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Chapter 38: Clanluna Summer Gathering begins
Clanluna Summer Gathering begins, Ranec catches the prey he was hunting for, Iza rides again!, Durc organizes a hunt, Ura tries to befriend Brac, Baby returns!
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Clanluna
Chapter 38: Clanluna Summer Gathering begins
Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
Abraxas Clan of the Clanluna List
Deceased members:
Uba – Clan, mother of Creb, Brun and Iza
---Creb (37) – Clan, former Mog-Ur, 1st Weez-Ur (Roe Deer/Ursus totem),
---Iza (28) – Clan, Uba’s mother, adopted mother of Ayla
---Brun (36) – Clan, former leader, (Bison totem)
------Aba (38) Clan, Brun’s 2nd mate (ground squirrel totem)
------Ebra (41) – Clan, Brun’s mate, Broud’s mother
---------Broud (21) – Clan, former Leader, Ebra’s son (Wooly Rhinoceros totem)
----------- Oga (20) – Clan, Crug’s 2nd mate, Broud’s widow (hamster totem)
Dorv - Clan
---Iga – Clan, mother of Ebra and Uka, Dorv’s Mate
------Droog (34) – Clan, toolmaker, Aga’s mate, son of Iga Dorv’s mate
Borg (12) – Clan, Ona’s 1st mate, son of Ika (Boar/Ursus totem)
Zoug (43) – Clan, second in command to the leader before Brun (Ursus totem)
--- Grod (32) – Clan, son of the mate of Zoug, (Brown Bear totem)
Living Members:
Thonlan (17) – Other, Woodworker, Jondolar’s brother, 9th Ranked male Hunter (Cave Lion totem)
---Luna (24) – Other, Leader, 1st Weech, Creb’s widow, Thonlan’s mate, (Snorkack totem)
-------Zeen – (5) ½ Clan, son of Luna, Goov’s Acolyte, 2nd Weez-Ur (Ursus Totem)
-------Mara – (1) Other, Luna’s Daughter, Weech
---------Ansalong (13) - Owl
---------Winter Sleeper (4) – Cave Bear
------------Bop (1) – male Cave Bear
------------Honey Lover (0) female Cave Bear cub
Zar (24) ½ Clan, 1st Ranked male hunter, Goov’s Acolyte, Clanluna’s Acolyte, (Ursus Totem)
---Ayla (18) – Other, Clan’s 1st Ranked Medicine Woman, 2nd Weech, 2nd Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts, Zar’s Mate, (Cave Lion totem)
--------Durc (7) – ½ Clan, Ayla’s son, (Gray Wolf totem)
--------Iza (5) – ¼ Clan, Ayla’s daughter, 3rd Weech, training to become Woman-Who-Hunts (Unicorn Totem)
--------Mariza (1) Other, Ayla’s daughter, Weech
Vorn (17) – Clan, Uka’s son, 2nd Ranked male hunter
---Uba (12) – Clan, Medicine Woman, Vorn’s mate, Iza’s daughter
------Uma (3) – Clan, Uba’s daughter
------Vuba (1) – ½ Clan, Uba’s daughter
---Uka (29) – Clan, Ebra’s sister, Grod’s widow, Vorn’s Mother
Goov (24) – Clan, Mog-Ur, 10th Ranked male hunter, (Aurochs totem/Ursus totem)
---Ovra (22) – Clan, Goov’s mate, (Beaver totem)
------Oogra (3) – Clan, Ovra’s daughter
Groog (29) – 1/8 Clan, 3rd Ranked male hunter (megaceros totem)
---Iga (25) - Other, (formerly: Andromedanaea of the Sungaea) 3rd Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts, red-foot, Clanluna (one-who-serves-the-Mother) Groog’s Mate
------Griga (3) – 1/16 Clan, Iga’s daughter
------Wilmar (1) – Other, Iga’s Son
Broog (23) – ½ Clan, 4th Ranked male hunter
---Ena (22) – ½ Clan, 4th Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts
------Boov (8) – ½ Clan son of Ena
------Brena (1) – ½ Clan daughter of Ena
------Ura (7) – ½ Clan, daughter of Oda, future mate of Durc?
Vorv (21) – ½ Clan, 5th Ranked male hunter
---Uva (19) – ½ Clan, mate of Vorv
------Broov (8) – ½ Clan son of Uva (looks full Clan)
------Ugra (7) – ½ Clan daughter of Uva (looks full Others) training to become Woman-Who-Hunts (Owl totem)
------Vorva (3) – ½ Clan daughter of Uva
------Zoug (1) – ¼ Clan son of Uva
Brac (12) – Clan, Oga’s 1st son, 6th Ranked hunter (Bison totem)
---Igra (10) – Clan, Ika’s daughter, Brac’s Mate
------Broud (1) ½ Clan, Igra’s Daughter.
