He makes the journey! But what does he do to find out where it takes him?


Chapter 4: Journey Making

Braxton traveled further away from his wolf home as he made this journey to find some existing sabers on his own and see if it's possible that they're still alive. He's hoping that he can see that he's not the last one alive and will be able to find a lot more about himself in more ways than one. He's always been known as a weird half tiger/half wolf when it comes to being with his brothers and how he's always been questioned because of that.

That sorta thing had always embedded in his mind for as long as he could remember as he was labeled as 'unusual', 'strange' or just plain 'weird' and he felt as if that most people would like him if he tried to be like everyone else just to be liked, but even that is a big challenge for someone like him to get used to.

'You are one weird kid.'

'Why can't you be normal like us wolves?'

'Braxton, you're not weird. You're just...different.'

'This Braxton guy is strange.'

'How do you guys raise a saber toothed tiger as a part of the family?'

Braxton lets out a deep sigh and just tried his best to shake it off, but it always comes at him without even giving it a second thought and it always goes through his head that is he what everyone claims him to be...just a weird person.

It never did hurt anyone, but he has come to wonder that maybe being the only saber in a sea of wolves might've caused everyone a little bit of uncertainty. He lets out a sigh and tries to get it out of his head.

"You look kinda lost, kid."

Braxton turns around and to his surprise, he sees a badger coming in front of him and he isn't sure why he was talking to him and he said, "I'm not lost. I'm just going on a journey."

"Oh? Where to?"

Braxton chuckled nervously and he said, "I don't know. I just need to find out whether or not sabers are extinct."

The badger looks up at Braxton and he knows that he's standing in front of him and he asked, "Why ask yourself that question? Sabers aren't extinct."

He had proved his point and that made him sigh in relief that they're not all extinct and he said, "That's good to know. Tell me...where do I find one?"

Suddenly, a group of random animals came to him and one said, "Last I checked, there are two saber toothed tigers further away from here."

Braxton felt deeply excited to actually hear this news and he asked, "Two? Where can I find them?"

Somehow, a big whale pops out of nowhere and and Braxton's jaw dropped as it stared at him face-to-face and he said, "There's something you don't see everyday."

Then, the whale make a few sounds for him, letting him know about the two sabers he had last recalled seeing and Braxton said, "You know them? Where do I find them?"

The whale makes another sound to tell Braxton the location where they could be and he said, "Siren's Cove? You sure?"

The whale nods his head and then opens his mouth, motioning him to head inside, but Braxton chuckled softly and said, "Do you prefer me riding on your back?"

Suddenly, the whale motions him to an abandoned ice ship facing towards the direction and as Braxton looks at it, he said, "That works better."

A couple of minutes later, he got inside the giant ice chunk and he's hoping that it'll lead him to where he could be and then he said to the whale, "I hope you're right."

With a simple nudge on the head from the ice ship, Braxton's set sailing and said, "Switchback Cove, here I come. I hope they'll like me."


And off he goes!