• I am scratching a symbol into the old dead oak tree blocking the way to the second forest, when I hear it.
    My brother Etav is calling to everyone in the tribe. He is calling to us, so are his hunter friends. Where is Yuo, the leader? What is happening?
    Many of the village people come from their tents this morning to see what the fuss is about. Etav is running, yelling.
    I stand slowly. The wind blows my hair back in a gentle way. Being fourteen and not yet a full woman, the village elders tell me I cannot yet gather herbs (that is for small children) or prepare meals (for women who have had children already). Every day, I am free to do anything so long as I don’t interfere with anything.Etav, a grown man now, calls for me. I have something to do for the moment at least.
    My bare feet find their own path nimbly, and I sprint toward the entrance of our village, the boundaries. No one knows what lurks beyond the meadow, but we all stand at this hill overlooking it.
    Etav is pointing to the center of the orange-green meadow. Behind it is the never-ending forest. But that is not what I am meant to see.
    Right in the middle of the meadow is Yuo’s tiny army.
    “Why aren’t you with your legion, Etav?” I ask timidly. Villagers begin to form around us, murmuring.
    Ealgen, the very wise seer of our Quendaar tribe, is amongst them. Immediately, people make a trail for her. She stands by me. So does Nell, my guardian since my mother’s early death thirteen years back.
    There is the smallest amount of bile in Etav’s suddenly humiliated voice. “I was left to gather you guys.”
    “For what?” someone in the petite crowd asks.
    Etav does not answer. I of all people comprehend when he is angry, and though he constantly denies it, I know the reason behind it. Yuo, his quiet and wise leader, is Etav’s idol. Etav wants to be Yuo’s favorite warrior badly, so when he is brushed apathetically to the side, he gets heartbroken like a punished animal.
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