12 Years Before
The girl crouched low against the cold hard floor of the cave that she shared with her extended family, hugging her cloak of skins and furs close to her body, against the bitter cold of the early morning
The girl crouched low against the cold hard floor of the cave that she shared with her extended family, hugging her cloak of skins and furs close to her body, against the bitter cold of the early morning.
The girl got up and walked outside of the cave. The sun was just peeping it's head over the mountain in the distance. The early morn glow brought life back to the valley, with the crystal clear stream that ran close to the cave. To the forest that surround the cave and meadow, glistened emerald green against the dewdrops left from the frost that is the night. The meadow just past the stream was like a pale green sea as the wind gently blew, the flowers reopening to the suns light.
This place has been home to the girl ever since she could remember. This life had filled her with a sense of freedom, as if nothing kept her trapped against her will.
The girl walked forward down towards the stream to drink it's beautiful clear water. Next, she wondered over to a spiky green bush that grew sweet tasting, blood red berries, which she had for her breakfast. She stayed there for half an hour or more. She licked her lips tasting the leftover juices from the berries. Now the girl wonder back over to the stream and washes her hands and face.
Then she hears her mother calling her over.
"Belle where are you" she howls.
"Coming" Belle, replied.
Belle runs back up to the cave towards a female wolf just standing outside the entrance of the cave. The female wolf nuzzles the girl.
"Don't run off to far today, I feel that danger is coming our way and keep an eye on your younger brothers and sisters for me"
"Yes, mama"
"Belle!" called four voices from inside of the cave.
Belle turned around just in time to see her four younger brothers and sisters coming straight from her. With little time to react they jumped and knocked her to the ground. All licking her face.
"Stop it please" Belle tried to say through her giggling, "It tickles".
"Leave your sister alone," said the female wolf.
"Mama" all the pups wined. As Belle was still trying to get up.
"Can we go exploring Mama?" they all cried. Belle looked at her mother.
"Yes you can but stay close, Belle please stay close by to them"
""Yes Mama" they all said and with that took off towards the forest.
The forest was teaming with life from animals to the massive trees themselves shrouded in emerald leaves. As the girl and the pups went along. Belle started to tell them certain things that were safe and what was dangerous or poisonous. It was towards midday when the human and the wolf pups stopped by the pond to drink and rest. After a while the pups fell asleep in the long green grass beside the pond.
'I should scout the area' Belle thought to her self and got up from where she was lying down in the sunlight and walked around surveying the area.
A sound in the distance caught her attention; it was something different, something unusual. Belle started to walk in the direction of the strange noise. As she got close the strange noise got louder and louder, until to the point that she was close enough. The noise came from behind some bushes nearby. So Belle walked and hid in them.
She brushed the small pin like leaves away and peered to see a site that she had never seen before in her life. In the clearing there were weird looking cave like structures in a mass of different and vibrant colours to which some Belle had never seen before. Big looking hoofed animals all tethered in a line towards the back of the clearing. What looked like to be miniature versions of wolves', coloured white with brown spots. And finally lots of two legged creatures in a brunch of different sizes with naked skin and a mass of ur on top of their heads, they looked strangely like her.
Belle continued to watch her curiosity getting the better of her, with the watching she knew that she had remain silent to keep from being discovered. Then she noticed that a light breeze had picked up and currently was blowing her scent straight towards the miniature wolves', she could only hope that they didn't detect it. Belle was on the edge now looking straight at the miniature wolves', at first they did nothing and then they all start barking and moving towards her, all saying strange things. Belle stood her ground and let out a loud strong and sharp warning growl like her parents her taught her. Instead of backing away, as she expected they were still coming now at a faster pace. Next thing she knew there were shouts from the two legged creatures and they most of them ran towards the hoofed beasts, madly putting something on their backs and faces.
'Time to get out of here' Belle thought and quickly took off in the direction of the pond where her young brothers and sister lay still asleep. The trees ripped passed as she ran at her top speed. In know time flat she had made it back to the pond her young brothers and sister lay there asleep in the long grass. She couldn't see the miniature wolves' but could heard their barking, the sound of hooves, and the cries of the two legged creatures.
Belle woke the pups, all moaned and wined but when she said that danger was fast approaching that quickly stirred to action and with Belle started to run as fast as they could towards the meadow. It was near in sight about half an hour later. She was tiring and the pups were too, they couldn't keep up the pace for much longer. Belle had to do something "Brothers and sisters you keep going to the cave, I will lead the strange creatures that follow us away," she said, the rumbling was getting louder. The pups were too tired to object and continued for the meadow taking one last look at her, with her blue eyes blazing and her black hair in a wild a ray.
Belle watched them go and then ran off in the opposite direction, ran again at her top speed. She could hear the noises of her pursues and felt a sense of relief amongst her growing tiredness. After an hour of constant running at her top speed she knew that she couldn't go on much longer, that is when is spotted low lying tree in the distance and took off towards them. While she was running she turned her head to check where the pursues were. They were right behind her, she groaned. She could see the mini wolves', the hoofed beasts with the two legged sitting astride them, she could she their sweat dripping faces now with eyes looking right at her.
Her legs were tiring, her breath a deep pant. But she had to keep going until she hit the trees, or she would lose her freedom that she so cherished. They were gaining; Belle looked forward again the trees were only a few hundred metres away. Just as she was about to set foot in the tree line she heard something whirling through the air, then that something landed right on top of her, knocking her to the ground, hard. She struggled against the thing that was holding her down. The calls of the creatures were close now; she heard the hoofed animals slow and then stop. The crunching of feet coming right at her. She looked up, her blue stare meeting the brown stare of one of the two-legged creatures. In those eyes were an image of her struggling, of her freedom gone, lost, destroyed. With that Belle passed out.
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