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Where were you? It was a terribly quiet and dark place. The earth had tall lines of blue-gray trees in odd shapes, all with no leaves on their branches. Some looked like swirls, some like antlers, some are just average everyday pine trees. The only thing you heard was your own breathing and then.. a silent ruffle in the leaves. Someone else was here too. Oh no. This creature made a shadow on all of the trees. This creature spotted you before you could spot it. It came out of the pile of leaves and looked at you with a thin slit of a pupil in its eyes.

What do you think you're doing here?

It's voice rumbled, more like a growl. You shivered in fear. A cold breeze came from the air, and you got some goosebumps on your skin. You tried to speak your name, but it was only a tiny mumble. "Uhh.. I'm guest," you murmur. It stepped up close to you and growled in a frightening tone as loud as the crash of thunder in the eye wall of a hurricane. His voice echoed across the trees.

Get out!

It hated the human kind, and all who invaded the woods. The creature charged towards you with its tail following behind, lashing angrily side to side. It got close enough to see that it was a male kougra. His whiskers were torn off and his fur was ragged and dirty. He was as big as a horse. Before the kougra could hit you, you dodged quickly out of the way and landed on a tree choking another of its kind, and it seemed sucking the life out of it. You escaped the forest before he could hurt you. You end up in the deserted fairgrounds of the Haunted Woods.




A B O U T


Name: "Pride
Gender: Male
Paintbrush: To be painted Halloween
Likes: The cold, nighttime, trees
Dislikes: The hotness, invaders, himself
Summary: Pridepet is always grumpy when he's in his forest and there is a guest, and he hates humans. Every day humans go on tours through his forest, and that angers him allot. When he goes out to explore, he makes Blooddie guard the forest, and sometimes Nistte. When he's exploring, he acts happier.


Story
Chapter I - Nistte
I was born with a strange yellow marking and tiny stumps on my shoulders. My mom taught me everything she could until she realized this. She thought I was a mutant so she threw me out of her den. I always wondered why until my sister Mephitora told me. Luckily I was already weaned out of milk and could eat REAL food now. A small gray kougra with white stripes found me in the middle of a road near the Neopia Central. Her name was Nistte. "Are you lost?" she asked, and I nodded yes. "Thats okay. You'll be with me now." Was she trying to be like a foster mom or something? She asked my name and I didn't know what to say. "I don't.. have a name.." Nistte had a strange face, and her blue eyes were wide open. She read the sign on my hip. "I'll just call you Neko for now," she said, "That mark on your leg means 'neko.'" She taught me how to hunt and fight, how do defend myself, all of that. Then she noticed the little stumps on my shoulder blades were growing into wings. She could fly even though she had no wings, but air magic. "You have wing.. wanna learn how to fly with them?" I nodded. For some reason, it suddenly got foggy. What's happening? I thought. Nistte had wings? The fog still didn't clear up yet. But through the fog, you can see feathery angel wings. Well that's stupid, I said in my head. "Where are you?" I squeaked, and Nistte yelled back, "Where are YOU?" It was almost to white to see anything, but I noticed a rainbow pool. "The Rainbow Road, stairway to heaven...." I answered. It looked like the stairway to heaven that my true mom told me about. Nistte hurried towards the rainbow pool. Her white, cloudy patterns blended in with the fog. "You aren't dying," Nistte mewed, "This is the Rainbow Pool. And to learn how to fly in fog, follow my example." She flapped her wings a few times and forced herself into the air. I tried to do the same, but my demon-like wings ripped. "OW!" I wailed. Red liquid was oozing out of it. "Oh no," she whispered. "He's bleeding.." She went up to my wing and licked it clean. Flying's not my thing, is it... I thought. Nistte then got some leaves and wrapped it round my wing. The leaves quickly turned red. There was a worried look on both of our faces; was I going to die? Nistte flickered her tail, a signal saying, "Jump on!" I crawled up on her back and she flew to a dark forest, all the trees were chopped down and destroyed by people. "It's ugly," I mewed. There was a deep sting in my wing when we passed some trees. A stick was stuck in my injured wing. I yowled in pain. My whole wing turned red. I fainted and woke up in a small den. "Are you okay?" my foster mom asked. I shook my head no. There was a deep hole in my wing, it hurt allot, but it was covered with a blanket of leaves sewn together with tangles of vines. "Don't worry. You'll be fine. I'll keep you here until you heal up." "Okay.." I mumbled. I closed my eyes and curled up in a ball, dreaming of.. stuff. I woke up when I smelled the scent of food. My foster mom made some food for me. It was a T-bone steak, warmed up by a nearby campfire. "Th-thank you." I said. Nistte curled up next to me to look at my wounded wing. She carefully took the blanket off to look. My wing was still bleeding, but way less. She licked it so it wouldn't be infected. "Ow," I whimpered in a voice so faint that you couldn't hear. I tried to take a nap. When I wake up my wing would be fine and there would be fresh meat near a warm fire to eat from. I munched up the meat. "Am I healed enough yet?" I asked. Nistte looked at me, "I guess, Neko," she grumbled. "You're healed enough to go hunting." I followed her, since this place was totally unfamilier forest for me. There were plenty of obstacles, more than I was used to.

