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My good friend…
So I got out this beautiful creature in front of my friend after I tamed it, I got him out of my tribe and called my ferox “harmless fox.” He was super confused about why I banished him from my tribe but then I said it has a special ability but I can only use it on enemies not allies. He then has the audacity to call it ugly and that’s when I lost it. Fed my fox some element and said look at how cute the eating animation is, after I fed him 3 he transformed and I can just remember my friend screaming “OHH SHI*” into the mic. I chased him down and ended up killing him at our base. Really funny times.
Up if you would do this to your friends, if you have some.
Okay so, I’m trying to figure out how to do paragraphs, so, bare with me.
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 16
Just as she was almost asleep, she felt herself start to fall. She jolted upward, then huffed. I hate it when I’m almost asleep and I have that weird falling feeling. Ferra sat there for a moment, unsure of what to do. She wanted to go back to sleep, but she wasn’t sure about that anymore.
“Can” called a voice “hear me” it finished. She looked around. Isn’t that the voice from before? Where is it coming from? “I-i can hear you if that’s what you're wondering” Ferra replied nervously. “What is-“ the voice started.
Ferra stiffened as she attempted to locate the source of the voice. She put all her focus on her eyes and ears as she listened carefully. She suddenly realized something. She could hear many voices, as if multiple creatures were having a conversation. The voices sounded muffled, and quiet. She could only hear the voices if she strained her ears.
After a moment, although it had felt like several, the voice continued. “What is your name?” It asked. “Ferra” she replied as she turned to face the clear wall. The voice, it’s coming from somewhere in there “who...who are you?” She questioned, approaching the clear wall cautiously. No response came. “Who are you?” She repeated, still no response.
Ferra gently touched the clear wall, then quickly pulled her hand away. She took a step back from the clear wall, then another, then another, her ears flat against her head out of fear. The humans had now started to depart, they acted almost as if she wasn’t there, as if they didn’t notice her.
The one thing that scared her, was the one human that had seemed to notice her. A female, as it walked away, turned back to look at Ferra, a knowing look in her cool blue eyes. Ferra, unsure of this human, stood there, fear creeping up her spine.
As the days went by, the voice had started to talk to her more, almost every other day now. The voice tended to ask a lot of questions, and surprisingly, she didn’t mind answering them. The voice had even told Ferra its name, or at least, part of it. The voice's name was R.
Although it asked many questions, Ferra never asked too many herself. Although, there was one question she often did ask. She often asked R what exactly it was. Usually, it would just stop talking and never answer. Occasionally, after she asked the question, it would pause, then follow up with its next question.
Something that Ferra had noticed and thought was odd, was that the humans were always on the other side of the glass when she spoke to R.
Ferra didn’t think much of the humans. She just thought they were rude for staring at her like they did. The humans just simply annoyed her, nothing more, nothing less.
Only one human really bothered her, the dark brown haired female with odd looking small clear circles in front of her eyes. Ferra only ever saw this human as the crowds of humans on the other side of the glass wall departed. What was truly odd about this particular human, is that Ferra could always smell element radiating from this human. She could tell it wasn’t much, but it seemed to be very strong.
Ferra jumped at the sound of growling, humans yelling, and the occasional squawk. Confused and curious, she walked up to the small locked door on the right side of the cage. She looked through the small space in between the door and doorframe.
She could see a trap made of dinosaur gate frames, a white argentavis with gold tipped feathers trapped within. At the front of the trap, humans yelled at a brownish thylacoleo perched atop. The thylacoleo hissed and spat as the humans jabbed and threw spears at it.
From below, on the other side of the trap, a jet black direwolf attempted to destroy or break the trap, along with some other creature. The other creature stood out like a crimson drop of blood in the pure snow white landscape. This creature was wolf-like with big ears, claws, and teeth, its skin bright red.
Wait. Is that even possible? I-I’ve seen them before. She realized. I’ve seen them in my dreams. She had indeed seen these four in her dreams before. Although, they were different here. When she had seen the thyla, it had been just a kit, and the direwolf just a pup. The argentavis had only just hatched. The fourth creature, the red one, was a ravager. When she had seen the ravager, it hadn’t been as young as the others, but it had still been younger than it is now.
