𝘢 𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘸 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳. a time when she found a home within the forest , beating wings soaking up rays of sun & toes brushing against the treetops. she felt free then. not simply a never ending chain of running & avoiding like she experiences now. so when she sees that tower , hovering high above the waves on the cliff side it stands upon , astra does not hesitate to swim closer.
it could be a trick of the eye , astra thinks as she dives once more beneath the waves before her tail pushed her back up , sea foam bubbling around her as fins hit the surface. it could be any other tower. one belonging to anyone , or perhaps one abandoned. one that will make her yearn to climb upon the sand & explore it. but the closer astra gets , the more the similarities stick out , until she knows for certain it’s the same tower she remembers. astra’s heart leaps within her chest , grin spreading wide across her face as she stops & stares up at it , just a few yard away from the shoreline.
she finds herself so caught up in the tower , it takes her a moment to note the mixture of growling & giggling rising above the splash of the waves. eyes quickly dart toward the sound —— just in time to see the growling wolf before a girl , colours glimmering in the afternoon sun , comes bounding toward her. astra only has time for a startled shriek before the girl reaches her , arms outstretched. pushed backward by the force , astra’s back hits the water , but her arms fling around her friend , wrapping tight for a brief instant. ❛❛ sigil ! ❜❜ she exclaims , pink lips tugged into a bright grin , sun reflecting of pink , glossy lips. ❛❛ long time no see. i wasn’t sure i’d be able to find you again. did you & merlin get tired of the forest ? ❜❜
Inanna’s ears perk curiously from her place still closer to the shoreline. Her growling calms for now. After all, if Sigil knew whoever that was it could only mean she could be trusted right? That’s what the wolf had slowly come to learn with all the odd faces that came and left the tower often. Many of which she ended up liking herself but some she still wasn’t too sure about.
Sigil pulled back from the hug a bit, though her arms remained around her friend still. “I hadn’t thought I’d see you again either! I’d hoped so of course but it had been so long I wasn’t ever sure.” The unicorn can’t help a small sqee of happiness as she gives the siren another hug before answering the question. “We actually left the forest a some time ago and have been traveling around ever since.” She says now fully moving away from the hug, least for now anyway.
“Oh! Speaking of!” Sigil then turns, wading through the deeper waters back over to where the wolf stood. “Astra, this is Inanna.” She introduces giving the wolf some scratches behind the ears as she did. “Inanna this is Astraelis, I meet her back when I still lived in my forest and she’s been my best and only friend since.” She explained getting a slightly confused whine in response until she added. “Well only friend from before I met everyone else of course.” Teal eyes turn back to the siren. “What about you Astra? What have you been up to ever since you had to leave?”