Would the bear cub ever shut up? The first few stories were sort of interesting, but after his fifth story, I just wanted peace and quiet. My brother was still struggling to get the stick. I probably should've helped him by now, but I'm enjoying watching him struggle with the bear trap Denahi and set up.
"My eyes were watering and my tongue was swollen and from that moment on, I was more careful about what I licked." The bear cub finished. He saw that Kenai was still struggling and with a slight roll of his eyes, he moved the stick a couple inches when Kenai wasn't looking and Kenai grabbed it shouting, "Ha! See! It's all about using your head." Yeah. If he would've used his head, we would've been out of this situation a long time ago. He hoisted himself up with the stick and hooked the stick to the tree, so he could keep himself balanced while he worked on the rope, but the rope snapped and he banged his head on the ground again. He so deserved that.
"Oh. That was funny. Do it again." The cub encouraged.
"Don't you have somewhere to go?" Kenai growled.
"Yeah. The salmon run. Hmm. How about this? I get you down and all three of us go together. Deal?" The cub asked searching around for a way to release Kenai. Out of Kenai's eyesight, I pointed to where the stake was and the cub smirked at me.
"Okay. Fine. If you can magically get me down, I'll go with you to this-this" The cub told Kenai the salmon run and Kenai continued, "Whatever. But, if you can't, you turn around, and walk away, and never ever come back Ever."
"You swear?" The cub asked seriously and Kenai swore, and the cub stated, "Pinky swear?"
"Yeah sure. Pinky swear, but this is a human trap and you're just a dumb little bear. There's no way you're going to be able to-" Suddenly, Kenai was set free and crashed head first into the ground for the third time today, due to the cub removing the stake from the ground I pointed out to him earlier. I walked up Kenai and said, "You know, Kenai. You're taking this using your head thing a little to seriously." Kenai rolled his eyes at me and the cub started rambling about how we were going to travel and when his bedtime is. Then, the cub shouted,
"Run!" He disappeared into the woods. I grew nervous and started looking around for any signs of danger.
"Good riddance!" Kenai shouted. Then, I caught scent of something. Something strange. Kenai must've smelt it too. We looked around and spotted a figure coming towards us. It was Denahi. Happiness swelled inside me.
"Denahi? Denahi, you found us!" I shouted, then I got slightly suspicious. He didn't look very happy and he... he looked like he was going to hurt us!
"It's been a nightmare. You won't believe-" Kenai faltered as he began to sense the same thing I was.
"Run, Kenai!" I exclaimed. Denahi almost thrust the spear into Kenai, but Kenai barely dodged it. Kenai rushed past me and I was struggling to keep up. I was only a cub. I wasn't going to catch up with him. Denahi was still on my trail. "Kenai!" I screamed for help. Denahi threw the spear at me and barely dodged it. Suddenly, Kenai threw his full weight into Denahi, which caught Denahi off guard, and shouted, "Keep going, Tehya! I'll catch up with you in a minute." I ran into the woods and a moment later I tumbled into a stream and Kenai jumped in after me.
"Keep going! He's not far behind." Kenai urged. He looked around and said, "Go to that glacier. It has a small opening." Kenai and I ran into the glacier cave. We panted, then stopped and backed up when we saw Denahi on top of the glacier.
"Is he gone? I think he was going to-" The cub from earlier asked. Kenai grabbed him and I shushed him. We both looked up and held our breaths as we watched Denahi. We released them as soon as he left.
"Hello? Can't breathe." The cub reminded Kenai. Kenai released him and the cub and I followed him as he walked a little bit. I was trying to wrap my mind around this. Why was Denahi chasing us?
"Why is he chasing us?" Kenai wondered. I could tell that he was just as confused as I was.
"That's what they do." The cub said.
"But it's not like him." Kenai said. He was right. Denahi had to have a reason for hunting us. Maybe he changed his mind about hunting the bear that killed Sitka, but he seemed pretty adamant about not wanting to kill it earlier. It had to be something else, but what?
