Hushed Willows fluttering wings

 @Lumiya
mid-morning
forming thread: seelie court

 

her sister had told her the way to help claim a place as your own, you had to mark it! though this was when they were just little pixies in the faerie court, she still knew this was true. the thought and action always struck the butterfly as a funny thing, a trivial thing but she wanted to help her queen out by helping her with this task. she made sure she was alone, squatting down and marking a spot did not feel like a very dignified thing to do around others. especially around fionn or an other beautiful creature. 

she moved around the edge of the place they were calling their own, a place where faeries would rule and be able to look down at the pretty world below. as usual her mind wandered, wandering to a time when the glittering snow and ice would not be here to add sparkle to the trees and ground. to a time that she could remember as a sprite but was now in this willow forest. she saw the beauty of the flowers in the spring, the playfulness of the flicker bugs in the summer. she did all this while humming a small tune, her body swaying to her music unless she was still for her act of claiming the land.