A Song For The Stars

When her mother died Vela had made the starry woman a promise... A promise of love and devotion... One of Loyalty and Strength... A promise that she would now and forever look after the gift that she had given her eldest daughter... A gift Vela had no idea was coming... A gift that would transcend any bond... The gift of her sister.

So when time passed her her little sister grew into a yearling the silver wolf knew they had to leave the home they ever knew and explore the world... Just as Astrea said to do. So she and her sister had left the small island and came upon the shores of the mainland and this... Well this was their first stop...

And what a stop...  Vela looked up at the night sky, her duel toned eyes eyes tracing the path of the stars... But the longer she stood there the more uneasy she grew, even surrounded by the twinkling lights that reminded her of the very things she looked to now. She had moved away from the camp she had set up for the night and found a quite place where she could think... could find council with the wisest being she ever knew. "What is it you wanted us to find mother?" She asked the stars softly, not wanting to break the calm of the night. She didn't understand what the mystic had wanted... Couldn't fathom what the starry wolf saw to set a near panicked tone in her voice, even now Vela can hear her voice...

'Lala, you and your sister cannot live here the rest of your life...' Her voice had been weak as if she didn't even have the strength to draw breath... 'You must take your sister when she is older and you must find your path... As I have....' Not knowing what else to do Vela agreed with her mother, would promise her anything if only she would rest... But it had been a futile effort, after Vela agreed to what she asked Astrea took one last shuttering breath and grew still...

And even now that last moment with the wolf who had been her world filled her with sorrow... Vela lifted her head then, giving out a mournful song, living up to the name her mother called her in nothing but affection. She had once told Vela ' You know Lala when I named you I was looking into the night sky, trying to find the perfect name for you... When you started to give a soft howl.' Vela had tilted her head at her mother who gave a soft chuckle. 'And when I looked up at the sky... Well I just knew.' She pointed a paw to a constellation of stars. 'Those are your stars Vela, they bare your name; but to me you will forever be Lala, my singing pup.'

And so on this anniversary of her mothers death Vela would give the Star Maiden a song. "I miss you mama..."