A lot has changed. Not just the weather throughout the year but Spirane too. I can feel it, the heart of the mountain, nothing has changed with it the land still feels the same to me as I move over it I feel so comfortable despite the changes that had happened. Maybe it was because I never had much time under my Aunt’s rule that perhaps I didn’t feel the discomfort my mother did, or perhaps it was more of the land that I loved and felt the attachment too not so much who ruled it. I loved my family dearly, but like much of my family I feel a draw to this land like no other. I had wandered out of the packs borders but nothing quite has the same energy as Spirane does to me.

I lay in the snow, my brown and white mottled form somewhat blending in with the vegetation around me. I am feeling at peace despite the disruption of my home. I am young, I don’t worry about the same things my parents worry about, I just want to take care of them, take care of everyone in my own way. I strive to be something my grandmother Moonglow would be proud of after all there was no replacing her, no replicating the experiences she had lived through or been a part of. She was a great wolfess, no one ever could replace the First Shamaness. I give a relaxed sigh at that feeling myself sink a little deeper into the snow as my body settled a little deeper into its gentle hold.

I watch the sky for now, the cloud cover for the first time in a while was rather scattered and open allowing for a perfect view of the twilight sky. The few clouds that were here were colored blue giving the sky a little patch here and their and further painting the perfection. Up there somewhere I know Grandmother Moonglow was smiling down at me and my family. I never met her but when I did this I felt closer than ever to her. I see Veda then fly over, the barn owl was my companion I rescued during my first fall. I remember it fondly and since then he had been, not really a partner but a companion I often saw around me as if he was watching out for me. That was two I knew that were always watching me and I’m pretty positive my grandfather and great-grandparents were watching me too somewhere.

I know I should be trying to do something, but sometimes it was best to just enjoy what life was giving you and these moments of peace I wish could just last forever. Where I stare at the sky with not a care in the world. I know the older I get the more responsibility I will have so I will enjoy my youth just a little longer today.