Swiftcurrent Creek Sunrise

Amaterasu sat and watched the sun rise over the horizon. She sat beside the creek - Swiftcurrent Creek, it was called - and wondered what was in store for her. It had been long since she had decided to settle down anywhere, as her lifestyle often resembled that of the wolf she was named for. Amaterasu - both herself and the wolf goddess - was a wanderer at heart. She found it difficult to live among the same wolves for very long, and she hoped wanderlust would not take her out of this place. It was time to settle down now. Although she was still young and restless, she was beginning to feel the need of family in her bones, and the need to protect those she loved. But... being who she was meant that she didn't have anyone to protect. She was hoping that by coming here - to the Teekon Wilds - that she could make bonds with those around her. The creek, she had decided, would become her home.

With these thoughts in mind, she continued to sit and watch the sunrise. The Goddess for which she was named was famed for having the power of turning night into day by drawing a circle in the sky with her tail, which became the sun. And so, Amaterasu always got up early in the morning to watch her patron deity do her work. And, if she could, she would also watch the sunset, and the rising of the moon. The moonrise was the work of Yumigami, the rabbit Goddess, who was once swallowed by a fish in a forest far away, so that the moon's light ceased to shine on the surface of the lake in which the fish lived.

To some, all of this was simply a fairy tale. To Amaterasu, it was fact, and was but one part of her religion, which she took quite seriously. Her religion made up the very fabric of her being, and she did not intend to forget it here, in this new place. She would remember who she was no matter where in the world she ended up. This she promised herself, and the Goddess of the Sun, Mother to Us All, Amaterasu, smiled down on her as she continued to rise in the sky.