I'M BACK BABY!
Lori: I hope I don't die in this one...
If you didn't read the first Just Friends, go read it now!
Louis' eyes burst open. He sat up and looked around. He was back in the burrow; it had just been a dream. Louis looked to his left to see Lori was still asleep, and sighed in relief. Yup, it had just been a dream.
Louis knew that he wasn't going to fall back asleep so he left the burrow. Climbing up the tunnel, he exited the room and into the fresh air outside. It was almost dawn; he still had some time before Lori woke up. He burrowed underground and away down the path.
After a couple minutes he was at his thinking spot. The top of a cliff that over looked the whole valley. He could see The Lake, all across the ice fields, to The Oak Tree, and over to the falls. He could see the mountains in the background that bordered the island and the suns light that was just barely visible behind them.
He gazed out over the view and thought his dream over. It was a complete mystery to him, it consisted of Lori, the ice fields, and a tree, and that's all he could remember. Louis concluded that the tree had been The Oak Tree, but he had no idea what Lori, the ice fields, and The Oak Tree had to do with each other.
Funny how dreams seem to disappear. He could know exactly what had happened in it about ten minutes ago but now? Now it was gone, gone until it came back. He had been having this dream for a while now and would most likely have the dream again tomorrow night.
Suddenly two little fuzzy paws covered his eyes and he heard a soft giggle behind him. Louis jumped, but then immediately knew exactly who it was.
"Guess who!" A sweet little voice asked in a sing-song tone.
"Let me guess…" Louis said crossing his arms. "Is it…Peaches?" He asked, obviously not serious.
"No silly!" the voice said. "It's me." The paws disappeared and Dawn poked her head in front of Louis.
"Oh, well then I was way off." Louis laughed. Dawn had done that multiple times since she could talk, and Louis was the perfect target. Mostly this was because he and Lori were the only ones small enough for her to do it to.
Louis climbed up out of his hole and Dawn trotted around him in circles happily. She rubbed her head under his arms and around his body and purred. Louis smiled and laughed, her whiskers were tickling him.
"Careful of the quills." Louis reminded her. She had pricked her nose and ears on the quills before and was mad at him for a while, but before the end of the day she had gotten over it. She broke off and headed down the path.
"Where are you going?" Louis asked, she and her brother were never supposed to be alone.
"Three…Two…" Louis heard her mumble and was confused. Then he was knocked over by a fuzzy little object that roared menacingly as it smashed his face in the dirt. Louis was surprised but then was sure what was going on.
"Gotcha again!" Dark announced while sitting on top of Louis. "I bet you didn't even expect me!"
"Yeah, I didn't. You're getting good at this." Louis said. "Now get off!" Louis wriggled under the little cub's body and Dark stumbled off, following his sister down the path. Louis sighed and followed underground.
Dark caught up to Dawn and they walked side by side. Dawn looked over her shoulder and saw that Louis was catching up. She grinned evily at her brother as they had the exact same thought, and took off down the path at top speed. Louis could hear them running and rolled his eyes.
Just like them to try and get away. Louis thought and tunneled after them.
VVV
Louis chased them all the way over to The Oak Tree where Ellie, Manny, Peaches, the possums, Shira, and Sid were waiting.
They ran over to their mother and quickly sat down innocently.
"Hi Mom." Dawn said. Shira cocked an eyebrow and looked at her cubs. They were up to something, like always.
Louis finally tunneled over and stopped in front of the tree. He climbed up out of the ground and flopped on his back trying to catch his breath. The cubs stifled their laughter and Louis panted on the ground. He rolled over onto his stomach and supported himself on his elbows, running one hand though his hair.
"Do you ever run out of energy?" Louis asked, still fighting for breath. The cubs busted out laughing, Dawn rolled on the ground and Dark pointed and laughed at Louis, who dropped his head to the ground.
"Well, at least now I know where you were."Shira said plainly, getting up and walking over to Louis. She poked his side and he looked up.
"Hi." He said
"How far did you chase them this time?" Shira asked.
"All the way from the top of the cliff that overlooks the valley." Louis replied, sitting on his knees.
"Dawn! Dark! Say sorry to Louis!" Shira ordered her cubs.
"We're sorry Louis." They said in unison. Shira walked over to her cubs.
"Come on; let's go find your dad." Shira said leading them away. "You guys have to stop doing that; you're going to give him a heart attack."
"But it's so fun!" Dawn defended.
"I don't care how fun it is you're gonna kill the poor guy." That was the last thing they heard before the sabers disappeared into the woods.