Chapter II - Mistaken
I wondered off, away from Nistte. It was a bit scary without her, but I thought I was strong enough. Besides, I was almost as big as Nistte and I have claws! Nistte ran towards me. "Come back! You'll..." her voice was cut off. A human rushed up to her and carried her to a house. What would happen to my foster mom? I followed her nervously, trembling in fear, goosebumps in my skin. My teeth were chattering at the thought of her dying. I heard a sound similar to to a tree being cut down, and then Nistte trying to roar, "Neko! Help!" I gained all my confidence and felt all-grown-up when I thought of me saving my fake mom. I focused on the door of the house Nistte was trapped in. I knew she was trapped in there, I saw her in a window, panicking, and a human with an odd stick in his hands. I broke through the window with full body weight and charged at the human. He batted me with a stick, but I was too strong. I bit the stick in half, puffed up my fur, and spreaded out my scarred wings to make myself look bigger. I hate how humans don't give up. Nistte did the same as I did, and soon we were fighting together. Nistte circled around the human and jumped, I pinned the human down. He took out another stick, this one made of silver and extremely sharper. I backed off a bit. Nistte used her air powers to make it foggy. I always hated when she did that, I couldn't see anything. Nistte's skin started turning white instead of dark gray, and then her fur turned white - head to tail. Again, her angelic wings grew and finally, she turned back to normal like she always does. I sniffed my way around the room, but the fog made it smell like clouds. Every scent in the house was duisguised. Fortunetly, I could still hear. And what I heard was terrible... the same grinding noise of chopping trees, Nistte screaming, and the human laughing evilly. That was the last I ever saw of Nistte for a long time. She was fainted on the floor, bleeding. I never felt so depressed and angry at the same time. I need to kill that human! It's the only way I could get revenge! I let out a terrifying yowl and headed in the human's direction. The fog was slowly clearing up, so I could easily find where the human was right now. "Ohh, and you think you can... you?" the human grumbled. I could'nt understand a word he was saying, it was too low-pitched and soft. But I took whatever he did say as an insult. I never felt so angry before. It felt like hot lava bubbling in your knotted-up stomach. I threw a tantrum, my first tantrum too. Roaring, slashing, and knocking down everything in sight. "Get out of my way! Get out of my LIFE!" I roared at the human. It was the first time I ever roared before, and it hurt my throat really badly. I quickly tore through the human skin and ran to take off my anger on other lives. I sniffed the air to catch a few scents, and it was easy now because the fog ended. I smelled my old den with humans nearby. "GET OUT!!" I roared so loud that my throat felt like it was going to explode, like it had wildfire burning in it. I dashed towards the den to guard it with my life. That was all that I remembered of Nistte. I wanted to roar, but it was just a little squeal. I couldn't talk anymore. So, I just scared the humans away and sat in my den to sleep. Life had no meaning anymore, now that humans were ruling the woods. I hate my life.

