Shasterah slowly walked in the oncTe beautiful landscape, her paws leaving a trail in the ash that seemed to cover the earth at this particular location.  She remembered a time when this place had been absolutely breathtaking to behold.  After all, she had once called the place home.  That is, before her pack was destroyed....<br/><br/>With a quick, deliberate shake of her head, Shasterah forced her memories to the back of her mind.  Oh, how she wished that she had the time to linger in the better days of her younger years!  But, the land was filled with the stench of demons, and Shasterah had to keep her senses on high alert.  She stopped and sniffed the wind for any sign of a Sun Wolf, but there was no whiff of her family's murderers.  Shasterah pondered this for a moment, the wind blowing through her silver fur as her amber eyes became distant.  After a short debate, she decided that any right-minded pack, even the Sun Wolves, would have left a long time ago, when the first hint of humans and demons began to singe the air with their acrid odor.<br/><br/>Shasterah sucked air into her lungs until they had expanded to full capacity before she blew it out through her incisors in a long, heavy sigh.  She resumed her walk, her eyes and ears on alert as she paid attention to the various scents upon the breeze.  She did not think she was capable of taking on a pack of demons.  Strange, as any demon she knew had always ran separately....<br/><br/><span style="font-style: italic">Maybe that's what that celebration was about,</span>thought Shasterah as the idea that someone had gathered an army of other-worldly beings crossed her mind.  Of course, that had to be it.  It made total sense.  At least, in her eyes, it did.<br/><br/>As Shasterah became lost in the possibility, her senses became lax.  She wasn't aware of her surroundings until she ran into something large.  As she stumbled back, her initial surprise turned to an icy fear as she found herself gazing at a massive lion.<br/><br/>Shasterah sent a desperate mental plea as she found herself rooted to the spot.<span style="font-style: italic">My ancestors and pack, help me!</span>