"Well, lucky for him. He didn't find us. When I get into a fight, I'm a razing ball of brown fur." The cub stated running around in a circle and falling down, "I mean, I don't want to brag or nothing, but I've got some moves." I chuckled.
"Oh really?" Kenai questioned not believing it one bit.
"Yep. This first one, well, it's just a little thing I like to call the slasher! And this one I like to call, flying fury of death!" The cub shouted demonstrating his moves. I slightly chuckled and I could tell that Kenai was mildly amused as well. Then, he said with a terrified face, "He's coming back!" The cub hid behind Kenai and I slightly jumped, but glared at Kenai when I realized he was just pulling a prank. He scoffed, "Typical."
"Yeah, well. The next time we run into that hunter-" The cub started, but Kenai interrupted, "There is no we. K. Tehya and I aren't taking you to any salmon run."
"What? But you pinky swore!" The cub reminded him. I hated to say it, but Kenai was right. We couldn't waste our time with this cub. We needed to go where the lights touch the mountain and we already wasted enough time. Kenai was frustrated and retorted, "Yeah. Well, things change. See ya, kid. Come on, Tehya." We started to walk away, but the cub stopped us by saying,
"Wait, uh. The truth is, I got separated from my mom and now with this hunter around-"
"Kid, I've got my own problems." Kenai said.
"Wait." I said and brought him a little ways from the cub so he couldn't overhear, "Kenai, I understand why you're frustrated-"
"Tehya, you can't be serious. We don't have time to be babysitters." Kenai stated.
"Kenai, what if it was me. What if I got separated from you guys when there was dangerous predator on the loose." I persuaded him using my wonderful little sister card on him. Kenai groaned, but didn't argue anymore and I knew that I had won the battle. Works on him every time.
Before we had a chance to tell the kid, the cub made another proposition, not realizing that we had already agreed upon taking him, "Come on, please? Can't we just go together? There's a lot of bears and a ton of fish, and every night, we watch the lights touch the mountain. Last year, Bucky and I found a-"
"Wait, wait. What did you just say?" I asked.
"There's lots of bears and tons of fish!" The cub explained enthusiastically.
"No, you know where the lights touch the earth?" Kenai questioned.
"Yeah. It's at the top of the mountain by the salmon run." The cub informed us.
"You're kidding me." Kenai said.
"No, no. They're practically next door. Come on. I'll show you two. It'll be great." The cub assured us. Kenai still looked hesitant and I glared at him while the cub said, "I promise to help you escape from every trap that you walk into." I snorted when I heard that. I'm never going to let Kenai live that one down. He'll be even more embarrassed when he learns that Denahi and I set it up. Then, I noticed that the rope around Kenai's leg was wrapped around a small block of ice and I grinned.
"I'm not going to walk into going anymore-" Suddenly, Kenai fell and I laughed as he finished, "Traps."
The cub went up and freed him, asking, "What do you say?"
"You're sure that you can take us where the lights touch the earth? Because the last time, I trusted a kid to lead me somewhere, we ended up getting lost for five hours. " Kenai said.
"That was one time!" I protested. One time, I told Kenai about this cool waterfall that, if you went behind the fall, there was a small cavern, and we went to find it again, and with my brilliant direction skills, we managed to get lost for five hours.
"Yeah, no problem." The cub promised.
"If you slow us down-" Kenai threatened and the cub assured him that he won't and Kenai continued, "Alright. We leave first thing tomorrow." Kenai and I found a place to rest and I saw the cub curl up next to Kenai. I smiled when I saw that. I used curl up to Sitka and fall asleep next to him all time. Sitka. I had to keep myself from crying. I missed him so much. Kenai noticed the cub curled up next to him and he pushed the cub away.
"And keep that cuddly bear stuff to a minimum. Okay, kid?" Kenai stated.
"My name's not kid. It's Koda. What's your guys' names?" Koda wondered. Kenai groaned and ignored him. I whispered to Koda, "My name is Tehya and that's my older brother, Kenai. Nice to meet you, Koda." Then, I closed my eyes and fell asleep.