camp and the river cut through the middle of the camp instead of just around it. The river had also veered so it created an island out of the clearing.

Pine and I had worked together to push boulders into the river to create stepping stones for the smaller members of the group. It took forever to dig up the trees blocking the new entrance to the camp, but eventually, we had knocked them down and cleared them out of the way.

I hissed in pain as a pricked myself with one of the thorns. I shook if off and went back to work.

## Chapter 2

**Randy:**

I leaped from one tree to another, getting ivy that was high up in the trees. I grabbed a handful of ivy and stashed it into my backpack. I was about to carry on, but the sun glinting off something down below caught my attention.

I lept down and landed lightly. I bent over to see a human device in a puddle. I recognized it as one that played music. I picked it up and shook it off. I set my backpack and took out a baggie filled with rice. Hopefully it wasn't too far gone to be useful.

I entered camp and dropped my backpack at Freddy's hooves.

"All the ivy you could want!" I said, proudly.

He picked up my backpack and tipped it upside-down.

"Now, don't do....." the contents of my bag hit the ground. "...that." I sighed. "Never mind."

He picked up the baggie with the music player in it. "And what exactly is this?" He asked.

"What?!" I said, raising my hands in defense "I found it! I swear!"

"Yeah, sure," He said, handing it to me.

I put the baggie back into my backpack and picked up the rest of the stuff that Freddy had dumped out.

"Hey you!"

I jumped. I spun around to see Rose behind me.

"Whatcha get me *this* time?" she asked, hopefully.

I dug through my pack until I found the hot pink yarn that I had snagged. "Here ya go!" I said, handing the balls to her.

She grinned and ran over to her newly built den. She began weaving the yarn into the walls of her den, finishing the rainbow pattern.

I shook my head, out of everyone in this little rag-tag group, I liked Rose the most. She had creativity and she actually apreciated the things I brought back from the town.

I felt a tug on my shirt and I looked down to see kip holding the board game I got for him.

"Can you play with me?" he asked.

I shook my head. "Sorry, not right now. I have to get back to work, maybe later, okay?"

He nodded. "Okay!"