"c_c_cloudeye, w_what happened" after the "kiss" she kept on stuttering, this situation was a first for her.
the small girl looked on a trance, she kept looking at her brother, her heartbeat sped up, her cheeks got redder by the second, but for him seeing her dazed look was greater than anything, he jumped up and hurriedly hugged her with more strength than necessary, afraid she'll disappear the next instant.
"they died, the villagers, father and mother also, the shaman, her son and...." noticing the confused look on her face he paused to take his breath and started explaining "Hue, listen you got injured by a silver wolf, the wound on your back is not deep but got you sick for a while." her confused face faded but was followed by a sad one as he helped her up "your blood on its claws, I washed the wound with water and some fragrant herbs, I don't think it will track us." quiet tears slid down her face as she remembered the suffering they went through.
they were children of the flamefang tribe, a strong tribe of many who believed in the sun and its power, as strong as they were, their warriors couldn't face the beast invasion that occurred, many died and many fled, despite that the two of them survived.
"take my knife go and skin it, after a while, I'll go gather materials for the bonfire." pointing at the game Cloudeye passed her the knife he used for butchering, he gave her a weak smile as he went to the cave's corner, sat and started sharpening an elegant fine bone knife. he had a serious look on his face as he kept grinding it on a stone while blowing the accumulated dust.
'so cute' her tearful eyes contradicted her thoughts
"where did you get this?" wiping her tears with her dirty hands she tilted her head as she looked at the sharp bone dagger on her brother's little hands which didn't belong to them, before escaping they had no time to take anything, she was obviously curious.
"I stole it" for her question he stopped to reply, then resumed grinding the dagger.
'grrrr' 'grrrr'
"what? from where? we're in the woods..."Hue couldn't help but exclaim.
stopping his task he explained"While you were unconscious, I was searching for food and herbs, accidentally I discovered a nearby tribe." he raised his head and saw his sister's hopeful eyes, he clicked his tongue"don't get your hopes up, I saw the Stormsong tribe's totem, and many of their hunters, we had many conflicts with them before" seeing the disappointed look on her face he stopped for a moment before grinning, he gently raised the dagger and threw it, the dagger so sharp made a 'sou' sound as it penetrated the cave's thick walls" heh I took this knife five days earlier, how easy! it was dark, it rained and no one to stop me, no one to follow me. do you know why?" by this point they were sitting near each other as he recounted his ruse.
"they have beliefs, although different from us, they believe them as we did" she kept nodding her head clearly interested in the story.
about five days earlier near the stormsong tribe, the thundering storm as scary as it was could not hide the blue eyes(moons) glow as they met, a young boy hiding at the edge of the forest his brown hair wet, his fur clothes soaked he felt cold. raising his head in this dark night the moonslight so far made his gray eyes look silver.
though far, he could see a high totem structure larger than the huts and even the stone houses, he squinted his eyes as he saw the mark of the moon at the top of the structure, a mark used by the known stormsong tribe.
he long realized that his eyesight was better than most in the dark, plus his hearing was good for a human, he loved sneaking on experienced hunters, though many times he got away, he got into trouble even more.
"its the stormsong tribe, sigh what luck we have...." the little boy said as he got up about to leave, he hesitated for a moment as he remembered the stormsong belief on the meeting of the moons.
it was a known fact for the other tribes that the stormsong's people sacred the moons calling them eyes, and so much feared the day they meet which happened once every seven years in which they rarely go out, especially on a stormy night like this one.
clinching his fists he decided to take advantage of the situation, 'food, herbs, weapons, anything is useful now, even if they find me I'll just pretend to be lost.' he thought as he sneaked on the nearest hut, he advanced slowly on the tips of his toes as he kept a lookout on his surrounding.
he kept seeking for a chance as he sprang from one hut to the other, yet he didn't dare to just barge in, he'll probably get beating before he could take anything.
after reaching one big hut he begun to hear a loud snoring sound followed by complaining of a female, he kept eavesdropping until he understood what happened, a man named dusknose was sleeping beside his wife, the poor woman couldn't sleep because of this dusknose's loud snores that somehow were louder than the thunder outside their hut.
