The Sunspire Heart of the Goddess

@Kipling Takes place the morning after she joins. And no, I have no idea wtf is going on in this post. The chant she sings is a Wiccan/Pegan chant, though. It's a real thing. Here it is if you wanna listen. Be warned: It gets stuck in your head very easily.

Akita awoke before the sun, in the time between the dark of night and the grayish-pinkish-yellowish light of dawn. Having just arrived in the Sunspire pack yesterday, she'd not had time to start digging out a den, not that she wanted to. She did not sleep in dens usually. Not during the summer, anyways, when it was still warm enough outside during the night to sleep comfortably. She sat up and lifted her face to the sky, smiling. "Good morning," she whispered, to herself, to her new pack, and to the Earth and all Her glory. She watched as the stars slowly faded from the sky, going out like dying white embers one by one. But even as the sun began to rise, she could not much enjoy its beauty for the clouds that were slowly rolling in from the sea far away to the west. Although the sun rose in the east, the scene was not as lovely when you could not see its light from all around. This morning, the glory of the sunrise was blocked into one section of the sky, while the rest slowly darkened into a grey mass of clouds.

Akita sighed, watching the small sunrise for a while. Even the grey could not bring down her mood, for there was a certain kind of artistic beauty to a morning full of dull color. She imagined that the clouds were sparkling silver instead of slate grey, and that made her feel better. She rose to all four paws after a time, and, as she padded gracefully to a nearby stream for a drink of water, she began to sing a chant she had known since her birth:

"The Earth, The Air, The Fire, The Water,
Return, Return, Return, Return.
The Earth, The Air, The Fire, The Water,
Return, Return, Return, Return.

Ah-ay, ah-ay, ah-ay, ah-ay, ah
Oi, oi, oi, oi.
Ah-ay, ah-ay, ah-ay, ah-ay, ah
Oi, oi, oi, oi..."