Chapter 8 : " Family First "
It was sunset as Lynx came up to me sleeping at the rock.
"Hey Sky wake up everyone is going to the den. You should come as well" he sayed as he pushed me a little to wake me up.
"Oh yea sorry i did not noticed my little nap actualy will take this long" i sayed as i jumped down from a rock i was laying on.
When we got to the den Roody was already sleeping while Maugrim was talking with Orchid outside the nest.
i did not pay atention to that as i was only half awake and all i wanted was to take a good sleep as if i haven't get any in days.
As i literally crowled inside the nest and layed down next to Roody, Maugrim came inside as well and layed down to which Orchid and Enna laughed a bit as Orchid speek up.
"Thye look so cute together" she sayed as she giggled a bit and moved to her own mest close by.
"Yes i know" replied Enna as she got to ne nest herself.
"Sleep well Orchid" she added.
"Thanks and you too" replied Orchid.
As i layed between Roody and Maugrim, Enna had layed next to us and covered us with her tail and we all falled asleep.
When sun had begin to rise Roody had woke me up by nipping me.
"Hehe wake up brother Sky! Its morning already" he sayed as he giggled and stood up to ger outside the nest.
"Alright, alright i'm wakeing up" i replied as i stood up.
When i moved out the nest i realised most of gigas were still asleep. Only me, Roody, Maugrim and of course Orchid who was already outside.
"Morning sister" sayed Roody running up to her.
"Morning brothers" she replied greeting all of us.
When she saw i'm happy again and not afraid she spoke up to me.
"I see you already got used to being a son hehe"
"Well ... lets say i just needed that motherly love and care since i could not get it from my own mom anylonger" i replied lowering my tail abit when i spooke about my mom.
"I understand you. I would probobly feel the same if i had been through what you had to over come as young child" she replied.
"How about you go for a hunt as i will stay here with my brothers so that they dont get into any troubles" she proposed as she looked at Roody and Maugrim.
"Oh come on sis! Thats not funny" sayed Roody.
"Ummm well ... if you want me to i can go for a hunt. I will do my best!" i replied.
"Heh i know you will" she sayed as she moved closer to me.
"Good luck on a hunt" she added while she kept close eye on Roody and Maugrim as they played.
When i moved deeper through the forest i noticed same footprints as yesterday, but those looked to get closer to ouer den. That made me be on edge. I started to listen more and take defensive position to be ready to fight whatever was there.
When i hot to a hunting spot i saw most of pray was already on high alert. As i looked around to see any clue why did the pray act like that i smaled blood comeing from my left.
'someone was here before and score a kill, someone is on ouer territory' i talked to myself as i started to back away to say that to the family.
I ran as fast as i only could to tell that some unknow predator was in Orchid's hunting spot. When i got back to the den i called for Enna.
"E-Enna ... there is ... somethink ... at the ... Orchid's hunting ... spot" i sayed as i bearly stood on my legs.
"What happend? Did you saw it?" asked Enna.
"N-No ... i haven't ... see anythink ... beside half eaten ava ... and footprints close by" i answered as i colapsed from exhaustion.
"Thank you for comeing back and saying this to us if whatever will come closer we will take care of it" sayed Enna as she came close to me and nuzzled me.
"Now rest. You did a good job" she added as she passed next to me.
"Hey guys i found som footprints in the forest they dont look like Roody' nor Sky's"
sayed Orchid as she was walking out of the forest.
"Yes we know Sky allready tell me about them as well as there is unknow predator on your hunting grounds Orchid" sayed Enna.
"Oh realy ?" sayed Orchid.
"Yes ... i saw a ... half eaten ava ... must be a fresh kill as ... other herbivores were ... on edge" i sayed as i tryed to catch a breath.
"Hash there Sky. You need to rest" sayed Enna as she go to take a look in a forest and patroll the area.
"Stay here Orchid if anythink happends Chaos should be soon back from her patroll. Kids are not alowed to leave the den" She sayed as she was about to enter the woods.
"Will do mom. Just be carefull!" replied Orchid.
