Xion the Author: lol, never realized I've been stuck on this site for over a year already :D Sorry again for an unscheduled update. I'm… writing non-fiction works now. I post them on another site. The link is on my profile.
Buck: Updatin' is getting pretty sporadic
Xion the Author: Okay, I'm just gonna admit it. I haven't given clear thought of what to write from here on out. I also want to keep on with the entire "flashback-related" thing, but I'm running out flashback ideas. And by the way, Blue Sky released an official teaser trailer for Ice Age 4! :D. The animation looks so amazing, you have GOT to watch it! Makes you wonder just what exactly Blue Sky has in store for us.
FORGOTTEN WORLDS
Chp. 7: 感情
Am I...? Am I just a petal blown away in the wind?
Drifing swiftly like the tides of the ocean...?
A pearl laying lost within its murky deeps?
Nothing more than to be left alone and displayed...?
"Why in bullocks am I thinkin' laike this?" Buck muttered as he sat left alone in the field Snow Lilies, his thoughts constantly going back and forth about the previous event. He took a few petals from a nearby flower, and when the cool breeze swept through him he opened up his palm and let it all float away in the wind. The austere vibrancy of the sunlight reflected on them like stars.
"Feel laike I just goht stood uhp…" Buck said to himself. This would usually be the time he'd talk to himself, or to Rudy, and have melancholic conversations. Buck slumped down on the soft cushiony field of flowers. It reminded him of the snow back home. He gazed once again at the sky ceiling and once again was filled with doubt and curiosity.
"Was the sky still filled with stars like back then? Was the ground still covered with white snow? Are the trees still as green as ever?" Buck though. Then, after a significant pause, one thought passed through his mind. "Am I just dreaming…?"
Buck raised his right arm and patted his hand on his right eye. "Yup. Definitely real," the weasel said to himself. But what exactly was he feeling doubtful for? His feelings for Amelia? Nope, it was without a doubt as real as everything around him. Then, perhaps, her feelings for him?
He slapped himself with his right hand, rising slightly from his eye patch and unto his forehead. He laid down wondering if she really did care for him as much as he cared for her.
"Killed by wolves, how awful"
"And even at such a young age"
"We should take more precaution around the village"
"That poor thing, how painful it must be"
"Losing her parents so early"
"She's locked herself inside her house"
"Leave her be. She needs time to take it in"
The gossip I overheard as I passed through the crowd of people gave me a glimpse of how hard it must be for her right now. We were still both ten years old. I've been living by myself without any parents from the start, so I never had the worry of ever losing anyone close. But I never had anyone close at all. And for Amelia… I don't know if I should know how it feels like.
Her parents treated me like their own child. I was so close to Amelia that we were almost like siblings. Ever since I was a kid I was an orphan. I looked after myself pretty well, but I could never manage having a normal childhood. Amelia was the first friend I had, and her folks took me under their wing without reluctance. Though I never really let myself become too close to them, I still looked up to Amelia like a sister.
Instead of knocking on the door and probably leading up to pleading to let me in for 3 hours, I secretly made my way to a half-open window. I slowly crept it open to find an almost dark empty room. I raised an eyebrow as I made my in through it. I scanned my surroundings in search for her, only to find her crept up sitting in a corner.
"Go away Buck," she said cold-heartedly.
"Now tha' ain't no way to talk to yer best friend," I replied. Amelia took an apple from the table and threw it towards him. I was able to anticipate it just on time. "Glad you still have your usual rambunctious energetic self"
"Just leave me alone…" Amelia muttered.
"Amelia…" I slowly made my way towards her. I could tell from her voice that she must have been crying hardly for hours on already. "E-everything's gonna be alright"
"No it won't!" she retorted. "Nothing is gonna be right anymore! Mom… Dad… they're all gone–"
When she started to break down again, I held her in my arms as she cried on my chest. I tried calming her down. "Don't worry love… I ain't leavin' ya"
Her tears poured down like rain that day. Since then, we had been living with each other like siblings, looking after each other through thick and thin, no matter what happened.
"Won't leave her… eh?" Buck said to himself. He did, and he still felt guilty about it. But she was here now, and it's alright now isn't it? Buck clenched his fist, and stood up from the bed of flowers.
"No… ain't now way am I losing her again," Buck said with conviction as he grabbed his knife out of the ground. He made his way through the forest. Something eerie was within the atmosphere. Buck couldn't make it out, but a strange feel of tension reverberated through the trees. It was silent. Not a peep, squeek, squawk from any animal. Something was definitely wrong.
Buck reached the giant waterfall and found not a sign of Amelia anywhere. Nothing but her bucket was left in the pool. Buck didn't really like the nostalgia he felt of seeing her bucket. It reminded him of the bitter moments he thought he had lost her.
Once again, Buck felt that drifting feeling he once felt long ago. Skeptical to the thought that he might have lost her again, Buck strived onwards. He backtracked through the trail leading to the cave.
A few meters away, he suddenly heard voices. Strange voices, ones that Buck was sure he wasn't only hearing them in his head. He could a large silhouette of a creature in the mouth of the cave. He wanted to race up there immediately, but something was wrong. After all the time he had spent in a world filled entirely with bloodthirsty dinosaurs, he had learned and felt that cold intent to kill. But within that cave he could feel nothing but anxiousness and grim.
"I've been worried sick, my dear Amelia. You haven't been showing yourself lately" uttered a low heavy voice echoed along the cold jagged surface of the cave.
"Sorry- I… I got caught up with... exploring again," Amelia lied. She stared fearfully into his large grey eyes, a gentle yet possessive stare.
