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"Yeah, Wind's speed my friend. I will expect you Chapter one
"Jayson, we must hurry home. The sun is starting to set. Mya will worry if we are not home soon." a girl with white blond hair and mismatch eyes. She was trudging through the bare winter trees of the forest near their farm. Looking for a neighboring's farm's lost sheep.
"Come on, the neighbors stupid sheep just went over the hill. We go to catch them before something bad happens to them. Remember Luna they gave us some wool last spring to make blankets for Mya we have to get them home or the sheep might die and the farmers that own them will lose money that could have fed their huge family." said Jayson, her loyal White haired were cat.
"Fine Hurry up and get them. Mya is going to start worrying soon and we need to get back to our own farm." Luna shouted. The were cat bounded over the hill and started to lead the sheep Back the way they had come. Luna turned around and started to jog slowly to get a little warmer.
The sheep pasted her as well as Jayson. She waved him to go as he hesitated and started to wait for her. Luna ran to catch up as she heard the first beasts of night calling to each other. Being armed with only a sling shot and a couple of stones Luna thought to herself it is best if she was on her farm soon.
About an hour later Luna and Jayson saw the lights of her neighbor's farm. They called greeting as the farmer and three of his sons came out to help herd the sheep in to the barn for the night. The farmer thanked Luna and Jayson for their help and offered to give Luna and Jason a ride to their farm in the morning, But Luna and Jason refused and went to their farm that night to Mya, Luna's Older Brown haired green-eyed sister.
Mya was watching at the window of their small hut. Her eyes full of worry and anxiety. Even though Mya and Luna were sisters they couldn't look any more different. Luna was tall for her age and skinny, her features angled like a cats while her sister looked as a farmer's daughter would slightly filled out and tan. Along with that the shape of their ears was very different. Mya's were the regular rounded ears that a normal human would have but Luna had elegantly pointed ears which she kept hidden at most times under a hood or by her hair.
"It took you long enough to get home. Those boys of that farm didn't try to harm you did they?" Mya asked her voice scratchy and weak with illness. Luna put a blanket over her sisters shoulder's saying, "You must rest Mya or you will never get better if you are always up and around. If I remember right, mother said that to me as I say it to you so. Go to sleep and get better spring is almost here. Soon it will be time to plant our crops and celebrate a new year of growth. I will be by your side learning more from you this year as I had last year. Maybe I can meet this secret boy you have a crush on and tell him so he notices you."
Mya laughed as she lay down in their only bed and closed her eyes.
"If you do that I will whip you to an inch of your life and scare you so no man would ever look at you with eyes of love." She said as she started to nod off.
"To whip me of an inch from my life you must have the strength and health sister and I don't mind not being loved by a man. I have Jayson. "Luna whispered. Mya laughed quietly as she drifted off to sleep.
"You really think of me like that? Should I be worried that you might be falling in love with a cat that is two years younger than you?" Jason said half-jokingly. Luna yawned.
"I didn't mean that way. It's just you look after me and all." Luna said before yawning again.
"Well go to sleep I'll watch the fire a bit and go hunting for fowl. If I manage to catch some we will have it for breakfast. Good night Luna." Jason said.
"Good night Jason. Good luck hunting and be careful of the night beasts." Luna said lying by the fire. Jason added another log to the fire and turned in to a cat. Jason Purred for Luna then went out for the night.
In the morning Luna woke up to Mya's coughing and Jason's fussing.
"Easy there Mya, here some tea drink, it will help. Morning Luna, I had some luck last night with rabbits and found a fat water fowl we will eat the rabbits for dinner and the fowl now it's almost done. You go and get some snow Mya has a fever again." Luna got up without a word and went to the door. She opened it and surprised by the wall of snow that had formed overnight only a small hole at the bottom of the wall revealed how Jason came in. Luna grabbed a bucket and just scooped some snow. The water fowl smelled good roasting on the fire.
"I managed to get some territory for myself last night a few of the night beast have moved to better hunting grounds for themselves they said it was a gift from them to me. Do I look like I accept gifts? They just couldn't keep their bellies full so they moved for the time being but they will be back in the spring." Jayson said taking of the fowl from the fire.
"We are going to have to dig our way out. What are we doing today?" Luna asked.
"I need you two to go to town and see if the store has any tea. Oh, what day is it?" Mya said from her bed.
"It's the winter solstice. There will be a celebration soon. Maybe we can get a healer to come out here for you or get you to the healer." Jason said. Mya just coughed.
"I want to check on the neighbors too. Also Rowan Stronghammer offered to teach me my letters this winter. If this winter is already half way over how am I to learn then if I don't get started soon?" Luna asked.
"Jayson I know you hate dogs but we could use one to help out around here with the farm's protection if you find a pup for sale get one or two." Mya said
"You're pushing it with two, big sister!" Jayson said looked grumpy. Luna knew that Jayson would do anything for Mya even deal with pack of wolves if she told him to.
"We will take Thunder and Cloud to do our errands with, they need a good job. Luna, you go to the neighbors east and me to the west we can meet on the road that leads to the town and the Stronghammer's farm. I have a few one shaped friends over there if anything happens they will find me straight away." Jayson said.
"Fine but make sure you're on the road by noon or I'm coming to look for you also bring some blankets for Cloud. I will take Thunder." Luna said. So they ate breakfast and tunneled their way to the barn where Thunder, a Dark gray with lighter gray spots Two year old stallion, and Cloud, Thunder's light gray ten-year old mother, waited. Thunder pranced on his hooves while his mother threw her head to be on the way when they saddled.
"Calm down Thunder, We are going for a ride. Remember what I tell you we are going to the east farms. You must be on your best behavior. If you are not any sugar treat afterwards." Luna warned the horse. Thunder quieted. Cloud tossed her head still.
"Cloud I will take care of your son on my honor I swear." Luna said assuming. Cloud also quieted, she was a very smart horse. Luna's mother had found Cloud as a foal in the forest soon after Luna turned three.
"You have a way with animals, Luna. What is your secret?" Jayson asked as he slid in to Clouds saddle.
"I just understand them. I talk to them like they are real people. Animals respect that. It also helps not naming them something silly like Tipsy or Blue." Luna said jumping on to Thunders back. The only one wearing a saddle was Cloud. There was only one saddle and Cloud wore it for Jason who wasn't the best of riders.
"Meet you on the road to town at the pine tree grove at noon, okay?" Luna said turning Thunder to the east.
at noon." Jason said as he urged Cloud to run west. Thunder reared as he saw his mother galloping in the opposite direction.
"Whoa Thunder, Don't act like a fool. Come on we must go." Luna said Griping the powerful stallion with her legs and pulling on his mane. The stallion quieted and ran east to the closest farms. A half an hour later Luna stopped at the farm she went to last night. After a few minutes she left to go to the next farm more north.
The farm was in disorder. Part of the roof had caved on the Farmers home the two oldest sons were up fixing it. Luna stopped and helped with the repairs for an hour. When the roof looked as good as it was going to get Luna mounted Thunder and went to the second to last farm to her trip on the town road.
This farm was in better shape and Luna soon left for the last. The farmer had lost some chickens to the cold of the storm and had given her two of the dead chickens to eat at home. Luna put the chickens in her shoulder bag and road Thunder to the Town road.