Well hello! Here is a new chapter of The Forest's Princess-fanfiction. Just as a reminder to those reading this fanfiction, I wrote something like this about Bambi's parents in the opening text of the first chapter of this fanfiction in such dark, highly visible letters:
The Finnish wiki said that Bambi's mother's name was Tinker Bell(Finnish=Helinä) and Bambi's father's name was Gallant(Finnish=Uljas).
Good Arika, I'd say this story is rated T with this narration:
Suitable for teens, 13 years and older, with some violence, minor coarse language, and minor suggestive adult themes.
The reason for that rating is that there will be some dangerous situations in this story. See you in the next chapter.
"Mom, have you ever felt like you want to say something, but some invisible force seems to stop you?" Clarice asked her mother while walking with her mother and the other's deer in the autumn forest.(I got a little inspiration for that from the Miraculous-series, whose rights I do not own.)
The weather was sunny, but a little cold.
"Are you talking about your father now, Clarice?" Tinker Bell stopped to eat roots with Clarice.
"A bit bitter taste, but I'm not going to be picky about food", Clarice thought after eating for a while. After finishing eating, Clarice looked at her mother:
"I'd like daddy to be proud of me one day, and I'd like daddy to say that to me. I promise I'll still be an excellent princess that no one needs to be ashamed of".
Clarice had recently heard some males saying how Clarice was the future queen of the forest born in their forest a long time ago, and how The Great Prince of the Forest was believed to expect a lot from Clarice.
Of course, Clarice was nervous about what she heard, but decided to exceed the expectations of all the inhabitants of her forest, towards Clarice.
Tinker Bell smiled:
"There will be ups and downs when you're being trained, and learning. But your father is not very social, but he has a soft heart".
"Was your father your friend when you two were fawns?" Clarice asked.
"Yes. We were friends during that time", Tinker Bell said.
"What are you looking at, big moose?!" Someone shouted in front of Tinker Bell and Clarice, and they saw the Great Prince looking at a brown, spiky-animal standing on a log.
"Mom, what is that animal?" Clarice asked, even though she knew the animal in question was a porcupine.
"It's a porcupine, Clarice", Tinker Bell said.
"Are porcupines always angry?" Clarice asked.
"No. They use spikes to defend themselves if someone tries to attack them", Tinker Bell said.
"I see. Good evening, sir", Clarice said to her father.
"Good evening Clarice, and Tinker Bell", The Great Prince of the Forest said when he saw his wife and daughter.
"Good evening", Tinker Bell said, looking at her mate.
"Sir, what is it like to be The Great Prince of the Forest?" Clarice asked.
"Well, The Great Prince of the Forest must wander through the forest ensuring the safety of the forest, and the forest's inhabitants", The Great Prince said.
"Isn't it lonely?" Clarice asked.
"It's Lonely sometimes", The Great Prince of the Forest said. "However, it is an important task, and as the future queen, you must do it too, Clarice".
"I'll keep that in mind", Clarice said.
"Little princess so!" Porcupine smiled wickedly when he saw Clarice, and then the porcupine walked behind The Great Prince's hind legs, and poked The Great Prince's hind leg with his thorns, causing The Great Prince to move forward involuntarily, and accidentally kissed Tinker Bell, surprising Tinker Bell's.
"Heh heh!" Porcupine laughed, then walked back onto the log.
"Dad! Mom!" Clarice thought in disbelief.
Clarice's parents seemed to understand what their daughter was thinking, and backed away from each other slightly.
"Porcupine's spikes look sharp", Clarice said to The Great Prince.
"I am going to talk to the porcupine", The Great Prince of the Forest said angrily looking at the porcupine in question.
"The days keep getting colder", Clarice said, looking at the birds flying in the sky.
"It's close to winter. There won't be much food to get I don't know when that will be", Tinker Bell said.
"So we're wandering in search of food", Clarice said.
"Yes", Tinker Bell said.
Tinker Bell, and Clarice continued walking.
"Mommy, is that porcupine we just saw angry often?" Clarice asked.
"That is something that I don't know. I don't see him that often", Tinker Bell said.
"What were you like when you were a fawn?" Clarice asked.
"You mean as a fawn I was?" Tinker Bell asked.
"Yes. What did you look like when you were my age?" Clarice asked.
"I looked just like you Clarice", Tinker Bell said.
"I see. What did dad look like when he was a fawn?" Clarice asked.
