The sun cast its warm glow down onto the shadowed valley turning the sky into warm, sherbet like colors, symbolizing the start of a new day. Watching, intrigued by how the light of the new dawn scared away the darkness of the previous night, two curious looking pups poked their heads from inside their cozy den home.
The older male cub named Ethan, awed at how beautiful the golden beams were as they danced upon the clearing as if they claimed the stage for a ballet. His fur color was like his father Garth's: auburn, with a cream like underbelly. But his eyes were odd. The one on the left was the same soft green as his father's but one on the right was lavender like his mother Lily's.
The second cub was Ethan's little sister, Melody, who was born almost an hour after him. She didn't look anything like Ethan. Her fur coat was all golden blonde, much like her grandmother's and Aunt Kate's. But her front two paws were white until her mid foreleg. Her eyes unlike Ethan's were unicolor: both a hazel like green. A side of her envied the golden sunlight beams and wished to dance alongside of them and make such a beautiful performance.
"Come on brother!" Melody whispered excitedly at Ethan never taking her eyes off of the sun beams' dance. "Remember that Dad promised that he would finally take us out of the den today! I remember clearly what he said! He said that, 'Once the sun rises up tomorrow morning I will take you pups outside and allow you to run around.'" Melody tried to imitate her father's tone of voice but it sounded more like someone who had gargled gravel.
The older twin looked back at his snoring parents, huddled up together for warmth. Giving a sigh, not loud enough to awake his parents, he gave her a stern look. "You remember that part, but what did he say afterwards? That it is dangerous for pups to be outside alone? We could be attacked by a hungry hawk, or eagle, or even a mountain lion! And what about hunters?!" he said in a warning whisper.
His sister was not amused. "Do you have to take the fun out of everything? I want to wrestle! You say, 'I can't my muscles ache.' I want to play 'I Spy...' You always say, '…A tree. Now leave me alone,' and sulk in the shadows of the cave. I want to eat some of the things that mom and dad eat. You're over there still slurping milk! Come on and be like an Omega! Have fun! Live a little before you have to get all serious!" Melody scrunched up her face trying to make a mocking tone. "Well whatever you wanna do. I am going to go see what is out there!"
Melody didn't wait to hear her brother's worries any longer as she made her way out of the den in delighted cheers. Golden and white paws made their way out onto the center stage of the sun beams. Melody was overwhelmed by the fresh mountain air, towering pine trees, and the colorful pink and yellow curtained sky. "Oh Ethan," she muttered in awe, "it is all so beautiful! The trees are so tall! The sky so many colors!" Like a ballerina who froze from stage fright, Melody stayed in the middle of the clearing, mouth agape and unmoving as the other graceful dancers continued on with the routine.
Timidly, her older, nervous brother made his way out enough to where one of the sun's dancers tickled his nose with their warmth. "Okay, okay Melody. Now can we get back inside before-" He drew in a quick breath looking up at the sky. "M-M-Melody-y! Watch out!"
"Huh?" The golden female cub looked up behind just in time to react to a very large bald eagle swooping down to pluck her off the stage. As the little dancer found her rhythm, she sprinted off towards offstage away from her attacker. Her less than graceful movements barely kept her out of the eagle's reach. The eagle's razor sharp talons were ready to take hold of its prey.
"Don't touch my sister!" Melody's brother yelled as he leapt into the air shoving his baby sister out of the way of the bird's talons. The predator took hold of the auburn male cub instead and lifted off back into the sky. "Melody, I told you we should've waited for dad..." he mumbled as tears rimmed his bi-colored eyes.
Melody got up from the ground where she was pushed over. Shaking the dirt off her coat she looked at the slowly disappearing form of the large bird and her brother. "ETHAN!" She cried as salty droplets ran down her face. "I'm sorry, brother."
"Let me go you stupid bird!" The auburn brother struggled against the eagle's vice like grip. "I am not a tasty bunny rabbit!"
"SQUAAAAWK!" the bird screeched at him to stop squirming.
"You're a meany, you bad bird, going after month old cubs like they are a yummy snack." Ethan stuck his tongue out to his captor. The eagle replied with another squawk. Ethan crossed his front legs and looked at the bald eagle's talons and legs that carried him even further away from his home. They looked thin enough to fit in his mouth.
'Wait a minute! The LEGS! That's where Dad said to bite a bird until they let you go to get free! But I am so far up...' Ethan thought and looked down at the blanket of green pines down below. 'If it was Melody, she would trust herself that she would be able to catch hold of a branch and then climb her way down safely.' Sighing, he sucked in a breath of courage. "Here goes everything and nothing." His jaws gripped onto one of the slender legs of the eagle. The predator let out an awful hissing squawk noise and released the red furred pup.
"Wh-Whoa!" Ethan screamed as he tumbled, spiraled, and flailed around in the air like a rag doll free falling from a plain. 'This is it!' his final thoughts were going through his mind as the tree tops neared him faster and faster. 'If I am not able to grab onto a branch I'm going to become a wolf-pup pancake! I'll be dead!' He reached towards the limbs of the trees, but they were stingy and moved just out of his reach. The forest ground was approaching fast.
'I couldn't save myself. I'm sorry Mom, and Dad. I only wanted to keep her safe! Melody you should've listened to me! I love you all. Please don't forget me.' Ethan closed his eyes as tears flew off his cheeks from the force of the wind.
In a flash of silvery gray, a pair of jaws snatched the pup from out of the air and then set him gently down onto the ground. "Hey kid, are you okay?" a voice asked.
A/N: Oh Melody, Melody, Melody. If only you waited a while longer. But Ethan was saved! YAY! Who is this mysterious savior? Anyways, I got this story done today at school (One chapter for an 8 hour school day?! WHAT IS THAT MADNESS!? Lol) and then it was edited only a little while ago by the AMAZING HLK (Humphrey Loves Kate)! Anyways, leave a review and I'll see you again when I update again.