Mount Nova Exploration

Viesa padded into the clearing with Lycaon. The clearing was directly in front of the starting point of climbing Mount Nova. She felt a bit inferior, as the mountain completely loomed over her, but her excitement still was welled up in her head, so she patiently waited for Lycaon before beginning.

Lycaon climbed up steedily behind her. The mountain didn't intimidate him as much as it had when he was younger. He just saw it as an old freind ever present in his life. He let Viesa take the lead and followed her up the cliff side. Looking up he wondered if the Mountain would ever erupt again. He hoped that it wouldn't it would ruin all the nice lush greenier around it and Lycaon loved his life here, even if the famine had taken most of his friends way last winter.

Viesa nodded towards Lycaon and leapt onto the edge of the path driven out for wolves. She fastened her claws into the rocks, making quite an effort. She pushed herself upwards, and found herself on the steepest part of the path. Viesa yelped lightly, as she felt she was going to fall, but she never did. Instead, she began moving ahead until she was on a more comfortable surface. There, she waited for Lycaon.

"Vicious brute, come on!" she shouted at him mockingly.

Lycaon smiled and followed steadily after her watching his step as he went so that he didn't fall. Putting one paw in front of the other he didn't try to do it as fast as he could for he knew that was where the problems started happening. He climbed almost effortlessly though up the cliff after Viesa. Making sure to watch out for any rocks that looked unstable or slippery. Catching up to Viesa he said. "What can't an old wolf take his time?" He smiled lightly at the joke but also signaled that she lead. It was her exploration after all and he wanted to see where she would go.

(Sorry I took so long to reply I've been pretty busy the past couple of days.)

"You're only a year older than me," Viesa stated before continuing. She glanced upwards and saw a peak at the very top of the mountain, so she trotted casually to the next set of rocks to climb. Viesa pulled herself up the reddish rocks, but as she was about to make the next flat section, her hind leg reached for a grip, only to paw the air. She yelped and stumbled downwards, back onto the ground. She closed her eyes, trying to escape the pain, but her right hind leg had become pretty stiff with agony.

Lycaon smiled at waht Viesa had said. It was true that they where only a year apart but to Lycaon right now it felt like he was an elder showing a pup around a new place. He chuckled as the thought this to himself and then Viesa fell.

Lycaon rushed forward to assess the damage, looking her over for any odvious or serious wounds he asked. "Are you alright Viesa?" He didn't see anything wrong so he looked at her face worry writen all over his.

Although there was a pretty large gash stripped across her leg, she managed a half smile and nodded. Viesa's breathing became heavy as she struggled to sit up and dismiss the pain, but it was unbearable with such a wound. "I'm fine.. I.. think, I..," she managed to say.

Lycaon saw the gash now and said. "We should probably get you back to camp." He was worried, He'd seen wounds like this before and without the proper cleaning it wouldn't be fun for Viesa. Looking around he saw no really easy way down the cliff. "Here," He said getting low beside her. "Climb on my back, I'll carry you back. It'll be easier then you trying to walk down." He was worried to say the least, he hadn't done this in a while and he didn't now his limits right now but for a hurt pack member he would try.