suddenly
Hitze stopped laughing immediatly.
"Please, It's a long way from here and with the condition im in i can't really protect myself too well. Ive already been attacked twice" Anilda continued, trying to pursuade Hitze.
Hitze was quiet for awhile. Then after a minute's deciding he spoke "alright. Do you have any idea where they would be right now?"
"No, but i know where they are headed too"
"That'll do. Where is it they're going?"
Anilda explianed, where the pack was headed and how to get there.
"But i don't know how to get there from here"
"that's ok, We can figure it out. I know this area pretty good so it shouldn't be too hard to find the way to the Agashashok river" Hitze replied

CHAPTER EIGHT

As the wind picked up Adam, pushing against the fierce wind, slowed down. Squinting against the wind adam could only see snow in front of him.
"Adam, we've got to find cover"
Adam looked back. The entire pack was behind him. Aleu stood by his side. Ice was forming on her nose, paws and tail.
The rest of the pack wasn't looking so good either.
"We're almost there. Just a bit further!" Adam yelled over the wind.
"We'll never make it to Coberta Cave" Anisto shouted from behind Aleu.
"Yes we will! Now COME ON" Adam shouted. Aleu struggled along beside Adam. She seemed to be the only one who had confidence in him.
"Adam. Think. Is there ANY shelter closer to us than coberta cave?" Aleu asked
"Aleu, that is the only place around here that will provide any cover from this wind around here. I know of a few caves that will do ok but their too small for the entire pack.
Aleu looked to the ground. Adam knew what she was thinking. When aleu looked to the ground it always ment she was making a decision.
"We'll split the pack up. How many caves do you know of?"
"at least 5" Adam replied
"5! that's all!"
"Well there are acctually 6. One is way to small to hold very many. Im guessing around 10 wolves would fit"
"Fine. We'll have to split up for awhile. I want you to take us to the largest one right now" Aleu replied
"Its right below us" Adam replied
Aleu looked surprised. Looking in front of her she saw a hill slanting downward.
"Yea, that's the way too it. So what now?" Adam asked.
"We have to get as many wolves in there as we can. Tell me where the other caves are" Aleu said with authority.
After adam told her he said "ill take the pack to them. You stay here" Adam replied. They had reached the cave.
"No, im the leader. Im taking the pack to. . " Aleu started but adam turned around and said at the top of his voice "Listen up! We're going to have to split up until the storm clears! Now, we need to fill this cave up with as many wolves as we can. I'll take the rest of you to shelter" As he announced this he notices several wolves had squeezed themselves together, desperate for wamth.
"Adam!" Aleu shouted angrily at him. "I don't ever want to see you do that again. Don't mistake your leadership of the ten shields for leadership of the pack"
"Understood" Adam replied. The wolves were now fillin in the cave.
"Aleu, you'r gunna stay here at this cave. I'll take care of the rest of the pack" Adam said nudging aleu towards the cave.
Aleu didn't argue. She walked to the mouth of the cave and adam could have sworn he saw a smile on Aleu"s face.

Only minutes after the cave started filling up, a young, jade, pup wondered ove to adam. Ever since adam had rescued him from being kill, weeks ago by the red rock pack, the pup saw him as a hero.
"What are you doing Angle? You need to get in that cave before it fills up" Adam said as the pup stopped at his paws.
Angle shook his head. His slightly oversized ears flapping.
"Im staying with you adam."
Adam chuckled, "It's really cold. Don't you want to warm up?"
"Im trying to not think about the cold" Angle replied.
Adam, smiling, laid down and wrapped his arms around angle.
Adam felt the pup shudder as adam's body warmth started warming him up.

The minutes passed and, steadily, the pack left outside shrank. Once the cave was filled adam stood. Angle shiveed as the cold overtook him. But he sat up acting like the cold was nothing.
"Alright! Is the cave full?" Adam shouted
There were several nodds and "yes"'s from the nine other shields outside.
"Jasper, Mali, Anisto. I need you to stay here. Protect this cave!"
The three wolves seperated from the pack and joined the rest of the wolves inside the cave.
"Alright follow me!" adam shouted heading south. Towards the second cave. Angle following right behind him.

