Thoughts or telepathic communication between characters

Animals/animal spirits speaking human tongue

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Point of view switch (Belles Point of View) like that


A long time ago deep in the heart of an ancient forest lived strange and wonderful creatures of magic and myths. These creatures for some time lived in the forest with Man till Man soon grew too fast taking most of the land for their own. Man cut down trees to build homes for their families, and to make room for farms. Many of the magical creatures that could not adapt fast enough with man died out, or traveled deeper into the forest to find a new home never to be heard from again. Others that were able to adapt to these new changes such as fairies, spirits, and shapeshifters. They would make their homes in the gardens, houses, or nearby forests of Mans villages. They would often give their human neighbors good fortunes if Man was kind to them. They would even be guardians of humans they had become found of. Our story fallows such a pair, a shapeshifting wolf named Lou Lou, and her human friend named Belle.

Our story begins on a Spring day when all the trees and flowers were in full bloom near the French village of Villeneuve. A small village with small ideals but a pleasant one to say the least. Inside the village a little girl in a bright blue dress and white apron walks with her father in the market with one hand in his and the other carrying a small picture book her father had made for her. While just about a mile outside the village in a small den under an old oak tree lived a white she-wolf and her young snow white pup who had red fur on her ears, chest, paws, and red line from her forehead to the tip of her nose. But these weren't just any wolves, no, these wolves were shape-shiftiers. Spirits of the forest and wind, and the last in this area. There are others just like them but they left the area around Villeneuve in search for a better home. Most settled in England or crossed the seas to live with their kin on the other side of the our She-wolf stayed because she had a pup and they would not be able to travel till the young she-pup was older and stronger.

So the She-wolf made their den under an old oak tree comfortable nested in its roots, as happy as the She-wolf was with her care free pup, life was not easy for her. She would often have hard times hunting for both her and her pup because of how close they were to the humans. She-wolf would often have to change into her human form to go into the village to get food any way she could. Sometimes even stealing chickens in her wolf form at night. This was how She-wolf and her pup lived till on this day a group of hunters from the village went hunting for the wolf that had been stealing their chickens.

They found She-wolf lying outside her den soaking up the morning rays while her pup chased falling tree blossoms from the surrounding trees. She-wolf happily watched as her pup's attention shifted from the blossoms to a butterfly till she heard the snap of a twig nearby from the men moving in firing range for their guns. Before they could fire at either She-wolf or her pup she grabbed her pup in her jaw by her scruff and took off running. The men fallowed after her shooting their guns and crossbows at her. She-wolf was able to avoid all but one arrow that pierced her shoulder. She began to slow down from her injury, and it would be hard to fool the men if she changed form with the injury, as well as the fact that her pup could not us her full powers yet. She needed to find a place to hide her baby. She-wolf saw she was running towards the village, and having little options she ran to a cottage that was on the edge of town. No one saw her as she hides her baby inside a pile of hay.

"Stay here my little one. Stay hidden and stay safe. Remember what I have taught you. I love you my little one."

She nuzzled her pup into the pile kissing her head and moving the hay around her pup to cover her.

"Mama!"

The little pup called to her mother as she ran back into the woods howling so the men would fallow her away from her pup. The little pup listened to her mother's howls as they faded away, tears formed in her eyes as she curled up into a ball deeper into the pile.

"Mama will be back she has to come back."

So the little pup waits in the pile for her mother as the day went on. She waited in the pile but there was no sign of her mother. She stayed in the pile has the sun climbed the sky but still her mother did not come and she was starting to grow hungry. Her last meal was two days ago, but she stayed in the pile.

"Maybe when Mama comes back she will have food for me," the pup said this to herself and continued to wait till something took away the top of her hiding place. It was a horse eating the pile of hay.

"Oh what you doing in my lunch," the horse said chewing the hay he had in his mouth.

"Sorry mister," the pup said, "Mama told me to stay here."

"Well you can't stay there," the horse replied.

"Who are you talking to Philippe," came a clucky voice.

"Some pup hiding in my lunch."

A white chicken then stuck her head in the pile her beak touching the tip of the pup's nose, "Good hello little pup what are you doing in here?"

