Dahozhoni Meadow Darling Danger

@Ingram 

The recent cold-spell in the wilds had came after many weeks of moderate cold and infrequent snow-falls. To Dwin it felt as if it had happened overnight. Now, whenever she needed to go anywhere, she planned her routes carefully and tried to cover the distance as fast as possible. Her winter pelt was thick enough to keep her body warm, but her paws were freezing. Often she would stop to gnaw at one or the other foot, where the snow between her fingers had melted into a tiny block of ice that was painful and uncomfortable to tread with. The rest of the time she spent cooped up in her den, sleeping for long stretches of time, dreaming of warm summer days. 

One such dream, where she found herself in the Akashingo's wedding again, gave her an inspiration to do something about the current situation. Dwin did not have the power to change the weather, but, what if she could move elsewhere for the time being? Such as that alien land just east of the wilderness? If it was more bearable there, surely, she could try and convince others to move, until the spring? After telling Maia and Teya about her scouting mission and absence for a few days, off the Blackthorn girl went. While on her way, she remembered the time she had taken Frolic here and wondered, how her younger sibling was doing in this weather now. It was entirely possible that at least part of her time she would feel just as lonely, hungry and miserable as Dwin herself had been then. Or maybe the entire trip was a complete joyride. In either case - she neither envied, nor wished her bad. 

The barren land met her with cold gusts of wind at first and ground frozen solid, however, the further south she went, the warmer it got. And at one point the thick cover of clouds parted and she could see the sun peeking down at her. For the first time in God only knew, how long. Glad to have made this far, Dwin sat down to enjoy the rare gift of sunlight. For a moment winter had grown a little more bearable.