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[Isabella7Storm5]

Spoiler: Part 6

It was cold and dark but I could still feel my brother snuggled beside me. We were both very hungry and Mother had been gone for a long time.
We waited in silence as the long hours crept past.
Finally, she staggered back into the den. Mother was exhausted and thin, and I could tell something was not right. I could tell she was hurt. She smelt of blood. She didn't complain. Mother never complained. The good thing was, she had food, and Siyúlne and I were most grateful for anything we could possibly get to eat.
Mother sat and watched as we gobbled down everything we could, and then lay down so we could cuddle up against her and stay warm. I loved the smell of Mother. It was a warm, familiar smell.
“Do you think that the snow will go away soon, Mama?” I questioned.
“Yes, Yanái dear,” she laughed.
“And then we can go back outside, and you can teach me to hunt just like you did Siyúlne!”
“Of course” she reassured
With that, I fell asleep.
I woke in the night to hear Mother talking to Siyúlne. She sounded sad and Siyúlne sounded scared. He was trying to be brave, I could tell, but he sounded scared.
“Siyúlne, you must look after your brother for me”
“Yes Mama, I will”
“Promise me you will keep him safe”
“I promise”
“Good” she sighed
I was confused. Where was she going? I had to ask.
Sticking my head up, I asked,“Where are you gonna go Mama?”
“I’m going nowhere, Yanái,” She smiled ”I’ll always be right here with you…forever”

I got up and padded over to Siyúlne. There were tears running down his face as he sat next to Mama. Finally, I realized what was happening and sat next to him. Leaning my head on her side, I let out a soft whine and gave her a lick. She licked me back and then Siyúlne, and then put her head back on her paws. She wrapped her tail around us. A soft sigh left her body as she let go.
Siyúlne and I lay next to her body and fell asleep.

Slowly, I came to. Looking around I noticed that it had been raining for a while, and the snow had melted almost all of the way.
I was wet and cold, and I was stuck here on the ground pinned under a large branch. Wait, no I wasn't pinned under a branch. The branch had been moved to the side and on the ground, all around me, were paw prints.
I got up and struggled home. I felt groggy as I pushed my way down into the den. It began to rain again and I began to sleep

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

yeah, he sleeps a lot. I was trying to balance it between past and present. Gradually reveling his past but moving the story along. I also had to fit it in 8 pages.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

yeah, he sleeps a lot. I was trying to balance it between past and present. Gradually reveling his past but moving the story along. I also had to fit it in 8 pages.

Its good though! Really good! Is that all the story or is there more?

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

Its good though! Really good! Is that all the story or is there more?

there is more

 

[CloneFly]

As a fellow writer, this is really good!! I love your writing style!

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

there is more

Ok, cant wait to read it!

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

As a fellow writer, this is really good!! I love your writing style!

Thank you so much! This makes me so happy to hear

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

Spoiler: Part 7

We had been out all day and I was very tired. Siyúlne had taken us all around the forest in search of food. We had found a rabbit which was good but the bad thing was that it was getting light out, and I was about ready to fall asleep standing up.
“I don't see why we can't go straight for the den instead of around the oak forest” I grumbled.
“You know just as well as I do,” retorted Siyúlne.
“There haven't been wolves in that part of the forest in forever” I groaned
“We go around” He asserted
“Make me” I laughed and darted into the trees.
“Yanái, no!” Siyúlne called, and ran in after me.

I ran straight in the direction of home and I could hear Siyúlne running after me. His paws crunching through the snow.

Suddenly, there was more than one animal following me. Then, I heard a long, mournful howl and my blood ran cold. I ran into some bushes and Siyúlne ran in after me.
“Siyúlne, I'm so sorry. I-”
“We can't talk now” he said “Listen to me very carefully.”
I could hear the sound of wolves circling around the bushes and I could smell their breath, cold in the winter air. Wolves usually eat big game such as deer or moose, but when things get scarce, they’ll take whatever they can get, and right now, we were what they were after.
“They’ll want me, I’m bigger”
“No!” I cried “I’m not gonna leave you here!”
“Yes you are” he said “and you’re going to run and you’re not going to look back”
Siyúlne looked right into my eyes and gave me a lick on the tip of my nose, then he started to turn around

“Siyúlne, no! I need you! Please don't go!”
“I’m not going” He said, his face shone with the love he had for me. With the sadness he’d kept through the years. With the hope and with the joy that I would be okay “I’ll always be right here with you…forever”

And with that, he turned and ran from the shelter of the bushes.

