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Once again the world had become bright and the colors had returned to her. Hotaru stood in a beautiful field and all around here were flowers of every color. The same familiar rainbow spanned the sky and twinkled in the sun. She knew this place, she had dreamed about it before. Hotaru turned around, knowing that her brother would be standing there and waiting for her. She had seen the same scene play out in her dreams over and over again. He would do the same thing as he had done the previous nights, he would hug her and apologize. Hotaru smiled and ran into his arms, knowing full well that it was a dream and how much it would hurt her when she woke up.
Just as before, his strong arms held her in a soft embrace. It was as if all was right with the world, until pain shot through her back. Adrian withdrew a bloody knife from behind her and a wicked smile crossed his face. His arms released her and she fell back into the eternal darkness.
Hotaru awoke with a start. The surface beneath her was hard and cold. She had fallen out of her bed and onto the wooded floor. Fawkes's wings ruffled closed to her head and a soft coo filled her ears. Hotaru reached up and stroked the birds head. This time, she wasn't sure how to take her dream. She stood on shaky limbs and grabbed her walking staff. The blind wolf hurried out of the house with Fawkes flying behind her. As she moved through Thornbury he glided from house to house. When the entered the woods, Fawkes moved from tree to tree. All the while, Hotaru walked as quickly as she dared to go on shaky limbs.
It wasn't long before the pair had passed the boarder and were surrounded by the Ethereal Eclipse. The grey female knew the forest like the back of her hand. She had traveled its paths many times and had even managed to successfully hunt within its confines on multiple occasions. Hotaru traveled down a well worn path until she reached one of the few places were the trees were broken. Her hand rested on a large glacial rock formation, its rough body warm to the touch. Hotaru gave her walking staff to the red-tailed hawk before she began to scale the rock face. The formation wasn't particularly tall or challenging, and soon the blind female was basking in the morning sun.
Fawkes deposited the long staff next to his master before he moved to a nearby tree. He studied her for several long moments, the signs of distress clear in her unseeing eyes. She sat crossed legged with one arm across her chest and the other propped against her paw. Her finger's lightly touched her lips as her head bowed towards her chest. It was a position Fawkes had often seen Hotaru take and he knew she could remain in that position for hours on end. Even so, Fawkes continued to observed her to make sure that there was no danger of her rushing off or of her being upset to the point of hysterics. When he was satisfied that she was going to be alright he set off to find them both some breakfast.
Quote by: Maurice Freehill
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