common?"

"We have the same interests, we get annoyed by the same things, and our childhoods seemed to be the same too! Speaking of which I've noticed you've been hanging out with Sara a lot."

"Well she's the one that found me and helped me recover, were just friends."

"You sure of that?"

"Well if we weren't friends would we be hanging out this much?"

"No I mean are sure you're just friends?"

"What do you mean?"

"Oh come on! I've seen the way you two look at each other! Plus when a chance to hang out with each other comes up neither one of you gives a second thought about it. You like her don't you?"

Patrick was at a loss for words. "As a friend!" he said.

"Uh-huh, sure." said Yak sarcastically.

"Shut up." said Patrick.

Just then they both saw Nuk, Sumac, and Niju up ahead who also saw them.

"Hey Yak!" said Nuk. 'We're going to the river to try and scare some of the wolves trying to fish! C'mon!"

"Be right there!" yelled Yak. "I figure this would be a good chance to tell them. Plus I always love scaring other wolves!" he said with a laugh. and then he headed for his new friends. "See ya tomorrow morning!" he yelled back.

"Great, tweedle-dee, tweedle-dumb, tweedle-idiot, and tweedle-retard are friends." he thought to himself. "It's a match made in heaven!" he thought as he snickered. Patrick then decided that he would find Sara to tell her that he was leaving in the morning, but while he was looking for her he kept thinking about what Yak said about him and Sara. Did he really like her more than just a friend? Did he have strong feelings for her? Patrick was unsure.

Patrick found Sara taking a drink at the water hole. An idea quickly came into his head and he tried to sneak up behind Sara so that when he was right behind her he would let out a loud growl and hope to send her tumbling into the water. He quietly crept up with a smile on his face the whole way. What Patrick didn't know was that the wind was blowing at a slight enough angle so that Sara was able to get a quick whiff of his scent. She continued to drink to make Patrick think she didn't know he was behind her. Just as he was about to let out his growl Sara lept up so fast and landed behind Patrick and pushed him into the water! It happened so fast the next thing Patrick could remember seeing was the bottom of the pond. When his head popped up over the surface the first thing he saw was Sara laughing hysterically. 

"Nice try!" she said after she was done laughing. 

"I almost had you!" he said.

"Sure you did!" she said still laughing.

Patrick got out of the pond and shook himself dry.

"So what's up?" asked Sara.

"Well I just wanted to let you know that Yak and I will be heading out tomorrow."

Sara's smile quickly disappeared. "You're really going to do it?" she asked.

"Of course! We're not just going to let our family rot and die in there!"

"Well have you even gotten anyone to help you out?"

"No, that's why we're going in by ourselves."

"WHAT!? You guys are crazy! You'll need more than two wolves to pull it off!"

"Well you're still welcome to join us if you want!"

Sara opened her mouth, but no words came out. She wanted to help, but was still unsure if she was willing to go with them.

"Anyways, just wanted to let you know. And if you can tell your parents too."

"Sure. Hey look, since you're leaving maybe we could... I don't know... hang out later? Before you leave?"

Patrick smiled. "Sure. Might as well have a little fun before I get killed." he said laughing, but Sara clearly didn't think it was funny. "So what do you want to do?" he asked.

"I don't know. I want to do something we haven't done before. Can you think of anything?"

"Well one thing I always liked to do in my old pack was stargaze and I did find this one cliff side clearing that overlooks the valley. It looks awesome at night and it has a nice clear view of everything."

"Sounds good to me. I haven't stargazed much, but I have had fun doing it before. I know which cliff side your talking about so how about I meet you there later?"

"Sure. So I guess it's a date?"

"I guess it is." said Sara laughing.

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Later that evening when the sun had completely gone down Patrick and Sara met up at the base of the hill.

"Hey!" said Patrick "So you ready?"

"Yep! Let's go!"

As they were walking up the hill the started talking.

"You know," said Sara "I've probably seen this cliff a million times, but I never went up on it before. I don't think many others have either"

"Really? I would have figured something that's so obvious to spot would at least have some attention. Well regardless the view from it is awesome!"

It was a cool spring night and the sky was clear. The moon was shining bright and stars dotted the night sky. A perfect night for stargazing. When they came up on the clearing they had a wide and clear view of the entire valley. Sara was impressed. 

"I've never seen the valley like this before!" she said. "And the clear sky just makes the view all the more amazing!"

"I told ya the view was awesome!" said Patrick laughing. "So lets stargaze!"

It wasn't long before both of them started to identify constellations and make their own images. 

"Hey look there's the big dipper!" said Patrick.

"Oh yea! You can see the little dipper too! Hey look, if you connect those two stars with those other 4 it looks like a wolf!"

"Cool! Nice eye!"

"Thanks! Man I haven't done this in so long I forgot how fun it was!"

"I used to do this with my parents and my brother all the time. They taught me how to find different constellations."

She looked at him and asked "So you still going through with that crazy plan of yours?"

"What do you think?" he asked.

"Yea I guess that's too obvious. Aren't you scarred though?" 

"Of course I am. But when someone you care about is in danger sometimes the thought of saving them overrides the thought of being scared. That pack has helped me countless times when I needed help the most in the past and now I think it's time I help them when they need it the most."

"It's just that I've never had encounters with coyotes before so I'm nervous as to what would happen to me if I did go with you. Plus I'm never really that enthusiastic about risking my life for someone I've never met."

"I understand and it's okay. Frankly I can't blame you. Besides I'm actually a little relieved that you're not coming. If something happened to you I probably wouldn't be able to live with myself."

Sara then scooted right up to Patrick and layed her tail across his. "Thanks Pat." she said as she nuzzled him. All Patrick could do was smile and nuzzle her back. 

After stargazing for a while Sara spoke up. "Well I probably should go, I told my parents I'd be back before it got too late. Maybe you should the same, got a long day tomorrow."

"Eh, I wanna stay here a little longer." 

"Okay." said Sara, but just as she was leaving she stopped. "Oh and one more thing." she said as she walked back up to Patrick. She then gave him a lick on the cheek! Patrick was surprised. He looked at Sara, but couldn't say anything.

"Thanks for everything." she said smiling and then left. Once again all Patrick could do was smile back.

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It was early the next morning and the first rays of sunlight were barely peeking over the horizon. The entire pack was still asleep, but Patrick and Yak were wide awake. After over a week of planning the two wolves were finally about to start their journey to free their pack from the coyotes. The two wolves had just finished eating and were aking last minute discussions.

"Well, this is it! You ready?" asked Yak.

"I've been ready! Those stupid coyotes won't know what hit them!" 

"Alright, enough chit chat, lets go!"

And the two wolves set off. But what they didn't know was that Sara had seen them leave.

"Good luck guys." she said said to herself as a tear ran down her face.

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As the two wolves began their journey Patrick started talking to Yak about their new pack.

"So what do you think of this pack? Have you enjoyed life with them so far?"

"You kidding? I love it! Everyone's friendly and awesome and there's never a dull moment! I could get used to it."

"Well what are you going to do if we free our pack? You know once they're out the migration is still going to be a go."

"I know, and I've been thinking about that. I'm just worried who will take over the pack if I stay. What about you?"

"Well I've been thinking about it too and I don't like the feeling of leaving them, but I've had a happier life there than I have with our pack. Plus they don't move around like us so I've made more friends than I have in my entire life. So I've decided that I'll stay." Patrick also knew

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