Crug (26) – Clan, 7th Ranked male hunter (wolf totem)
---Ika (24) – Clan, Crug’s mate
------Crik (3) – Clan, Ika’s son
------Dorv (3) Clan, Oga’s 3rd son
------Corg (1) ½ Clan, Oga’s 4th Son
Groob (10) – Clan, Aga’s son, toolmaker, 8th Ranked male Hunter
---Eva (11) – ½ Clan daughter of Ena, Groob’s mate, 5th Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts
Grev (9) – Clan, Oga’s 2nd son, 11th Ranked male Hunter
---Aga (28) – Clan, Droog’s widow, Groob’s mother, Grev’s mate
Ranec (20) - Other, carver, M’buna’s son, 12th Ranked male Hunter, (formerly of the Mammutoi) (Snorkack totem)
---Ona (13) – Clan, Borg’s widow, Grev’s ex, Ranec’s mate (Owl totem)
------Bona (3) Clan, Ona’s daughter
------Orga (1) ½ Clan, Ona’s daughter
Bellapheron Clan of the Clanluna list
Ekwus (5) – Leader of the Centaur Herd
---Quicksilver- Unicorn, Ekwus’ Mate
------whisper (1) – Unicorn, Quicksilver’s filly
------ Phanthum (0) – Unicorn, Quicksilver’s filly
---Duskie (5)– Unicorn – Ekwus’ Mate
------ Miss Priss (1) – Unicorn, Duskie’s filly
------ Heather (0) – Unicorn, Duskie’s filly
---Sparkle (5)– Unicorn – Ekwus’ Mate
------Bangar (1) - Centaur, Sparkle’s colt
------Litestepper (0) – Unicorn, Sparkle’s Filly
---Silvertip (5) – Unicorn – Ekwus’ Mate
------Brackus (1) – Centaur, Silvertip’s colt
------ Tangle (0) – Centaur, Silvertip’s colt
---Nightwind (5) - Unicorn – Ekwus’ Mate
------Nether Light (1) - Unicorn Nightwind’s filly
------ Star-gazer (0) – Centaur, Nightwind’s colt
Dawn-Breaker (2) – Centaur, Duskie’s colt
---Midnight (2) – Unicorn, Nightwind’s filly, Dawn-breaker’s mate
---Starlight (2) – Unicorn, Silvertip’s filly, Dawn-breaker’s mate
Atturous (2) – Centaur, Sparkle’s colt
---Firelight (2) – Unicorn, Quicksilver’s filly, Atturous’ mate
By Late afternoon, they were ready to depart. Ody and Aris hugged and kissed their relatives goodbye. Luna ad Ayla had taken down the Teepee and shrunk it.
Luna activated the portkey and they were whisked off to the Clanluna Summer Meeting.
Chapter 38: Clanluna Summer Gathering begins
When they arrived in the Bellapheron Clan’s valley, the rest of Abraxas Clan was already there. The Teepees had been set up in the meadow near the beginning of the path that led to the cave.
Luna enlarged their supplies and Ayla helped her erect the last teepee. Once they were done, Ranec approached Ayla.
“Ayla, would you like to go hunting with me?” signed Ranec.
“Yes, that would be nice,” replied Ayla. “Just let me get my bow.”
After asking Iga to watch Mariza, the two walked away from the Summer Gathering. Ayla with her sling on her belt and a quiver of arrows on her back her bow in hand. Renec had three spears and a spear thrower that he wasn’t yet good enough at using yet. Both of them were wearing Clan-style wraps and Ayla had left her hat in Luna’s trunk.
After they had gone over a few hills, Ranec turned to Ayla and gave her the Signal. Ayla gave him a wide smile at this unexpected Pleasure, before kneeling and presenting like a Clan good Clan woman. Ranec knelt beside her and lifted her chin so he could pull her into a kiss. Ayla immediately deepened the kiss and wiggled her rear enticingly.
The Pleasures they Shared were fast and furious. Ayla was very quickly ready for him and was quick to Relieve her Need, pushing Ranec over the edge. When they were done, they curled up together for a while to catch their breath.
“Are you ready for some hunting now?” signed Ayla.
She felt Ranec nod behind her because, their bodies were pressed together. She rose to a kneeling position, put her quiver back up her back, and picked up her bow.
“We should go hunting now,” signed Ayla. “That is, after all, what we came out here to do.”
“Right,” said Ranec in Mammutoi, behind her back, as he picked up his spears. Ayla didn’t notice that he was lying.
After walking quietly through the grasses of the steppes, the couple came upon a herd of Aurochs. They stopped just over the hill from them so only their heads were sticking up in view of the herd while they observed them.
“That one, the young cow,” signed Ayla.
