The snow had started melting, making the journey that much easier. The black and purple dragoness had holed up in a cave when a snow storm had hit.Catching the needed slumber before she would continue the journey.

It was the trickling sound of water that roused her. Poking her dark snout outside, the air did not seem so chilled, patches of snow still clung to places, not wanting to release Winter's grasp to the Spring.

Now was the time to resume her journey.

Walking through the forest, she paused once, near a stream. Serpentine neck arching as she listened, birds were just starting to sing, and springtime insects buzzing. Flowers also had started to peek out from beneath the ground, little green things still, not showing any hint yet of what color they might become.

These were sounds she was more accustomed to. The house had been nice, for awhile, but she prefered to be closer to the wilds.

Bending her neck, she took a long drink of still frigid water from the trickling stream. She could follow it. See where it went, but kin were more likely on her mind.

Moving along after finishing her drink, she countinued on her journey, benath the shade of mighty oaks and maples. Beneath the great pines that scented the air. She would not stop again though, not until she saw Talon rock.

When she'd see that landmark, then she'd know she was truely home.