Sunday, May 20, 2007

Chapter 4-Morning
the Sun rose slowly, above the scared old Tree-tops of the Dark Forest . . .
on a particular branch of an enormus elm, Celie sat, eyes closed, her still position awaiting the dawn sun.
suddenly she felt her little branch snap and heave. she turned her head to see Ray swing onto her branch and seat himself. Celie felt her branch drop lower with the added weight. ''get off !!'' she hissed at Ray, "or this whole branch is going to snap off!!! why didnt u just sit on one of the bigger ones?!" "i wanted to..."he started. a voice rang from below,"shut up! how come u ppl have to argue at the crack of dawn?!" Celie groaned, now Yen was awake as well. Celie leaped off her branch and felt her feet hit the branch below her. but just as she was about to snag her claws into the branch's rough bark for a better grip, she felt a hand catch her wrist. she snarled as she remembered that her capture in the forest had happened the same way... with that hand.... irritated to be bothered so early in the morning and then to be stopped mid-leap once again, she had the furious urge to wrench her wrist back in the way that would make the owner of the hand lose balance and tumble off the branch. but Ray was one level ahead of her in class, and wouldnt lose his balance, That Easily. instead she mumbled "let go." "are u still mad at me?" he asked. "for what!?" "for... making u ...come back...?" Celie looked up. why is he asking me that? she searched his face but found no answer there. she snapped her head back down and muttered "no...now let Go." he let go but Celie knew he didnt believe her answer. as quick as she could Celie scaled down the rest of the tree, only pausing to shout "Dawn Patrol!!! Damnit! I Still Dont Get Why eris-Elona Ever Chose U for Patrol Captain!!!!" into Xana's ear. Xana's head snapped up ''wha..a....?'' Celie glared, "P-A-T-R-O-L." "oh..." Xana's sleepy eyes cleared.
patrol hadnt been so eventful except for the blotch of blood they had found under an oak tree out in the GrassRetches. Celie had winced when she had realized that it was her own blood from her encounter with the wolf. thank goodness it had been too old for Xana to tell that it was hers. but it had not been old enough to escape Sara's keen nose. "so this is where the wolf had attacked you,'' she had whispered to Celie. Celie had simply looked down to avoid her glance. blade-session hadnt been so eventful either, but to her it seemed that Ray had been trying to catch her eye.
it was now Noon. Celie walked to the CedarCircle for lunch, thinking as she went. she sat under a willow tree and ate some nuts and raspberries, not feeling so hungry after just having seen the sight of her own blood up close. she eyed the clearing, there seemed to have been more gossip going around then usual, about half of them involving her and her attack-event. she had history-session afterwards and wasnt so eager for the time to pass. "hey." Celie turned her head and saw Sara striding toward her. "oh, hi, Sara..." she mumbled. "did u hear anything lately?" Sara asked. "like what?" "there are rumors that the wolf-demons are going to attack again." "the what?!" Celie sat up. "w o l f - d e m o n s are going to..." "i know but, why?" "well... its a rumor, sprouted from your attack. and also something else happened while you were gone..." Sara started. "like what?"Celie interrupted. "Let Me Finnish. u know eris-Yura." "Yeah, she taught me how to scale trees." "well...u see...shes gone missing. and on the same day u were attacked." "and...let me guess u suspect the wolf-demons right?" Celie said, thoughtfully. "yup eris-Yura teaches survival-session so it isnt like her to get herself in danger. but u see the day after that, on patrol, i smelled blood. our whole patrol found this puddle-trail of blood. it smelled of eris-Yura and it looked like she was trying to drag herself somewhere. and also something else, we found tufts of dark coarse fur around the area." "wolves?" Celie suggested. "uh-huh."
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i sorta messed up on this one. ...the next one's going to be better... hopefully
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