Stone Circle The mother stone is what I become

Something was wrong. The female had felt it in her gut when she left Blackfeather Woods. Valette had a feeling that she should go home to Easthollow. She knew she had a pressing matters on her to do list; Visit Ira at Kaistleoki, Hydra at Moonspear, perhaps even Arbiter at Legion once all was done. But there was this tug, a want for her to go home. She frowned. Valette was a wolf that listened to her instinct so the mother made haste to return to her home instead of continuing to travel.

She traveled through the night and continued during the day. Valette did not stop to rest. She made sure she kept moving, even if it was just a walking pace. She made it back around noon. The sun was high in the sky, the white landscape revealing her location with her dark pelt. She crossed the border and noticed West's scent was stale. The matriarch frowned. She checked another scent mark which was also stale. He was suppose to watch Easthollow! Their family. Where was he? She felt light anger settle within her. He left the pack without someone in charge?

Valette rushed to the stone circle, howling to her pack mates to come and meet her, and that she had returned. She had been away for six days so the damage could not be that bad. Still, if Ursus got a whiff of that information there might not have been an Easthollow anymore. She had to be more careful! West had to be more careful! She came to the circle with a trot.

Valette was exhausted but she first wanted to check if everyone was alright, and who had been watching the pack if West was gone. She was glad to have returned to her stones. Her eyes fell on the fresh earth where Greyback was buried by the Father Stone. Her heart ached. She missed him. She did not want to lead by herself anymore. She was tired. So tired.

Valette trotted to the mother stone, and gave it a long look. Then her eye fell on something, a crack, in the earth at the base of the stone. Was that there before? She could not remember. Valette heard a light rumble and tipped her head to the side. Was that what she thought she heard? Perhaps not, those days were in the past. Footsteps came up behind her. She turned and saw @Merrit. Her face looked worried but relief went through her when seeing her son.

Not a moment later, her eyes fell on @Kallik, who also came to her call. She offered him a warm smile. She was about to speak when a loud rumble sounded directly from under her feet. Valette steadied herself to not fall, but the shaking was too severe. Valette lost her balance and fell to the ground. She looked with wide eyes at Merrit and Kallik, as a shadow fell over her.

Valette looked over her shoulder. The last thing she saw was rock coming at her. She thought it was strange since her beloved stones never moved. The rumbling under the ground continued and most of the stones seemed to sway as well. The sudden shadow came with a pressing weight and forever darkness. With a loud thump the Mother Stone fell towards the middle of the circle and on top of the wolf that called herself the Matriarch of Easthollow. It was when the rumbling stopped the deathly silence said enough. Valette would have her final resting place by her beloved stones.

Valette went from immense pressure and pain to feeling feathery light. Someone seemed to help her up to her feet. Familiar. A large presence, slowly emitting the softest light. She recognized his shape. Greyback. Then others appeared with the faintest glow around her. Clay! And... Newt! Newt was here too? She felt a smile tug on her lips. Nanook-- How she missed her. Then two little pups rushed around her and Greyback's feet. She could only smile. It turned wider when a brighter light approached. Pure white, warm. Mother! Her heart filled with joy. More joined, however, some faces were unexpected. West, Leta and Polaris. Her smile faded a bit, but al those wolves around her emitted so much light. Then one more appeared, almost like they had to travel from far away. She recognized his shape everywhere. Steady. Where there was darkness before, there was now light. So much of it, warm, welcoming, loving. She went with them, embraced that light, unaware of what she left behind...