Valko was sitting in the Horse Hearth tinkering with something when he heard Thomas running along announcing lunch. He chuckled lightly at the child's enthusiasm and when he yelled into his hearth he called, "Thank you! Coming in a minute." He started cleaning up his mess so he could get some of the delicious-smelling food. Juju the ermine and Runa the wolf were both napping on Naliya's bed when the boy ran by. Juju immediately popped up but Runa didn't even twitch an ear. The pure white, (except the fluffy tip and about an inch of his long tail, which were pitch black) elongated weasel quickly scurried over to the wolf pup and chirped, trying to get her to wake. When that didn't work he jumped on her back a couple times. Still it didn't wake the sleeping pup. So the ermine began doing a little dance, pouncing on Runa's head with his front paws and then stomping on her with his back, chirping loudly all the while. It finally got the wolf to stir but not quite in the way Juju had been hoping for. Runa grumbled and rolled over, trapping half the long thin body of Juju beneath her. Juju squawked and protested and squirmed until he finally broke free. That was the last straw for the impatient creature. He turned and bit poor Runa's ear. The wolf yelped and scrambled to her feet, snapping at the ermine. Juju jumped out of the way and chittered teasingly at the pup then squeaked and streaked out of the room as the wolf began to chase him.<br/><br/>Runa tore after the irritating tube rat. Both ignored Valko when he yelled, "Juju! Runa! No! Stop!" They were both actually out of the hearth by the time he got to the word 'no'. They raced down the pathway between all the hearths, chittering and growling the whole way. Naliya, who was in the Horse Annex taking care of Tikka, heard the commotion and sighed as she patted the horse then entered the main lodge. She got to the common cooking hearth just in time to see the two animals come tearing in. Seeing as he was the tallest perch there and a rather imposing figure Juju immediately scaled Lars and perched on top of his head, chittering and squawking at Runa. The wolf pup skidded to a stop in front of Lars and yipped up at the ermine perched on his head. Valko arrived just behind them ready to stop whatever mischief Juju had planned next. He saw that his sister had it under control though. Neither animals had noticed Naliya storming angrily over until she plucked the weasel from Lars' head only moments after the animal had arrived there and said, "Bad Juju! Bad Runa!" She held the ermine just behind his front legs, letting the rest of his long body dangle, as she brought him up to her eye level, "Just what do you think you are doing Juju? You know you are not supposed to tear around the lodge like that. What did you do to anger Runa this time?" Then she looked down at the wolf pup who was already giving her her cutest guilty puppy look, "And you know better than to chase Juju in the lodge." The young woman then blushed deeply when she noticed everyone in the room was looking at her. Her confidence and anger both seemed to melt away. "Oh, I'm sorry..." she said then looked at Lars and said softly, "I'm really sorry Lars. They're both just antsy with being stuck here in the lodge because of the weather. The storm has finally broke and it's sunny outside now though. I'll take them outside for awhile to play and burn off some of this energy after lunch."