Nightmares (ReedSong/Open)

[HaloWing]

HaloPup woke up in a cold sweat, and bit of a whimper. She'd just woken up from a horrendous night mare. The forest had been burning, and her legs had been glued too the ground, along with a few others. She hated that dream, for she'd had it far too many times before. She looked around the nurshury. she was the only one there.

No She-wolfs to wake up, and cry too, just her. She'd been through this routine, wondring if she should go into the warriors den, and go sleep with one of them. Okay, yes it was stupid, but HaloPup was scared witless. She got up, and out of the Nursery. The moon was high in the sky, and the sky alon was decorated with starts like splatter paint. HaloPup hadn't even seen the moon or stars, she all ways was put too bed before the sun even went down.

HaloPup didn't like the camp grounds at night, everything seemed creepy. HaloPup tried to distract herself by pretending to be a warrior ion night patroll. That helped a lot. She looked around, but when she hear foot step behined her she froze, and she couldn't move because her fear had petrified her.

[σя¢нidfrost]

Reedsong was still awake when she spotted Halopup come out of the nursery. She wondered what the young she-wolf was doing up so late, and rose to her paws, carefully avoiding the other warriors as they slept. Reedsong padded out of the warriors' den and out into the clearing behind Halopup. "What are you doing?" she asked softly, as not the frighten or startle her. She sat down, and curled her tail around her paws.

[HaloWing]

HaloPup was so relived that when she heard Reedsong's voice. She sprinted too the warrior, and got as close as possible too her. She was scared, and the closer she was too ReedSong, the safer she felt. "I-I-I-I I had a Nightmare s-s-s-so I came too see if I could go back too sleep with one of the warriors. Like you Reedsong." The little white pup whimpered. "I wouldn't have come out, but I'm all alone in the nursery! It's scary!" HaloPup cried. Well she half yipped it and half sobbed it.

[σя¢нidfrost]

Reedsong's eyes softened. "Of course you can," she replied, licking the top of Halopup's head. "Come on." With that, Reedsong rose to her paws, and waited for Halopup to follow her to the warriors' den. Nightmares were such terrible things. She should know; every wolf has one or a few.

[HaloWing]

HaloPup stuck too ReedSong like super glue. No way she was risking being lost in the dark. "Thanks ReedSong." HaloPup said, nudging her head on ReedSongs shoulder. She looked down, and tried her best to try and match her own paw steps too ReedSongs. Her huge paws worked rather well at this. HaloPup liked acting like ReedSong.

[σя¢нidfrost]

Reedsong guided Halopup into to warriors' den. "Be careful not to step on someone's ear or tail," she warned quietly. Her nest was all the way in back; a comfortable fern nest interlaced with reeds and decorated with beautiful shells. "I like to look for shells to line my nest with. Every warrior has something they like," Reedsong explained as she settled back into bed, making room for Halopup. It occured to the warrior that her young friend probably never ever slept in here. She wondered how Halopup felt right about now.

[HaloWing]

HaloPup looked around the Den in awe,She'd never even been in hear, let alone sleep in hear. She was extremely careful not too step on anyones tails or paws, with her giant size paws. When ReedSong laid down, HaloPup followed. Too her the nest was HUGE. It made a world of difference while ReedSong laid beside her. When HaloPup was snuggled up beside ReedSong, she instantly could hear her heart beat. It soothed her like Nothing had before. She all most instantly feel back asleep, drifting into a peaceful slumber with a "Thup,thump, thud,da,de, dump dump." in the back ground.

[σя¢нidfrost]

"Sweet dreams," Reedsong whispered as Halopup curled up and drifted off to sleep. She smiled faintly, distant tears threatening to well up. On some nights, Cinderpaw used to sneak in here and sleep with her, and they'd talk for hours into the night about things like dandelions, the moon, the river. Reedsong would tell her a story about the warriors of Starpack, and that always left Cinderpaw wanting to know more and more. Reflecting on this, Reedsong rested her weary head down on her paws.

Her amber eyes gazed over at Halopup as she slept, reminding her more and more of her lost daughter. Right then and there, Reedsong decided she was like an adopted mother to Halopup. She felt a maternal instinct towards her; perhaps because she had loved being a mother, only for it to end tragically. Could this be Starpack's way of giving her another chance, only with someone else's pup? Maybe so.

[HaloWing]

(Okay, this is officially the best HallMark/Kodak moment in the history of posting. )

HaloPup made an itty bitty squick in her sleep. It sounded more like a squeaky toy more then a pup. HaloPup hadn't know her Mother long enough too know that feeling of being loved. She'd had sergeant mothers before, but they weren't really into caring for a newborn pup. They only did it so she wouldn't starve, or wonder off, and get eaten or something.
It was this some what annotative care that got HaloPup nearly eaten by a bird that had swopped her off her feet. Nearly killed saying that. But reedSong was different, she wouldn't be so uncaring as the others. HaloPup desiccated in her sleep that ReedSong would be like a Mother. HaloPup opened her blue eyes when the sun began to peak into the den. She looked up too see if ReedSong was still with her.