Chapter 7: Mother?
"Why did your family kick you out?" Savah asked.
"We don't know. We were out having fun and came back and they yelled at us and kicked us out." The little boys said.
"Poor children." Savah thought. "Savah? What are we ganna do? Will they stay here?" Alex asked forgetting to send.
Savah was silent for a moment, and then answered. "Yes child, they will have to stay here."
The little girl was happy to find a place to stay. She ran to Alex and hugged her. "Will you take care of us, Ms. Alex?" The little girl asked.
"Jayra!" The little boy snapped.
"Well she did protect us from the others and she is nice to us Cori." Jayra said.
Alex put her hand on Jayra's head and smiled down at her. "It seems they've chosen their new mother." Savah sent to Alex.
Alex looked up in surprise. Savah gave her a small smile and Alex acknowledged. She bent down to look at the little girl. And she put her hand out to Cori. He came to her and smiled slightly.
"Do you children know how do use a weapon? To hunt? Or to stay quiet when told or needed?" Alex asked looking into their eyes.
"I can be quiet!" Jayra said loudly and proudly with a smile. Alex smiled at this and looked at Cori, who was quiet. Which meant he too could be quiet.
"Then we need to teach you how to use a weapon and to hunt." Alex said getting up. Jayra and Cori immediately took Alex's hand when she got up. Alex looked back at Savah. Savah nodded and sent Alex and the children outside. When Alex came outside with the children Cutter was standing with his arms crossed and looking angry.
"Child?" Savah sent at the last minute. "Yea Savah?" Alex sent.
"Those children can't sleep in caves, so you need to put them in the hut in the center of the village. It's empty. It used to be someone's hut but they recognized someone and moved in with them. So the hut is empty, you can take it." Savah sent.
"But Savah the caves are fine with me." Alex said turning around and looked back into the hut. Savah looked at her. Alex nodded and turned back around. She bent down to the children.
"Jayra, Cori-Can you do me a favor?" Alex asked. The children nodded nervously looking at Cutter's angry face.
Alex pointed to the empty hut in the middle of the village. And said, " Go over there and go on in. If you want you can get ready for bed, okay."
Jayra smiled and nodded. She took her brother's hand and ran to the empty hut. Alex stood up. "They're staying." She said looking at Cutter.
Cutter came up to her. They were at least an inch apart. Alex had to look up a little. Cutter looked very angry. He lifted his hand and before making a move Alex said, "Don't you dare!"
Cutter stopped. "You didn't listen to me." He said. "No I listened to Savah!" Alex said. Alex backed away from him and started walking toward the hut.
"Syre?" Someone sent.
Alex turned around. Skywise had come over to her. "What?" She asked.
"Please be careful." Skywise sent. Alex looked at him and smiled slightly. Then she turned around and went into the hut.
When she got into the hut, the children were already sleeping in the bed. She smiled and sat in a corner of the hut, watching the children.
"Child?" Someone sent.
Alex was surprised. She at first thought that it was Savah who had sent to her. But it didn't sound like Savah. Savah's sendings were warm and friendly, this sending was cold and frightening.
"Who--?" Alex sent.
"I am part of you and Cutter." The voice answered.
"What---?" Alex sent.
"I am Joyleaf---" The voice sent.
"WHAT---? I'm talking to a dead person!" Alex sent.
"A dead person's spirit---yes. Now listen to me." Joyleaf's spirit sent.
Alex was silent. "You are more than Cutter's soul sister." The spirit sent.
Alex looked confused. "What?" She sent.
"You know you are human right?" The spirit sent. Alex froze but nodded.
"As soon as you came into this world your human blood disappeared and was replaced by wolfrider's blood. You are not human. You never were." The spirit sent.
"What? Wait I'm confused. I've been human for 18 years." Alex sent.
"15 actually. The humans took you away from us when we killed one of their people. Someone or something had the powers to make you who you are not. In other words they made you human." The spirit sent.
"So wait, the last 18---I mean 15 years I've been human but not really human." Alex sent wondering.
"Yes. You are the youngest child of Bearclaw and me. Everyone even Cutter thought you were killed when the humans took you away from us." The spirit sent.
"Whoa, seriously? Wait what about my parents?" Alex asked.
"Not real---They were a figment of your imagination. You needed someone to care for you so---" The spirit said. "You have the power to heal your own wounds over a very short period of time--- how I do not know, maybe rain the healer put some of his power into you. You can communicate with humans because you were with them so long. And you are Cutter's sister, your name was Lily. But we called Syre, and as you already know is your soul name. But the humans called you Alex and it stuck with you." The spirit said.
"Whoa! So is that's why everything in my stories are changing?" Alex asked.
"Yes." The spirit said.
"Is that why Cutter and the others hate humans so much, other than the fact that they burned down the forest?" Alex asked.
"Yes." The spirit said. "I will leave you to soak in all that has been told to you and take care of those children whether they be human or not. Protect them with your life."
"Wait, how will Cutter know?" Alex asked. "He will know in time." The spirit said disappearing.
