Seren
With no small amount of trepidation, Seren passed the lighthouse and began to make her way towards the houses nestling in the vale below. The path beneath her feet was well-trodden and she knew it by heart, so well she could have walked it blindfolded. But already from a distance she realized that this was no homecoming for her. The scenery was not the same as she remembered. Of the two houses and the sunken in ruins only one remained as she recalled; left empty now, for all she knew. Void of life, after her family's departure.
And the other house... Gone was the wisteria and the aged porch where she had played with Haai in the afternoons. The building as a whole was no longer, and the house built to replace it was new, different in every way that counted - the locasion, the look, the altered trails and paths - and she was no longer sure of her welcome on the threshold.
Seren swallowed her misgivings and stepped up to the entrance all the same. Her knock sounded much too loud, and she wondered if anyone would be home. It was not that late - would Kamaria be in there, somewhere? Sunjata? Nate?
Prickling fingers and an itch between the shoulderblades had her wishing no one would answer the door.
And the other house... Gone was the wisteria and the aged porch where she had played with Haai in the afternoons. The building as a whole was no longer, and the house built to replace it was new, different in every way that counted - the locasion, the look, the altered trails and paths - and she was no longer sure of her welcome on the threshold.
Seren swallowed her misgivings and stepped up to the entrance all the same. Her knock sounded much too loud, and she wondered if anyone would be home. It was not that late - would Kamaria be in there, somewhere? Sunjata? Nate?
Prickling fingers and an itch between the shoulderblades had her wishing no one would answer the door.
I'm ready to start the conquest of spaces
Reaching the starlight and silver fields
Reaching the starlight and silver fields
