(Chapter four)
"C'mon! You can make it!" The whind whipped snow into the face of an absol as she tried to look across at her brother. She then looked down the gap inbetween them, a painful fall at least! She shook her head fearfully. "I-I can't!" she whimperd, frozen to the spot. The sound of pursuing houndoom in the distance behind them. "I'm not leaving you!" the male absol yelled to his sister, "I won't let you fall!" She looked behind her to see the glow of fire in the mass of the blizzard, then once more down the clift. She backed up a bit and lept for her brother...
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Emily stood upright as Luke's trainer walked in. 'What did Luke say her name was?' she thought to herself quietly. The red-haired girl knelt beside the bed and Luke rubbed his head on her's. "Hi Purrloin, I'm Ariel." 'Oh yea! Ariel...' "The purrloin and liepard aren't very happy out there, and I really don't want you to have to go back out there and possibly get killed.." the girl said. Emily blinked and looked out the window, as Luke said it was. "I know it must be hard for you, to have to leave your home, but what else can I do?" Ariel sighed. Emily closed her eyes and pictured her favorite path, the medows in the forest. Then she thought of how badly her parents and the rest of the pride treated her. If she went back into the wild, she would have to continue to deal with the abuse the rest of her life. Then she began to think about Luke.. 'Can I really leave him? After he saved my life?' she thought to herself. Then, Emily opened her eyes, looked at Ariel, and nodded.
She couldn't help but smile when the girl squeeled and pulled out a red and white ball. "I'm going to have to catch you first." She said. Emily nodded and braced herself. The red-haired girl tapped Emily in the head and a red beam of light consumed Emily, causing her to open her eyes. When she opened them again, she was in a dark room. Panic began to flood her thoughs as she looked around. Then, she realized this must be what the balls are like in the inside. Forcing herself calm, she waited.. She waited for what seemed like an eternity until she heard a loud 'Click!' causing her to jump. A screen appeared infront of her and she saw Ariel and Luke. She smiled as she saw how happy they looked.
"You'll stay in there until we get out of the pride's territory." Ariel said. Emily nodded, even thou the girl couldn't see. She looked around the room to realize it looked MUCH more cozier now! There was a large, soft looking bed that was kinda shaped like a nest. There was also a box that heald several soft-looking items. She walked over and lifted one out that looked like Luke. She smiled and brought it over to the bed and placed the mini-Luke down.
"Hmm, what else is in here..." Emily purred to herself as she looked around. There was one more thing, a large cabinet like door. She walked over and opened it, to find it empty. She huffed. "Well, THAT was interesting.." she said aloud to herself with exageration. Then, a thought came to her. Emily's eyes widedend. She could start a collection! With a smile, Emily shut the doors of the cubbord and walked back over to her soft, dark green bed and leaned on the back of it, picking up the Luke doll and placing it in her lap, she looked to the screen to see what was going on outside.
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(Luke's POV)
"So, what to call her..." Ariel mumbled. Luke's ears perked and he tugged her shirt. Looking over at the Zorua, she asked, "what is it boy?" Withought hesitation, Luke turned to an Ampipom. Since he knew sighn language due to the fact Ariel has a deaf friend, he began forming letters with is hand. E.. Ariel quickly pulled out a notebook and began wrighting down the letters. M... more writing... I... Still, the red-haired girl continued to wright down that he said. Eventually, she had wrote out on the page 'Emily is her name. She told me.' Transforming back to a Zorua, Ariel smiled at him. "Her name's Emily eh?" Luke nodded. She smiled and looked at Emily's new ball. "Well Emily, that's a nice name." she then looked at Luke. "Ready to go?" He wagged his tail. "I'm always ready!" he barked up to her. She giggled as if she understood and the two went on their way.