Stormcaller pt 38-- Final Chapter

Saro sat on the bow, looking out over the water. He always liked the sea air, he just never realized how much he'd missed it. /Where are we going?/ he asked Luna.1

/You'll see.../2

The four immediately began towards the vast forest as soon as they had docked. Luna had smiled when a young boy came up, and offered to tie the boat up for a copper.3

Familiar smells filled Saro's nose as they walked down the path. Where were they? 4

A growling filled his ears, as a red she-wolf stood before him. /Get away from my home,/ she said. Luna stepped, aside and revealed Saro. Comet stood there, not believing who she saw. /Papa?/ she asked, and ran up to him. She yipped and jumped around him as if she were a puppy again. There were little whines behind them as a young male, and three cubs approached them. Saro looked upon his daughter with pride, but a question lingered in his eyes. Comet turned, and led him to her den. Inside, a woman with greying hair sat, her white dress stained, a ring with an orange stone on her finger. Her eyes lightened a little when she saw Saro.5

"This body ages so much quicker," she croaked looking down at the ring. "I can't take it off..."6

Luna bent down, and pulled the ring from her finger. The woman's shape began to change, and she resumed her wolf form.7

Derron rapped his arms around Luna, and Talon smiled, as the family was reunited8

Druin watched over the reconstruction of the town. His daughter's storm had destroyed much of it...9

"Is there any way I can help?" a silky voice from behind him said. 10

"Thorn?" he whispered, shocked. Her wings...11

The woman stood there, and she was a woman, not a monster. Human. The wings that had forsaken her for so long had been given to the storm at the hive. "No," she said. "Rose." she looked at the town. "Much work is going to be needed to rebuild..."12

"Yes," replied Druin, smiling. "But from destruction, we are reborn."13

~Fin~14

That once lived is born again15

For life and desth walk hand in hand16

The path is chosen, 17

As was before18

Until the cycle ends19

And there is no more20

~poem that inspired Stormcaller