Hello again. This chapter is gonna first start off with Sora and the gang fighting some Heartless. Then, Sora will lose something. What could it be? Read and find out.
Asza was watching them close by.
"Well, it looks like it's my turn to have some fun." She said.
Asza brought out different kinds of animal Heartless.
"Sorry, Bolder." She said to herself. "But I think my Heartless will put up a better fight."
Balto was sniffing for Alue's scent. Sora and the other followed.
"Any luck?" Sora asked.
"Yeah, the scent is old, but she's definitely been here." Balto said.
They walked deeper into the forest. It was quiet. Sora kept looking at the trees. He couldn't help but feel that they're being watched. Sora noticed that he wasn't the only one. Kavik was looking cautiously as well.
"Uh, guys." He said. "I think we should walk a little faster."
Pop.
There was no need. About a dozen Heartless have surrounded them. Sora brought out his Keyblade. Balto and Kavik bared their teeth. Boris, Muk, and Luk however, hold eachother tightly, petrified. One Heartless that looked like a wolverine attacked Balto. Balto dodged it and started biting its neck. The rest of the Heartless attacked. Sora was attacking the ones that were getting close to Boris, Muk, and Luk.
"Run, guys!" He shouted.
Sora didn't need to say it twice. They ran for a place to hide. Sora continued attacking the Heartless. After finishing off the wolverine-like Heartless, Balto was about to be ambushed by a mountain lion Heartless. But Kavik pushed it away before it even touched Balto. Kavik tried to take the mountain lion Heartless down. But its strength took him to the ground. The mountain lion Heartless was about to slash Kavik. Balto pushed it away and Sora started attacking it.
"Thanks guys." Kavik said, getting up.
"Don't mention it." They said.
The three of them took down the remaining Heartless.
"That's the last of them." Sora said.
"Yeah, now let's go look for Boris, Muk, and Luk." Balto said.
AHHHHHH!
The three of them jumped. They just heard Muk and Luk screaming.
"Come on!" Sora said.
They followed the screaming to a clear spot. Boris, Muk, and Luk were looking up at the sky, scared.
"What is it?" Balto said.
They pointed at the sky. Balto, Sora, and Kavik looked. A massive eagle-like Heartless was soaring in the sky. The eagle-like Heatless dived towards them. Sora, Balto, Kavik, Boris, Muk, and Luk ducked. It missed them and soared up again.
"How can we beat this thing?" Kavik asked.
"I don't know." Sora said. "But we'll have to try."
The eagle-like Heartless dived at them again. Sora aimed his Keyblade at it.
"FI- AH!"
Before he shouted out the spill, the eagle-like Heartless grabbed Sora's shoulders with its claws, taking him into the sky.
"Sora!" Everyone shouted.
They all followed the Heartless.
Sora looked down. He could see lots of trees on the ground. Sora had no choice. It was either that or be dinner for the Heartless. He aimed his Keyblade at the Heartless' chest.
"FIRE!" He shouted.
Flames hit the Heartless' chest. It squawked in pain and let's go of Sora. Sora fell and lands on the trees. It wasn't a soft landing but a little potion he was all right. Sora went to look for the others.
"Sora!" Balto called out.
Him and the others came.
"Are you all right?" Balto asked.
"I'm fine." Sora said.
"Good, now let's get out of here before those things come back." Boris said.
There was no need. More Heartless appeared. Sora, Balto, and Kavik, once again, attacked. Sora was taking down the small Heartless. Balto was busy taking down the little Heartless that shoot out ice. Kavik was taking down the wolf-like Heartless. After a while, the Heartless were finally gone.
"That's the end of them." Balto said.
"Yeah, I thought they'd never stop." Kavik said.
"Well, with us they have to…" Sora didn't finish what he was about to say.
He reached into his pocket.
"Oh no…" He said.
Sora looked desperately around his surroundings, searching for something.
"Oh please no!" He shouted.
"What is it, Sora?" Balto asked.
Sora stared at Balto with a worried look.
"Kairi's good luck charm! It's gone!"
A few minutes earlier…
Two wolves have picked up a scent. They followed the scent into the deeper woods. They were to see what the scent was. If it was anything that might be threatening to the wolf clan, they were to report back to their leader at once. The two wolves were getting close to the scent.
"Have any idea what this scent is, Tan?" asked the wolf with dark silver fur.
"I sort of do, Tundra." replied the second wolf with light brown fur. "It smells like there's a wolf in our territory."
"Only one?" asked Tundra.
"No…not exactly." replied Tan. "As we get closer, I can smell another."
Tundra took a sniff.
"That's not the only thing I can smell." He said. "It smells like there are two polar bears with them."
Tan laughed.
"Now why would two polar bears be…?"