Renec nodded his agreement and set a spear in his spear thrower while Ayla notched an arrow in her bow and crept a few steps forward, just far enough up the hill to get a shot at the herd. When she heard Ranec spring forward, she let fly her arrow, while Ranec ran to the top of the hill and cast a spear. Ayla’s arrow hit the cow in the throat wounding it badly, while Ranec’s spear over shot the cow and landed in the middle of the herd, slightly nicking another cow, that bellow and set the herd to stampeding in a course orthogonal to them. Ranec didn’t mind. He’d already bagged the prey he’d come out here for.
The cow Ayla had wounded, ran away with the rest of the herd and they lost sight of it. Ayla ran to where the cow had been when she hit it and looked at the ground. The blood from the wound was on the ground and looking in the direction of the fleeing herd, she could see that her cow had left a trail of blood for them to follow. She set off jogging at a comfortable pace as Renec ran to retrieve his cast spear, then, caught up with her. While they couldn’t hope to catch up with the herd, they could see that their cow was falling behind the herd as it continued to leave a bloody trail.
The rest of the herd was out of sight, by the time cow had slowed enough, that the couple get in another try. Stopping for a second, Ayla let fly another arrow, while Renec cast another spear. Again, Ranec missing. Obviously, he would need more practice before he could successfully hunt with a spear thrower. Ayla got an arrow in the animal’s rump and when it turned towards her, she got another, through the cows chest. It fell with a crash, perced through the heart.
Once the cow had stop thrashing they stepped forward to their kill. Ayla cut off a piece of liver and shared it with Ranec before burying the rest, along with the heart as an offering to the Aurochs totem.
“Wingardium Leviosa!” Ayla levitated the carcass and they started back to camp. Even after all these months, Ranec was still amazed at the power of the Weeches.
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Iza cautiously approached Starlight, the unicorn she’d ridden last year, who was now full grown.
“This girl ride you, Starlight?” signed Iza.
The Unicorn nodded her acceptance and trotted over to stand by a rock so the girl could climb onto her back. Once Iza had done so, the Unicorn gently walked around the meadow, careful not to throw the girl off.
“That looks fun!” signed Ura. “This girls wishes she could do that!”
Durc strode up Midnight and tried to grab her, to pull her towards Ura, but the Unicorn shied away from him.
“Dawn-Breaker, can you tell your mate to let Ura ride her?” commanded Durc.
“She doesn’t want to,” replied the centaur. “And you should ask more nicely than that!”
“Please may this girl have a ride?” asked Ura.
“Oh, alright!” signed Dawn-Breaker. “Come over here and I will give you a ride.”
After the centaur had gone over to the rock, Ura climbed on his back and he went over to walk alongside his mate, Starlight, who was carrying Iza on her back.
Seeing the two girls riding, Zeen climbed onto Bop’s back and rode the Cave bear over next to the two girls and their mounts.
“Hey Durc, would you like to ride with me?” offered Zeen.
“No! Riding is stupid!,” waved Durc, as he stomped off.
The other kids did not agree and Zeen gave them rides for the rest of the afternoon until Ayla and Ranec returned with and aurochs that needed butchering. All of the girls and boys were put to work by the women to help with the task, after which, they all went to the river to wash off.
When evening arrived, Iga and Goov called everyone together. Goov was wearing his bearskin cloak with Zeen on his right. Zar, as acolyte to both of them, stood between Goov and Iga. Iga was wearing her clanluna-style dress, but had tied in under her breasts instead of on top of them.
“As this is our first ever Clanluna Summer Gathering, Mog-Ur and this Clanluna thought we should explain what to expect from this,” began Iga. “We will be combining traditions from the Clan Gatherings and the Sungaea Summer Meetings, in addition to coming up with a few of our own.
In some ways, a Sungaea Summer Meeting is like a long Mother Festival. The Women should feel free to give the Signal to any man that strikes her fancy, and not just their own mates.”
“We will also be having competitions, like at the Clan Gathering,” added Goov. “Because we only have two Clans, we will be competing as individuals, not Clans.”
“There will also be joint hunts between the two Clans,” added Iga. “We will also be putting on lots of ceremonies. Tonight’s Ceremony will be the Joining of Ranec and Ona.”
Goov motioned for everyone to gather in a circle and they did so. Iga, Goov and their Acolytes walked forward to Ranec and Ona, who were holding hands.
Goov dipped his finger in the ochre paste to draw the symbol of the Owl Totem on Ona’s chest while, Iga drew the Snorkack symbol on Ranec’s. Then, Goov drew the Snorkack symbol over the Owl’s on Ona’s while Iga drew the Owl symbol over the Snorkack totem’s on Ranec’s chest.
