Destiny Manifests

Though his dreams continued to be strange, repeatedly visiting the underground cities and the empty, burning town, Dubin tried to return to a normal life in his clan during his waking hours.
Standing in the doorway to his home he shielded his eyes from the morning sun from his eyes and looked around. A strange feeling like he was dreaming still followed him, but he was determined to make up for the time he lost in ritual sleep and make FRIENDS again. He went over to where a group of kids was playing in the dirt and talking about what they wanted to apprentice in and greeted them warmly, the oldest child in the group greeted him back and welcomed him into the group. Dubin sat down and started playing, and just as he was starting shake off the last effects of the previous night's sleep, the same child that had welcomed him in just a moment prior looked over at him, scowled, and excused himself from the group.
 
"Already? But the tree's shadow is still touching the fence."
"Yes. I just realized I need to see the medicine woman right now."
 
Dubin was too surprised to say anything. Still determined to make FRIENDS - and also getting that weird dreaming feeling again - he looked over at the kid next to him and asked to play together, to which the other child readily agreed. Just as Dubin was starting to feel better, the kid he was playing with suddenly pushed him over ground and ran away screaming, clutching his head. Hurt and confused, Dubin looked around at the other kids who were now just staring at him. As the adults started to come up to see what all the commotion was about, the older kid came back with the medicine woman.
 
"There! He used some kind of magic on me, I know it!"
"Dubin, I think you should stay inside today, how does that sound?"
"No! I'm tired of being inside all the time!"
 
Dubin started running towards the edge of the clan hold, in the direction of the forest. A few adults moved to grab him.
 
"Let him go. His body may have recovered, but I think his mind still needs more time to heal. That will happen faster if isn't kept inside all the time."