Wolf's PoV
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I heard my name being frantically called by a voice that belonged to no other than Ghost. Couldn't he see that I wanted nothing to do with him? Not since that day.

I refused to turn my head and even aknowledge him. Instead, growling, I lashed my tail and launched myself into the air, wind rushing over my scales cooly.

I heard snow shift below, and then the distinct sound of wings snapping open to catch the air. The noise of flapping wings heavy in my ears, I beat my wings faster, escaping quickly despite his larger size.

Finally, he had turned around, flying back down to earth, defeated. I let out a sigh of relief, glad to be left alone at last.

But I should've known better. I'm never alone. Not ever.

'You should forgive him,' a voice in my head piped up.

'NO! Never! Not when he dared to accuse me of being an animus and called me a liar!' I snarled angrily, stomping around in the snow.

'You can deal with all the horrible bitterness inside of you on your own then,' it snapped back testily at me.

I muttered curses under my breath, air whooshing out of my nostrils in a sigh. Deep down, I knew the voice was right. But I was an IceWing.

And IceWings are proud. I was too proud to give up what little dignity I had left, at least, I wouldn't sacrifice it for him. Not anymore.

'What horrible bitterness?' I spat, disgusted. But even as I said it, I felt the black hole inside, growing ever larger by the second.

Every moment I spent without him, the chasm loomed, all the more menacing, deep within my soul.

I was jolted out of my thoughts by a sharp pain exploding in my head. I blinked, spots dancing in and out of my vision. I glanced up to see--you guessed it--Wolverine, Ox, Narwhal, and Kodiak.

Judging by Narwhal's slightly bluish-purple knuckles and the way Wolverine is nodding at her, I'd say it's safe to assume that she punched me.

"So, Foxy," Kodiak snarled at me, scowling. "Where's your little two-eyed friend?"

I was silent. I didn't want them to know about the arguement I had gotten in with him. Especially not the part about our once-was friendship.

"Answer us!" Ox barked, kicking me in the stomach. I winced, and curled up into a ball to protect my soft underbelly.

"I...I don't know," I managed to choke out, disgusted at and repulsed by myself for how weak my voice was.

Not hesitating for a second, Wolverine descended on my viciously. "Lies!" he hissed, raking his talons down my side. "Lies, lies, lies, lies, lies, LIES!"

He punctuated his last 'lies' with a swipe to my face. I tried to avoid it, leaning away, but as seeing I was pinned, my feeble attempts were to no avail.

His paw came down, toes splayed, talons glinting as they neared my face. That was all I saw before I closed my eyes and pain erupted on the right side of my snout.

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Ghost's PoV
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I managed to spot Wolf alone (after a period of absolute avoidance) and I decided it was the chance I'd been looking for to apologize.

"Hey Wolf!" I shouted at him, hoping he'd stop and turn around, just like old times. "Wolf!"

Instead of turning around though, his mouth moved, like he was talking to himself and he leapt into the air. He obviously didn't want to talk, but I couldn't let this chance pass.

So I jumped after him, my wings stretching out to the sides, as I chased him. But with every beat he took, he got further away. And my heart dropped some more with every stroke that carried him further and further from me. And with him, went my hope to apologize.

Finally, exhausted, I slowed down and drifted back towards the land, my heart heavy in my chest. I weighed me down, pulling me away from him.

Something urged me to go after him, chase him to the ends of Pyrrhia. But at this point, it doesn't matter anymore. If he doesn't care, I don't care.

Except I do.

A/N: Hello my wonderful readers! What's this, you say? AN UPDATE! 🎉🎉 Anyways, high school is tough. CURSE YOU GEOMETRY!! I got a ton of homework, and it's homecoming this week. And it's gonna be my first time going to homecoming on Saturday! Wish me luck! Ok, so what do you think so far? Good? No good? And I'm thinking of hosting a contest sometime but I'm not sure.....it'll probably happen someday though. Yay!! I'll try to update ASAP but that might not be anytime soon.....love y'all tons! Thank you so much for reading! ❤️❤️