Sky padded out of his den, taking a moment to survey the valley from the ledge outside, sighing softly as he gazed out over his home. BlackRose was out hunting, he knew, alone. His brother never liked doing that. But in his absence, he led the pack until blackrose returned. Collecting his thoughts, sky padded around the corner of the cliff side into the upstream clan camp proper. It was in a J shape when viewed from above, with his den on the outside part of the J's arm. He chose to live there because it gave him privacy, and he could serve as a lookout for danger. The ledge his den was on went around to go before Blackrose's den and then ramp down into the camp proper. Most of the dens were in the curved part of the J, so there was a common meeting place and occasionally a kill pile before the Alpha's Den. Skyfire padded down into the camp as everyone was stretching or waiting patiently outside their dens. The two guards, more a formality than anything, still sat upright and alert by the gap in the thornbush wall at the mouth of the curve, dutifully staying until relieved. Sky looked at them, and frowned. "Star, Greenleaf, go take your posts and send Lake and Treefall to get some sleep." Skyfire said, going about the first order of business. The second would be meeting all the other clans on time at Whiterock clearing for the morning gathering. "Everyone else, unless youre nursing pups, follow me! Upstream clan has never been late before and we're not starting now! Ryven, that means you too!" he barked.