"Well, your father had just gotten his horns when I first met your father. Your father no longer had spots, and my own spots were disappearing during that time", Tinker Bell said.
"I see. Mom, is my father the first The Great Prince of the Forest?" Clarice asked.
Clarice had sometimes been curious about what the parents of the main characters in the Disney-movies had been like when they were little, because it had only been told in a few words, and the rest had been left entirely up to the Disney-movie's watchers to guess, which had sometimes upset Clarice a lot. That's why Clarice decided to ask Tinker Bell the recent question.
"Yes he is. But most deer wouldn't know, and wouldn't cause trouble because of it", Tinker Bell said.
"What road awaits me as I try to become queen?" Clarice asked.
"I don't know but you may find rude animals, and some who would want to fight you, and some would try to trick you, and however seek your father's wisdom in those things", Tinker Bell said.
"I see. How was father given the title of The Great Prince of the Forest?" Clarice asked.
"I honestly don't know", Tinker Bell said.
"Mom, what was my grandfather like?" Clarice asked.
"Well, your grandfather was a brave deer, and I believe your father sometimes tried to imitate your grandfather", Tinker Bell said.
"Really? How did you become friends with dad?" Clarice asked.
"I had to earn your father's friendship as he was a bit shy at first when we were hammers", Tinker Bell whispered to Clarice.
"Really? Mom, it's a little hard for me to imagine Dad being shy?" Clarice whispered back to her mother.
"I understand", Tinker Bell said.
"Mom, does growing horns really hurt?" Clarice asked after seeing a deer scratching its head on the trunk of a nearby tree. The deer in question had small horns on its head.
"I've only heard it happen when some males talk about it", Tinker Bell said. "That is something that I don't have an answer to".
"Maybe it won't hurt, little princess", Friend owl said sitting on the branch of a nearby tree. "I've seen a lot of deer rub their heads against the trunk of a tree when they get antlered, or even while they're antlered. It tickles, though".
"Thank you", Clarice said.
"Please", Friend owl said.
"Mom, how are we going to find food while it's out of sight?" Clarice asked, looking at the lawn, the grass, the bark of the trees, and the things floating in the wind, or colorful tree leaves falling to the ground.
Clarice looked at her mother, waiting for an answer to her recent question.
"If the trees are near then there is nothing we can do. I am sorry", Tinker Bell said. "We will have to wait until new spring grass shows up".
"I see. How do we find roots that can't be seen?" Clarice asked.
"Then you have to do this", Tinker Bell dug leaves aside with one of her front legs, and under them were the ones that Tinker Bell ate.
"So that's the right method for that", Clarice said, mimicking what her mother had just done.
"Yes. What are you thinking?" Tinker Bell asked after seeing Clarice's thoughtful expression.
"Mom, how are the princes and princesses behaving?" Clarice asked seeing her father looking at them.
"Well, princes and princesses have to maintain their dignity and take care of the safety of those living in the forest", Tinker Bell said.
"How can you keep your dignity?" Clarice asked.
"Well princess, and a prince must be strong to protect the forest. And he must walk proudly. He must maintain a noble facade to show that he is worthy of the respect he receives from the inhabitants of his forest", Tinker Bell said.
"I see. Mother, why aren't the father deer very often in the company of their fawns and their wives?" Clarice asked.
Gallant walked to the place, and heard his daughter's recent question:
"Father-deer usually rub their antlers against tree trunks. At the same time, they practice their deer skills while looking around".
"I understand, sir", Clarice said, walking forward with her mother. "See you again".
Clarice arrived with her mother in the woods near the meadow.
"I don't want to go to the meadow", Clarice said to her mother.
"We're not going to the meadow today", Tinker Bell said.
"Then why did we come here?" Clarice asked.
"So you can see what the autumn meadow looks like", Tinker Bell said.
Clarice looked at the autumn meadow curiously.
"Clarice, hide!" Tinker Bell said, laying down like Clarice on the ground behind a nearby bush.
"What is going on?" Clarice asked.
"The hunter is back", Tinker Bell said.
Clarice looked through the gap in the bush in front of her into the meadow, and saw a hunter walking there, holding a rifle. The hunter was so far away that Clarice couldn't see him properly, but Clarice remained still.
Suddenly, nervous chatter could be heard from the meadow.
"He's coming this way!"
"Let's fly away!"
"No! Stay put!"
"I can not take it anymore!"
One pheasant flew out of the hay in the meadow to escape the hunter.
Bam! The hunter shot, and the pheasant fell into the meadow. The hunter took the pheasant and left the meadow.
