A Long Trip Down a Hill... Literally (flashback V'alera)

[S'aria]

503 AV 1st day of the winter season

It was early in the morning, about two or three o'clock S'aria guessed. She slipped from her room, into her little sister's across the hall. She was living in her parents house with her family. Slowly moving forward, careful not to wake anyone, she made it to her bedside. She gave her a nudge and whispered, "V'alera, wake up. I want to take you into the woods so we can look around." Her voice was soft and light, yet very firm and clear.

[V'alera]

"S'aria, why do we have to go so early?" V'alera said, as she rolled over and pulled her covers over her head.

[S'aria]

'Why do we have to go so early?' Her sister said. She always was so stubborn, just yesterday she wouldn't get off the rock she was sitting on because it might get cold. Maybe she would get better with age. "Because, mom and dad aren't up yet. Also, you need to be more active, you don't really do that much." She nudged her sister's shoulder. "Come on."

[V'alera]

"okay fine i'll go." V'alera whispered under her breath "i will go..." then V'alera pulled the covers off and shivered in the cold morning air.

[S'aria]

"Okay, come on." S'aria slipped out of the room quickly, and creaked the front door open. She looked back to make sure her sister was following, then went outside. It was a frigid morning, even for a tropical place such as the Konti Isles. S'aria thought about taking a coat, but didn't want to risk it. She took her father's knife, and a spear. The spear lay slung on her back, "V'alera, hurry." She whispered, "Oh, and don't forget to take a knife in case we get taken by surprise."

[V'alera]

"Okay!" V'alera exclaimed, now excited about the adventure her and her sister were about to go on. V'alera grabs a satchel and starts gatering supplies "Knife, check! Snacks, check! And a flask of water, check!" V'alera looks at her supplies and notices that there isnt alot of tools that are in her satchel "Maybe I should bring both of our pickaxes, just in case..." So V'alera finds both pickaxes and drags them outside along with the satchel slung across her chest.

[S'aria]

"Oh good, you brought the axes." S'aria had forgotten to take her's. "Okay, so last night when you were sleeping, I walked around a little bit, and right over here..." S'aria said as she walked over to a boulder. "I tripped, and landed next to this boulder. I could hear a waterfall coming from underneath this huge thing. Then, I moved it over a little bit, like this." She pushed the massive rock as hard as she could, using her back to lift it. It finally tumbled over, and underneath was a small person sized hole in the earth. "See, if you look down, there's this huge cave and a waterfall!" S'aria said. She took the spear off her back and laid it by the hole. "Ready for some cave exploring?"

[V'alera]

"Of course!" V'alera dragged the pickaxes over to the hole and dropped them through first."And now it's my turn." said V'alera, she then sat at the edge of the hole with her feet dangling through the entrance, V'alera placed her hands at the rim of the hole, then slid her body in, falling then landing in a place where the pickaxes almost impaled her hand "Okay, you can go now!" V'alera yelped upwards to here sister in the outsde world.

[S'aria]

"Okay!" S'aria shot the spear down, landing with the arrowhead in the ground. She held on to the edge of the hole, and swung herself forward. She hit a wall and grabbed on to a hand-hold. "My way may be longer, but at least I won't get a pickax stabbed through my hand." S'aria laughed a bit, then climbed down the wall. "Okay, you lead the way."

[V'alera]

"Alrighty then!" V'alera proclaimed "Lets go!" Then V'alera picked up her ax and went in the direction of the waterfall "I want to see if we can mine over there" said V'alera while pointing to the waterfall "Do you think there will be any valuable gems there?"