Chapter III - A Feeling of Loss
I woke up, still speechless. My throat burned from my yelling from yesterday. It wasn't even light out, and my eyes were watering. I didn't feel like eating or anything. I was just a kougra worried half to death. I felt empty inside, but didn't know why. I limped out of the den and started washing myself, licking my paw and drawing it over my face. When I was done washing myself, I just felt like sleepng. My stomach was growling, but if I went hunting, the human would see me. I didn't want it to see me. I just hid in some of the leftover brambles, and I tried to be brave. A roar sounded in the air, and I looked up. A huge, gray bird thing flew by. It had metal instead of feathers and didn't flap its wing. A man from inside its eye pointed at me, then jumped off the bird. I backed up and cleared my throat. If the human goes near me, roar as loud as I can and attack it, I thought. And the human did look at me, eyeing me closely with a stick in its pocket. "Oh, no," I whispered. It took the stick out of its pocket. I dashed towards the human in a blink of an eye and leaped on the human, roaring louder than the bird. It was knocked down, screaming. It smelled familiar, like the one that killed Nistte. Well this was payback time. The human wasn't dead, but I buried it in my den anyway to eat later. I just didn't feel like eating right now. I just felt like watching the world. I felt sick. A hand came out of the ground, and I bit it, then threw it out of sight. I remembered how my foster mom smelled - and the den smelled exactly the same. I daydreamed about my old life. I missed it, but I'd probably have a better life now. Or maybe not. There is no way I could have a good life without Nistte. It was hard to sleep without her. My wing stung, the one that broke earlier. I tried to close my eyes and go to sleep. But all I could dream of is Nistte. I tried to push her out of my thoughts, but she just stayed there, saying, 'It's okay'. She couldn't be lying. I cried, tossed and turned in my sleep. Visions of Nistte coming back to life were in my mind. I dreamed of bringing her to my den, then she would purr herself to sleep. But I cried myself to sleep. I really missed Nistte. A dread feeling pinched my stomach. I must've been dreaming when Nistte died, because I could feel her fur. Maybe I was just imagining it though. Maybe it was my fur. I woke up just to be sure. But it was just my bushy tail. I groaned.

Chapter IV - My Last Visit
I sighed and walked to where I last saw Nistte. But I didn't have a cheerful, confident feeling in my chest like I used to. Instead I felt greif and depression. I hated the feeling. It almost distracted me. I did find Nistte, but she was dead. Her neck was all bloody. I carried her to my den, and as if she was still alive, licked her clean. She had a deep scar in her neck to her back. Ouch, I thought. I licked it clean of dirt. But I couldn't look. It looked too bad and could make me have nightmares. It looked like the human tried to cut her head off. If it wasn't for me, she wouldn't have a head. I felt so proud of myself. It was greatful to at least try to save Nistte. But still I longed to have her alive. I sat her in the back of the den and hid her wounds with leaves and dirt, then went out to hunt. I was feeling a little bit better now, but still my stomach ached. I had caught the perfect eagle, and rushed back to the den. "Look what I got for you," I mewed, then took a part of the eagle and put it in her mouth. She had a bigger piece than me. I swallowed my piece too, but it was only the neck. Necks don't taste good. Nistte didn't respond, saying "Thank you," or "You are great," she just sat there. And I sobbed. "Why did you have to die? I could've saved you! It's all my fault!" I wailed. "I'm sorry! But now your dead and its all my falut! You must hate me!" I sniffled and cried again. Big tears were rolling down my cheeks. "I'm sorry!" Nistte gulped down her part of the eagle. I thought I was dreaming. "Please, forgive me. Why did you have to die?!" I screamed, "Why did that human try to make you die? I'm so sorry that I let this happened. I.. I... I can't live without you!" I rested my head between my two front paws. Soon, my paws were soaked with tears. What is wrong with me? I thought, then burst into tears. I nestled close against Nistte's pelt and cried, "Did you hear? Do you understand? Please come back to life. I never imagined life so terrible. I wish I died instead of you." My voice was a squeak. Then I thought of all the memories of Nistte, and all the good things I did with her. I could never do them again. I closed my eyes and dug my head into her fur, then I tried to purr like Nistte did to help me stay asleep, but I couldn't. My throat was clogged. I coughed it up and started to cry myself to sleep. A sleep with no dreams. What WAS wrong with me? I thought I was brave. I lied. I am not brave. My words repeated softly in my head, then I heard Nistte again, "It's okay. You aren't in trouble. I understand. Good night, Neko." Good night, Nistte. I love you, you are the best mother in the world. "I love you too.