After waiting for a while, Clarice, with cold shivers running down her spine, looked at her mother.
"That's what happens to animals that people take out of our forest", Tinker Bell said after seeing Clarice shiver.
Clarice refrained from asking what would happen to the animals in question, and instead asked another question, as I would answer the question she refrained from asking:
"Can we avoid going to the meadow?"
"Okay", Tinker Bell said, returning with Clarice to the other deer, and they continued to wander until they stopped to eat.
"Mom, do you remember what some deer said about me this morning when we left the house?" Clarice asked, continuing to walk with the others.
(Flashback)
The sun had just risen when Clarice left home with her mother to wander with the other deer.
The weather was a bit cold and windy.
"So, The Great Prince of the Forest's fawn is a girl. Clarice has been born in our forest for a long time, the future queen of the forest, so The Great Prince seems to expect a lot from Clarice", One male-deer said, looking at Clarice.
"Clarice is not the first princess born in our forest in a long time. It happened once before. It happened the first time with Princess Anne. Anne was kind, but curious, and hated the limited life of a princess, and ran away every time she got a chance, being a real rascal. And do you remember, that what almost happened to Anne because of the wrong decision Anne's father made at that time? My mother talked about it when I was Clarice's age," said the other male deer, looking at Clarice worriedly.
"It's been a long time now. And that only happened once",(I got inspiration for that from the Lego Ninjago series, whose rights I don't own) The third male deer said. "Besides, Anne eventually turned out to be an excellent queen against all expectations".
"What are they talking about?" Clarice nervously thought about what she heard while following her mother after making a decision after finding a new goal. "It seems that I have received a new goal, which is to exceed all the expectations placed on me".
(End of the flashback)
"I remember that. Why did you ask?" Tinker Bell looked at her daughter.
"Well, I was just wondering what the 3 males meant by saying that I, like Princess Anne, was born in our forest for a long time, a future queen?"
Clarice asked after thinking about the matter.
"Well, one time before Anne, only boys had been born in the forest protector's family at one time", Tinker Bell said. "The same thing happened with you before your father, you, and me were born".
"In that sense, the birth of a princess is a rare event in our forest?" Clarice asked.
"Yes", Tinker Bell said.
"Mother, Drummer said that hunters are sometimes accompanied by dogs that we deer can defend against. How do we do that?" Clarice asked.
"Well, males-deer like your father can hit dogs farther with their horns, and kick dogs. We females-deer don't have horns, but like males, we can kick dogs farther", Tinker Bell said.
"Would you show me that kicking habit?" Clarice asked.
The rattle stopped, and looked at Clarice.
"What did one of the males who talked about Anne mean when he said that Anne hated the limited life of a princess, and ran away whenever she got the chance?" Clarice asked.
Clarice was willing to know about the previous Guardians of her forest as they were now her ancestors, resulting in Clarice wanting to be as proud as the previous Guardians of the forest in order to protect her forest. He believed that if he was like the previous Guardians of the forest, his parents would probably be proud of him. However, she guessed that she still had a long way to go in her quest to become the queen of her forest, but who said that even a little princess couldn't protect her forest?
"Arrogant male-deer", Tinker Bell said.
"I see, but why did Anne hate the limited life of a princess, and run away every chance she got?" Clarice asked.
"Well, some may think that being a princess is easy, but it comes with duties, responsibilities, expectations. I believe that because of that position, Anne didn't always have time for her friends, which saddened Anne, and so she ran away every chance she got to spend time with her friends while she was still a vasa, so that her friends wouldn't think that Anne had Forgotten them", Tinker Bell said. (I drew inspiration for this from Ninjago, and Disney's Brave-movie, and the ERASED-manga, whose rights I do not own.)
"I see. So he misses the company of his friends. Mother, would you show me the kicks we could use to defend ourselves from dogs and the like?" Clarice asked.
Tinker Bell smilled his daughter, and practiced the same way Clarice did, she aimed and kicked hard.
"I see. Thanks for the advice", Clarice said.
Clarice went home with her mother, and then saw her father coming there:
"Thank you for the princess explanation you gave today".
"Your welcome. Now sleep", Gallant said.
"Fine", Clarice said, laying down on the floor of her mother's den, falling asleep.
Tinker Bell looked at Clarice. Tinker Bell looked at Clarice with a smile, then looked at Gallant:
The girl has a lot to ask".
Gallant just nods.
