Author's Note:
Hello, people on the Internet! Welcome to the first chapter of my first fanfiction (written in 2019)! It super short and not that well written, but who cares!
This is just something I thought up in my head the day after I got into the Smallfoot fandom. Like the movie, it will be full of references, clichés, and original music (I never said any of it would be good, just warning you!).
Be warned, I'm going to screw up in writing the characters badly, so bare with me!
I don't own the movie Smallfoot or any of it's characters, except for one original character.
Better than it sounds. Cover art done by me.
Word count: 1,143
An awakening before the light of the "Great Glowing Sky Snail", only this time, without the sound of the gong. It had been a few years since the ringing of the gong was discovered pointless anyway. A lot has changed throughout those years, actually. No longer does everyone have to feed the "Great Mountain Mammoths" everyday. These pointless jobs and tasks are no longer done. Now, there are much better jobs for the Yetis: more of them are now educating the children with the world, instead of the "Rules Written in Stone" (of course there's still rules, though), there are more Healers than just 1-3 (something that would've been extremely helpful for the past... ever!), plus many more, more important jobs. There are still many Yetis with their respective jobs, at the same time as Yetis who don't need to work as much and get more time with their family and friends. Although, some are unhappy now that what they've known all their lives is basically pointless and they have a lesser purpose than they used to have.
A good example of this the Stonekeeper. He is still the leader of the Yetis, yes, just not the same. It's taken a lot of weight off his shoulders (literally) now that he doesn't have to keep secrets from everyone he loves and cares about and wear his robe made of the "Rules Written in Stone" every single day. It's just, he feels like he has less of purpose to everyone. The only reason his name is still Stonekeeper is because all that have called him by his real name are either long gone or have forgotten it, like him…
He would sometimes wake up a few minutes before the sunrise, now it's just a habit. The sky still mostly dark as always. He sat up looking at some stone drawings across his room, some old, some new. Multiple of them were of his children throughout the stages of their lives, the newer ones of them and their mates. This made him happy. He looked at a more recent family portrait. It was of his son, Thorp, and his mate, Fayre; his daughter, Meechee, and her mate, Migo; his new brother-in-law, Dorgle, and him on the left. Perfection. Of course, he just had to look at two of his old family portraits that only brought him sadness and grief.
Is there even a purpose to waking up anymore?He thought. He then remembered what the purpose of the day was. At least for today.
He got out of bed. He took care of his morning, including individually tying and braiding a lot of his hair (yikes!), then returned to his room as it was still dark-ish. He sat on a chair made of ice near his windowsill, watching and waiting for the sun to rise. No point in going back to sleep now. He probably sat in that chair for a little over five minutes before he fell back to sleep on the spot. He quickly woke back up, just to fall asleep again.
He was awoken about three minutes later by the sound of Migo singing the town awake. It sounded like he sang something about the rising of the "Great Glowing Sky Snail". He looked up: Migo was right. The "Great Glowing Sky Snail" was rising slowly and beautifully. It helped that Migo was with everyone else and their friends. This made him forget about his earlier feelings and just be happy. I guess I'll go join them.
Stonekeeper walked out of his room, grabbing his purple turtle staff on the way out. He got his mammoth and rode out on it, which made him look and feel important. They walked towards the group, exchanging Good Morning's with the villagers as he passed by them. He's close enough now to hear better what they're singing about:
Meechee:
...I have a feeling inside my bones, it's gonna be a fantastic day,
Migo:
Here with my family and friends, sharing experiences 'long the way
Group:
Wake up on this lovely morning, we're probably gonna sing this all day long
Don't act like you don't love it, it's practically your favorite so-o-ong
Oh hey oh, oh oh oh oo oh oh, oh oh oo woah ha ho ha ho
Oh oh oh oo oh oh oo oh oh, oh oh oo woah ha ho ho ho
Oh, ha ho, It's practically your favorite so-o-ong!
Fleem:
Ye-ah, da, da da da, da da-a da da… *looks at everyone, gets weird looks in return* Is the song over? Ah well. *walks away, whistling song*
Stonekeeper lightly chuckled. Best way to start the morning, he thought, and now I kind of wish I was part of it...
Meechee spotted Stonekeeper from a short distance. She started to him. "Good Morning, Daddy!" She stretched out her arms.
Stonekeeper got off his mammoth. He returned the hug, picking her up slightly and spinning her around a bit like he did to her when she was younger. "Good Morning, Meechee." He looked to where Meechee was standing earlier. "Where's your brother?" he asked. "I could swear I just saw him."
Meechee looked behind her. She saw Migo, who was approaching, and behind him was Dorgle, Gwangi, and Kolka. She looked again to see if he was there. Nothing. Looked around. Nothing there either. "No, I don't see him or Fayre around. He must have left or something," she replied with a shrug.
Stonekeeper shrugged. "Oh well, then. I guess I'll talk to him later on." He saw Migo walk up closer to Meechee and hold her hand. A smile showed on his face. A hint of jealousy but not much of it. "So, how have you two been?"
"Great!" They both said, a large grin across their faces. Dorgle stood beside his son and patted him on his arm, a grin on his face too.
They know something I don't, Stonekeeper thought. He gave a slight chuckle anyway. "Alright then. I'm going to patrol the village until that thing you needed me for comes up." He got back on his mammoth.
"By the way, Stonekeeper," Migo started, "You should join us tomorrow morning." He, along with everyone else, had been asking him for a while now. He hasn't joined them in a few months, and they were starting to get worried. They all hoped he would say yes this time.
"Sure," Stonekeeper said. Now I know you're all up to something, he thought. It still brought a smile to his face. "See you all soon."
The group waved back, some said Bye. Stonekeeper and his mammoth then walked off.
Once he was at a distance, Meechee looked at Migo with an excited expression on her face. "I can't wait to tell him!" She jumped up and down slightly.
Migo chuckled. "I know."
Author's Note:
So that was it. Depending on how busy I am with all the projects I have due by Friday, I might be able to get Chapter 2 out soon. I was able to write this one in three days… I can't promise that'll happen again. It might, though (this Canadian weather will probably help!)
If you haven't noticed, I added a reference to the 2016 Dreamworks movie, Trolls (which is my longest lasting fandom, so why not?).
The original song is something I came up with to calm down my baby brother. That part with Fleem, my sister helped me come up with. In this way, they made this chapter less boring.