Naturally, her father made his den near the clearing, as expected after being ranked as Beta alongside her…cousin? Yeah, Skade. The day was long – from wandering into Hawthorne, meeting her aunt, her grandmother, and so many other family members. However, Joy wasn’t quite tired yet. No, she wanted to find other pups to play with…surely there had to be some around. As little miss Joy was helping her father dig out the den, her rabbit ears picked up on some voices…younger. She whipped her head towards the source, crouching low as to not be seen as she moved a little closer, but still close by her father. They were at least a good 100 feet away. Thyrius had looked to his daughter, and then out to the source as well. A soft smile crossed his face as he walked over to her, whispering to her. ”Go ahead, my little Joy. Make some friends! I’ll be here.” Joy looked back to her father, a smile beaming on her face. She watched as he returned to working on the den, this time trying to get used to his earth elemental powers.

She turned her attention to the three pups before beginning to step forward, through some underbrush. All of them were alerted to her presence, the one vocalizing it being a dark furred male with some scales. She let out a quiet ”Eep!” and slunk back into the bushes as he approached her hiding spot. She had no clue who these pups were! They looked like they were having fun though and miss Joy wanted in! She slowly walked out from the bush into the clearing where these three were playing, attempting to meet eyes with the snake scaled boy first before her light teal eyes would dart to the other two pups, one of which had normal looking wings and the other of which had almost…translucent wings? ”Uhm…hi…” She spoke, voice a little shaky. ”I-I’m Joy!” At this point, she mustered up some courage to break out of the shyness.

Joy’s floppy ears followed her body as she bounded to a spot where she was facing all three of them rather than just the pup known as Ambrose. A smile plastered onto her face before she spoke, fawning over everyone’s mutations. ”Woah! Both of your wings are so cool!” She started, referring to Harlow and Dianthe. Then she turned to Ambrose. ”And your scales are really cool! My aunt Lucaya and grandma Kanaya also have some pretty cool scales!” Her tail dipped in black wagged, and her body, a mottled mix of blacks and browns, had difficulty with the excitement. She failed to recognize similarities between them and her family, but she’d come to learn that they were relatives too! Would this be her first playdate? She hoped they liked her and would want to play with her more.

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