Golden Glade i'll follow you into the dark

"My culture focuses a lot on balance with nature. That is why with each changing season we would celebrate with different rituals. During the winter equinox, we would have the Moonlit Trial. Whenever a Telpochcalli completed their apprenticeship, they took on a new title, Painani. Those in this rank were eligible to participate in the Trial so that they could prove themselves to be an asset to the pack. It consisted of leaving for seven days out by themselves and during this time they were to make the trek up el volcán and retrieve a stone of obsidian as proof of their completion. If they survived and brought the stone back, they were to place it on the ofrenda. Its meant to be a spiritual journey were if they survived, then the gods had blessed their path."

Mictec nodded her head towards the largest tree on the side of the clearing, whose roots emerged out of the ground. On their laid an obsidian rock.

"That one belonged to my abuela." There was a tinge of sadness when she said this, all that remained from her homeland but it wasn't even hers.