((this is such a heart-breaker, yay for future plans!))

Slowly, slowly the kits faded away, along with their warmth. Cold began to seep into Champagnes fur and skin, and she began to awaken. Stretching, her paws searched for Tenma, and when they met only cold ground she instantly snapped awake and jumped to her paws. Tenma. Where was he? Maybe... maybe he had just gone out. Maybe he had went to hunt. Tracks. There should be tracks. And a scent. Champagne inhaled deeply. Yes, there was a scent, but... it was faint... old... No. No no no no no! He couldn't be gone!

Frantically, the vixen scuttled to the mouth of the cave. No, no tracks, stale scent, he would have woken her if he meant only to hunt. No, he left. He was gone. The one male she fell for, totally fell for was gone. He just vanished. Left while she slept, just like he warned her. No. This couldn't be. This couldn't be. She had to still be dreaming. She had to be, but the tears spilling from her eyes were too real for a dream, the clenching in her chest too real for a dream, the trembling in her paws to real for a dream...

"No... no no no. No. No. No. No!" Champagne burst out of the cave, running around blindly in the snow, searching for tracks, for a trail for a scent for anything that would lead her to Tenma, any way to chase him down... Tenma... The vixen ran this way... Tenma... The vixen ran that way. Tenma... She ran yet a third way, but the snow was deep enough now that she tripped and fell. "Tenma..." Champagne whimpered helplessly, tears streaking her usually smiling face, throat nearly closed from the crying. "Tenma..." She had to say his name... "Tenma..." He just couldn't be gone... "TENMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!"