A troubled past revealed
PART V
Reuniting the group, the knights returned to Gummadoon. Upon riding through the gates, and tending to their unicorns, Sir Plucki then left the stables in search for the Councillor's to alert them of the situation of Wesley.
Walking passed the fountains, and up the flight of stairs, he turned where he came in sight once again of the Councillor's Tower. Entering the Councillor's Tower, and stood before them, he could see something was troubling them so, but nevertheless told them of incident between himself and the cub.
Having discussed the situation, the Council thought it was best that the cub remained in the forest for the time being, seeing he says that he hates this place.
Now with that discussed, the Council turned to the more troubling situations, which confused them greatly, when another gummi stepped forth. Wesley's aunt.
"Now we need to find out, how Wesley is still alive" she said.
"Alive?" asked the gummi captain confused.
"Yes, I am Wesley's aunt, my sister stayed behind in the village we left behind" she said.
"But that would be back in 870" he said.
Morro, Wesley's aunt nodded to signify he was right. "But in 870, Wesley was only two years old" she said.
The room then fell silent when she spoke again. "Something has happened to him, whilst we've been away".
Flashback
Laughter filled the room, and Wesley played in the next room. I had returned one last time to see her sister, Mirri, and her cub Wesley, before I disappeared with the city of Gummadoon.
Wesley had just turned two a few days ago, and was cheerfully and merrily walking round the room, as he came to me, and pulled at my skirt, begging to be picked up. I laughed, as he pouted, and I picked him, and sat him on my lap.
End of flashback
Wesley hadn't changed a bit in her opinion from when last saw him, only that he'd grow slightly taller, and his fur had gone slighter darker, much like his father's.
***
Meanwhile however, Wesley crawled out of his home, on his hands and knees, and looked down on the forest ground, where some of his friends had returned, and stared up at him. He looked totally depressed and miserable.
Curling into a ball he wiped the tears away from his face, and stared out into the forest, as if searching for answers, but receiving none. It was time he returned.
Standing up, he tried to calm himself, before he did any jumping, as he couldn't afford to be screwing up and getting himself injured because he wasn't concentrating.
Now sure he was calm, he whispered goodbye to his friends before then launching from where he stood into another tree, and making his journey towards his village.
*** Mounting upon his unicorn, Sir Plucki then gave orders for the gates to be opened. The Council had asked him to return back to where the villiage was located, the only one that had remained behind, to see if they could hopefully finds some clues concerning Wesley. Now riding out the city gates, he and the group of knights with him, rode towards the East where the village was. *** Arriving at the village, or what was left of it, Wesley felt the horrid images and nightmares haunt him again, and he fell to his knees. Tears shone in his eyes, but he refused to let them fall. Images of the attack flew into his mind, clear as daylight, and he hated it, the constant reminder of his parent's death. Laying down on what was once the hard, dusty ground was now covered with grass, and he laid down of where his mother had fallen, hoping to smell her scent, but their was none. The tears slowly leaked out of his eyes, and slid down his cheek but he didn't raise his paw to wipe them away, just left them to flow, until they eventually stopped. Curled up in a ball, he didn't hear the sounds of horses coming, nor did he really care, he only really cared to be left alone, right now, only being to content on laying here on the grass, remembering his parents. *** Riding along, the knights neared the village, or rather what was once a village, was now nothing but a few bits of rubble. However as they neared, they heard someone crying, and drawing closer, they saw a cub laying on the grass curled up, and knew instantly whom it was. Halting their unicorns, when they arrived the other knights began to look for clues, whilst Sir Plucki confronted the crying cub. Helping Wesley into a sitting position, the gummi captain kneeled down, so he was eye level with the cub. Trying to help calm him, so he could talk to him, he wanted to find out just what had greatly upset him, so. Looking down, he felt the cub's arms go round his waist, seeking comfort from him. Staying in this position, for a few minutes Sir Plucki then saw that Wesley was starting to calm down. "My mother died here" Wesley choked out. *That explains why he is so depressed and upset. * thought Sir Plucki. "When did this happen?" he asked. "Six…years…ago?" said Wesley. "And you are the only one that survived?" he asked. "No…there were other's, but they escaped into the mountains" Wesley replied. "Why didn't you go with them?" asked Sir Plucki. "I was knocked out," Wesley said "by the forest edge, over there" he said and pointed at the area where he was knocked out. Sniffling he then said "When I woke up, there was nobody, and this place was as it is now" he said, tears rolling down his cheeks again, and pulling away from Sir Plucki, he stood before him. "Sir, there's nothing" said one of knights. "Okay, get the other knights, we'll be moving out" he said. Seeing the knights disappear, to gather the other knights, Sir Plucki then turned to the young cub again. "Lad, what year do you think it is?" Sir Plucki asked. "879" said Wesley, his head bowed low. Wesley then looked up again, at Sir Plucki, who now stood up, looked down at the cub smiling. "You going?" Wesley asked. Sir Plucki nodded and then leaving Wesley, he rejoined the group, and mounting his unicorn, he turned round about to tell the cub he would see him soon, but he was gone, vanished into thin air. TBC… End of part V Part VI coming soon!