Fox quest
By Natalie Wallace
Chapter one
A hundred years ago there were seven tribes. The tribes were known as the fox, wolf, tiger, lion, cheetah, panther, and leopard. There were these four kids from the fox tribe. The names of these children were Allun, Rowan, John and Natalie. They were all playing and having fun one day and Natalie had a sense of dread that there land was being invaded by a terrible person or being. It all started that morning when she got up. She was thinking that it was nothing but as the day wore on that feeling grew more to a concern like she needed to tell someone. She kept it a secret for as long as she could keep it but she had to tell someone. She decided to tell Allun the one she had known the longest. "Allun. I need to talk to you. It is an urgent mater." she said. "Ok, go." He replied. "Well I have been having a feeling of dread, sense this morning. I was wondering if I should have told someone but I said that I should wait and see if it grows or if any one notices my uneasiness. It grew and now this is where I am at right now. Telling you." She answered him. "Does this feeling tell you that we're like being invaded? I think we should tell the others." Replied Allun. "I have thought of that and I agree with you. I will tell Rowan, you tell John. Let's go. Meet at your house." She said while she was running toward Rowans house. *** "Rowan. I need to talk to you," called Natalie into the shadows of his room. "Well of course you need to. What is it you need to talk to me about?" replied a familiar voice behind her. She jumped and turned around, slowly. "You scared me. Well I have been having a feeling of dread for the past lot of hours. I have been thinking that we have been invaded. I have told Allun this too. He is telling John this also." She replied. "Well that changes things. I think that we should meet at your house and tell your dad." He answered. She recoiled at her dad's name because he is the one that told her that they were being invaded. "You are hiding something from me. I saw the way you recoiled at your dad's name. What is on your mind," he mumbled. "Well, my dad told me that we were being invaded and you know the rest of it," she mummered. "Why would he tell you that?" he asked her.
"Well i have been noticeing wird things, like the clouds in the south near the horber. They are black and they are coming from across the sea. Havn't you notect it, yet," said natlie. "I have noticte. I think your father is hidding something from you. Oh, I forgot to tell you but your father told me something I will never, ever, ever, ever in my whole life forget," replied Rowan.
"What did he tell you?" natalie asked. "He told me not to tell you. I promised him I would not. You know that I keep my promises no matter what," he answered. "We have to go to the bakery and meet Allun and John there. I told them that we would meet them there. You remember that Allun and his mother live there?" she told him.
"Yes I remember. You didn't have to remind me that he lived there. Let's go before we are late." He replied.
"Are we late?" asked Natalie breathlessly, when they got in Allun's house. "No. In fact you're right on time. Of corce you are late. We thought that you and Rowan was not going to come," he replied curtly. "We were coming, you stuped fur ball. I may as well not be here if you keep acting like that." She retorted back angryly. "Natalie calm down. You don't need to be that mean to Allun. As for you Allun you don't talk to a girl like that. You don't get a girl to like you like that, they will just think that you are stuped. Now think." John said. "You are right john. I'm sorry Allun. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. John may i talk to alone please."
"Sure. What is it." He asked. "I was woundering if you would like to be my boy friend before we do what we are going to do. I love you. I always have." She answered. "I just realized that I love you too. I never known that. I say yes you can be my girlfriend." He said. They walked together hand in hand into the other room with love and efection in there eyes. "What happened?" demaned Allun. "We are girlfriend and boyfriend." answered natalie. "Oh, I'm so happy for you. You have grown up natalie."said Rowan sarcasticly. "Very funny. Look are we going to get any where with you blabering like this," she retorted back.
"She is right. We need to be having a descushen on the mater at hand. I have a few questions to ask. First off, do you guys think that we should alert are clan leader about this to see if the other clans are having the same troble? Why are these thing's happening? Are we going to try to go to a new land, if so how are we going to get there anyways?" he asked them. "I for one agree with you that we should alert the clan leader and ask if we could travel to the other clans leaders to ask if they are almost starving like us or if they are having troble. I am stumped on the on the other questions. I feel helpless. But I have an idea of who the suspect is. I personaly think it is my father because he is the one that told me in the first place that we were being invaded by somebody and acording to Rowan my father is not telling me something. Or Justen the wood pupet carver. Who do you think it is?" she suggested with a shrugg of her sholders.
"I think that you are corrct about who the suspects are. Lets wait and see tommoro if any more thing's unusual happen to make us talk again. We need to dicied on whose house to meet at next time. I vote that we meet at my house."said John. "I for one agree with you John." Agreeed natalie. "I'll go along with this one."said Rowan good naturedly.
Allun just nodded in thought. "Remember when I had a brother and how we had a special thing with each other well he disapered along time ago. I always thought that he was alive but I have this taste on my lips that I can't remember what it is. I think it has to do with him disapering. I have been having dreams that I was locked in a cage in the darness. I guess that is where my little brother is right now. Where is he now, is the real question that I want to know? When did he get taken? Why was he taken? Where was he taken? Why didn't I get taken insted of him?" he asked them.
"Yes we remembered when he got taken. We, well I don't have the answer to your questions. I do wonder the same things that you do Allun. I really liked your little brother. How old was your brother when he got taken away? I wonder why and how he was taken? I guess that we will never know until we find out what is going on." Natalie replied sadly. "He was always one year yunger than I was. So if I am 19 now he must be 18 now. I am so worried for him. I feel like going on a quest to save him. I have to think on that one for a bit." Allun answered back. "I think that we should go now so that he could think on things."suagested John. "Bye Allun. See you tommoro."said natalie.
