Chapter 7
The first wish
When I had woken up Leetah was leaning over me and Skywise, Cutter, and Treestump were off to the side of the healing room.
"Wh-What happened?" I asked my friend as she ran a hand over me one more time to see if I would be alright.
"you fell." Was all Leetah said before she walked out of the room. As I was wondering what was wrong with her was when Cutter came up and hugged me.
"Are you alright?" he asked and I nodded
"Who won?" was the first thing to come out of my mouth after that
"That's not important now, what's important is if your alright." Treestump stepped forward
"I'm fine, stop fussing over me. I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself." I started to get up when I noticed that my necklace was gone, "Where's my necklace?" I demanded of the three
"Leetah took it off because she said it was getting in the way of her healing." Skywise reported to me. I let out a growl and got out of the bed, than I went searching for Leetah.
Running out into the sun I looked for the lealer, she had disappeared. So I made my way to Savah's hut, hoping that Savah might know where Leetah was. But when I got there I didn't see Savah or Leetah. This made me worried; Savah was always in her hut. Something was wrong.
Than I heard voices coming from under me. Slowly I followed a staircase and found Leetah and Savah huddled over a small nightstand. And right in the middle of the stand was my wolf necklace from Bearclaw. I quickly hid myself in the shadows and watched as the two elfin women talk.
"I felt it Savah!" Leetah exclaimed to the Mother of Memory.
"As did I child. A great power, coming from something so small." Savah replied, "Like a wave it hit me, copying my power and moving on. Just as I thought it was over that wave hit me again, going back to where it had come from. I just pray that you stole it at the right time. Tell me did she wake?"
Leetah nodded, "She did, and asked what had happened. I don't think she knew what the necklace had done to us all." What was she talking about?
Suddenly I remembered. Bearclaw's necklace had sent out a wave of some sort just before I had blacked out. Could that be what they're worried about? Or was it something a little bit more? I decided to lesion in a little more.
"I do hope your right. For all our sakes here in Sorrow's End." Savah prayed, "Now let's not tell anyone about this and see how this thing works." Together Leetah and Savah started to touch the necklace.
Deep inside my gut I knew what they were doing was wrong. Slowly I stepped out of my hiding spot and stood there until they noticed me.
"Moonfell! How long have you been standing there?" Leetah gasped as I sent her a deathful look
"Long enough, my father's necklace please?" I held out my hand.
Savah picked up the necklace and walked over to me. "We didn't mean to make you mad my child." She said as she handed me the necklace
I put it on, the feeling of rightness engulfed me, "You know where I come from stealing is a crime. You could go to jail from it." I told them and walked back upstairs. Tears were streaming down my face. Yes I knew they only wanted the best for the village and me. Yes I knew that they thought that stealing was the only way to do it. But something inside me told me that what they did wasn't right. They should have asked first, but that same something told her that she would never let them have it. This necklace was hers alone; it would be death to take it off by choice.
I tried to dry my eyes before I got back to the cave where I slept with the Wolfriders. But it wasn't that easy, Skywise saw me.
"Moonfell, what's wrong?" he asked as he came up to me.
"I'm fine, have you seen Crescent?" I asked him, I knew he wouldn't know but it was something to change the subject.
Skywise's eyes got distant, like they always did when he was asking he wolf friend something, "No," he said as his eyes went back to normal, "Starjumper said he would look for her and tell her your looking for her though."
I just gave a nod, "just tell him to hurry."
Skywise nodded and his eyes got distant again, but when he came back he wrapped me in his arms, "He said he would hurry, now tell me what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just need to talk with Crescent." I told him and looked away
"Now don't give me that," he said as he cupped me chin and made me look up at him, "We were best friends when we were cubs, why not now?" suddenly he frowned, "but I don't think we would like to be just friends." We looked eyes and he leaned closer to me, I started to shake. This would be my first kiss. Back on Earth I was considered a freak and not date able. So the guys avoided me because I wasn't popular and I had little friends. Plus all the things people said about me. Like I was a whore that traveled the streets late at night. If only they knew I was still a virgin and had never kissed a guy in my life.
