The Endless Forest discussion

((This is the tallest tree in the forest. It is millions of years old. Very mossy. Most creatures come here to be enlightened or something, it is where most of the witches preform their most important spells.))

"What do you do here?" He asked looking at the tree.

She shifted to human and walked closer to the roots of the tree. She looked back at him, inviting him closer.

Cameron walked to her and looked down at the roots. He waited quietly to see what she was going to do.

She stood up on her tiptoes and peeked in one of the dark holes in the tree. When she heard chittering, she ran to a nearby tree and collected handfuls of the berries growing there. She ran back to the tree, and dumped the berries inside. A small baby squirell poked its head out of the nest.

"Aww," he looked a the squirrel. "You feed the squirrels?"

She nodded, smiling. This particular nest had been abandoned when her griffin side had taken over and eaten the mother squirrel, and she felt horrible for it. So she was taking care of these babies for a while. Luckily their diet was mostly nuts and berries, not milk anymore.

"Where is their mother?" He asked looking into the hole.

“Oh.” She fidgeted uncomfortably with her jacket, twisting the zipper around her fingers.

He looked at her, "you don't have to tell me if you don't want to." He smiled.

“She killed her,” she said. Pointing at herself, and then at the sky, hoping he would get her meaning.

"Oh, your griffin form?" He sat down next to the tree.

She nodded and sat down next to him. She was worried she wasn’t feeding the, enough, but she came by here three times a day.

"That's why you feed them. Because you feel responsible?"

She nodded again.

He looked at her, "it isn't your fault. It was the griffin who ate her." He didn't want her to feel guilty.

“Still me,” She grinnned.

((With three n’s))

((lol, the n's are on point))

"Yeah but it wasn't you Rue. You have different memories or personalities, whatever, when you change."

((Ikr))

She shrugged, propping herself up on her arms. She blamed herself, of course, but didn’t regret it. She had needed to eat.

He looked up at the hole. "How many are there?"

“Six.” She replied immediately.

"That's a lot. You plan on feeding them their whole lives?"

“No, just until they are old enough to fend for themselves.”

"When is that?"

“About a few months, maybe.” She shrugged.

He nodded. "What do you do after you feed them?"

“I sit here,” she said. “Then I go eat.”

"Can I join you?" He felt like he kept asking her questions so he clamped his mouth shut.

“If you like,” she said sweetly. She knew he would not enjoy her eating routine.

He smiled, "I would."

She smiled and stood up. “Ready?” She asked.

He nodded and stood up. "Where to?"

She shifted into a griffin and kneeled down again.

He got on excitedly. "Yay." He said goofily.

She clicked her beak and took off. ((Going to South Lake))

Follow sat under the tree. He hoped one of those weird centaur things wouldn't come up and make him leave. He rubbed Fitz's head. Fitz was a really big bear who hated everyone, except for Follow of course.

Selene shyly came out from behind the tree, "good morning," she said softly.

"Oh my goodness!" he shot up from his seat and Fitz ran off into the woods.

She jumped back. "I'm sorry! I didn't mean to frighten you!"

"OH, its you," he said, relieved. "Its okay, I'm a very startle-able person."

She nodded, a little bit more calm now.

"Samantha, right?" he frowned. He couldn't remember her name.

"Serene," she corrected. "And you are Follow, right?"

"Yep. Sorry. I have a pretty bad memory." he tapped his head.

She smiled shyly, "it's ok. I really don't mind."

"Whelp that's good." He sat back down. 'What are you doing here?"

She shrugged, "just walking around, I guess."

"Kay." he patted the ground next to him.

She blushed and sat down. "What were you doing?"