“The Spirit of the Owl has joined with the Spirit of the Snorkack!” announced Iga and Goov simulataneously.
Ona immediately sat at Ranec’s feet. Ranec got down on one knee, took Ona’s hand and gently pulled her back up. She was trying to avoid obviously looking him in the eye, like a good Clan woman should, while Ranec was staring intensely at her eyes. After a couple of seconds, Ranec, still holding her hand, led Ona into the Teepee that had been set aside for their period of isolation. Once they were alone, Ranec pulled his new mate into a kiss.
Ona had stopped faking moans to bother Grev. So the teepee was pretty quiet over the next fortnight except the occasional sounds of hard breathing. The children were tasked with making sure that there was a constant stack of firewood just outside the entrance of the teepee and that the night basket was emptied twice a day.
After Ranec and Ona had retreated to their teepee, there had been a feast (much to the delight of the bears) followed by Men’s and Women’s ceremonies. After the children had been dosed with datura, they were all put in the same teepee to sleep it off, out of sight of the women. The men and Centaurs went over the hill for their ceremony, while the women and unicorns danced their ceremony just outside the teepees.
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Durc awoke the early next morning and stepped out of the teepee to find the naked women still sprawled on the ground where they’d passed out from dancing themselves to exhaustion. He was just on his way back from the trenches when he ran into Ura, on her way there.
“Greetings Ura,” signed Durc. “Would you like to go hunting today?”
“Oh Yes! That sounds fun!” replied Ura, still amazed that she would be allowed to hunt and that her future mate didn’t seem to mind it anymore.
“Let’s get all the kids together after breakfast,” offered Durc, before walking away.
Ayla was very pleased when she stepped into the teepee and saw that Durc had started breakfast. She finished it and made tea for herself and the other adults. Durc had been so helpful because he wanted to get on with the hunt. After they’d eaten, the adults went back to sleep off the previous night’s activities.
Durc looked and the group he had gathered together for the hunt. It consisted of himself, Ura, Boov, Broov, Ugra, and the centaurs: Bangar, and Brakus. Durc wouldn’t let the younger children come. So, Zeen organized a weapon practice session for them. Durc had his sling on his belt, three spears and his spear thrower, as did Ugra. Ura, Boov and the centaurs, only had spears and a spear thrower. Broov had a bola in addition to his spears and spearthrower.
Durc led the group upstream on the banks of the river until they spotted a flock of geese. Durc motioned for them to be quiet as they began trying to sneak up on the flock, waddling around looking for bugs near the edge of the river.
Durc set down his spears and pulled a couple of stones out of his pouch as he saw Ugra do the same. He had been trying to learn his mother’s two-stone trick but had yet to bring down prey with it. Broov readied his bola while the rest, slowly put their spears in their spear throwers.
Ura got too excited and cast her spear. It missed, sending the birds into the air, in flight.
Thwap! Thwap!
Durc hit a goose with both stones! He may not be able to bring down two birds like his mother, but this skill with two stones was a major accomplishment for him!
Thwap!
Ugra brought down a goose, as well!
Boov’s and Bangar’s spears missed. But Brakus managed to spear a goose.
Broov’s bola wrapped around the feet of a goose pulling it down to earth, with a thump! He ran up and finished off his goose with a thrust of his spear.
“Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Durc howled like a wolf to express his joy at their successful hunt. After making sure everyone got a piece of goose liver, he buried the hearts as an offering to the totems.
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“Ura! Bring me water!” waved Brac.
It galled him that the girl was trying to become a woman-who-hunts.
Ura stopped plucking the goose that Durc had given her and walked over to the water bag.
“Hurry up you slow stupid girl!” waved Brac.
Ura broke into a run, fetched the water bag and ran back to Brac. While he drank, she sat at his feet. She didn’t know why he didn’t like her. If only she could think of a way to please him. Then an idea came to her. Gurg had always been nicer to her after he’d Relieved his Needs with her. Maybe if she Relieved Brac’s Needs, he’d like her better? And Clanluna did say women could give men the Signal! When Brac handed her the water bag, Ura set it in her lap and gave him the Signal.
Brac was surprised when the ugly deformed girl gave him the Signal! But he when he thought about it, he became intrigued. Would she make noises like the other deformed women did when they Relieved their men’s Needs? Brac nodded his assent and Ura knelt and presented.
Brac was not particularly gentle with her and to his disappointment, she didn’t make any noises, except the occasional grunt of pain. Brac didn’t realize this, but he was lucky that none of the Others had seen him do this to her.
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Later that afternoon, Ayla and Luna were sitting watching the Unicorns graze when a sudden movement caught Ayla’s eye. A Cave Lioness had sprung from the tall grass and was racing towards the Unicorns! As the Cave Lioness leaped into the air to pounce, Ayla spotted a Cave Lion in the distance! The same one that had killed Thonlan and injured Dyondar!
