Whisper Marsh From Childhood's Hour

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It was night fall before Leotie realized something was terribly wrong. In her check to make sure all of the children were accounted for she found her daughter to be missing. It was what she had feared would happen even before they were born. Upon her realization she didn't stop to tell anyone where she was going, it hadn't even crossed her mind. The only thing on her mind was finding Avella before something or someone else did.

Running through the willows hoping beyond anything she would catch some scent that her daughter was still there so many questions ran through her mind. The most prominent how could this have happened and how long had she been gone?

For two days she'd searched dropping willows and the ridge tirelessly but to no avail. She'd caught only a hint of Avella near the border but after that she'd lost her child's scent. Now she didn't know where to go. She traveled further from home in her search to places that were close to the willows but outside it's reach, perhaps she had found her way there and was snuggled into some cave or alcove scared and wanting to be found.

She was so caught up looking for Avella's scent and calling for her that she hadn't realized she'd entered the marsh. When she did dread filled her, “AVELLA,” she shouted as loud as she could.

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The shout of a name seemed to cut the world in two. Salvador rushed to the sound, eager to help in any way he could. He slowed as he came closer to her agouti form. "What's the matter ma'am? He tried to imbue his voice with the message that he would help, whatever it happened to be. There was no way he couldn't help and still be comfortable in his mind. The constant acts of kindness kept the other parts of him at bay, the angry, selfish, demonic parts.

It wasn't an unlikely assumption that she was looking for someone, given that she was yelling a name. He would find the one she was searching for, or try and try until he couldn't search anymore.

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Time had passed in her search for her daughter. Each time she'd called for her she'd listened for a response before calling again. There had been nothing which only left Leotie wondering if she was even looking in the right place for Avella. Leotie didn't understand what could have caused this to happen or why it had to happen to her with her first litter.

It was after a tired sigh she became aware of the other wolf. Her gaze rested on him as he asked what was the matter. “Its my daughter,” she explained. “She’s just a pup and she's missing. I've been searching and searching and I haven't been able to find her.” Leotie sat down with a huff in her annoyance with herself for losing her daughter and her frustration at having not found her yet. “Have you seen any pups without their moms?”

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(This post was last modified: Feb 08, 2019, 04:30 PM by Leotie.)

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Salvador listened with growing sadness for the woman as she spoke of her plight. He couldn't imagine losing a pup. It must be awful, but he knew he'd keep searching. Until he died trying, if it came to that. He needed a purpose in life, a goal to strive for. And right now, his goal was finding this mother her lost pup. "When was the last time you saw her?" he asked, thinking that was probably a good place to start.

It didn't even cross his mind that he could very easily say he would look to get her out of his fur, and then just not look, as some wolves would have. He had met those kinds of wolves, but funny thing was, they never admitted to it to him. He thought the best in people, especially his birth pack, and so he didn't know they existed, even though he had stood face to face with them.

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Leotie didn’t like the feeling of helplessness that she had. Her daughter was out there somewhere all by herself. The guilt at having not known Avella had wandered off until it was too late was suffocating to the new mother. She should have paid more attention especially when this very thing was what she’d been afraid of throughout her pregnancy and even after.

She hoped that maybe this man that she’d run into might have seen Avella and could tell her where to go to find her. What he said though wasn’t that. Instead it was a question about the last time she’d seen Avella. “Two days ago. It was in the morning after breakfast before she went off to play.” Leotie didn’t know how that would help but maybe she would understand soon.

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