Chapter V- Rain
My den was all wet when I woke up. I licked Nistte before going outside of my den. But she didn'y respond. The dirt was soft against my paws, and it started raining. I know how bad you feel, rain, I thought. The rain was at first just a light sprinkle. But it got harder. But I didn't do anything about it. I like how the rain feels. I didn't drink anything in days, so I decided to drink from a rainwater puddle. But Nistte wasn't with me. My stomach felt heavy as a rock, and I layed down to try and make it feel better. The puddle has a bit of dirt in it, but still, since I was thirsty, I drank it up anyway, then coughed. Dirt came flying out of my mouth. My brain fet fried, and my throat felt like it was tied up in a knot. I lapped up some more water, but nothing happened. It was too hard to swallow. It doesn't matter. At least I would be in heaven... with Nistte, I thought. I really wanted to see my foster mom again, but this time, I wanted to see her alive. I tried walking home, but my legs weren't working right. They were like noodles and refused to move. I sighed and rested on the ground. This was a bad idea, though. My blue fur stuck out, and a human saw. A human! I forced my legs to get up and I puffed out my fur, spread out my wings, unsheathed my claws, and roared. I didn't want to end up like Nistte. The human wasn't scared. He just standed there and pointed a metal stick at me. I bolted up and tackled him as hard as I could, then ripped him into pieces, then walked away. Of course other humans would see what happened, but I would attack them too. And just what I thought. Three other humans appeared and yelled at me. I yelled back, then scratched one with my sharp claws. Its pelt was ripped open and it was bleeding. Perfect. And before I could deal with the other two, one used the same iron stick that killed Nistte. My skin ripped off and I wailed as loud as I could, then pretended to gag. Then I fell and the humans that I was dead, so they took my in their dirty little paws. I junped up and aimed for the head, screaming. Dinner! Next I rushed towards my den. I peeled off the human skin and took the meat to Nistte. "I got this for you," I mewed. "I thought you would want it." A word was in my head, "Thank you." It was in Nistte's voice. I layed down and nestled close to Nistte. "A person tried to kill me with that sharp metal thing today. I was so scared and I thought I was going to throw up. Remember what happened to you? That reminds me, I need to look at your neck," I mewed, then took the leaves off. My foster mom's wound had dirt in it. Adding dirt to the blanket was a bad idea. I licked the cut clean. It was better than last time I saw it, but still could give me nightmares. I decided I should just leave it like that to heal. I close my eyes and went to sleep with my fake mother. She was better than my real mom. But I had nightmares about her injury. It was pussing and oozing blood in my dream. I mumbled in my sleep, and turned over. I hope you are okay, I thought. Sorry I let that happened to you.

Chapter VI - The Cub
I walked out of my den. It was very sunny with a few clouds. The sun was poking through the puffy white clouds and burned my eyes. I closed my eyes and let the sun warm my fur. That made me happier and I liked how it felt. I heard a squeak. I pricked my ears and walked over to where I sensed it. What is it, anyway? I saw a lost cub crying. I walked up and asked, "What's your name?" "I don't have a name." That reminded me of mysef when I was a baby. I thought of meeting Nistte, but fought back the tears. "Are you lost?" I asked. He nodded. He reminded me so much of myself. He had blue fur and yellow eyes just like me, but no stump on his shoulders. But he had yellow paws and ears. I asked where he came from, and he answered 'Neopia'. "I'll show you the way," I said and trotted to the north. "There you go. It's not that far away. Go on that road." "Thank you!" I smiled, then forced myself to walk home. On the way I cought a bird. This would be for Nistte. I looked into my foster mom's shiny, dead eyes. She didn't have human meat hanging out of her mouth anymore. It must've slid down her throat. I gave her the bird I cought, even though I was starving. I just didn't feel like eating. I didn't feel bad for myself. I felt bad for Nistte. "And I met a cub... just like me, but no stumps on his shoulders. He wanted to go to Neopia," I meowed. "It's my fault you died. I'm sorry." A voice sounded in my head. 'No its not. You did the best to save me. I'm proud of you.' I smiled. I felt a little bit better. But she was dead and talking. I wanted her to be alive. And again, I saw the wierd illusion of her swallowing. I checked her neck again. It was healing up still. But it got some more dirt in it. I licked the dirt off with my warm tongue. Does that feel better? I thought, then looked for more cuts. One was beneath her chin, another from the bottom of her neck to her chest in a diagonal line. This showed me that the human was persistant. I felt so bad for Nistte. I sobbed again, then choked on my own spit. I licked her other cuts, then rested on her belly fur. She purred. It's not real. I'm just dreaming, I thought. The purr from my dream let me go to sleep and stay asleep. I dreamed of the cub, too, and it reminded me of myself. I woke up and checked on Nistte to see if she was healing, I wondered if you could heal when your dead. this was very wierd. My true mom says I can't heal if I'm dead, but was she lying? Nistte was dead, but healing. Before going to sleep again, I cleaned her cuts clean. But I noticed a new one - it was on the back of the head. This one was hidden in fur. It wasn't deep at all and it looked like it was all healed. I cleaned it just to be sure, then went back to sleep. I dreamed of the cub walking to neopia. What a cute cub. He looked so innocent.

