Chapter 7 : " Beginnings Can Be Difficult "

During that night I was sleeping in the nest with Enna and her kids i was feeling comfortable in it as the nest itself was realy warm and soft inside thanks to some moss that had been put down inside it.

As i got woken up by somethink pokeing my side i slowely open my eyes to see Orchid right next to me.

" yawn w-whats going on Orchid?" i sayed confused and still sleepy.

"Shhh be quiet" hashed me Orchid.

"Come with me outside" she added.

"O-ok?" i replied.

As i got out of nest i sneeked out of the den and met Orchid who was already waiting outside.

"So yawn why did you woke me up ?" i asked still not fully aware of what is going on.

When i came outside to where Orchid was i saw her sitting next to an adult giga. When i got closer i saw that the giga next to her was Kalash.

When i noticed that was him i colapsed in fear as i knew he probobly saw me in nest close to Enna. I just closed my eyes as i try not to cry. When Orchid saw me shivering in fear of Kalash she just came up to me and sayed.

"Come on, brother, be brave" she sayed as she pushed my side a little.

"I wont hurt you Skylen. Just come over here" sayedsayed Kalash.

"f-f-fine" i sayed as i tryed to stand up, but it was realy hard as the instinct sayed its a realy bad idea to be anywhere near him.

As i started to walk towards him my hard was starting to beat faster and faster.

"Ummm listen here snacky" sayed Kalash as i was still walking closer.

"Maybe Enna is right and i did this test too hard but still you surprised me with that kill" continued Kalash.

"But that dose not mean you can do what you want here. Even if Enna is on your side you must know some rules" he added as i layed down behide Orchid still frighten after what happend just yesterday.

"I figured that out already" i sayed as i was brave enoght to speek up.

"First of all. I dont care if Enna adopted you, i did not adoped you so dont call me father or anythink like that. Second stop acting like a hachling and be afraid all the time"

"B-but i am afraid! How cant i be after i was almost killed by you" i stoped him as i tryed to not make ee contact.

"Grrrr and last think" he continued.

"Have some respect to others" he added.

I jusy layed there unaware he stood up and came closer to me as i got froze in fear.

"Listen you maybe are in family, but remeber ... you have only one chance" he sayed as he moved over me to the pond.

"W-what d-do you mean ?" i asked when i regain my awerness.

" sigh it means that if you do one wrong move i will personaly get rid of you" he replied as he moved up the hill above the the den.

"B-but-"

"No buts!" he sayed as he looked back at me.

"You are not one of us. You are lucky Enna spared you and is on your side." he added.

As i crumble into a ball and start wimpering i heard Kalash saying

"Why did I even let you go that day"

"Dad i thats enought. He got it. Just leave him already" sayed Orchid.

Kalash sayed nothink to this as he just turned around and walked up the hill.

"I'm sorry Sky i did not knew it will turn out like that" she sayed to me while she tryed to do somethink to make me feel more safe.

"I-i-i realy dont like this" i sayed as i could not control my fear.

"Umm well ..." she spoke up.

"H-how about we go for a hunt ... to brake the tension a little ?" she added shortly after.

"I-i dont know i-if i can" i sayed.

"I dont want to do anythink that can anger Kalash more" i added as i covered my head with my paws.

"He wont trust me. He is just still angry that ouer mom still found a way to make you stay by adopting you and he had nothink to say about it as it would most likely endup in one on three fight as mom and her sisters are definitly on your side and it wont change" explained Orchid.

"I-if you say so" i replied.

"I guess we can go for a hunt then" i added while picking myself up.

"Good now lets go. Lets bring some food to the den before others wake up as a little surprise" sayed Orchid.

As time pass by we made it to the hunting spot and we both score a kill on ava and we draged them back to the den. It was almost sunrise as we made it.

When we got there Enna was already outside sniffing the ground.

"Oh you are here Sky" she sayed as she spoted me and Orchid dragging ouer kills.

"I thought somethink bad happend as i sensed your and Kalash's scent" she added as she came closer to us and took a kill from Orchid so she could help me drag my kill out of the forest.

After we sat there for a while and waited for otheres to wake up i started to tighten the bond between me and now my new mother and sister.

After others woke up and came out to see us and the food most of them got surprised at that sign.

"Morning" i spoke up first.

"Anyobe hungry ?" i adked as i stood up.

"Ochid and I had go for a hunt ealry today" i added as i stood proude knowing that i did a job done.

"Thank you big brother!" sayed Roody walking up to the kill.

As we eat i saw that Kalash haven't had come down to eat.

"Enna ?" i asked.

"Yes Sky?" she replied as she stoped eating.

"Could i get some meat and go give it to Kalash ?" i asked as most of adult stoped eating. I could not help it that i wanted to show i'm useful, even if Kalash thought otherwise. I just wanted him to look at me difrently, like on a family member.

