for denali :3 rabbit lake! And possibly help me get the lorel co-rank? woot
Ezra was bad at exploring. The Court had become his home now that Ever had come into his life. She was everything he wanted and leaving her was something that he didn’t want to ever do. But today was different. After venturing to Halifax, Ezra wanted to discover the world outside of Cour des Miracles. Admittedly, Ezra was still exceptionally uneducated about the culture here. He knew nothing of the life werewolves lived, or the politics surrounding the other packs. It was something that eternally puzzled the boy, the lives of others. He had met some radically different characters when he was on the road and wondered if any oddities lived in his new home.
His girl was nowhere to be found on the first day of autumn, and so Ezra took it as an opportunity to seek out new places. Halifax had been a little terrifying and overwhelming for him, so the idea of staying local seemed ideal. The fading scent of another pack graced Ezra’s nose from time to time due south of his little home by the lake. It seemed like a reasonable place to go for now, and so the boy took off. The thought of entering another’s territory seemed like a less than ideal situation, but Ezra shook it off.
Rabbit lake could be seen off in the distance from the Court and so his mind set his trek in that direction. The densely covered forest the Court had possession over was exceptionally different to the land surrounding the lake. Here, the remains of farms and human settlements were far more obvious as the boy jogged through the hills. The leaves were already starting to change, with a fire red tree in full bloom every hundred yards or so. The day was chilly, and foggier than normal. Ezra thought of his situation exactly one year ago. He was still with his old family, which he suddenly got a painful longing for. Ezra had braved the winter without them and moved on, but he missed his sisters immensely. They never had a longing to go and explore and were doomed to stay in the Rosen family forever. Poor things.
As the boy wandered, he didn’t realize how far into the foreign pack land he had wandered into. The lake suddenly stood before him, and the mutt smiled. The lake’s reflection was muted due to the fog, but it was still stunning. What a wonderful day it turned out to be.