Chapter VII - Revival
In my dreams, I thought, please come back to life, and Nistte answered. "I never died." That woke me up. I looked at Nistte. She looked dead. But I think I forgot to sniff her. She smelled alive. That was so wierd! Maybe my dream was real. I patted her with my tiny paw. Nothing happened. I licked every one of her cuts, but still nothing happened. I had an idea - stuff food up her mouth. So I crawled out of the den. It was all foggy. Fog? I thought, and threw another tantrum. "Get this stuff out of my eyes!" I screeched, and ran into a pool of water. "ACCK!" I screamed, and slipped on the water. I saw my reflection. I was still a tiny cub, about a quarter of Nistte's size, and I was so skinny that every one of my ribs showed. I screamed at my hideous reflection. I need things to eat, too! I sneaked up behind a grazing deer and pounced. The deer fell to the ground and I dragged it to my den. I shredded the deer's skin off, using some skin as a bag for getting water. I ate a little part of the meat and put the good tasting meat in my foster mom's mouth. Then I put water in the skin and gave it to her. Of course I drank some water too. Nistte started to breathe, but hardly, so I had to tap beneath her front legs where her lungs should be, and did what my true mom taught me about reviving. She started breathing on her own and turned over. I sighed in releif. She was alive all along. "Th-th-thank you..." she said faintly. I looked at her cuts again. They were completely healed but no fur. "What happened?" I asked in an eager voice. Nistte sighed. "I don't know!" she yowled. "What DID happen?" I started to tell her, "You died because humans tried to skin you. Then I brought you over to my den and fed you and gave you water, but left none for myself. I was about to die of hunger. Days after I met a cub that looked allot like me. He reminded me of myself when I met you. He wanted to know the way to... well, I forget what it was. I think it was Neopia Central. Maybe it was my clone. Maybe you and me switched bodies. I fell asleep and days after, you came back to life.

I told you," Nistte said, "I never died.

Her words echoed in my head, over and over and over. I couldn't get her voice out of my mind. My eyes made me look hypnotized. "Really?" I mewed very slowly. Nistte answered. "Yes." Thousands of thoughts swam through my head. So I did all of that for nothing, I thought, but my thought just slipped out of my mouth on accident. I wished that never happened. "Nope. I was slowly dying," Nistte mewed. I licked her head a little bit.

Chapter VIII - Humans
The night after, I slept peacefully knowing that Nistte was sleeping next to me. My dreams were wonderful. I dreamed of scaring away the humans and creating a forest where humans aren't allowed. I'd love that. The sunlight of dawn woke me up. And I had a good dream, so I decided to sleep some more. My dreams were wonderful. The tall trees had moss on their bark and vines on their branches. Flowers and shrubs sprounted from the ground. I could see tons of creatures thriving in the forest. It looked so awesome and made me feel good, like I did something good for the world. I could feel my dream too. Or maybe that was just Nistte. She shook me awake. I went hunting for food before Nistte could even request it, and I brought back a deer. "Yummy!" Nistte said and gobbled up deer. But of course she shared it with me. "Thank you," I mewed. Being with my foster mom made me feel younger, although was I still a cub. A human walked nearby the den. I gulped in fear and started shaking. Nistte tried calming me down by purring, but it didn't work at all. I held my breath and hoped the human didn't come in. But it did, and there was a bunch of younger humans with it too. I hissed at the human, and then it started talking to the younger humans in a very calm tone. I couldn't believe it wasn't scared, so me and Nistte charged at them. Nistte grew her wings again, and I just attacked the oldest human. But he took out something shiny and poked it. The shiny silver thing made noises. Quick as a flash, these other humans came and but me and Nistte in seperate nets. They slammed me against the ground, and then threw me into a giant metal bird thing. I whined and complained loudly, but the dumb things couldn't understand a word I was saying. It's too bad humans don't have super intellegence like wild cats. The skin on my shoulder was black. The base of my wing was bent. I yowled in pain. My shoulder blade and neck was bleeding, and I couldn't move a part of my back either. I tried to, but then fainted after bleeding allot. Fainting was like a sleep with no dreams. When I woke up, I was locked up in a box thingy made of steel. I tried to dig my way out, but my shoulder crunched and my colorless gray claws snapped off. I whimpered. It was also hard to breathe. This is torture, I thought and sqealed. I already missed my den and Nistte. My dreams of making my own forest were crushed. For weeks and weeks, I was slowly dying. I only got fed once a week, and I get fed these really stinky and gross brown pellets that smell like owl pellets. If I'm too loud, I get whipped. I was miserable.

