Kay Guys been a long week. Lot's of school work lately and other things to go with it. Hope you guys enjoy this chapter. A special thanks to all the reviewers. Remember it only takes a few seconds to tell me how my writing is and if its good or not. I will include somebodies ideas if they give them to me because I am really at a dead end, please review and or help. A very special thanks goes to MysticBlade for her help. If you haven't read her story you should its da bomb. Anyways on with the story.
(Wanume's POV)
I slowly woke up to a bright morning. The realm of sleep leaving me every so slightly. The light in the sky shining brightly upon my face. I gently stretched and was about to yawn when I saw a hunter out of the corner of my eye. Even then his jaw set in determination. I knew Tsu'tey would miss me but not enough to come after me. I thought about right then waking him up but then I thought about what I had to do and knew he would hinder my plan. I immediately started to slink down the dark brown tree. The rough bark scratched my skin. I tried not to make to much noise so as he wouldn't hear. I knew I shouldn't wake him but give a way for him to know I was still there. I walked over to him and stealthy replaced his knife with my current one. I then thought about what it meant to him and quickly replaced it and instead switched his and my mothers.
He must have been a hard sleeper because as I slinked to my Pali he never once made a noise. Until I got on. At first it sounded like mumbling and then it went to a bit of a talk.
"San'ok I do not want teylu tonight. I would rather just sleep, it was a long hunt." He stated out like a little kid, and even in his dreams he dreamed of hunting. I imagined an unhardened warrior Tsu'tey, full of life and laughter and jubilance as he ran to his parents with each new discovery. Hard to believe it existed. His dream went down hill though and I then thought about how each night I had some bad dream he would comfort and how I would leave him now. I couldn't stand to hear any longer until I heard him say.
"Sorry San'ok I must save somebody in danger, I must help save them. They left because of a horrible dreamwalker and if I don't help she will die." He mumbled something I couldn't hear and then "Yes San'ok a girl, not Sylwannin" at that his face grimaced a little. I slowly mounted the pali.
I instantly felt bad because it hit a part of my conscious after all I was the cause of his sleepless nights and problems since day one because of my bad dreams. After his mumblings ended he started to have a recurring dream of danger and horrible places no one should have to go, I pretty sure the guilty one. He and both had those because of the skypeople. That's why I had to kill as many as possible before they kill me. His blue cyan body tossed and turned, incoherent mumbling coming out. As I mounted my pali, I shushed it through the bond and I threw a pebble at Tsu'tey's head. He stirred a little as it knocked him out of his bad dreams but by the time he was a awake, I was gone.
(Tsu'teys POV)
I was dreaming, I knew I was. It was just a bad dream. Everything I had told Wanume came back to me as if telling her had destroyed the numerous barriers I don't know. In my dream my mother approached me. "you need to eat something." She said. I remembered her caring tone. The love in her voice, pride in her eyes over me. I don't know why. I was just the best hunter.
" Na Mom, I don't want teylu I just want to rest." It felt like I had been through so much.
" Why, usually you are so hungry after a long hunt." I thought about what she said and I realized what I was here for. "Ma Sanok I must save somebody in grave danger, I must save them. They left because of a horrible dreamwalker and a bad incident. If I don't help she will die." She looked at me in the face. I felt like she knew everything about me. Technically she did after all she was in my dream. I knew none of this was real though I wished it was. I was grown now and did not believe in fantasies anymore.
"You are trying to save a girl. You would not help another hunter, instead you would let them pass the test on their own."
"Yes Sanok a girl. No I don't love her or am chasing her like Sylwannin." I felt I needed to explain to my conscious not knowing if I was lying or not.
A felt a tug as if the real world was pulling me back. The world started to go black and I started to go into a no dream world. I felt a thump on my head from the outside world and thought I might have fallen asleep in the Pali fields because of the thumping of the hooves of a pali, the distinct smell of one lingered in the air, or was that dung. "Ugghh" I said as I quickly remembered where I was and I made the connection. Took me long enough. I remembered the form in the trees last night. Wanume was above me the whole entire time. I quickly opened my eyes to see where she was but only noticed the pali marks in the dirt. "Tsa'hey." I mumbled to myself. I cursed myself for my stupidity.
