All right did I have you in suspense? Because I've been promising to get a new chapter up for over a year, as this was my very first fanfic, sniffles and I love it very much! Ok maybe not that that much but I care! So here you go!
Kitten was lonely to say the least.
She was the only one of her kind that was not in the divine realms, and therefore had no other playmates of her own species. Was she where she belonged, in the divine realms, she would be happily playing with the other dragon children, making no end of trouble for her mother.
But no, she was not in the divine realms.
She was in the mortal realms, Courus, Tortall to be exact, and although she loved her adoptive mother dearly, she sometimes wished she still had her birth mother, who had died protecting a place called pirates Swoop for her adoptive mother, because…well…it was a long story.
Her adoptive mother's name was Daine. She was very kind to her, and often brought her to play with some of her friends to make up for the loss of not being able to play with other dragonets. Daine's friends were not "normal" some humans said, but Kit didn't see anything wrong with them. Daine called them "the people" other humans called them "animals."
"I guess they think that humans shouldn't be friends with animals," Daine told her once. "I don't understand why, the people are fairly wonderful friends."
And indeed they were, Kit loved to play with the bear cubs, wolf pups, and other young animals that Daine had a tendency to bring home on occasion. They weren't a complete substitute for the loss of her dragonet playmates, but they were still better than being bored to death.
Being adopted by Daine had its challenges and difficulties, especially because she and her lanky teacher were constantly traveling all over Tortall and dragging her with them. She also was constantly under study by Daine's teacher who was fascinated by her. (But then again he was also known to also be fascinated by caterpillars and the phases of the moon…)
So it was times like these when she wished that her mother were still alive, still with her, still her guardian. It was times like these when she wished she were with her own race… But Daine somehow knew of her thoughts because one day as they sat on a rock to rest during one of their infamous trips Daine said, "Kitten, I know I'm not the perfect mother, a good mother wouldn't drag you all over the country on quests for the king, or would be the same species as you…Anyways, I'm sorry that I'm not your birth mother, I'm sorry I'm not even a good adoptive mother, but I do want you to be happy with me, and in order for you to understand that I decided that I will now give you the ability to stay behind on these trips I go on, because I know how much you hate them."
But when kitten thought about it she realized that she wanted to be with Daine. It was true that she despised the many trips that her adoptive mother went on, but she now understood that she wanted to be with her mother more than she hated the trips.
This sudden realization made her think. She discovered that even if Minthros himself came from the sky and offered to replace Daine with her birth mother, she would choose her human parent over her true mother. True she would be turning down the person who had created her but she could hardly remember her mother. It made her feel guilty, but she knew and trusted Daine more than she did her real mother, it was the sad but real truth on the subject.
But Kitten found that once she knew this it was easier to forget her grievances and to enjoy life with Daine as her mother. And somehow kitten knew that although her mother was sad that her daughter would pick a mortal (a human at that!) over her, she was proud that she had overcome one of the greatest obstacles in life: truth.
Umm…you wanted to know how she would overcome her mother's death and there it is! Now tell me how mental I am using the periwinkle-colored box! (P.S. I am in 8th grade now!)