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After our conversation I didn't talk to Corey or his father very much. We were all preparing for Sams wedding. Corey has a special dress made for me and reminded me that I should take the horse he gave me for appearances. As part of the the soon to be leaders family I was going to have to wear gold to this event even though I was thrilled for it.

I had spent the days leading up to leaving on our two week long trip taking care of my family and my new pets. What was originally just a camp spot outside of Coreys clans village was now a village of its own for my growing pack after adding the captured dragons from the camp we raided we had to create more housing and bigger stables so they could all have horses, we also add training grounds and created a bigger garden.

Our pack had grown to 15 people which is a small village but a big sized dragon clan. The 4 that had come with us from the camp stayed close to me. They were aware I was the one who had brought up allowing them to become part of our pack and I convinced the others.

I was the only one leaving for this trip so it was up to the others to keep everything in line here while I was gone and to prepare for the next movement for migration.

The herd would start to move again soon since the cold season was coming to an end that meant the dry season was ahead of us and in those conditions this area is not survivable. We will have to pass through an area in the mountains this time and the clans that live there are more military bases and don't ever migrate since the environment stays at a livable temperature all year round. It give them the advantages of knowing the area and have defenses completely built, but this year my people would be leading meaning we would be almost a full day ahead of everyone else to ensure that there was a safe path and any of them who's members stood in the way would be handled before the others in the village had to cross.

At the end of the migration we will come into contact with other clans again and this will be more peaceful since we all have to stay in such close areas until the herds migrate again. It had been almost a year now since I disappeared and went with Corey instead of returning to my clan after knowing it was safe. It also had been close to a year since I saw my brother again for the first time. I would be 17 soon and still unmarried but this time going to the breeding grounds I'm not hoping to find someone to take me away and to be married to. This time I'm going to enjoy the time and ability to freely explore and be able to spend time with the man I'm engaged to. Since this is one of the last time I will go to one as an unmarried woman and maybe even one of the last that I go not being a leader. It will also be the first time my pack has gotten to go to the breading ground and get to see all the stuff from different regions and what other clans can make and what they are known for creating.

Only about another month until we start to migrate to the breeding grounds and I'm going to be gone for two out of the 3 and a half weeks left of the month. First I just have to make it through this stupid wedding for Sam. I really don't want to go, but I don't have much of an option. I'd rather stay here with my pack and help prepare everything for when we leave and help make sure our new members are progressing in their training to become better fighters and hunters in human forms.