Chapter IX - Escape

Every day, I dug a little dent into the metal. My claws and teeth kept on falling off, but each time they fell off, a stronger claw or tooth grew in its place. But still I was in extremely bad shape and was abot to die. I worried about Nistte. Neither me or her deserved to be treated like this. I'm only a cub, and Nistte just came back to life. My coat was raggy, my teeth were broken, I couldn't move my shoulder, my wing flaps were torn off, one of my wings were torn off, my remaining wing was bent upside-down, my tail wasn't puffy... OW... even my fur color faded from a bright blue to a grayish navy. My claws took days to grown, but the dent was deep enough to climb in. So I slept in there for a long time and put teeth, claws, fur that fell out because of stress, my wing flaps which have been torn off, and I even whiped my shoulder on the ground to look like blood. It burned. My shoulder was still black. All I could think of right now is escaping and pain. But a few days later, they opened my tiny metal box, thinking I was dead, and I was able to escape. I saw Nistte exiting the house with a human! I eagerly bolted up to her, ignoring the cramps and aches in my legs from not moving them for so long. But I bumped into a big human.. called a 'cop'. It looked terrifying. It put metal things around another human's hands once it saw me. I whimpered in fear, although Nistte was by my side. I limped to follow Nistte. She was being released into the wild. Once I stuck my foot out of the door, a human slapped my chest, I flipped backwards and gasped for breath. The 'cop' put metal things on that person too, and threw it into a box with wheels after yelling. Cops were invading this building, all doing the same thing. One cop walked up to me and petted me. It burned my injured spots. I let out a faint squeal of pain, or at least tried to. And the cop put me in one of those boxes with wheels which it called a 'car'. And I went to sleep in the car.

Chapter X - Back home
I woke up fine, but with white things all over me. Then, I was released back into the wild. I limped towards my den, trying not to put all my wait on the leg with white stuff on it because it hurt me when I did. I squealed a little bit, but Nistte saw me. She carried me to owr den. But she looked fine, just a bit hyponotised. Unlike me, she was fat with shiny fur, a puffy tail, and beautiful blue eyes. "What happened?" she asked in her sweet angelic voice. And I told her what happened. In the middle of my story, I broke into tears and stopped. "That's terrible!" Nistte said. She tried purring to calm me down. But for now, I was going to flood her with questions. "What was that place anyway?" I asked in the faintest tone. "Animal control," Nistte answered, "but I don't know why they were so cruel to you." My head was spinning with dreadful memories. "Why do they do this to me? I'm innocent. I just wanted to protect myself. Don't they know about my hopes and dreams?" I squealed. Nistte thought for a while. It was like forever. I was getting impatient as Nistte thought the questions over. "Humans aren't smart enough to know that," she said after a while, "You could just pretend to like the place." "My shoulder and legs hurt," I squealed and laid down. I tried to lick my paw, but I couldn't because of the white thing around my leg. Nistte licked my shoulder. She was freaked out when she saw what happened to my wings. One torn off, the other was bent upside-down. The licked my remaining wing and tried fixing it. "Try moving it," she said. I twitched my wing a little bit and then screeched in pain. "The more you move your wing, the less it'll hurt, Neko," Nistte explained. I just did what she wanted, but that didn't help. "This isn't helping," I meowed and tried to flap my wing. "Come on, just walk somewhere. Trust me." I walked over to a tiny pond and then looked at myself. I was almost as big as Nistte, but I noticed I was the skinniest I've ever been in my life. I looked horrible. Fine, I'll flap my wing or something like that, I thought and moved my wing a little bit. It didn't hurt at much! I was very joyful. I tried moving my tail a little bit too. This was awesome. I guess my foster mom WAS right. I bolted over to her, mewing, "You were right! My wing hardly hurts anymore! Look!" I twitched my wing again. Just as I was going to get something to eat, Nistte opened her mouth to say something. She said, "Sleeping's best. Go and sleep, I'll get food." I went to sleep, glad to finally sleep on nice warm dirt instead of cold steel.

