Let's do it!

As the summer days grew longer in the midsummer season, so too did the once tiny pup. Ember was still small and young, but at two seasons old she was beginning to look more like a little wolf than a chubby puppy nugget. Her legs were growing out, adding a little bit of height to the juvenile fae, and her claws on her forepaws had developed a unique trait similar to her mother's—retractible and feline in nature. All of her days were spent exploring and playing wherever her tiny paws could take her, often venturing out through the tall grass fields outside the castle walls and losing herself amongst the rolling plains while the wind blew through her coat and she watched the rolling white-capped waves of the nearby sea. Who knew what adventures she could get up to today!

After eating breakfast with her family, Ember went scurrying out of Hearthstone and into the bright sunny gardens of the courtyard, giggling as she bounded between the different flowerbeds and charging through the draping violet canopies of the blooming wisteria trees. The gardens were a medley of fragrances from all the flowers and plants that grew here, and although she couldn't really name many of them the way her aunt could, Ember quite liked it out here in the spring and summer months. Trotting briskly around the cobblestone paths and across the lush lawns, the girl heard a call very close by, the fae's voice echoing around the stone walls from another part of the courtyard. Ears perked, Ember swiftly diverted her course and practically bounced over to find her older cousin waiting for her.

"Hiya El!" she greeted with a bright smile and chipper demeanor, coming to a stop to proudly present herself at the paws of her cousin. "I'm here for... whatever you needed me for!"

"Ember"