He stops there. Tan smells something. Something he's never smelled before.
"What is it?" asked Tundra.
"Not sure." replied the Tan. "Can you smell it?"
Tundra took a big sniff.
"Yeah." He said.
"Have you smelled it before?" asked Tan.
"No, I haven't." said Tundra. "What could it be?"
"Let's go and find out."
They both followed the unfamiliar scent. As it was getting stronger, Tundra noticed something. Up in the trees, the branches were broken. It was as though something heavy dropped. Tundra and Tan can see where it landed. Whatever it was, it wasn't there. All what's left was a squash pile of snow and tracks. The tracks were quite different than they usually see.
"Human…" Tan said.
Tundra could still smell something. He digs it up and found something.
"Hey, look at this." He called out.
Tundra picks up the strange object and showed it to Tan.
"What is it?" He asked.
"It looks more like a leaf." Tan said. "But it has a human face on it."
"Do you think we should take it to our leader?" Tundra asked.
"Yeah." Tan said. "She uses to live with humans. So, she'll probably know what it is."
Just then they heard something. It sounded like a big battle was happening.
"Let's get out of here before they see us." Tan said.
"Good idea."
So off they went. Their clan lives close to a waterfall that has fresh drinking water. The leader was watching her clan.
"Alue!" She heard someone called out.
She looked and saw Tundra and Tan coming.
"Yes?" She replied.
"We bring some news." Tundra said.
He put down the object.
"It appears that there's a human in our territory." Tan said.
"A human?" Alue said surprised.
"Yeah, we manage to get this from the human." Tundra said, pointing at the object. "Do you know what it is?"
Alue looked curiously at the strange object. She sniffed it but she couldn't find out anything.
"I don't know what it is, but it's definitely from a human." Alue said.
"And that's not all." Tundra said. "We sniffed out two wolves and two polar bears. It seems like they're with the human."
Alue's eyebrows went up.
"How could that be?" She asked. "Have you two actually seen them?"
Tundra and Tan looked at eachother, then back at Alue.
"Well…no." they both said.
"It sounded like they were in a big battle when we found that thing." Tan said. "But not with eachother."
"It sounded more they were fighting something else." Tundra said..
Alue thought for a moment.
"Two wolves, two polar bears, and a human…" she thought. "What could it be?"
Then something clicked inside her head.
"No…It couldn't be…Why would they come? Just to see me? Then…why would they bring a human?"
It was the only thing she could think of.
"Uh…Alue?" Tundra asked.
Alue shook her head.
"What?" she asked.
"What do you think we should do?" Tan asked.
"I think we should wait and see who they are." Alue said. "If they come any close. Me, you two and others from the clan will go and see who they are."
The two wolves looked eachother, surprised.
"Are you sure that's a wise idea?" Tundra asked Alue.
"I want to see them for myself." She said. "See if they're friendly or not."
"All right, as you wish." Tan said.
"You have done well, you two." Alue said.
They both bowed to her and left. Alue kept thinking about the two wolves and the two polar bears.
"Could it be...?"
"Mama!"
Alue turned around. Five of her pups were running towards her.
"Hello, my darlings." Alue said, nuzzling them. "Had fun with daddy?"
"Yeah mama." said of the pups. "Can you play with us now?"
Alue giggled.
"That will have to wait, Kaylee." She said. "Why won't you pups play on your own?"
The pups gave a disappointed look but left to play on their own. Alue's mate walks up to her.
"It's like not matter what; they'll always want to play." He said.
Alue giggled.
"Yeah, I remember being like that when I was their age." She said, nuzzling her mate. "Vike, there's something I got to tell you."
"What is it?" Vike asked.
"Well…Tundra and Tan have sniffed something out in the forest earlier." Alue said. "They both went to investigate. They said it was two wolves, two polar bears, and a human."
Vike gave a surprised look.
"You mean as in like a clan?" He asked.
"I'm not sure." Alue said. "But the way Tundra and Tan had said it. It sounded like they are."
Vike shook his head.
"Now that's ridiculous, Alue." He said. "Why would two wolves and two polar bears be with a human?"
"I don't know." Alue said. "But…I can't but feel that one of the wolves could be my father."
Vike was about to say something when he heard ohhh!
The pup named Kaylee had found the strange object that Tundra and Tan brought to Alue. She and the other pups looked at it curiously.
"What is it?" asked one of the pups.
"I don't know." Kaylee said. "But I like it. It's pretty."
Vike walked up to the pups, looking at the object.
"What exactly is that?" He said.
"Oh, I forgot to tell you." Alue said, walking to Vike. "Tundra and Tan had found that when they were searching in the forest. I think it belongs to the human."
"Mama, can I keep it?" Kaylee asked. "I like it. It's really pretty."
