Chapter 26: The new spirit, Rel

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A new day began in Niwen, the sun began to rise over the land. The sun light shone through the window of Ori and Sein's hut, which awoke Ori as he began to stretch before opening his eyes and leave the bed.

Ori got one of the fruits from the basket before leaving the hut and began to eat it as he took in the morning air.

It wasn't long before Ori could sense a new presence of spirit light in the glades "What the? This presence wasn't here yesterday. And the spirit tree that's housing Seir isn't old enough to create new spirits yet." He told himself as he traced it to Orin and Lora's hut "Hmm... I wonder." Ori thought before he decided to ask Orin and Lora about it and began to approach their hut.

Meanwhile, Orin slowly began to awaken as he stretched and opened his eyes "Time to start the day." He said sleepily before he left the bed he and Lora shared and went to the table in their hut and got one of the fruits from the basket and began to eat it. He remembered about last night as he looked at the white and slight yellow leaf "We'll need to think of a name for you." Orin thought.

Orin soon heard a knock at the door "Who could be here at this time of the morning?" he asked himself as he went to the door and opened it to see Ori on the other side "Oh morning, Ori wasn't expecting to see you this early." Orin greeted him. "Morning, Orin. I felt a new presence of spirit light, and I traced it here. The thing is though, it wasn't here yesterday." Ori explained to Orin, who knew what Ori might be speaking of. "I was going to tell both you and Sein this, but this might be a good time to tell you." Orin said before inviting Ori in, which accepted and walked inside before Orin closed the door of the hut.

Ori imminently saw the white and slight yellow spirit leaf on the free bed, which was a few meters from the other one that had Lora still asleep on. Ori felt the new presence radiate from the leaf "Thought so." he said as he walked up to look at it. "Yeah. I was thinking about starting a family with Lora after we saw the Child-like wonder from Solas back in Nibel and whay you told me about 'both my and Lora's love will grow into something special' and turns out Lora also wanted to, ever since we got back to Niwen that is. And using some of the memories I managed to keep, I told her how spirits have their own children and even taught her spirit flame. And before long after that, we created the leaf which made Lora faint from sheer happiness." Orin explained to Ori, who only had slight shock.

Ori soon looked at Orin "You two have a name for them?" he asked Orin, who shook his head "No. I was actually going to think about that before you visited." Orin told Ori. "Well, I shouldn't distract you then." Ori replied before he left the hut.

Ori headed back to his hut and entered to see that both Sein and Solas were awake "Morning you two. I have some news to share." Ori greeted the two with a smile. "Good morning, Ori. What news do you need to share?" Sein greeted back "The new presence of spirit light. Can't you sense it, Sein?" Ori asked. Sein focused for a moment before she felt the new presence "Now that you mention it, I can." Sein said. "That's because Orin and Lora started their family. Orin said that he was going to be thinking of a name right now." Ori explained which surprised both Sein and Solas.

"Congrats to them." Sein congratulated Orin and Lora before a flash of light-yellow light caught the three's attention as the light entered through the hut's window. Both Ori and Sein felt the presence change slightly "Did they form?" Ori asked "I believe so. We should investigate." Sein answered as Solas nodded, agreeing with her mother.

Ori thought before agreeing as well "Alright. Let's go see if they formed." He said before the three left their hut.

While Ori, Sein and Solas were approaching their destination, Lora awoke from the sudden flash of light as she imminently sat up with her eyes open. Orin noticed that she was awake "Oh morning, Lora. I see that the flash woke you." Orin greeted as he was on the bed with the newly formed small spirit. The spirit looked male as his fur was mostly white with light yellow fur on the tips of his long ears, on his tail, and his chest and back.

Lora took notice of the young spirit and felt herself almost faint again "Is that... our child?" Lora asked Orin nodded with a smile "Yeah. He is." He replied as Lora came close to both spirits.

Lora looked at their son with loving eyes "Do we have a name for him?" she asked Orin "No, not yet. I was thinking before the flash happened." Orin told Lora, who was now thinking herself. Lora quickly thought of a name before settling on the name 'Rel' "What about Rel?" she asked Orin, who thought on it for a moment "Rel... Sounds good for him." Orin replied with a smile "Rel it is then." Lora said with happiness.

Both Orin and Lora soon heard Ori's voice behind them "So Sein was correct. Congrats you two." He said, which made Orin and Lora slightly jump. "Ok 1. Please knock next time. And 2. Thank you." Orin replied as he turned to face Ori, Sein and Solas. "Yeah sorry for not knocking. Anyway, have a name for them yet?" Ori asked "Yeah. Lora and I landed on Rel for him." Orin replied as Ori, Sein and Solas approached Orin and Lora "And he's adorable." Lora added, still looking at Rel.

Ori, Sein and Solas were close enough to see Rel and the three began to take in his appearance before Rel began to move "Oh. He's waking up." Lora said, struggling to contain her happiness before Rel opened his eyes.

Everyone saw that Rel's pupils had a slight yellow tint "He has my yellow tint as his eye colour." Lora said with a big smile "Yeah, he does. Welcome to the land of Niwen, Rel." Orin welcomed Rel into the world.

Rel soon proceeded to get onto his hooves and began to learn to walk. "He's learning how to walk." Sein said as they all watched Rel take his first steps.

Rel soon fell to the floor which worried Orin and Lora "Are you ok, Rel?" Lora asked him Rel got back up onto his hooves and nodded before he began to walk again, it was much smoother this time. He soon went from walking to running as he began to move more quickly before he accidently bumped into Solas and fell on the ground "Oh are you ok? Here let me help you up." Solas spoke while offering her paw. Rel Recovered from his slight daze and accepted her paw as he grabbed it with his own before he was pulled back onto his hooves "You're welcome." Solas said to him with a smile as she released his paw.

Rel would smile back before he returned to Orin and Lora. "That was kind of you, Solas." Sein said to her "I did learn from the best after all." Solas replied to her mother as she looked at Sein smiling. Ori heard what Solas said and smiled "She's correct, you know." He said to Sein, who couldn't help but agree with both Ori and Solas.

Ori and Sein then decided to help Orin and Lora adapt to their new roles as parents as Ori and Sein told both Orin and Lora their experience with Ori also telling them what Naru had told him. Both Orin and Lora understood and thanked them for the information "No problem. You two will be better with the information than without." Ori told them as Sein nodded "He's correct. Without any information, it would've certainly been a little harder to adapt to the roles of mother and father." She agreed. "We'll use this information. Thanks again." Lora said and thanked Ori and Sein again.

"Hey its fine. Just passing on the information."Ori told them before he, Sein and Solas left for Orin and Lora to teach Relabout his light abilities.

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