Ferra blinked and now within her view, she could see another argentavis, a human riding on its back. Ferra watched as it picked up the thyla and carried it to one of the other cages that lay neatly in a row. Next, it came back and carried the direwolf to a cage. Lastly, it picked up the ravager. Ferra stepped back and away from the door as the argent carried the ravager closer, and closer.
Hope you guys enjoyed this chapter!
Meow,
-WhiteWinterTiger
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Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 17
Now, on the other side of the cage, Ferra looked up. She watched as the human pulled on the argents reigns, signaling for it to release the red ravager. The ravager fell down into the cage next to Ferra’s with a thump, causing Ferra to jump.
As she stood and listened, she could hear the sounds of barking and hissing. Ferra assumed the noises were coming from the thyla and direwolf. She could also hear the faint squawking of the white argent she had seen earlier. While she listened to the sounds around her, she heard the faintest clacking of nails, or claws. She assumed the ravager in the cage next to her was pacing or something like that.
Ferra carefully once again approached the door. Instead of turning her head so she could see outside, she put her nose up to the space. She sniffed, mentally sorting through the new scents. She picked up the smell of sand, which was something she had smelt very little off. Something also had the smell of trees and sap. She squeaked in surprise at the smell of the last scent. The last thing smelled of dirt and the wet darkness of a cave, but she also smelt something else, the smell of something she considered valuable. “Element” she whispered to herself. The smell of element wasn’t exactly unusual to smell, in fact, she smelled it constantly. Her makeshift necklace that wrapped around a single shard of element of course always smelled like element. The smell that her piece element gives off has mixed with her own scent, causing her to not really be able to smell it. Although, she could always smell it when there was a new scent of element as almost every piece smelled different to her.
She breathed in the familiar scent of element, then looked up at the colorful streaks. Purples, pinks, and blues on the orange sunset sky. The last of the sun's rays shining in the darkening sky. I’ll learn more about the new creatures tomorrow, She thought to herself.
She awoke to the sound of barking and growling. The moon shone above her head, almost full. “Will you shut up?! I’m trying to sleep!” She yelled, unsure of whom she was directing it to.
Suddenly, an apologetic male voice replied “oh! I'm so sorry, please forgive me! I didn’t know there was anyone else here” why is he talking like that? She wondered. A screech of annoyance sounded from further away, “Renegade!” A female voice hissed. Is that the thyla from earlier? I think the weird speaking male voice is the ravager.
“Apologies Lynx! There’s someone else here in the cage next to me!” The voice she figured was Renegade replied. “What is it? Who is it” the thyla hissed suspiciously, probably wondering if Ferra could be trusted.
Ferra crept up to the door on the right side of the cage. She squinted through the gap. The ravager could be seen clearly. Unlike Ferra’s cage, the ravager’s cage had large gaps in between the walls. Although, the gaps were too small for the ravager to fit through. The gaps were there so that the humans could go in and out of the cage easily, as well as view the specimen inside clearly.
The ravager turned to face Ferra’s cage, although it didn’t notice Ferra looking through the small gap. “May I know your name?” He asked politely. “You want to know my name?” Ferra laughed rudely, wondering how someone could be so calm and polite towards a stranger they just met after being captured.
The ravager nodded. Then paused, realizing she couldn’t see him, or at least, not as far as he knew. “Yes, of course that's if you don’t mind.” He answered after a moment. Ferra squinted at him judgingly, deciding what to do. “Only if you tell me your name” she demanded, expecting him to wait till after she said her name.
“Renegade” he grunted unexpectedly. She went quiet for a moment, letting herself think. “Ferra” she replied blankly. “That’s a beautiful name!” He paused, “I am so very sorry if this sounds rude, but may I ask you what species you are?” He asked nervously.
She rolled her eyes. He’ll have no idea what I am. We don’t have ravagers here, I only know what he is because of my dream. I doubt he’s ever even heard of a ferox. She thought for a moment. I guess it won’t do any harm to tell him.
