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From up behind the small pup an ebony shadow crept closer and closer, paws deftly silent on the smooth stone floors thanks to retractable feline claws. A grin crept across the shadow's muzzle, and once she was within striking distance, she pounced! "Gotcha!" Ember cheerfully declared as she scooped up her oh so small little sister in her paws and began to tickle her exposed sides mercilessly, refusing to stop until she had the girl in a giggle fit.

Once the surprise attack had ended, Ember peered curiously down at her new sibling and then out at the snow-covered gardens and courtyard beyond the front doors. "Brrrr! Sure looks cold out there," she muttered, then added with a little smirk, "But it also looks like loads of fun. Have you been out playing in the snow yet, Nellie?" Em knew her parents had been particularly cautious about going outside with the weirdness happening in the world and the unseasonable cold winter in Auster. There was a chance her sister hadn't gotten the opportunity to see how fun snow could be, especially when it was such a rarity in the Hallows!

"Ember Carpathius" | "Carpathian"