Ravensblood Forest the woods are lovely, dark and deep

I think it's my turn er. Again, confusing references in this post.

She was about to turn and pad away before the behemoth cat had a chance to notice her, but suddenly an unknown cinnamon wolf had burst onto the scene, all snarls and rigid posturing. Saēna stumbled back, even further behind the cougar than she had been before, with her ears slicking back over her head so tightly that they appeared to disappear. Instinct screamed that she should get away from the cougar, but confusion about why the other wolf would take such a risk for seemingly no reason kept her on the spot.

It was only when Hawkeye arrived that understanding seemed to dawn. She had had a dream like this recently, except there was no cougar in her dream. There was a white bear, she remembered that, and a strange creature not unlike the bird that Junior and she had accosted less than a month before, and they had both claimed Junior was alive and that the corpse had not been truly hers. Hawkeye had entered the dream and, just like she did now, Junior had appeared suddenly with a joyous whoop for her mother. Saēna had doubted her dreams, and written it off as merely that: a dream. Yet... The sense of deja vu she experienced when it happened for real was disorienting and frightening, and for a long stretch, she stared at Junior like she was seeing a ghost.

It was at this moment, in the midst of her wild confusion and misunderstanding for what was happening in her mind, that she threw herself forward in the first and last reckless act of bravery she would likely ever commit. She channeled her inner Junior in that instant, raising a mighty war cry as she slipped past Hawkeye (who Chelsie is assuming is stunned by Junior's appearance) and stood squarely between her family and the cougar. Perhaps it was folly or idiocy, or her childish inability to comprehend the severity of a situation, or a combination of those plus stress and shock, but something about remembering that dream convinced her that the cat would not truly be able to hurt her.