Daneliya's head snapped up. Behind her, her daughter grinned. Remus' breathing immediately sped up. Her daughter, Kelsea. Her son, Oracle. She'd know their voices anywhere. Her efforts to find them had yielded nothing, for months, and now-two of them were just . . . here? She had to be dreaming.
Daneliya stood up, rushing out of the den. Chickadee and Remus followed her. Danya followed the trail of her children's call. "Nellie, wait up!" an exasperated Remus called after her. "Daneliya!" But nobody and nothing was stopping her. She wanted to see her children again.
Chickadee kept a better pace than Remus, although that was because Remus was being poky out of hesitation. Danya wasn't quite sure he thought it was them.
She dashed to the borders. Two shapes could be viewed. Oracle? Daneliya blurted. Kelsea? Is it you? She moved forward, her scar over her face twisting with her expression, her scales gleaming in the light. I have dreamed of this day for months. This is your uncle, Remus, and your sister, Chickadee. Remus shifted, his scarred, blind eye turned away from the children, and Chickadee let out a bubbly laugh.
"Oh my gosh, it's you! Where did you go? We've been looking for you." She hopped around. Danya smiled. Her eyes traveled over the two. Oracle's useless eye was as it always had been.
Where are your brothers, Ozro and Neverbloom? she inquired. Daneliya held her breath. She hoped they were safe in some pack somewhere, or holed up in a den.
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