Its was nice chilly day in a large acre of the forest with a near by rivers making it a good time explore or hunting. A group of men built shelter out of broken branches, leaves, and anything that will blend in to keep any danger from noticing them. They may have made their clothing out of animal skin but using mud or dirt helps disguise themselves as well. A man wore light deer skin pants with brown leathery belts which one to hold his arrow and hunting knife made of onyx stone. He looked around seeing that someone was missing while three men left to go hunting having a look around. "Uchoa? Where are you?" said the man looking around. "Papa. I'm up here." said a small voice. The man looked up in the trees to see a little girl sitting very high in the branches looking down at him. "Get down. I need your help with the firewood." said the man. The girl climbed down at ease until the man caught her in his arms when jumped off looking at him moving her short brown hair away showing her dirty face with her thick line of red paint across her face under her eyes with dots below. "I need you to go collect sticks and branches to last us for tonight." said the man putting her down. "Take this along with your axe." he says handing her a knife made out of a goats leg with a hoof as the handle. Uchoa took it placing it in the hidden pocket of her pants and used her shirt as a cover following him to the shelter to grab her axe with spare rope going on her way. She walked around the woods for an hour with very few branches tied in her back stopping to smell something burning. Uchoa went over curiously hearing voices having her stop to see some young boys fighting except one who was on the ground watching by the bonfire with a man next to him. She lowered herself down to not be seen to take off her bundle of branches and threw them up on the high nook of the tree. "Boys collect us some more meat and get water by the river not far from here." said the man. "Yes father." said one of the boys walking with his brothers with their weapons and buckets. "Watch the camp son. im going to get some rest." said the man looking at his youngest. He got up going inside the tent while the boy crawled to sit on the large rock to pick up one of the swords looking interested.
Uchoa quietly crawled on all fours like an animal to have a better look at their camp grounds then stopped when the boy almost looked her way but was really messing around with the sword from the way he was moving it around. She hid in the bushes not far from him seeing his legs looked strange to her from how it was straightened out by the metal bars holding it in place. Thud! Uchoa and the boy both looked where it came from having Uchoa see it was her branches that got knocked down by a hawk. She didnt waste time to run all fours fast like animal grabbing her things hearing the boy calling to her but didnt listen once she fled. After getting her task done Uchoa explained to her father what happened which led them to move up to the river to get away from the Vikings as the told her. Uchoa stood in the middle of the river with the water reaching up to her knees to get fish. She waited for some time with her hands in the cold water waiting patiently and grabbed a live fish ad threw it in the woven basket whole her father used a sharp stick stab through it getting three in the process. They have gotten enough and started preparing it to eat by the gutting before being cooked into the fire. "Meeko. In the morning train Uchoa while we make sure those Vikings don't have others around." said the man. "Very well, Zephyr. Be ready." said Meeko getting up go inside the shelter. "Papa. Is there other tribes like us?" said Uchoa. "Yes but some are not like us. This tribe can be dangerous with so many of them. Their tongues are almost close to ours and minds of animals which we do not want to cross at all even when it comes to battle. They savage for blood with no mercy and have traditions of the warriors hair being cut to show their defeat. I dont want you to have that life when you grow to be in my position." said Zephyr. He used a stick to keep the fire moving while Uchoa listened carefully hearing the water, the winds blowing against the trees, and the fire when something else caught her ears like animal was near.
Uchoa grabbed her knife stalking towards where the sound was coming from. She can hear the soft chirping in the bushes pulling apart to find a baby hawk screeching at her in fear trying to fly but one wing was barely moving. "Papa. Theres a baby Hawk looks to have a broken wing." said Uchoa putting her knife away to pick up the hawk carefully. She sat down with it near the fire to make a sling by a stick and part of her shirt that she ripped off. Uchoa was taught to handle injuries on animals and a person. She let out a yawn feeling tired from helping with the shelter, getting woods for the fire, and their very long walk here for the hunt that she wasn't participating in as she's only seven but came for extra help like healing or something simple. Uchoa petted the hawk gently to calm it down on her lap until it was time for sleep while River and Arrow stayed up to be look out. She went to her spot inside the hidden shelter laying on top of make leaves holding the hawk securely in her arms. Zephyr soon joined them going to his to face them and the entrance before resting with the rest of the group. He just couldn't from what happened back at their home with his being gravely sick and Uchoa ran out of their hut alarm everyone of the passing. Thinking that bring her and himself out to grieve quietly wasn't much help with the Vikings close by of where they are. "Papa." Said Uchoa. "Sleep Uchoa." Said Zephyr already knowing that she was thinking of her mother. He turned to see her sleeping with the hawk looking at him with his head tilted before shaking his feathers chirping a bit. Smiling at this scene reminded him of how he met Uchoas mother when they were just children on their way to find new unclaimed lands before the war broke out. Neither of them wanted to fight but had no choice to survive what was out there and needed to help Uchoa prepare for it if somethin were happened to him or their tribe before its too late.