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A young girl runs through the forest. Something seems to be chasing her.
Her dark hair sweeps through the air. She looks to be about five in human age. Just then she shrieks as a large white wolf leaps onto her.

They tumble down the hill, and land on a bed of leafs. She giggles, rolling around in the dried grass and leafs. It was fall, and would soon be winter. The white wolf pins her down in a playful manner.

The girl rolls out from under it, leaping onto its back. The wolf falls to the ground, yipping in mock pain. The girl slides off, giggling, and the wolf stands to nuzzle her. Just then the wolf growls. She senses something in the forest that should not be there.

The wolf walks around carefully, listening for any sign of danger.
The girl sticks close, in case of them being attacked. orcs were almost never found in the forest of the sacred springs, but it was not impossible.

A twig snaps and the wolf growls again. It nudges the girl to a nearby tree, and she climbs it, hiding in what little was left of the leafs. She watches as the wolf pounces, landing on something she could not see.

I terrified shriek fills the air. The girl peaked her head through the leafs and branches, but the wolf blocked her view. She decided that whatever it was, the wolf had pinned it, and it was probably safe to go down.

She quickly clambered down the tree, and raced to the wolfs side. There, under the wolfs paws was a boy, about the same age as the girl. The boy looked terrified.

"* Mataki, stop. Your scaring him!*" she speaks in Navajo. the wolf backs up, and the boy was left on the ground. He scrambled to his feet, climbing into a tree.

His face was covered in grass stains and dirt. His clothes were elvish. well, what was left of them. They were torn and tattered and covered in dirt.

"Are you alright? I won't harm you. And Mataki really isn't that bad, he just wants to protect me."
The girl assured him in elvish.

"Y-you speak elvish?" The boy asked, seeming a bit relieved.

"A little, my father is teaching me. Please come down." She smiled encouragingly.

"Does he bite?" The boy asked worriedly.

"No, not unless your threat." She giggled. The boy slowly climbed down.

"What happened to you?"she asked.

"Well, I was in Rivendell, that is where I live, and father suggested I play outside, in the gardens. so I went out to the gardens. After awhile I heard something. I decided to see what it was, so I followed the sound out of the gardens, and into the woods," the boy paused.

" Then I followed it for awhile, until I found out it was a woodpecker, then I realized I didn't know where I was. I was lost. I've been trying to find my way back for two days." The boy finished.

"I can take you to my camp. Then later my father can take you back to Rivendell." She held out her hand to the boy. He took it and she led him back to her camp, Mataki trailing not far behind.

As the memory fades away, I feel myself drifting off to sleep...