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It had been so long since I had heard that call that I had very near forgotten his voice. I would know the sound of my own child anywhere- especially my first born and yet his own unique lyrics were a distant thing to me, the very tone of them a dusty haze to my mind. So much so that I had to wait for him to call again before I became entirely sure it was Starfall. I felt my features frown ever so slightly, wondering for the barest of moments whether or not my ears had simply gotten a little….harder at hearing with age. Not that it could actually be true. Never. My ears are pristine as always I am assured. I moved to ease myself upward, pulling the snow white of my frame upward and onto my paws, red-shoulders shaking to loosen any debris that had dared to catch itself within the fine furs of my form. The violet blue of my gaze moved briefly to search for Andromeda, releasing a bark for her before I moved to head in the direction of the borderline. All these years and he comes home now? What has he done? Killed someone? Lost a limb? Gotten a female pregnant outside of mateship? I wouldn’t be surprised. He doesn’t bother to come home for years and now he calls for me? He must want something, it is surely the only excuse.

Alright, so maybe Starfall and I had never seen eye to eye. Not on…anything really. We had found a sort of mutual agreement to tolerate each other and while I did love him and always would- how could I not? He was my son. There was always…something between us. It frustrated me no end if only because I simply failed to understand him and yet by much the same token he hardly understood me. I don’t think he even truly tried. Maybe I didn’t try enough with him- I don’t know. It was all that…dream nonsense. I grew up being different and I didn’t want the same for him, what was wrong with that? What was wrong with trying to help him be, well, more like Guardian? Guardian was everything I wanted for Starfall. A high, well-respected rank, a female not his mate though close enough I suppose (perhaps Guardian’s only fault) and two sons of his own. Starfall meanwhile was off….off….doing….whatever. Maybe I’d always been over-protective of him in a way. I’d come so close to losing him and Guardian before they were born because Iromar was full of morons. Honestly the stupidity of that creature would never cease to amaze me, kidnapping my mate and imprint under the belief she looked hungry?! I never really had gotten over that slight. I’d gotten revenge though, taking down two Iromar wolves at once during the war. Maybe I’d lost a bit of vision for the effort but its not like anyone could tell.

I strode up and over the hill now, long limbs and towering frame paused momentarily atop it, gaze settling upon the distance figure of my son and- well, someone that almost looked a little like him if only smaller and more compact and less well-bred but we cant all be perfect. I broke into a lope then, closing the distance between us easily, my gaze roving over what was clearly a female as I drew closer. She held a striking resemblance to Guardian, truth be told, her black fur and red markings similar to my other sons- though she lacked the white flecks around her eye and the startling blue and gold of his own gaze. She was also small and weedy looking- or so I’d decided in my non-biased opinion. I hadn’t actually contemplated what I was going to say as I came to a stop before Starfall, eyes meeting his own a moment, lips parting several times to say something before the words just seemed to falter. I….I wanted to say far more then I realised and some of it surprised even me. Was he coming home to stay at last? Right here where he belonged? No….no he wouldn’t be. He just wanted something surely, my features hardening slightly.

“It’s a pleasure to see you Starfall- I thought you’d forgotten where your Mother and I lived. How nice of you to remember.”

Well- it wasn’t exactly as pleasant as I wanted it to be. Emotions never were my thing, give me a break. As for the girl, well, I managed to look at her for a moment what more does he want? Is she important to him or is she merely just a friend? If anything she smells just a little or Iromar….




AZRAEL

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"15 years ~ Andromeda ~ Sire of Meryl/Starfall/Guardian/Celeste/Iophiel/Mithos/Ambrosia/Elara/Zaphkiel ~ Diveen "