Somewhere I Belong

The young man would take a breath, getting ready to begin his tale. He would close his eyes, mind turning back, remembering when it all began. "Once upon a time, long ago when I was first born it was here in the land of Alacritia. Here in the East, around a wonderful bay. My mother and father were primarily the ones there, and my sister. We had a aunt too, a wolf by the name of Ellis Cathal who cared for us deeply. We all lived there in harmony. Those were, in all honesty, some of the best days of my life.

As I grew my father would take me to see bits and pieces of Alacritia. He would explain to me about the different packs and the laws each had. When we had to leave one day, off to make our own pack, I was saddened. This was the land of my birth... I was happy here. There wasn't many days that went by where I had a want for something I didn't already have.

My parents were successful in founding their new kingdom though, for which I was grateful. They eventually had a second litter together... and that was around the time my family started to break apart. My mother fell ill and she sent my sister on a search for a flower I believed not to exist. When she died of her illness, and father later by heartbreak, I would track my sister here and deliver unto her the news."

Cypress would take a breath before he continued.

"I would wander here a while. I went back to the bay to find it had been claimed. I searched in my heart, trying to decide what I wanted to do. I was lonely... I needed a pack. A new family... new friends... I thought on it and decided that it wasn't right to go back there. Not without my family... so I continued on... and I found Fiori." He would look to her now.

"I met Arian... I thought that I would give this place a try. At first yes... it was more out of desperation so that I wasn't alone... but then... I..." Cy took a breath. "I fell in love with your daughter. It is... a unique love. But I swear to you, Epiphron, that I'm not going to hurt her. I'm not ever going to hurt her and I will personally dismantle anyone who so much as moves a hair out of place upon her body. I will not see her further hurt." The young man would dip his head.

"So... if I may... I'd like to ask for your permission to continue to be with your daughter. I apologize that I did not speak to you first but I... I guess I was too caught up in the moment of her company to care at those times."