Chapter 1
OK author notes here. I will tell you how I came up with this idea. I was in Alaska taking a family vacation when we went to a large animal enclosure and research center. Well at this enclosure there were caribou, and that got me thinking 'what do the caribou feel like?' I mean what would you do if you were constantly being stalked and killed, or captured and tagged? And again that got me thinking. Now know that I am a fan of Alpha and Omega, and I sometimes twist the plot around in my head. Just for fun I was wondering what if I put caribou as intelligent creatures in there. Well that got me interested so I started playing around with the idea and eventually I got this. I even came up with names! (Which is hard for me) any ways I am going for originality here so tell me how I do…
The sun peeked over the mountains, stretching its long fingers of light through the cold world. Giving warmth to everything it touched. The fingers reached out to a small clearing with a caribou herd. As they slowly enveloped the sleeping beasts they began to stir. The first to wake up was a young calf. She was small for her age, but extremely hard headed and courageous. As she stood up from the side of her mother her pelt caught the light giving it a glow of white infused with the burnt orange of the sun's rays. She nuzzled her mother's muzzle and said, "Mother it is time to get up."
She slowly opened her eyes to her calf and replied groggily, "Delilah it is to early go back to sleep." She laid her head back down and quickly dozed off again.
Ignoring her mother Delilah began to walk toward a stream to get a drink and freshen up for the day. As she walked she noticed another shadow lurking in the woods. She instantly froze and perked up her ears. She heard no growl or rustle in the grass but a sharp click. She relaxed again and said, "You're up early Mark."
The shadow walked out of the woods with a disappointed look on his face. He was a younger caribou but none the less he was bigger and stronger than Delilah. His pelt was a soft brown like most other caribou but instead of a pure white under belly he had a dark red. He also had a dark red patch on is left eye. "How on earth do you do that? I mean I was as quiet as possible, and I looked exactly like a wolf. How can you not be scared?"
"Oh, I was scared until I heard your heels click."
"Uggghhh. Yet again I am given away by my stupid hooves."
"Aww relax. You don't need to sneak up on others anyways. If you're hungry just eat grass." Delilah smiled. "Besides the clicking can't be helped; we all have it."
"Still… Anyways what do you want to do today?"
"Hm, I don't know. I mean we can sneak off into the forest again."
"No thanks there are wolves in there."
"Aw, you baby they're probably asleep like the rest of the herd. Besides don't you ever wonder what it is like outside the boundries of our herd? Why not try when we are young so that if we aren't killed we can say that we have been out of the borders. Think of how much bragging right we would get."
"Fine… But I don't like it."
She didn't expect anything more than him just to agree to go. In fact if he wanted to, she would've been worried about him. He was a very cautious caribou and rarely did he get in trouble, accept when Delilah was around.
The two quickly set off into the woods side by side, but unknown to them they were being watched by two pairs of eyes.
Dun Dun Dun….. well I hoped you enjoyed it. Cause I am planning on posting another chapter in about a week or so. I hate how short this is but hopefully the next will be longer. Oops forgot to describe Delilah, She is a white caribou with brown socks and two black patches on her eyes.