We'll Be Heroes!

Pegasus Beaufort… the name was foreign to her ears, but the name Yale she had heard before from her mother. She knew of his story, at least a little bit, how he had gone looking for her for her parents… Philomena felt a stab of guilt. It wasn’t her fault her uncle had taken her… but she felt responsible for the fact that she hadn’t been found. Peg trailed off in his story, but Philomena had the strong feeling that there was something more… something darker by the way he trailed off. The female furrowed her brow but didn’t pry, giving a small nod and a small reassuring smile. It was fine. If he wanted to tell her at some point then he would.

“Did you know Dragoste means love?” Philomena asked after a moment, breaking her gaze away from Pegasus’ own. “I believe my father wanted to create a more peaceful pack. A pack where others could learns and interact and be happy. A home.” Philomena shook her head sadly. “But they were the wishes of someone blind to the evils of the world I think. As much as I love my father… there was no preparation from when the Abraxas came and took our pack away… and my father’s life.”

The female glanced back to Pegasus now. “Dragoste is no more… but I’m sure you know of that. I’m sadly not sure what became of our other members…” The female lowered her ears. “The Abraxas had taken my brother and I for a short while… but… I think they let us go to spread the ‘truth’ of what happened. Yes my father made a mistake in offering his life to them… but what else could he do? He wanted to protect us… all of us. He wanted to make sure everyone had a chance to escape by distracting them…” Philomena didn’t realize it, but by mentioning Dragoste she’d dug into old wounds. Wounds that weren’t healed… and probably never would be.

“I thought for a while that maybe, just maybe this was how things were meant to be… but no. My father was murdered. They didn’t HAVE to take his life. They did it anyway. Because the Abraxas are cold. They are heartless.” The female caught herself at last and sighed.

“Forgive me, Pegasus…” The female lowered her gaze. “It’s just… it pains me that everything my father worked for has been taken away. Everything I loved… gone… and I didn’t even get a chance to say goodbye…”