Clever Jay

I don't trust this pup... She's clever and sneaky. I doubt she'll be the obedient type, came in a pakage painted "trouble"' But still, she's just a youngling. Maybe she will be taught manners. I accepted her in my pack, and so I shall bear the responsability of the sneaky pup, that steals food and terrorises the other young. I'm not the only one that's irritated by the pups presence. Frosted Dew who is pupsitting the little rascal has little time for herself. Clever Jay tires like five jolly pups at once. Everytime that Dew lookes a way, the pup lookes to make something stupid. Now everyones snarky, because Clever Jay is always thinking to make someone howl with anger. But still, the youngling is just a pup. Dew and I will try to change her nasty personality. 

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It's been one moon, and the pup didn't change. In fact, she got even worse! Frosted Dew stopped pupsitting her, exchanged with Sweet Root, who is now pupsitting only Clever Jay. Dew is relieved, all thought now she has two pupies to pupsitt, yet she says that these two are angels in contrast to that little monster. The pup had a verry low chance of survival with Frosted Dew, who wasn't very experienced in sitting such a monstrous youngling. Sweet Root in the other hand handles Clever Jay easily. She's a bit concerned about the pups tendency to getting into trouble, but doesn't have to stay awake in the night, woried about Jay sneaking out. Everyone askes her about her secret to calming the rascal, but she never tells. It seems that Jay likes Sweet Root, more than Frosted Dew. Well, if you can define it as "liking". She doesn't bite Root's tail, run into the bushes when she doesn't see or bully the other pups under her watchful eyes. But that may be because Sweet Root scowled at her every Jay tried it. It was a bit amusing to watch Jay cowering under Roots warning gaze. The pack is calmer now, that the monstrous youngling got tamed, but still I can see this wicked spark in the pups eyes that makes me shudder. 

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Clever Jay became friends with Honeycomb. The male wolf doesn't mind the pup walking behind him, following him everywhere. I don't know what made the youngling so amiable towards the grown honeydew wolf. Hes much older than her, and does't like to play with her. He tolerates her, lets her eat meals with him and sleep by his side. He was one of the wolves that didn't want Jay in the pack. He stayed away from her, not trusting her sly gaze. Jay didn't change much but gained affinity to Comb. Don't ask me why. She still avoides me with all her strengh. 

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Last night Jay dissapeared, not leaving any tip to where did she go. I sent a patrol to look for her. Nobody didn't see her sneeking out in the night, and surely none of the big cats and dire wolves didn't enter our territory. There was a faint smell of the pups furr, and a broken nail, but thats it. I called back the patrol and followed the faint smell, Young Oak following me. The track ended at the edge of the forest. where lay large rocks, sharp on the edges and as big as a two bears. I sniffed searching for Clever Jay. And then I heard a crunch. I looked at Young Oak and told her to stay here and went to the place where I heard the noise. As I walked into the open, between the labirinth of rocks, I stood with shock. There she was, Clever Jay, lying under a large rubble, munching on a big white bone, still covered in chunks of meat. The youngling has escaped with a chunk of meat, that could had filled the bellies of a whole pack, and ate it all alone! "Pup" I growled with anger. Jay as if seeing me for the first time, froze, with her jaws bit deep in the bone. "Leader Zaphira" Jay said sweetly. The pup stood on wobly legs and tried to hide the bone behind her. Unsuccessfuly, because I already saw it, and how she ate it all up. Sighting I went towards her, seeing as she cringes with each of my steps. The pup whined with terror, when I caugh her by the neck and lifted as a newborn pup. "Don't say a word, or I'll make you run back to the den" I muttered with my teeth in the pups pure white furr. I went to Young Oak and explained that Jay was found, and why she ran away. Oak was dissapointed and furios. She took the clean bone with her, to show the pack what the pup has done. When we brought Jay back to the den, everyone silently glared at her. Especially Honeycomb. His eyes where angry and fierce, and Jay seeing that, cringed even more. It was the best punishment she could get, for robbing our supplies. Still, I forbade Jay to play with the other pups, and made her Pearl Moons aprentice, though I wasn't sure if she wouldn't make even more trouble being one.

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