.svg/2000px-Google_Chrome_icon_(2011).svg.png){kind=icon}
12-20-2015, 04:08 AM
ARELI
Do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Do you still believe in love, I wonder?
Ever since she had found Mama that day at the beach, Areli had made sure to stick close. While she had never truly believed that her mother would leave her, even the thought of another separation distressed the girl. Now that Parelia had returned to the Falls in one piece, her daughter’s relief was nearly tangible. Still, she clung closer to Mama than she had for a long time, never venturing far from her side. Perhaps it was a nuisance to her mother, to have her half-grown yearling bumbling along after her like a month-old foal—she had weaned her child long ago, and surely she might have appreciated some space. But if Parelia was impatient with her, she didn’t show it, and Areli had quickly settled back into the comfortable routine of browsing the woods by day with her mother and tucking herself (at least partially, for she had grown big) under her wing by night.
But today, Areli had strayed farther than usual. Assured that Mama was here to stay, she had risen early and trotted off into the trees with Bee following loyally at her heels. While she had hoped to run into Papa patrolling over the past few days, they had had no such luck. Areli was sure that he must have been worried. She had forgotten to tell him that she was leaving to find Mama, and she wanted to put his mind at ease.
However, it was barely midday when her search was cut short by the sound of a familiar cry. Squinting up into the sun, Areli saw Penna circling above. For a moment, her gut twisted in fear--was something wrong?--but the hawk only swooped down lazily to tug at her mane before fluttering a short way off to land on a branch. Anxiety appeased, the girl snorted. Did he just want to play? But with an insistent squawk, the bird beckoned her to come with him, and Areli finally realized that Mama must want her. Happy to oblige, she trailed the faithful bird until he delivered her to the cove where her mother waited.
“Hi Mama,” the girl called cheerfully, above the roar of the waterfall. “Didjya want me for somethin’? I saw Penna,” she added, with a fond glance at the falcon. Smiling, she moved closer to converse with her mother more easily.
OOC: Pare would like to reply once more before anyone else joins!
"speech"
![[Image: areli_by_moonstone_designs-d9dgh47.png]](http://orig05.deviantart.net/fac3/f/2015/290/f/c/areli_by_moonstone_designs-d9dgh47.png)