“I’m a ferox,” she declared proudly. “I’m so sorry, but what exactly is a ferox?” He asked. She nearly laughed at his response. She had expected him to either ask what a ferox was, or politely nod and pretend he did. The polite-fancy way he talked annoyed her, but also humored her. “I’m a small fluffy thyla looking thing with big ears and four arms, but that doesn’t mean I can’t easily snap your neck”
Renegade looked surprised at her explanation. He shivered, then went back to normal. “Perhaps I’ll be able to see what you look like at some point. Till then, me and my friends will try our best to converse quieter so you may sleep in peace.” He promised. She grunted in response, knowing she had no intention of sleeping now.
Meow
-WhiteWinterTiger
Screw logic. Redoing "the bog" and "the arctic" into..
A Genesis Story
Chapter 1.
Seasnake awoke in her wood and clay hut to a sharp peck from her dodo, Midnight. Midnight stood on the floor, pecking her ear.
"Alright! Alright! I'm up!" Seasnake got up and put her fur suit on, carrying Midnight outside the hut. She glanced around.
Metal gates and walls surrounded the road full of huts, stores, the blacksmith and more as it lead to the stone building, containing Leader Salvonn. She put Midnight in her pen next to Bog, her bary.
Seasnake walked over to the Leader's Hut, which was bigger than just a hut. The primitive tribe, named Metalcon Xenogenesis, or just Xenogenesis, had about thirty people living inside, including Seasnake. They had a rival tribe, Golfire Keep, which had about the same number of people.
Seasnake got to the Leader's door. She knocked carefully, thinking. The door opened.
"Hello," the gruff-bearded man shivered, his dark skin flaked with snow.
"I think we should do something about the raids from Golfire Keep. I think we need to obliterate them." Seasnake suggested suddenly, getting straight to the point.
A slightly surprised emotion formed on Sulvonn's face. "That's a good idea. We'll discuss it with Fenou and Calios."
Fenou and Calios were to battle-ready people in the tribe, with very smart plans. They planned every war and fight with pure intellect.
"Alright. Should I help Galok and Hudyian?" Seasnake suggested. Galok was the blacksmith and Hudyian was the craftswoman.
"Good idea. We may not fight, though." Salvonn informed.
Seasnake nodded and walked away.
This is the weirdest tame I’ve ever seen
It’s a war machine that you can put on your shoulder!
You feed it some element and it becomes goro’s pet from Mortal Kombat
It’s only weakness is sunlight and becomes a psycho if you shove too much element down it’s throat
Ps bola your friend and unclaim it in front of your friend
That’ll teach him not to mess with u
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 2
Ferra gathered sticks, then some flint. One by one, she picked up sticks. She held a small bundle in one of her small hands, and flint with another. Ferra picked up a few more sticks and walked home, her makeshift necklace thumping against her chest. Ferra set her sticks up to where they looked like a small cone. Ferra started a fire. Most animals couldn’t start a fire, but Ferra could. Ferra had come across fire when she was meeting with her friend, Fenic.
They were at their usual meeting place when some human came by, pointing at them. The human wasn’t exactly pointing at them, it couldn’t see them, due to the snow and their white fluffy fur, but her and Fenic wondered. What were they pointing at? “James! Will you listen to me for once? This is a perfect place to make a base!” Called the human. Fenic and Ferra stared in horror. “Run!” Yelled Fenic as they spotted another human riding a purple and pink t-rex. Fenic and Ferra had run, but then, they watched for a while. The humans had gathered some wood, and then used some flint to light a fire. Fenic and Ferra tried to do what the humans did. After a few tries, they created fire. Fenic and Ferra had then found a new meeting place and went their separate ways, at least until the next time they were supposed to meet.
Ferra watched as the fire twisted and turned. Popped and crackled. She squinted at the fire. She could see a thyla, almost the color of Flames, it seemed as if he was looking for something, someone. Ferra blinked and there was nothing more. It must have been a trick of the flames. Ferra sat, and thought the thoughts she usually did.
