Chapter 23 : " Old Friends "
Before sun even rise I woke up to a russeling next to me. I looked in the direction of the noise to see that it was Miakoda who tryed to stand up on her own from my nest. I quickly stood up from Enna's nest and walked towards Miakoda.
"Mind if I will help you?" I wispered when I got closer.
"Oh, it's you Sky. Did I woke you up?" Asked Miakoda.
"Yes, but it's not big deal I see you need some help with standing up." I said comeing closer.
"Well ... I just wanted to drink but my foot still hurts a bait and it's hard to-" she stoped when I came to her side and tryed to help her with standing up by lifting her side.
"Thank you" she continued while I was helping her get up.
"I think I can now walk on my own" said Miakoda, but when she took one step forward she almost fell on the ground. Fortunately I was there to support her from falling.
"Sorry" she said.
"Its ok. How about I will support your right side? You can just lean on my if you need to." I said offering as much help as I could give.
"Its fine thank you" said Miakoda.
"Lets go to the stream" she added shortly after.
We soon made it to the river and Miakoda took a drink she wanted. I was feeling that now they will trust me even more. Maybe I will be able to connect both family and pack together.
I layed down some distance away to not disturb her but close enoght to react as fast as I can for anythink that can happend.
"Sky you don't need to sit here and wait for me if I will need help I will make sure to ask you for it." She said limping away to the tree close to the water.
"If you say so Miakoda, but please be careful." I said slowly picking myself up and walking back to the nest where Enna was.
"I see you have made a friend" said Enna when I came out of the bushes.
"Oh morning mom. Did I woke you up?" I said comeing to her.
"No you didn't, but I see you take good care of her. How did you met ?" Asked Enna, curious.
"Well ... when I was on patrol I got attacked by a creature called spino, at least that's how they called it. They attacked it and saved me and thye took me to their territory afterwords." I explained.
"That's so nice of them. Hopefully your friend here will feel better soon." Said Enna.
"I hope so as well. Today Ragnor will come back with Maka. He is an Alpha male of the pack and she is Alpha female." I said.
"Maka and Miakoda met Kalash back in a day. I wonder what's will be Maka's reaction to seeing Kalash." I added.
"So far it looks like Kalash is happy to help them since he said he is returning a favor. I wonder what he means by it" said Enna.
"Well I think I know but ... I don't know if Kalash will be happy if I will tell you. Maybe ask him mom, hopefully he will answer your question." I answered picking myself up and walking towards the place when we store what we hunted.
Beside three avas that me and Ragnor got there was a quite big carcass that looked to be shants.
'Wow they haven't been lazy when I was gone' I said to myself and i started to eat.
"I see you are wakeing up erlyer then always." Said female voice behide me. When I turn around I saw those ember eyes.
"Oh it's only you Darkee. Your eyes still scares me hehe." I replied.
"Sorry for that. How are you anyways? I just came back form night patrol and my brother told me you were back but you were sleeping." Said Darkee comeing out of the shadows of the forest.
"I'm alive and fine thanks to this allo pack that saved me from a spino. I think I went to deep into the swamp." I replied.
"Good to know you are fine. But what took you so long ?! Why haven't you just came back after they saved you?" She asked surprised.
"Well it's because that spino hitted me and I passed out of fear and exostion. They have draged me to their pack ground and took care of me." I answered.
"What ? Where did you got injured?!" Said Darkee worried.
"Just above and behide my right eye. Fortunately it wasn't too deep and it healed quick." I explaind.
"So why you haven't come after over four days?!" She asked.
"Or did it took so long to heal this one wound?" She added afterwords.
"Its because Maka, the Alpha of the pack found out that I live with gigas and he was afraid that if they will let me go I will bring you there to harm them. But after I earned some trust I was sent with Ragnor and Miakoda for hunt but Miakoda got found by Orchid and unfortunately she got hurt when she was trying to run away from Orchid. So she stays here for now and today Maka and Ragnor will come here so you will meet them as well." I explaind and I looked towards Miakoda to see if she was fine but it looked like she was just laying under tree near water possibly sleeping.
"Well alright then. Hopefully she will be fine." said Darkee walking back to her nest.
I walked back to eat and drink a bit before moveing to the edge of forest from which I suspected that Maka and Ragnor will come through.
Time slowly passed as I was laying on the ground listening and looking around for any sign of Maka's presents.
I nearly felled asleep when I heard footsteps in a forest and I noticed movement, two figures were moveing towards me.
I imideitly stood up and took closer look and saw that their were Maka and Ragnor. They came out of the dense part of the forest.