"Come on Sky lets get inside the den" she sayed as she pushed me a little to make me move.
"I could help her" i sayed as i was getting inside the den.
"You sayed what mom says? Kids cant leave den" sayed Orchid.
"But-"
"No buts!"
"Just think of this as one of the thinkd you should not do if you want to stay" she replied.
"Ok sorry. I just wanted to help" i sayed.
" Yes i know, but you are still exhausted and you need to rest" replied Orchid.
"Well fine i will go. You know all too well that i'm trying to help everywhere i can" i sayed as i lowered my head and walk to the nest to lay there.
"I know, but remeber that you dont have to you proof yourself. You did it already and the fact that my father and Balthier are not trusting you and it might never change. Just keep that in mind that nomatter how many times you will succed on a hunt or you will do the task someone gave you they can still not look at you as they shoud" she sayed.
As she was trying to find Roody and Maugrim, Chaos came back.
"Oh hello Chaos have you seen Roo-"
"We are here!" sayed Maugrim walking right behide Chaos with his younger brother following him closelt behide.
"Orchid where is Enna? I found some footprints around top side of den" asked Chaos.
"She just walked out to see what was out in forest. Sky had found some in forest as well as a half eaten ava closer my hunting spot" explained Orchid.
"Oh ok then" replied Chaos.
As time passed by me and John were play fighting just to find out who is stronger as we were realy boared inside the den.
"Come here!" yeald John as i got free from his grip.
"If you say so!" i sayed as i rammed at his side.
"Ha ha got ya" i giggled as i pined him down.
"Not yet!" he sayed as he pushed me off realy fast.
"Where is your victory now huh!?" he sayed as he pined me down.
"Now give up!" he sayed as i was unable to free myself.
"No!" i sayed.
Then he opened his jaws and closed then on my neck.
"GIVE UP. NOW !" he yealed as a the grip of his jaws got stronger.
"Ahh! Fine! Fine! Let me go!" i screamed as i begged to merci.
"Why you bite me so hard !" i asked as John pulled back.
"Well ... you wouldn't give up otherwhise" replied John.
"I'm bleeding now! Grrr . Why am i so weak" i growled to my self as i was trying to lick my neck.
"Here let me help you" sayed Orchid as she staryed to licking my neck.
"Oh thanks sister ... it feels ... nice not gonna lie" i replied.
"By the way ... You are not weak Sky. You almost got me" sayed John.
As Orchid had help me getting rid of the bleed it was nearly evening and Enna still haven't came back. We all begain to worry.
"What if whatever is there found mama ?" sayed scared Roody.
"Its imposibe. The footprits was almost your size Roody which means whatever it is it would need to be realy dumb to attack ouer mother. Dont worry she will be fine" i sayed to Roody as i tryed to comfort him a bit.
Just as i was doing so we heard stomps outside the den.
It was Enna who had just came back.
"Anythink?" Chaos asked.
"No ... nothink" replied Enna.
"What it could be?" i asked still unsure of what was out there.
"I'm think its a dillo. Ar least the kill is theyrs" replied Enna.
"But for now its bed time so lets go to sleep" sayed Enna after she got to the nest.
After she got inside the nest crowled in as well and layed under her throat as it was the most comftable place for me.
During the night i was woke up by some noises outside the den. For a moment i was thinking that maybe Orchid was takeing a drink or somethink as i could not see her. But then i noticed that she was behide me in nest with us.
I crowled out of the nest as slow as i could to not wake up anyone because i wanted to see what was makeing those sounds.
As i walked outside the den i did not saw anythink as it was realy dark so i decided i will go in a direction of the noises.
They were comeing somewhere from the spot that i first saw the footprints.
As i got there there was nothink not even one single sound. I started to look around and when i was on the edge of the small fall in the area when i heard quick footsteps behide me.
"What the-" that was all i could say before a creature jumped at me and cause me to fall down.
On my way down i hit a realy sharp rock which cause me to injure my left leg and create a deep cut in it. When i hit a ground with a loude yelp that same creature jumped down at me but it did not expect me to react fast as i catched it in mid-air and crushed its throat.
