The Legend of Ursa Minor - Chapter 1
This is going to be very short - almost like a novella. It will be about maybe five chapters long. The most will be ten, the least will be three. I don't know yet, we will have to wait while I write. I will try to finish this quickly, I just wanted to write this idea down and do something useful with my free time.
I do not own Seekers, Erin Hunter does. :)
1
The blue world that Ujurak lived in was falling. He was falling! He let out a roar of fear and shock as he freefell from the only life he'd ever known. "Mother!" he shouted, but things were so blurry. The bluish-black surroundings he had none for moons was rushing past him… or was he rushing past it? Everything had happened so quickly, he could barely wrap his brain around it before he began to fall.
"You have a destiny far greater than any of us alone." His mother's words echoed in his ears—they had been the last things he heard before his world tumbled upside down. What did she mean? What was this great destiny he had? He was just a cub for spirit's sake! He was a cub, born of his mother, Ursa, and lived in this strange, blue world with other creatures. Everyone around him was outlined in a pale, whitish halo, that was the way things were supposed to be, but he could feel and see himself changing.
His starry pelt began to morph into an ugly brown, and his paws began to form, rough, uncomfortable pads. Inside his mouth, he grew incisors that were so sharp he nearly cut his tongue when he ran it across them. From his paws sprang long, sharp claws that could easily cut through flesh. Violence was unheard of, and forbidden in his sacred, starry universe, but now, he was becoming equipped for the battles he would face.
The blue around him began to fade to a lighter shade. Large, white, puffy objects began to appear, littered across the sky as if they had been carelessly discarded. Ujurak fell through one, only to become drenched. If not for the overwhelming fear that was taking over his brain creating little room for other thoughts, he would have been very annoyed. However, since he was falling to his death, it didn't matter to him.
The ground came into view too fast. Ujurak closed his eyes and braced himself for impact, but it never came. With his eyes clamped shut, he reasoned that he must have died the split second he hit the ground, avoiding pain. Just as he thought he was dead, he risked to open his eyes, and found himself standing on all-fours on the ground. He blinked in confusion, not understanding how he had not died during his massive fall.
As he fell, the sky began to change to a lighter shade of blue. Large, white, puffy objects began to appear, littered across the sky as if they had been carelessly discarded. Ujurak fell through one, only to become drenched. If not for the overwhelming fear that was taking over his brain creating little room for other thoughts, he would have been very annoyed. However, since he was falling to his death, it didn't matter to him.
The ground came into view too fast. Ujurak closed his eyes and braced himself for impact, but it never came. With his eyes clamped shut, he reasoned that he must have died the split second he hit the ground, avoiding pain. Just as he thought he was dead, he risked to open his eyes, and found himself standing on all-fours on the ground. He blinked in confusion, not understanding how he had not died during his massive fall.
When the spirits send you a blessing, don't ask why it was sent, Ujurak thought of one of his mother's favorite sayings. He looked at his new surroundings, his brow furrowed. This world was so strange compared to his homeland. Everything was so… what was it? Green? Yes, that's what Ursa called it! Everything was so green and the rolling hills seemed to stretch on for sky-length after sky-length, and who knows—maybe they did.
Shaking out his damp pelt, he continued his light exploration, sniffing cautiously at the trees and plants that made up his new home. Home, he thought longingly. Mother said that when bears got big, they went out on their own… but I'm not big yet! I'm just a cub! Mother must have made a mistake! She'll bring me back! I know she will. She'll realize I'm not grown up yet, and she'll come for me!
Now content with the fact that his mother would return for him, he sauntered bravely into the forest even though the huge trees that towered over him seemed intimidating. He was busy examining a pine cone, when a strange, but pleasurable smell hit his nostrils. He didn't need any special teachings to know what it was; food.
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