Trees sway with the wind, bushes rustle along the trees and cheers and giggles of joy fill the air. " Alright children, settle down now " elderly cat-woman, Ema calls out, rocking in her wooden chair sat on the porch of a little wooden hut. Said kids looks towards her and scurried towards her, sitting their bottoms onto the dirt ground.
" Alright children, I'm aware you all know the rules for the fest, right? " she asked curiously, all the kids nodding their heads, their tails lashing behind their backs and then on the ground. " Alright, who can tell me said rules? " Ema asked once again to the kids, Himari raised her hand, answering the question. " No food fighting, complaining or talking while chiefs talking " Himari answered, putting a smile on Ema's face. " Great work Himari! Now, everyone get into a single-file line behind....." As Ema was trying to make her decision on who should be line leader, she noticed Ming Yue waiting patiently while looking at her with pleading eyes.
Ema smiles and points at Ming Yue with her wooden cane/walking stick, making her decision. " Ming, you shall be line-leader for today " the child's eyes light up as bright as the sun, Ming Yue smiles with excitement as she hasn't been line-leader before this week and hops to the front of the line, in front of Huan. " Alright children, follow Ming Yue towards Thy Great Table.Ming, I'm certain you know your way? " Ema asked the girl, Ming Yue nods her hair before saying " Yep! I memorised your directions so I'm very certain that I know where I'm going " she replied in a cheery tone and gave the elder a smile of glee. Ema returns the smile and heads to the end of the line, making sure everyone goes in the right direction to The Great Table.
" Alright, away Ming! " Ema called out from the back of the line, Ming Yue's ear twitched to the sound of the voice and moved forward with all the other kids following closely. All the children were close friends so the others had no problem with Ming being the line-leader since they've already been line leaders but she hasn't. 5 minutes later they arrived, the kids seperate to find their alicated seats. A kid named Lin sat next to Ming on her right and Grandma Ema (as the kids call her) sat on her left.
" Alright! " a voice boomed from the top of the table, everyone's heads turned to the direction of the voice, of which belonged to none other than the chief himself.He cleared his throat before continuing his speech. " My lovely people, as your Chief Zhuo I allow you all to eat! " everyone cheers before grabbing tones of food and plopping it onto their plates. As the grown-ups finished grabbing their food, all the children dug in and grabbed food for themselves. As everyone was devouring their plates of delicious food, Ming Yue heard some noise coming from the distance. She turns to Grandma Ema and tugs her robe, making said elder hover her head over towards the waiting infant. " Grandma Ema, may I go check what's in the woods? I heard some noises coming from there and I want to discover. " As much as Ema wanted to accept, she couldn't.