The figure basked its scales on the orange glow of the sun. Scars revealed one by one as he revealed his giant figure into the light. The intelligent creature sprung out its wings, worn-out and strewn with a few tears in the end. It was roughly half the size of Rudy, but its hulk-esque build made him look as if he could easily snap a full-grown tree like a twig.
His jaws gaped largely with pearl-white fangs. A small muzzle that resembled most of the dinosaurs, but what Buck took notice of the most was the words coming out of his mouth. Unlike everything he had come across to up till now, this one obviously had intellect significantly greater than reptiles. But right now it wasn't time for his mammal chauvinism to act out.
Buck hid behind the tree as he overheard their conversation. He could audibly hear Amelia's voice. And simply from the intonation of her speech, he could tell that something was wrong.
"Oh, my dear Amelia," spoke the creature standing before her. "I hope you don't go too far to the extent that I couldn't find you-"
"I'm not trying to run away Drakon! Really!" Amelia said suddenly. She was afraid, Buck could tell.
The creature moved its four legs closer towards her. His, or its, eyes still remained a foggy oblivion with a mysterious stare hanging over her. "Let's hope not. You wouldn't throw away the one person, who, cared for you"
Amelia was shuddering, fearful of the enormous beast in front of her. "Wh-what are you doing here?"
The creature, or Drakon so he was called, stepped forward enough for his foul breath to be smelled. "I'm here to ask again. I want you to come and live with me"
"But I'm happy here!" Amelia said.
"But I'm not," said Drakon in a low fierce voice. "You'll be happier there. With me. I promise you"
Amelia didn't want to live with him. No matter how good the place would be, or how great or wide it was all she would be in is in a cage. Right now, in this corner of the lost world dinosaurs, Drakon, had kept her like a bird in his own world.
I was falling.
Yep. Not mistaken with that. I mean, seriously. I just fell through the ice floor and I have been falling for a few significant seconds.
Wait. What's that light?
I emerged into warm temperate world. The sight I could in my first glimpse of arrival was amazing. Trees of sizes you'd never imagine. Water falling from tall mountain peaks, making you wonder where they came from. Large reptilian birds soaring freely in the air. Tall Long-necked dinosaurs seen even beyond the horizon. Me still falling to my death-
-wait.
"Aaaaaahhh!" I screamed louder than I have ever done before. Pitiful how the last thing you'd see before you die would be the most amazing thing you'd ever see.
But beneath laid a light purple fog, and as I dove straight through it I bounced unto something soft. After bouncing I propelled back into the air like a trampoline and bounced into another one of the objects. Took a few times of bouncing for me to get a good glance at what they were. Mushrooms. Gi-normous mushrooms.
To think this day would actually get this weird. But with end of my trip down as I finally bounced back unto the earth and stand on my two feet, I couldn't care less.
"Great… where am I now?" I asked myself. First thing I did was look up, obviously. You'd first wonder if you could go back from where you came. The hole was hardly visible from here. It's like was comparable to a star in the sky. I then scanned my surroundings. I caught glance of a stick. It'd be pretty much instinct for a person to get something to grab on, especially when you just got trapped in a world full of dinosaurs and creatures you-may-not-know-of-but-have-existed-before.
I traversed into the forest wielding my staff/stick close to me. The noises around were… creepy. Squawking and shrieking monsters on the prowl. For me.
I shuddered at the thought. But I tried calming myself down. I've lived the trip getting here, right? So, I might just live the trip getting out.
Hardly. Right after I tried to convince myself that everything would be all right, something came up from behind who's feet I could audible hear. It was a small creature, with wobbly eyes that hardly seemed focused. It bawked, I think. Well, it was making a sound that you'd expect when you combine a reptile and a chicken.
"Err… hello?" I said, trying to keep my distance away from it. It was sniffing around, right where my footprints were "You hungry?" I asked while walking backwards away from it. Wish it wasn't though. "Please go eat something else" I said with a somewhat pleading voice.
Suddenly, more of them started popping out of the bushes. Not good. Noooot good. I bumped behind something hard. A tree. Greeeaat. When they started to surround me left and right, I immediately started climbing. I climbed faster than I ever have before. When I got up a fair distance away from the ground I stood on the sturdy branches. I looked behind me, and there they were.
Those things could climb. They were all squawking at me. Hungry for me. I could tell from the way the all menacingly looked at me. I started running, jumping around from tree to tree. And then they started chasing. I'd look behind and I wasn't outrunning them at all.
I drastically tried climbing and jumping around more, but obviously they wouldn't stop. And if my luck hadn't gone even more down the drain, the last branch I stood on snapped, causing me to fall down to the ground.
"Owww" I could only moan in the aching pain for a few moments before I caught glance of them. They started stalking towards me slowly, as if this scene came from some type of horror movie. I groped around the floor in search of my stick. I could hardly pull my legs up from all that running. All I could do now was stand and walk backwards until I leaned onto another tree.
"G-get back!" I threatened, pointing my stick at them. They all seemed to ignore that, and continued walking towards me. "I said get back!" I shouted, slamming my stick unto one. It made a loud thunk on its head, but no desired effect came from it.
I thought I was about to become lunch, when suddenly a large figured shadowed the light rays. I looked up to see it flap its heavy wings
Xion the Author: Yeah… I added in an Amelia flashback. Needed to get more creative, but really I've used the idea "hundreds of little monsters living in a forest" before. So I did a few modifications to make things a little more different. I'll continue the rest of the flashback in the next chapter :D Hopefully I could get more spare time then since its the last few days of school here.
