The Faerydae girl grinned as she made her way down to the pack meeting, but her smile faded as she accidentally smacked her wing on a branch. Marika loved the winter, but this year it was very hard on her new wings. Snow was fun, and fascinating, but she found it hurt to be out now, for elapsed periods of time. She hoped this pack meeting wouldn't take too long. 

Marika entered the clearing and bowed to the alpha. Hello, King Achilles. She sat down in a patch of dying grass that wasn't covered by snow. I . . . I turned to an adult. Yesterday was my birthday. If I could try, sometime soon, for the position of sigma, that would be great, Marika ventured tentatively. She turned her head at a crackle, and in waltzed Misty, the pretty Elemental girl. She nodded to Achilles then Marika, and took a seat. "Hello. Is anyone else showing themselves yet?" Marika loved the way she held herself. Misty had been a princess, so of course she had perfect posture. But she also didn't act like a princess. In fact, she seemed, to Marika, pretty desperate for a lower rank. Marika noticed she'd been lingering around the borders lately; maybe she'd want to be a kappa. 

As Marika watched Misty pawed at the soil. It was frozen, and so she barely scraped any up. The ex-princess caught Marika's eye, and smiled. Marika smiled back.