Making memories

The way Ciaran described this neighboring land filled with an assortment of strange skeletons sounded like a macabre wonderland to the little pup following on his heels! Ember couldn't wait to get there and see all these things he was filling her imagination with! Fortunately, she wouldn't have to wait long to make those discoveries for herself. As the pair of siblings crested the tallest hill at the south end of the Hallows, the terrain suddenly shifted into a craggy hillscape dotted with pockets of dirt and exposed rock, almost like craters in the landscape. Within these arid craters, Ember could already see massive bones poking up out of the earth, the whitewashed forms practically gleaming in the sunlight. She gasped in awe, blue eyes going wide as they swept across the landscape. There were even more than she had imagined!

Amidst her gawking at the scattered skeletons, Kea reassured her that the skeletons wouldn't come back to life—unless she reassembled them a certain way. Ember gazed up at her big brother with a mix of shock and nervousness. Did she really have that power to bring the dead back to life?! Well, she guessed there was only one way to find out! Ciaran challenged her to a race to the nearest skeleton and Ember's eyes narrowed into challenging points. "You're on!" she remarked, then surged forward as fast as her little puppy legs would allow her to. On and on Ember pushed her muscles, sprinting as fast as she could down to the closest pocket of rocky earth to go and find some ancient remains. When her paws made the leap from soft grass to hard rock, she could barely keep the enthusiastic grin off her face. "Made it!" cheered the Carpathian girl triumphantly, proudly strutting her way over to a massive skull that looked like it was some sort of giant lizard with hundreds of sharp teeth the size of her whole body. "Whoa...! Kea! What kind of creature is this?!"

"Ember"