A Song For The Stars

Vela smiled softly as her sister jumped at the chance to listen to her story. A soft chuckle lifted as she settled on her haunches preparing to tell her, "Well it was a few days after your birth when, you, mother, and I where sitting on the cliff outside our home. She had been watching the stars as she did often when..." But her story was interrupted by the voice of another. She jumped slightly, her head whipping toward where the voice originated. She quickly got to her paws and moved in front of her sister, protecting the younger woman with her body... They had never encountered anyone before on their secluded island... This was the first stranger she and her sister had ever seen before and she did not like the fact that he came out of nowhere and had gotten so close without her even sensing him... She would not be making that mistake again, not when it could mean her sisters safety.

She lowered her head slightly and moved her paws so she was well balanced. "Yes, it is." She looked to the stars, her eyes tracing them then quickly returning to the male. "The night is clear and the stars bright." And when he asked a very personal question she was tempted to not respond... But no matter how weary she was about him she could not bring herself to be rude. "It was a song for the Star Maiden, she once walked this earth... But now she is gone... And I sing my sorrow to her." She once again looked up and found the star that only seemed to start shinning as bright after her mothers death. "She is up in the stars." But once again her eyes did not linger on the stars for long as she once more looked to the male her duel colored eyes once again watching for any move of aggression. "Now that you know why I sing, I must ask, what brings you out here?"