A Genesis Story

Chapter 2

Seasnake walked over to the larger hut with smoke arising from a stone chimney. Knocking on the door, she called for the two.

"Galok? Hudyian?" Seasnake said, clutching the wooden bars holding up the deck she stood on at the sudden breeze.

Hudyian, a weary old woman with strange dark blue eyes and pale white skin and hair, opened the door holding a small fur outfit.

"Hello." She croaked, her curly hair glistening. "What do you need?"

"We might be going into a battle," Seasnake informed, "so be ready. Can you get Galok?"

"Oh, he-he's sleeping." Hudyian replied. Her eyes suddenly widened. Eyeing the side of the mountain, Seasnake glanced at it. There was a small army marching here- with flags. Those were Golfire Keep flags. They had diamond designs on the insides of the gold, with ruby dye splattered all over it.

"SOUND THE ALARM!" She yelled, racing towards Vol. She knew her tribe's flag was very different from Golfire Keep's; it was a bright white with spots of black, and had four dark blue stripes striking through the middle.

A loud bell rang- the alarm. Seasnake quickly rushed Midnight into her hut and brought Bog, Vol, and Tarantula out. Tarantula's clicking become a faster, more needy. Vol growled at the golden flags, because all tames were trained to hate them. Seasnake brought Vol's saddle out and hopped on, watching everyone run into their huts or onto their tames. She saw Fenou and Calios dash onto their main tame, a huge rex with room for a double saddle, so they did. They were twins.

Two of the four kids in the tribe, Dersol and Lokah, ran to their huts in terror.

A sudden crash alerted Seasnake, making her jump. The metal wall had been destroyed. The Golfire Keepers were closing in.