Ch.2 Gigantoes

Mina sat at the water's edge watching little sea creatures scurry and shuffle around. Looking around over her knees, she noticed some kelp lying on the beach. She stood up and walked over, after picking it up a flood of unwanted memories came flooding back...

"Ohh no!" yelled Mina's Mother, looking at a letter in her hands. "What mommy? Who's the note for?" a young Mina asked, "Is it from daddy? Ooo let me see! Please..." Her mother not even seeming to noticed began to cry and mumbled, "He... he's dead Mina." Sitting down in a chair in the kitchen still holding h letter, a single piece of kelp fell to the floor. Picking it up she started to cry, "Daddy....!"

Mina looked around the beach. iSunset,/i she thought iTime to go home/i. Almost forgetting about Chrii, she walked towards the forest reluctantly, with a sigh.

When she reached the house, she walked in and noticed the fire had gone out. "That's funny, you didn't even have the sense to keep the fire going, I told you and everything." She laughed. Peering into the dark room she noticed that Chrii wasn't there, and hadn't been there for quite some time.

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Surrounded by what he thought were gaint wolves, Chrii started to panic. Looking around he spotted one of them that was albino and decided that he was their leader, and not to make any sudden movements, for fear of death.

"Listen... I don't want to hurt you wolves." he studdered. Then he though he heard someone cackling. Turing around he noticed the albino one, coming towards him, on two legs instead of four. As if it was about to speak, the gaint albino wolf, opened its mouth. And Chrii heard a voice, but it came from his mind not as an audible voice. "Why have you wandered into our part of the forest?" asked the voice. "I am Lupe leader of the Gigantoes. Speak now or die."he finished. "I am Chrii. Believe me, I didn't mean to come here. I am kind of lost, could you help me get back?" Chrii answered nervously.

Rejoining the ranks Lupe began to converse with the others. He stopped at a very old looking Gigantoe. Chrii, still not accustomed to their way of speech, could only catch a couple of the words the two said.

"Where did you come from? Which direction?" the leader asked.

Chrii flinched from the increase in volume "I don't know wich direction, but I do know where I came from. A house near the ocean."

" Ahh.. I see." with that he sat down and coversed with the pack once more."It's about an hour away right?"

"Yes, I think so."

"There is girl in the house correct?"

"Yes! That means you've been there before. Right?"

"No, But my elder has." signaling for silence, he walked over to a tree and hit it with an immense force. Then from Chrii's point of view, the tree started to bleed. No it wasn't the tree it was a chameleon like creature. Through all of this Chrii was amazed to see how the albino noticed the wraith. Chrii would have never known until it was too late.

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"I thought I told him not to leave." Mina yelled angrily. "Why doesn't he listen to anyone?" Following the trail Chrii had left behind, Mina noticed that he had gone into the Gigantoe's part of the forest. Cautiously she walked, trying not to attract any unwanted attention.

Suddenly she heard a cracking noise behind her. She whirled around, coming face to face with a fearsome looking albino Gigantoe. He grabbed her and took her deeper into the forest, kicking and screaming. Mina thought to herselfiOh my god! Their going to eat me!/i Then she heard another voice but it wasn't her's. "No we're not. I'm taking you to the other human." Saying this frightened her even more.

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