Heartleaf Creek bitter

@Vayko or @Viorel or @Andrey or @Sharlee please c: just one though. //

It had been weeks. Weeks since Xulia had been dropped off in this new place with no one that she knew. She was exhausted, to say the least - hungry and tired from her searching. And yes she had been slow in her travels, but she wanted to search as much of the land as she could to find her missing family.

She was starting to believe they weren’t there at all.

A sigh pulled from her lips as she settled next to a half-frozen creek, staring down at the ice under the weak winter sunlight. If they truly weren’t here, and Xulia truly was alone, then what would the future hold? She couldn’t imagine a world without her brothers and cousins, and these last few weeks had been demoralizing, to say the very least.

Sharlee was taking a rare moment for herself.  It was a chance for her to spend some time in the place that would eventually be their territory. It was a thought that made the girl smile widened. Laying next to the tree she tried to picture what it might look like in just a few months when spring came. 

Spring was something else that Sharlee was more than ready for. She was tired of the cold and snow. She also couldn't wait for the prey to be more plentiful. There would be a lot more to do once they were able to dig caches and such. 

The Valle girl was just thinking about what their lives would be like when a familiar scent caught her attention. She was on her feet in a second. The cousin she'd thought she'd never see again was there. "Xulia," she called out, "Xulia over here."

Xulia had honestly not been expecting to find anyone that she was looking for today. In fact, she wasn't even expecting to hear her name, so when a very familiar voice called to her, her ears perked in shock and her golden eyes widened. Xules stood up abruptly, glancing around herself in hopes that maybe she wasn't hallucinating.

But she wasn't. Sharlee was standing off to the side, against a nearby tree, and Xulia had to pause for a moment to take in the sight of her cousin.

And then she sprinted over to the other girl, eyes round as she scanned her over, making sure she was okay, and whole, and she smelled like the others. That meant that they were here, too? "Sharlee," she greeted, almost breathlessly, her tail swaying hesitantly behind her. "I've been looking for you! For everyone. Are you okay? Is everyone else here, too?"

The last thing she'd expected to find while out and about was her cousin. It had been weeks since she'd woken up amd she was starting to fear that maybe Xulia hadn't made it but there she was. Sharlee couldn't help feeling that maybe her family was slowly coming back together. That maybe the others were out there too and it was only a matter of time before they showed up too. 

Sharlee watched her for a moment from her spot next to the tree. She looked her over to make sure she was okay and had come out of everything okay. She could only assume that Xulia had been brought there the same way she and her family members that were with her already.

Sharlee hadn't been expecting Xulia to sprint toward her but she prepared for any greeting she might receive. "Its so good to see you again," she told her cousin. "We've been looking for you too. Your brothers, Vayko, and Modesto are here with me and they will be so happy to see you. Are you alright?" 

(This post was last modified: Mar 03, 2021, 02:44 PM by Sharlee.)