Chapter 22 : " First Meeting "
As I was still sleeping in alphas' cave the sun was rising and I was dreaming about my family. I realy miss them and i could not wait to see them again.
"Skylen. Sky! Sky wake up you sleepy head!" said a voice from above me but I haven't react to it.
"Sky wake up already !" repeated the voice as the owner of it started to poke my side to try and wake me up. Which succeeded.
"Mi-Miakoda?" I said opening my eyes and seeing her standing above me.
"Finaly you woke up. I was starting to worry you will never woke up." said Miakoda a bit angry but still smileing.
"S-sorry ... I-I just haven't took that good sleep in few days." I said picking my self up ashamed.
"Its fine come out." said Miakoda.
"Go to the pond and make yourself ready for hunt " she added as I walked out side the den.
"Yes I will. Again sorry for staying asleep today" I said with a tail low.
"Look who had finaly came to see us." said Maka mocking me a little.
"Took you long enough." he added to which I looked at the ground embarrassed.
"S-sorry Maka." I said.
"Won't happend again I promise" I added shortly after.
"Eh ... just get ready for a hunt already. Others have enough of waiting" he said to which I walked to the pond and drink a bit. After that I moved to the upper part of meadow where Ragnor and Miakoda were already waiting.
"I'm ready, and once again sorry for makeing you wait for me that long" I said looking at the ground.
"Its ok Sky." said Miakoda.
"Just try to avoid being woken up by someone" she added shortly after.
"Alright, if you are ready we should go" said Ragnor.
"I'm ready." I replied.
"Good now let's follow Ragnor to hunting ground" said Miakoda.
I followed Miakoda and Ragnor to where we suposed to hunt. As time pass by we walked some distance from meadow Miakoda spoke up.
"Ragnor are you sure it's a good idea ?"
"I know you and Cesar likes to go on high risk high reward hunts but keep in mind you have new member here with you" added Miakoda to which Ragnor halted.
"Yeah you right Miakoda." said Ragnor.
"Let's maybe go to the river on ouer left. There is mostly good amount of prey." he added waiting for what Miakoda will say about it.
"Its good plan I think. at least safer" said Miakoda.
"Alright let's go then." said Ragnor and we started to move again.
As we got closer to the where we would hunt I started to recognise this place. It was a place where herbivores stopped during migration. I tried to remind the path we took, it would come realy useful if Miakoda and Maka would decide that they won't let me go.
My thoughts got inturrapted by Miakoda saying.
"Alright let's do that"
"You will go with Sky on the right." she added.
"Huh ? Sorry I was lost in my thoughts. What were you saying?" I asked.
"We are going to split here. you and me are going from the right and Miakoda from left. We will try to surprise and surround the prey." explained Ragnor.
"Now follow me" he said as he moved forward into the forest.
After a while of walking we made it to the same clearing where we had ouer free for all competition. In that small clearing we spotted three avas.
"Perfect" whispered Ragnor.
"I will go across the clearing we will prevent the herbivores from running away so Miakoda can attack first and get the kill and then it will be ouer turn." he added.
I stayed on one side of a clearing while Ragnor moved to the other. We were waiting for Miakoda for quite a while. When she did not showed up Ragnor gave me a signal to began the hunt.
We runned out of the bushes blocking preys way out of the clearing hopeing Miakoda will show up at any given moment.
But as time pass by she still did not showed up.
"Eh lest kill all three of them we will wait for Miakoda afterwards." he said as he runned towards avas at sirprisedning speed.
Ava did not even got time to react. Ragnor runned up to it, striking it with claws and makeing it fell of the ground bleeding out.
I runned for the one on the far left since it was trying to escape through the forest.
"Where do you think you going ?" I said running towards it and catching it's neck digging my teeths into it's flesh causing the blood to be gushing into my throat.
'Ah how I missed this feeling' I said to myself letting ava's neck go and after it tried to escape with rest of energy it had. I soon pinned it down with a smile on my face.
"Stop playing and finish the job" said Ragnor killing last ava to which I roled my eyes and ripped ava's throat out causing it to stop breathing.
"Where is she!? She should be here already." said Ragnor warrying about Miakoda.
When he said that some scent made it's way into my nostrils which made me become pale as a wall.
I smelled a faint but fresh scent of giga. My sister's scent.
'Fuck! Not good. If my sister found her...' I thought as I became pale as a wall which got noticed by Ragnor.
"What is it Skylen?" he asked.
"If you want to see her again we need to find her. NOW !" I said running back to the place where we parted ouer ways.
"What did you sensed?" he asked when he catched up with me.
"My sister." I asked running as fast as I only could.
"Wait ... don't tell me you talk about a giga !?" he asked.
"Unfortunately ... yes ..." I said
I started to run back to where we last saw Miakoda not waiting for a Ragnor nor careing about avas we killed, all I cared about was try to get to Miakoda before it will be too late.
When Ragnor finaly catched up he spoke up.
"What are You playing to do ?!"
"I will try to stop my sister." I said running as fast as I only could.
We runned for long time until we heard Miakoda disstressed and roars of a giga. Adrenaline was pumping and I was running towards the noises.
