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Author's Notes: o.o I seriously had writer's block for this. Then I decided "to *beep* with it" and put a break symbol and went from there. Once I figured out how to start the scene, the words just started pouring out faster than I could type. XD Don't be too harsh in pointing out mistakes. The majority of this was typed after 3am. I seem to be more creative in the wee hours of the morn...
Anyway, I present
Origins
Chapter 9
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The colors continued to fall for many days after Scape reached stag-hood. Those who hadn’t heard the news were shocked to see the fawn they knew all grown up. His friends that were still fawns seemed to look at him differently, either in awe or envy. They seemed to act a bit differently around him, too. He didn’t know why; he was still the same Scape. Just…bigger! And pretty soon they would grow up, too.
They slowly came around when they realized the only thing that had changed about Scape was his size…and perhaps his energy level.
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The three deer were sitting, relaxing on the biggest rock at the Playground. Twenty-one, the fawn Selig, and Scape had just run around on the rocks, tiring them out. They weren’t sure what to do now, so they continued to sit for awhile.
Finally, the fawn – who wore candles on his head since he did not yet have antlers – rose. After listening for a bit, he signaled for the other two to follow, leading them to the pond.
A stag was sitting atop one of the weeping willows. It was hard to tell who it was from where they were, but luckily, after seeing the trio at the base of his tree, the deer came down.
Taiko greeted them, and the now-quartet splashed around in the shallows for awhile. He admitted he was glad of the company; there was hardly anyone around at the moment.