"Shhhh, it's alright." Skywise leaned closer, our lips brushed each other before a powerful gust of wind threw Skywise aside.
Suddenly I remembered what Savah had told me about those who touch me. Bad luck. "I give you permission to touch me." I whispered to myself, but it was for Skywise. The wind stopped leaving Skywise looking like he was just a little drunk. I took this as a time to run, so I did.
I ran up to the very top of the Wolfriders caves, this was the place where only Crescent and I go. We were the only ones to have connection to the moons, or so I have just realized from the time the Skywise tried to kiss me. Finding Crescent standing on the ledge of the peek I fell at her side.
"I can't take it anymore!" I told her aloud
'I know' she sent to me, licking my face. 'But you are Moonfell, you will always be able to come back here, and I'll be waiting.'
I looked up at her, "You're the only one I love here, not even Cutter." I told her laying my face in her fur
'But Cutter's your brother!'
"Yes I know, but I don't know him as I know you. I love you, and only you." I told her and we waited for the two moons to finally come up.
The mother and daughter seemed to know I was going to make a wish, for I have never seen them so bright. I could almost see the two elf maidens dancing inside their moon homes.
I stood up and walked to the tip of the ledge, "Mother and Daughter Moon. I thank you for giving me this gift, but I have to give it back." They seemed to dim, "yes I know you're the ones that sent me into ElfQuest, and I thank you. But I'm worried about my parents, my friends. I am Moonfell, and Katty Moon! I wish I was home, on earth!" I shouted up to them. Now all I had to do was wait.
So I waited....
And waited...
And waited....
Until finally I was so tired that I couldn't keep my eyes open. Lying down besides Crescent, we fell into a peaceful sleep; it was only an amount of time before I left for Earth.
When I had woken up Leetah was leaning over me and Skywise, Cutter, and Treestump were off to the side of the healing room.
"Wh-What happened?" I asked my friend as she ran a hand over me one more time to see if I would be alright.
"you fell." Was all Leetah said before she walked out of the room. As I was wondering what was wrong with her was when Cutter came up and hugged me.
"Are you alright?" he asked and I nodded
"Who won?" was the first thing to come out of my mouth after that
"That's not important now, what's important is if your alright." Treestump stepped forward
"I'm fine, stop fussing over me. I'm a big girl, I can take care of myself." I started to get up when I noticed that my necklace was gone, "Where's my necklace?" I demanded of the three
"Leetah took it off because she said it was getting in the way of her healing." Skywise reported to me. I let out a growl and got out of the bed, than I went searching for Leetah.
Running out into the sun I looked for the lealer, she had disappeared. So I made my way to Savah's hut, hoping that Savah might know where Leetah was. But when I got there I didn't see Savah or Leetah. This made me worried; Savah was always in her hut. Something was wrong.
Than I heard voices coming from under me. Slowly I followed a staircase and found Leetah and Savah huddled over a small nightstand. And right in the middle of the stand was my wolf necklace from Bearclaw. I quickly hid myself in the shadows and watched as the two elfin women talk.
"I felt it Savah!" Leetah exclaimed to the Mother of Memory.
"As did I child. A great power, coming from something so small." Savah replied, "Like a wave it hit me, copying my power and moving on. Just as I thought it was over that wave hit me again, going back to where it had come from. I just pray that you stole it at the right time. Tell me did she wake?"
Leetah nodded, "She did, and asked what had happened. I don't think she knew what the necklace had done to us all." What was she talking about?
Suddenly I remembered. Bearclaw's necklace had sent out a wave of some sort just before I had blacked out. Could that be what they're worried about? Or was it something a little bit more? I decided to lesion in a little more.
