Seven new members have joined the Clan in Vallestrella: three late juveniles called Veje, Dióntan, and Sienté; one early juvenile called Avira; a late juvenile male-female couple Tudor and Shaniqua; and a cub called Kamil. Now they need to mark their place within the Clan, each of them doing this in his or her own way. How will this work out for all of them?

While Skylar, Nico, and Luna head back toward the Palace altogether, two other Jaquins are making conversation. They both are females, one early juvenile and the other a late one almost reaching adolescence. "I am happy to receive you as my trainee, Avira. To be honest you are my first ever trainee. But no need to worry. I understand your mother wants you to gain a better understanding of edible and medicinal herbs and plants, as part of your training in becoming a Soothsayer like myself. This I can certainly teach you! It is what I am known for, after all.' the late juvenile says calm and shows a friendly smile, 'We will have some good times together. In time you will get to know me better, and your future role of Soothsayer. I am looking forward to getting to know you better as well."

Avira, the young juvenile she is, watches the other Jaquin having an unassured look on her face. She observes the other Jaquin closely, seeing a beige fur on body and face, the latter being slender in build surrounded with lemon yellow feathers, also found on the wingtips and the heel of all four legs. Her body displays a lemon yellow pattern of smooth heart-shaped rosettes. *Sienté is gentle. I like to be with her. She makes me feel secure.* Avira thinks.

Avira's posture betrays her being a little anxious still. After a short moment of silence, she says back hesitantly: "I want… to learn from you, Sienté. That is what – my mother said I could do best."

"Good. It seems your mother is a giver of good advice. I hope you like learning because there is a lot I can teach you, and there is a lot to be taught if you want to become like me one day." Sienté says with a friendly smile to calm the early juvenile's nerves down.

"Yes, maestra." the young Jaquin replies cautious and slow.

"Well, first things first!' Sienté suddenly says louder with her voice full of enthusiasm, 'You need to loosen up. If you want to learn you need to open up your mind first. With that mentality you are having now learning might prove difficult. Alright, let us soar the skies and just relax for a bit. Come on!"

Sienté spreads her wings and takes to flight. The young juvenile hesitantly watches Sienté climb higher before deciding to do the same. While climbing after Sienté she looks around feeling nervous still. Suddenly her eyes gaze upon the sight of a Jaquin making two fairly large loopings in the sky. *I wonder why Dióntan is doing this. Oh… and Tudor is with him. That might explain a few things. But if Dióntan is around, usually his brother is, too.* she thinks watching both boys seemingly fool around.

"Aha! I know what you are doing! You do not fool me this time!" Tudor shouts at Dióntan while chasing him.

Tudor flawlessly moves through the sky, making barrel rolls doing so as he tries to out-manoeuvre Dióntan. This is something he always loved doing: performing stunts while flying, making others giggle and laugh when things wouldn't go the way he'd planned. This character of his makes Tudor quite the agile flyer at high speeds. Unfortunately, Dióntan knows manoeuvres of his own through which he can avoid Tudor. This makes the game of tag last for quite some time now. "Come on, Tudor! Make an attempt to tag Dióntan!" a female voice yells.

The female watches Tudor closely. She observes him, and his spring green and slender body bearing roundel rosettes consisting of two concentric blue rings, of which the outer is high blue and the inner being indigo, accentuating the fur. His spring green heels are decorated with high blue feathers, as is his fan-shaped tail-tip. His nose is a little more elongated than that of other Jaquins and the face is narrow shaped, with the cheek feathers also being high blue. "Yeah, Tudor!' Dióntan adds excitedly, 'I just need to keep avoiding you for a little moment longer. It is easy outflying you, haha!"

"You just wait!' Tudor yells back, 'Before you know it victory is mine!"

Suddenly the female hears her name being shouted from a distance, though in a calm and controlled manner. She looks to where the shout came from. Left from her she notices a dark brown Jaquin approaching her. Giving him a better look she needs to correct herself on his fur colour. From afar she always mistakes his actual colour with dark brown. *Really! Why do I keep making this mistake over and over? Just something I cannot seem to correct myself in…* she thinks somewhat frustrated while keeping her eyes on him.

However, she's right on the dark brown colour, albeit it being the feathers around his heels and broad cheeks, as well as the tip of his wings. His fur colour, however, is rose taupe and is covered with dark brown roses making up the pattern across his body; slender and elongated that would fit a female's build more. Despite this, he has broad cheeks that usually go with a bulky body. "Hey, look who decides to show up eventually! Last as always, Veje." she says.

Veje, being that rose taupe Jaquin, gently glides towards Shaniqua at a comfortable speed. Not too slow and certainly not too fast. Like he does more often, which one would describe as dawdling. He lands close to the female who already looks back up at the two boys chasing each other still. "Yeah… I had some business in the Palace. Otherwise, I would be here early, Shaniqua." Veje says.

