Broken Antler Fen starlight starbright

The family seemed to be sleeping. Nova should have been, but in her quest to get more comfortable she'd also caught sight of the snow falling outside. She licked her lips, squirming towards the entrance of the den until she could see the stars overhead and the snow that drifted down towards the ground. It was beautiful and the girl was quickly finding herself in love with the night and the stars. 

She was so caught up that she didn't notice if any of her family had noticed her, between her parents or littermates or @Odette. She was just happy as could be, stretched out in the entrance of the den, gazing up at the heavens. 

She had never really found sleep.  She lay awake thinking about whether or not she should go to Silvertip, her former home where she could visit her Father's and Brother's graves in hope to find some peace.  It was too bad she didn't know where the bones of her Mother lay though, although she assumed by her Father unless Steady was completely heartless.

As time went by she thought she saw one of the puppies disapear into the cold snowy air outside.  Her heart raced a little nervously, wondering what was up and quickly, but careful to try and not wake anyone else up, she got to her paws and made her way towards her sibling.  Once she was outside though she stopped dead in her tracks, her heart filling with delight with what it looked like the puppy was doing.

As she made her way closer to the puppy, she tried to figure out which one it was, not entirely spot on with names yet.  She was pretty sure this one was Nova though, so she'd just go with it.  "Hey Nova," she whispered sweetly as she reached the puppies side, "are you stargazing?  They're very beautiful aren't they?"  She had no idea if the pup understood her or not right now, but even if she didn't it just be nice to talk to someone right now.

Nova jumped when Odette spoke, she'd been so fixated and hadn't paid attention to what was going on around her. It could be said that she was a creature of habit, and her habit was to get swept in her dreams. She gave her sister a sheepish smile as she scooted closer, nuzzling into Odette's warmth. "They're pretty," Nova whispered, like it was some secret just to share with her older sister. She was getting a better grasp on language, it was something she loved - especially the words Pearl whispered sometimes to them. She understood the notion of what Odette was asking of her, and hopefully the answer she'd given was correct. 

She almost chuckled at the sweetness of Nova's startlement... it kind of reminded her of herself.  For she had become so fixated on the heavens that she had not noticed anything else until someone spoke, startling her, which had surely happened to Odie more than once.

"Pretty indeed," she replied ot her younger sister, taking a seat next to her.  "Do you know what a constellation is Nova?"  She then asked, hoping to take this as a chance to maybe teach her little sister a few things about the gorgeous night sky.