Naomi

From Reythaak



Skins







(The name because she's graceful and a child of Gladekeeper, I'm aware there's an Earth symbol and an ocean above it on the wings.)







Has a crush on Kate.

I notice she's dark colored like Asami Sato of Legend of Korra, she also has green eyes- if only Kate was brown and blue!

Their pairing might be inspired a bit by Korrasami!

(Was re watching it June 2020, main lore was created months before re watching the show.)

Pairing between her and the WC next to her isn't lore related, it's just for breeding purposes.



Naomi arrived in the clan during the early spring while it was still quite cold out.

Not long after she arrived did a curious Jackdaw arrive from another clan.

Naomi had never seen a yellow Jack before.

Her interest peaked, she slunk around the camp tailing the Jack, whom she later would get to know as Kate, who's name had Irish roots.

The Jack obviously either was oblivious to Naomi stalking her, she just didn't care, or she knew full well what was going on, and played dumb when more observant dergs questioned her.

This went on for a bit until Naomi got a little too close and came maw to maw with Kate.

Naomi's face turned Flamecaller red, and before Kate could say anything, she ran off into the trees leaving Kate standing there wondering what just happened

Later that night Naomi was restless and couldn't sleep.

She opened her windows, and realized it was a beautiful night.

She decided she wanted a stroll in the dark to collect her thoughts and process what happened earlier.

She was absolutely mortified that Kate had caught her, and even more so that she just ran away without so much as a peep.

Naomi sighed and walked into the trees.
She hadn't been there long, but she had already had a favorite spot.

Being a Nature derg, she was more at home under a tree canopy, than a cave.

It was a cool cliffside where she could dangle her talons off the edge and just hang there.

There was no danger from falling as her wings functioned perfectly.

The trees above her were sakura trees, this place would be even better a little later in the season, but it was still pretty.

She sat down, humming to herself a little ditty the Coatl and Banescale members had co-produced, kicking her talons back and forth. It had always calmed her down when she was feeling stressed, anxious, or both.

It was thirty minutes later when she heard a rustling in the bushes behind her, she ignored it knowing that there are many nocturnal creatures out there, some of them other dergs.

It was a shock to her when the rustling became louder, the bushes parting to reveal Kate.

Naomi was so startled that she tried to fly away, but her wings just would not unfurl, and ended up falling over the edge.

She squawked in terror as she fell over the edge of the cliff!

The trees weren't long enough to grab onto, and even if they were, she was too flustered to grab on.

Kate thought quickly and sprung into action, diving headfirst off the cliff, her front talons out stretched to catch Naomi, who was flailing about like a fish out of water.

She pinned her wings to her sides to make herself more aerodynamic, and soon caught up with Naomi, even passing her at one point.

She looked right in Naomi's eyes, seeing pure panic in them. She had to act fast!

Kate unfurled her wings, slowing her descent and positioned herself in Naomi's path, hovering there for a millisecond.

Time stood still for the both of them as Naomi headed straight for Kate. She landed with her head on Kate's shoulder with an oof, Kate grabbed Naomi's upper neck area, and held on as tight as she could!

Kate grunted at the impact, but kept flapping her wings. The little Daw couldn't make it all the way back up to the cliff, so she headed for the ground.

Kate re-positioned her hold on Naomi, being careful not to drop her clanmate. She was now holding Naomi's sides, making it less of a hassle to carry the fellow Wildclaw.

A few minutes later she landed on the ground, gasping for air, letting Naomi go, and getting her most of her strength back.

Who knew a Lesser Starshrike could be so heavy!

Naomi had since passed out, but was otherwise fine.

There was no way Kate would be able to carry Naomi back by herself, and decided to make a temporary camp while she waited for Naomi to regain consciousness.

It was still a bit cold, so Kate decided to start a fire for the two of them. She put it as close to Naomi as she could.

It was late, after a while she fell asleep, and didn't wake up for a few hours.

When she woke up, she noticed something warm was beside her.

It was Naomi.

