He could not have said how he had found his way back, he could not have told you how long he had been gone, he didn't remember leaving, he didn't know how he had found himself standing in a place where he knew he had stood guard for many a day and night. A silent sentinel in the night guarding the Wind Walkers, his clan, WindClan.
All the golden canine knew was that he was home, and though home held so many bittersweet memories, knowing that many who had been beloved and familiar, were by now gone, long left or dead, amidst the ancestors that roamed the stars in the night sky, yet home was it still to the seasoned warrior, home would it always be.
He had been known by many names, he had taken many forms, died too many times, always coming back with one purpose, to protect his clan, always finding a way to cling to life, every struggle evidenced on his body in the form of scars, long healed gashes and slashes, scratches that told a story of a battle or an injury, of a journey, of an adventure. A tapestry of the life of a warrior older than the oldest elder.
The golden wolf ran as if the wind and he were one, he wanted to be home, amidst the old faces and the new, he wanted to know what had changed, what had remained, he wanted to know everything, he wanted to be home, and as he burst into camp, sides heaving, he knew that at long last, he had indeed returned.
Sunfang was home.