-WhiteWinterTiger
We’re so close to 20 chapters p-p
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 18
Renegade turned to face the other side of his cage, and walked over to the gap in the wall. “Well?” Demanded the thyla. Ferra strained her ears to attempt to listen to the conversation. “She said her name is Ferra, and she’s a…ferox. You wouldn’t happen to know what that is, would you?” He replied quietly. The thyla looked at him with a puzzled expression. “Nope. No clue. What does she look like?” Asked the thyla. “I don’t know. She briefly explained it to me, but it wasn’t a very detailed description. There are no gaps in the walls of her cage.” He explained.
The thyla paced back and forth in her cage, going in and out of his view as she passed the gaps in her cage. “Was she here when we got here?” The thyla asked, not stopping. “I believe so” he confirmed.
The thyla stopped pacing and sat down where Renegade could see her. She said nothing, she just sat there in silence. She seemed to be thinking, a determined expression on her face. There was no noise, except for the occasional scuffling, or the wing picking up and howling into their ears.
“Stop talking and think of a way out of here you useless sacks of meat, ask the stupid thing if it knows a way out! Do something other than sit there!” A rough voice growled from behind the thyla, having to speak loudly in order to be heard. Renegade simply nodded in response. He didn’t understand why Rorin was so rude, but he was tired and couldn’t bring himself to say anything. The thyla turned around and hissed, “Calm down Rorin!” Renegade, once again, just nodded in agreement. He twitched as he realized that Rorin most definitely could probably not see him, and Lynx currently had her back to him. Lynx once again faced Renegade. “Could you ask?” She requested. Renegade shook his head. “Perhaps in the morning. She’s currently sleeping” Lynx sighed, “alright” Rorin grunted from behind her.
Ferra snorted in agitation and backed away from the door. She couldn’t hear what they were saying, so she may as well attempt to sleep.
She opened her eyes and found herself in a human base. Deep in her stomach, she could feel her fear blister and burn inside her, but her curiosity was like an unbearable itch that seemed to override that fear.
Humans walked up and down the hallway. They would hurry past without noticing her. Surely anyone would notice a ferox in their midst. She looked around, her gaze passing over human, after human, over a dark haired female. She gasped and took a step back, only to jump forward as another human walked past behind her. She watched the familiar female, time seemed to slow as she did.
She closed her eyes as she gently lifted her muzzle into the air and took a deep breath, taking in all the scents, drowning out the already deafened noise. She choked and coughed at the element smell mixed with rot and decay. She traced the smell back to a faint purple glow coming from under the skin on the back of the female human's neck.
Her ears twitched at the mumbling that emanated from the glowing part of the female's neck, and the air around her. “Carry on with your little project” it rumbled “it will keep you busy while I string the element into the weak, while I figure out how to get into those who will resist the call of the element.” The voice continued to speak as time seemed to go back to normal and the female walked a way, the voice fading into nothing.
She was only given a moment to think before her ears flattened at the growing whispers that had haunted her in so many dreams. The whispers grew louder and louder around her, it was impossible to tell what the hushed voices were saying. She only knew what the whispers intended for her to know. They hissed a warning to her, although she didn’t know what they were saying. She let a wave of calmness wash over her and she closed her eyes. The whispers still growing louder, closing in, towering over her like long shadows.
She gently lifted herself up from her sleeping position. her head was down, facing the ground, her lone ears sat draped over the sides of her fight. She breathed heavily, her heart rate increased. Her tail curled around her as she settled herself into a sitting position. She allowed her ears to stand up straight like usual. The dreams don’t mean anything. Dreams are just dreams. Ferra sat and thought for a minute. But maybe it does mean something. Ferra smiled and growled at herself, “now I’m just being stupid”
She listened to the ravager speak softly to the other caged creatures. Ferra didn’t think this place was too bad, or at least, that’s what she had thought before the arrival of her new caged neighbors. She would much prefer, especially now, to be out hunting, taking a walk, or even just feeling the soft cold snow under her feet, she missed Fenic as well. She didn’t want to stay here anymore.
Hope you guys enjoyed this one!
Meow,
-WhiteWinterTiger
Dodo Tales (Ep8 S3)
Sorry guys, but i have just announced that DT is canceled :(
I'm sorry everyone. Check the silver dye section for more info.
It will be continued for a little while though.
It was dark when he realized he couldn't sleep. He was ashamed of himself.
He couldn't save Rick. He couldn't save sergeant. He couldn't save...Eden.
