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"Focus, Palette. I know you can do this. You've done this before but as a cat." a low baritone voice stated. Palette huffed out a breath in irritation and opened her eyes to see her older brother shake his head while he flicked his left ear. "This should not be any different than being able to change into your cat form."
"Yes, but if you remember, Ezhaw it also took me a year to even get the cat form." Palette said looking at the ground with a slight glare. "I was so hoping to be able to go with you on your town routes too."
Ezhaw sighed standing up and shook his mane. "Patience sister. The time will come when you'll be able to get your deer form." he turned to start walking towards the hut in the distance but stopped to look back at his sister. "Are you coming?"
"No, I'm going to try and see if I can't continue to get my deer form. I'll see you later brother." he nodded and continued towards the hut leaving Palette to take a deep breath and started to focus her mind.
She could feel her cat form slide over her but she held it at bay, focusing on another form. This one that stood tall and had a prideful air with mighty antlers that was close to the surface Palette could feel the form trying to take her and shift her body, but something was being held back. Taking a deep breath she blew out slowly letting the calm winds surround her and the feel of the grass whisper in her ears as she let nature become her being. Her focus of the Earthmother.
Suddenly with a shout of pain as the form flooded her body shifting bones, muscles, and stretching them in places. What felt like hours, took only seconds as she laid on her side breathing hard from changing into her deer form for the first time. This had also happened when she had gotten her cat form, but thanks to her brother, she had been prepared for it for he stated all forms hurt the first time as it adjusted the body for it.
With shaky legs she fought to get up from her side. At least this time she knew how to walk with four legs, though she would have to get use to the longer legs of the deer. A grunting snort and a heavy shove of her body, she stood upward looking at the brown fur that covered her with darker swirl shapes cutting through for a simple design. With a shake of her head she felt the large antlers and could see part of them as they were in her top eye view.
Walking forward a bit she let herself get a feel for the longer legs and the weight on her head that she was unuse to. After a few minutes of walking, cantering and running she decided to do a few rear bucking and shouts in her joy that came to the forefront. Once she settled down she ran towards the hut to show off her newest form.
Eskola felt the wind whisper to her as she glanced up at the form that was running towards her. She smiled at seeing not the human girl, but a deer. Hoof steps came from behind her announcing that Eskola's son was coming towards her kneeling form.
"She finally did it." he stated then snorted with pride for his sister. "Only fifteen and has learned to shift into two forms already."
"For a human learning to be a druid she is doing good." Eskola said then glanced back to her son. "That is because she has a good teacher. You would be a good teacher to younger druids to be, once you are wiser."
At that he gave his mother a small soft snort and a bow of the head. The fast paced hoof falls and excited breathes told the two that Palette was coming close to their area. Palette slowed down to a prance and circled her brother and mother founding she finally stood eye to eye with her brother in this form and could see the sun glinting off his black horns.
"Shift back so we can talk, my dear." Eskola said getting up as Palette did as told.
"Mother! I did it! Does that mean I can go onto the route with brother now?" Palette asked with a grin trying to hold herself from jumping up and down in her excitement.
"Yes, Palette, you can but remember to remain in your deer form since you will be pulling the cart." she reminded then added softly. "But only when you are pulling the cart."
"Of course mother!" she said and gave her a hug before turning to her brother and shifted to her deer form as she followed him to the cart to pull it this time.
"Ready sister?" Ezhaw asked and she gave him a nod of her head and began to pull the cart full of herbs and odd things to Bloodhoof village.
It took them only an hour to reach the village. Palette had only been there a couple of times and was excited to look all around her and the taurens that wondered around. She even spotted several of her age that were playmates of hers growing up.
"Ezhaw Blackhorn!" both turned to find a dark brown furred Tauren coming towards them. "Good to see you! And what's this? Palette in deer form?"
"Vihoik Youngwater, it has been too long since we last seen you." Ezhaw grinned and both males griped forearms in greeting. "And yes, Palette just gained her deer form and will now be helping with taking loads into the towns."
Vihoik nodded. "Congratulations, young one. You make our people proud with your continued learning's." he told her before turning to Ezhaw. "You are doing well with teaching her, maybe one day you will be the one to be teaching other young ones after Gennia retires."
"That will be still decades away, Vihoik. If you are still here later this week we will be back and then we can go and hunt like old days. For now we must meet Wunna and Moorat to see if they would like any of our goods."
"May the spirit of the Earthmother guide you." Vihoik said in goodbye as Ezhaw and Palette made there way to Wunna.
"You did good today, sister." Ezhaw stated when they had set up camp for the night near the village after finalizing trade with the people here. "What helped you push the last barrier to earn your deer form?"
Palette looked over to her brother seeing his curiosity in his eyes. "I could feel the form just under. Like a blanket covering me from getting to it and it would not move. Each time I tried to reach it, it would not come and I became frustrated. So, this morning I did something different."
Ezhaw watched his sister talk seeing how much of a young druid she has become even if she was not of Tauren blood to make her connection to the Earthmother easier. He saw how much she had worked to get to this point seeing she was one of the few human to become a druid or may be the only one.
"I took a deep breath like you always tell me to letting my mind become free. I let the whispers of Earthmother become my focus. I heard the winds and the grass caress me as a whole. It was almost like they were talking to me." she glanced to him with a confused look as the flames light flickered over her face. "Is that even possible? I thought only shamans were the ones to hear the spirits?"
"We would have to consult the shamans. We will ask them once we reach Thunder Bluff. None have ever heard of a human to be able to hear the spirits." Ezhaw said. "Were you able to hear what they said to you?"
She shook her head. "That is the thing, brother. I knew they were talking to me but…I do not know how to put it. All I know is that as they talked to me, I was able to rid myself of the thin barrier and learn my form. I am grateful for their help, but it makes me worried. I am human, not Tauren. I should not be able to even know if a spirit is talking to me."
"Be at peace, sister. We will have answers soon by tomorrow. Now let us get some sleep. You will need your strength for the journey." Ezhaw said calmly but heard a soft sigh leave her lips as he made way to lay on his fur pallet.
"Yes, brother." she agreed also laying down then looked to her brother. "I love you."
He gave her a soft snort seeing as it was harder for him to give her a smile, so he always gave her a soft snort to let her know he heard and that this was his form of a smile. "I love you as well. Sleep well."
This is my first time doing a WoW story. so if i mess something up please for the love of the Earthmother tell me! i know most of the warcraft story when it wasnt a muiltey player game so if i ooc someone let me know so i can fix it and quick. i wouldn't mind knowing what your thoughts are on this first chapter since this has been something i have been trying to work out for two to three years now and finally have started some sort of a story with it.
Also, i did do some research on Garrosh since im wanting him to be a major part of this story, but i'm having trouble figuring out how to write him seeing as he changes so much from BC to MoP. i will be truthful, i somewhat suck at keeping characters in cannon and this story is something im wanting to truly keep in cannon really bad since this is a favorite game of mine.
till next update R&R
UPDATED 12/11/2016