" gasp and what whas it worth it to you ?! Didn't you learn that attacking someone bigger is a stupid idea?!" i sayed as i tryed to catch a breath. Adrenalin was pumping and i did not care about my semibroken leg as well as about the deep cut on it.
'now to how get out of here' i talked to myself as i tryed to get out from that little hole.
When i was almost out i heard another footsteps all around me. One of those footsteps were comeing from behide. As i looked arount to locate whatever was makeing the noises the nest oponet jumped on me, this time on my back.
"AAHHH get of me you little pest!" i roared in fury as i tryed to get that creature off of me.
When i was trying to shake it off the other three came from front, left and right side.
'Shit not good. What are they anyways' i talked to myself as i got out from the pit.
Then i noticed they were dillos, the night hunters, now i knew it might be a tough fight.
As they slashed and bite me my fury was growing more and more. I was just waiting for they misstake. One. Single. Misstake. It was all i needed to win this fight, and it happened.
The dillo that was on my back had slipped slighty.
'NOW! Thats my chance' i sayed to myself as i catched that dillo by its leg and throwit at abother one.
"My turn" i yealed as i lunched towards one of the dilos and catch its tail as it tryed to run away.
"Where you think you going huh ?" i sayed as ii pulled it back to me so hard so it lost its balance and as soon as its neck was in range of my jaws i slamed them shut on it. It tryed to free itself but i was nowhere near from leting it go after how they messed me up.
'Two down three left' i sayed to myself as i opened my jaws to drop a dead dillo on the ground.
'Actualy only one' i smiled as i saw that the one i throw off my back was unconscious but its body pinned down his unlucky companion.
As i was ready to finish both of them the last one desperately tryed to attack me to save thos two.
When it jumped into air to attack me it got catched in mid-air by adult giga. That was Chaos.
When i saw it i got back to killing last two infront of me.
Just when i begine to do so Orchid came running up the hill.
"Are you ok !?" she asked when she saw me.
"I'm a bit busy killing those two" i sayed as i was tearing their throats out.
"We heard you scream and came for the aid but looks like even Chaos did not had a lot to do" replied Orchid.
"Well you see i got woken UP OUCH!" i yelped as i finaly felt the pain after adrenalin rush.
"OUCH my leg" i sayed after i fell on the ground.
"Yea it looks bad" sayed Orchid.
"Chaos can you got to the den and tell that to my mother that Sky is hurt and he got three dillos" she added.
"Four..." i sayed as i was still in pain.
"Huh where is it then ?" she asked.
"Down there. In the pit. It made me fall down there" i explaind.
"Oh ok it dosen't matter now. What matters now is getting you to the den safe" replied Orchid.
"Alright let me pick myself up" i sayed as i struggled to stand up.
"OUCH it burns!"
"Here let me help you" sayed Orchid as she tryed to pull me up and support my left side.
"Thank you sister" i sayed as i tryed tostan up again.
"Now lets go" she sayed as we started to dowhill.
When we finaly made it out of the forest Enna was already waiting for us.
"What happend up there?!" she asked as she saw me limping and haveing a deep havely bleeding wund on the left leg.
"One of the dillos pushed me off of the edge and i fell into the pit and i hit a sharp rocks which made that deep wund" i explain as she came closer.
"Go Orchid i will get him to the den" she sayed as she picked me up. She did it so gently that i almost didn't felt her teeths on my back as she grab me.
"You will be fine" she sayed as we got inside the den.
"Thanks mom" i sayed as she put me in nest where Roody and Maugrim were already awake.
"What happend to big brother mom?" asked Roody.
"He got into fight with dillos" Enna explained.
As i was laying in the nest Enna was trying to somehow stop the bleeding.
"Here this should help" sayed Enna as she put some leaves on my leg.
"Thank you" i sayed.
"It sould stop the bleeding but for now try to sleep. We will see if it helped tommorow" Sayed Enna as she got to the nest and nuzzled all of us to sleep.