Quietly, without any particular sort of ceremony or special announcement, the powers that be chose Fyrah to bear an egg.
Just as quietly, and without drawing very much attention to herself, Fyrah laid her egg just below the ledge on the left side of the terrarium. It was there that the white egg, colored with specks of robin's-egg blue, slowly began to develop, protected from the elements by the ledge and surrounded by the company of the forest's native animals and insects.
Though Fyrah remained reasonably close by, it seemed she trusted the environment and forces of nature she grew up with to care for the egg's safety!
However, despite the quiet, subdued circumstances of her birth and the equally quiet, subdued coloring of her egg, the baby Norn that emerges is a fiery hot red. Coming into this world surrounded by friends of Mother Nature, she observed some of the critters around her before chasing off after a dragonfly, taking her first steps out into the world. Going by her bright, heated fur coloring, and her fearless passion even right at birth, her mother named her Ember - the spark of fire that would bring forth a new generation.
For a short while, life continued on as normal. However, it wasn't very long before a meeting happened. By chance or by fate, Ember came upon the terrarium's mysterious visitor, who had, up until this point, been running around out of sight up by the railing. Though Ember was pleased to meet a new friend, it seems the mysterious other creature did not return the favor! Unfortunately, this friendship ended as quickly as it began - with the creature attacking Ember, prompting her to run away! It doesn't take long for the adults to separate the two.
The creature, dejected, returns to its place in the railings, though it does not leave. Perhaps the terrarium is the best place this creature has ever known, despite its abrasive behavior.
Things go back to usual until, suddenly and without much warning, disease strikes.
Fyrah, just seconds after she contracts a mysterious illness, suddenly passes away. In her final moments, she didn't seem particularly displeased, having hardly known what hit her. At the very least, she passes comfortably in her home, not far from the place of her birth. Though her life was cut short, her legacy will continue on in her child.
Not long after Fyrah's death, Lacie falls to the same illness. Ember, too, falls ill, but but is able to quickly recover with emergency aid from Felicia and the medicinal properties of the colorful plants. Felicia, distraught, vows to watch carefully over Ember - and keep the scaly creature that may have brought the disease far away from her home from now on.
The sun begins to set on the horizon, an orange light filtering through the glass dome over the Norns' heads. Felicia, with her newly adopted daughter, lies down in the grass and decides to reflect on her situation for a while...
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