Autumn wandered through the trees, calling for her mother. She had told her to stay by rock and she would come get her but where was she? Autumn felt her ears lower. Had she done something wrong to make mother mad? The pup yelped as she stumbled over a root and tumbled to the ground. She lay for a moment before slowly getting to her feet and shaking any leafs that might have clung to her fur. She resumed calling, felling fear well up inside her. What if she was lost and never found mother? Terrified the pup turned but realized she had no clue which way was back to the rock. 

The forest suddenly feeling dark and scary, Autumn quickly back against a tree, wide amethyst eyes darting around at every sound she heard. A sudden snap of a twig nearby sent the pup whirling around. A pair of eyes glowed at her from the undergrowth. The pup whimpered, turned and fled blindly through the trees. She tripped many times but always scrambled to her feet and kept going. Finally, when she caught sight of the river she tripped over something and went flying. When she finally managed to stagger to her feet she turned to see what it was that had tripped her. 

She blinked in surprise when she saw it was a pup around her age laying there. His fur was a dark gray in color. He had black on the tips of his ears, his behind and the tip of his tail. She couldn't see the color of his eyes because they were closed. 

Autumn cautiously crept up to him, poked the pup with her paw then leaped away as if he was going to bite her. When he didn't move Autumn crept over again and poked him again. Her eyes widened when she felt his wet fur. He also seemed to be shivering. The pup glanced around before she curled her smaller body around his, hoping her body heat would dry him and stop the shivering.