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Jade highly respected Haku, and imagined him as her own father. A figure she could look up too and rely on in all times. She wanted to get to know Haku better - he would be her "Pack father". She struggled onto her weakened feet and plotted over next to Haku.

Jade smiled fondly at the Alpha male. Haku, I never really had the chance to thank you for accepting me to join your pack. I feel so privaleged. My dependance has always been orientated around my grand-father, and now I feel part of a family. Thankyou.

She felt suddenly awkward on the mentioning of hunting, yet continued smiling at Haku, while blushing over his kind statement. She yawned and nodded at his question. I think I will go to sleep now. Thankyou Haku.

She crawled over next to Gizmo, shut her weary eyes, and trickled off into a safe and wonderous realm of dreams.

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Her dream, was this the harbinger of the storm? The heat was soaked out from her den and she could feel the cold rise in, to greet bother her and her pups with it's icy breath. Chaos struck her as she heard the howls, yells, and cries of her fellow pack mates. All of lera's being, all of her instincts told her to stay inside her den: where it was safe but apparently her packmates thought otherwise. Lera helplessly was Lexi scoop up one of the female pups and head off to the pack den.She looked donw upon the two remaining puppies and quickly grasped the remaining female in her jaws. She would come back for the little male as soon as possible.

Lera hurried outside only to be stuck by the icy wind. She had to get her child out of the storm. She could feel her feet, face, and paws go numb as she trudge through the snow, against the elements. She hurriedly arrived at the pack den, placing the little female besides Lexi only to run back out into the vicious storm.

The storm had become worse and lera could abrely see two feet in front of her. The wind whipped the snow about and her legs would sink deep into the powder, dissabling her mobility; to and extent. Her body was running on pure adrenaline and she no longer felt fear, or cold, her mind was set to fetch the last pup that was beginning to freeze in the den. Her heart wrenched at the thought, and so only proceeded faster.

But suddenly her body was hit with a strong force, as if a human has thrown a heavy stone at her. Lera fell face first into the snow but quickly picked up her speed, only to be hit with more flying rocks; which were in acctuality: ice. She had never experienced hail before and it filled her with fear. She was hit many more times along with lashing winds before she had reached her den entrance. But...where was her den? All she saw was snow. Lera sniffed the ground, digging her way back into her den entrance. Lera went up the chute, licking her cold pup before picking him up and rushing back to the den.

Once again she was pelted with hail, snow, winds, and no ability to sense where she was going or what was around her. Lera relied on her "mind map" and headed towards the energy output of others. She entered the den, exhausted. The majority of the pack was here but Lera could not go back out in the storm.

She quickly gathered up her pups into the far most corner of the den. Her body was bruised, cold, sore, and had a tiny gash on her forhead, but other than that she was fine. Her pups, however, were frozen and Lera quickly warmed their body with her milk. She would need to ween them soon, but that would have to come later.

Her stress level wa shigh and her patience was slow. Most likely any wolf, even Carmen, Lexi, or Haku, was to come close she would attempt a bite or n**. The fear had finally struck her, and she laid her head on the den floor; exhausted. She didn't even notice the human that had entered the den.

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Aeria blinked several times in an attempt to shake off the sleepiness that was looming over her. It was hard not to be sleepy in the den, with all the other pups. The warmth from their bodies comforted her, even though she wasn't right up against them.

From her spot in the corner she could see the other wolves quite well. It was amazing how the pack had grown since she had joined, mostly due to Lera's litter. The new puppies were growing fast and becoming more active with every passing day, she observed.

It was strange living in the pack. A nice sort of strange, but still a big change from her previous lifestyle of wandering the woods alone. And to think, if she hadn't stumbled upon Gizmo none of this would have happened... Aeria glanced over at the male pup before yawning.

Aeria shook her head, rolling onto her side and looking up at Gizmo. I can't sleep, I... She blinked again, unsure of how to tell Gizmo that she was afraid of storms.

It's too loud to sleep, she said finally. Every sound from outside echoed loudly in her little skull, and it was certainly distracting when she wanted to nap.

She moved her head slightly and nudged at her friend. You can't sleep either?

Aeria watched Gizmo with sympathetic eyes. Stretching is good for aches, I think she said as he closed his eyes.

She didn't want Gizmo to hurt, he was her friend and as far as she was concerned none of her friends should ever have to hurt. With a small sigh she closed her eyes as well.