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5401: Sirius

The night sky was already in full by the time the night pack emerged from their den. The air was cool and crisp, leaves from nearby trees already in the process of browning and falling from the branch. Night already was beginning so much sooner, meaning the pack could start their hunt even earlier into the day than usual. Comet, Silver, and Sirius had been eating well for the past few days. Herbivores were caught off guard by the early darkness, and the trio had...

A storm was brewing. Silver could smell it in the air, the fresh tingle of ozone that forecame what was to come. Agitated, he lashed his feathery tail around before looking back onto the den where his friend and his son rested. Their den was well hidden, on the edge of a forest and carved underneath a rocky outcliff to create a warm, if cramped burrow. He scowled lowly, before crawling back into the den. “A storm is coming.” He murmured lowly. Comet lifted h...

Sirius surveyed the area around him with a critical eye. Tall walls of stone rose up around him and his pack, trapping them and feeling like the walls of a cage. Piles of rubble and strange materials littered the floor every few steps, the scent worse than one of a rotting carcass. His father had told him that his place was known as a “city”, somewhere that had been created by humans. While they might have vanished, the remains of their rule was left behind ...

The moon was bright and high in the sky before Sirius got a chance to sneak away from his packs den. Carefully he inched past his father and Silver, checking every other step that they were still asleep. It only took a few minutes for him to finally escape the den, but even those few seconds felt like a lifetime. Soon Sirius was running across the forest, following a path he knew by heart as he made his way to their meeting place.   ...