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Tomiko stretched and yawned, her mouth opening wider than she though was possible. Her bed was nice and warm, and she didn't really want to leave it, but the sun was rising and that was her cue to rise with it. Arms stretched out in front of her as she made an unhappy moan, glaring at the windows that let the sunlight through. Sure she always made herself wake up when the sun did, but that didn't mean she likes it. Tomi folded the blanket, her favorite blanket which was blue with white stars and moons on it, and put it on the end of her bed before dropping down to the floor. Slipping her signature boots on (because really, what other cat wears boots?), she started towards where the sun cast rays on the Nursery floor. It was her favorite place to spend her mornings, lounging in the sun when she couldn't be sleeping.

This morning was no different. The soft thump of the heels on her boots were surprisingly the only sound in the Nursery. Tomiko found this odd since normally at least one other sprite was an early riser. But it seemed most were content to stay in their beds this chilly morning. Which, it was chilly, but that was just one more reason to bask in the sun. It was time. The sun warmed up her upturned face as she closed her eyes and leaned into the ray of light. Tomiko didn't take long at all to lay down in the ray, her arms and legs splayed like a star as she soaked up the sun's heat thinking nothing could go wrong.

The "lump" surely wasn't asleep, but daydreaming. Tomiko was flying high above Somnum, out of the confines of the Nursery. There it was! the forest! Oh how much she wanted to go and see the forest. Tomiko knew that as soon as she was able to be out of the Nursery she was going to see that forest and climb it's trees! But...she would have to find someone to help her down. That was always the scariest part of climbing something, the way down. In her day dream, she was about to climb that tree when a little squeak reached her ears.

That squeak wasn't in her day dream, which meant it had to come from the Nursery. But there were no sprites awake in the Nursery..she had checked before she had closed her eyes. Her eyes popped open but she didn't move. In her field of vision, she couldn't see anything, but that didn't mean there wasn't something there. Her head turned to the right and there, basking in an adjacent ray of sun, was the cutest bunny she had ever seen. Of course, it was the ONLY bunny she had ever seen but that didn't matter. Making sure to move slowly, she rolled onto her stomach and turned slightly towards the rabbit. Tomiko crossed her arms on the floor and rested her chin on them while she watched the little rabbit who seemed to be frozen. As she contemplated what to do, her tail flicked back and forth, eyes never leaving the cute little bunny.

The little bunny was so adorable and all Tomiko wanted to do was pet it. But she resisted of course, because she didn't want to scare the cute little creature away. It ran anyway though. Which made Tomiko incredibly sad. "No wait!" She called out to it as she jumped to her feet to chase after it, staying behind though so she wouldn't scare it even more. Tomi knew the little bunny couldn't understand her but she couldn't resist, she wanted to pet it so bad.

"Wait little bunny I'm not going to hurt you!" She called out desperately to the bunny trying to keep it in her sights.

Tomiko couldn't help but pout as the little bunny continued to run and with how much she wanted to pet it, she continued to chase after it. That is, until it squished under a door. This door, she had never seen it before. Had it always been here? Had she ventured too far out of the nursery? But the bunny was in there, so didn't that mean it was safe? Taking a chance, Tomiko reached up a little, as the knob was just a little above her head, and gave it a twist. As it began to turn, she concluded the room wasn't locked, so that meant she could go in...right? Assuming yes again, she pushed the door slightly open to see what looked like a bedroom, but everything was so big! "Little bunny? I just want to pet you I'm not going to hurt you..." She called out, unaware of the sleeping giantess.

The cat had not been expecting another sprite in the large room and it made her jump and scramble out. But when the voice called out her name, the really familiar voice, her hands grabbed the edge of the door and she peeked her head around it to see familiar green braids. "Sweet Pea! Fjorgyn! The Giantess!" She shouted. No longer afraid, she scrambled back into the room. "Wowww so this is your room? Is that your bunny? You can talk to animals right? Can you tell it that I didn't mean to hurt it and I'm sorry for scaring it?" Tomiko said in a rush as her excitement got the better of her. A big grin was on her face as she was glad that it was a familiar sprite and not an unfamiliar one.

Tomiko frowned as she thought, a hand absent-mindedly scratched an ear. She supposed that was one of the things she always forgot yet would never forget. It made sense now why the bunny ran from her, and she felt even bad for scaring it. Though she never would have hurt the bunny if she had caught it, she still probably gave it a heart attack while it was running from her. "I...did not think of that. I'm sorry little bunny...who's name is Ostara? Its a pretty name. Is it your pet Fjorgyn?" Her own heart had calmed down now so her voice returned to a normal speaking tone and she wasn't talking nearly as fast.

Her attention turned to the Fjorgyn sized room. Everything was so big in it, but she supposed that if this was Fjorgyn's room it was appropriately sized. Tomiko thought of her own bed in the nursery and how her own bed seemed so small in comparison. Tomiko gave Fjorgyn a big smile again as she returned from her own thoughts.

A friend? The bunny was her friend? That was adorable! Tomiko still had the urge to touch the bunny but wouldn't do so unless it allowed her to. "I wish I had a friend as cute as Ostara! Not that you aren't cute or my friend...you're...my pretty friend!" Tomiko said awkwardly. She rocked back and forth from the heel of her boots to the toes, a satisfying click of her heels on the ground helped her resist the urge to pet the bunny.

"I came from the Nursery. I...I guess I'm one of the younger sprites, only having emerged from my bottle not long ago. I...honestly never expected to see anybody else from that. I'd never seen any of you before then so I didn't expect to after..." She trailed off. The memory of that forest, of Sorrel holding her hand as he was pulled under the murky, bloody water. Her own throat threatened to close as she recalled herself being pulled under. With a big intake of breath, she grounded herself along with the soft click of her heels. There were a few tears in her eyes as she thought of Sorrel, her friend. Tomi closed her eyes and willed the vision away. It was apparent that any memory of that terrible night affected her greatly.

With the tears gone from her eyes, she put a smile on her face again. It seemed the nursery was larger than Tomiko ever thought. With her silly thinking face, she tried to encompass just how big the Nursery was, but couldn't quite get it all down. Her thoughts were interrupted by a sudden flurry of movement. The pretty bunny jumped down from Fjorgyn's shoulder and ran out the door! Fjorgyn was too late and Tomiko hadn't realized what was going on quick enough. Her new friend seemed intent on getting the bunny back as she raced out the door after the bunny. "Ah Fjorgyn! Wait!" She said as she raced as fast as she could on her smaller sprite legs after the giantess.