She was livid. Maybe she shouldn't have been ... after all Aldric was over a year old as well as Jewell, but the motherly side of her couldn't help it and the alpha part of her couldn't either. She couldn't completely ban everyone from leaving, but Jewell was still young. The rainbow girl was practically a daughter to her and the fact that both of them had run off without telling anyone irritated her. She hadn't yet had the chance to warn everyone of the cannibal (or cannibals) up north nor the fact what they were capable of. So the worried mother took after the two. Unlike Miach and Kane, they were a hell of a lot easier to track. Thankfully they weren't as hard to track as he nephews so she made quick work of reaching the cavern. She might have been amazed by what she saw if she hadn't been so irritated. It was bad enough that there were pack members missing. Between her nephews, Fortune, what had happened to Ritsy, and even Hakon, why did they think that this was a good idea? She sniffed around a bit before deciding they had definitely been here, perhaps they still were? "Aldric, Jewell?" She called out as calmly as possible. She was more worried, but still pissed, but she didn't want to alarm them if they were still here. No use making them think they were in trouble right off the bat. She didn't want to play hide and seek. Walk, "Talk" Think

Okay so she had gotten herself lost and she couldn't see Aldric anymore. Her ears pressed back as fear bit into her heart. She padded around the caves their glow being comforting as it kept the shadows from being here as much. The nightmares weren't here either, thanks to that glow. There was a sound of water dripping and her ear twitched in time with it. She kept moving hoping to find Aldric, hoping he would remember the way out. There was the sound of nails on stone and she stopped, her ears perking. That was too heavy to be Aldric she thought and she gave it another second until she heard the voice. It was Faite! Her tail started wagging furiously as she bounded in the direction of her. Only once Faite was in sight did she stop running, dropping into a play bow and bouncing around the woman. A huge grin was on her face. Her French accent came forth as she did her best to communicate in English, which mind you wasn't very well. "Mom! Glow land! Pretty, oui?" the one French word in there was good she felt for where her vocabulary had started 3 seasons ago. Her sentences were fragmented at best but it was something. She wasnt even aware that calling Faite what she had could cause a start in Faite. She stopped bouncing around only to roll over under Faites head and aim to paw at her shoulder. There was nothing but excitement in Jewell as she did so. She wasn't even aware of the trouble she was in. The trouble she had gotten herself and Aldric into. Walk, "Talk" Think

Faite Ethereal Adravendi It wasn't long before she heard nails clicking on stone and Jewell's brightly colored form bounded to greet her. A sigh of relief left her as she scanned her adopted child for any bodily harm. Nothing. Not a scratch on her. She let her eyes close for a moment as she let the worry leave her. Of course Jewell was excited so her eye didn't stay closed for long as she watched the young girl go immediately into a play bow and assault her with excitement. It was more than contagious and yet she tried to keep the stern look on her face. "Honestly child, you're going to give me a heart attack one of these days." She mumbled mostly to herself as Jewell spoke. Calling her mom caught her off guard for a moment and Faite's anger slowly ebbed away to fade into almost nonexistence. Okay for whatever reason children were hard to stay mad at, especially this one. She smiled softly as the girl stopped bouncing and instead pawed at her shoulder. Faite's stern look was gone, but she wasn't about to play with her either. "This place is very pretty, but you should have let me know where you were going first. Where's Aldric?" "Speech" I like to imagine That you smile when you hear my songs

Faites mumbling wasn't really caught by her except a small part and she wasn't exactly sure what it meant but she knew what the second word was and wasn't exactly sure what was attacking right now. She glanced to see if there was some nightmare or something but found nothing. The look on her face said it for her as her brows furrowed and her head cocked to the side on the ground. She was perplexed. Though in a matter of seconds the look was gone and she was focused on play again. She honestly had the attention span of a goldfish, which meant none at all. Play seemed to always be on her mind though and it had never steered her wrong. Faites stern look became a much better one. Though then she was asking a question and sounded almost like she was scolding her again. Though the scolding went right over her little head. After all when she left Faite had been asleep so she wasn't gonna wake her up to play guess what the French girl is saying. It was fun sometimes but not when she had no paitience to wait for Faite to get the gist of it. Her question earned her as much of a shrug as she could manage. "No know. Jewell lost Aldric, Aldric here no more." and with that she rolled over again and sat up. This place could add new words to her vocabulary. If she could focus enough. Walk, "Talk" Think

