Housewarming

The call of Artorias wasn’t unexpected. His diplomat had made the journey down, and returned with news that his daughter and son-in-law had accepted the invitation. He hadn’t known the exact day it would fall upon, and he looked up from work with a sudden grin on his face. Delighted and elated at the thought of seeing them again. Dropping his work, he got to his paws and began to head to the entrance of the Col. slipping through the market and out the other side. Finding the travelling part in the opening space outside the caves.

His eyes fell on Briar first, and moved towards his Queen daughter. Reaching down he kissed her on her brow and pulled her into a hug. “Briar! You're positively glowing. Queenhood suits you” he teased, pressing his nose against her cheek before reluctantly releasing her.

He gave Artorias a slap on his shoulder, but if the Hallows Alpha thought that was all he was getting, he had another thing coming. He grabbed Artorias and pulled him into a bear hug next. “Art, thank you for coming” He said before releasing his son in law.

His eyes turned then to the smaller of the three travellers. Or rather. The one he had expected to be the smaller. He paused, doing a double take as he looked at the bright plumage of the enormous bird. He had been a scrappy, mottled fledgling when the Warlord had seen him last. Now he almost towered over the warlord. Unperturbed, Sirius moved to him next. Pulling him into a bear hug, and pushing his weight into his back legs as he attempted (with a grunt of effort) to lift Zeph off the ground with the force of his hug. He made it not even an inch off the ground with the giant bird. “Zeph! I almost didn’t recognise you. What have they been feeding you??” He said as he greeted the bird just as warmly.


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