"I'm not sure, sweetie." Alue said. "I don't even know what it is."
"Please…" said the pups, giving Alue a begging look.
Alue couldn't say no. She looked at the object closely. It doesn't seem harmful. Then finally.
"Okay, you can keep it." Alue said.
"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you, Mama." said the pups, nuzzling her.
They grabbed the object and ran off. Vike looked at his mate, shocked.
"Alue…you don't even know what that thing is." He said.
"Oh, don't worry, Vike." Alue said. "It looks pretty harmless to me."
"And you can never say 'no' to your pups." Vike said.
Alue grinned at him.
"You know me too well." She said.
Back in the woods
Sora kept looking, franticly, for Kairi's good luck charm. Balto, Kavik, Boris, Muk, and Luk were searching for it too.
"Found it, guys?" Sora asked.
"No." Balto said.
"Same here." Kavik said.
"Nope, nothing." Boris said.
"Muk and I can't find it either."
Sora sat down on a rock, depressed.
"Man…I promised Kairi I'd give it back to her when I return home." He said. "I really blew it now."
"Don't worry, Sora." Balto said. "We'll find it."
"Yeah, Sora, it couldn't just sprout wings and fly away." Boris said, trying to cheer Sora up.
"We'll find it soon enough, mate." Luk said.
Sora smiled at them.
"Thanks you guys." He said.
"Hey guys, I think I sniff something." Kavik called out.
Sora and the others went to him.
"Is it Kairi's good luck charm?" They said.
"No, but think I know what happen to it." Kavik said.
He pointed out to some tracks from the snow.
"Wolves…" Balto said. "They must've taken it while we were fighting the Heartless."
"Why would wolves take it?" Sora asked.
"If an observing wolf sees a human, they'll try to get an item from the human and show it to their leader." Kavik said.
"Then we'll just follow their tracks and it will lead us to their pack." Sora said.
"It isn't that easy, Sora." Kavik said. "If a human gets close to the clan, the leader and a couple of other wolves will try to take down the human to protect the clan."
"That won't happen." Balto said. "That might be Alue's clan. We'll just explain everything to her."
"Well, hopefully it is." Sora said. "Come on, let's follow those tracks."
"Alue!" Tundra called to her. "They are coming. I can sniff them."
"All right, call Tan and the others." Alue ordered.
"Yes, Alue." Tundra said.
He then went to get the others.
"What going on, mama?" the pups asked.
"I'm sorry, sweeties." Alue said to them. "I have to go and check on something. I'll be back real soon."
Vike went to Alue.
"What's going on?" He asked.
"The human, two wolves, and the two polar bears are coming." Alue said. "I'm going to see what they're doing here."
"Not without me, you're not." Vike said.
Alue smiled.
"Come on, then." She said.
She and the others went into forest. Alue can finally smell the scent. She couldn't believe it. She knew that scent.
"Papa!" Alue said excitedly. "Papa!"
She started running. The other wolves followed, puzzled. Alue howled and run at the same time.
Sora heard something.
"Did you hear that?" He asked.
Balto lifted his ears. He heard a howl. Not just any howl. It was Alue's.
"Alue!" Balto said.
He started running and howled at the same time. The howl came again.
"That's Alue all right!" Boris said. "I know that howl anywhere."
He, Kavik, Muk, and Luk started running as well.
"Hey, wait up!" Sora said, following them.
Balto was in the lead.
"Alue!" He shouted.
"Papa!"
Balto couldn't believe it. There she was. Alue was staring at him. They both went close and nuzzled eachother.
"Oh papa, I thought I'd never see you again." Alue said. "How did you get here?"
"It's a long story." Balto said. "Right now, I'm just glad to see you."
"Hey, don't forget about me!" Boris said as he appeared.
"Uncle Boris!" Alue said.
Boris went to hug her.
"How are you doing, kiddo?" Boris asked.
"I missed you so much, Uncle Boris." Alue said.
"Did you miss us?" Kavik asked as he and Muk and Luk appeared.
"Uncle Kavik! Muk! Luk!"
They all went and hugged eachother.
"It is so good to see you guys again." Alue said. "How did you-"
She didn't get to finish. Somebody was coming. Alue saw that it was a young human. The human smiled at her.
"Hi there. You must be Alue. I've heard a lot about you. My name's Sora."
Alue's eyebrows rise. She looked at though she was about to faint. Balto and the others shook their head.
"Looks like we have a lot of catching up to do." Balto said.
End of chapter. In the next chapter, Sora will find out what happens to Kairi's good luck charm. And they have a little problem getting the ice crystal. But in order for me to put in the next chapter, I want three reviews. That's right, three. Maybe more, but no less than three.