Winter was so new and fun! She couldn't get enough of it. She had to run and play in it! The white stuff was cold and at first it stung her paws but over time, she grew numb to the cold and her winter coat was protecting her. The forest seemed to come alive with a new light in the glow of winter. But she felt suffocated by the borders so today she was going to go over them and see the rest of the world in its snowy magic! Her parents were teaching them to hunt and they were growing by the day. Soon she would be a yearling! She couldn't wait! She had no idea what she wanted to do as an adult. She could be a hunter like her mother or a trusted warrior for the pack like her father. There were so many possibilities!

As she skipped over the borders of Taviora, she made fast work of putting distance between herself and the forest. She made sure to use the tracking skills her parents had taught her to mark trees and bushes so that she could find her way back but the whole time, she wanted to keep moving. She had to see what else there was out there. There had to be more than this. When she started to smell water, her eyes lit up and her tail started wagging. Water must mean other wolves! She moved in closer and soon she came upon the banks of Ruieze Lake.

"It's beautiful."

She murmured to herself as she walked up to the water and looked down into the surface. She could see her reflection. Tilting her head, she considered as she looked at herself. What did she want to see? Who could she become?