The Chosen One
There were the elders and the clan chiefs, all delegates embodying the attention of their peoples and their administered territories.
Gazing at the winter trees Diana realized it was hard to imagine them re-clothed in their finery. With roots buried deep in the frozen earth they sleep, their twigs moving in the breeze, swirling their wintry dreams. Ice forms and melts, snow barrages come and go; then each spring the first delicate blossoms and leaves send a frisson of joy through the neighborhood. Yet as summer wears on the villagers take the deep green leaves for granted until finally, they blush the colors of autumn.
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