ANDEN
CHASING THE SUN
The flames grew. Licking the air between the pair. Curling and twisting in the gentle breeze. Fire represented life. Without it you'd freeze. He'd heard stories from travelers who had lost companions to the cold, countless times before. Though now, he wasn't sure it mattered all that much. His blood had been replaced with something different, his heart a shell of what it once was. "Do I look like you dad?" Anden groaned, picking up the crispy orange flesh and tossing it towards Aisha. "I didn't think so." The four of them; Aisha, Anden, Dani and Oliver all lived together in the manor, between them Aisha was the loudest, the most wild. She had the heart of a warrior. Many things about Aisha encouraged Anden. She was different than Oliver who seemed at peace with the world, Aisha looked as though she wanted to fight for what she wanted.
Anden looked into the sky. Quickly he spotted his own constellation, the tall tree. To its right, he found Dani's bird flying freely. "If you look to the stars, what is it that you see?" Something about the stars could always bring Anden peace. They weren't the stars he'd grown up with, but they acted all the same. They told tales of their own, and he wanted to hear all of them. He gestured towards the group of stars that formed the tall tree. "That one is my home. Well not literally but, its a symbol of my home. The tall trees that protected my family, and hid us away from the Kingdom. It represents my past... But also I think my future." Anden thought about when he trained with Alina in the forest by the Grounds. That's when he realized Caido had more to offer, that there was more than the desperate Grounds, there could be beauty here.
