Hi..Im Auralee..and this story is about the day I got chosen by my Companion Starchaser...Enjoy!
The field was silent as the children naped in the late afternoon sun, To keep herself busy the child-keeper Auralee silently worked on her project. She had many to make for the harvest festival. It had become tradition for her to make small statues for giving during the Blessed Wheat Ceremony. Sheaves of the first cut wheat of the harvest were blessed by the priest. Then on the eve of the harvest festival the children went house to house handing out sheaves of wheat to each family to bless them with a bountiful harvest. In return the families would gift the children with a treat. ANyway Auralee bent studiously over the crystal, but still kept a close eye on the children who sometimes got adventerous and run off while they were supposed to be napping. Finaaly she finished and where a lump of milky white crystal onces was stood a regal hawk winging through the sky. Content she reached for another lump, perfectly clear this time, and after admonishing Coryla for eating a beetle began her new creation. Carefully, Auralee chipped away the flake of crystal from the deer in her hands. As her deft fingers moulded the lump into a ear, she silently debated which of the children would receive this particular gift. Maybe Anya, she liked deer, or Kristopher, his dad was a skilled hunter and Kris it seemed would follow in his footsteps.
As she contemplated the elegent finished deer, her hand reached behind her for the next crystal-piece. A warm muzzle touched her hand, and dropped the rock into it. Very startled and confused, the tall woman turned and smiled delightedly at the white mare she found there. She fell into the deep blue eyes and was filled with love. I am Starchaser, and you are my Chosen, a wonderful voice said in her head.
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