He needed to find them before they were gone forever like he was.
Jerry climbed out of his tent and heard something. He'd heard that noise before, on the island. He panicked, hearing the noise approaching. "Raptors" he said quietly.
He knew he needed to wake the others.
He ran off to their tents and shook them awake. "What!?" Ares snapped.
"Shhhh" jerry said, putting a finger to his lips. "Raptors are coming."
Ares grabbed a bow and handed Jerry and Henry spears. A Raptor screeched as it poked out of the bushes slowly. It saw them.
Ares spun around just in time to catch the second one with an arrow to the head.
"They're smart" jerry thought. The Raptor rolled around and stopped after the second arrow hit its neck, draining the life from its eyes as it weakly hissed one last time.
At least five came from the darkness and approached them. "Go" Ares told them.
"But-" jerry started.
"JUST GO!" Ares yelled, grabbing something, scribbling on it and throwing it towards him. Jerry caught it with ease and looked at it. A paper tied to a small rock. "RUN!" Ares screamed as the Raptors closed in. Jerry looked behind him to see Henry running for his life. "Coward." He thought. "I'm not leaving you!" He yelled. Ares turned to him.
"I know you want to be the hero, but there's on way out of this one. Go...save Rick."
Jerry ran and regretted it deeply.
He turned to see his friend one last time.
He watched Ares valiantly shot them until there were no arrows left to shoot.
Then Jerry turned his head and bolted towards Henry.
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 8
“of course it’s okay!” Fenic walked over to the middle of the cave and laid down, Ferra laid down next to him. They looked up at the ceiling, one of the only parts of the cave that isn’t filled with element. Ferra blinked. She nor Fenic were talking, she may as well take a nap. Ferra listened to the element whisper and hum, it lulled her to sleep just within a few minutes. Fenic noticed Ferra’s even breathing and sat up. He saw that Ferra was asleep, he smiled, and walked away.
She felt more element here, so much more than in the cave. She was…in a cave, a big cave, much bigger than the one she was used to. She knew there were a lot of element here, but she couldn’t hear it, she couldn’t even feel it, it’s as if it wasn’t there, yet she knew it was. A howl broke the silence, she slowly climbed up the hill looking for the source. There were redwood trees here, everywhere. Now atop the hill, she walked past the trees and towards where she thought the howl came from. Here, there were five weird looking creatures. The creatures had almost no hair, big teeth, feet, claws and ears, but they were no bigger than dire wolves, perhaps a bit smaller. Ravagers, a voice whispered in her head.
-WhiteWinterTiger
I made this one a bit shorter than usual cuz I’m switching POVs next chapter
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 25
“Ready to go?” She asked her brothers. Puliki nodded excitedly “Yup!” He chirped. Tahi smirked at his excitement. Ferra began to walk, she flicked her tail for her brothers to follow.
Ferra sat watching Tagulavai mope around. If he really believed in what he saw, why hasn’t he tried harder to convince others of it? Wouldn’t that be the most logical thing to do? She wondered, picking up a handful of snow with her lower right arm. She shifted through it with her fingers as she thought.
Suddenly, she swung her head around. “Need anything Pualau?” She asked a light colored ferox. Pualau jumped at the mention of her name. “Oh. Um. Sure, could you get some things for bedding? Me and Fawi were watching almost all the cubs yesterday and they tore up both our nests.” She explained. Ferra nodded briefly “Sure” she replied before walking off.
Ferra walked through the snow, luckily it wasn’t very deep today.
Ferox nests were mostly made of snow, but they often put things like feathers, fur, moss, and leaves to make it more comfortable and warm. Although, ferox only really sleep in nests if they have a young cub, or cubs, or wants to sleep alone. Otherwise, they usually just sleep in groups, using each other for warmth.
Ferra spotted a bush not far off. She walked up to the bush and sniffed, making sure there was nothing living inside of it. After a moment, she decided it was safe to gather leaves from. She crawled under the bush, hoping to find some leaves that were protected from the weather and freezing temperatures.
