if I had a heart I would love you (EBONY)
09-26-2014, 10:15 AM
The woman's song came upon Val suddenly, yet it took no time at all to discern. She would always know that voice and it was with a jubilant grin that the auburn Queen bounded to her paws and began a headlong rush for the border. If at all she had showed her youthful spirit since becoming queen it was now, but she could not curb the instinct to rush to Katja's side. Not only had the valiant woman been her mentor and caregiver, she had also come to be Val's strongest role model. She raced along the lakeside, paws kicking up sand and shells, gathering grime in the fur that coated her belly. She was neither distinguished nor regal, yet she could not care. Katja had come back! At once the memories of the last time she had seen her teacher rushed to the surface of her mind, and it seemed to weigh down her steps. She had become a queen that day, and she had also lost a a sister. She would never blame Katja for this, how could she, but it was bittersweet all the same. Val remembered the dark healer's words, and with whatever sense of introspection the gods had graced her with, she looked down at herself. Her mahogany legs were tan with lake grime and she smelled of muck. Her fur was disheveled from running the borders just earlier that day, and she knew she looked more puplike than anything else. Her jaw clenched, and she wavered. It hurt her, somewhere inside, to curb these carefree tendencies... She diverted her for a moment only, wading through the lake, submerging herself for as long as her lungs would allow, shaking herself beneath the surface. The water was a cold shock compared to the day's heat, but upon surfacing the grime on and under her coat sloughed away. Trudging back to shore she shook out the residual dampness and walked with a ginger step towards the treeline, towards the path that awaited her. The trail carried her to the border and before long she broke free from the woods and came into the open space that marked the entry to her lands. Katja looked the worse for wear, and concern washed away the rest of the young valkyrie's thoughts. "Katja! What on earth happened to you?" She rushed forwards and let her jaw drop, taking in her wounds. She had half a mind to throw back a howl and call for her brother, or Max or Adelaide (not that she'd seen either recently.) "Do you need a healer?" She was more than surprise that Katja had waited to be invited in, seeing as in Val's mind Ebony would always be open to her as a home. Once a wolf of Ebony, always a wolf of Ebony, no matter what. |