As always, a quick disclaimer… I don't own anything about Valedmar, the Tayledras, or so on, blah blah blah. Many thanks to Mercedes Lackey for creating this wonderful world, and for allowing us to add to it in this small way!
Amberfeather K'Sheyna was having a bad day. First, his bondbird Hyyeh had refused to leave his ekele, and just kept repeating :sleep: over and over until he gave up. Then when Amberfeather started his rounds on the route over which he was responsible as a scout, he quickly discovered that he truly was having a bad day.
He tripped over a tree root. Now, for many people, this would not be such a big deal, but for a Tayledras, who are famed for being able to blend in with nature and move silently around the woods, this was embarrassing.
I hate Mondays, Amberfeather thought angrily to himself.
To make tripping over the root worse, he was seen by another one of the scouts, who was assigned to the neighboring circuit. Winddancer was his age, and was a person that Amberfeather had wanted to get to know better, but what are the odds of that happening if he continually was doing things like tripping about awkwardly?
"Are you okay, Amberfeather?" Winddancer had asked him, and had obviously been suppressing giggles.
Amberfeather had managed to avoid growling at her, but had quickly excused himself and continued on his route.
Then, continuing on the same theme, Amberfeather had discovered a young dyheli buck stuck in a tree. The youngster had apparently been attempting to scratch his head on a suitable tree, but had gotten his antlers stuck. Amberfeather knew he could never leave him there, but he also knew that the buck was in a panic and would likely trample Amberfeather as soon as he was free.
Which he did, the second Amberfeather had managed to move the branches out of the way.
Amberfeather could only sigh, then continue on the route, hoping to himself that the rest of his time would be spent in a very non-interesting, non-exciting way.
He wasn't surprised when it didn't.
That's it! My first chapter in my first fan fic! I am so proud… anyway. Thanks for reading, and if you have anything you'd like to tell me, please drop a line or two in a review… thanks!