Chapter 2. Now comes the dog chasing scene. What will Ronno do as he joins Bambi is this climax part of the movie? Well you'll just have to read to find out! We're starting off with Bambi's PoV, just to let you guys know.
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Dogs were savage, frightful beasts. Both his parents had discussed fearfully of them. If they had to choose between wolves and dogs, wolves would be less of a problem. For while wolves traveled in packs and took down deer quickly and efficiently, dogs were the stuff of nightmares, for when they came, man followed. And whenever man came, nothing good ever happened.
To his surprise, as he charged past the great trees, Ronno slid in right next him as the ran away from the dogs.
"What? Ronno? What are you doing here," he said between breaths.
"If you think I'm gonna let myself lose the only friend I've ever had, then you're more pathetic prince than I thought," he panted back. Bambi would've responded back, but every breath used to form sentences probably would've meant less breaths to keep up his energy from running away from the dogs.
Both fawns darted towards the side where the branches and made a sort of barrier. They squeezed through and slid slightly down a small, wet hill. To their horror, the dogs didn't even lose speed as they simply ran through and broke the branches. Both bucks slid down the slope and continued off into the stream below. They moved swiftly through obstacles, in-between trees and shrubs, over and under fallen logs and onto dry land again, thankful that they had gained some distance between them and the fierce pack animals. When they looked back, they saw that there were only three instead of four, but they still were coming towards them.
They finally reached the log bridge that Ronno had chased Bambi a while before. Both fawns darted for it, but Bambi suddenly stopped before it. Ronno stopped after he had crossed and only stopped when he Bambi had had too.
"Hey, what are you doing? We need to keep moving," Ronno asked from the other side of the bridge. Bambi said nothing but quickly tapped his front hooves at the start of the bridge. To Ronno surprise, a porcupine appeared under a hidden board in the log and crawled out.
"Haha! Lookie who's here. Guess somebody didn't learn their lesson," said the porcupine as he hunkered down and pricked up his very pointy quills. In that second, Ronno understood why Bambi screamed that day before he chased him.
"I learned plenty," he replied and thrusted his front hooves down. The excess force down on the piece of loose log sent the other end up and sent the porcupine screaming as he was flung into the air as Bambi ran across. As they continued running, Ronno noticed that the porcupine had fallen, quills first, onto a dog, leaving only three more remaining in the chase.
"Nice one," he commented. Bambi nodded, his facial expression determinated.
The two soon reached the field, and that is where the two halted. Both knew that the clearer the space you were in, the more likely you would be seen. If the dogs were here, then man would probably be here two. Still, the dogs were coming up behind both of the fawns and they didn't have much of a choice. The two darted into the tall grass and lowered down, hoping that the dogs wouldn't see them. A light rain was starting to come down and both prayed that the moisture would mask their scents.
The could here the beasts growing and see their shadows move around them. They only hoped that the creatures would lose track of them. They tried to keep their breathing silent, despite the need to take deeper breaths to replenish the air lost from the running. Both huddled close together and lowered down further, close to the grass around them. Eyes darted around, searching fearfully for the predators.
Bambi looked down at his hooves. Ronno stared part quizzically, part fearfully at him. Under some feeling though, or perhaps it was peer pressure, he looked down at his hooves too, still standing firmly on the ground below them. All of a sudden, he could hear booming. Silent booms, vibrations caused by something approaching. It grew louder and louder in his mind. The two shut their eyes as their muscles tensed and they waited for the time to come.
They bolted. The sound a dog whimpering as the other fell upon it was behind them. They charged for the forest, free of the clear and back into the shadows. Trees and shrubs they darted past and through, until they stared in horror as a large, rocky slope was before them. The rain was coming harder now, but there was no time for thinking twice. Both fawns began climbing up it.
The water was trickling down in small streams down the slope and was making the stones and logs slippery to climb up and both feared of falling to their doom. Below them, the two remaining dogs were barking as they still went in pursuit of them. The two jumped faster up the side of the cliff, jumping from ledge to ledge to try and get away from the vicious canines. But the dogs were agilic enough to follow them too. One behind the other nearly fell down along with the loose rock, but he managed to jump free just in time before he was carried away by the forces of gravity.
