let slip the dogs of war

The girl was, as usual, allowing Divo to attack her. Darya felt no real desire to fight back against her smaller sister, indeed she didn't see the reason Divo attacked her at all. All things considered it probably would have been easy enough for her to win, young as she was she was already quite clearly bigger than her sisters. 

But no instead she refused to fight and even when Divo demanded she do so the girl simply gave a non committal shake of her head and sighed. What she really wanted was to explore. She'd already discovered every nook and cranny of the den multiple times over. She wanted to see outside but every time she'd snuck towards the entrance of the den she'd either been called back by her siblings or mother or had found that just beyond it's entrance guards lay in wait. It seemed to her that her mother had assured every opportunity would lead to the girl's failure. 

Indeed when her mother invited her children to leave Darya narrowed her eyes a bit, not sure she actually trusted what her mother was saying. That was until she pushed Divo beyond the entrance. Now that, that caught the girl's attention. 

Instantly Darya was on her paws inching towards the lip of the cavern. Outside Divo called back to her and Dom and that was all she needed to launch herself clumsily into the snow. Which was cold! With a squeal she jumped back for a second, shaking the cold wet from her fur. This time, more prepared she once more leaped into the world beyond the den. A high laugh tumbling from her lips as she rolled and tumbled in the snow. 

The world was a swirling mess of lights and color and scents, some she recognized as her vexing guards and many many more she did not. But for now she was more focused on digging her way to the bottom of the snow layer, determined to find what lay beneath.