Chapter 11: Feel The Light (By Jennifer Lopez)
Characters: *mainly* Shira, Gutt, Diego, and then OC
Genre: Angst, Family
Request: Megan Daisy 9
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"Shira, there is something I need to discuss with you," said a voice in her head. One she hasn't heard in years.
The girl was named Shira. That was her name. She was so beautiful. Yet she was so frightened about losing all her freedom to do anything her heart desire.
"What would that be father?" Said a voice that belonged to Shira... back when she was young once upon a time. She could recall remembering the little things... Like that shes was sitting on the edge of the cave...
Where she, her father, her mother, and the rest of their pack inhabited, a good few meters away from the ground where everyone else, whom were not blood related, were playing, talking, walking or fighting (playfully or seriously). Her father was behind her, while mother was no where to be found... for that moment. Father watched her closely, and quietly walked up that little bit closer as Mother came into the picture, watching her mate and cub from behind the scenes. "I've been meaning to ask you this... what would you think about marriage?" He asked.
She gave a little chuckle. "It's when you annoy someone for the rest of your life." She stated.
Father laughed, making her turn her entire body to face him properly. "Good way of thinking." Shira smiled at her father brightly, the crinkles practically dancing around her eyes… She was starting to smile now at this segment of the memory.
"So when are we going hunting daddy?" She asked, jumping up and intimidating her father's crouch. "I bet I'll get something bigger than just a rabbit today! I can feel it!"
Father chuckled. "We will later, but not now. I needed to ask you a little more on the marriage…"
"OK," she stopped pretending to be in a crouch, and sat down again beside him, looking up at him with a smile on her face. "What is it?"
"What do you think of…" he gulped. "Getting married… now?"
"I don't understand what you mean..." Though her voice was going a little wobbly.
"What I'm saying sweetheart is that… our enemy pack want to make peace, almost as much as I do, and to do that… a marriage must take place… between you and a male in their pack."
She stood and back away from him when he went to put an arm around her. "Why me?" Shira started to sound a little angry.
"Because your my daughter… I'm the alpha in this pack."
"I thought the alpha in the other pack didn't have any children of his own."
"If he didn't, then that meant he was to choose a trustworthy young male who will take up to title of his place after his passing. He has one." Shira's eyes narrowed when he got up to try and reason with her. "I met him. The chosen male is a charming, dedicated young man, and-"
"And you agreed without talking to me first?"
"I know I should of-"
"No! You didn't care whether I agreed with it or not!" Then she roared one sentence she instantly regretted. She felt everyone's eyes on her, as her mother came running. "And you don't care about me! Well, I don't care about you either! I HATE YOU!" Before doing something she regretted now…
So with that, she suddenly disappeared into the night. Never seen again...
She ran away...
It felt like she ran for years... though the sun rose trice, and set only twice... almost balanced out if she didn't stop by the cliff... Once she thought about it, it wasn't really a cliff... It was a small drop into the ice cold sea, but the wind welcomed her instead of the roaring waves below. One clashed over the other, and let out loud strong roars as when rose up above her for a quick second, before disappearing like water running down a window. She remained there, almost breathless as the wind of the waves embraced her, and kissed her with small spray's of the sea water caught in the breeze, but also making her rethink her decision as she felt bits of the ground beneath her crumble away, and disappeared into the water.
Was it a good idea? She remembered thinking. To run away from my loved ones? Should I have stayed? That meant she would lose her freedom, and give up everything she loved about that privilege, to settle and have a family... Heck, at the time, she didn't even like kids to begin with...
CEEEEEERRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUSHSHSHSHSHSSHSHSHSHSHSHSHSH!
She watched the sun rise blankly. The wind danced gently around her, letting the leaves rustle above head, as some of them took flight for a short duration of time... and land on the ground in silence.
"Mom?" Every single one was them, including Shira's father. Many lives were lost that fateful day...
"Mom?" But what the couple to be's didn't realize, was that they had lost the child they would've cherished and loved for eternity... "Earth to mom? Hello?!" She shook her head and saw Jade sitting in front of her, her waving paw paused in mid-air. "Finally!" She smiled as she tilted her head to the left questioningly. "You alright?"
"Yeah," she smiled back. "I guess I was daydreaming. You know, zoning out."
"I guess that's where I get that from. I'm forever zoning out."
Shira laughed and ruffled her daughter's head fur. "And no one better. Everyone needs to dream instead of looking into reality all the time." She stood. "Now, from what I can remember, your father and I are going hunting, so you need to look after the boys for us."
Jade frowned as she sat down. "Wasn't I not meant to go hunting with you guys?"
"That was if somebody decided to volunteer." Shira flexed her claws. "Any takers?"
"Anyone gullible to take it?" She thought Sid, but she was worried that they'd return to find the triplet's either missing, or responsible for a horrendous crime scene, so she didn't say anything. Jade must of shared the same thing, because she giggled and added; "Never mind, I'll just baby sit... maybe next time. I'll go find Peaches, maybe she can lend me a trunk."
"Alright sweetheart. You run along, I'm meeting your father here. See you when dinner is caught." She nuzzled her head against her mother's cheek, and galloped into the forestry, camouflaging in a blink of an eye.
Here I go...
*Her eyes tried to follow further, but no result, which made her heart race, but it settled when Jade's head popped up and called out 'love ya,' before disappearing once more.*
Here I go...
*Along with the tension growing inside Shira's chest, which slowly broke apart into smaller pieces, before evaporating completely...*
Feel better now
*unlike her thoughts...*
Feel better now...
Here I go
Here I go
*She took a deep breath.*
It's better now
*She stood up slowly.*
Feel better now...