The next day Allun said to his friends "I want to go and save my little brother from wherever he is." "You can't go with out me, John and Rowan. It's just unacalled for. We stick together like pbandj. I for one want it to stay like that no matter the diffeculties that we have to face. I would like to come with you. Of cource we need to think of a way to get past our parents. We have to pack and all. My guess is that you have a plan. Tell me,"she said.
"Thank you for wanting to come with me. I do have a plan. I'm thinking that we could say that we are going on a student run feaild trip to a suprise place in side our boundries. And that we don't know how long we are going to be there at the mistery place. That is my plan."he replied. "I would like to go with you. I don't want to go with out natalie. I want to protect her. What about you Rowan."John said.
"I would like to come. Wait, I have a question. What rolls are we going to play?"Rowan replied. "I was thinking that john can be the planer and are leader. Then you could be the look out person at the back and me beside John. Then Natalie could be the navagator with a map."Allun replied. "I could provied horses so then we don't have to walk all the time."said natalie.
"That is briliant Natalie. I tottaly forgot that you live on a farm. Thanks." Gasped Allun. "It's what I do. So you're welcome Allun."she replied. "For once you two are not nipping at each other."said John. "Very funny john. But this is important. We have to dicide what to do next. So what should we do."said Allun. "We just have problems galor, don't we?"asked natalie. "We can start all over in the morning and get a fresh start on thinking. Natalie can we meet at your house after we get all our stuff and have a good night sleep."answered and asked Rowan.
"That is ok with me. I am not sure about my father thought. We can meet in the barn that way my father won't know that I have friends over. So tommoro then, in the barn. Remember to pack light ok."she replied. "Bye guys. See you tommoro."said John. "See you."said Natalie. "Bye."said Rowan. With a little nod of farwell, they went to there homes. "Hey Natalie. Can I sleep at your house tonight? Please."said John. "Ok. My dad, as I said, is ok with me having friends over morning or night. Go get your stuff and come over right away. Is that ok with you, John,"said natalie.
"Ya, that is ok with me. I will have to ask my mom first,"replied John, with a longing glance at her. "Sure, but be quick about it. I don't want to wait any longer than I have to. I'll meet you at my house."said Natalie. 'please hurry,' thought Natalie. 'I don't want anything bad to happen to you. We don't want bad miss giving's on things.' She ran to her house as fast as she could. 'The barn. Why am I in here? I guess it is the only place I could think on things. It is really comrertable in here. I will ask dad if I could sleep in here for the night.'thought Natalie.
She went back out side and found her father at the front porch on look out. "Dad. I have a question to ask you. I was wondering if i could sleep in the barn tonight, and I was also wondering if i could have a friend sleep over? Oh. I didn't tell you but i have a new thing for school and I have to go some where for a long time for reserch on new types of rocks and fossles. No exspens or any thing else. It is just me going with a few friends," said she.
"Yes to all thoughs things. You better pack now if you are to go in the morning. Let me guess you told them to meet at are house and that they could use are horses as well," he said with a questioning stare at her. "Yes. Is that ok with you," she asked.
"Yes that is ok with me as long as you don't tire out the horses to much," advzed her father. "Thanks, dad," she wispered. She went inside, up stars and into her own room. 'Ok. What do I need. First I better get all the things I am going to need. I need deodernt. 3 pairs of cloths for extra, plus the cloths that I would ware tommoro. Bandana and a bush, with hari ties. And a book that is not the library book. Give the library books to my dad,"she mumbeled half to her self. Bring, bring. "That should be John,"she yelped. She ran down the stairs to the door.
"Hi John. Oh, good you brought your stuff. I knew you would come. I was just starting to pack my stuff in my bag," she pushed the words out because she was really out of breath. He came in with a word of Hi and thanks. "Where are we going to sleep?"asked John. "I was thinking of the barn. It's worm in there. We should bring a few blankets so we don't get cold on the Jurney to where whatever it brings us to," she replied. "I love the barn. Good choice. I really like the smell's of the barn. The hay smells good," said John.
"Well I'm glad you like it so much."she giggeled. Natalie led the way up stairs to her room. As if unspoken words were spoken John helped Natalie pack her stuff. "Thanks for helping me pack my stuff,"said natalie greatfully. "Let's go down stairs and get some grob, cause I'm starving. We could get some food to put in an extrabag. An extra bag could be helpful on our little quest," mummered John thoughtfully.
They went down stairs and ate some food. "Lets go," said Natalie. They went to the barn Natalie stoped to talk to her dad ugently. Then she came to the waiting John at the barn door. "Sorry for keeping you. I just needed to tell my dad a few words for in the morning," she replied to the questioning stear that john gave her. "It's ok." "I am glad to have you as my boyfriend. I am also equley glad to have you with me on this quest," thankd natalie with sempathy in her eyes. "Your welcome,"John wispered with love in his eyes. "I have two questions to ask you. Would you do anything for me, at all? And would you protect me from bad things and priing eyes," she asked. "Yes I would. Why do you ask," he mumered. "I askd because if you love me really deeply like i love you than maybe are love could be like romeo and julet. Havent you ever thought of that? It would truly be amasing if we find Alluns little brother in one day and that we do it together. As a team," she reiplyed with a question on her mind. "i think that we should have a team name then we could tell the others of the cool name that we have thought up for a long time. So lets think on this name of ours," said John. "i was thinking the same thing i thought of blue dinamite. How is that for a start on team names," she answered for the bigging. "that is good. Lets thell the others in the morning when they get here."
"good night my dear." Said Jhon