Greatwater Lake A careless wanderer

Hi @Vandal! This looked a lil' lonely. I think it'll fit nicely in the timeline before she gets to RHC. :)

It happened, at long last: she felt a flicker of familiarity. Raven stared across the vast lake, squinting slightly as she tried to grasp at the fuzzy memory. She had been here with Wildfire, she was almost certain of it. When the recollection began to gel, her heart skipped a beat. If she knew this place, then that meant she was finally getting close to home and could hopefully find her way there soon. She just hoped her family still lived there and they might consider forgiving her and allowing her back into the fold.

Movement on the nearby shore scattered the yearling's thoughts. She turned, breath catching a little nervously as she watched a stranger striding along the water's edge, moving in this direction. He was larger than her, his pelt a mixture of grays and off-whites, and she could see his startlingly blue eyes from here. Raven wasn't the most social—in fact, she identified as an introvert—but it occurred to her that maybe she could ask for directions.

It took her a moment to build up the gumption to call, "Hello!"