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white-fang blinked and decided to go back into the pond and sink into the water that was only a few inches above the belly.
''i'l just let you two sort thing's out... i'll be over here......'' he mumbled, laying his chin on the edge of the pond.
leaf's rustled near the edge and both scar and dagger appeared, looking a bit shocked.
''uh... bad timing.......?'' they both asked and white-fang nodded.
''bad timing...'' he grumbled and they both disappeared out of the grotto.

Amber sighed, still looking into Echo's eyes. "You betrayed the pack." Echo croaked. "No, I didn't--" Amber began, but Echo once more interrupted. "And yet you didn't come back? We thought you were dead! And you just stay here, even when Blade's back!" She yelped. Amber's gaze turned dead serious. "Blade is back? Echo, I only ever found out the pack moved until now." Amber grumbled.
"When I had both you and Storm, I suppose I passed out due to the loss of blood. I guess Adder freaked out and tossed me in the river. Then the pack moved. Simple story, really." Amber sighed. "Why won't you come back now?" Echo replied in a hushed voice. "I can't bring myself to it." Her mother said. "Just come back now, then." The ebony insisted. "I don't know." Amber grunted.

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''echo.... let amber have some time to think about it..'' white-fang grumbled.
he was really getting tired of the yelling now.

Echo scowled with a quick bare of her teeth, and padded out of the grotto. She probably wouldn't tell the rest of the pack of who she encountered. Amber's head poked out again, but the ebony tried her best to ignore it. "Alright. Bring me to Adder. If he did what White-fang told me to you, I'll need to whip his hide." She said jokingly. Echo tried to hold back a laugh, but she couldn't. They padded to the camp.

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white-fang got up and bounded after them, rather amused.
''so, what do you think storm will think echo? he will be pretty surprised won't he?'' he asked.

Echo shrugged. "He's the nimble one." She replied simply. Amber's tail lashed amusingly. "And the words your father said when he named Storm. ''He, as a child of mine, shall be as strong as a storm". Guess that didn't work out." She chortled. Echo snickered lightly, as if every problem between them had disappeared.
"So how are you and Storm doing?" Amber asked.
"Well, Storm fell in love with Cinder but she denied him, so he went off with Cinder's older sister, Lily. I, personally, think that Lily is better than Cinder. Lily's humorous, open, and easy. There as Cinder is way too shy. Oh, did I mention that Storm is shy, too?" Echo replied. "How's your father?" Amber asked.
Echo's ears pinned back, and she wished that that question didn't hang above them.
But it always would.
It probably soothed Amber, there as that subject gave Echo nightmares. "Cruel. Cold. Stupid." She grumbled. "One third of that sounds normal. I'll need some description on this new ''cruel-cold'' subject." She solemnly glanced at Echo, mentally pulling the information off her. Echo thought she was the only one who could do that.

"When we became trainees, he knocked our paws off with work and forced us to sleep outside of the Alpha's Den. We weren't aloud to go into the trainees' den, either." She murmured, the memories flooding freshly back to her. Pain. Torture. She hated it.
It was like she was reliving it.
Echo felt the warmth of her mother's side pressed against her, although her face was hard. "I guess the wolves in my blood don't have good luck with their parents." She whispered softly.

The familiar era of the wolves filled Amber's nose. After so many moons, it still came to her naturally and soothingly. It didn't slam at her, but is sort of... drifted into her senses. Amber's tail flicked amusingly as she gazed over the new camp. Rocky, the Beta, came over to Echo. He wasn't much different, except the coldness in his eyes had minimized.
"Hello, Rocky. Where's Adder?" Amber asked.
"Wait, your--I mean, you... In the Alphas' Cave." The Beta whispered, bewildered.
"Thank you." Amber replied, and padded towards the only cave in the open-spaced grotto. It seemed hollow and lived in by only the cold winter air.

Amber stealthily crept into the cave, sitting next to Adder. He was staring at the wall like he always did when he thought. Echo watched in amusement, just to see Adder's reaction. Her tail entwined with his, and Adder was jetted out of thinking world.
"Amber!" He gasped.
"Yes?"
"Your... alive?"
"Well, I'm sitting right here, aren't I?"
Echo chuckled, and padded away from the Alphas' Cave. She'd seen enough to satisfy herself.

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white-fang snickered and walked after echo tail wagging a little.
''guessing your gonna go tell storm?'' he asked, walking right beside echo.

She hesitated, and stared off into the distance thinking. Storm had padded past with his tail happily entwined with Lily's. "Hey, Storm!" She called, beckoning him over with a flick of her tail. He looked at her joyfully, his eyes lit up. "Yeah?" He asked. "Amber's back and she's apparently alive." Echo said, and padded away with no other words said to leave her younger brother in shock. Lily shook her head and looked at Storm giddily.

"Stop standing there like an idiot, Storm. Isn't that a miracle?" She chirped, with a brush of her nose at his cheek. He shrugged. "I-i... I don't really know what to think of my mother. Whether I should be happy or enraged or..." He sighed, with nothing else left to say. "Well here's my words of advice: don't claw her tail off when you meet her." The she-wolf suggested.

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he flicked his tail and walked over to a pond, laying down and gazing into it.
''it's such a nice day.... but very boring..'' he sighed.

Echo shrugged. "Yeah. I guess so,"

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he yelped and almost plunged into the pond, being startled by echo cause he thought she went somewhere else in the camp.
''please don't do that...'' he mumbled.

Echo's eyes glittered teasingly. "What, speak?" She chuckled.

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''no, don't sneak up on me like that..'' he sighed.

Echo chuckled, and lapped his cheek. "Can't count on that," She said in a promising tone.

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his tail wagged and he nuzzled echo's cheek, chuckling quietly.

Amber burst into the scene, without ''my pup's growing up'' comments. Echo liked that about her. "Hey, you two. So... I'm a pack member again." She said with a blink. How simple. She just announced it with ''Yeah, I'm a pack member again after I sorta died'' reference.

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white-fang looked up at amber, ear's pinned back.
''um... c-cool'' he said, trying to sound happy for amber's sake since she is back in the pack now.

Amber chuckled, a glint in her eyes. "Gosh, your such an awkward he-wolf. Bad at lying, too..." She muttered, more to herself.

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he mentally whacked himself in the head, now feeling like an idiot as he hid his head under his paw's.

Amber broke out laughing, and so did Echo.

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