Chapter XI - A Familiar Face
The next day, I smelled something strange. It smelled like me. I followed the scent trail, and bumped into a white and red kougra. A tiny one. Even though he looked nothing like me, he smelled the same. I was so creeped out. But I got an idea - he could be my brother. He had the same look on his face than I did. But since I was in bad shape right now, it was hard for him to reconize me. "I think I know you," I said and walked away to my den. At my den, there was tons of nice foods. Deer, rabbit, and even some fish. I ate part of it all, and then left the leftovers for my foster mother. She also brought water, storing it in a basket made of stems and leaves. I needed water more, so I slurpred the water all up in a split second. I felt better after that. Again, I smelled that scent from earlier, getting stronger and stronger and stronger. I sniffed the air. The same white and red kougra was pleading for food. I just gave him a chunk of the deer's back legs, which isn't a very yummy part of the deer. "Now leave," I hissed, but the white little kougra didn't do anything. He just sniffed me. Nistte was staring at him in confusion. A black, green and white kougra followed the tiny white kougra. "Who are you?!" I asked. "This is Buddy, I'm Mephitora," the black, green and white kougra said, "What about you?" "Neko," I answered, "What are you doing here?" "You smelled familiar. You might be a long-lost brother or something," Mephitora chuckled, "Is you're mom named Joohiko?" I looked a bit confused. I forced myself to remember. I remember my mom's name was similar, and I had a white brother and a black sister. Her name rymed with Booniko. I nodded a little bit, but then said, "I think so." A day after that, I was asking Nistte questions about Buddy and Mephitora, like how did they get here? I asked her crazy questions until it was time to hunt. I wiggled my leg and wing a little bit, then ran after Nistte. She found a huge moose! Nistte made it foggy. The moose was too big for me to hunt, so Nistte sneaked up behind it and pounced. After carrying the moose to our den, Mephitora and Buddy popped up. "Wanna help rebuild this forest?" they asked. My eyes were filled with exitement. I must be dreaming. Images of a pretty green forest swam through my mind. Restoring the forest was my dream, and know I can make my dream finally come true. I got very jittery, but I had no problem shouting out, "YES!" I started to bounce around in joy. I could hardly wait. I was so jittery that it was hard to eat the moose. The sweet flavor of its meat made me even more exited. After I'm done rebuilding the woods, there would be tons of mooses! "Let's start right now!"

Chapter XII - The new forest
Me, Buddy, Mephitora and Nistte saw a human house. The first thing we had to do was destroy this house and scare away the humans. Nistte grew her wings again and flew up to the roof. Then she started clawing. Buddy chewed on the bottom of the house like a termite. Mephitora banged against the house's walls as hard as she can. I ripped the wallpaper off of the walls. When I did, I noticed my claws and teeth were blue, and much stronger than before. I was very scared, but I couldn't lose confidence! I bit into the wooden door and forced it open. I tried roaring to get the other kougras' attention, then all of us scared the humans out of the house. We chased them down. I got to eat one of them, but it tasted very bitter. I noticed a giant metal bird was flying above. "I have an idea," Nistte thought out loud. She made a tornado. While the humans were screaming and running around in circles, me, Nistte, Buddy and Mephitora were safe in our den. We slept there for a week, living off the bitter meat of humans. I bet the forest looks much prettier now, I thought and went outside the den after signaling the other kougras. The forest was empty with nothing in it but grazing deer and destroyed houses. For the next three weeks, the other kougras were pollonating trees, shrubs and flowers. I planted trees and scared away the humans. The forest was young but already beautiiful. Baby trees and tiny flowers were spouted across the ground. They multiplied and multiplied from us kougras planting them. The plants grew up and attracted prey. Now it started looking like a forest. My heart has beating very fast, filled with pride. A tear rolled down my cheeck. This forest looked exactly like I wanted it too. My chest felt hot and I felt like my life was complete. Nistte noticed how proud of myself I was, so she quietly asked me, "Neko, do you want to be renamed something?" I nodded and said, "Pride...."

From that day, my new name was Pride. I was so happy that I made this forest, but still knew dread and greif could come. The humans may come back and kill all of the trees... leaving each one bare of its leaves. But that wouldn't happen for a long time, not until I'm full-grown. And I'll save my forest if that ever happends. I won't ever let it die. Ever.

-THE END-

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