Chapter 38: Clanluna Summer Gathering begins
Harry Potter is owned by JK Rowling
Earth’s Children is owned by Jean Auel
Abraxas Clan of the Clanluna List
Deceased members:
Uba – Clan, mother of Creb, Brun and Iza
---Creb (37) – Clan, former Mog-Ur, 1st Weez-Ur (Roe Deer/Ursus totem),
---Iza (28) – Clan, Uba’s mother, adopted mother of Ayla
---Brun (36) – Clan, former leader, (Bison totem)
------Aba (38) Clan, Brun’s 2nd mate (ground squirrel totem)
------Ebra (41) – Clan, Brun’s mate, Broud’s mother
---------Broud (21) – Clan, former Leader, Ebra’s son (Wooly Rhinoceros totem)
----------- Oga (20) – Clan, Crug’s 2nd mate, Broud’s widow (hamster totem)
Dorv - Clan
---Iga – Clan, mother of Ebra and Uka, Dorv’s Mate
------Droog (34) – Clan, toolmaker, Aga’s mate, son of Iga Dorv’s mate
Borg (12) – Clan, Ona’s 1st mate, son of Ika (Boar/Ursus totem)
Zoug (43) – Clan, second in command to the leader before Brun (Ursus totem)
--- Grod (32) – Clan, son of the mate of Zoug, (Brown Bear totem)
Living Members:
Thonlan (17) – Other, Woodworker, Jondolar’s brother, 9th Ranked male Hunter (Cave Lion totem)
---Luna (24) – Other, Leader, 1st Weech, Creb’s widow, Thonlan’s mate, (Snorkack totem)
-------Zeen – (5) ½ Clan, son of Luna, Goov’s Acolyte, 2nd Weez-Ur (Ursus Totem)
-------Mara – (1) Other, Luna’s Daughter, Weech
---------Ansalong (13) - Owl
---------Winter Sleeper (4) – Cave Bear
------------Bop (1) – male Cave Bear
------------Honey Lover (0) female Cave Bear cub
Zar (24) ½ Clan, 1st Ranked male hunter, Goov’s Acolyte, Clanluna’s Acolyte, (Ursus Totem)
---Ayla (18) – Other, Clan’s 1st Ranked Medicine Woman, 2nd Weech, 2nd Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts, Zar’s Mate, (Cave Lion totem)
--------Durc (7) – ½ Clan, Ayla’s son, (Gray Wolf totem)
--------Iza (5) – ¼ Clan, Ayla’s daughter, 3rd Weech, training to become Woman-Who-Hunts (Unicorn Totem)
--------Mariza (1) Other, Ayla’s daughter, Weech
Vorn (17) – Clan, Uka’s son, 2nd Ranked male hunter
---Uba (12) – Clan, Medicine Woman, Vorn’s mate, Iza’s daughter
------Uma (3) – Clan, Uba’s daughter
------Vuba (1) – ½ Clan, Uba’s daughter
---Uka (29) – Clan, Ebra’s sister, Grod’s widow, Vorn’s Mother
Goov (24) – Clan, Mog-Ur, 10th Ranked male hunter, (Aurochs totem/Ursus totem)
---Ovra (22) – Clan, Goov’s mate, (Beaver totem)
------Oogra (3) – Clan, Ovra’s daughter
Groog (29) – 1/8 Clan, 3rd Ranked male hunter (megaceros totem)
---Iga (25) - Other, (formerly: Andromedanaea of the Sungaea) 3rd Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts, red-foot, Clanluna (one-who-serves-the-Mother) Groog’s Mate
------Griga (3) – 1/16 Clan, Iga’s daughter
------Wilmar (1) – Other, Iga’s Son
Broog (23) – ½ Clan, 4th Ranked male hunter
---Ena (22) – ½ Clan, 4th Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts
------Boov (8) – ½ Clan son of Ena
------Brena (1) – ½ Clan daughter of Ena
------Ura (7) – ½ Clan, daughter of Oda, future mate of Durc?
Vorv (21) – ½ Clan, 5th Ranked male hunter
---Uva (19) – ½ Clan, mate of Vorv
------Broov (8) – ½ Clan son of Uva (looks full Clan)
------Ugra (7) – ½ Clan daughter of Uva (looks full Others) training to become Woman-Who-Hunts (Owl totem)
------Vorva (3) – ½ Clan daughter of Uva
------Zoug (1) – ¼ Clan son of Uva
Brac (12) – Clan, Oga’s 1st son, 6th Ranked hunter (Bison totem)
---Igra (10) – Clan, Ika’s daughter, Brac’s Mate
------Broud (1) ½ Clan, Igra’s Daughter.
