Post by Cookie on Dec 4, 2009 5:22:00 GMT -8
"You are doing it wrong, again, Sophia" Sophia tries to hide her rage, what little she has, that is showing up in the form of tears. "I am sorry" she says as she bows her head in shame. "Try again. How about this time actually try." Sophia looks up at her father, still sniffling, the urge to back talk him written all over her face. "Don't even try it young pup, you won't like the outcome." Sophia nods, blinks back a tear, and starts again. She takes the pendulum her father tossed at her when he knocked her awake, holds it by knotted end and tries with all her might to focus (in pack link) "Heya little one, what ya doing?" Snapped out of her consecration she answers her brother (in pack link) "Right this very second?" She looks up at her father... "Getting ready to get yelled at by dad, thanks. I told you I was busy learning from dad now please leave me be." Her father bellows "Sophia!! You must learn to focus on what you are doing or you will never learn and then what good will you be to your Pack?!" Sophia starts to stammer... "But..but.. I was focusing... and then Erebus..." Her father looks down at her "Before you finish that statement young pup do you really think that excuses will teach you anything? You know that my time here with you is limited. Why must you mess around? I understand your brother may have bothered you, but when your Pack needs an answer right away and They don't have time to wait, do you think They will be as forgiving as me? " Sophia huffs and sighs and slowly answers her father "No Sir." Bending down to her level her father looks her in the eyes, I know you can do this you are a bright young, almost, woman. I have thought you so much, why is this one rite so hard for you? I know you can do this, so try."
Sophia took a deep breath and closed off her mind, and hoped to block off the alarms this brought. She took the knotted end of the pendulum and let the stone rest a few inches above the ground. Closing her eyes and really focused this time. A few minutes later she heard her father huffed a sigh of relief, she opened her eyes to see the stone of her fathers pendulum was being 'pulled' to the left. "Haha!" He exclaimed. "You did it my little pup, you finally did it." Sophia beamed at her father with joy. Her father lifted her up and looked her in the eyes and told her..."I know that Pack comes first to you little pup but you must learn that there are somethings that must come before them if only for a moment. Now go find my bags, you have a direction, and before you ask, no, your brother can't help you. One last thing little pup, I want you to have this, the pendulum you used, it has served me well and it will serve you well also." As Sophia bounds out the door she looks back and smiles thinking to herself...I wonder when I will see him again.
Sophia took a deep breath and closed off her mind, and hoped to block off the alarms this brought. She took the knotted end of the pendulum and let the stone rest a few inches above the ground. Closing her eyes and really focused this time. A few minutes later she heard her father huffed a sigh of relief, she opened her eyes to see the stone of her fathers pendulum was being 'pulled' to the left. "Haha!" He exclaimed. "You did it my little pup, you finally did it." Sophia beamed at her father with joy. Her father lifted her up and looked her in the eyes and told her..."I know that Pack comes first to you little pup but you must learn that there are somethings that must come before them if only for a moment. Now go find my bags, you have a direction, and before you ask, no, your brother can't help you. One last thing little pup, I want you to have this, the pendulum you used, it has served me well and it will serve you well also." As Sophia bounds out the door she looks back and smiles thinking to herself...I wonder when I will see him again.