"No, I didn't see her. Hopefully the weather will calm and we can look for her." Tasha said watching for any other signs of the missing fae.

She trudged threw the snow,she was weakly falling toward the ground.She fell with a thump and down she went.Closing her eyes and resting.<br /> <br /> She couldn't help it,she was more tired than she had ever been in her life.She couldn't get a single whine out her mouth,her snout felt if frozen.<br /> <br /> She felt her body shutting down,how stupid could on wolf be? she thought trying to blink.

Anastasia felt another sudden shiver run through her spine. She hadn't eaten since morning- and she was slowly losing energy. <br /> <br /> "Accilia?" The white fae called. Her voice seemed shaky and you could tell that the source of the sound wasn't that warm.<br /> <br /> A long familiar howl pierced the cold air and closing her eyes against the bitter wind- Anastasia howled back. She knew it could only be Tasha. The name let relief flood through her. <br /> <br /> The fae howled again just to make sure she could be heard. <br /> <br /> "I'm over here! Near the pine trees!" She called howled. Mustering all her strength and hope she did her best to walk towards the distant figure of Tasha on a small knoll.<br /> <br /> Anastasia was getting really tired- very stupid and so embarrassing for a wolf but she still wondered where Accilia was.<br /> <br /> When the figure of Tasha became bigger- like a young happy pup, Anastasia bounded towards her and slightly nuzzled her shoulder and then slumped onto the ground. She needed rest- and maybe some food later.<br /> <br /> "Tasha?" The white fae asked looking up at the she-wolf with almost tired smoldering hazel eyes, "Would you happen to know where Accilia is?" She worried about that she-wolf. Her past still seemed to come back to the fae and it might mislead her somewhere that could end her life- so young.

"Such a stupid idiot!" she said to herself.She thought she heard a faint cry.She toppled over into the snow and sighed. <br /> <br /> "I can't sleep,I don't know where I am,the paw prints are gone,and I wish to die." she said sarcastically with a chuckle.<br /> <br /> The snow had burried me,'Have I given up so soon?' she asked herself in her head.She sat up.'Not without a fight!' she told herself in her mind.<br /> <br /> She stood up and gave a howl,a long howl and started to go north,soon she would find a lake that would lead her back,or the storm would die down.<br /> <br />

Tasha sighed, she would have to find the others, it would be easier to find them from a higher point. She climbed up a small hill and studied the ground for any movement. She didn't see any wolves. She howled to them, "Hello? I'm on a small hill!"

Anastasia still traveled towards the den- or at least she hoped so. There was a moment when her heart dropped into her stomach as she realized she had no idea which direction to take. Even her trail confused her!<br /> <br /> "Great, now my brain has shrunk," She muttered irritably under her breath. She felt embarrassment about her stupidity curl around her cheeks and cause her anger to rise slowly.<br /> <br /> When Anastasia decided just to wait out the storm and hopefully not freeze to death, she heard a familiar voice carrying with the wind.....Accilia.

She was not about to lose the trail. "You guys go back to the den,I'll find them!" she yelled still folowing the trail.She tried ehr best to think she was in the sun by a waterfall.<br /> <br /> She lost the trail,but still little paw prints were still here that she could follow so she ran after them.She wasn't given up unless she shut down and died.She shuttered at that thought.

Anastasia cringed as a bitter cold wind slashed through her thick white pelt. Her nose was starting to slowly burn with the cold. A blizzard-great....just great!<br /> <br /> When the femme glanced behind her, Accilia was already running back to the den and Tasha seemed to want to go back too.<br /> <br /> "I'll come later, Tasha, hurry one back. I think Accilia will need you back at the den!" Anastasia cried over the increasing speed of the wind. If she turned back now- the wolves would just take her false path and it would lead her right to the den.<br /> <br /> With a thin line on her lips, she turned away from the other she-wolf and sprinted further into the woods where she continuously ran over her own tracks and made numerous fake ones until it seemed like a herd of caribou had crossed.<br /> <br /> Only a darn stubborn and determined wolf would try to figure out which track was real. It took about 2 hours, and by then- Anastasia was satisfied and the wind had picked up nearly a deadly speed.<br /> <br /> <i> I hope I can find my way,</i> Anastasia thought as she headed towards the den.

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"We should head back, the wind is picking up.. It could quite easily turn into a blizzard and we would freeze to head!" Tasha howled over the winds.

Accilia smiled. "Should we head back to the den now before it gets worse." She growled and started to follow the trail.<br /> She didn't want to lose the trail,"Hurry!" she said changing her mind and now running.