Things for the light russet girl were decidedly more complicated in life than it had been for Astraea. Already in her life she had watched someone pass before her eyes and another wolf lose its life bond causing him to yowl in agony with the separation and loss. That day felt like a while ago now… and it was heart breaking losing her grandmother like that. She had been rather silent since going to visit her grieving grandfather and comfort him best she could and it seemed it worked often. He had changed a lot speaking much more in Nahuatl than he used too and choosing to be much more solitary. He knew he tried to be happy with her around but she tried her best to understand how he felt, what his shattered soul felt like… surely it was terrible. She didn’t want to think what it was like to watch even just a friend pass before her very eyes let alone someone as close and intimate as a mate-imprint partner. She shuddered at the thought but today she wanted to do something nicer to cheer herself up before she and her dear friend Hyrule went on their trip to Asteraia.

He was something else, he really was. She knew that he could likely cheer her up in a heartbeat but he was a busy young wolf. While it was unclear of all his goals the girl knew he wanted to, someday, rule a land. Which one well she knew but she wasn’t about to tell anyone else except for one girl a girl she trusted beyond even her mother she thought with such secrets such as these. She smiled at the thought her friendship with Hyrule was no secret, not after him publicly announcing that he should be her partner to the occasion after all. Her mother lightly teased her after that affair not that she minded. She wasn’t sure what a ‘date’ was still but she liked it how warm and happy she felt and she didn’t think it all had to do with her Uncle Amo and Aunt Shiloh finally becoming mates officially. She hadn’t yet had the time to tell her starry marked friend of this and she couldn’t wait to finally tell her tonight.

It was what ultimately brought her out of the den on her search. She knew her friend was a lover of night and with darkness starting to fall a little sooner with fall on the horizon. She began making her way to the clearing, the once which her grandmother was buried but also had the largest valley in the forest with the best view of the stars. She stood waiting wondering if perhaps she was mistaken in her guess that Astraea would come by tonight . It seemed though she was mistaken though. She frowned turning herself around before making her way back to her mother’s den. She lightly stepped through the forest on the familiar path home and just before hearing the soft call of the very girl she was seeking.

Destiny or fate whatever one would call it was a strange thing. Zelda moved a bit faster into the den area of her family her tail waving about lightly before giving a soft bark herself in return before giving a little play boy to her much taller and leggy friend. She danced backwards urging her to move away from the likely resting place of her mother and into the forest. She would lead her out and away from the den and back towards the clearing from once she came.

She paused once she was there turning once more to watch for Astraea’s starry form to emerge from the trees and into the starlit clearning. ”I was waiting here for you, Astraea! She said lightly as she arrived just before bounding up to the black and white girl. She gave her tall friend a warm hug before stepping back again letting her bright teal eyes fall on her own spilt colored orbs. ”I hope everything has been going well for you and your family?” Ever kind and polite she worried about her friend’s family well before her own problems and that was just how she and her entire family really tended to be.