The eyes of fate
Skunk looked around the frozen ninja monkey camp. He spared a glance at the Rabbit behind him, who was now darting back and forth between monkey tents.
How he had agreed to this, he hadn't a clue. All he knew was that he was here now, and there was no chance he was going to go back alive.
Skunk sighed, shocked how calm he was about that realisation.
Ten years ago, ten year old him would never had agreed to this, despite the constant willingness to die for Rabbit.
Ten years ago, Master Panda would never have let ten year old Skunk do this.
But master Panda was gone now. And Rabbit now ruled the valley. A tyrant if ever there was one.
Duck had said that she would still see Panda around the valley. Now and then, Skunk had seen brief glimpses of him in the bamboo forest. But he never said anything. Not after people had whispered Duck senile after the claims.
But she, too, was gone now. Died two years after Panda following a very suspicious illness. Wether it was the monkeys or from her own hand, was still a mystery. Although he hated the thought, Skunk knew she had missed her old friends and family severely.
Skunk was sure he still saw her, too. Just the night before, he was sure she had visited him in his dreams.
"Be careful." Was all she said.
Oh, how he wished he listened to dreams.
He looked up at his fate straight in the eyes. He laughed.
Oh, how he hated Rabbit.
A/N I love Rabbit! Really, I do!
Very AU, but, again, fun to write.