Kate squeaked, and jumped back a bit, accidentally hitting Naomi in the face with her wings.

Naomi bleary eyed from sleep just lied there for a few seconds blinking, before realizing what happened.

She looked at Kate and how close the two were and started blushing like a madderg, standing up in a huff letting out a stream of apologies to Kate.

Kate just stood there blinking for a good minute before shaking her head, snapping out of it and grabbing Naomi- who was now pacing furiously, her face even more red than it was before and her tail lashing back and forth.

Kate pulled Naomi into a hug, which caused Naomi to let out a surprised squeak at the contact, but then she relaxed after a few minutes of Kate just holding her.

When Kate thought Naomi was sufficiently calmed, she leaned out of the hug, looking right into Naomi's eyes, front talons on her shoulders. Deep purple looking into dark green, studying them for a time before asking the question Naomi was dreading.

She wanted to know why Naomi had been following her around.

Naomi gulped, so she HAD noticed her following her around!

She looked down at her lower talons, then back up into Kate's eyes.

There was no anger or malice there, just curiosity, and concern.

Kate put her tail on Naomi's shoulder, gently encouraging the Lesser Starshrike to spill the beans already.

Naomi sighed, fidgeting her front talons a bit, and told Kate the truth- that she was smitten with her from the moment she arrived at the clan.

Naomi at first didn't know what she was feeling, and why she only felt it when looking at Kate.

An older derg was telling a few juveniles about love when it hit her like a punch in the face by a Snapper.

She had fallen in love with Kate!

She had been afraid to talk to her, and had been staying in the shadows until she could get the courage to talk to Kate.

She was actually surprised that Kate, being of Shadow allegiance, hadn't known she was there, or at the very least she didn't acknowledge her presence.

Welp, now she knew that Kate was aware of her presence the whole time, there was nothing getting past the ever perceptive little Daw!

Kate stood there processing for a few minutes, Naomi getting more flustered as more time went on.

She was about to start pacing again when Kate shook her head, snapping out of the trance she was in.

Kate understood, as someone in her old clan had taught her about love and it's meaning.

She said she wasn't sure how she felt about Naomi, the thought of taking a mate had never occurred to her.

Kate had never even been on a date, let alone feeling something for another derg!

She gently told Kate that they could first try out being friends, and see how it went from then on- who knows, they may become girlfriends in the future!

Naomi sunk a bit at the first part, if feathers could deflate, hers most certainly were doing just that!

Her feathered tail tucked between her legs, and her head pointed to the ground in disappointment.

At the second part, she perked up again, her eyes showing the utmost elation!

She ran up and hugged Kate, who blinked in surprise, but she returned the hug nonetheless!

From that day on they started to get to know each other more, their bonds growing closer with each passing day.

One day a few months later they were watching the moon rising together, when suddenly Kate got up and told Naomi to follow her.

Naomi cocked her head, but followed her now girlfriend.

They came to a wide open field that was bathed in the silvery rays of the moon.

Much to Naomi's pleasure Kate started moving around like she was dancing!

Was she really dancing for her?!

She didn't think Kate would do that, especially since Kate's wings were never covered and Kate scoffed at traditional Crow tendencies.

She thought the only having wings uncovered in the presence of mates, and covered for everyone else "tradition" was nonsense, and ignored it.

Everyone could see her wings fully, so having them uncovered wasn't a big deal, but here she was in front of Naomi dancing the courtship dance that all Crows know by instinct- even Jackdaws!

Kate gave Naomi an inviting look, asking her to dance with her, bowing her head to the ground while maintaining eye contact with Naomi.

Naomi shook herself out of her stupor, uncovered her wings and joined Kate on the "dance floor." It was really just a stupidly soft patch of grass perfectly illuminated by the full moon, nothing special, but it was special to them!

This was the happiest day of her life!
She may never be able to have biological hatchlings, but she was as happy as a mussel in a Coatl and Ridgeback free area!

Perhaps someday they could adopt if they wanted kids, but for now she was going to live in the moment and enjoy the heck out of it!