Chapter 5

Reflection

Saleana sat on the ground. Her knees pulled up underneath her chin. What if what the wolf said about her was true? Was the real her dieing? So many questions raced through her mind. How did the wolf know about her?

A tear rolled off her face and splashed harmlessly on her green, ruffled dress. Saleana shivered in the cold, cold wind that she could actually feel. She could feel it driving cold deep into her bones. How could she survive here if the wolf kept her here?

Saleana looked into a frozen puddle beside her. She studied carefully the features of her face. She stared into her now dull, green eyes, her short length blue hair that once reflected the sunlight, her frozen face, and watched as her cat ears twitched.

Wait a second! She stared at the top of her head. Cat ears? She lifted a frozen hand to trace the ears, to make sure they were real. They were. They were of a rough, bronze fur, but they were warm. Saleana cupped her hands over her ears, hoping that a little warmth might warm them.

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"Any answer yet?"

"No."

"How 'bout now?"

"Nope."

"This is taking forever." Mimiru placed her chin in her hands as she sat cross-legged next to a large tree.

"These things take time." Bear closed his eyes as he rested against the same tree.

"Still, I wish Helba would hurry up and answer."

Bear just smiled. "Hm?" All of a sudden his attention was diverted to a panting sound coming from a figure that was running full speed towards them.

"Tsukasa!" Mimiru called out.

"What happened?" Bear inquired.

"Yeah, we've been waiting for you for a long time." Mimiru crossed her arms.

Tsukasa panted some more, bracing himself against a tree.

"Well?" Mimiru pushed.

Tsukasa swallowed. "I accidentally came upon this strange field." He began. "There was this girl there. She was crying. I tried to get to her but this huge creature got in my way."

He slid down into a sitting position. "It came up at least past my waist. It had white fur, humungous paws, and these evil, yellow, slanted eyes." He looked up at Bear. "It attacked me. It probably would have killed me, had not the girl stepped in. But then the girl stepped in. The creature turned on her and attacked her, but only scratched her." Tsukasa looked away into the distance. "I heard her crying. She said that it hurt."

"And..." Bear asked.

Tsukasa looked up at the wiser man. "Is she like me? I mean, that she can feel pain? I feel sorry for her. I wish there was something I could do." He looked down at his hands. "I think she's trapped there, with that deadly monster."

Mimiru reached over, putting a hand on Tsukasa's shoulder. "Take us to her. Perhaps we can help."

Tsukasa threw his hands up in despair. "I've tried. But I just can't get to the same field."

"Hmm." Bear thought. "Sounds like you stumbled upon our White Wolf that we've been questing for." He straightened up, grabbing his sword. "Now the question is, how to find it."

A/n sry that this chappie is so short, but I have to go now. Hey, the good news is that I don't have school this week so I might get more chapters up, that is, if you review......bwa ha ha ha ha!