Leaving the cottage they had called home their entire lives was exciting. So many stories they had heard began with a young person setting off to "make their fortune", and that was where they came across new worlds and magic spells and dragons to battle. Well- Ash's opinion on dragons had changed slightly, but it would still be cool to be able to go seek his own fortune.
Getting to sleep on a night like tonight was a challenge, one which both he and Bear were losing. Creeping down with his sister to spend one final night with their parents together in their childhood home was good.
Mama sat up as they approached, and smiled at them both, holding out her hands to her children. "Too excited? Well can't say as I am surprised. Surely you've heard enough about Robin Hood to last a lifetime by now!"
"We haven't!" Ash said quickly, settling on the floor at his parents' feet. "What's it like, where we are going tomorrow?"
Mama looked at Pa with a fond smile. "Well... they're your friends, so..."