In my tiredness I forgot to check my surroundings and I could have made this journey easier had I done that. I looked around and found that my direhorse was still there. I gathered my belongings and noticed something odd. I grabbed my knife to cut the rope and found that it wasn't mine. It was hers. She must have replaced them to tell me she was there. No need for that now.
I searched through my bag for anymore clues finding my mothers knife tucked away in Wanume's case. I would return this to her. I quickly cut the rope, the direhorse neighed as I slowly linked to it.
"Come on" I tapped her sides with the insides of my feet and we were off. I still hoped I had the power of advantage and she didn't know that I was awake. That would make things a lot easier on me. The thumping of the hooves was soon droned out by my worrying. Why did I worry so much over her, she was after all just another hunter. I then thought how I had opened up more to her than anyone else and realized something else must be going on here.
Her direhorses marks were deep in the bioluminescent ground as if she was hastily making her way to the dead old hometree. I had to catch up with her. The sky people will have the dozers that are big and easy to cripple but the ground people with their armor and guns will kill her.
(Wanume's POV)
I quickly urged my direhorse on. The direhorse wined in protest at the constant speed. I felt its discomfort at the speed and rate we were going. One wrong place foot and you hit a root. Tsu'tey would be awake and back on the trail by now. I wish I had taken more care to be careful with my tracks. As I rode through the forest everything became more familiar. I remembered the happy memories from here. However after a few minutes of the peaceful jungle and lush forest, dimly lit through the thick canopies, was a ugly noise. A terrible ugly sound that emanated through all the peace. It was the sound of dozers. I could hear the rumbling in the distance I prepared by bow. I brought out the war paint and applied it. Nothing would stop me now.
I readied my bow and checked my arrows. My knife lay across my chest in it's decorated sheath. I was ready to draw it and take down some sky people. I mounted my pali again and rode into the clearing.
It was like nothing I had ever seen before. There was no green. I fell to my knees. Shock emanating through my body. I felt hopeless and lost. Before me where my hometree used to be a giant hole. Sky people went in it and came out. A dozer was riding into it at the moment. I couldn't move. I was stunned.
(Tsu'teys POV)
I knew I was getting closer because the rumbling in the distance was that of the sky peoples machines. The loud destructive noises tore through the forest as they killed anything in their path. I saw where Wanume had left her paints. They were scattered on the ground. She only took what she would use because there was hardly any left. That or she was a bad painter and used the whole thing. I'll go with the first.
I knew a battle was brewing because she wasn't here any longer. I just hoped she was still alive. I picked up the used war paint and found them all to be girly colors. Finally I looked and found blue and orange. I applied them to my face for there wasn't enough for anywhere else. I noticed in the dirt the footprints of her pali. They were made all over as if it was scared and knew what was coming. I mounted mine and prepared myself for what I was to see next. Even though I was prepared for death and anything else it was still a shocker to see something as spectacular as a Kelutrel fall to something as evil as the sky people. Just like JhakeSully even a rock could learn more than them. I rode into the forest once again as I knew in a few moments what I would see.
(Wanume's POV)
I looked around noticing then amount of sky people. There were few of them compared to the amounts that attacked me. Cowards couldn't even attack in a fair fighting force. I looked around and noticed that they didn't notice me yet. I could work that to my advantage. I climbed up the nearest tree. Its blue skin was smooth and slippery yet I still managed to get up there. I took my bow of my back the metal risers shining in the sun.
I looked for a target. If I played my cards right I could get a few of them before they noticed me. I took and nocked an arrow. The tip dumped in dangerous neurotoxins dangerous to humans. I let the arrow fly as I heard a solid thud. I had aimed for the face so when the arrow hit his body would be turned and they wouldn't know the direction it had come from. I did this until I heard a
"Stop right there and drop the bow"
I looked down and noticed a mechanical sky person. There gun leveled and pointed right at my head. I knew this couldn't end well. Why couldn't he just shoot me and let this be over with.
-To be continued
Will she die in the next chapter or will Tsu'tey come and save her. You decide. If you read this story please review it. I need some feedback and help. If anybody suggest an idea it may appear in the story. Thanks to everybody who reads and reviews.