The Sun & The Star - Memories (Prequel Chapter)

My New Life

July 29, 1957. 3:25PM
(Two weeks later)

Two whole weeks have passed since Celosia had been brought to the camp. She had bonded with her new friends, and didn't want to leave them. Rufus was very fun and had so many stories to tell...and the scientist always gave her tons of attention! She still definitely missed her mother though...her soft fur, her gentle voice...she didn't know what to choose...would she accept her new life,or wait longer?!

The human was taking down the tents and putting out the campfire. It looks like today is the day he and Rufus go back to their home town!
They were even planning on taking Celosia with them!

Celosia was holding onto her tent, trying to stop the human from taking it down "No! Please, human! Leave it alone! I want it to stay here!" She begged, looking up at him with her cutesy eyes.

The human looked down at Celosia and gently pet her with his finger "Aww..don't worry, Nichi. Your tent isn't going away forever. When we get back home, I can put it wherever you want until we find you somewhere else to sleep." He said, trying to calm her down. Nichi was a cute little nickname the human thought of for Celosia. Since he thought of her as a companion, he decided that giving her a nickname would be a good idea.

Celosia made some cute little noises when she was pet. She hadn't been pet before, and she really liked it! She had calmed down now, and let go of the tent so the human could finish taking it down.

"Thanks Nichi, I promise you'll get your tent back very soon" the human said, giving Celosia a little kiss on the forehead before continuing with his work.

Celosia nodded and walked off to do something else. She noticed that Rufus was nearby, and went to go see if he would play with her. She walked over to him and poked him, trying to wake him up.
"Rufuuuuus! Want to play with me? Human is too busy to play, and I need something to do!" She asked her canine friend, hoping that Rufus wouldn't mind stopping his nap for a few minutes to play with her.

Rufus woke up and let out a small groan "Mmph...oh...heya Lass...Sorry, can't play right now. I'm too busy, yknow, sleepin'..." He replied , looking at Celosia and shrugging. The scottish lycanroc lets out a yawn and lays back down, closing his eyes.

"Aww! Come on, Rufus! You sleep way too much! You need to be more active!" Celosia said. She was really determined to make him play with her! Strong bug, strong will.

"Alright, listen up Lass. I'm gettin' old. Yer much younger than me, and ya've always got energy to do whatever ya want! But me? I'm always tired. I take naps so I can save my energy, and use it for important things during the day" Rufus explained. All of this was a bunch of lies, Rufus was just being a lazy doggo...

"What kinds of things?" Celosia asked, wanting to hear about these 'important' things he was saving his energy for.

Rufus' eyes widened, and he started thinking of excuses "W-Well! Ya see, Lass...I am a dog! Yeah...a dog! So I have to...w-walk a lot! I need to save energy so I can walk real good" he says, hoping that Celosia would buy it.

He was quite proud of his excuse, and took a moment to congratulate himself 'Good job, Lad. Ya made it through! You must be the best excuse come-upper that's evar lived!' He thought to himself as he smiled proudly.

Celosia sighed and let out a small whine "Aww...alright then...go ahead and save your energy..." she said, believing Rufus' excuse. "Since there is nothing else to do...I will join you for naptime..." Celosia added, laying down next to him. "Sweet dreams" she said, closing her eyes.