Author's note : I'm sorry that this chapter came out a bit later than expected but ran into a bit of writer's block, but that seems to be over for now, yet will probably be back again at some point... Well either way enjoy the chapter guys!
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As dusk has turned to dawn the two brothers awake snuggled up with each other as the feral boy has held Sköll tightly during the entire night, opening up their crusty eyes whilst unanimously yawning.
“Morning Sköll, did you sleep well?” The feral boy says while still yawning with his eyes squinted slightly open trying to get used to the blue light from the electro crystal.
A loud “RUFF!” Is let out by Sköll as he was brimming with energy seemingly not tired at all, filled with excitement towards the new day and it's possibilities.
“An early bird I see” Said the feral boy almost with an envy for the amount of energy Sköll seemed to have so early after waking, while still stretching his arms in a sitting position.
“RUFF!!!” Sköll barked angrily with a pouting face with his purple eyebrows were slanted towards his snout seemingly angry.
“Sorry I know you're not a bird, it's an expression, an early wolf then. You happy?” The feral boy let out with a warm smile finding it funny how literal this two day old wolf seems to be.
“Ruff!" Sköll barked with his snout held high in the air once again sporting his proud face whilst wagging his tail.
“You are quite an amusing one I must say brother, you bear more expressions than most humans with your body language and tone haha.” The feral boy said laughing loudly.
“I do wonder though, how did you even understand what a bird even is? Seeing as you are two days of age and never seen a bird or heard the term before in your life?” Said the feral boy with a pondering face and his index finger resting on his chin.
“Urouh?” Sköll gnarled with his eyebrows pointed upwards seemingly confused by the question as he himself just takes it for granted being able to understand him.
“Well either way I guess we should get up and move about a bit, I want to show you around a bit before we go out and fetch our selves some food.”
As Sköll barked once again and started wagging his tale he started following his brother as he walks out of the opening, back in the vast cave they walked towards a massive natural stone slope that stretched along the walls, the slope was decorated with violet purple electro crystals of the same variety of the cluster above the resting place of their mother, that are placed almost like torches on the wall adjacent to the slope.
“This road is something that our mother and father once showed me as a kid, and I'd be willing to bet on my life that they would've wanted to show you this.” The feral boy said to Sköll whilst he bore eyes that portrayed loneliness but, the loneliness was overshadowed by the warm smile he wore.
Sköll walked alongside him as he looked determined, wanting to see the sight that his brother and his parents wanted him to see, he let out his usual "ruff" and looked towards his brother happily.
The walk took a few minutes, the slope seemed to stretch on all the way to the highest part of the cave, snaking along the wall in a spiral, the entire path has a purple hue due to the electro crystals that seemed to almost be placed strategically to illuminate every square inch of the path. Coming half way up the path they suddenly halt to look down upon the ground of the cave.
“Look Sköll how beautiful this cave, no our home is...” The feral boy spoke softly while in awe of the sight.
The view was astonishing, rock formations all around the ground in various shapes and sizes no rock seemed to look alike, most of the walls are covered in electro crystals that illuminate the entire cave, and in the middle there is the beautiful circular plateau covered in blue grass surrounded with the flowing pond around the outer edges, as they look to the northern wall they see the astounding waterfall with a giant vertical cluster of light green electro crystals that split the stream into two, giving the water a beautiful clear cyan sheen as it crashes into the body of water below it. And in the middle of all of this is the stone tome where their mother's remains rests upon the blue grass which reflects the light of the violet purple hue emitting from the electro crystals.
“Look at all of this natural beauty, and in the center of all of this is now our mother, she cherished this place more than any other person did, she cared and protected it for most of her life. She wouldn't have wanted any other place for her final rest than this, now she is slowly becoming one with her cherished home. She will always be here now protecting it, and we can be beside her whenever we want.” The feral boy said with a bright and wide smile as laying his sight upon everything before him, knowing that she is one with nature now.
“RUUUFF!!” Sköll barked loudly and joyously wagging his tail with his eyes darting everywhere to take in every inch of the cave.
The feral boy then signaled Sköll that they were going to keep going up the trail, making their way closer and closer to an opening at the end of the slope. As they stand before the opening they both lock their eyes and subtly nod their heads as they simultaneously walk through the exit, they step foot onto the a small semi circle ledge overlooking the forest.
“This is the sight that our mother would've wanted you to see, this is the domain which we reside within, Agaria.” Said the feral boy as he took in the awe inspiring view before them.
