Wapun Meadow A bed of flowers, a good place for a nap

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A sparsely clouded sky littered the fields with broken shadows. The fading daylight ushered in a comfortable evening. The weather grew warmer with each passing day as summer loomed just over the horizon. With the Sunspire Mountains to their rear, a small figure broke through the shadows. 

Vale trudged through seemingly endless ocean of wildflowers. The air fragranced with their aroma, it was one of the few things to uplift her mood. She had crossed through the mountains on a whim. Vale was unable to pinpoint the origin of such a feeling. Homesickness? A need to prove she could? The reason didn't matter. She did it. With freshly calloused paws and a familiar ache to her limbs, she passed through the range.

The rapidly fleeting sunlight set the wildflowers ablaze with a warm glow. A part of her desired to lower herself into the embrace of the petals and watch the stars take over the sky. To let the cool earth cradle her and let the dull throb within her paws ebb away as she closed her eyes. But travel did more than exhaust her scrawny body. It made her ravenous.

Through the floral air, she could scent other animals. Something edible had to be somewhere in the meadow. Beyond flowers of course. She knew better than to quell hunger pangs with random grasses, stems, and petals. It would never sit well. Disregarding her weakened legs, she lowered her head. Purposeful. Her eyes of sweet honey hardened with focus. Be it hare, bird, or even a mouse. She would ebb away her pangs with the warmth of some unlucky animal.