After a while of traveling, we came across a beautiful meadow and I couldn't help but take it all in. Glancing over at Kenai, I saw that he was still upset. I was growing worried for him. I missed hearing his laughter and care-free nature. I walked up to him why Koda was messing around with the flowers. He turned to me and asked, "What is it, Tehya?"

        Instead of releasing the little speech I had planned out in my head, I said, "Nothing. I'm just letting you know that I'm always here for you, Kenai." Kenai smiled. The first real smile that I had seen since our older brother's death and I couldn't help, but smile as well. He's still there.

        "You do know that I'm supposed to be the older one here, right?" Kenai teased.

        "Well, yeah, but everyone needs someone to lean on regardless of age." I stated. Kenai grabbed me and ruffled my hair. He's playing a dangerous game. He knows how much I hate that. I managed to get out of his grasp and I knocked him to the ground and I laughed, "What are you going to do now, Kenai?"

        "This!" Kenai exclaimed and he pulled himself up, which resulted in me getting thrown off. We both laughed and playfully nudged each other. Then, Kenai said, "Race you to the rock over there?" I looked over at the boulder, which was about a hundred feet ahead of us. I grinned looking back at him stating, "You're on." We were about to start racing, but Koda ran up to us. We had almost forgotten about him.

        "What are you guys doing?" Koda wondered. Kenai rolled his eyes and I watched in despair as his smiled disappeared. I looked down at the ground. I felt like yelling at Koda, but I knew that it wasn't his fault for all of this. Kenai said, "Nothing. Let's keep moving." He walked on ahead of us and I had to keep myself from crying, but a single tear rolled down my cheek.

        "Are you okay, Tehya?" Koda questioned. I was honestly getting tired of that question. What do I tell him? That Kenai and I's brother died not even two days ago, that we were transformed into bears and have to go on this strange quest with our other brother hunting us? Also, on top of all that, we are stuck babysitting in the midst of our grief. All I want is for life to go back to normal, but the scary part is, I'm realizing, is that our lives will never be the same. Angry hot tears threatened to burst forth like a roaring fall, but I was doing everything I could to not explode at Koda. Reminding myself that this wasn't his fault. He does not deserve to get yelled at for our problems.

        "I'm fine." I growled trying so hard to keep everything bottled up. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Kenai glance in my direction. Worry was written across his face. Again, with the worry. Will everyone stop be being so worried?! I need something to distract me. Anything!

        "Okay. Well, if you really want to know how me and my mom got separated, I was saving this story for the salmon run, but, I'll tell you two." Koda said. Kenai and I stopped. I could tell that Kenai was annoyed like usual and I was just thankful for the distraction. Koda continued, "It was probably the fifth or sixth most coldest day in my entire life.

        "Oh. This sounds good. You should definitely save it." Kenai said.

        "You think so?" Koda inquired.

        "Yeah. For your friends." Kenai finished. Koda was about to tell another story, but Kenai said, "Nuh-uh-uh. How about no talking?"

        "Okay. Then I'll Sing: Tell everybody I'm on my way. New friends and new places to see." Koda began singing much to my amusement and Kenai's annoyance. Kenai kept trying to get Koda to shut up and even trying stuffing in him in a log, but it didn't work. Kenai gave up and we kept on walking. Throughout the day, Koda kept trying to make Kenai laugh and I stood back a little to try and let them bond. Koda tried to mimick Kenai at one point, then he tried climbing on top of Kenai while we were trying to eat berries, told stories to some of the animals, and we went through this field of dandelion whose seeds were ready to blow off. Koda and I looked at each other and we knew exactly what the other was thinking. We ran through the fields and I watched in amazement as the seeds of the dandelions floated in the air. I looked back and laughed as I saw Kenai covered in it and he sneezed.

        Later that night, I noticed that Koda tried to curl up next to Kenai, but Kenai got up and flopped down in the opposite direction of Koda. I sighed, but had some hope. Kenai may be stubborn, but he will eventually warm up to Koda. It was raining briefly the next day and I saw Koda following in Kenai's footsteps and I took this chance to go up to Kenai and asked, "How much longer will you continue to ignore Koda? You should give him a chance."

        "He's a bear, Tehya. Besides, according to him, we'll be at the Salmon run in about a day. Then, we head to the mountain and we will transform back into humans. Then, we'll most likely never see Koda again." Kenai said. Little harsh, but I guess he makes a good point. I guess I better enjoy this friendship with Koda while I can.

       A couple hours later, we came across a cliff that had a huge gust of wind. Koda went to the edge and leaned over it. The wind was strong enough to hold him! I went next to him and did the same thing and to my complete shock, Kenai joined us as well. Maybe he is finally warming to him after all. Suddenly, the wind stopped and Kenai, Koda, and I  screamed as we fell down the side of the cliff and into a mud pile. Koda and I looked at Kenai and laughed because his hair was all spiked up. Kenai noticed it and smirked. He grabbed Koda and I and he used the mud smear our hair as well. We laughed and continued on. I thought that this day was going to turn out great, but then we heard screaming and we turned around to see two moose running towards us. What was going on with them?