Well, it was my birthday but I didn't have anyone to celebrate with. Mother had left us, though I knew she was wishing me a happy birthday wherever she was, and father had gone too. I'm not sure exactly why they left. Mother said it was something to do with finding Moonglow, so I guess that's okay! At least she didn't just... leave, you know? Still, it sucks that it's spring and I'm alone. I mean, I don't even know where Wren is - I think he's slipped out of the pack without me which is really not cool but... I can't stop him. Mother always wanted me to look over him but I'm not sure if I'm really good at doing that. I want to be but... I don't know how to do it. Stupid, I know, right? So it's spring, I'm alone, and for the first time in like - forever - I'm not feeling that great.

Seeing as I've never really felt bad, I'm thinking the best way to get rid of that feeling is to treat it like it's boredom. Yes, that's probably what it is anyway! I'm probably just bored because I don't have my parents to annoy and because Wren is off doing who knows what. Curing boredom is easy. All I need to do is do what I do best - run! So I do. I just run from my den, up the slopes of the mountains. I bound over the rocks, leaping and weaving through the labyrinth that I know to be my home. It works to an extent, and even if it doesn't, maybe I could tire myself out so that I don't have the energy to feel bad. And if the running didn't work, then I'd just have to track down Dany or Alcide (anybody!) and make them play with me or teach me something. See, I'm good at solving problems! I just solved my own... so... why couldn't I solve my mother's? Or my father's? And why can't I solve Wren's?

I had been running but I came to a sudden stop, my ears drooped and tail swinging weakly behind me. Well, that high was short lived. It's quickly rekindled though by the sound of a stranger by the border - he howls, and so do I. I call back to him letting him know that yes, he is totally getting company. Still, I sigh and have to force myself back to the usual smiling thing that I am. And I don't really run to him... I just... jog, my energy seemingly wasted over worrying. Maybe this is just because I'm older now. Maybe all the old wolves worry all the time and this is just going to be normal. As much as I hope that's not true, maybe it is. It's not like I really have anybody to tell me that it isn't or is, heh.

It doesn't take me long enough to find him, though, which is a good thing really. He sort of looks like Wren which is weird, too. I've never really seen anybody who looks like me, or Wren, so this is new. Hell, it even makes me smile just a little bit as I lope towards him - but no! He is an intruder and I have to protect my cousin and her pack! So that's what I'm going to do - hah!

"Who are you, stranger?"

I call out to him as I stop across the border, my tail rising behind me as if I am the big king like Alcide. It doesn't count but... it does feel good to feel important, at least. I don't stop there, though. There's a really cool perk that comes with being my mother's son, right. So, because of my grandfather and auntie, people totally think it's cool (and thus, commanding!) to be - what is it? - an Angel. Mother says it's not just the red on my chest that totally makes it obvious but...

"Revelare identitatem vestram!"

The language! Reveal your identity! I smile smugly over that, puffing out my chest and rising to my full height proudly. So, maybe I still feel pretty bad but... this stranger is keeping my mind off it. And plus, I'm looking like a total badass.