'No it's not happening it can't be!' I said to myself scared of worst. I was begging it to not end up in anyone getting hurt.
I was getting closer and closer to the noises, bad think was the fact I was getting realy close to where my family was.
Time slowed down when I heard a loud roar of my sister.
"Come here!" followed by Miakoda's calling for help.
"Orchid stop!" I screamed running out of the forest seeing Miakoda laying on the ground and my sister close by.
'No! No! No! No! It can't be. Please sister don't tell me you did it.' I said in my head running towards them as Orchid said surprised.
"Brother ?! is that realy you?!"
"I thought we lost you!!" she added, immediately stoping and looking at me.
By that time I made it between Miakoda and Orchid.
"Sister she is not a threat! Don't hurt her! I beg you!" I said crouching closely to Miakoda.
"Who is she then ?!" she asked.
"She and her pack saved me from death." I said.
"When I was patrolling I stumble upon the spino and if not them I would be dead." I said showing my wound over right eye.
"See they took care of me." I added.
"Sky are you ok?!" said Ragnor running out of the forest.
"Ragnor wait !" I said when I saw him running.
"That's my sister I've got this." I added.
"Ouch!" I heard Miakoda yelping as she tried to stood up.
"My leg" she added.
As I was trying to help her stand up Ragnor was already about to do it and he growled at me when I came closer to Miakoda.
"Ragnor, chill out I'm not your enemy I only want to help."
"If you want to help the get lost" he replied in anger.
"Ragnor ..." said gently Miakoda.
"That's not his fault. I tripped on unstable ground" she added.
"B-but" said Ragnor.
"Ragnor ... stop being blinded by anger. It won't help the situation to get better." replied Miakoda.
"Orchid we should help them" I said.
"Could you go and ask if they could stay until she will get better." I added after short pause.
"Will try to" she answered nuzzleing me and walking back to ouer family.
I got quite stunned since I never expect her to nuzzle me, maybe it's because I was gone for so long and they probobly thought I was dead.
"Are you sure about that ?" asked Ragnor.
"Don't worry Ragnor if they won't alaw you to get to ouer den you will be able to stay here and I will stay with you so noone will disturb you." I said reassuring they will be fine.
After a while Orchid came back with Enna and Kalash behide her.
"Sky! My child I thought we lost you" said Enna when she saw me.
"Hey mom!" I said wagging my tail in happiness that I finaly see them.
We started to nuzzle eachother until Kalash spoke up.
"Who are those two?!"
"Don't worry Kalash they saved me from a spino." I said.
"Heh long time no see Kalash." said Miakoda.
"Do I know you?" he said.
"You should." answered Miakoda.
"Me and Maka took care of you all those years ago when you were injured." she added.
"Wait ... Miakoda right ?" he said.
"Yes! That's me." she replied with a smile on her face.
"You have grown a bit since last time we met" said Kalash.
"Heh I could say the same about you Kalash" said Miakoda.
"Come on with us. Tiem for me to return the favor." said Kalash leading us back to our family.
When we made it it was few houers before evening and everyone was welcoming us back home.
"Big Bro!" I heard from my right. That was Roody.
"Don't you ever leave us like that" he said running up to me as he was nearly crying.
"I'm here Roody, haha. I missed you as well. I missed all of you." I said.
When it was starting to be evening I came up to Miakoda and Ragnor who was realy tensed laying next to her, ready to give his own life in defence of his alpha.
"Miakoda, come with me." I said.
"She is not leaving my sight!" growled Ragnor.
"Ragnor I can speek for myslef." said Miakoda.
"Sorry alpha" he replied still growling a bit.
"I wanted to give you a nest" I said to Miakoda.
"You will sleep in my nest since I will sleep with my mom tonight anyways." I added.
"That's realy kind of you." she said.
"well you did the same for me, I'm just returning the favor." I said helping her stand up.
"Ragnor." she spoke up.
"Yes alpha?" he answered.
"Go tell Maka where I am and that I'm fine. you will come with him tommorow." said Miakoda.
"I said I'm not leaving your side!" said Ragnor.
"Don't worry I have Sky here and I'm sure Kalash won't let anythink happend to me as well." she replied somehow reassuring him.
"F-fine. Just please be careful. You know as well as I do if anythink will happend to you I will pay for it with my head." he said preparing to leave.
After some time I spoke up again.
"Oh I almost forgot. others had bringed what we got on a hunt with Ragnor and you will be able to take it with you." I said laying quite close to her makeing sure nothink will happend and as soon as she fell asleep I moved few meaters to Enna's nest where she already was laying down.
When I came closer to the nest Enna turned her head towards me and said.
"You did a good think Sky."
"I'm proud of you" she added licking right side of my head.
"Thank you mom. I just returned the favor. They have saved me from spino and helped me heal my wounds." I replied laying down in her nest to which Enna hugged me with her head and pushed me closer to her.
"Ah I realy needed that. Thank you mommy" I said wagging my tail.
"Your welcome." she said.
"Sleep now Sky" she added when she saw how sleepy I looked.
Soon after I felled asleep to her heart beating like a lullaby for me. Oh how I missed it.