Falling Leaves

Fall was best friends with Acorn and Fern, they grew up together and were practically inseparable. Fall and Fern were related, Acorn was a foundling, but they always called each other sisters.

Canyon was a young male wolf a little older than Fall, and she was enamored with him from a young age. Fern was close to his age, so Fall asked her everything she knew about him. He was a quiet wolf, he kept mostly to himself.

Once Fall was an adult she asked Canyon to be her mate, he took a little time to think about it but he agreed. She was a doting mate, spending time with him whenever she could and always checking on him when he seemed especially quiet, which was often.
She was excited to have pups, often sitting with him and watching as the pack's pups would play together.

She fell pregnant with her first litter when she was two, she was thrilled when Chalcedony told her she was pregnant, she hadn't been feeling her normal self and had asked to be examined by the herbalists.
She told Canyon as soon as he got back from hunting, he didn't seem as excited as she was, but she chalked it up to just how he showed his emotions.

When she was about halfway through her pregnancy, she got up one morning, stretching and seeing if there was any prey still about before the hunting parties returned, and she noticed the other wolves were looking at her strangely, and they weren't sure what to say when she greeted them.
She was trying to figure out what was going on when Fern approached her, speaking in a very gentle manner and asking if she was okay; once Fern saw the confusion on Fall's face, she explained. Canyon was gone, in the very early morning he had left with Acorn, they chose to leave and start a pack together.
Fall was suddenly dizzy. Fern very carefully guided her to the herbalist den, making her lie down and grooming her to soothe her.
She couldn't understand, she had spent seasons with Canyon, Acorn was her best friend, they grew up together, why would they leave together without telling her a thing? She forgot she was pregnant until she felt the pups squirming, his pups.
Chalcedony showed up soon after and tended to her after Fern explained what was going on. Fall spent the rest of her pregnancy in a daze, barely leaving the herbalist's den except for when she was led out for stretching or a gentle walk.

When she was due any day, after a long discussion with Chalcedony and Fir Cone, Fern convinced Fall to move into the nursery at Marsh Reed's camp. She thought it would help her not be reminded of what she had lost as much.
Lost Owl and Marsh Reed looked after her, Owl spent the first night with her, making sure she settled in and slept well, and Reed checked on her frequently, grooming her messy fur and bringing her food.

Brown Half Cape Ticking (73%) from RMA
Cream Underfur (58%) from MA
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