Moonspear Heyday

Towhee Jr gave Seal food for thought as she dug. What happened, indeed? The place of strange marks. Stars falling. Boneyards. A new mystery seemed to haunt Moonspear every day, at least from Seal’s perspective. Like a mother with dark secrets.

The girls upturned the last stone and the two hollowed faces of Moonspear’s ancestors stared straight at the pups. Towhee Jr recoiled but Seal, oblivious and curious, moved closer to investigate the large skulls. A few good sniffs detect the aroma of decay… the large, yellowed fangs gleamed in the light. Even a few strands of black and white hair remained embedded where the ears once were. Surely, they had been formidable animals.

Suddenly, Seal felt a bump at her shoulder and turned to see Towhee Jr’s blank face. Wolves? A grave? At first, Seal thought it was just a joke. -“Yeah right,”- she laughed nervously (for it wasn’t really like TJ to have that kind of humor!). Then, it began to dawn on Seal. She turned around slowly to regard the skulls… their mangled bodies… their twisted paws.

Seal shrieked and jumped behind Towhee Jr for cover. “W-w-w-wolves?!” she said aloud, mortified that they had desecrated such a thing. The skeletons looked so fierce, she could hardly imagine it! -“W-what if it’s Akhlut!"- Seal shook so hard that she could barely sign the words. -“W-w-what do we do?”- tears began to bead in the corner of her eyes as she panicked.

To think -- she had been chewing on them!