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Darkness swooped down over the lands, concealing many things from view and all which remained were the shadows. These, the things nightmares were made of, at least for the young and even those all alone. Overhead however, as the thin gray clouds parted, a thin ray of light burst forth and caressed the surface of the Earth. The only sounds which could be heard was the chirruping of the crickets and cicadas, and more sporadically perhaps the hoot of an owl.

Kayeli, a young wolf with a brown coat with just a splash here and there of black stood watching from below. The moon seemed so far away, and yet she almost believed that she could touch it at that moment, for it was so large and orange in hue. No, she decided, that was nothing but a dream. A dream which could never come true, even if she wished it could. It was silly too, because what use would come out of being able to even feel the moon with the pad of a paw if only for a moment.

Somehow she was alone again, something she did not enjoy to well. A pack would be good, but she wasn't certain where to go, where she would fit in. In passing she may have heard about some, and each one if she recalled them to mind, she would give them careful consideration. Being alone wasn't much fun for her, but whether it was a pack or just a traveling companion she would feel much better than at that moment alone. Even just another run in with those she had come across, or whom had come across her before would have been an enjoyable interlude, but meeting others too would be just as fun.

Blue eyes continued to stare up at the sky, her body slackening as she released a weary sigh, wondering where she would go from there.

Kayeli didn't recall placing any significance into the color or shape of a moon. Though she realized it had certain patterns, who couldn't when they saw it just about every night. She wondered though if sometimes something didn't throw it off key somehow, or if perhaps this one was no more than an illusion in its appearance. It was to her, like an unsolvable mystery, eye-catching and at times breath taking, just for a moment. Her eyes on the moon as well as her thoughts, she failed to hear anyone moving not to far away.

Her head turned swiftly at the sound of someone speaking however, startled out of her trance induced by the moon's beauty. "I haven't been struck by the moon." She didn't know how that could be possible, apparently she didn't even know what moonstruck actual definition. In the somewhat dim light she could only make out a shadow and rising onto all of her limbs she took a slow step toward the figure. "Hello..." she blinked, everyone she chanced upon, or who chanced upon her had such interesting pelt colors, she was no longer surprised. She could think of nothing else to say even as she searched her mind, but drew up a blank.

Kayeli blinked, a muddy crater or a lunatic? What was this stranger on about, she tilted her head curiously. It was becoming a stranger and stranger night. Then again Kayeli had as of late rarely had good luck, sometimes bad luck more so than no sort of luck at all. "You like the cold?" While Kayeli didn't necessarily dislike the cold, it wasn't her ideal, because it hid the green grass and changing leaves when autumn took its turn.

Again she blinked, bears, what were they she wondered as she tried to draw from her limited memory. "I don't think I'd like to be eaten," she was pretty sure she knew what a bear looked like, an imaging flashing in front of her eyes. Somewhere at some point she must have seen one, but it all seemed to long a time ago, with her hazy memory. "As for waiting for someone, not really. I don't know to many others, though I've met a a few. I'm glad I haven't had the chance to come across a bear though." She was alone though, and it seemed she had more to worry about than any mere storm like the one Akinobu had helped her through.

She nodded in agreement, not really sure that she would trust a bear either, not if they wanted to make a meal out of her. Still, she wasn't that certain about them, but she'd prefer to keep her distance just in case they were as black in character as they had been painted. "Are not most creatures territorial?" although she thought perhaps that some were more than others.

"No, I have no where to stay for the night. I know of a sequoia tree, but to be by myself I'm not sure is such a good idea, since I'm sure certain bears make homes of them as well..." She didn't know how she knew that, probably something else lurking in her background that she had somehow managed to forget. There was however only one direction to go and that was forward, hopefully she would be able to do so without running into death.

Her tail flickered behind her at the mention of a pack. "Oh, I'd be most grateful if I could visit at least. I have been wanting to learn more about the packs that might be around." The reason for that being that she wished to join one, but, well she couldn't be certain which would suit her or which would be willing to welcome her.

How horrid she thought, as the other female spoke of the bears. Such a description worried her and she cast a supersticious glance over her shoulder, as though one might of have appeared. Fortunately she didn't see anything than what had already been there before, but still the way the other had described them caused her to shudder. It wasn't that she wasn't brave, but she was weary and uncertain, and she doubted that all on her own she could cope with a run in with such a creature.

"I see, well I'll certainly try to keep out of their path," but she had to look up into one of the trees, lest there should have been a bear up there snoozing or something. She really didn't know why she was getting so het up about it, but at least the other moved onto a different topic, which put her mind at rest of the moment. She dipped her head in graditude, "Thank you," said as she followed the beta. "Ah, well then, I think I shall enjoy my stay, if that is all it is to be. My name is Kayeli, it's nice to have met you Merrill. Especially as your invitation may prove to be lifesaving or at least life altering somehow I think." She wasn't certain that most packs allowed strangers within their lands unless they inteded to stay, but more than that she could not think as she folowed the purple beta.

"Out looking for bear again huh Aunt Meme?" The youth asked Merrill in an innocent sounding voice and a far to solemn look on his face - solemn if one ignored the amused twinkle in his eye. "Mom says you've become obsessed since we were born" He further commented with a wink to the unknown female. Despite his teasing however he couldn't help but preen just a little at her praise of his tracking skill - he'd been working on it allot lately and was ever pleased to hear a good word from his 'Aunt Meme' who may not be his Aunt by blood but certainly in thought and heart.

Turning his attention to the unknown wolf as he trotted along at Merrills side he gave her a slight nod of welcome - Derecho was typically a gruff wolf, not prone to the teasing and openness he was expressing at the moment, but without his sisters around to keep watch over and the added bonus of having been allowed to wander this far out on his on he was in good spirits. "You dropped in at a good time Miss" He told the brown wolfess "Some of the others have caught some wild boar..we'll feast well tonight"

Kayeli for a moment felt a little lost in the conversation between Merrill and Derecho, not that she wasn't following it. She was perhaps more tired than she had thought, as for a moment she could
not grasp quite what was being said. She tilted her head to one side when Derecho winked at her,
whilst commenting on his comment of some obsession to which Merrill had of bears.

Her eyes turned onto Merrill, "Caution is a good thing... isn't it?"

"Wild boar?" when was the last time she'd eaten anything besides rabbit or some poor injured fowl. Well she supposed it sounded good, so she flashed a grin at Derecho, "That sounds... scrummy-yummy-ific." One of her silly madeup words, how embarrassing to have let it slip, but she'd never really been able to hold back on her foolish prattle before anyway. With Merrill's sugestion of picking up the pace she instead of walking began a half dash - half trot dance. Something which caused her to loop in a circle once or twice, even though she'd not meant to do so.