"I hear some of the deer were talking this morning about how Anne hated the limited life of a princess", Tinker Bell said.
"Hm. I see", Gallant said.
"Honey, don't you mind how rude some brats talk about you?" Tinker Bell asked looking at Gallant, then leaned against Gallant's neck.
"You know how I act about it. I try not to listen to such talk, no matter how unpleasant it is", Gallant said, enjoying his current happiness in his wife's company.
(In the morning)
"Morning, mom", Clarice said after waking up next to Tinker Bell.
Even though Clarice saw the sun rising as she looked out of her mother's cave, she still felt the cold air and shivered a little.
"Morning", Tinker Bell said looking at her daughter lying next to her.
"Where is father?" Clarice asked after seeing that her father wasn't in Tinker Bell's cave.
"I believe he is checking the security of the forest. Why did you ask?" Tinker Bell asked.
"I was just wondering what it would be like if the three of us could spend time with dad", Clarice said. "I hope dad is careful".
"He's careful. He shouldn't be called The Great Prince of the Forest", Tinker Bell said.
"I see. Mom, are there snakes in our forest?" Clarice asked.
"How do you know about snakes?" Tinker Bell asked.
"Thumper told them", Clarice said.
"Well, there are snakes in our forest. They don't normally attack anyone unless they feel threatened", Tinker Bell said. "Normally at this time of the year, like some other animals, they look for a winter nest where they hibernate, and they don't wake up until spring".
"I see. Mom, can hunters try to capture animals in ways other than those gunshots we heard recently?" Clarice asked.
"Yes. Some hunters chase animals with the help of dogs. Your father was also once a target of hunting dogs, but then your grandfather, The Woodland Prince saved your father from those dogs by escaping into the forest with your father. Some hunters hide traps in the forest by placing them under the leaves of trees on the ground. One of those traps is fox irons, which are traps that can seriously injure an animal if the animal's foot gets caught in one. Fox irons are one of the reasons why you should watch your step when you walk through the woods, lest you step directly into a fox iron", Tinker Bell said.
"I see", Clarice said. "What do fox irons look like?"
"They look like very sharp teeth, but they make a sound when they close around the leg of an animal that walks into them. The purpose of such traps is to hold the animal they have caught in place until the hunter arrives. Another such trap is a trap line, which is hidden in a pile of leaves on the ground by attaching the said trap line on the branches of the trees below the pile of leaves attached to the ground by a person, and one end of which is tied to a branch of the tree, which also has the bells of the trap in question, which start ringing when the trap is set, so that the hunter can hear the sound of the trap being set off. Normally, such a trap is set off when the animal steps to that end of the snare string which is attached to the branches of the trees attached to the ground, for in that situation the snare string is twisted around the leg of the animal snared in it, and the snare string rises up like a branch of a tree, for that snare string is tied to the branch of the tree I have just mentioned, as a result of which the alarm bells of the trap start ringing, and the animal caught in the trap can't move out of its place, because its leg has gone up like a snare string, preventing it from moving", Tinker Bell said.
"I see", Clarice said, remembering the same thing happening to Mena in Bambi 2-movie, when Ronno showed up to bully Bambi, and Ronno shoved Bambi towards Mena, causing Mena to get caught in that trap.
"Good. Some of the fox irons are attached to some tree like the snare wire you just mentioned", Tinker Bell said.
"You better be careful, then", Clarice said.
Tinker Bell nodded.
Clarice, and Tinker Bell walked out of their cave, and then went to eat grass.
"Clarice, females can't participate in horn fights because females don't have horns. Females can defend themselves if someone attacks them", Tinker Bell said.
"How do females do that if they don't have horns for once?" Clarice asked. "Is this about those kicking moves you showed yesterday?"
"Yes. Let me show them to you again", Tinker Bell said walking forward a little. He quickly hit his front foot on the ground, and kicked with his hind legs to the left, imagining that he was kicking the dog away from him, while at the same time putting his hind leg on the ground. Then he threw his head forward, imagining that he would hit the dog with his head. Then he imagined kicking the dog away from him with his front leg. "All deer, both male and female, can escape from attacking animals by running away, and climbing to the top of some mountain, and kicking stones at the chasing animals to make them stop chasing the deer".
"I see, mom", Clarice tried to imitate her mother, but then fell to the grass, then stood up.
"Clarice, using the moves I just showed you correctly takes practice", Tinker Bell smiled, then licked Clarice's forehead lightly.
Clarice smiled at her mother.