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A soulful story by DarkerShadow:

Moonlight sat on the edge of the river, her paws exhausted from walking all day, placing her paws in the cool water to help relax them. Looking up she could see the spirit bird roost on a tree not far away from her, picking at its feathers in an attempt to perhaps clean, preen, maybe both?

Resting her back against the tree, Moonlight looked back the way she came, hoping to see the wolf she has been friends with since she was a pup.

“Maybe he forgot today” she whispered to herself, with a frown, sad eyes cast down towards the water. A sound of disapproval sang out from the spirit bird, as if understanding what she had said. Moonlight couldn’t help but laugh asking in a kind voice “Don’t think he’s the type to forget about me do you?”

The spirit bird sang again, its tune cheerful, positive, approving perhaps? It has been said by both word of mouth of the elders and written in various scrolls that the spirit bird could understand speech, guide you somewhere to where your heart is, since the destination is always different for each of the rare individual's. Some places others may not even want to go but need to be.

“Your right, it’s silly to think he would forget today.” Replied Moonlight, before a sudden frown crossed her face. “But then, that makes me worry if something happened to him. I hope he’s alright” The bird sang again to return Moonlights soft smile. “You do have quite a gift to dispel negativity, pure spirit of light. Perhaps that is what I shall you, Seishin meaning spirit; for you have been with me all my life, even when I did not even know it.” The spirt bird known as Seishin sang again as if in acknowledgement. “It’s settled then, thank you for lifting my spirits Seishin. I appreciate it.”

Seishin flew around the woods in eyesight before settling down next to Moonlight to take a drink of water, Moonlight noted, that birds such as Seishin drank from places of purity, water untouched by foulness. Still, she couldn’t help but to do something else entirely first. Being careful not to startle it, Moonlight stuck out her pointer finger and, ever so gently, stroked Seishin’s feathers in a petting motion.

Seishin allowed her to pet its feathers a few times before flying off and perching on a tree across the pound, where water continued to flow towards the mountains. “I wonder, where are you taking me?” she questioned to no one but herself. After taking a drink of water, Moonlight once again leaned against the tree, staring at the water while her mind drifted with the current into a daydream.

Seishin began chirping at her, wanting to move on, flying around Moonlight’s personal bubble. “Okay Seishin, we’ll leave soon.” She said softly. ©DarkerShadow