This trail that we blaze!

(Set before the hunt)

It was useless to say that Voltage was anything but nervous. It was all new territory for him, not so much the trip...as soon as they passed Mount Volkan he could make the journey with his eyes closed. It wasn't an overly dangerous journey, hopefully the spring runoff hadn't made the connection from the mainland to the island too rough...no. He had made this journey times before, but he was never alone. Never. Voltage had always had Glacier at his side, had his siblings at his heels (even when they were seperated, he felt like they were so close). No, in his short life he had never truley been away from him. His paws twitched as he sat there, awake far too early to be coincidence. Well, he hadn't actually spelt, his racing mind and beating heart never let him. He had spent most of the night curled up beside Glacier, the evening talking to Astrea, a few hours sitting in the storm proof den listening to Serefina's breathing and staring at the tattoo along her shoulder, who's twin marred his own. He had spent hours pacing infront of the dens, checking every few minutes to make sure everyone was accounted for and breathing. The only one he spent little time with seemed to be Gaia, and perhaps that wasn't the best thing to do, but he was too restless, too nervous. What if something happened while he was gone...what if Glacier decided he wanted to scare away another puma? What if the ocean suddenly rose with the spring runoff and everyone was trapped in the dens. His brows were forever knit as he worried and worried and worried...and yet, he also seemed detached from his thoughts as he sat there, watching the sun rise on the horizon.

It was his own fault, his own decision. He could have been selfish and asked Glacier to come with him, but they couldn't leave the pack behind. He couldn't dare ask Glacier away from the budding relationship he was finally tending too. Voltage could have also decided he didn't care about the recent litter, if there even was one. He had never met the pups, he hadn't even seen them when they went to collect the youngest of their siblings. It was quite possible he was leaving them all for nothing. And anger welled up inside him at that thought. Anger at himself for being unable to let even strangers stay behind on the island, let them fend for themselves as parents who never loved them just abandoned them. Anger that he even had to leave in the first place. It wasn't their fault their parents...well, rather sucked.

But even as the anger welled, swelled inside of him, and then washed away like the ocean wave, he knew that he was being silly. Reguardless of his parents, and how much he rather hated them, he could never leave potential siblings behind. Which was why he was leaving in the first place. With a deep sigh he looked behind him, staring at the dens at his back as he sat atop his favorite stone. The sun had risen enough, it was about the time he wanted to venture out, to make good progress before he and Gaia would have to rest. With Glacier they could walk untill their feet bled, because no one would dare try to come near them with Glacier's size and Voltage's...rather electric appearance. They were a duo that, upon first glance, could be feared. But he and Gaia, he had more than his own hide to protect, and who knew the savage creatures that could be out there. So they would walk during daylight, and rest at night.

With a gentle sigh he fidgetted, looking back towards the ocean as it pulled and pushed against the shore, so steadily, so naturally. It would do this while he was gone, and would continue untill he returned. Everything would be fine. Everyone knew their place, everyone had their part to play in the perfect machine that was their family. If there was a flood, Locha would know what to do. Glacier would handle a puma and know to call on Serefina or Solaris....everything would be fine. So, after watching the sunrise for another minute or so, feeling the calm of the morning spread over him, he would toss his head back and sing, call for his beloved siblings and those that meant the world to him. He'd call for Gaia, to join him at his side while they finally ventured off...away from the ones who he vowed never to leave.

But only for a little while..

"Burn Baby Burn"