Posted by The second I woke up the excitement was rushing all over my body making it hard to say still. I couldn’t wait! For the past few months I have been staying here doing nothing. I had thought about exploring the “tunnels”. But Jorgen told me if I had got lost in them without them being here I probably would’ve not been found until days later. Which would be horrible ,but how could they forget someone that they let live with them for 3 months be lost in a tunnel? I mean I can see Scarlet being very worried but for Jorgen…..I think he would nap why Scarlet freaked out. Though it’s nice to know they care for me to some degree. Maybe that will change in the future, maybe not.
“Are you ready to go ,little one?” He said as he walked up behind me.
My eyes had turned to shinning stars that glistened throughout the starlit skies. “YES!”
“I’m glad you’re thrilled to go hunting, Sweetie. But I think you have your expectations too high.”
I then look at Scarlet. My face had gone super serious. “Maybe I do have really high expectations but I won’t know until I try, right?” My face then breaks back into a big smile.
“Yup, she’s right Sis!” He then turns he eyes to look at me. “I’m sure you’re going to like it ,little one!”
“NOW LET’S GO HUNTING, please?”
“Hop on little one it will be quicker if we fly through the skies.”
He laid down on the ground so I could get on him. It was a little difficult climbing on to his back. Each scale I tried to grab onto was either slippery or was too sharp to grab. Until Scarlet came up from behind me and lifted me up with her noise on to his backside. From what I could tell him and Scarlet are huge creatures from my height. But when I climbed on top of him I felt like I was as tall as them. Or I was like a really tall giant from the stories our village elder told us. Though the most incredible part was seeing everything in their point of view. Like how the tree I would always climb onto and sit at seemed like a little twig that you would use too lit a fire.
“Ok and we’re off!” They both said as they fluffed their wings out from their side into the sky.
Jorgen and Scarlet both began rising into the sky very slowly. I’m guessing it was not to scare me, but as their wings flapped they had started to disturb the plants and trees that were living peacefully. I guess it would have been really funny seeing the plants and trees getting angry at us….but on the other hand maybe not. Hehehe…..
As they started soaring threw the skies I felt like I was dreaming. The cold and warm wind hitting my face made me feel so happy. Why the breeze running through my hair made me feel so calm and peaceful. Then when you looked down you could see such delightful views. The tree seem like the sky’s version of grass. Why the water seemed like giant puddles. When we pasted a mountain range it seemed like a colossal version a huge boulder rolling down a mountain. But the more we pressed on the mountains, rivers, lakes, and forests we had pasted. Until eventually we started to hover over the air.
“Hold on little one!” At that moment Jorgen started to dive down to the ground like as if he was going to dive into an enormous lake.
The wind started to blow my hair all the way back ,why my face moved along in the wind going up and down. The moment we landed I felt very motion sick and the fear of aviophobia flowed over my body. I just completely fell off Jorgen on to the floor. I felt paralyzed and too scared to move.
“LOOK WHAT AT WHAT YOU DID!”
“I TOLD HER THAT WE WERE GOING TO LAND.”
“NO, YOU TOLD HER TO HANG ON! NOT THAT YOU WERE GOING TO LAND.”
“There both the same thing aren’t they, Sis?”
“You know for my wise older brother you sure seem to know how to scare humans.”
“YOU KNOW WHAT SIS I’M TALKING KIM HUNTING WITH ME AND WE ARE GOING TO CATCH MORE FOOD THEN YOU!”
“Go ahead teach a her how hunt. I’m sure not going to be that hard.”
He then gives her a deadly glare. “I sure will!” He then takes off with me in one of his humongous scaly hands. I still feel very sick and all most unconscious, but thankfully he only was flying for a few minutes.
“Where are we?”
“Don’t worry. I flu us to a good area that has tons of trees so if you missed a shot or anything you could hide within trees and bushes. Though I faith that won’t happen.”
“I see….”
“I’m sorry, did I make your motion sickness worst?”
“No it’s fine. Though I do feel better sitting”
“That’s good! Now did you bring any type of weapon that’s meant for killing?”
“I was suppose to bring a weapon?”
“Soooo you didn’t bring one? That’s ok I brought a sword, a dagger, a bow an arrow, axe, spear, Katana, stars, a fan, throwing knifes come on take your pick.”
