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Aravis suddenly heard steps behind her. She whirled around to see her mate walk down the river. At first, she could just goggle. She thought she was dreaming. Felix! Whom she had missed and missed and missed.
Her heart was pounding like a hammer in her chest, and a big smile could be seen on her face, as though someone had just pasted it there, and she ran forward, crying:
"Feeeeeeliiix!" She pounced him over excitedly and kissed him on the cheek, totally forgetting all her worries and troubles about her - no, THEIR - son.

Emerald cocked her head, taking what Tenrai had said. It had confused her a bit, since it was a word that wasn't in her vocabulary, which wasn't very complex as it was. "Beautiful poetry? Sound of wind? Well, that's all pretty cool, I guess." She said, her tail wagging. She knelt down a bit into a pouncing stance, and then jolted around Tenrai, tagging her on her shoulderblade with a paw, "You're it!"

Soleil looked up at her mother and listened to her. "My name is Soleil mother." She said politely watching her mother and father. She looked behind them off into the tree line, shadowed. Tilting her head, she wandered why she had to find such a troublesome little pup. Sighing she nodded. "I will find my brother." She said softly.

Before she left she was aproached by Andromeda. "Hell..o..." She said slowly looking at the strange creature. She never took her eyes off the reindeer, but leaned towards her father. "Father, you see her too right?"

Felix looked over curiously and began to laugh. "Yes I see Andromeda! She's very much real." Felix chuckled and turned to Aravis to explain. "She was watching tv with Duckie and learned that sometimes people see things that aren't there. Now she things anything strange isn't real and asks me to confirm." He burst out laughing again.

Soleil didn't find it very funny, but whatever. She gracefully trotted into the shadows to find her brother.

Tenrai jumped back, surprised, and quickly realized what they were playing. 'Tag' was a new game to her but Tortie had already told her about it. Almost sure she had grasped the concept and after gathering herself, she took off after Emerald. Her tail was wagging full force and her toungue was lolling out of her mouth. Each ear waved in a different direction as she pounced towards Emerald. Subconciously her wings zipped, making motions of there own. She was breathing quite hard as she tried to catch up to her friend. She eventually came to the conclusion that she was too slow and started to come to a stop. Still having fun with the game, she took a deep breath before bolting again.

Caspian whirled around, blinking, as he faced Malaika.
"It's OK." He continued to blink as he watched her, more shyly than curious, but curiosity glimmered beneath the surface of shyness, too. "I am Caspian Shasta, but call me Caspian, please. Shasta is my middle name..."
Caspian felt that he needn't to be as shy with her as with other strangers. He had a feeling deep inside that she was his sister whom had disappeared when he and his other sister were baskets. But being not as curious and outgoing as his mother, he didn't feel for asking whether she was his sister or not. Feeling a bit helpless, he shook his head as though he wanted to shake off his doubts.
"And who are you?" he asked quietly, as though the silence of the river would disappear if he did not talk in a low voice.

"What's aquainted?" Caspian asked, blinking stupidly. "But... yes... I know them. Aravis is my mother, and Felix is my father. Mum says I look a lot like dad,... probably because of my stars. I've seen a photo of dad. You look a bit like my mum. But how come you wonder?" He watched as his sister walked around him in circles.

Caspian blinked again. He couldn't help to blink. So, he was right, after all! This grown-up Tala must be his sister.
"Oh... I was suspecting you were my sister, Malaika! You look like mum... she's being with dad right now." He nodded in the shadows' direction. "But... but..." He wrinkled his forehead thoughtfully. "How come you're already an adult?"

Aravis heard voices. Voices from beyond the shadows. She slowly arose, blinking a couple of times to reassure herself of the voices.
Caspian! And someone else... but who?
"Felix", she said in a rather distant voice. "Felix! I recognize this voice... whose is it?... Wait a second, I'll be back soon!" She smiled a quick smile, kissed his cheek, and flied with high speed into the shadows - and out of them, into the sunlight, beside Caspian and Malaika. At first, she could just... look.
"... My lost basket", she mumbled... "My lost basket... exactly... the colours..." Suddenly, it was like reality had struck her. "My lost basket!" she cried out. "My and Felix's lost basket! It's here...!" Her eyes filled with happy tears, but at the same time astonishment... and a wave of startled feelings also struck the beach of her heart, too. "... Where have you been, sweetheart? And why are you an adult? Tell me! I've been so worried about you... I don't even know your name!"

Caspian just blinked, as he looked at his mother and then at his sister. They were quite alike, though his mother was more red than pink while his sister was the opposite...