In the time while they were climbing, the fawns had chosen different parts of the cliff to climb, thus separating in distance from each other. However, two different ways still meant the dogs could split off as well, and pursue one fawn each. And that is exactly what each one did. The dog in the lead took after Bambi, although he was higher up than Ronno, while the one behind him took the closer deer.
Ronno and Bambi were well aware of this, but both could not do anything to help the other at the moment. The dog pursuing Ronno was gaining closer distance than the one going for Bambi and soon enough he was just a foot away from him. Ronno nearly froze up in fear as the dog took a bite at his legs and missed.
Suddenly, triggered by some surge of instinct through him, as he perched on the ledge, Ronno reared up on his hind legs and threw his front legs at the dog as it appeared over the edge of the ridge. Recalling one of his father's words, he aimed for the face, reminded that their was no way one could shield or protect one's eyes while having a task at hand. The dog howled in agony as the young buck's hooves jabbed into his face. To the dog's agony and to Ronno's joy, the dog lost his grip on the slippery stone and fell off it, down towards the ground.
He let out a joyous yell of victory, though it died quickly afterwards once the barks of the other dog broke him out of his proud statue. He looked above him and saw that Bambi was nearing the point of nowhere else to go and his hound was moving in closer.
When Bambi looked up, he noticed that the water draining down the mountain had swept down an entire pile of rocks to a ledge just above him. As the lighting flashed and the thunder rumbled, he moved up to it as he saw a way to put it to his advantage. The dog was nearing him quickly, so he had to work quickly. As soon as he got close enough, his hoof jabbed repeatedly at the bottom of the stack, in an attempt to knock it even further down. After exceeding over five times and still going, it seemed like it was a futile attempt, but finally the rocks broke down and unfortunately sent him sliding down with it, along with the water that had accumulated behind it. He could hear the dog's howls of surprise and when he looked down he could no longer see him.
But then he could hear its barks as it still managed to keep onto the rocky slopes. The sounds of claws scratching up as he pulled himself us sent shivers down Bambi's spine, not just from the storm and rain. He could faintly hear someone yelling out his name in the distance, but his focus was only on the dog now who had now grasped onto the ledge. The nightmarish animal growled at Bambi but then let out a howl in pain.
Bambi's eyes could faintly make out the stubs of someone's head as they bit down on the dog's back leg. He then realized it was Ronno who was providing the backup. Bambi's happiness and new admiration for his friend soon disappeared when Ronno's biting grip on the dog suddenly gave way and the dog pulled himself up more onto the ledge. Ronno's yelp of shock and pain below was soon overwhelmed by the dog snarling fiercely and deadly towards Bambi. Lightning streaked and thunder boomed behind the creature, showing better his red eyes and sharp teeth, giving the animal an almost demonic appearance.
In a brief moment, Bambi almost lost all hope for his survival as he was consumed by the fear of the situation. Here he was, trapped on the ledge with a deadly creature ready at any instant to attack him. It seemed entirely hopeless for him. But then determination surged through him.
Without a doubt in his head, Bambi wheeled around and thrusted his back legs towards the animal. The dog fell of the cliff with a horrified shriek. And just like that, it was over. Rain still poured down, thunder rumbled in the distance, but there was no fear left. At that moment, Bambi realized he was being watched from above. His head turned and a smile broke out on his face when he saw his father was above him.
With no hesitation, he began climbing and bounding up to his father. He had managed to make it to a ledge just a foot or so away from him and looked at his father's face. His smile grew wider when he saw the proud look that was there.
But all of a sudden then, he felt his legs leave the rock's hard surface as it crumbled under him. Before he blacked out below, he was lastly aware of his father calling out his name and the warmish, almost cushiony feeling he collapsed upon before he lost consciousness.
And I was going to continue here, but I thought I make this into a four part story. Hope you enjoyed this part though. And just what was that Bambi fell upon when the rock collapsed. Until next time you will know. Till then, please review and I'll see you again next time. Sincerely, v.t.7