Now that Veje came close to Shaniqua he sees her sitting idle but almost graciously as a queen would. Gracious, since her body is slender build in such a way the contours really show off when sitting. Her chest is small with a slightly sunken belly though not looking unhealthy. In that respect, she looks much like Luna. The clear difference lies with her fur colour being violet bearing pink five-pointed star-shaped rosettes. That same colour is also found on her tail-tip, as well as the feathers on her heels, wings, and cheeks. "No, then you would be late still." Shaniqua says in a calm tone while giving him a questioning look.

She knows she's right while thinking about it. Never has she witnessed Veje doing something rather quick. Also, totally unlike his brother or Skylar, Veje rather not stands in the spotlights. He has a laid-back and timid personality instead. Both these thoughts make her giggle a little, while mildly shaking her head doing so.

At the same time, Sienté has her wings spread. She's high in the sky but well below the clouds, letting herself glide on the thermodynamics that today seems more present. *Ideal for my plan…* she thinks.

She looks back at the young juvenile in pursuit. Avira's just behind Sienté, who eyes at her own wings followed by a nod and a friendly smile. The young juvenile goes to try and mimic Sienté. She slows down her wing flapping and spreads them slowly the way her "maestra" has them spread. She starts getting the hang of it and notices she remains at the same altitude as Sienté. Eventually, both are gliding through the sky at an easy pace, ensuring a calming effect on wings, body, and mind. Avira starts feeling more at ease now, understanding that this can very well be her first lesson. Sienté asks the young female using a reserved tone of voice: "Tell me now, what do you see around you?"

"Ow, eh… Let me see – from up here…' she says hesitantly of surprise from that sudden question, 'I see… Dióntan. He is below us, and pretty present down there."

"Too present if you ask me.' Sienté replies condescendingly, 'Veje makes for better company."

At this point, she notices not only that Dióntan's looking their way, he's also approaching them. He flies in a straight line towards them at a hasty pace. Sienté knows this might ruin her plan. Together Dióntan and Tudor are annoying to others, mainly because Dióntan's easily galvanised by Tudor. *They always fuel each other in words and before anyone knows, insults are made. Insults through those stupid jokes of Tudor.* she thinks at the sight of Tudor following Dióntan towards her and Avira.

Sienté knows Avira's not entirely the confident type of Jaquin, not like Skylar, Luna or Dióntan at all. She eyes Avira well to detect how she's reacting to this all. She reminds herself how much she likes the juvenile Jaquin's colours, having a tangerine orange fur covered with a lemon yellow pattern of round but open rosettes. The feathers on her wingtips, as well as her tail-tip, cheeks and all heels, are lemon yellow also.

Realising Avira might look pretty, her personality is certainly not suited for this moment. Sienté quickly tries to position herself in between Dióntan and Avira. Unfortunately, Dióntan comes in faster than she'd anticipated. He beats Sienté to it and before she knows it he hovers in between her and Avira. Looking at the latter he says: "Hey, girls… Avira! Saw you two up here. What ar…"

"Tag! Got you!" Tudor shouts excited as he touches Dióntan's hip during his fly-by. He makes a gracious half-barrel roll and half a volley to end up hovering next to Dióntan.

Dióntan startles at first as he didn't expect Tudor to have followed him up here. However, he recovers quickly and says: "Nope! We were done a moment ago."

"I was not done yet!" Tudor says excitedly still.

"Yes, we were.' Dióntan says and excitingly adds, 'Face it, you lost, haha!"

Tudor replies with less excitement: "Face it, I am going to win that race!… Hey – Avira, you here? I did not recognise you through that sour look on that face. Oh wait, that is your normal face…"

Dióntan cannot suppress laughter escaping him: "Haha! Oh…"

"What… No – I… That is no…" Avira stutters out of insecurity and slowly silences as she speaks.

"Tudor! Will you just stop those idiotic jokes of yours! Go annoy someone else, go annoy your little brother!' Sienté replies mad and startles Dióntan when addressing him, 'Dióntan, stop spurring him with your laughter! His jokes are not funny. Not at all!"

"That was – funny." Dióntan replies reluctantly trying to justify his laughter.

Sienté firmly replies: "Shut that mouth, both of you, and keep it shut! Come, Avira. These boys are not worth our time."

Sienté turns around, her face still expressing anger, and starts flying away from Dióntan and Tudor. Avira quickly glances at Tudor and then at Dióntan. Tudor is giggling still, but Dióntan seems pitiful and looks at her with remorse radiating from his eyes. Avira is unsure about his motivation still. *He laughed at me… and is now – ashamed?* she thinks doubtful looking into his eyes while he looks back into hers.

She notices how his eyes belong to a round, azure blue face accentuated by deep red feathers on his cheeks and wingtips. His azure blue fur coat holds a deep red pattern of aquatic wave-like rosettes. Then she decides to turn around as well. Without saying anything she starts pursuing Sienté. Dióntan remains hovering following them up with his eyes…