The wolf pup whined as it stumbled over yet another tree branch on the forest floor. Picking itself up again, he trailed on through the forest, searching for his deseased mother. Remembering the poachers that had arrived before he was set off by his mother into the forest, he gave a half-growl. He was tired with no energy; he hadn't eaten at all since a little while before the horrible incident yesterday.
Cocking his ears as he heard the sound of water running, he whined with anticipation. Maybe he could get a fish! Worse to the worse, there would be some water. Energized by adreneline and the thought of food, the pup ran off to the stream.
Jadera yawned as she decided to bathe herself in the stream she camped by yesterday. A little unused to the forest floor, her back ached in some places, and she believed that a stream would fit perfectly, as it had a current that would massage her sore back.
Manuevering her way to the sound of running water, she took off her clothes and waded in. releaxing and letting the current beat against her sore back, she smiled and closed her eyes, relaxing. A shuffled sound however, made her eyes snap open in a few seconds, and they darted around locating the source of the noise. Turning her head slightly, she looked at what made the noise. On the bank, sat a small wolf pup, obviously scared of her, but for some reason it didn't run away. Turning around cautiously as the pup's mother may be close, she tilted her head and studied the puppy.
The puppy cocked his head as he stared at the human that was in the middle of the stream. Scared, but out of strength he just sat there on the bank as the girl studied him.
"shhh..." pricking his ears as he heard the sound, he whined.
"I won't hurt you..." recoiling a little as she came closer, he whined again.
"poor little puppy... I wonder where your mother is?" Jadera stretched her hand out of the water and brought it towards the puppy with agonizing slowness. Getting braver, the pup leaned forward and sniffed her hand. As the scent was not malicious, and non-threatening, he smelt her hand as she turned it over, and licked it.
Jadera smiled. Carefully and slowly, to show she meant no harm, she gently patted the pup. Rising out of the water, she waded over to her pile of clothes and dressed. Looking around for the pup. she found it by her heel, smelling her boot.
"Now then..." as she picked up the puppy, it gave a small bark. She smiled.
"I think I'll call you Marox."
As Jadera walked through the forest with a full and happy Marox at her heels, she smiled as they covered a mile, then another. Noticing that Marox was falling behind and panting, she stopped and looked at him.
"Tired?" she said as she bent down to look at him.
"I guess it /is/ a little far for you, you poor thing. Here, have some more jerky." As soon as Marox finished his snack, she picked him up and cradled him, continuing with her journey.
Entering yet another clearing, she was surprised to find remains of a camp, recently broken up. Looking around carefully, she walked quickly through, aware that another prescence was close in the forest. Slowing her pace as she became more stealthy, bent and let Marox down to the ground. Taking another step, she was suddenly surprised to find a sword at her neck.
"Jaden?!" the sword's owner exclaimed. Looking up the length of the sword to the person's face she replied,
"Nice to see you too, Gatti."
"So, who's this little fellow again?" Gatti asked as they proceeded through the forest.
Jaden smiled as he answered.
"This little guy here is Marox, and he stumbled onto me while I was taking a bath. I decided to keep him... he may be useful to me later on."
"Heh, if I didn't know what I know about you know, Jaden, I would say that 'wow, he actually has a heart'."
Jaden smirked, and asked,
"Am I really that cold?"
"Sometimes... it's a little freaky, but when I got to know you I realized that you were really normal, just like the rest of us... you just wanted to test people to make sure they were sincere, that's all." Gatti said, his face in an expression of thought.
They walked in silence for a while, each with his own thoughts.
"Hey, isn't that the clearing?" Jaden asked, abruptly changing the subject. Gatti looked up.
"Hey!" he exclaimed, "it is!" He started running for the clearing while Jaden folled at a more sedate pace, with Marox at his heels.
Chesta and Miguel were talking to some other soon-to-be slayers when a voice piped up and caught their attention.
"Hey, this a private party or can anyone else join?" Chesta looked up and was pleased to find that it was Gatti. Looking a little behind him, he recognized Jaden walking into the clearing.
"Hey Gatti, hey Jaden, glad you made it." He greeted them. Miguel looked and saw the wolf pup that Jaden found.
"Are they gonna let you keep that, Jaden?" he asked worriedly. Jaden looked at him and replied,
"Oh, you mean Marox? I dunno, but if not then I'll sneak him on the vione." Jaden replied, casually glancing down at Marox.
"So, how many of us made it here so far?" he asked.
"Well, let's see... there's you, me, Gatti, Chesta, Viole -he's the guy with the purple hair, Dallet -he's the guy with the long brown hair, Jod -he has brown hair too, Aleph -the one with silver hair like mine, Schin -he's got brown hair too, Resh -Blonde hair, Koph -black hair, Poru -blue hair, Ain -purple hair too and lastly, Samech, that guy over there with brown hair." Miguel said, pointing out each boy to his friend.
Jaden nodded, thinking.
"Doesn't this mean that there's only one more guy coming?" he asked suddenly.
"Hey! You're right!" Miguel exclaimed. "I wonder who it'll be...?"
"SO glad to see I made it," a somewhat snobbish voice puntured the air. Jaden rolled his eyes and said,
"It just had to be him..."
MWAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! I have returned! Sorry for keeping everyone waiting so long, but kinda forgot about this story and I encountered a small writers block. Sorry, for the long wait, but I'm back, and I'll be writing!
-reb
Cocking his ears as he heard the sound of water running, he whined with anticipation. Maybe he could get a fish! Worse to the worse, there would be some water. Energized by adreneline and the thought of food, the pup ran off to the stream.
Jadera yawned as she decided to bathe herself in the stream she camped by yesterday. A little unused to the forest floor, her back ached in some places, and she believed that a stream would fit perfectly, as it had a current that would massage her sore back.
Manuevering her way to the sound of running water, she took off her clothes and waded in. releaxing and letting the current beat against her sore back, she smiled and closed her eyes, relaxing. A shuffled sound however, made her eyes snap open in a few seconds, and they darted around locating the source of the noise. Turning her head slightly, she looked at what made the noise. On the bank, sat a small wolf pup, obviously scared of her, but for some reason it didn't run away. Turning around cautiously as the pup's mother may be close, she tilted her head and studied the puppy.
The puppy cocked his head as he stared at the human that was in the middle of the stream. Scared, but out of strength he just sat there on the bank as the girl studied him.
"shhh..." pricking his ears as he heard the sound, he whined.
"I won't hurt you..." recoiling a little as she came closer, he whined again.
"poor little puppy... I wonder where your mother is?" Jadera stretched her hand out of the water and brought it towards the puppy with agonizing slowness. Getting braver, the pup leaned forward and sniffed her hand. As the scent was not malicious, and non-threatening, he smelt her hand as she turned it over, and licked it.
Jadera smiled. Carefully and slowly, to show she meant no harm, she gently patted the pup. Rising out of the water, she waded over to her pile of clothes and dressed. Looking around for the pup. she found it by her heel, smelling her boot.
"Now then..." as she picked up the puppy, it gave a small bark. She smiled.
"I think I'll call you Marox."
As Jadera walked through the forest with a full and happy Marox at her heels, she smiled as they covered a mile, then another. Noticing that Marox was falling behind and panting, she stopped and looked at him.
"Tired?" she said as she bent down to look at him.
"I guess it /is/ a little far for you, you poor thing. Here, have some more jerky." As soon as Marox finished his snack, she picked him up and cradled him, continuing with her journey.
Entering yet another clearing, she was surprised to find remains of a camp, recently broken up. Looking around carefully, she walked quickly through, aware that another prescence was close in the forest. Slowing her pace as she became more stealthy, bent and let Marox down to the ground. Taking another step, she was suddenly surprised to find a sword at her neck.
"Jaden?!" the sword's owner exclaimed. Looking up the length of the sword to the person's face she replied,
"Nice to see you too, Gatti."
"So, who's this little fellow again?" Gatti asked as they proceeded through the forest.
Jaden smiled as he answered.
"This little guy here is Marox, and he stumbled onto me while I was taking a bath. I decided to keep him... he may be useful to me later on."
"Heh, if I didn't know what I know about you know, Jaden, I would say that 'wow, he actually has a heart'."
Jaden smirked, and asked,
"Am I really that cold?"
"Sometimes... it's a little freaky, but when I got to know you I realized that you were really normal, just like the rest of us... you just wanted to test people to make sure they were sincere, that's all." Gatti said, his face in an expression of thought.
They walked in silence for a while, each with his own thoughts.
"Hey, isn't that the clearing?" Jaden asked, abruptly changing the subject. Gatti looked up.
"Hey!" he exclaimed, "it is!" He started running for the clearing while Jaden folled at a more sedate pace, with Marox at his heels.
Chesta and Miguel were talking to some other soon-to-be slayers when a voice piped up and caught their attention.
"Hey, this a private party or can anyone else join?" Chesta looked up and was pleased to find that it was Gatti. Looking a little behind him, he recognized Jaden walking into the clearing.
"Hey Gatti, hey Jaden, glad you made it." He greeted them. Miguel looked and saw the wolf pup that Jaden found.
"Are they gonna let you keep that, Jaden?" he asked worriedly. Jaden looked at him and replied,
"Oh, you mean Marox? I dunno, but if not then I'll sneak him on the vione." Jaden replied, casually glancing down at Marox.
"So, how many of us made it here so far?" he asked.
"Well, let's see... there's you, me, Gatti, Chesta, Viole -he's the guy with the purple hair, Dallet -he's the guy with the long brown hair, Jod -he has brown hair too, Aleph -the one with silver hair like mine, Schin -he's got brown hair too, Resh -Blonde hair, Koph -black hair, Poru -blue hair, Ain -purple hair too and lastly, Samech, that guy over there with brown hair." Miguel said, pointing out each boy to his friend.
Jaden nodded, thinking.
"Doesn't this mean that there's only one more guy coming?" he asked suddenly.
"Hey! You're right!" Miguel exclaimed. "I wonder who it'll be...?"
"SO glad to see I made it," a somewhat snobbish voice puntured the air. Jaden rolled his eyes and said,
"It just had to be him..."
MWAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!!! I have returned! Sorry for keeping everyone waiting so long, but kinda forgot about this story and I encountered a small writers block. Sorry, for the long wait, but I'm back, and I'll be writing!
-reb