"My mama put me in here. We were running from men with these very loud sticks and sideways bows. Have you seen my mommy she has white fur like mine but no red marks?"

The chicken and Philippe, at the pup's words, looked at each other in concern. By this time another chicken with brown feathers walked over to the two animals. Who now had their heads in the pile to talk to the little pup.

"What are you two doing," the other chicken said walking up to the pile. She the stuck her head into the pile next to the white chicken.

"Hello," the little pup said smiling at the new chicken. The new chicken then started squawking, running in circles flapping her wings wildly.

"It's a wolf it's a wolf!"

"Clucky calm down," the white chicken said rushing to the other chicken trying to calm her down, "It's only a puppy."

"It's a wolf they eat chickens it's going to eat us," Clucky said still flapping her wings wildly. Philippe then picked up the pup by the scruff of her neck lifting her out of the pile and setting her down in front of the pile.

"Now little one, "he said to her, "What shall we do with you." The two were quite for a moment before a loud rumbling sound drew everyone's attention to the pup.

"Sorry I'm a little hungry," the pup said shyly her ears pressing against her head.

"She is going to eat us," Clucky screamed.

"What's all the noise about," an old brown furred hunting dog came around the corner, "I'm trying to sleep back there."

"Cerberus thank goodness your here," Clucky said running to the old hunting dog hiding behind his leg, "You have to protect us."

"Hi Cerberus," Philippe said, "Sorry about the noise and waking you up."

Cerberus muttered something to himself then saw the little red stripped white wolf pup, "Who is the pup?"

The little pup hides behind Philippe's leg as Cerberus sniffed her head. She then sniffed his ear then licked his nose. Cerberus surprised by the little pup's kiss took a few steps back before he started laughing at the little pup's bravery, "I like this kid."

"Good," Philippe said nudging the pup closer to Cerberus with his mussel, "Can you take care of her?"

"Mm I'm too old to take care of little pups especially a shape-shifting wolf pup," Cerberus said laying down on his stomach. The wolf pup then starts playing with Cerberus jumping on his back, pulling on his ears, running around yipping, act.

"Do you think... wait shape-shiftier," the white chicken said dumb founded at the word shape-shiftier.

"She is a shape-shiftier," Philippe asked looking closer at the pup while she was playing tug-of-war with Cerberus's ear.

"Witch, Witch," Clucky started shouting though no one was paying attention to her.

"Yes can't you tell," Cerberus said wrapping one of his paws around the pup moving her in-between his two front paws, "Normal wolves don't have red strips nor do they have the aura of power as this little pup has. Tell me young one can you speak the Human tongue?"

"Yes I can, my mother taught me how to speak the Humans tongue," the pup spoke happily, causing Philippe, the white chicken, and Clucky gasp in shock.

"Very good," Cerberus said, "So little one what is your name?"

The little pup then said sitting up as straight as she could, "I'm Louata, daughter of the White She-Wolf and the Fox spirit."

"So you're a child of the forest," Cerberus said.

"Yup," Louata said smiling at Cerberus then saw an ant and started to play with the little bug but Cerberus grabbed Louata's scruff pulling her back to where she had been sitting before so they could continue talking. Louata watched the ant the whole time as they spoke.

"So Louata where are your parents," Cerberus asked.

"Papa's in the New World preparing a home for mama and I, "Louata said still watching the ant as it dragged a piece of grain to its nest, "Mama and I live in a tree near by till I'm old enough to travel to the New World."

"Where is your mother now," Philippe asked.

"We were happily laying in front of our den this morning when some men started chasing us with loud sticks and weird bows," Louata said pawing at the grain seed causing the ant to drop it, "She cared me throw the forest till she put me in your hay pile. She will be back soon with lunch for me."

The group became quiet at the new information that Louata had given them. Their silence was interrupted by the sound of Louata's empty stomach growling in hunger. Knowing that they couldn't let the poor little thing go hungry Cerberus offered to take Louata into town to get some food since some of the shops would often give him leftovers of the food they sell. Louata happily agrees to fallow Cerberus into town asking Philippe to tell her mother where she is if she comes before they get back