Chittering and clicking sounds could be heard coming from nearby. Ferra’s ears perked up and she stumbled out of the bush, she used her mouth to hold the bundle of leaves she had collected. Ferra followed the sound curiously and cautiously. She hadn’t heard anything like it before, she stumbled back as she saw the tall creature.
The creature smelled like element and reminded her of the tek stegos and paras she’d see occasionally. It looked like it was made of a similar material. This creature looked like some kind of skinny diplo, with big ears, a beak, hooves, and a short tail.
A transparent blue ring formed around the creature's legs, then began to expand. Ferra jumped as the ring passed through her, she dropped a few of her leaves. The ring disappeared after expanding a little more.
The thing turned its head in Ferra’s direction and began to walk toward her. The tall, eyeless, creature loomed over her. The creature looked down and pointed its beak at her. The creature Tagulavai spoke of. She thought in the midst of her panic. She began to back away, but it was too late.
Cya later!
Meow,
-WhiteWinterTiger
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 3
She remembered waking up. She hadn’t known where she was, yet, she knew who she was, and possibly, what she was. Her name was Ferra, she believed she was a ferox, but wasn’t completely sure, and somehow, she knew all the instincts for living in the wild. She knew all these instincts, but she couldn’t remember any of her memories. Her life before now, it was as if it never existed.
Ferra shook her head. Thinking about it would only confuse her. The sun was starting to set now. A beam of sunlight hit her necklace. Her spare piece of necklace. Ferra had found some rope at an abandoned human base, so she kept it. Ferra used the rope to make a necklace, she had found some element and tied it to the rope, I’m case she ever needed it. Ferra yawned and stretched her arms. How many more days was it till she was supposed to meet Fenic? Two was it? Yes, it was. Ferra shoveled some snow onto the fire to put it out, then went to her little hole in the ground to sleep.
Ferra found herself in the redwoods, once again, she had no idea how she knew what that was. She looked around. Ferra saw a flash, she quickly turned. It was the flame colored thyla from before, but it was...younger. She chased the thyla, but it was chasing someone else. The thyla was chasing a similar looking female thyla, its pelt a similar color, but not as orange. The flame colored thyla leaped off a tree, knocking the female one out of the tree. The two of them fell to the ground, it sounded painful, but they didn't seem to be affected. Ferra ran up to them to see if they were okay. As Ferra neared them she felt herself fading. Is this a dream? She wondered.
-WhiteWinterTiger
Heyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy, I’m back with another chapter!
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 23
“Fine!” Lynx growled “Let’s hope we won’t need someone who can fly anytime soon” Ferra huffed, ignoring the rest of the pointless argument. She looked up at the humans. Many humans had gathered, and now there were lots of them. Some of the humans held weapons, some just stood their empty handed, and others whistled for tames from somewhere further away.
One human in particular shoved through the crowd. Ferra eyed this new human. She gasped, realizing it was the dark haired female. “Stop!” The female human yelled. Ferra couldn’t tell if the human was talking to the other humans or them. The few humans that held weapons, lowered them. Ferra relaxed a little as they pointed their spears, pikes, and crossbows toward the ground.
“What’s…what’s going on?!” The female asked, looking in their direction. Ferra shivered for a moment. It’s like she’s talking to us- wait. Her voice… Ferra jumped back. “R…that’s R!” Lynx swung her head around “What did you just say?!” Lynx looked angry. Ferra nodded toward the female “She’s R, she’s the voice!” Lynx walked up to Ferra. “What do you mean she’s the voice?! You told us we could trust it!” Lynx growled. Ferra resisted the urge to roll her eyes, or shrink away from Lynx “I’m sorry, alright?! I didn’t know it was a human that could understand us!”
Ferra tore her gaze away from Lynx and toward R. R looked, slightly upset. “You can trust me, I promise” R forced a smile. Lynx opened her mouth to speak but Renegade stepped forward. “I trust you” He flashed a friendly smile. How? How can he be so polite?! And calm! I…I’m terrified. “I trust you, seeing as you stopped your friends from hurting us, but you must let us go. We do not belong here”
Ferra thought she heard R scoff at the mention of friends. She shook her head “I’m sorry” R looked sad “I know you don’t belong here, but all I want is to learn about you, learn about the creatures that inhabit this place. I just want to keep you for a little longer, please.” Lynx gently shoved Renegade to the side. “No” Lynx growled.
