Making New Friends

Gossamer spied her dad coming and she yipped a little greeting, tail wagging furiously. Behind her Ásta slunk down in the grass, clearly nervous about the large wolf's approach. Sirius kissed Gossamer on the forehead and she reached up to try and lick at his chin. "Daddy! I found a fox that says she'll be my companion just like Bast is your companion. Can she stay?" Gossamer looked over to where the fox was huddled in the grass and she bounded over toward the larger creature and tugged at one of the fox's ears. "This is my dad. Say hi!"

The fox sighed and slowly stood up, making it all the more clear that she was twice the size of the rest of her kind. "Sir, my name is Ásta. I'm a healer. I'd be happy to share my knowledge and look for your little one here in turn for a place to live. I'm sure you can see I'm…well, I'm not really wanted by my kind. I'm closer to a wolf in size than a fox." She quite simply didn't fit in and most immediately began to tease and make fun of her. She'd heard all the jokes from 'how's the weather up there' to comments about having a butt as big as bison's.