"Why did your family kick you out?" Savah asked.
"We don't know. We were out having fun and came back and they yelled at us and kicked us out." The little boys said.
"Poor children." Savah thought. "Savah? What are we ganna do? Will they stay here?" Alex asked forgetting to send.
Savah was silent for a moment, and then answered. "Yes child, they will have to stay here."
The little girl was happy to find a place to stay. She ran to Alex and hugged her. "Will you take care of us, Ms. Alex?" The little girl asked.
"Jayra!" The little boy snapped.
"Well she did protect us from the others and she is nice to us Cori." Jayra said.
Alex put her hand on Jayra's head and smiled down at her. "It seems they've chosen their new mother." Savah sent to Alex.
Alex looked up in surprise. Savah gave her a small smile and Alex acknowledged. She bent down to look at the little girl. And she put her hand out to Cori. He came to her and smiled slightly.
"Do you children know how do use a weapon? To hunt? Or to stay quiet when told or needed?" Alex asked looking into their eyes.
"I can be quiet!" Jayra said loudly and proudly with a smile. Alex smiled at this and looked at Cori, who was quiet. Which meant he too could be quiet.
"Then we need to teach you how to use a weapon and to hunt." Alex said getting up. Jayra and Cori immediately took Alex's hand when she got up. Alex looked back at Savah. Savah nodded and sent Alex and the children outside. When Alex came outside with the children Cutter was standing with his arms crossed and looking angry.
"Child?" Savah sent at the last minute. "Yea Savah?" Alex sent.
"Those children can't sleep in caves, so you need to put them in the hut in the center of the village. It's empty. It used to be someone's hut but they recognized someone and moved in with them. So the hut is empty, you can take it." Savah sent.
"But Savah the caves are fine with me." Alex said turning around and looked back into the hut. Savah looked at her. Alex nodded and turned back around. She bent down to the children.
"Jayra, Cori-Can you do me a favor?" Alex asked. The children nodded nervously looking at Cutter's angry face.
Alex pointed to the empty hut in the middle of the village. And said, " Go over there and go on in. If you want you can get ready for bed, okay."
Jayra smiled and nodded. She took her brother's hand and ran to the empty hut. Alex stood up. "They're staying." She said looking at Cutter.
Cutter came up to her. They were at least an inch apart. Alex had to look up a little. Cutter looked very angry. He lifted his hand and before making a move Alex said, "Don't you dare!"
Cutter stopped. "You didn't listen to me." He said. "No I listened to Savah!" Alex said. Alex backed away from him and started walking toward the hut.
"Syre?" Someone sent.
Alex turned around. Skywise had come over to her. "What?" She asked.
"Please be careful." Skywise sent. Alex looked at him and smiled slightly. Then she turned around and went into the hut.
When she got into the hut, the children were already sleeping in the bed. She smiled and sat in a corner of the hut, watching the children.
"Child?" Someone sent.
Alex was surprised. She at first thought that it was Savah who had sent to her. But it didn't sound like Savah. Savah's sendings were warm and friendly, this sending was cold and frightening.
"Who--?" Alex sent.
"I am part of you and Cutter." The voice answered.
"What---?" Alex sent.
"I am Joyleaf---" The voice sent.
"WHAT---? I'm talking to a dead person!" Alex sent.
"A dead person's spirit---yes. Now listen to me." Joyleaf's spirit sent.
Alex was silent. "You are more than Cutter's soul sister." The spirit sent.
Alex looked confused. "What?" She sent.
"You know you are human right?" The spirit sent. Alex froze but nodded.
"As soon as you came into this world your human blood disappeared and was replaced by wolfrider's blood. You are not human. You never were." The spirit sent.
"What? Wait I'm confused. I've been human for 18 years." Alex sent.
"15 actually. The humans took you away from us when we killed one of their people. Someone or something had the powers to make you who you are not. In other words they made you human." The spirit sent.
"So wait, the last 18---I mean 15 years I've been human but not really human." Alex sent wondering.
"Yes. You are the youngest child of Bearclaw and me. Everyone even Cutter thought you were killed when the humans took you away from us." The spirit sent.
"Whoa, seriously? Wait what about my parents?" Alex asked.
"Not real---They were a figment of your imagination. You needed someone to care for you so---" The spirit said. "You have the power to heal your own wounds over a very short period of time--- how I do not know, maybe rain the healer put some of his power into you. You can communicate with humans because you were with them so long. And you are Cutter's sister, your name was Lily. But we called Syre, and as you already know is your soul name. But the humans called you Alex and it stuck with you." The spirit said.
"Whoa! So is that's why everything in my stories are changing?" Alex asked.
"Yes." The spirit said.
"Is that why Cutter and the others hate humans so much, other than the fact that they burned down the forest?" Alex asked.
"Yes." The spirit said. "I will leave you to soak in all that has been told to you and take care of those children whether they be human or not. Protect them with your life."
"Wait, how will Cutter know?" Alex asked. "He will know in time." The spirit said disappearing.