Witch's Hut (Sedna)

The feeling of eyes burning a hole in her back was enough to quicken Sedna’s steps. Now she wasn’t one to usually go wandering off towards strange lights, but in her birth pack they all held the belief that this time of year came with a thinning of the veil between this life and those that were gone. Perhaps it was her grandmother guiding her? (it could just as easily be something sinister, she supposed but there didn’t seem to be any malice to the light).

As silver eyes fell on the small things, the new things that made their home in the clear water, the corners of her lips pulled down. She was sure her father had told her tales of a spring somewhere beyond the ends of the earth (and if this wasn’t beyond the ends of her world, well she’d never get there)... but how did it go again? Fountain of youth? Well the critters kicking around in the water were all impossibly young. She hadn’t seen a grown creature since leaving the mucky water that still clung to her fur.

A rinse off couldn’t hurt, right? but then again, the water looked so clean, and maybe these creatures needed it to stay clear to survive. The muck on her coat would surely destroy the clarity.

She watched as Chips landed on a nearby tree, his head tilting with a worried Rawk! She’d been travelling for a while now, and her tongue stuck to the roof of her mouth. If only she could remember how the story went!

Nevermind, it was just another fairy tale she was sure. Lowering her head to ease some of her sudden thirst, she drank from the clear water, hoping it would taste as sweet as it looked.

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