TAKE LIFE BY THE HORNS

Okay. Maybe she should muster up the courage to talk to her mom. She had to right? This was her MOM she was talking about for heavens sake. Charm paced at the front of her mothers den just as the sun was setting. Hoping to catch her in the late hours so that she wouldn't have to much call for her. At this age a lot of her siblings were finding themselves their own dens, or at least sleeping where ever they so pleased. Almost at their adult heights, her sister okami towered above her. Though, she didn't feel so sad anymore about being so tiny. Just meant she would have to remain cute and heal all those wolves.

Charm however had her thoughts drawn back to WHY she needed a mentor. Her dad was gone, she had wanted to train under him but he had gotten sick and the most they ever did was herb hunt together and that was a few and far between. She would never see or hear from him again. Charm let a heavy sigh escape her lips, she had to be strong right, but then why did she feel this dart pit forming at her gullet. It felt as if she had eaten something very sour, an upset tummy that not even any herb could feel. That was probably why she desperately wanted to seek out the comfort of her mother. She held back tears and sat herself there, hoping her mother would come to the den tonight and not decide to go do something else.

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Twilight was fast approaching, and she was tired. She and Tan had been out all day trying to track a small herd of caribou, but they ended up going too far to be able to make it into a pack hunt for dinner tonight. Oh well, maybe they would have better luck when they moved...as she began to think about that particular thought, she noticed Charm sitting outside of her den. She realized then, when did they get so big? One day they were all sleeping together in the den, and the next they were off sleeping in their own. Okami still slept with her, and she realized too that she was a lot bigger then all of them, and Charm was the smallest.

She approached her daughter, amber gaze soft as she walked up and licked her daughters head. "Charm, is there something troubling you?" She sat down and faced her, noticing that she appeared to be distressed. She knew that it was because of Vereux's passing, but maybe it had something to do with her too...she knew she wasn't spending as much time with them, especially since she had an entire pack to look after. So she hoped it would all change when Dragon took over.

TAKE LIFE BY THE HORNS

Thank heavens, it seemed her mother returned quickly. This made her wag her tail a little bit as her mother drew her tongue across the top of her head. It was easy wasn't it, Charm was so small and she remembered that it meant she could always curl up next to her mother. That was something she could treasure right? Though she wasn't as close to her mother as Okami was, she was still here. "Momma I.... I'm sorry I haven't been around." she muttered as she then suddenly drew her green eyed gaze to the ground. "I don't understand really, I'm upset, not just sad I'm really.... really down. I was so scared to tell you I was afraid you'd be disappointed in me. The other day it took me just about all of my energy to crawl out of my sleeping place." she couldn't help it. Her eyes drained, and she pushed herself into her mom if she was allowed.

All those emotions she bottled up just poured out. "I love you mom." Charm didn't understand why her dad had to go. What unseen force had to take him away from her. Her mom was still here though and she didn't want her to go away either. She would have to learn how to heal, she would make her mother live a long life as long as she could. Otherwise she didn't know what she would do.

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