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Monday, April 23, 2012

Chapter 1: Mystery Animals

The sun rose, making the night sky turn a shade of pink. A blue jay tweeted his morning song. The forest began to come to life, the fish continued their great expedition upstream, deer began looking for a good breakfast, and the butterflies flew around, looking for flowers.
A tree shook, as a wolf jerked awake, his eyes adjusting to the sun's rays shining. He arched his back in a good stretch. Studying the ground, he spotted a mouse scuttling across some exposed tree roots.
The wolf jumped without hesitation, trying his best. Without knowing the proper way to hunt, he ate what he could get.
The mouse squeaked and tried to scurry off, but the wolf landed on the mouse's back, killing it with the impact.
Sinking his teeth into the mouse's back, he tasted how delicious the prey was. The wolf finished the prey quickly, and walked on, hoping today he could find some other wolves to help him.
The taste of the mouse quickly washed away. He trotted on, looking for any signs of life.
A twig snapped. The wolf whipped around. He couldn't see anything. Probably just my imagination.
But suddenly, there was a blow to the side of his body. In pain, the wolf fell to the ground, hitting the earth hard. A wolf as white as snow stood over him. The wolf gasped as he saw that his attacker had wings.
"What are you doing here?" The winged wolf snarled.
"J-Just traveling," The wolf whimpered.
"You have no right to be here," the winged wolf snapped. "Leave!"
"But-"
"Airia, what are you doing?" Came a new voice.
The winged wolf, apparently named Airia (air-eye-uh), whipped around. The wolf got to his paws quickly, seeing a lion coming through the forest. He was white with blue eyes, and he had a black mane.
"This...this wolf was in our territory, Kabu," Airia snarled to the lion.
The lion studied the wolf. "Hmm. That's nothing new, Airia."
"Apparently," Airia snarled. "Should we chase him out?"
The wolf gasped. "Please, I need your help." Maybe they can help me and provide some food.
Kabu hesitated, then nodded. "Very well."
"But Kabu!" Airia protested. "He might be a firebender spy!"
Kabu ignored Airia. He flicked his tail, and the wolf followed Kabu.
"So, wolf what is your name?" Kabu asked politely.
"I got no name," the wolf replied. "Everyone calls me, 'wolf'."
"Okay, we shall call you that too, then," Kabu nodded.
They lead Wolf into the undergrowth. The trees were taller around here.
Airia shot Wolf a glare as they came to a huge tower in the middle of the woods. It had a red roof, and the windows had designs on them. Inside, Wolf could see the shadows of other animals in there.
Outside the tower stood a blue peacock. She had a shade of green on her, with a green crest and white spots on her eyes. The peacock had a red kimono with gold outlining the bottom, and the edge of the sleeves. Two gold dragons were prined on it.
"Back, Airia and Kabu?" The peacock nodded.
"Yes, Fan," Kabu confirmed.
"I see you got company," Wolf had barely noticed the raccoon standing next to Fan. She showed Wolf her long fangs.
"Peace, Stone," Kabu told the raccoon calmly. "This wolf is only here for a short time. Nothing but a loner."
"So you say, but for all we know it could be a firebender," Stone hissed.
Kabu walked through the entrance. Wolf and Airia followed, Wolf bringing up the rear.
When they stepped through the entrance, they were in a room with mats everywhere. A crocodile was doing a roll, then jumping onto his tail. The croc did a flip and landed on all four feet.
A monkey was jumping up a tree, from branch to branch. She jumped to the top, and moved her hands in a graceful motion. A gust of wind came through and she rode on it to the bottom.
Only two animals? Wolf thought, confused. Wouldn't there be more?
Kabu lead Airia and Wolf through another door. They were outside. More animals were here. The ground had stones on it, with bits of grass growing out. Smaller parts of the tower surrounded the yard. Everyone was doing some kind of form, or talking with others.
"Benders! Gather!" Came a voice. A huge, golden wolf with golden wings stepped into the yard. All of the animals ran up. Even the crocodile and monkey from inside ran out.
The door opened behind Wolf. Fan and Stone stepped through, and joined the crowd.
"As you can see," the golden wolf began, "Kabu seems to have brought in an outsider."

Author's Note:
I tried to fit in as much characters as I could! Wolf is my character, and so is Airia (air-eye-uh). Kabu belongs to Fortis/MB2011. Fan belongs to Spino11. Stone belongs to Hamishcat. The crocodile is Creature Icyspirit's character, and the monkey is Goofy's. The golden wolf is also mine. Thanks for reading, long chapter, isn't it?

3 comments:

  1. Hmm... I can see the story unfolding before me...

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  2. His name is Wolf? But he's a Wolf o-o

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  3. Long chapter! Agreed!

    SpiritHowl

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