Alright... Sorry for not updating in a while. I kind of stopped posting here, but I've already written this, and chapter four. I'm working on Chapter Five now.
READ BELOW THIS! IT'S PRETTY IMPORTANT!
I post this fanfic on the Warriors/Seekers official message boards as well and the members here informed me of an error in this chapter. It's been so long since I've read Original Arc. books that I'd forgotten that Kallik didn't meet the fox until Great Bear Lake. Please keep that out of your reviews. I know I made a mistake. I was actually tempted to just not post this chapter here, and re-write it, but the people on the message boards wanted me to start Chapter Four, so I kept it. I'll post Chapter Four as soon as I feel the need to do so.
Please ignore my mistake, and enjoy the chapter.
Less important:
A review on the fanfic said it was fast, I don't remember who posted it, I'll admit that it is. I'm pretty anxious to get Taqqiq over to Salik and friends because that's when it'll get more entertaining to read, as well as for me to write. xD
Chapter Three
-Could it be Kallik?-
As the days past we met up with more and more bears all heading for the gathering. After what Death had told me about it I just couldn't believe that many bears were going! Death didn't seem surprised at all though! I guessed he was alone in thinking the gathering was worthless…
We were hanging out with this she-bear and her three cubs. One of them reminded me so much of Kallik I thought I was about to cry! I was able to hold it together though. I played with the cubs while Death and their mother talked about the gathering. I pricked my ears when Death told her how useless it was. Yeah! That should put her right! I thought, but the she-bear disagreed. I listened when she argued, "A lot of bears go to the gatherings every Burn-Sky! The ice is going to come back, and we have to be there waiting for it!" she paused, "You've established that you don't care for them, but some of us do! In fact, I saw a cub trying to get there on her own! The poor creature was talking to a fox!"
Could it have been? I didn't know, but I intended to find out. If this cub was Kallik then I had to go to the gathering, and find out! There was no way I was going to miss out on this opportunity to see my sister again!
Then I stopped, my excitement vanished as if it'd tripped and fallen into a bottomless pit of despair…
Kallik was dead.
What if she wasn't?
No. She had to be.
Death had finished talking to the she-bear after she'd said all that. He seemed rather irritated with her to be honest.
Well, as much as I wished Kallik were still alive, I knew she wasn't. I continued on with Death until the gathering got closer, and closer. Apparently more bears than I thought had seen this bear cub talking to a fox. She seemed to be the laughing stalk of all bears right now. The more we heard about her, the more she sounded like Kallik!
Kallik was just the bear who'd be dumb enough to talk to a fox!
I'd made up my mind. Even if the bear weren't Kallik it was worth looking! After all, what if it was? If Kallik was alive, and she was the one talking to foxes then of course I had to try and find her!
The only way to do that was to go to the gathering…
I thought about what Death had told me about the gathering, and agreed that seemed to be pretty pointless, but if Kallik were in there…
The problem was explaining this to Death… How could I tell him that I thought this crazy bear who talked to foxes might be my sister? Wait, no… A lot of bears went to the gathering…I could just tell him it was somewhere she could be.
It wasn't until the next morning that I told him. "I think I'm going to go to the gathering," I stated.
"What?" Death asked. I could see the surprise in his eyes, "I told you. The gathering is pointless!"
"I think you're right, but with the amount of bears going I think my sister could be one of them."
"You never mentioned a sister before," Death narrowed his eyes.
"I don't seem to remember you asking!" I retorted.
Death sighed, he actually seemed sad, and it made me feel bad. He'd been the only friend I had on this journey so far… I was throwing that away for the slight chance of seeing Kallik again…
It would be worth it if I found her.
"Just be careful cub," Death said. He turned and left, then stopped, and looked back at me. "The gathering is really close… Just head that way until you see a big group of bears," he jerked his muzzle towards the nearest bushes indicating that I'd have to go past them, then keep going that way.
Then he left
