The Summer Bonfire

Nelu carefully scooped the raccoon bones onto a square piece of deer hide. He'd been wandering along the border to the north of the castle when he'd found the old remains and it was simply to good a find to leave it behind. Nelu already had a few ideas of items he could make from the bones. Carefully folding the four corners inward he picked the bundle up with his teeth and started heading back to the castle. His little tail waved like a banner as his companions trailed along behind. He'd just gotten to his room and put the bones away when he heard his father calling.

Aster cocked his head to the side, wings fluttering for a moment. "Your father said something about a summer bonfire, didn't he?" Nelu nodded.

"We'd better hurry!" Samiri leapt onto his back and Nelu slipped out into the stone hallway. Once out of the castle he made his way to the plains and by the time he showed up at the gathering there were numerous wolves. Nelu glanced about, trying to figure out where he should place himself. Spying Vendrick sitting next to a dark-pelted woman he meandered over to them and plopped down on the other side of Vendrick. Samiri, the little spider monkey, continued to cling to his shoulders while aster landed at his feet and began to preen his feathers.

"Hey Ven, did I miss anything?"