Carried away by a moon shadow

that's how the story goes, the story of the beast with those four dirty paws

The early morning would not have drawn Ocena from her sleep had one of her children not left the den. She typically could sleep through a hurricane with Gargoyle at her side and children pillowed around her, but when one of them slipped from the den, Ocena was the first to awaken, her blue eye tracking the form of Oracle as she moved away. For a moment, just curling back up and trusting the rest of the Snow Rogues to look after her daughter was tempting, but Ocena would have never succumbed to such an urge. She could typically count on Gargoyle to watch their children when she wasn't around, but he was asleep next to her, and she didn't wish to awaken him.

So Ocena stirred and left the den carefully. She moved easily along, avoiding the sleeping forms of her other children and Gargoyle, ears twitching as she padded forth. "Good morning, Oracle." Ocena's voice was light and joyous as she approached her daughter, her tail wagging easily in the crisp morning air. Ocena watched with an air of amusement as Oracle chased after the creatures that raced across the sand, trying to avoid the predatory creature that ran after them.

It made her sad, in a way, to think that her older children had outgrown those things. Galileo, who had kept an eye on his siblings when they were younger, had begun to wander a lot recently. Orica was off on her own now, and Avalon too was around home less and less. They were growing, leaving the nest as pups must, but she missed when her first litter had been this young and this innocent. Ah well. Change was the only constant in life, and she understood that. As long as Gargoyle stood at her side, she could face anything the world threw at her. That was the truth. She could only hope that her children too would come to feel like they could handle the world as well, with or without another wolf to help them.

TAG: Oracle NOTES: Mother/Daughter time! <3