[Claiming] An Omen In The Stars
Surreal Adravendi |
After so long a time of planning, it was finally time. It felt right. She traipsed across the Plains, tail flowing above her hips in a position of power, paws treading lightly on the frozen ground. Spring was nigh around the corner. The anniversary of her mothers birth. Her mother's death. It was perfect. She mounted the large boulder, with its ancient oak nestled against it, and turned to face the expanse of land before her. She scanned the land, seeking the forms of any of her family or friends. There was Regulus. Celestial's Future. A soft woof summoned him to her.
She waited until her son was at her side before raising her head, muzzle tipping back. She parted her jaws to utter the call that would cement years of planning, but stopped, ears perking. To the north, not too far away, a song rang. It was the same song as she was about to sing. It seemed two packs would be raising their standards this evening. She cast the thought aside, and threw her head back.
The sound started low in her throat, rising until it broke free of her jaws. The song held the note of power only an alpha dared sing, and she kept the call long and loud, letting it carry as far as it might. A second song rang close after the first, this one a command for her family and those who had stayed at her side so long to heed her call and come at once. The time was here. The time was now.
Celestial was rising.
Walk ---- "Speak" ---- "Hear" ---- Think |
Regulus Anatolii Adravendi |
He was hoping to find an evening snack as he padded across the Plains, head low, ears searching for any sounds, as he scanned the ground with intense sapphire. However, he found his mother, striding with purpose across the plains toward the boulder. He knew that stride... Something was about to happen. He watched as she leapt up onto the boulder, and as she summoned him, he joined her quickly, taking a seat beside her. Cinder scamped out of the tall, winterdead grasses, nestling between his large paws, sky blue eyes wide.
Silently, the Future watched as his mother prepared to sing the song of Claiming, and as the song rang instead from the north, he turned to look, before retuning his gaze to his mother. A moment later, her voice joined the stars in the sky as they winked slowly into life, one by one, and he shivered at the strength he heard in it. A smile pulled at his muzzle. As her summons rang out, he turned to gaze out over the plains.
The new dawn would see Celestial taking its newborn steps.
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Kavdaya Of The Nomads |
She was sorting herbs - a forever enjoyable activity to the healer - when she heard her cousin's voice roll through the plains, puncturing her contemplative mood. She'd seen Surreal leave the cave a few minutes ago, but beyond noting the determined set to her cousin's frame, she'd been too preocuppied with the plants to notice. The call of Claiming. She'd heard it before, though never with the Nomads. Nomads never claimed a land; they moved over it, going from place to place, staying a while, then moving on in the never ending search for knowledge and those to teach.
The snowy healer popped to her paws, taking off down the ravine, having leapt the cave's three natural stone steps in one bound. It took her little time at all to reach her cousin and the massive red male that was to be the heir to the pack. Her amethyst flecked sapphires surveyed the three figures on the boulder warmly before she smiled, dipped her head in a respectful boy, and sat before the boulder. "You know where I stand, Cousin Surreal." She offered, Irish accent lilting and cheerful on her velvet tones.
A pack to call home. One with family and friends both. She looked forward to seeing what the future might bring.
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