Ferra stepped back. She growled as her vision began to blur. She thought she could see the others preparing to fight, but she wasn’t sure. Ferra shook her head, but the world seemed to fade away.
Ferra laid curled up in a ball. She felt safe where she was, on the edge of the large sleep circle. She didn’t know what she felt safe from, all she could remember was feeling scared, but now she felt relieved by the feeling of her brother's warm fluffy bodies curled up against her back.
Ferra stood and looked over the sleep circle. Almost everyone in the colony was in this sleep circle. There were only about one or two small sleep circles of four or five in the area. She sat and curled her tail around herself.
Ferra thought about yesterday. “Ferra used to be so sweet” the old female ferox, Madea, had commented. Erens, an old male ferox, snorted. “This morning she brought me a mangled compy!” He complained. Skadd, the oldest ferox in the colony, stiffly approached his companions. “There are always a few like that every generation. They’re selfish and full of themselves. They think they’d be better off without the colony and prefer to avoid responsibility.” He growled. Ferra had shivered from within the bush she was hidden in. She had been playing hide and seek with her brothers, and overheard the elders talking poorly about her.
Ferra scoffed, she knew she wasn’t always the nicest, and could have a little bit of a temper sometimes, but she didn’t think she was that bad. She didn’t avoid responsibility either. Usually she’d spend all day hunting, she wanted the colony to have enough food for everyone. She also thought it was rather rude for Erens to have complained about the compy, it wasn’t the best catch, but she had heard that he hadn’t eaten and wanted to get him something. That compy was the best thing she could find at the time.
The elders weren’t the only ones to talk about her this way, she had heard others talk rudely about her as well. Sometimes she would even walk by and see her parents telling their friends about how grumpy she was. She didn’t understand, they acted as if she was awful, but they had never directly told her anything like that. Although, she tried her best.
She tried her best to make her parents and the colony proud. She spent half the day hunting, then spent another good portion of the day helping the weaker members of the colony. When the sun was almost completely hidden by the horizon, she would lay down and rest, only to have someone complain about her not being helpful. Ferra just tried her best to be polite and not rude, which she found very hard.
Uhhhhhhhhhhh, this chapter caused me great struggle, so I hope you guys enjoyed it!
Meow,
-WhiteWinterTiger
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 21
Ferra laughed again, “yeah. You can trust it…mostly” she assured with a hint of edginess. There’s something going on here. Something only Ferra and the thyla seem to know. Dr. R thought.
Dr. R looked up at the thyla, “Thyla, Could I know your name?” She asked. The thylas tail twitched irritably, “Lynx” the thyla muttered. She then looked down at the screen with the ravager. “May I know your name ravager?” Dr. R asked. “Renegade. pleasure to meet you” he replied politely.
Ever since she was little, Dr. R had wanted to be able to communicate with animals. She believed they could learn more about them this way. Dr. R had never thought she’d accomplish something even more incredible, gaining the ability to speak to prehistoric animals.
“The pleasure-“ Dr. R paused and smiled “Is all mine” Lastly, she looked over to the screen with the black direwolf. “Can I know your name as well, direwolf?” There was no response to her question. Dr. R sighed, perhaps there was something wrong with the device. The direwolf must not be able to hear her or something.
“Don’t pay too much attention to the grumpy direwolf” Ferra chirped “He doesn’t like talking to disembodied voices” Dr. R laughed at Ferra’s remark. Dr. R didn’t need the direwolf’s name anyway, she already knew it. Rorin growled at Ferra in response.
Dr. R happily chatted with the animals for about an hour. She felt so eager to learn about them. Although, she had avoided asking certain questions, like about how Renegade got here, or why Lynx, Renegade, Rorin, and the argent had all been together.
As she finished saying her farewells, she pulled the earpiece out of her ear. She turned to look at the last of the scientists that were gathered behind her. When she had first gotten here, several scientists had clustered around her to see the fruits of their labor. After a while, they wandered off to continue their work.
“We’ll be back here at the same time tomorrow.” She told them “make sure to bring more paper this time for documentation. We’re going to be working with the argent as well tomorrow.”
