Scattered Scents

In a short amount of time a figure would be seen loping across the lands towards them. The young pup knew the female at once. She was no less beautiful than he remembered. His mother, bearing with her once again the scents of two of his brothers. The tail of the skin-and-bone wolf began wagging a mile a minute, despite the fragile state of his body. A long, excited whine would escape the tri-colored pups mouth and he would succumb to the love his mother washed upon his smaller form.

Tears flowed from his teal eyes, though they were tears of happiness. Oh how he had missed her. Missed all of them. Another whine would come from him as he buried her head into her fur. He was so, so happy to be home. But slowly he would pull back, a big smile on his face. There was someone to thank for his safe return. "Momma, this is Miss Araceli, she's the one who helped me make it home." The boy would turn, coming back to Araceli and giving her a grateful nuzzle to the shoulder.

"Thank you so much... for helping me. You're a really good... uh..." Come to think of it he wasn't really sure what Araceli was. "You're really kind Araceli." He decided to go with, wagging his tail happily. "What are you going to do now? I'm sure if you wanted momma and the others wouldn't mind you staying with us..." He looked to Merci, as if seeking to make sure that was okay.