Pain changes a heart, love it in the present. She padded along. She was quiet as she moved. In her mouth was a pelt she had fixed up this morning. It was perfect for her to use when she needed to change out the pelts after she gave birth. She had asked Star how the babies would get out and Star had told her. She expected it would be a stinky and messy thing so she would need new bedding. As she came into her small clearing she laid it over a tree root. She then sat and looked around her hollow. It was secluded here and she liked it. There was shade and her various tools and projects were strewn about close to her den. She hadn't been back to the place she had helped star yet to get the honey suckle or purple flowers yet though so the entrance to the den beneath the tree was still just an old pelt that hung carefully on a few roots she had tied it to with strips of other pelts. It wasn't much but it was home. She should tell faite she figured, but it scared her that faite might grow angry at her. Though faite was also likely to be one of the two she went to for some self defense training. She looked up to where Alois roosted. He gave a chirp and beckoned in the direction of the branches she had pulled in a curtain as her entry point to the old willow. She nodded and waited. Someone was coming but she didn't know who yet. She watched and waited. Likely it was Torin or maybe Star coming to check up on her. Frostbite might be who but she doubted it. Walk, "Jewell "Alois" Think

It felt quite strange being back home - so much had changed since she'd left. The worst thing looming over her mind was that her children were full fledged adults now. It was hard to imagine her babies all grown up and doing their own things to help within the pack, but it was happening. Her daughters at least hadn't lost their child-like energy and it was more than refreshing to be around. While she loved her nephew, Miach had been poor company when she'd finally found him. He was quiet and brooding and had refused to talk about where he'd been and what he'd been doing. Then there were her sons. Breasal seemed to be taking the same route both his parents were and she found his interest in fighting something that she could work with. Maybe it was time to test him to see what she'd learned. Then there were Torin's ambitions - she was pleased to see Rory had appointed him as Iliff. Not only that, but Rory had exceeded her expectations. He'd even appointed Frostbite as his second to make up for his own shortcomings as far as his expectations. Of course there were downsides to her return. A lot had happened since she was away and not all of it was good. What had happened to Jewell was on the forefront of her mind. So far she'd learned that a wolf that went by the name of Ariet Lore had assaulted the little rainbow girl and been held captive. Rory and a few others had saved her and Rory had taken the male captive. She didn't like the idea that an enemy had been within the pack's borders and obviously Rory hadn't liked it either since he'd seen fit to eventually kill the male. Thinking on it now, she needed to see how Rory was doing after that ordeal. She couldn't imagine taking a life was an easy decision no matter how horrible of a wolf the guy had been. Rather than stop by and see her son, Faite headed towards Jewell's den instead. She was surprised to see a hide hanging from some roots, but she was pleased with the ingeniousness of it. She had to admit it made for a rather nice door and more than likely it helped keep the elements at bay. The scent that reached her nostrils though was enough to cause her to pause and she studied it for a brief moment. That was the exact scent she and her sister had when they were pregnant. Surely Jewell couldn't be? She shook the thought away for a moment and peeked her head into the entrance past the flap of hide. "Jewell." She said with a soft smile as she stared at her brightly colored child. "I came to check up on you." Walk, "Talk" Think

Her eyes widened as Faites face came into view. She wasn't unhappy though, nervous yes, but unhappy with Faite's visit? No. She gave a smile to Faite as she invited her in happily. "Come in please." Alois fluttered down from his nest to land beside his rainbow colored friend and gave her mother a smile of his own. She wasn't going to spring her unexpected pregnancy upon her mother just yet. It wasn't a happy subject so she should spare Faite the details for now.  She wasn't even sure how Faite would react.

She waited for Faite to enter her dinning site and once she had Jewell waved her tail slowly. She was more reserved with her energy now since she had become pregnant. She knew she could trust Faite with this though, just didn't know how to tell her. Would she assume? Would she yell? Nothing was certain.

She didn't attempt to hide her belly though. It was ever growing and she bet she put on at least ten pounds by now. She knew there was a pronounced roundness to her belly that was abnormal now. There would be no hiding it anyway. "Mom Faite is good? Enjoying be home?"