I don't own Princess Mononoke or any of its characters. I only own this story and the characters not in the movie.
Moro patrolled the edge of her territory. She was on the lookout for intruder. May they be another god, or a filthy human, she would not let them enter her territory and pose a threat to her pups, one pup in particular.
A scent caught Moro's attention. It was the scent of human…no two, both male. The white wolf god tracked the scent of her 'mortal' enemy. Moro caught the humans in the middle of a conversation.
"…a young girl, with two wolves. I tell you it was the strangest thing I've ever seen." said a man.
"Maybe it was one of the apes. This forest is filled with them. And you know those dumb beasts. They always hang around each other." stated the other man.
"No it was a human girl, riding on the back of a wolf. I got a good luck at them, before they ran off." assured the man.
The second man stroked his beard.
"I can't imagine wolves raising a human child. The poor thing won't survive out there. And with this early frost, she's even more likely to die." guessed the other man.
The two men walked on. Moro would have normally tracked, and killed them, but these humans had given her something to think about.
Though she didn't want to admit it, the humans had been right. San needed clothes.
Moro had been able to keep he adopted daughter in the den, in past winters, but she knew that would be impossible this year. San was now three, and was more active and wound up than both of her brothers, put together.
Moro had wanted to keep her daughter as much wolf as possible, but if San didn't have any clothes, she wouldn't make it through the winter. The problem sounded easier to salve than it actually was.
Moro couldn't kill a fully grown human. Their clothes would be too big for San. And killing a human pup was out of the question. Besides the humans who had brought San, Moro had seen no human bring their young into the forest.
That's when Moro got an idea. The wolf god began to run. She knew it was a long shot, but it was still a chance.
Finally the wolf god stopped running. Moro had arrived at the human camp; the boars had destroyed a year ago. More looked around the destroyed tents and other human belongings.
She found plenty of clothes, but nothing that would fit San. Moro was about to leave, when something caught the corner of her eye. Could it be? It was! Moro looked at a torn red dress that looked like it would fit San.
Moro grabbed the dress and ran back to her den. She found San asleep, on the den floor. Moro awoke her daughter. San felt a large paw gentle push her back.
"San wake up. I have something to give you." said Moro.
San looked at her mother. Moro tossed her daughter the dress she had found.
"Put that on." ordered Moro.
San looked at the dress, then at her mother.
"No." shouted San.
Moro began to get frustrated.
"Do you want to go outside with your brothers?" calmly asked Moro.
"Yes." said San.
"Then put on the clothes." barked Moro.
"No." screamed San.
Mother and daughter argued for another half hour. Finally San gave in, and put on the red dress. The dress reached her ankles, and was a little big on her.
"Take some of those scraps of deer hide and it around your waist. You can also tie your hair back with it." instructed Moro.
San took a long strop of deer hide, and tied it around her waist. She then tied back her hair in a ponytail, which reached her waist.
"Now can I go play with my brothers?" wined San.
"Yes you can go, just keep those clothes on. I'll be asking your brothers if you do." warned Moro.
San cheered and ran out of the den. Moro watched as her daughter raced to her sons. The three siblings began to play together. Moro wished times could always be like this, peaceful.
I know San doesn't have long hair in the movie, but she's still pretty young. I'll have her cut it in a latter chapter. This little peaceful stuff will change once San in around seven. Comment if you like the story.