Everything seemed to be a blur as I realized that I really had to run. I turned around and dashed out of the bushes towards home. It was in slow motion that I dodged trees and shrubs and as I was running, I was crying. I could not see and a sharp branch raked my eye. I didn't care. I kept running. I slipped down into the den, panting hard. Blood mixed with tears and dripped from my face onto the floor.

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

Spoiler: Part 8

I had been awake for hours, but I was just lying on the floor letting myself cry. Those were memories I did not want to have to re-experience, but I just did and it hurt more than anything ever had. It all seemed so real and it took everything in me to know that they weren't, but in a way, they were real.

“Siyúlne…are you really with me!?” I cried aloud “did you lie to me?” Has it all been false…this whole time?” “Please come back” I whispered “I’ll never forgive myself, I’ll never forget.”
I closed my eyes in the hope that I could just shut out the world. Shut out the darkness and the pain. The grief and the sadness and the hope. Hope would make things worse. There was none left anyway.

Suddenly, a noise caught my ears.
I opened my eyes and peered out the den entrance just in time to see the tip of a tail flash by.
Startled, I struggled up through the hole and looked around.
There were trees down, and the forest floor was covered in mud. Branches and limbs were scattered everywhere and not a living thing was in sight. The caw of a crow sounded far away, but other than that, everything was quiet and still.

I looked all around and saw nothing. I let my head down in despair and that's when I noticed a long trail of paw prints leading into the destroyed forest.
I began to follow them. Faster and faster, deeper into the woods I went. Searching for what I knew I could never find, but here was a faint glimpse of light. Of hope.
Peering ahead into the wreckage I thought I saw a fox, with a single ear, duck out of sight behind a log.

“Siyúlne! Wait, don't leave me again!” I called. I got no reply. On I ran, weaving in and out of the trees. Once again I saw a fox so I ran faster. I did not know this part of the forest but I kept running.
Then all at once, I ran up against a large cliff wall made of stone. I yelped in pain as I came crashing to a halt. Picking myself up, I looked around.
The tracks had stopped at the cliff. There was no possible way any fox could climb such a sheer edge. I turned away. This had all been a false hope. A delusion.
I was about to head away, back into the forest when I heard a faint cry. Turning around, I searched this way and that to see where it had come from. There it was again. The small cry of a kit.
Whipping my head around in the direction it had come from, I saw a small opening in a bank of dirt and knew that it was the den of a fox.

Creeping quietly towards it, I smelled the air. Looking in the den,I saw a tiny fox, wet and muddy and all alone. Where was its mother? Then I knew. Its mother would not return. There it lay, helpless and frightened. I could take it. I could help this fox, but should I? I had already been through enough. I began to turn away, then, I realized. What was I doing?

I could not hold on to my past forever. What was done, was done. I needed to let go of Siyúlne. Let go of all I used to have so that I could let this fox live. So I could let myself live.
With determination, I grabbed the scruff of the small fox and carried it out into the daylight.

 

[Isabella7Storm5]

Spoiler: Part 9

“Jinefth, wait for me” I called
Today we were out hunting. Well, I was hunting. Jinefth was doing who knows what.
There was a warm breeze blowing and the remaining trees were beginning to bud. A few early spring flowers had bloomed.There were birds chirping and the sun glinted through the trees.
I took a deep breath and let the wind blow through my fur.
“Yanái! Hurry up!” The small fox called
I laughed and began walking in the direction of his voice. Something in me however, made me stop and turn around one last time.
Sitting on a mossy bank full of soft purple flowers, sat Siyúlne, glowing in the sun, joy upon his face. He looked at me, his deep eyes piercing my soul.
He nodded gratefully, then turned around, and as he walked into the trees, he faded…till he was gone.


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I'd like to say that this story ends happily, but that is up to you to decide. About two years later, Jinefth found a mate. The most beautiful fox I'd ever seen; He was happy and I was happy, and it was time for me to move on. I’d lived my life to the fullest and Jinefth had more to live, but this time, without me. The last things I said to Jinefth were,
“I’m going to step away, I am done. I’ve had my life, now you need to go have yours”
“But what will I do without you?” He whined
“You won't be without me.” I laughed weakly ” I’ll always be right here with you…forever”

And with Jinefth laying beside me, I let go, and the last thing he saw of me, I was running out of the den into the warm embrace of two foxes and then, after one, long look back at him, Siyúlne, Mother, and I took off into the forest and faded away.

Jinefth sighed, got up and walked back to his den. Right outside the entrance, waiting for him, was a bright blue feather.

The Beginning