“Umm…how do I know which one would be the most affective?”
“It just matters on your skill level. Normally, what I’ve seen humans do is put people in skill ranks. For example the first tier being the lowest and the fifth tier being the highest tier. I think they do this so they can send people to do certain tasks that require that skill set.”
“OH! That’s so cool! Hmm…ok I want to try the bow an arrow then.”
He then drops a bow an arrow out from his wing. Which left me in some confusion. Like how did he hide that there? Or how did that stay there why he was flying? “Here you go!” He then starts looking everywhere until he pointed out a mule deer hiding in the trees and bushes near by. “There’s something you can go kill. Don’t worry if you get yourself in some trouble I will help you out. Now you should go try out the bow an arrow I gave you!”
“Ok I sure will”
I then started to walk towards the mule deer going over all the information I knew about this animal. “Ok how am I going to kill the mule deer. I should probably get somewhere high…no it would be better if I were on the ground….no the trees would make me blend in….but if I was on the ground I could hit it with a close up shot and get it for sure….but if go up high I could also get lucky and hit it on the first shot…..but if I go up in the trees I could hurt myself….but if I were taking the shot from the ground and missed it and scare it, it could take me out……I don’t know what to do….Hmmm….I think I’ll go up high on this one. It is a bow an arrow not a close up weapon. So it would be easy to hit it further away than up close.” The moment I got to the top of the tree I didn’t feel comfortable shooting the animal. I mean it has a life right….no it does have a life but there are many more out there like it. Plus it would be nice to know how to hunt. If I know how to hunt then I could pay back Scarlet and Jorgen for letting me stay with them. But um..why I was trying to position myself to shot it, I realized that Jorgen didn’t tell or show me how to hunt…..That’s a bit of a problem….Umm I guess I’ll free hand it?
As my I started to focus I notice how the fur on the mule animal would make a good blanket and some clothes I could wear. The question was how I was going to do that. I didn’t have that type of skill ,yet. But I guess I’ll put that aside for now. I need to focus on shooting the animal in front of me. I bring the bow an arrow up to my chest. I can feel my heart about to beat right out of my chest. I never felt so nervous ,but knowing that Jorgen was there to back me up calmed my heart down. I then slowly bring the arrow to the draw string and start to pull it back. Out of nowhere start to feel my nerves again. “Why am I so scared? It was just hours early that I was excited to do this. Plus it’s just one arrow.” I take a deep breath letting the air go threw my whole body. That seemed to calm my nerves a bit, but my arms are still shaking. Not as bad as before but now I can at least shoot the arrow. I then began to close my eyes once I got my shot lined up. I then let go of the string holding the arrow within it. The second I opened my eyes it just seemed like I took a very long blink.
I hear Jorgen jumping up and down. “GOOD JOB KIM!!! YOU GOT IT!!! AND WITH OUT ME TELLING YOU HOW TO!!!”
My body was still in a bit of fright as Jorgen celebrated. I then climbed down the tree but I felt my body fall to the floor. Jorgen immediately stops celebrating and runs over to my side. He could the tears run down my face.
“Little one I didn’t mean to scare you like this. I-”
I turned to look at him in the eyes. “I’m sad, yes but the more deer and other animals I hunt, they will slowly become easier to kill. It’s a sad truth but that’s how life is and I have to accept that for myself. Plus image what I could do with deer. I could bury its bones and meat we don’t eat ,and I could use the fur to make a blanket or clothes to wear.”
“I’m glad you have this way of thinking. Now let’s and rub this in my SISER FACE!! She wouldn’t believe you kill. Hehehe.”
I give him a soft smile “Yeah let’s go home.”
Good morning, I think I may seem a little disrespectful to comment here. But as this is the last post I thought it best to comment right here. I would like to know if your father’s novel will no longer be updated. I agreed to find that site and I didn’t have the opportunity to read yours. I was reading the novel on another website so I was curious as to why I stopped something so good.
Hello! Sorry it took me a while to respond to your question. My dad has stopped writing his book because he was doing a chapter a day and it was too much for him. Though he hopes to start it back up in the future. Also I don’t find you asking your question on my chapter disrespectful. Plus I think my dad would be happy to hear how people really like his story. Anyways I hope you have a great day!