12 together in the wild
Chapter 1
"I think I've put enough distance between me and there." I said as I panted heavily, jumping from tree to tree for the past two hours is a workout.
I sat down lazily on the branch I was on to recover from the long run, I at least got as far away from that lab. I jumped at the sound of rustling brush, it was coming my direction, and fast. I quickly got up and dove to the next tree, repeating the process, what ever was their was still tailing me.
"Fight or flight!?" I thought quickly, I felt like whatever was approaching me, it was even closer.
"Fight!" I thought to myself as I quickly turned around and stopped, waiting for whatever was coming to appear.
"Hi! I finally caught up to you!" A voice said from the other trees.
"Who are you!? What do you want?" I asked cautiously.
"Me? My names Brendan, I just was curious of who you were." The voice said as a head popped out from a tree not to far away.
"A child?" I thought strangely.
"What are you doing here young one?" I asked him.
"Who are you calling young!? I'm 13!" He said annoyedly as he jumped from tree to tree gracefully.
"How is he able to move around so freely?" I asked myself curiously.
"What's your name?" He asked me curiously.
"Me?" I asked weirdly.
"My name is Leafa." I told him.
"Nice to meet you Leafa! You look nice and strong, wanna have a race!?" He told me excitedly, i blushed lightly from his compliments.
"Um sure." I told him, curious of how he is able to believe that he could out speed me.
"Ok, from here to that huge tree, meet me at the top." He said as he pointed to a large tree that overlooked the whole forest.
"That thing is over 200 feet tall!?" I thought to myself before realizing the boy had already taken off.
"Hey! Not fair!" I said as I took off after him.
I jumped over the trees and within 5 minutes, I was at the bottom of the tree, I quickly jumped from the limbs until I had reached the top.
"I wonder how long until the kid gets here?" I asked myself aloud.
"What do you mean "wait until the kid gets here?" I've been here." The boy said as he nonchalantly laid up against a branch.
"How!?" I said weirdly.
"I've been living here for most of my life, my house is inside this tree." The boy said as he got up and swung from branch to branch until he was in front of me.
"Wow, this kid is something else." I thought to myself in awe.
"Let me show you it." He told me as he jumped down into the leaves.
I followed him and I fell into a very large room that was carved into the tree.
"This is amazing, how did this get here?" I asked curiously.
"I carved it out myself." He said proudly.
"This isn't the only room either, there is also a bedroom." He told me as he sat down on a stool that was made out of a log stump.
"This place is amazing." I said in utter awe.
"Thank you." He said proudly.
"It's really big and honestly it gets a little lonely at times." He said as he looked out the large carved hole in the wall, I guess that it was a substitute for a window.
"What do you plan on doing now?" He asked me.
"I don't know." I said honestly, I was unsure what I should do now.
"You can stay here if you want." He told me.
"Really?" I asked him.
"Yeah, I don't mind, there is plenty of room." He told me happily.
"Thanks." I told him as I looked around.
"Don't mention it." He told me as he yawned and walked off towards a room.
"I'm going to sleep, you can sleep wherever you want." He told me, right before he walked out.
I thought about where I could sleep best and decided that I would out on the branches, so I climbed out the window and laid down on the branch outside.
"This is so much more comforting than some lab cage." I thought as I yawned and quickly fell asleep.