Crug (26) – Clan, 7th Ranked male hunter (wolf totem)
---Ika (24) – Clan, Crug’s mate
------Crik (3) – Clan, Ika’s son
------Dorv (3) Clan, Oga’s 3rd son
------Corg (1) ½ Clan, Oga’s 4th Son
Groob (10) – Clan, Aga’s son, toolmaker, 8th Ranked male Hunter
---Eva (11) – ½ Clan daughter of Ena, Groob’s mate, 5th Ranked Woman-Who-Hunts
Grev (9) – Clan, Oga’s 2nd son, 11th Ranked male Hunter
---Aga (28) – Clan, Droog’s widow, Groob’s mother, Grev’s mate
Ranec (20) - Other, carver, M’buna’s son, 12th Ranked male Hunter, (formerly of the Mammutoi) (Snorkack totem)
---Ona (13) – Clan, Borg’s widow, Grev’s ex, Ranec’s mate (Owl totem)
------Bona (3) Clan, Ona’s daughter
------Orga (1) ½ Clan, Ona’s daughter
Bellapheron Clan of the Clanluna list
Ekwus (5) – Leader of the Centaur Herd
---Quicksilver- Unicorn, Ekwus’ Mate
------whisper (1) – Unicorn, Quicksilver’s filly
------ Phanthum (0) – Unicorn, Quicksilver’s filly
---Duskie (5)– Unicorn – Ekwus’ Mate
------ Miss Priss (1) – Unicorn, Duskie’s filly
------ Heather (0) – Unicorn, Duskie’s filly
---Sparkle (5)– Unicorn – Ekwus’ Mate
------Bangar (1) - Centaur, Sparkle’s colt
------Litestepper (0) – Unicorn, Sparkle’s Filly
---Silvertip (5) – Unicorn – Ekwus’ Mate
------Brackus (1) – Centaur, Silvertip’s colt
------ Tangle (0) – Centaur, Silvertip’s colt
---Nightwind (5) - Unicorn – Ekwus’ Mate
------Nether Light (1) - Unicorn Nightwind’s filly
------ Star-gazer (0) – Centaur, Nightwind’s colt
Dawn-Breaker (2) – Centaur, Duskie’s colt
---Midnight (2) – Unicorn, Nightwind’s filly, Dawn-breaker’s mate
---Starlight (2) – Unicorn, Silvertip’s filly, Dawn-breaker’s mate
Atturous (2) – Centaur, Sparkle’s colt
---Firelight (2) – Unicorn, Quicksilver’s filly, Atturous’ mate
By Late afternoon, they were ready to depart. Ody and Aris hugged and kissed their relatives goodbye. Luna ad Ayla had taken down the Teepee and shrunk it.
Luna activated the portkey and they were whisked off to the Clanluna Summer Meeting.
Chapter 38: Clanluna Summer Gathering begins
When they arrived in the Bellapheron Clan’s valley, the rest of Abraxas Clan was already there. The Teepees had been set up in the meadow near the beginning of the path that led to the cave.
Luna enlarged their supplies and Ayla helped her erect the last teepee. Once they were done, Ranec approached Ayla.
“Ayla, would you like to go hunting with me?” signed Ranec.
“Yes, that would be nice,” replied Ayla. “Just let me get my bow.”
After asking Iga to watch Mariza, the two walked away from the Summer Gathering. Ayla with her sling on her belt and a quiver of arrows on her back her bow in hand. Renec had three spears and a spear thrower that he wasn’t yet good enough at using yet. Both of them were wearing Clan-style wraps and Ayla had left her hat in Luna’s trunk.
After they had gone over a few hills, Ranec turned to Ayla and gave her the Signal. Ayla gave him a wide smile at this unexpected Pleasure, before kneeling and presenting like a Clan good Clan woman. Ranec knelt beside her and lifted her chin so he could pull her into a kiss. Ayla immediately deepened the kiss and wiggled her rear enticingly.
The Pleasures they Shared were fast and furious. Ayla was very quickly ready for him and was quick to Relieve her Need, pushing Ranec over the edge. When they were done, they curled up together for a while to catch their breath.
“Are you ready for some hunting now?” signed Ayla.
She felt Ranec nod behind her because, their bodies were pressed together. She rose to a kneeling position, put her quiver back up her back, and picked up her bow.
“We should go hunting now,” signed Ayla. “That is, after all, what we came out here to do.”
“Right,” said Ranec in Mammutoi, behind her back, as he picked up his spears. Ayla didn’t notice that he was lying.
After walking quietly through the grasses of the steppes, the couple came upon a herd of Aurochs. They stopped just over the hill from them so only their heads were sticking up in view of the herd while they observed them.
“That one, the young cow,” signed Ayla.
