Awakening

Iccari stirred, opening his eyes to see the sky above him framed by the swaying tips of towering trees. A cold wind blew harsh against the bare skin of his face, sending a shiver though his body despite the layers of deerskin he wore. It was already late fall, and the young elftail knew well that the first snow was not far off.

With a yawn he sat up and stretched, scratching one of the fox-like ears on top of his scruffy, blond-haired head before leaning forward to push himself up to his feet. He knew immediately that he had taken far too long a break this time and needed to get back to his work. Like the other children of his clan, his job was to gather wild berries and various kinds of nuts. The berries could be dried and, along with the nuts, would keep well during the long winter months of the Northlands. Their winter food supply also consisted dried meat, especially venison, but hunting was the job of the men and he had no father to teach him how.

I really like this one (at the moment), even though it ended up pretty sketchy the way I did it. Would have finished it sooner if the power hadn't gone out just as I was saving! Half an hour of work gone. -_-

Regardless, I persevered and managed to finish!

Time taken: maybe four, five hours? For comparison, check out the original version here.