Stellaluna has never truly known who her mother was, even though she's Cherokee because of her mother's Cherokee blood pulsing through her veins as much as her father's blood as well.
And yet, she feels like she failed her childhood friend and former roommate when her mother died over a few days earlier of course. Bravo cheered her up with a new side arm custom made with the Cherokee insigina on it. Life has been hard on both Bravo and Stellaluna, because she's has never seen her mother. Save for the pictures of her parents before she died from childbirth.
Both the Cherokee and the Hispanic people are both dark skinned, dark eyed and dark haired, so, it wasn't much of a contest between the two. She's content with her lineage because of how she's dealt with her mother's death over eighteen years earlier. With her locket with photos of both of her parents. Her father on one side, her mama on the other side.
One day, Stellaluna has a concealed carry license in her wallet, she went to the army recruitment center for an appointment she made with the recruiter when he was at their local high school looking for possible candidates for the Army Rangers and the Marines. She picked the Army Rangers because she has the highest test scores for them because of her work with T.W.O.
Stellaluna knew she had to tell her father that she joined the army Rangers. With her hear full of love and trust, she took the chance to get home and tell him herself when she was asked about the recruiter. To which she answered with nothing but the truth. "Papa, he was at our local high school, looking for possible candidates for both the Army Rangers and the Marines. I signed up for the Rangers because I've often heard that mama was also a ranger when she was alive, so I'm going to be headed out to boot camp within a week from today."
Everyone within the room was stunned after she finished her statement and even Maya, Rios's daughter with Sierra, agreed with her as she said the same thing. "We're both going to be heading out to boot camp within a week. Papa, I've also met with the recruiter as well and we both picked the rangers because we're close friends and we'll be looking out for each other as best friends should."
They had cleaned out their lockers that Friday afternoon when they were given a "we'll see you guys later graduation party" because they both aced all of their classes and they'll be finishing up everything else while waiting to get going the next Monday. They even took the time to get their things ready and told the recruiter their special classes and such, Stellaluna had also told him that she's taking the custom made side arm if it's possible. And he told her it was alright if she did take it, as she's able to use it as a U.S Air Marshall as well.
Once ready that Sunday afternoon, they tried to get something to do while waiting when she felt like moving about the block for a walk on her own. When Maya joined her on it as well. They both jogged around the block and back home when they had gotten the call to get ready to head out that night and boy, they had gotten ready when they had been given a ride to the airport by Sierra and they gave everyone their goodbyes and Stellaluna showed airport security her concealed carry license and her permit as a U.S Air Marshall as well as her side arm which has her Cherokee animals on it, the wolf, he bear and the moose.