Renec nodded his agreement and set a spear in his spear thrower while Ayla notched an arrow in her bow and crept a few steps forward, just far enough up the hill to get a shot at the herd. When she heard Ranec spring forward, she let fly her arrow, while Ranec ran to the top of the hill and cast a spear. Ayla’s arrow hit the cow in the throat wounding it badly, while Ranec’s spear over shot the cow and landed in the middle of the herd, slightly nicking another cow, that bellow and set the herd to stampeding in a course orthogonal to them. Ranec didn’t mind. He’d already bagged the prey he’d come out here for.
The cow Ayla had wounded, ran away with the rest of the herd and they lost sight of it. Ayla ran to where the cow had been when she hit it and looked at the ground. The blood from the wound was on the ground and looking in the direction of the fleeing herd, she could see that her cow had left a trail of blood for them to follow. She set off jogging at a comfortable pace as Renec ran to retrieve his cast spear, then, caught up with her. While they couldn’t hope to catch up with the herd, they could see that their cow was falling behind the herd as it continued to leave a bloody trail.
The rest of the herd was out of sight, by the time cow had slowed enough, that the couple get in another try. Stopping for a second, Ayla let fly another arrow, while Renec cast another spear. Again, Ranec missing. Obviously, he would need more practice before he could successfully hunt with a spear thrower. Ayla got an arrow in the animal’s rump and when it turned towards her, she got another, through the cows chest. It fell with a crash, perced through the heart.
Once the cow had stop thrashing they stepped forward to their kill. Ayla cut off a piece of liver and shared it with Ranec before burying the rest, along with the heart as an offering to the Aurochs totem.
“Wingardium Leviosa!” Ayla levitated the carcass and they started back to camp. Even after all these months, Ranec was still amazed at the power of the Weeches.
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Iza cautiously approached Starlight, the unicorn she’d ridden last year, who was now full grown.
“This girl ride you, Starlight?” signed Iza.
The Unicorn nodded her acceptance and trotted over to stand by a rock so the girl could climb onto her back. Once Iza had done so, the Unicorn gently walked around the meadow, careful not to throw the girl off.
“That looks fun!” signed Ura. “This girls wishes she could do that!”
Durc strode up Midnight and tried to grab her, to pull her towards Ura, but the Unicorn shied away from him.
“Dawn-Breaker, can you tell your mate to let Ura ride her?” commanded Durc.
“She doesn’t want to,” replied the centaur. “And you should ask more nicely than that!”
“Please may this girl have a ride?” asked Ura.
“Oh, alright!” signed Dawn-Breaker. “Come over here and I will give you a ride.”
After the centaur had gone over to the rock, Ura climbed on his back and he went over to walk alongside his mate, Starlight, who was carrying Iza on her back.
Seeing the two girls riding, Zeen climbed onto Bop’s back and rode the Cave bear over next to the two girls and their mounts.
“Hey Durc, would you like to ride with me?” offered Zeen.
“No! Riding is stupid!,” waved Durc, as he stomped off.
The other kids did not agree and Zeen gave them rides for the rest of the afternoon until Ayla and Ranec returned with and aurochs that needed butchering. All of the girls and boys were put to work by the women to help with the task, after which, they all went to the river to wash off.
When evening arrived, Iga and Goov called everyone together. Goov was wearing his bearskin cloak with Zeen on his right. Zar, as acolyte to both of them, stood between Goov and Iga. Iga was wearing her clanluna-style dress, but had tied in under her breasts instead of on top of them.
“As this is our first ever Clanluna Summer Gathering, Mog-Ur and this Clanluna thought we should explain what to expect from this,” began Iga. “We will be combining traditions from the Clan Gatherings and the Sungaea Summer Meetings, in addition to coming up with a few of our own.
In some ways, a Sungaea Summer Meeting is like a long Mother Festival. The Women should feel free to give the Signal to any man that strikes her fancy, and not just their own mates.”
“We will also be having competitions, like at the Clan Gathering,” added Goov. “Because we only have two Clans, we will be competing as individuals, not Clans.”
“There will also be joint hunts between the two Clans,” added Iga. “We will also be putting on lots of ceremonies. Tonight’s Ceremony will be the Joining of Ranec and Ona.”
Goov motioned for everyone to gather in a circle and they did so. Iga, Goov and their Acolytes walked forward to Ranec and Ona, who were holding hands.
Goov dipped his finger in the ochre paste to draw the symbol of the Owl Totem on Ona’s chest while, Iga drew the Snorkack symbol on Ranec’s. Then, Goov drew the Snorkack symbol over the Owl’s on Ona’s while Iga drew the Owl symbol over the Snorkack totem’s on Ranec’s chest.
“The Spirit of the Owl has joined with the Spirit of the Snorkack!” announced Iga and Goov simulataneously.
