Wolf Journey
Chapter 9: The Cunning Trickster
Most of the morning Togo sniffed around the boat and beach hoping to pick up a scent of Ryka.
It wasn't until noon when Togo finally picked up something.
"Ryka..." Togo muttered to himself
Togo then took off into the direction where he picked up the scent and a few minutes later he came across a stream.
He sniffed around for a bit and his instincts told him that the scent was leading him straight.
As Togo walked down the trail he then heard a "KRAW!"
Togo shot his head up and saw a black feather hawk with red eyes; it was the same hawk Togo had been seeing in his dreams.
The hawk flew passed Togo and landed on a branch of a nearby tree and it just stared at him.
"You again...what is it you want?!" Togo asked the hawk aggressively.
The hawk then swooped down off the branch and landed on another tree and again stared at Togo.
"Am I supposed to follow you?" Togo asked the hawk.
The hawk nodded at Togo as if it understood him.
"Okay but as long as you help me find my daughter." Togo said.
As soon as Togo said that the hawk then flew off the branch it was sitting on and flew down the trail and Togo followed it.
But then there was a problem not even a minute of following the hawk cloud of fog rolled in and Togo couldn't see the hawk anywhere all he could hear was its call.
"Hey wait I can't follow you through this! Where are you?!" Togo called into the fog.
"Where are you?" A female voice asked through the fog.
"I'm right here...just keep talking and I'll find you!" Togo replied.
Togo then caught something in the corner of his eye, he turned to see that the silhouette of what seemed to be a big bird standing on a fallen tree trunk.
"That must be the hawk." Togo whispered to himself.
Togo began to walk across the trunk but in doing so it nearly rolled over and that was when Togo realized that he was just above the rapids.
Just then the fog lifted and to Togo's disappointment he realized that the figure he saw in the fog appeared to not be a hawk but rather...a female fox.
The fox was slightly shorter than Togo, she had emerald green eyes, and she was caught in a rope trap.
"You look disappointed." The fox said.
"Sorry...I thought you might be a hawk." Togo said feeling embarrassed.
"And I thought you might be a hunter, but unlike you I'm not disappointed." The fox explained as she tugged at the trap she was caught in.
Togo sighed and was about to leave when the fox suddenly said something that sent shivers down Togo's back.
"Say, I'll help you find your daughter if you help me out of this trap, Togo." She said.
"Who are you, how do you know I was looking for my daughter and how do you know my name?" Togo asked the fox in a surprised tone.
"I'm Scarlet, and the hawk told me." she replied.
"What do you know about the hawk?" Togo asked.
"Less than you do, now do we have a deal or don't we?" Scarlet said.
Togo was reluctant since he knew how mischievous foxes could be but if Scarlet was going to help him find Ryka then he might as accept her offer.
"Okay, but no tricks!" Togo said.
Togo then carefully bit into the rope that Scarlet had around her neck and pulled it off of her.
"Now how are you going to help me find my daughter Scarlet?" Togo asked.
Scarlet smirked.
"Easy, by giving you a little push." She replied.
Before Togo could react Scarlet then shoved him with both of her front paws and sent Togo falling into the rapids blow them.
Togo resurfaced a second later and looked at Scarlet with an angry glare
"WHY DID YOU DO THAT?! HELP ME!" Togo shouted as the current started pulling him downstream.
"Oh but I did and now you must help yourself." Scarlet said as her smirk widen.
Togo tried swimming to safety but the current was moving too fast for him to swim to shore.
He was pulled under by the current but and resurfaced a moment later and he grabbed onto a rock that was sticking out of the water.
Despite all the water splashing in his face he was able to catch a glimpse of Scarlet.
"ARE YOU CRAZY, THE CURRENT IS TOO STRONG!" Togo shouted to her.
"Then let the current take YOU!" She called back to him.
Togo screamed as a big wave splashed on him causing him to loose his grip of the rock and was then pulled under the water.
As Togo squirmed to reach the surface of the water a female voice echoed through his head.
"The fox: cunning trickster."
A/N: I guess we'll have to see what happens to Togo in the next chapter eh? And yes I know giving the fox a name was kinda pointless but I thought it would be a cool twist. Anyway guys I hoped you guys liked the chapter and I'll see you in "Chapter 10: The Journey for Father and Daughter"! Drew out!