Looking back at the back adam noticed several wolves were nearly completely covered in ice. "Don't worry. the cave is only a little further!" Adam said, trying to give the pack some hope.
Just then adam heard a wolf approaching from behind him. Turning adam saw bailey.
"Adam, we just lost one"
Adam groaned. "who?"
"A pup. I was told his name is Erudin"
Adam sighed then called for Zach. As soon as Zach reach them adam gave him his instructions.
"Zach i need you to lead the pack for awhile. Just head straight. Ill be only a minute. Angle, you stay here"
Adam and Bailey headed off to go look at erudin's body. Not surprisingly, the tan pup was at the very back. Laying motionless and soundlessly in the snow. Adam swallowed then leaned down toward the pup and put his ear to erudin's half-frozen mouth.
There was a breath! Very slow and quiet though. The pup wasant dead. . . Yet. He had just passed out.
Standing up adam asked bailey who had told him the pups name.
"It was her" Bailey said pointing a paw at a older female wolf. She had tan fur just like erudins. Adam ran over to her and asked "you witnessed erudin's incident just now right?"
"yea, Why?"
"Did he have any strange incident's before this?" Adam pressed on
"yea. Some sort of siezure"
"Explain it to me"
"Well, we were just following the pack then erudin started acting wierd. Trying to walk on his hind legs and things like that. Then he said something about. . . "
"Go on" Adam pushed
"He said something about how me and him should mate then when i pushed him to the ground he started shaking violently, he wet himself, then. . . died.
Adam looked back to the pup.
"this is the straight truth?"
"Yes, i swear"
"Your free to go" Adam said and rand back to Erudin.
"Don't worry, he's alive" Adam said to bailey then picked erudin up, set him on his back, told bailey to let him know if anything else happened back there, and ran back to the fron.
Angle gasped when he saw erudin.
"He's alive. But only Just" Adam said instently.
"What happened to him?" Zach asked.
"Not sure exactly but one of his friends told me he was acting wierd then he had some sort of siezure and ended up like this" Adam explained.
"How much further till we reach the cave?" Zach asked.
"Down there" Adam answered, pointing down a steep drop.
"How do we. . ." Zach started but out of nowhere a large crouck sounded. Beating against their eardrms. Adam stopped in mid-step. He stared at the ground. Zach could see a large crack had appeared in front of him.
Then, like a landslide, the snow dropped out from underneath them. Adam, Angle, Zach, and the unconsious Erudin fell. Falling several feet before landing. The impack of their fall, softened by the snow.
Dazed adam sat up. Looking around he saw zach laying on his side, Angle on his back behind zach, And Erudin lay a vew inches from adam.
"Is everyone alright?" Adam asked standing up.
Zach got to his feet and shook his fur. "Yea, nothing broken at least" Zach said picking Angle up.
Adam who was about to set Erudin on his back again when the snow underneath them gave way again and adam suddenly found himself sliding down a giant iceslide. Squinting against the wind, making his eyes wayer, adam tried to get his motion under control. Looking back adam saw Zach and the two pups sliding out of control.
When adam noticed the ice went all the way down to sold ground on a slight curve, he felt less tense. Enjoying the thrill of the ride. Zach who was getting his movement undercontrol noticed something adam apparently hadn't. Dead ahead the ice becamve very rough in front of him. But infront of Adam the ice formed a sort of spike-strip. And adam was sliding closer and closer to it.
"Adam! Look out!"
Adam's eyes snapped open. Alert again adam spotted it. About ten yards infront of him the ice started forming spikes. They looked sharp enough to impale him without even cracking.
Knowing he wouldn't be able to maneauver around them in time he did the only thing he could do, and jumped. Soaring off the ice adam flew inches over the spikes. Landing back on his paws. Unfortunatly there was one last spike that adam hadn't spotted. It was shorter than the others but had to be the sharpest of all.
Adams left hind leg landed on it and was sliced, painfully, open.
Adam howled in pain, ending in a deep growl.
Zach shuddered at the sight of adams leg, bleeding profusley, leaving a trail of blood behind him as he slid.
"You okay adam!" Zach asked.
Adam didn't answer immediatly.
"Yea, just a cut" Adam replied after a moment of silence.

CHAPTER NINE

"Okay, tell me again, why did i come with you?" Hitze shouted to anilda over the feirce wind.
"Im sorry, this storm came out of nowhere" Anilda replied.
Hitze had his flames out. Everytime he turned to flames the fierce wind put them out.
"Hitze you said you know this area pretty well, do you know of anywhere we can get cover?"
"Yea, about 4 miles that way" Hitze said jesturing back the way they came. The Morte Burg was still visible behind them.
Anilda rolled her eyes. "We at least need to get out of the wind. You can keep us warm by keeping your flames lit"
"great plan anilda, but it's got just one tiny flaw. There's no where to get out of the wind! Look around, let me know if you even see cover"
"What's wrong with you Hitze? You seem so agitated" Anilda said looking back at him.
"Nothing really, just all this white stuff falling from the sky"
Anilda looked up at the sky then to Hitze.
"It's Snow! snow is frozen WATER!"
"Thats it!"
Anilda had stopped listening to Hitze and had started racking her brain for