Uncle Boris Hates Bears!

She giggled when Natha leaped straight up in the air and onto a tree from surprise. She thought it was funny that she had managed to catch her by surprise since she hadn't really been trying to sneak up on her. But when Natha started to speak, Winter was caught off guard as something big and white came charging at them. She only had a moment before Natha yelled at her to climb up a tree, so the pup scrambled away and straight towards the nearest tree she could and clumsily climbed up it like Natha had taught her earlier. Scared out of her mind, she climbed as far as her shaky limbs would carry her before sparing a glance towards Natha who had swiped at the bear's nose. Before she knew it, someone else had come running and caught the bear by the leg, and as her wide eyes watched on, she thought maybe at first the white wolf had been her dad, but it was Drifa instead. Maybe there was too much noise at the festival that nobody else could hear what was going on, but she was too scared to call for help.

She was still stunned with fear when Natha jumped onto the bear, tearing it up before it threw her off. Her heart pounded in her chest as she debated what to do. Should she just cling here to the tree and wait for it to go away? Just as she thought about doing just that, the bear looked in her direction and she suddenly felt her heart drop. She was high enough up here, wasn't she? She was afraid to glance down in case that wasn't the case, but as the bear decided to charge in her direction with the last-ditch effort of trying to get something, her eyes grew wide. It arrived at her tree faster than she thought, even with dragging its hind leg and its bloody face, it looked more fearsome than it did before in the girl's eyes. As it bashed into her tree, she felt herself being shaken loose, so she quickly clambered onto the closest branch until she was clinging onto it for dear life.

The bear roared with frustration at her, half-ignoring the other wolf and lynx as it tried to reach her. It extended a heavy paw at her, seeking to swipe her out of the tree but Winter clawed back with a growl. "Leave me alone! Go away! Help!" She cried out. The small branch she was clinging too wouldn't hold her forever and she had no idea if polar bears could climb, but she didn't want to stick around to find out!