Ravensblood Forest I Will Fall Asleep

Would be really cool if someone from AS could pop in (sea nymph/siren vs. selkie ooo), but anyone is welcome. c: No need to match length.

As the young selkie came up upon the end of the river she'd been following, she was met by what seemed to be a forest. The end to the water saddened her, as she had believed it might lead her back to the sea, but it only ended to make way for a forest. The girl contemplated turning around and heading the other way, but then the wind had shifted and carried an all too familiar scent with it—salt. It had to be an ocean, she was sure of it. To her there was nothing else in the world that could hold the scent, save for the sea and those who follow or dwell within it. She, being raised to believe she and the rest of her kind came from the sea itself, knew she was one to both follow the sea, as well as live and thrive within it. It would forever be her home, and she was excited to be so close to it once more. This caused Muirgen to waste very little time in entering the forest, and she then proceeded to follow the salty air deeper and deeper into it. She was sure that, to reach her home, she would need to pass through the forest entirely; which just so happened to be a task she was fully willing to take part in.

The seal girl tried to veer off the path she'd mentally set as little as possible, but sometimes it was an unavoidable thing. There would be something in the forest she didn't wish to run in to, so she would turn and take a longer route around to avoid it. It was tiring her little legs out much quicker than she'd anticipated, but she kept moving in spite of that, ignoring the protests her legs screamed. Their disapproval must have been muffled by something, though, as it never seemed to reach her ears. Or, maybe, it was actually her determination to reach the sea that caused her to keep moving forward. No matter the reason for her doing so, the end result was the same. She was eager to break through the other side's treeline before nightfall, or at least before the next day, but she wasn't all too sure she'd be able to anymore. It felt as if the trees were never ending, as if they would forever hole her in their grasp. Deep down she knew that couldn't be possible, as she'd always been a good child, but then a thought invaded her mind. What if she had accidentally done something to offend Lir, and her punishment for doing so was being kept away from the sea forever? Oh, she didn't like the idea of that one bit.

Muirgen soon came upon a stream, nothing big or fancy, just a little sliver of water. She halted in order to take a drink from it, quenching the thirst that had started to form within her, and then she simply looked at it. It was not the sea, not even a puddle of salt water, but she wondered if she could ask forgiveness from Lir for whatever she did through it. The passing thought was quickly sent away, as she knew it could not possibly work. Lir was the god of the sea, not the god of some tame little stream. She was certain he would take offence to it if she attempted to ask for his forgiveness through it, so she brought her head back up and turned back to face the direction she'd been heading it, following after the scent of the ocean once more.