Children at Heart
She stared wide eyed as she traipsed across the starlit plains. It was early in the morning, but she liked this time of the day because the sun wasn't so harsh on her sensitive skin. When they had come here, it was the turn of summer, but now that she saw how everything here looked in the spring (or fall in Boreas), she couldn't believe how much more beautiful it looked! Granted, she thought it was beautiful already, but the blossoming of new flowers and plants was breathtaking, and with it she knew that new life would be coming shortly. Prey would be flooding the lands again, though it wasn't too bad of a winter for them, prey was decent. Now though, as everything grew and turned green and lush, prey would more than likely be nice and fat. Her tail wagged at the thought of all the new things she'd get to see here, and she was beyond excited! The shy girl stopped near one of the plains many ponds, peering across it and watching as flocks of ducks and geese, and even swans and other waterfowl touching down as they returned from their migrations. She had never seen them before since they didn't live in the North, but her mother had told her about the waterfowl and they certainly looked different and interesting with their flat bills and webbed feet. Springing back, she took off again to see what else was new, and that was when she spotted him.
She hadn't noticed before, but now that she had altered her course, she could see a large figure not too far from where she was. She stopped in her tracks as she watched him, the vibrant color of his pelt struck her as fascinating. Was he...who was he? She knew her brother had accepted someone recently, and she had heard a howl the other night, so was this that wolf? She watched from afar, the light of the morning helping her to see better since it wasn't so strong that it hurt her eyes. She was curious about him, but also frightened. She wasn't accustomed to meeting new strangers by herself, but she would be two soon...she had to start being social on her own sooner or later, right? Taking a deep, shaky breath, she slowly approached him, head slightly lowered which was the usual for her. She was a shy one, that was well known within the pack. When she was a couple yards away, she stopped again and shyly looked at him, a hesitantly wagging tail beating lightly against her ankles. "Um...h-hello. You're new here, r-right?" |