Ona immediately sat at Ranec’s feet. Ranec got down on one knee, took Ona’s hand and gently pulled her back up. She was trying to avoid obviously looking him in the eye, like a good Clan woman should, while Ranec was staring intensely at her eyes. After a couple of seconds, Ranec, still holding her hand, led Ona into the Teepee that had been set aside for their period of isolation. Once they were alone, Ranec pulled his new mate into a kiss.
Ona had stopped faking moans to bother Grev. So the teepee was pretty quiet over the next fortnight except the occasional sounds of hard breathing. The children were tasked with making sure that there was a constant stack of firewood just outside the entrance of the teepee and that the night basket was emptied twice a day.
After Ranec and Ona had retreated to their teepee, there had been a feast (much to the delight of the bears) followed by Men’s and Women’s ceremonies. After the children had been dosed with datura, they were all put in the same teepee to sleep it off, out of sight of the women. The men and Centaurs went over the hill for their ceremony, while the women and unicorns danced their ceremony just outside the teepees.
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Durc awoke the early next morning and stepped out of the teepee to find the naked women still sprawled on the ground where they’d passed out from dancing themselves to exhaustion. He was just on his way back from the trenches when he ran into Ura, on her way there.
“Greetings Ura,” signed Durc. “Would you like to go hunting today?”
“Oh Yes! That sounds fun!” replied Ura, still amazed that she would be allowed to hunt and that her future mate didn’t seem to mind it anymore.
“Let’s get all the kids together after breakfast,” offered Durc, before walking away.
Ayla was very pleased when she stepped into the teepee and saw that Durc had started breakfast. She finished it and made tea for herself and the other adults. Durc had been so helpful because he wanted to get on with the hunt. After they’d eaten, the adults went back to sleep off the previous night’s activities.
Durc looked and the group he had gathered together for the hunt. It consisted of himself, Ura, Boov, Broov, Ugra, and the centaurs: Bangar, and Brakus. Durc wouldn’t let the younger children come. So, Zeen organized a weapon practice session for them. Durc had his sling on his belt, three spears and his spear thrower, as did Ugra. Ura, Boov and the centaurs, only had spears and a spear thrower. Broov had a bola in addition to his spears and spearthrower.
Durc led the group upstream on the banks of the river until they spotted a flock of geese. Durc motioned for them to be quiet as they began trying to sneak up on the flock, waddling around looking for bugs near the edge of the river.
Durc set down his spears and pulled a couple of stones out of his pouch as he saw Ugra do the same. He had been trying to learn his mother’s two-stone trick but had yet to bring down prey with it. Broov readied his bola while the rest, slowly put their spears in their spear throwers.
Ura got too excited and cast her spear. It missed, sending the birds into the air, in flight.
Thwap! Thwap!
Durc hit a goose with both stones! He may not be able to bring down two birds like his mother, but this skill with two stones was a major accomplishment for him!
Thwap!
Ugra brought down a goose, as well!
Boov’s and Bangar’s spears missed. But Brakus managed to spear a goose.
Broov’s bola wrapped around the feet of a goose pulling it down to earth, with a thump! He ran up and finished off his goose with a thrust of his spear.
“Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Durc howled like a wolf to express his joy at their successful hunt. After making sure everyone got a piece of goose liver, he buried the hearts as an offering to the totems.
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“Ura! Bring me water!” waved Brac.
It galled him that the girl was trying to become a woman-who-hunts.
Ura stopped plucking the goose that Durc had given her and walked over to the water bag.
“Hurry up you slow stupid girl!” waved Brac.
Ura broke into a run, fetched the water bag and ran back to Brac. While he drank, she sat at his feet. She didn’t know why he didn’t like her. If only she could think of a way to please him. Then an idea came to her. Gurg had always been nicer to her after he’d Relieved his Needs with her. Maybe if she Relieved Brac’s Needs, he’d like her better? And Clanluna did say women could give men the Signal! When Brac handed her the water bag, Ura set it in her lap and gave him the Signal.
Brac was surprised when the ugly deformed girl gave him the Signal! But he when he thought about it, he became intrigued. Would she make noises like the other deformed women did when they Relieved their men’s Needs? Brac nodded his assent and Ura knelt and presented.
Brac was not particularly gentle with her and to his disappointment, she didn’t make any noises, except the occasional grunt of pain. Brac didn’t realize this, but he was lucky that none of the Others had seen him do this to her.
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Later that afternoon, Ayla and Luna were sitting watching the Unicorns graze when a sudden movement caught Ayla’s eye. A Cave Lioness had sprung from the tall grass and was racing towards the Unicorns! As the Cave Lioness leaped into the air to pounce, Ayla spotted a Cave Lion in the distance! The same one that had killed Thonlan and injured Dyondar!
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