Nov 24, 2009 18:03
Aly was slightly amused to be back in Tortall for Thanksgiving. It was another one of those holidays that her Da had implemented at the Swoop, and the villagers had taken to it with a passion. Even though the famines had been about thirty years ago, they were remembered, and each harvest was celebrated and blessed because it meant another winter survived.
It was a small Thanksgiving this year but there were a few visitors coming through from other worlds as there often were during holidays celebrated at Pirate's Swoop. Aly had wandered down to the Portalocity portal at the bottom of the hill leading up to the castle. She figured Roy might be able to figure out which house was her family's, but...