Ig it’s been awhile since I’ve posted this

Ferra’s Dream

Chapter 24

Ferra looked up, the sound of others waking disturbing her thoughts. She snorted, her brothers were still asleep, as usual.

Suddenly, the element seer, Tagulavai, ran up to the waking groups of ferox. Element seers where very rare. They can mutate like any other ferox, but sometimes when they sleep, the element gives them visions of the past. Some feroxs thought the seers should be respected and listened to, others thought it was all a bunch of compy dung. Those ferox tended to think Tagulavai was crazy.

When she was younger, Ferra thought it might be fun to be a seer. With some more thought, she realized seeing the past was probably not as fun as she thought it’d be, she also didn’t want to be called crazy.

“Are Nuli and her siblings back yet?” Tagulavai asked worriedly. A female shook her head, “No” she looked concerned “Why do you ask?” Tagulavai shivered “I-I had a vision! There’s- There's this… creature kidnapping animals near where they’re hunting!”

Ferra looked around as hushed whispers passed through the colony. Her brother who was only a few seconds younger than her, leaned toward her. She jumped as he did, slightly surprised that he was awake. “Nothing kidnaps animals, right? Other than humans.” Her brother Puliki whispered to her. Ferra glanced at him “I guess not” she replied, not really sure. Puliki huffed “I think Tagulavai has gone mad” Ferra flicked his ear with her tail “Don’t be mean” she smiled playfully at him, he smiled back.

“Was this a vision of today?” She noticed it was her father who asked the question. Tagulavai jumped, he seemed unsettled. “Y-yes. Someone needs to bring them back before that- that thing gets them!” His voice was higher pitched as he squeaked his concern.

The whispering began again. Ferra’s stomach clenched. Why isn’t anyone doing anything? Visions of the present day were rare, usually they were visions of the week or month before.

Everything went quiet as Nuli walked up with her brothers Kola and Holutaku. “What’s going on?” Kola asked. A ferox cub bounced up to them. “Tagulavai had a vision!” It squeaked “A vision about a monster that takes creatures away!” The cub's mother quickly came and dragged it away. Ferra watched the scene from a distance. “A vision?” Nuli repeated curiously.

Ferra idled Nuli. Nuli and her siblings were the only other set of triplets in the colony, and everyone loved Nuli. She was polite, she was good at hunting, and so much more. No one had ever found a reason to dislike her. Ferra wanted to be like that, but she didn’t know how.

Skadd approached the group of ferox surrounding Tagulavai. “See Tagulavai? They’re fine.” Skadd looked at Nuli “Did you see anything that looked out of place? Or that was… kidnapping animals?” Nuli shook her head “Nothing like that, although it was quiet today, not much to hunt.” Skadd snorted and looked back at Tagulavai. “There’s nothing to be worried about, it was just a regular ol’ nightmare. Now why don’t you rest n’ find something to eat?” Skadd grumbled before walking off. Tagulavai jumped forward “But I’m sure-“ Tagulavai stood there with his mouth open, Skadd ignored him and continued walking. The last of the ferox dispersed to find something better to do.

Ferra stayed where she was. “I don’t think Nuli and the others brought anything back,” She muttered. “You wanna play tag or something?” Puliki bounced excitedly. They were a bit too old to play games, but Puliki still liked to play them, and Ferra didn’t mind. She actually found relief in her brother's games, it allowed her to forget the things that troubled her.

Ferra looked at him and shook her head. “Not right now, I don’t think the others brought back anything, I’m going to go out and try to find some food” Ferra replied. Puliki sighed “You’re always hunting or busy or something.” Suddenly he had a certain glint in his eye “Why don’t I come with you? Tahikoiki could come too!” He suggested. “Alright, fine. Go find Tahi” Ferra replied. He nodded with a smile and darted off to find Tahi.

Ferra turned around and saw Tagulavai sitting all alone, pawing miserably at the snow. She shook her head. I'm definitely glad I’m not an element seer. She thought to herself, feeling bad for Tagulavai.

“Ferra! I found him!” Puliki called from behind her. She stood up and watched while her brothers walked up to her. Her brothers looked somewhat similar, similar enough that she got them mixed up sometimes. Puliki was a reddish brown, the fur down his back was blonde, his stomach was white and his eyes were blue like hers. Tahikoiki went by Tahi for short. He was also a reddish brown, the fur on his back was once dark brown, but now it was brown fading to gray. His stomach was a dirty blond and he had amber eyes.

Finally, I got to introduce Ferra’s brothers.

Meow,

-WhiteWinterTiger