Sorry, this one was a bit shorter,
Meow,
-WhiteWinterTiger
For this chapter, we’ll start with Dr. R’s point of view again, then back to Ferra’s
Ferra’s Dream
Chapter 15
The bed itself was rather simple, the blankets, pillows, and sheets all being white, but they were at least thick and fluffy for warmth. She rubbed the base of her neck and sighed “what’s wrong?” Rasped a masculine voice ringing in her ears. “Great One” she muttered. “I told you that you may call me by my name, we are equals.” It reminded her. “Yes'' she paused and gulped “Rockwell'' There was silence for a moment as if it was contemplating something, then it replied suddenly “what’s troubling you?” It asked again. “I-I don’t think the others understand the importance of this project. Most of them barely know how to handle the element. I don’t know how any of them managed to survive the arks before this one. I’ve had to do most of the work, I’ve been more of a teacher than a scientist. The few of them that do know what to do, act like they’re better than me and talk back constantly, trying to be the boss of everything.” She explained angrily. Rockwell sighed “If necessary, you could call in a trade with one of the other labs, perhaps some of them would be more comfortable living with the magmasaurs.” He offered. She seemed to calm down, “No, no, it’s fine. The project is going well, that won’t be necessary” she replied. It’ll just be harder if new people come. They won’t know their place, it would probably make things worse. “Alright” it replied questioningly. She hauled herself off the bed and straightened her glasses. I was going to take a nap or something, but I guess I’ll go to the lab and see what’s going on. She walked out, the door locking behind her.
As she entered the lab people swarmed around her like children. They were all asking for help or assistance with their assigned part of the project. “Alright alright everyone calm down. Someone go get Stoane, I can’t help all of you on my own. Everyone go back to your stations and I’ll get to you when I get to you.” She ordered. They all quickly started to disperse to their stations to continue their work or wait for her to come assist them.
All she did was eat, sleep, and drink. There was nothing to do in this place. The humans brought her food everyday, although she was hardly ever hungry enough to eat any of it. She tried to escape one time when they had brought her food. She had attempted to dart out of the door while they were leaving after giving her food, but they closed the door too quickly. Although she had failed to escape, she had seen a glimpse of something on the outside, she saw another animal. She had seen a green iguanodon with pale orange specks. She heard the sounds of a struggle, humans yelling, and the angry moo of the iguanodon. From what she could hear, it sounded like they were hitting it, and it no longer sounded angry, it sounded like it was in pain, along with the sound of something firing. Once, she had seen something like this, with Fenic, they had thought it was terrifying. They had watched as a group of humans had managed to restrain a mammoth with a metal chain. They then beat it, some of them shooting it with arrows until it fell unconscious. Afterwards, the humans did the oddest thing, they fed it. Later, the mammoth woke up and did everything the humans told it too. That was the first time Ferra had ever seen an animal be tamed. Now, she figured that the humans had attempted the same with the poor iguanodon. Ferra had debated eating the piece of element she wore as a necklace, the one she had just in case something happened and she needed it, she had debated using it to escape this place. She had spent a whole day thinking of ways to escape, but even mutated she didn’t think she could do it. She had decided to wait, she would save her necklace for later, when she absolutely needed it. Lastly, out of all the events that had happened in this place, she had heard someone call out to her. It sounded like it hadn’t come from very far, perhaps someone had been trying to talk to her. The voice had sounded very staticy which was rather odd. She had attempted to reply to the voice, but she got no response. Ferra sat up and looked around. How long have I been here? A week? Two weeks? I wonder if Fenic has noticed yet, I think it’s around the time we usually meet. She quickly spun around to face the clear wall behind her. The humans were back. Ferra snorted and curled up into a tight ball. She didn’t like it when the humans watched her. This was the third time they had decided to watch her since they’d brought her here. She didn’t know why they did this, they just did, and it was annoying. She squeezed her eyes shut. There was no cover here in this prison they kept her in, but she found a little relief in sleep. When she slept she often dreamt vividly, it felt almost like her dreams were reality, she sometimes wondered if they were.
Come back next time for more!
Meow,
-WhiteWinterTiger