Youth of the Nation [Children & Elder camp]

Nova had been sleeping peacefully until her ears twitched at the sounds of howls that dragged her from her sleep. The rainbow marked child stirred, blinking her bright red eyes open slowly. Then she felt Argus nuzzling her, nosing her awake. Mom was in trouble? What? At this Nova leapt to her paws, though mindful of where her smaller sibling was. She looked around to discover that Marina wasn’t back yet and Chasm was busy trying to rose her other siblings. What was going on…?

Nova followed her siblings silently, all least until they arrived where Chasm wanted them. But she didn’t play either. Instead she watched, listened. She could make out the distant sounds of the fighting too, snarls on the wind… and she pinned her ears back. She heard Argus talking to Chasm, and slowly Nova made her way over to her sister, giving a gentle, reassuring smile and a small lick to her cheek.

“Mama is with the monsters… she said there are monsters in the world, and if they ever showed up here she’d go fight ‘em. That’s why.” Nova spoke matter-of-factly. “Mama is good and the monsters are bad. Good always beats the bad, so she’ll be fine. Mr. Regulus called too, remember? Other wolves of Celestial too.” She gently pressed into her smaller sibling’s side. “Mama would want us to stay here. We’re too little… but…” Nova twitched her ears thoughtfully.

“I wanna stay here and wait for her. I believe in Mama.” The femme said softly. “...and imagine if any of the monsters got us? Mama would be so upset… and angry…” She wasn’t sure which emotion would overcome their mother more. She just knew it wouldn’t be pretty.