Faite Ethereal Adravendi Okay so mumbling about the heart attack wasn't exactly the greatest thing on her part. She chuckled softly at the confused look Jewell gave her, but luckily the girl didn't question her about it. Maybe when the girl was older and understood things a little better she'd realize how worried Faite tended to get over her well being. For now Faite was content to let her keep her innocence and puppy-like tendencies a little longer. Jewell had little worries in the world and Faite imagined it was still nice being able to keep that about her. She'd left home at an early age and survived in the eastern mountain while she'd gotten lost trying to find her family. She was glad Jewell didn't have to grow up for a year more. "No know. Jewell lost Aldric, Aldric here no more." Faite frowned at her words. So Aldric was lost? had they gotten lost here? His scent still lingered in the area and it hadn't seemed like he'd left, plus the boy didn't seem like the type to leave Jewell here by herself. Maybe the type to run off on an adventure with her, but not mean enough to abandon her either. "Well where did you see him last? We'll find him together." "Speech" I like to imagine That you smile when you hear my songs

Her focus lasted all of maybe a minute and that was it. She tried her harder to stay focused on Faite but there was a sound now that she could pick out that hadn't been there before. Drip.... Drip... the constant sound had her ear twitching with each one before finally her focus broke. Distractions were not her friend, it was how she had gotten separated in the first place. She turned her head, her eyes looking for the source of the sound but not finding it. Her head cocked as she looked harder trying to pinpoint where it was coming from. It was definitely farther away than closer. She was focused on it when Faite spoke again. Faite was rewarded the turn of an ear but her focus was on the sound mostly.

She shook her head to try to focus back on Faite after a moment of unsuccessful looking. Her head turned to Faite again and she grinned at her. She tilted her head to think for a moment before she stood suddenly and bounded down further into the caves. "Follow Jewell!" she bounded quick as she could without tripping on her paws and set a course for the centermost area of the caves. The area was covered in the glowing mushrooms and small puddles. Some of the mushrooms were knocked over from Jewell playing earlier when she got distracted and wandered off. She could smell Aldric the strongest here but of course couldn't see his bright yellow pelt anywhere.

Faite Ethereal Adravendi It was obvious that Jewell was distracted. Faite's own ear flicked towards the dripping noise for only a moment before training back on the rainbow colored child. Luckily her words were enough to catch the girl's attention for at least the briefest of moments. Hopefully Jewell would be able to focus a moment to be able to help find Aldric. She wasn't keen on the idea of leaving her alone. Knowing her she'd get distracted and wander off and then she'd be stuck chasing them both down. Jewell broke out in a grin and Faite couldn't share the same enthusiasm. Worry manifested in her gut. She couldn't imagine that Aldric would just willingly separate himself from Jewell without a good reason. Needless to say she followed Jewell eagerly when the girl requested her to follow. She took off after the smaller wolf and took note of the broken mushrooms. It was clear she'd been romping around here earlier. Now all she had to do was find where Aldric's and Jewell's scents connected and then she'd be able to find where Aldric had disappeared to. She set her nose towards the ground with one of her ears trained towards Jewell to keep tabs on her. She followed Jewell's old scent for a while until it paired back up with the boy's and then broke off on it's own down a steep and rocky incline. With only the mushroom's light to guide the way she made her way slowly down passageway. It wasn't until she reached the bottom that she noticed Aldric. She could easily tell that something was wrong though. She could smell blood and upon further inspection noticed the horrid gash on his head. She moved closer and pressed her nose to his neck only to find it stiff, cold, and without a pulse. "Oh no..." The thought pounded in her head before she thought of Jewell. "Jewell sweetie, why don't you stay up there. It's dangerous to come this way." She called out without looking to see if she'd followed. It was hard to focus with the body of the young wolf in front of her. There was no way she wanted to see this. There was also no way she could get his body back to Lirim by herself. She'd have to get Zell to help her later. A soft sigh fluttered past her lips. This wasn't good. "Speech" I like to imagine That you smile when you hear my songs