*She remembered watching the battle against the pirates from the bushes.*
Do you remember when we fell under?
*She remembered the moment Soto told them who Savannah really was.*
Did you expect me to reason with thunder?
*The image on her face when Sav- no, Jade looked at her when it all came out...*
I still remember when time was frozen...
"So you see,"he said, eyeing Shira with a smug look of what seemed like triumph."Thanks to your mother's greed and thirst for freedom, you never existed here. Their little Jade."She saw the girl's mouth wobble.*
What seemed forever was just a moment...
*Soon, images of life on the ship with Gutt and the pirate fogged her mind.*
Hurry up, hurry up...
*How rough and painstakingly slow it was at the start...*
There's no more waiting...
*Before it became that little bit easier...*
We're still worth saving...
*But then...*
Feel the light
*He came into the picture.*
Shining in the dark of night
*"Care to join our scurvy crew?"*
Remember what we forgot
"Two sloth's, a mammoth and a Sabar?" She smiled, quite amused. "You guys sound like the start of a bad joke."*
I know it's a long shot
"And we saved you, that makes you the punch-line, Kitty."*
But we're bringing it all back
*She pinned him to the ground. "Don't, call me Kitty."
We're bringing it all back
*"Okay, I won't-" he leapt up and pinned her down instead. "Kitty."*
Feel the light...
*"If they kiss, I'm gonna puke."*
Shining like the stars tonight
Remember what we forgot
*Now, she can sit and smile when she thought of them...*
I know it's a long shot
*Those specific times seemed awkward back then...*
But we're bringing it all back
*Which was seemed to happen on a daily basis.*
We're bringing it all back...
*They now had a special place in her heart.*
Here I go
Here I go
Feel better now
Feel better now...
Here I go
Here I go
It's better now...
Feel better now...
*Gutt still sat at the back of her mind. He rescued her, gave her a place to stay, food to eat. Well it was more of a prison at the start... it she had to remember what he had done for her... how he rescued her...*
I still remember when things were broken
*The ground beneath her crumbled... she fell... She remembered what happened after that like it was yesterday...*
But put together , the cracks were closing
*How she began screaming out as they waved lapped over her head repeatedly, almost knocking her underneath once or twice. How her lungs begged for air every time her head went under water, and how she coughed violently when she resurfaced."Help!" She called out. "HELP!"*
Hurry up, hurry up
*All seemed hopeless, because she was being dragged out to sea, and no one was answering her call... but when she was about to accept her fate, something went 'Woosh' through the air, and wrapped itself around her stomach."Hang in there lost soul!" echoed a voice above her. "Help is on the way! I will save you!"*
There's no more waiting
*She tried to look up, but whenever she attempted to, water waved over her, and she was under again... but soon, she felt herself being dragged through the waves, and hoisted out of the cold water.*
We're still worth saving...
*She opened her eyes weakly, and saw that she was being pulled out of the water.*
Feel the light
*The last thing she remembered was watching the water slowly ease itself off her fur, and return to the sea before feeling herself on solid ground, coughing out all the water in her lungs... hearing a voice ask something, but it drowned away when as her world went dark...*
Shining in the dark of night
*Everything sped by in quick motions after that.*
Remember what we forgot
*The others were rescued, joined, and became pirates too.*
I know it's a long shot
*They sailed through many storms, but they sailed through it together.*
But we're bringing it all back
*The thought of the crew now almost made her laugh.*
We're bringing it all back
*She thought she would never see the day, Squint wasn't as annoying as he used to...*
Feel the light
*A long time ago, when my pack was full of strong headed fighters. We were at war. Struggling for survival against the Starry Silence Wolf Pack of Silence Peak. We, the Pack of Dawn from Morning's First light peak, wanted to make peace. So I, the leader, asked every family in the pack to sacrifice their only or eldest son to marry the daughter of the other packs leader....*
Shining like the stars tonight
*Soto's voice began spinning around in her head.*
Remember what we forgot
I know it's a long shot
But we're bringing it all back
We're bringing it all back
*We had many volunteers. Twenty four to be exact. They had to prove they were worthy to do this mighty sacrifice. And only one stood out.*
You and I can have it all Tonight
So let's bring it back to Life
Now we have another Chance To Fly
Another Chance to Make it Right...
It was Diego, when he was only sixteen years of age, a very narrow minded individual indeed, and well, he was excited to get married to the daughter of the Starry Silence Wolf Pack's leader. But you see, the girl wasn't...*
Feel the light
*Shira shook her head.*
Shining in the dark of night
*What he said was true, but that was in the past. What mattered now was having Jade in their lives.*
Remember what we forgot
*Having the triplets...*
I know it's a long shot
*Having Diego...*
Feel the light
*Having the herd...*
Shining like the stars tonight
*...*
Remember what we forgot
*Having each other.*
I know it's a long shot
*"Shira?"*
But we're bringing it all back
We're bringing it all back
Here we go...
*Diego came into her view, with the sun shining down on them warmly.*
Here we go...
*She smiled and ran to him, greeting her with a nuzzle on the nose.*
Feel better now, feel better now
*"You ready to go hunting?"*
Here we go...
*Shira smiled back.*
Here we go...
It's better now... feel better now...
"I am."
"I have a small request if you don't mind. Shira remembers her life before meeting Gutt and thinks about how happier she feels with Diego and the Herd. The song is 'Feel the Light' by Jennifer Lopez. :)"- Megan Daisy 9
And your request has been done :) I don't mind at all! I hope YOU don't mind that I added Jade and the triplets in this! Hope you liked it! Hope everyone else liked it too! Please put in a request in your comments! I'm starting to run out of ideas of what y'all want to see in this! Please send the ideas to me!
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