"Come out, come out, where ever you are!"

She called out once more as she raced through the trees. She had been playing this game of hide and seek wtih her sisters for the past hour or so and by this point, she was starting to wonder if they had snuck off somewhere and were probably giggling at her for still trying to find them. Itzel had started looking a little bored after the fourth time she told them to go hide and Petra kept begging to be the seeker but Citlalli just wanted to be a big bad hunter like her mom and practice sniffing them out. She was going to be at it, by golly! She just had to find her siblings first. Or anyone at this point, really. She was starting to get quite bored herself and wanted some company.

She was itching for more company ever since the pack got together for that puppy play date. There were so many puppies, both in Taviora and even outside of the pack! She couldn't believe there were so many others that were the same age as her. It was like a play paradise with lots of friends to meet. But so far she didn't know anyone's name and this perturbed her. Sure, she knew Lixue and Eztli because she had a sly feeling they were related to her somehow and she knew she had cousins that her mom had tried to explain to them about then dad cleared it up. They were icky boys though and she wasn't sure she wanted to play with them. What if they gave her cooties or something?

After a while she noticed that she was nowhere near the den anymore but they had been venturing further and further away on each outing. This was just more uncharted territory and she was actually alone for once. It was hard to ever really be alone when you have two siblings. She found that out pretty quickly. But now it gave the forest a majestic and almost peaceful atmosphere. She paused to look around and admire the sunrise glowing through the tree branches overhead and the way the dew still clung to some of the bright green leaves of the trees. The grass rustled somewhere off to the side and her head snapped around to see a bunny hopping lightly through as it chewed on a grass stalk. She wrinkled her nose. Nasty stuff, that grass. She knew from experience cause she had tried it once in her failed attempt to be a vegan after that lizard incident with her sisters.

She sighed and took a seat beneath the trees, closing her eyes for a minute as she just thought of how utterly quiet and peaceful it was out here. Her ears twitched as more grass rustled, this time from something bigger than a rabbit. Her eyes snapped open.

"Hello? Who's there? I know you're there, you know. You're not very sneaky, making all that noise."