Farewell, Birchfields!
Shanku and Eru were quite glad to be back in their normal clothes, and even more glad to leave their cramped room behind and be back under the skies once again. Shanku felt like she hadn't been able to breathe that easily in weeks.
On and on they travelled back out into the rolling hills and new grasses covering the plains. There was still a chill in the air, but the days were growing warmer and warmer.
"We should be meeting up with the clan soon," Zihna said happily as she laid out their bed rolls for the night.
"Finally!" Eru exclaimed. It had been just last night Zihna had given him the 'all clear' to shift back into his natural form.
"Shanku, do you wish to stay with me? Or go back with Zihna?" Dai asked softly as he held a sleeping Hinto.
"Actually I was thinking..." Shanku paused. "Maybe going back to the Nyre."
"Aw, really? Why?" Eru asked sadly.
"Aren't you a little too young to be travelling alone?" Zihna asked.
"Did it before," Shanku shrugged. "I don't belong in the open or in the city. I belong in the branches."
"If that is what you wish, Shanku," Dai nodded. "But you will always have a place with us."
The next morning, Shanku bid farewell to her friends and began her journey back to her homeland as the Birchfield family returned to their own territory. She waved to them as they waved to her, and Jakko howled a long, plaintive howl as she disappeared from sight.
Notes & Commentary
August 12, 2010, Thursday
Farewell, Birchfields!
The beginning of the newlyweds life together and the end of another visit in Wynfall. It's time to go back to the plains and find the Heyen Clan. Ah, wanderlust. What can ya say?
With a large wing wave from Eru, and much to Jakko's distress, we now leave Dai and his family behind. Ah, wanderlust. What can ya say? Hey, who knows, we might meet up with them again someday. Does this mean Shanku has found a way to make her family proud as she said she would?
Kurach hair is very coarse. Which is why Shanku's hair has gone back to being so bushy. With a large wing wave from Eru, and much to Jakko's distress, we now leave Dai and his family behind. Hey, who knows, we might meet up with them again someday. Does this mean Shanku has found a way to make her family proud as she said she would during chapter one?
Chapter Notes:
This chapter wasn't as detailed as I'd liked for it to have been. I probably could have shown the cubs working around the house and interacting with Mrs. Birchfield and Master Woodstock more, but, it'd been for filler. There really wasn't anything going on there other than the adults commenting on the "outlandish" names the cubs have. And Jakko chasing the cats.
Characters - Shanku Ravenwing - Eru - Dai Birchfield - Zihna Birchfield - Hinto Birchfield - Jakko - Sage - Calamri -
Creatures - Urych -
Tags - Just Another Day -
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