"Umm well ... sure" she sayed as she torn a big pice out and gave it to me, so i can give it to Kalash.

As i peeked the pice of meat and started to walked up the hill where Kalash should be i asked in fear.

"K-Kalash ? Are you here ?"

"Go away before i rip you apart!" he replied somewhere from between bushed to my left.

"B-but ... I have bring you food because you haven't came down to take it" i sayed as i lowered myself to put meat down and to 'show some respect'.

"LEAVE!" sayed Kalash as he growl at me.

"F-fine i'm going" i replied in fear.

As i walked down i could hear bushes russle and when i looked behide me i saw the meat was gone. I keept on walking, proude as i knew Kalash took a meat from my kill.

After we eat what was left of avas me and other adolescents have go down the river a bit to play tag in a forest. I reaky enjoy playing with them, as mostly i'm too fast to be catched.

When the day was about to end we got called for a meeting infront of the den.

"Listen up" started Kalash.

"Herds will be migrating soon which means no more hunting alone or in pairs. I want to take them by surprise during the night" as i was listening to Kalash i was at he same time amazed and scared of his hunting skills.

"We will go tomorrow but i want at lest to actual adults to stay in the den so i'm not counting Orchid and Lynx" As he finish saying it there was a silience.

"Well if Enna want to stay i can stay with her" sayed Chaos.

"Enna what do you say" aksed Kalash.

"I'm in" replied Enna.

"Alright then we will go tommorow so that we will have tine to prepare ambish" he added.

The rest of the day gone by as the adults prepared for tommorows hunt.

As they still talked it started to become night so i got into the den and layed down next to the nest and fel asleep.

The next think was that i woke up to a feeling of being picked up.

As i opened my eyes i noticed i'm nolonger tuching the ground as i was moved to the nest. When i got puted down i looked up to see it was Enna. It wasn't hard for her to pick me up as she is nearly three times bigger then me.

"Oh i'm sorry i woke you up Sky" she sayed nuzzleing back of my neck.

"Aren't Kalash will be mad at me if he see me here" i sayed quite afraid when i even though about what can happend.

"He sayed he is going to get rid of me if i will make misstake" i added.

"Don't worry Sky. You are safe here with me remeber that" she sayed reassureing me with a lick.

"Now go to sleep" she added.

"Th-thank you ... mom" i sayed as i nuzzle her back.

She just liked me as it was relaxing me to the point i was sleeping.

When i woke up it was still dark outside. I decide i will go out to relex a bit under a stary night if Orchid will be there already, but as i walked outside i saw noone.

' sigh maybe she is not always wakeing up early' i talked to myself as i took a drink.

"Ahh i see i wasn't first to wake up today" sayed voice behide me.

As i looked behide i saw it was Orchid.

"Oh morning Orchid" i sayd wagging my tail. She, beside Enna and her sisters, was the only one who understood me and i was trusting her for that.

"Nightmare or ?" she asked me.

"No i just wake up i dont know why" i explained.

"So you came to watch stars with me heh" sayed Orchid giggeling a little.

"Umm well ... yes" i sayed going red all over my face.

As we sat there for a while i did not even noticed i started to fell asleep again.

When i woke up to Orchid welcomeing rest of the family that was going out for a a hunt i froze as i noticed i was almost laying down and was leaning to her side.

"Morning everyone!" as she sayed it i immediately sit down straight ashamed.

"Heh i almosr did not saw you laying there" sayed Maddie.

"Its because he was nearly hidden under me" sayed Orchid to which i begain to be all red across my face.

"He just fell asleep next to me" she added after she smiled to me.

"Orchid stop! You are humiliateing me" i sayed as i covered my face in shame.

"Its ok you just fall asleep" she sayed giggleing.

I was so embarrased. I made myself look like a little hachling ... again.

As others started to prepare to leave for a hunt Kalash came down to join them and i got so scared that he will spot me laying down next to Orchid and it will be one of the "misstakes" i shouldn't do.

"Good luck on a hunt!" sayed Enna as she get out from the den.

It was almost a noon when i was walking around. As i was checking neer by woods i came up to the hill and saw some unknow footprints.

When i saw them i walked back to the den to tell what i found to Enna.

"Mom ?" i sayed as i peek inside the den.

"I'm here Sky" sayed Enna.

As i came up to where i heard the voice she came out from between bushes and small trees inside the cave she sayed.

"What is it Sky ?"

"Well i saw some strange footprints up the hill in a forest" i explained.

"Its probobly was some utahraptors or dilophosaurs" explained Enna.

"Some of them sometimes pass by its nothinknto worry about. They know whats the risk if they got catch on ouer territory" added Enna.

"If you say so" i replied as i moved back outside to take a drink.

The rest of the day was realy uneventful as Roody and Maugrim only were play fighting and othere where not up for fun so i decided to take a nap on a rock outside.