The Legend of Ursa Minor - Chapter 2
This is the second chapter - it's very short, I know. Please get over it. :) I was at a loss of what to do, and I decided that Ujurak's wisdom and understanding of the world needed to be somewhat earned. ;)
I do not own Seekers or the characters in any way. Erin Hunter does.
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His hunger made him reckless, and he rushed toward the scent without thinking. He wasn't the only creature in this forest that was hungry. Finally, he found a deer carcass in the middle of the forest. This is a great find! he thought optimistically. If it take mother a few sun-circles, I'll have food to eat!
Just as he was about to start forward, the carcass began to move. Ujurak froze as he watched a small, lean, weasel-like body emerge from the other side of the carcass. Ujurak had never seen one before, but he knew what it was. He didn't know how, but he just knew. Wolverine. The wolverine raised its head and looked in Ujurak's direction. The small, but formidable creature, bared its fangs at him before gripping the deer's foreleg firmly in its powerful jaws.
Anger flashed through Ujurak. I found it! Besides, it doesn't look like he's starving! He should share! he thought indignantly.
Letting out the deepest roar he could muster, he charged forward, directly at the wolverine. I'm a bear! A brown bear! He's just a wolverine! I'm higher up on the food chain that he is! That deer is mine!
Instead of fleeing like Ujurak had expected, the wolverine skidded backward, dropping the deer's leg. Its lips curled back in a snarl exposing its razor-sharp fangs. The creature let out an ungodly noise before puffing up its fur. "My prey," he snarled, crouching low to the ground. "Bear no take! My prey!"
Ujurak copied the wolverine's movements, showing his teeth and bunching up his muscles, prepared to spring. "I should get the food," Ujurak growled. "You're not even eating it any longer!"
"Me will store!" the wolverine replied. "Me will eat for next sun-circles. My belly will be full. Bear will starve."
"I'll eat you, if I have to!" he said, preparing to spring at the lithe creature.
"Bear will die."
Ujurak launched forward, straight at the wolverine, but the creature was faster than it appeared. Ujurak was slightly larger than the wolverine, and was slower. The wolverine nipped at Ujurak's heels, causing him to let out a whine of pain as the creature's fangs made contact with his flesh. In his rage, he spun around, his jaws snapping in the air, trying to get a grip on the animal's hide, and failing. The wolverine was one step ahead of him and was already behind him, clawing at his hind leg. Its fangs dug into his ankle making him let out a roar of pain and shock.
"Ujurak, you cannot win this fight," Ursa's voice sounded in the cub's head. "Leave now while you still have a chance, my son. This is not a part of your mission. Follow the sun and you will find another brown bear like you. You must befriend him, little bear. Go. Leave this creature to his prize."
He didn't want to listen to his mother's voice. His rage told him to fight back and teach that arrogant weasel a lesson, but his mind was finally beginning to function once more. My mother is right, he thought, coherently for the first time since he smelled the prey.
Without any form of warning, he plodded away, ignoring the jeering comments made by the wolverine. He would listen to his mother now. He didn't understand much about this strange world, but he knew that if he had his mother to guide him, he would be alright.
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