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Earth. Sabrina was glad that it was with this element she had bound herself in every possible way too, glad that it was this element that she had been destined for. It was exactly like her, in her own opinion. Usually set on getting her own way, but quite the social butterfly and loyalty could certainly be one of the virtues to her character. The content of her character was certainly suited for Earth, the thing that life basically relied on.
Though inexperienced, Sabs had began to notice a developing weariness when she had not opened herself up to her element, busy with her new life and independence. Especially Eva. Although small, the Lemur was quite the mischief-maker on occasion, but other than that, she was a timid little critter. Now that she was getting used to Sabs, she had started realising her owner's soft spot for her, at the same time shying away less from the Nymph. She was young and had lost her mother to a poacher, but showed no odd behaviour that might be considered a sign of deprivation or unhappiness. Sabs had to be doing something right.
Because Sabrina had never been successful with raising pets. There had been three fish killed in rapid succession, one won from a game on a carnival just outside of town, two bought from the pet shop around the corner from her old house in Bangor. All within a month or so. First there had been Geraldine the goldfish, then Persephone (during the age when she had acquired the one-week Greek mythology fetish) the goldfish, and finally, Frank (from the age when Sinatra had been her newest craze) the goldfish. And all of them had been enough for her to realise that pet-keeping was certainly one of the many unsucessful hobbies she had had in her lifetime.
But maybe it was because Eva was a mammal, cute, cuddly and the thought of her dying was enough for Sabrina's tear ducts to have thoughts of upset. That could be what fuelled the new ability to keep another living creature alive, matterless of her past record of pets. Hopefully, it was. She wasn't complaining about how easily she was bonding with Eva, or how healthy her pet seemed to be.
And now, she had forgotten where the portal was. Eva had fallen asleep, clinging to her owner's side, resting on her hip. Sabs supported her, stroking her fur, chopped pieces of apple in a sandwich bag in her back pocket. They were life-savers, they were. They were the only way she had to - forgive the word - seduce Eva back to her. All afternoon, Sabrina's strength had returned to her, the fatigue from being away from her element disintegrating when she was surrounded by it. And all afternoon, Eva had been climbing trees, escaping Sabrina's desperate hands, only to run back when offered a piece of a rosy red apple.
Sabrina did not at all look how she did when she left the sanctuary. When she had left, she had been dressed neatly with a tan sweater, jeans, wellington boots, raincoat, hat, gloves and scarf. Now she was shivering, hungry, thirsty and tired. It was cold and there was a thin layer of snow in areas where it was permitted to drift down through the canopy. Though the element had disturbed the perfect Earthen nature of the forest, it was still her element, thus it was still there and that was all that mattered.
It would have made sense to have stayed close to the portal, but Eva had led Sabs away. Now, she was debating taking of the four pieces of apple in her back pocket for herself. She turned the idea down. If Eva woke, she would probably have more energy, and need to be brought back by a piece of apple. And what if Sabrina had ran out? Two risky. She unhooked the Lemur's claws from her, and unzipped her coat to position Eva on her chest, and zip it back up so the Lemur was nestled safely in the Nymph's scarf, with her head free. The coat was able to hold her up on Sabrina's chest, but still, she rested one hand protectively on the small furry bump.
Now if only someone would rescue them. Sabrina sat at the base of a tree and exhaled, exasperated and longing to go back to the sanctuary. The snow crunched underneath her as she moved, and there was not a sound. Just the eerie, tense silence that was beginning to get to her. Beginning to make her wonder if she would ever get back to society. Beginning to make her wonder if society still existed. Don't get her wrong, she loved being close to Nature... She was just frightened.