Big feathered friend

ooc: Set after his fighting seasonal

He'd never been so eager to get back to his family's den than he was right this vary moment. He hurried toward the pack lands, crossing back over into the forest around the hot springs. There was a nagging little voice in the back of his mind that reminded him that he was probably going to be in trouble for going out on his own, but he just couldn't wait to show his parents the new friend he made! The big black and reddish brown bird was so cool! Plus the eagle had really helped him out with that badger so maybe if his new buddy wanted to stick around he could go exploring more! Even better!! As he was running he kept glancing back over his shoulder to make sure that the eagle was still following him and he could just catch glimpses of the big, dark wings in the sky through the branches of the trees. He gave a huge grin and then refocused on the path ahead of him so he didn't accidentally run into a tree or something.

The lanky pup spotted his mother down near where the healers usually hung out and he made a bee-line straight for her. "Momma! Momma!" he called excitedly to get her attention, his tail wagging like crazy. For the normally more serious and subdued pup this amount of energy was very unusual but he had fought a badger and he found an eagle so if anything was going to be exciting it was now! He skidded to a stop in front of her, giving her a big, spiky toothed grin as he plopped down onto his haunches, panting hard from excitement. In all his buzzing energy about his very interesting day, he'd completely forgotten about the bites the badger had given him on his shoulder and front leg that made him look much more of a mess than he felt.

"Momma! Look! I made a friend!" he told her as he pointed up toward the tree above them where the eagle had perched, the black and chestnut raptor looking at the pair with intelligent eyes. The bird gave Azariah a small bob of his head in greeting while Ezra went rambling on about everything that had happened. "I went exploring - just a little bit! - and a badger attacked me! It was in some kind of den and it got mad at me for no reason! I mean I looked in its den, but like... who just attacks someone for looking?! Anyway! So I was fighting it and then this big bird swoops in out of no where! He beat up that badger real good! So I think he's my friend now! Can he stay? Pleeeeeeease?!"