Big bugs stared at the darkness. Reaching for his lance, the Young River boy held up his knife. Big bugs passed him another weapon incase. Picking up the tomahawk instead.
“Who’s out there?” Big bugs said out loud to nothing.
Still not seeing anything but the darkness and the little bush area the fire gave light too.
Then they heard a loud breathing.
“Stone bear is that you?”
“Noooo it’s not Stone bear.” The squirrel narrowed his vision.
“IT’s brother bigman.” the Squirrel calmed down.
“Big man?” Big bugs looked wondered to himself.
Remembering a story his grandfather told him of being lost in the woods and a big hairy man helped him find his way home.
“Mistanaphew.” Big bugs said out loud.
“Hey don’t harm us, put away your weapons.” The brown rabbit stepped out.
“I have brought words from the great eagle and a friend who's gonna help us.” The rabbit ranout and stood on his legs.
“Ahh what happened to my sister squirrel?”
“They were gonna eat me, but I talked to them.”
“Good thing you did.” The brown rabbit said to the squirrel. Then the brown rabbit transformed into a tall muscular man with long, loose hair wearing a rabbit ear necklace and a cloth hide around his waist.
“Wasakichuk?” Big bugs asked the tall muscular man. Who nodded then mentioned “this is my friend Big man.” Wasakichuk waved at the forest, and a large Hairy man stepped out with a huge muddy foot.
The large hairy man lifted up his leg then picked at his foot and took some of the mud off and held out his hand towards the squirrel.
“Can you pass me over to him” The squirrel asked Big Bugs.
The big hairy man started to place the mud all over the squirrel and then he covered her with his hands and began to blow inside his palms, where the mud covered squirrel was laying. Light began to glow inside of his palms.
The large hairy man opened his large hands and the mud covered squirrel was healed.
The squirrel jumped off and transformed into a muscular woman. With large furs covering her breasts and waist, her hair was done in two braids and was also muddy.
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“Hi my name is Squirrel woman.”
“What words do you bring from the great eagle?” Squirrel woman asked.
“He’s flown to the highest point beyond the darkness, He saw the Sun hiding behind a Large Bowl.” Wasakichuk continued.
“The sun never left, there is something constantly staying in front of it according to the great eagle..” Wasakichuk folded his arms across his chest.
“It's a lot colder out here.” Wasakichuk then began to rub his hands together.
“What's blocking the Sun? Did the great eaglesay?” Big bugs asked.
“Yes What he described was a huge bowl floating above turtle island.” Wasakichuk smiled.
The squirrel woman covered her mouth in disbelief looking at Big bugs and Young river Stare into the sky.
“You watching us come out!” Wasakichuk called out to the forest. Turning around staring into the darkness of the pines.
“Big bugs, I owe you an apology for calling you a liar.”
“Stone bear?” Big bugs looked to the where the voice was coming from.
Stone bear walked into the light. “I heard what you were saying I watched the lady Transform.
“Are you here to help?” Wasakichuk asked.
“I’m… yes I'm here to help.” Stone bear stood straight.
“You were watching us, where were you this whole time?” Big bugs questioned the guilty looking Stone bear.
“I honestly just got here when I heard all the new voices, I was hunting.” Stone bear looked Big Bugs in the eyes.
“I’m sorry for everything.”
“It’s alright I get it.”
Stone bear looked at Wasakichuk and the squirrel woman who was the most beautiful woman he ever saw.
“What are we going to do next Wasakichuk?” Young river asked.
“We Shall ask our friend here to give us a ride to the bowl.” Wasakichuk then walked up to mistnaphew and started to speak with him in ancient forest tongue.
The big hairy man listened and spoke after some time.
Wasakichuk interpreted what he was saying to them.
“He is saying that he will help us if it brings back the sun to the forest.”
The group smiled and rejoiced and watched as the large hairy man began to create a large sphere of white energy they all walked into and the hairy man then started to float them above the trees. Big bugs starred out the clear translucent walls at the tree tops that stretched out far beyond into the darkness. Until it was only the darkness around them, then Wasakichuk pointed. “There he is, he will lead us, follow him, mistanaphew.” The Great eagle then glowed a bright golden yellow to be seen in the darkness.
Big bugs and the others were in a state of amazement.
The orb started to fly faster with the Great eagle and together they crossed the darkness.
The great eagle then flapped his wings and ascended upwards, That's when Big bugs noticed the Stars lights were above them.
A tear rolled down his face. Big bug's eyes grew wide as the sphere of lights reached above the bowl and he could see the lights like stars on the mountains of the bowl.
“It’s beautiful.” Big bugs said
Stone bear was silent.
“It’s like the stars fell in different colors all over those mountains.” Young River smiled.
The great eagle flew lower and the sphere followed as they flew in between the mountains of star light.
The colors reflected from the mountains on to them as they passed along side them.
Big bugs looked at his body and arms in all the strange colors he never saw before.
The great eagle flew into the mountain's main light opening and the sphere landed as the eagle flipped and landed.
Big bugs, Stone bear, and young river, walked out of the sphere of light after Wasakichuk and Squirrel woman.
Big bugs was astonished at the sight of the shiny silver stone flooring.
Mistanaphew walked beside the great eagle.
“Wasakichuk have you ever seen a place like this?” Young River asked.
“Yes of course I have.”
“Really?” the excited Young river questioned.
“In visions, but no need to worry the beings that live here should be here any second now.”
“Your saying beings live here in these mountains on the bowl?” Young Rivers eyes opened wide and stared around at the large vast shiny room they were in.
“They made this place.” Young River said out loud to himself.
“Hey What are you guys looking at?” Young river turned and saw a group of four blue clothed figures. The cloth covered over their heads and their body and did not reveal their faces. Or their hands.
End of chapter 005 Dark forest written by Travis Willier Copyright 2022