"I do hope your right. For all our sakes here in Sorrow's End." Savah prayed, "Now let's not tell anyone about this and see how this thing works." Together Leetah and Savah started to touch the necklace.
Deep inside my gut I knew what they were doing was wrong. Slowly I stepped out of my hiding spot and stood there until they noticed me.
"Moonfell! How long have you been standing there?" Leetah gasped as I sent her a deathful look
"Long enough, my father's necklace please?" I held out my hand.
Savah picked up the necklace and walked over to me. "We didn't mean to make you mad my child." She said as she handed me the necklace
I put it on, the feeling of rightness engulfed me, "You know where I come from stealing is a crime. You could go to jail from it." I told them and walked back upstairs. Tears were streaming down my face. Yes I knew they only wanted the best for the village and me. Yes I knew that they thought that stealing was the only way to do it. But something inside me told me that what they did wasn't right. They should have asked first, but that same something told her that she would never let them have it. This necklace was hers alone; it would be death to take it off by choice.
I tried to dry my eyes before I got back to the cave where I slept with the Wolfriders. But it wasn't that easy, Skywise saw me.
"Moonfell, what's wrong?" he asked as he came up to me.
"I'm fine, have you seen Crescent?" I asked him, I knew he wouldn't know but it was something to change the subject.
Skywise's eyes got distant, like they always did when he was asking he wolf friend something, "No," he said as his eyes went back to normal, "Starjumper said he would look for her and tell her your looking for her though."
I just gave a nod, "just tell him to hurry."
Skywise nodded and his eyes got distant again, but when he came back he wrapped me in his arms, "He said he would hurry, now tell me what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just need to talk with Crescent." I told him and looked away
"Now don't give me that," he said as he cupped me chin and made me look up at him, "We were best friends when we were cubs, why not now?" suddenly he frowned, "but I don't think we would like to be just friends." We looked eyes and he leaned closer to me, I started to shake. This would be my first kiss. Back on Earth I was considered a freak and not date able. So the guys avoided me because I wasn't popular and I had little friends. Plus all the things people said about me. Like I was a whore that traveled the streets late at night. If only they knew I was still a virgin and had never kissed a guy in my life.
"Shhhh, it's alright." Skywise leaned closer, our lips brushed each other before a powerful gust of wind threw Skywise aside.
Suddenly I remembered what Savah had told me about those who touch me. Bad luck. "I give you permission to touch me." I whispered to myself, but it was for Skywise. The wind stopped leaving Skywise looking like he was just a little drunk. I took this as a time to run, so I did.
I ran up to the very top of the Wolfriders caves, this was the place where only Crescent and I go. We were the only ones to have connection to the moons, or so I have just realized from the time the Skywise tried to kiss me. Finding Crescent standing on the ledge of the peek I fell at her side.
"I can't take it anymore!" I told her aloud
'I know' she sent to me, licking my face. 'But you are Moonfell, you will always be able to come back here, and I'll be waiting.'
I looked up at her, "You're the only one I love here, not even Cutter." I told her laying my face in her fur
'But Cutter's your brother!'
"Yes I know, but I don't know him as I know you. I love you, and only you." I told her and we waited for the two moons to finally come up.
The mother and daughter seemed to know I was going to make a wish, for I have never seen them so bright. I could almost see the two elf maidens dancing inside their moon homes.
I stood up and walked to the tip of the ledge, "Mother and Daughter Moon. I thank you for giving me this gift, but I have to give it back." They seemed to dim, "yes I know you're the ones that sent me into ElfQuest, and I thank you. But I'm worried about my parents, my friends. I am Moonfell, and Katty Moon! I wish I was home, on earth!" I shouted up to them. Now all I had to do was wait.
So I waited....
And waited...
And waited....
Until finally I was so tired that I couldn't keep my eyes open. Lying down besides Crescent, we fell into a peaceful sleep; it was only an amount of time before I left for Earth.