'Rieka... our little beautiful girl... Please survive..' a woman hugged a girl with ragged clothes, dirtied from all the running. 'Dear, come on. They might find her here if we stay any longer' in the same clothes, the man hugged the two tighter.
'Survive with all your might. Remember that' and with that, the devastated couple cried letting go of the child as the run away from the opposite direction, leaving behind a young girl out in the forest, all alone. 'Mommy... da...ddy....'
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"Howl!" a howl so loud she jerked up awake. "Awoo..." she shook her body like a wolf would. "Ri..Rie..." she coughed. As someone raised by wolves, of course she would know no words.
But what imprinted to her mind, was her name and her parent's smell. She felt a lick on her cheek, she looked right to see her wolf dad licking her as if showing comfort.
She licked back, letting her wolf dad know she's alright. Stretching, she went outside their den and onto the river not far from it. Seeing her fellow wolf members washing themselves in the cool river, she joined in the fun. Well, it was a hot sunny morning.
Taking off her animal pelt clothes, she gave herself a refreshing morning splash of cool river water. The pups from the riverbank followed her into the river, splashing water to each other.
As the water was not that deep, it surely is a great place to chill and stuff. The leader of the pack being done with his refreshing bathe, sat on the rocks on the sides as to wait for the others to finish enjoying the cool water.
"Grr..." Rieka growled, playing with her fellow wolves. After some time of splashing, she shook her self as to shake some water off. She then took her furry clothes and wore them, letting the hot sun dry her.
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"Grrr!!!" Rieka growled, continuing the chase on the deer they had their eyes on. Snarling, she jump as she successfully had her hands on the prey. Biting it, causing it to attempt shake her off its back.
The wolves seeing this, they took this opportunity to jump after her and finally took their prey down. Successful on their hunt, she joyfully feasted on their breakfast.
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Back from their hunt, the adult wolves then regurgitate their foods for the pups to eat. Resting, Rieka then went out to the shade, cuddling with other resting wolves.
* TETHORYN KINGDOM *
"Grandfather, you called for me?" a man in a training suit stood up after bowing. "My grandson, how old are you now??" the old man asked. "24" he answered. "Aviur..." he sighed. "I, Rogue Acacius, am old and you're still here unmarried?? How about that fiancee of yours? I thought she was the one??" he exclaimed.
"No, grandfather. Even if she is a princess from a wealthy kingdom, I don't like her" he answered bluntly. "Aviur... This is the 25th time you turned down another engagement..." he sighed once more.
"And you're already turning 25, when will I see my grandchildren??" he complains. "Soon... grandfather" Aviur answers, but it was a complete lie. There's no one he's seeing right now, and there's no one who he really likes.
"Is that all you wanted to tell, grandfather?" he asked. "No, it's about the documents I asked you to take of" he states. "It's all taken care of, grandfather" Aviur answers, his grandad nodding in response.
"Then I'll have you take care of another pile" he sighs. 'A mountain pile of papers you mean' Aviur thought. "I'll be gone for a week due to a meeting with the kings and queens. It'll be another boring meeting tho" the king muttered the last sentence.
"Then I shall excuse myself, your majesty" he bows his head, then lifting it up. "Alright, you may go" the king orders as he nods and leaves the scene.
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A heavy sigh came out of Aviur's mouth. "Paperworks again?" a man chuckled, sitting beside him. The shade of the large tree hovering above them, covering them from the bright sun.
"If only our mages knew how to flick those papers into being finished in one go and it's done" he sighed deeper. "Well a prince has got to do what he's gotta do" the man laughed.
"Says a prince himself. Hunter, you're slacking your responsibilities as a prince again?? Go back to your damn kingdom" Aviur glared, Hunter laughing.
"Come on... you know I'm just here to avoid marriage" he grins. "You just turned down another engagement didnt you" Hunter stretches, hitting right on the mark.
"Unlike you, who's been chasing Lily for over a year, I don't have someone I like" he states. "That's mean" Hunter sobs. "I'll go and take a bath. I'm dead beat tired" Aviur says standing up, Hunter following.
"Then me too. Hey, wanna go call Lily and take a stroll on the forest?? You know, the one with wolves" he winks. "You want to die??" Aviur questions.
"You're so mean, my bro! I just wanna pet one" he pouts. "They aren't tamed you idiot" he playfully smacks his friend's shoulder.
"But they're so fluffy and adorable!!". "You've been doing this since we discovered the forest with wolves. Give them peace will you"
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"Grr...." Rieka growled, playing bite with her wolf pack. After having a nice nap, she can't help but play with her family. Running to her wolf mom, she dragged her into their game.
"Awooo" she bit her wolf mom's head, now playing with her. Her wolf mom joined in the fun and started playfully biting Rieka, tugging her hair.
Soon after a tiring play, Rieka rested on her wolf mom's body, cuddling with her warm fuzzy fur. Like a human mother would pet their children after a tiring gameplay, the wolf mom licked her kid, Rieka giggled from the tickling sensation.
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It was near lunch time and the wolves had to move to feed themselves and their young. Stretching like a wolf would, she shook her body and moved along with the other adult wolves.
It was again time for another hunt. With a growling stomach, she sniffed out in the air to find any food she could hunt. Walking with her wolf dad, the leader, they suddenly heard a sound. But it a sound they hated most.
"Lily! Look how high this tree is!". "Yes yes, enjoy yourself Hunter" . "You guys are noisy".
Humans.
The wolves started to back away, thinking whether they should attack or not. Even though this forest was bought by Rogue Acacius, the king of Tethoryn Kingdom, hunters still illegally forced their way through the forest and hunting animals, such as their kind.