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Date Posted: 19:35:24 02/27/03 Thu
Author: Nhauvrae
Subject: Solarith

Awra brushed her cheek against her brother's ruff in a silent and affectionate greeting, the younger fire's pelt a mottle of red, gold, and orange to contrast to the earth femme's darker chocolate, amber, and rust fur. Two purrs were sounded briefly to express mutual content before the male, called Razzir, nudged his sister's shoulder in a follow-me gesture and slipped into the dark foliage. With some difficulty, the more muscular Awra followed her sibling, careful of his extra-large white tailblade hovering inches from her flat nose.

She had come to visit her newly adult bloodkin when she'd heard that he'd gotten himself a territory of his own. Proud, for most fire elementals didn't like to settle down as earths or waters did, the femme had decided to check it out and make sure he didn't need any help. After all, Nhauvrae as a species are very family-oriented.

Razzir grinned proudly as he showed his big sister, the dearest of all his siblings, around his new lands. A small tract only about ten acres across and fifteen long, nonetheless it was lush with plenty of water, shelter, and prey trails. Brightly he bounded ahead, intent on showing her something of which he was very proud. It was the Crazouli shard that he and Awra had always so admired; their parents had kept it as their most prized possession, and only now had thought to part with it. The fire had leapt at the opportunity to take it and place it in his new home.

Razzir landed lightly from a particularly high bound and with a prideful flourish of his tail, bowed and gestured with one wickedly clawed paw to the shining jewel, set upon a dead stump. Awra shambled after him, humoring her younger brother and also fairly impressed at his land. Until she saw the shard.

Razzir! How did you get that!? It was her first thought as amusement faded from her face and was replaced by shock. But looking upon her brother's eager grin, awaiting what he surely assumed would be excitement for him, Awra couldn't say it. But he had taken what should have been hers, as elder child. He had taken what she had always considered 'her' jewel shard. Betrayed.

The fire grinned blithely, his sharp-tipped horns gleaming in the filtered sunlight. He didn't figure he needed to say anything; his sister had always been bright, especially for an earth, and would understand that their parents had finally given it up. She looked surprised but of course she'd be! Their parents had loved the Crazouli chip. He grinned all the more.

Awra looked from shard to sibling and with an inner hole gaping inside, knew that she couldn't say anything to him. He would understand if she would, but there was still no undoing. There was nothing to be done to fix it, and he had never intended to hurt her. So bolstering her spirit as best she could, the Nhauvra heartily congratulated her brother on his fine lands and the luck he had in landing the jewel. All the while crying inside.

Betrayed.

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