CHAPTER 1
STICKING TOGETHER AND THE PACK
Ellie and Brooke were sitting on top of each other. Just a few seconds ago, they had fell off a cliff after they had taken down Cynthia and Jane. Now Brooke was looking into Ellie's green eyes.
"Well, I must say, you have lovely eyes," Brooke said.
"Get off my face," Ellie said, pushing Brooke off of her.
Brooke stood up as Ellie started walking away. "Oh, you and me. We would make a wonderful team. What do you say we travel south together?"
"Sure. Climb up on my back and you can relax the whole way."
"Really?"
"No."
Brooke realized that Ellie was traveling the wrong way. "Wait a second, madam. Aren't you going south? After all, the seasons are changing and there are instincts for migrations. Isn't any of this ringing a bell?"
"I guess not. Bye!"
"Well, anyway, I just want to thank you so much for helping me. I guess I'll be going. Goodbye!"
As Brooke walked off, she heard a familiar voice from up the cliff. "Hey, hippie sloth. Wait until my sister and I get down there."
Chuckling nervously, Brooke ran back over to Ellie. "Oh, this whole traveling south thing is so overrated. The unbearable heat and the claustrophobic crowds. I really can't stand it. I love other mammals. Really, I do, but it gets a little bit old every once in a while." She started walking side by side with Ellie. "Oh, just look at us. Two bachelorettes just traveling together.
"No," Ellie said, "You're only following me around so you can have a bodyguard so you don't end up being food for the vultures."
"You can be a very shrewd mammal, you know that?" She walked beside Ellie. "Okay, then. Lead the way, Miss...I'm sorry. You never did mention a name."
"Elaine, but everyone calls me Ellie."
"Oh, you should have a better name than that. How about Ellie the Elegant Mammoth. Or maybe Ellie the Moody Mammoth. Or how about..." Before Brooke could finish, Ellie had her up against a tree.
"Stop following me." She dropped Brooke, who landed on the ground with a thud.
Brooke shook her head. "I can see that you have emotional issues. That's alright. I will make sure that my lips are sealed. You won't hear a peep out of me."
"Yeah, and then the next five minutes, you'll be talking all over again."
"Well, I guess we'll just have to see about that."
The two female mammals walked side by side, going the opposite way from the migration.
Not too far from the migration, a human tribe was settled as dusk was starting to come. A male human wearing thick fur on his arms, who happened to be the leader, was walking around the small tribe. A female human along with a little girl who looked to be about four years old ran over to the leader. They all happened to be a family. The girl's name was Cheril. Her hair was her black, just like her parents. Her eyes were light blue, just like her mother's. She was wearing a tannish fur dress and small wooden sandles.
Her father held her in his arms as she giggled, snuggling into his chest. Growling could be heard as they were unaware that up on a small mountain were a pack of sabers.
A female red orange saber looked at the happy family with disgust. "Oh, look at the cute little girl, Shira. It's nice that she'll be joining us for breakfast."
"It wouldn't be breakfast without her," said the female saber named Shira, "Especially since her daddy wiped out half our pack." Even in the dim light, someone would be able to witness that Shira had white fur with black stripes. Her eyes were almost an ocean blue. Unlike the other females in the pack, Shira could have one big attitude.
"An eye for an eye, don't you think?"
"Let's show them what happens when you mess with sabers, Sierra."
"Alert the troops. We attack at dawn." Sierra placed a paw on Shira's shoulder. "Shira, I want my catch of the morning to be fresh. Bring me the girl...alive."
"Yes, Sierra."
So off Shira went. She was as excited about the attack on the humans more than any other saber.
Meanwhile, Ellie was settling into a cave for the night while Brooke was walking behind her, panting as she was tired from walking all day. She held a small stick in one paw as she was trying to reach for Ellie's truck with the other, but to no avail.
"Oh, I am so tired," Brooke said, "It has been a long day."
Ellie looked to see that Brooke was sitting outside. "That's your shelter? What is with hippies and wanting to sleep outside."
"You're a big girl. You can get plenty of wood. I'm a little girl."
"You've got half a stick."
"Yes, but with this little stick, I'm going to sleep meditate while surrounded by a warm fire."
Ellie shook her head. "Oh, geez."
"We shall see who triumphs with fire tonight." Breaking the stick in half, she gave Ellie a nervous smiley look. "Now, won't we, Ellie, dear?"
As nightfall came, so did a thunderstorm. Brooke was sitting outside in the pouring rain trying to make a fire happen. Even a hippie sloth knew that you can't start a fire while it rain, but Brooke refused to believe it.
Ellie decided to cheer up her sour mood by giving her a little encouragement. "I think I saw a spark."
Brooke sighed, knowing it was hopeless and looked at Ellie. "Do you think you can make some room for me, Ellie, darling?"
"Oh, isn't there somebody else you can annoy? Friends? Family? Maybe poisonous reptiles?"
"Oh, don't even get me started with that. I don't have friends on account that my family is completely nothing but hippies. We go against a lot of things that happen in this world. We believe that the trees and flowers are our spirit guides. The seeds communicate with us, which makes nature's beauties grow. Although, in my family, we do things differently. My parents believe that every firstborn daughter must leave the family. That's just always how it's been. Love. Peace. Tranquility. Plus, I tend to grow a little wild from time to time. I am a fantastic singer. Wanna hear?"
"I rather not."
"Well, too bad. I'm in a singing mood." Clearing her throat, Brooke let out a song.
Love is the answer to all
Peace has come to call
Tranquility will rise and hope will never fall
Family can be a ball
The trees will groom
The flowers will bloom
The wild calls will boom
Families are usually a gloom
Ellie looked at Brooke in confusion. "Did something happen between you and your family?"
"Oh, so you do want to be nice, huh?"
"No, I'm just concerned. What happened between you and your family."
"Oh, nothing much. As I told you before, in every hippie sloth family, it states that the firstborn daughter must leave the family and start a new life of her own. She only meets back up with them once every five years. I was different from all the other firstborn daughters, though. I was a little too clingy to my parents. They say that if a daughter is clingy, they need to be plaed inside the isolated cave. Well, the migration was coming up and they decided to leave me behind. It was the only way I could go on my own. Do you wanna know what they did?"
"What?"
"Oh, it was unlike anything that you could ever witness. Are you sure you wanna know?"
"What did they do?"
"I was sleeping the night before the migration. When I woke up, I saw that I was tied up to a tree with vines and there were leaves covering my eyes and a carrot stick in my mouth. Plus, they traveled through water so I wouldn't track down their sent. Sloths have an excellent sense of smell. I just couldn't believe it. I had to go by what the tradition states. I can't see them for another five years." Water dripped from Brooke's hair as she started squeezing it out.
"That's...interesting to know."
Brooke looked up at the mammoth. "So what about you? I'm sure you have a family." Ellie shook her head and sighed before turning around, facing the inside of the cave. "Oh, I get it. You're tired. Okay, we'll talk more in the morning." Hail started falling from the sky as Brooke kept getting hit. "Ellie, dear. Do you mind scooching over a but. Come on, Ellie. Nobody falls asleep that fast. Ow! Ellie!" Giving up, Brooke sighed as she walked over and held up Ellie's tail, using it to keep dry for the night. It would be sleepless for her.
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