Topic: The Will to Survive (Present Time)

Fire_Werefox

Date: 2006-02-27 06:27 EST
Emma ran into the woods, her eyes cold and hard there was something behind those feral eyes, something of which was new. She felt like as if her anmilastic urges were released in her sorrow. She wished to abide by her Mom's will, she wanted to survive. She will not fail!
Pausing, she was nowhere familiar. Dropping the large parcel of armour and weapons she opened it, slowly she fumbled on the leather armour which clung tightly and perfectly to her small frame. It was light and flexable, then, turning around in it, the leather armour came down to form a seperate piece - almost like a skirt to cover her thighs. Placing on the sandles she strapped them tightly underneath the new gown of which was again her Moms, and then brushed her bare arms away of dirt that flicked up from her feet in her sudden rush to get here.
Lastly, she tore the bottom off of her gown and tied back her hair from her face.
Emma looked to the bow and picked it up, holding the bow with one hand at the middle, while the other ran her fingertips along the finely carved wood. And as the night fell, the day ending... The sound of whistling cut the air, a thud, as the arrow imbedded itself into a tree.
The fox was in the long grass, shooting at the self made targets she carved in each and every tree around her. And the more shot at them, the more she got used to firing the arrows, the more she realised that this was in her blood as well as her natural elemental magiks. Her Mom was right, this was all natural.

She was after all a hunter and scavanger by nature.

Emma will not tell anyone of this, no one must know of how she will do this every night for the rest of her life. Trainning. For her Mom's will, her Legacy does live on. But in the shape of Good, Emma would gain power to help herself and those around her.
Of course she will always be the cheery kind girl, but will be grown up now about it. She had too... She was alone in the world now.

Fire_Werefox

Date: 2006-02-27 06:38 EST
Daybroke, it was a new day. Emma did not sleep, in fact, she kept re-using the same arrows over, and over again, and then, as the sun broke through the treetops to cause the morning mist to dispurse, she stopped, her ponytail jumping around her form as she ran and shot at the target. Missing, completely this time though.
Damn. Out of the arrows she shot almost only half of them hit. But this was her first night of trainning and she could only get better.
Sitting down onto the ground her leather armour flexable and comfortable enough to allow her to sit crossed legged, she looked down to her high-boot-like sandals of which was once her Mothers.
"... It's strange, Mom... But I feel so close to you." Emma talked to the very air smiling sweetly. She knew her destiny, of which with the help of her Mother was the opposite of what Lucy was striving for. And Emma felt great.
Emma didn't want to be some Paladin-type riding off to war to defeat evil, heck, she would stay lawful-neutral. Help anyone who needed it.

Emma's ears perked up as the sounds of birds came around, her, it rang out and echoed throughout the trees, and then, smiling widely, above her she saw a family birds flying by, swirling and floating in and out of eachother. They were playing. For a moment she wanted to join in with their carefree lifestyle, flying, playing... Oh how she wished to have fun like she did with her Mom once more...
Again, Emma bursts into tears, crying and causing the birds to scutter off in fright, except one. Which landed before her, tilting it's head and singing out a beautiful tune to her.
It was a bluebird. And it hopped up onto her sandal, then, hopped up onto her shoulder, rubbing it's beak against her cheek.
"Heh... Thanks." Emma gently then extended out index finger to stoke the top of the bluebird's head. "Your a brave little thing coming up to me like that." Smiling, she stood, placing the bird onto the floor, as she took off her leather armour and placed it back into the leather-like parcel bag with arrows and bow, and smiling to the thing waved turning away and making her way back to the Inn, to change back into normal clothing, and go to work. Emma has to show she was strong to the others of the Inn.
But the bluebird had other plans, instead it flew up and landed up onto her head nesting quite happily between her ears. Giggling, Emma then sighed aloud, faking annoyance. "Fine! But I warn you! If you go to the toilet up there your walking home!"