"curse you dusknose, since the day I married you, I have not enjoyed one night of good sleep, don't you have guard duty, get up, GET UP" the woman screamed while hitting him in the chest.
"cough cough ok, ok, oh I'm late, woman go bring me my ax" seeing that the man started wearing his clothes intending to leave, cloudeye thought it was an opportunity to sneak in. he circled the hut so as to not bump into the man, now standing behind the hut's front side, he crouched and concentrated on his hearing.
maybe he had much faith in his ears, or maybe the present circumstances made him too confident as light footsteps sound masked by the downpour reached his backside. after he noticed, it was already too late to run.
"hoy kid, what are you doing?" the voice was deep and firm.
his heart started racing but he calmly got up took off his pant, he peed as rain washed the urine.
"j_cough just taking a piss, father hates it when our home smell off, we all have to go out" he explained hurriedly without looking at the man.
"haha, you guys have it tough." the man smiled, ruffled cloudeye's hair before leaving.
cloudeye crouched again as he breathed in and out in a fast pace, he looked at the man's back as he pondered, he hesitated again but decided not to leave, if he tricked one he can trick another, though he had no urine left in his bladder, maybe he'll have to take a shit!
the man didn't go far as he was heading right for dunsknose's hut which is why he sneaked on cloudeye.
"dusknose you forgot this, you this embarrassing man want to go out without pants?"
"hahaha, it seems like I was in too much of a hurry"
both the man and cloudeye opened their mouth in disbelief.
after a moment dusknose wore his clothes properly, he kept laughing as he exited his house, he was totally surprised as he saw one of his comrades greeting him outside his hut.
"greetings, dusknose" the man said
"hey, rumbleback, the leader sent you? am I too late?" the man's name was rumbleback.
"ah no, I came for another matter" seeing the suspicious look on the other's face, rumbleback paused for a while and sighed"I came for the wolf's skin, do you think it's negotiable? you should know I'm ready for any price." he weakly smiled at the last part.
"no, it is not" dusknose's eyes turned cold
"but, my..."
"How did you know?"dusknose asked
"hah?"
"How did you know I have one? who TOLD YOU?" dusknose eyes squinted indicating that according to the answer he would fight.
"you slow heads, go away I'm trying to sleep" just when cloudeye thought the situation would escalate the woman's voice inside the hut stopped everyone on his track.
rumbleback squinted his eyes before leaving, though dusknose refused him, he had no choice but to do so, he wasn't sure he could defeat him in a fight nor could he steal it, he wasn't that dumb, if he did and the shaman investigated, it will be as easy as drinking water to find the culprit, the shaman had the same power as his wife after all.
'interesting' cloudeye who hid in the vicinity listened to the whole affair, he didn't know how much this wolf's skin valued but from their conversation, it was pretty much valuable.
he waited until the two strong men left before nearing the hut, he didn't enter until he was sure the woman slept thoroughly, now a snoring sound louder than dusknose's came out of her mouth, what she was bitching about earlier cloudeye couldn't grasp.
keeping one eye on the woman cloudeye searched the hut thoroughly, though he didn't touch anything yet, afraid of possible traps, they had many back in his own home, yet he didn't find any, instead, he found a few valuable things, medical herbs, a dagger, a map, as for the skin, he could see it but he couldn't touch it as the bitch was sleeping on it.
back in the cave.....
"so you didn't get it in the end?" the small girl pouted with a disappointed look on her face.
"haha, I see the wound made you dumber, HUE you slept on it the whole time..." cloudeye grinned as he a pointed at the silver wolf's skin lying beside them.
"WHAT? how?" hue's smallmouth was opened for a moment as she kept examining the skin with her hands, the fur was smooth and silver, it was certainly the silver wolf's skin, she couldn't grasp how he did it.
"hehe, not telling"
night came, the bonfire lit, they cooked and ate the meat. she kept asking but he still refused to tell her.
despite that, he told her many other interesting things.
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"'the day the blue eyes meet, the red spirit hunts' he said, so dumb, hehehe...."
"Cloudeye, don't laugh" even though she said that she couldn't contain her own laughter.