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when the sparrows stop singing - Ranjiri - 09-16-2016
As I flew back to the Throat I honestly don't think I could have been any happier. Just a few months before I was a sobbing mess when I left to make a new life in the Hidden Falls, but things had changed so much in that time. It was pretty amazing to look back on it. I think what made me happiest, though, was that Rhoa was living in the Falls with me. And he loved me. But most importantly, we were going to be parents. I hadn't told Rhoa yet, but I suspected that maybe he had noticed that I was getting a little bit rounder... but then again maybe it was just me being hyper-sensitive. I'd just tell him when I got back home. I got to the Throat much faster than I expected and when I landed on the sands I took a deep breath and sighed. Part of me had suspected that I would be sad the first time I went back because I would be leaving again. But I wasn't sad. I was finally content with the decision that I had made to leave because everything had seemed to fall into place. The only thing that could have made it better was if Cera was with me, but I wasn't going to ask him to leave the Throat when I knew how much he loved it there. As long as I could visit him in the Throat (since Gaucho had said I was welcome) I would. "Cera!" I called out for my brother and I glanced around. I wanted to walk to the tree where we had always slept and look for him there, but I forced myself to stay where I was. Sure, Gaucho said I was welcome in the Throat, but I was still a guest. Guests didn't just wander around wherever they wanted. "Cera! Gaucho!" I tucked my wings tightly against my sides as I waited because I was confident that Cera would hear me calling for him and wouldn't keep me waiting long. "." you won't forget the heavy steps it took to let it go close your eyes, count to ten, hold your breath and fly @Cera @Amani RE: when the sparrows stop singing - Amani - 09-16-2016 AMANI "Cera!" The voice that rang out over the sands did not call my name, but it prompted me forward anyway. My sides slightly swollen, my wings lifted me to the skies to go a greet my friend. I had not seen my golden and black friend in many months. I had hoped it was just simply a mistake, but when she had not been at the herd meeting I knew she had to of been gone. "Cera! Gaucho!" Oh shit. My heart that had lifted so high at the thought of seeing Ranjiri sank almost at once. She doesn't know. She doesn't know he's. Oh man.... I think of the feathers that cling to my neck. I know at once that I will be giving them up to her. Because simply they would mean more to her than me. I had not been the closest to... to... to Gaucho. I arrive first. My hooves hit the sands lightly. I have to land with care to make sure I do not cause any harm to the new life growing inside of me. I wonder if she will notice my swollen sides. "Ranjiri...." My voice almost cracks. I have to tell her. I have to. But I can't. I just can't. Instead I stand there, looking at my friend and longing to tell her so much. But I just can't bring myself to say the words. I wondered if Cera would be along soon. Maybe it would take the both of us to tell her... Tell her that our Sultan... Is gone. "their speech goes here and this is the color RE: when the sparrows stop singing - Cera - 09-22-2016
@Ranjiri RE: when the sparrows stop singing - Ranjiri - 09-25-2016 I waited, alternating between watching the sky and the horizon for either Gaucho or Cera, but it was neither of them that I saw flying toward me. I couldn't help but feel happiness when I spotted Amani. It had been far too long since the last time I'd seen her and when she landed I trotted toward her. "Amani!" There was no hiding my happiness or my excitement at seeing my friend again, but when I looked at her I stopped dead in my tracks. Her sides were rounded and she seemed to glow more than she usually did. "Oh my god." I gasped. "Oh my god, Amani, are you pregnant?!" I didn't really notice the tone of her voice, I was too relieved, I guess, that one of my friends was pregnant, too. I was already imagining our children becoming friends and playing together. "Ranjiri." I had been so absorbed in Amani that I hadn't noticed Cera until he said my name and when I turned to him .... it was like the whole world came to a screeching halt. I knew that look in his eyes far too well. "What? What's wrong?" I glanced at Amani before looking back to Cera. I'd seen that look time and again and, already, I could feel my stomach tying itself into knots because I knew bad news was coming. I could feel it and ... Where was Gaucho? "Gaucho cannot come to you." "What? Why?" I asked, though I was already dreading the answer. "...sickness ... sorry ... dead..." "What?" I didn't want to believe it. I couldn't believe it. "When? How long?" Oh my god, Rhoa... Tears stung my eyes as the heavy reality of what Cera had just told me hit home. I felt like I couldn't breathe and I wanted to scream, but I couldn't. This felt so much worse than when Midas had died. "No." I whispered, as if denying it would undo what had happened. "No." .... I was going to have to tell Rhoa. "I'm sorry." I willingly stepped into Cera's embrace, greedily taking the comfort he offered and giving back what little comfort I could offer. I rested my cheek against his shoulder, sniffling and shivering despite the warmth. "I should have come back sooner." I whispered, my voice cracking under the weight of my sadness. Gaucho had been there for me for so long and ... I couldn't believe that he was gone. "... so I could've told him." Now my child would never know her grandfather. "Oh gods, Cera." Why did this keep happening? Why did we keep losing the ones that we loved. Why did everything good have to be marred by something so completely horrible? "." you won't forget the heavy steps it took to let it go close your eyes, count to ten, hold your breath and fly @Cera @Amani [url=http://helovia.net/member.php?action=profile&uid=1689][/url] RE: when the sparrows stop singing - Amani - 09-29-2016 AMANI "Amani!" The joy in her voice was just not something I could mimick right now. Oh how I wish I could. She stops in her tracks suddenly. "Oh my god." She gasped and I knew she had noticed. "Oh my god, Amani, are you pregnant?!" I pushed a fake smile across my lips. "Yes I am." I tried oh so hard to push the joy into my voice that she carried. "Guess that makes two of us." Moments later, thankfully the conversation shifted as someone else arrived. "Ranjiri," Cera arrives and I turn to look at him. It was the first time I had seen him since our talk, and i'm still not sure how to feel. How to force myself to look at him like a brother and not a almost lover. His look to me, and the gaze told me everything. He was going to tell her.. Oh Gods... My golden gaze softens as I turn back to my friend. She doesn't know and we have to tell her. My heart beats in my chest and my child turns and kicks. How do we... But just like that Cera takes control just when I needed him to. I moved forward to, turning to stand on Ranjiri's other side. My wing extended, trying to reach up and over if she would allow it to lay across Cera's wing. "I should have come back sooner." Her words cut me. I should of gone and told her. But then I remembered. "Here." Carefully I pull the feathers I had both pulled and picked up. One from Gaucho and the other from Vorsa. "You were closer to him than I was. You should have these." I gently reach to tuck them into her mane should she allow it. "Now he will always be with you." "their speech goes here and this is the color @Cera RE: when the sparrows stop singing - Cera - 10-15-2016
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