"Welcome! Miakoda is laying just up stream, come, let me show you." I said to Maka as he first walked out of the forest.
"She better be fine or else you will get new scares to your collection." Said Maka realy angry.
" glup F-follow me she is there under the tree." I said walking, scared. Somethink about him reminded me of my father. Even if he looked angry it was only because he cared about Miakoda.
When we were walking up the river to her we stumble upon Kalash.
"Well, well, well, who do I see." Said Kalash when he spotted Maka.
"Long time no see" He added.
"Kalash right ?" Asked Maka.
"Yeap that's me. Why are you so angry?" Asked Kalash.
"I'm not angry." Replied Maka.
"Well you look like you are." Said Kalash.
"Wouldn't you be if you would find out somethink happend to your mate !?" Said Maka realy angry trying to move pass Kalash.
"Hey, Maka, she is fine. Noone would harm her. It was time for me to return the favour." Said Kalash.
"Alright sorry. I was just Worrying about her safety." Said Maka a bit calmer.
"Don't worry. She is right there." Said Kalash giveing Maka space to walk to Miakoda.
He runned up to her as soon as she spotted him.
"Maka ! You came." Said Miakoda.
"Why wouldn't I!?" Said Maka nuzzleing her and laying his head over her back.
"Umm ... by the way, Maka, me and Ragnor got the prey yesterday. It's yours you will be able to take it with you." I said comeing up to them with head low but it was no longer caused by fear of him but by a respect I wanted to give him.
"You can alsaw stay as long as you only need. Noone will disturb you." I added shortly after picking my head up slightly.
Maka stayed silient looking at me as Ragnor moved from behide me and walk towards his Alphas and layed down somewhere close by.
"So ..." I said trying to brake the silience.
"If you want to stay Miakoda can sleep in my nest as I will be sleeping in my mom's nest at that time.
"Move. Away." Said Maka.
"B-but I just try to help you out." I replied takeing few steps back.
"If I will need your help I will ask for it but for now go and mind your own business." Said Maka.
"A-as you wish. I will be just there in the forest so if anythink-"
"Just go already." Said Maka a bit impatient.
"O-ok" I replied and turned around to walk back into the forest.
As time passed by I saw how Miakoda tryed to stand up and walk by her own but it was realy hard for her. I know that pain all too well. The feeling of being unable to do anythink.
It was already afternoon and they still haven't moved to much from the spot where Miakoda layed.
'They must be hungry. Should I go and drag them one of the avas they killed ? Ah fuck it! They need it but they don't want to leave Miakoda's side.' I thought to myslef and I stood up and walked to where their avas were. I grabed one and started to draging it to them. That got noticed my Enna, she watched closely how I acted.
"Guys I thought you might be hungry so I bringed you one of the avas me and Ragnor hunted." I said when I came closer.
"Thank you Sky." Said Miakoda.
"Why don't you just come to lay in my nest? It's way healthier and comfortable then just laying on the ground." I asked.
"She won't lay in your nest! She stays with me!" Said Maka.
"I-i won't be there. Both you and Miakoda can lay in the nest and-"
"I said no!" Said Maka again.
"Maka don't worry he only wants to help us best he can. I already used his nest to sleep yesterday night." Said Miakoda.
"So you just layed next to him in his nest !?" Said Maka clearly angry.
"No! No! No! Nothink like that Maka! She was alone, I sleeped in my mother's nest." I said trying to get myself out of this realy bad situation.
"You are lucky then." Said Maka.
"Don't worry I wouldn't dare to do so." I said trying to reassure I don't want to inturrapt them in any way.
"Good. I will think of your proposition. If we will need to stay for the night I think we might use some better spot then ground under the tree." Said Maka calm now.
"Ok! I'm happy I will be able to somehow repay you for the time you gave me while you took care of me." I said wagging my tail.
Soon after they finish eating and moved to the nest I walked to my mom's nest where Enna was already waiting for me.
"Sky, I think you should go with them as soon as they will leave." Said Enna.
"Wait what?!" I said surprised that she said that.
"I just bearly came back home after I weren't here for so long." I added.
"Don't worry Sky. I'm sure they will need you. And I know you will be comeing here anywyas." Said Enna reassuring me.
"B-but ..."
"I don't know if I want to go with them." I said.
"Its ok Sky you will have time to make a decision. Now come and lay down here with me it's time to sleep." Said Enna nuzzleing me when I got into the nest.
I soon fell asleep thinking of what should I do next. Part of me wanted to stay but other one that said I should go with them and join the pack was growing stronger. I did not knew which option I should pick.