Before them as they stood upon the tall mountain was a vast green and lush forest, bird's flying above the tree tops, the sound of them singing can be heard in the distance, large deep blue lakes are seen beyond the tree tops with creatures of various shapes and sizes are drinking from, then once again comes a spread of thick dark green forests, and farther behind that are fields of sands that stretch far beyond an opening between the expansive mountain chain that encompasses the entirety of Agaria, beyond the chain of mountains in the distance you can see a large pillar like tower. As they take in the view of it all they can slowly see the sun rise beyond the mountains, the lands become ever more beautiful as Agaria is bathed in the early rays of the sun, inching it's way to the mountain top they are standing above, you can see the subtle shift in color of the yellow sand becoming even purer as the light reflects of the grains, the forests turn from the deep dark green into a light shade of green that screams of glistening life, even the lakes become like big blue crystals that glimmer in the rays.
“Never forget this sight Sköll, as it was shown to me as a young child it has now also been shown to you, treasure this sight as this is what we call our home, a paradise of nature brimming with beautiful life, and you and I are both apart of this, always respect and try to protect it's beauty my brother.” The feral boy exclaimed as he looked deep into Sköll's eyes bearing resolute and pride filled eyes.
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“AUUURUUUUU” Sköll howled loudly as it echoed throughout the lands, announcing the birth of a proud wolf, acknowledging the lands before him as his home, whilst humbly showing his respect to mother nature.
They both stood still for a while more, looking over the incredible scenery that is mother nature, as gusts of wind pass them by ruffling their hair every once in a while, standing on top of the mountain, feeling like kings looking over their kingdom from the top of a tower. They both felt at ease and Sköll was ever more excited to explore the world before him, wanting to see every sight, sniff every smell and traverse every road.
“Sköll want to go down and take a closer look?” The feral boy said with a small laughter knowing what Sköll would say.
“RUFF!!” the usual loud bark that shows his eagerness to explore came out of the mouth of Sköll with his tail wagging around like crazy, running around in circles not really knowing what to do with himself.
The feral boy and Sköll started their long walk down the giant slope to get down again, with Sköll running far ahead whilst stopping and turning around once in a while to bark at his older brother to up the pace, not being able to contain the excitement of the adventure that lies before him.
“Take it easy Sköll it's stil early we have all day to explore, and show you the world, it's not like we're pressed for time or anything like that.” Said the feral boy as he continued in his slow pace, whilst carrying a subtle smile the entire time knowing that Sköll couldn't hold his excitement and wanting to tease him a bit.
“RUFF!!!” Sköll barked almost angrily as he started to get impatient, carrying a frown upon his face looking right into his older brothers eyes, not batting an eye, whilst his tail had started wagging irregularly in a show of agitation.
“Hahaha brother you really are too cute for your own good, I'm just teasing you Sköll, now let's go see the outside world!” Said the the feral boy whilst beside himself with laughter holding his stomach.
The two brothers then started to run down the path as fast as beastly possible, running side by side almost as if racing to the finish line, Sköll was breathing heavily with his tongue hanging outside his mouth, also bearing a very focused look with his brows angled slightly downwards. Moving their way down the elevated slope lit by the purple electro crystals until they reached ground floor again, not stopping to catch their breath they run into the system of tunnels, which are vaguely lit up by many different kinds of electro crystals, ranging from blue, red, green and vast majority of other hues, giving every tunnel a unique lighting and aesthetic. The tunnels branch off at every turn, spawning probably hundreds of corridors making it easy to get lost within the system of tunnels for days as there are so many branches, dead ends and giant rooms similar to the one that they live withing. It's even said that these tunnels connect to every single mountain within the mountain chain that surrounds Agaria. as finally passing into the final stretch they can see a glimmer of natural light shining through the opening to the caverns.
As they exit through the opening they are both exceedingly out of breath, as both of them have been running for quite a while. Sköll is standing wide legged looking straight down into the ground with his tongue hanging out hyper ventilating to regulate his body heat whilst also regaining his breath. His big brother on the other hand seems to almost be down for the count, down on both knees with his hands open palmed on the ground as well, hunched over, sounding like he is heaving for his life, eyes closed head down just as Sköll. This continued for a short amount of time before they regained their breath yet still breathing quite heavily.
As the feral boy has regained his breath he also regained his posture and stood up straight leaning against the rocky surface of the mountain behind them.
“Look Sköll, this is, what lies, outside the caves, that we call our home.” He said while taking a pause every once in a while to regain his breath. As they both overlooked to the landscape before them.
The sight before them was rocky formations, big boulders and branching paths between the rock formations, which lead to different entrances to the forest, they are still a bit elevated from ground level so they have to go down a curvy road that has rock formations on either side, which almost look like railings to prevent one from falling off, every rock was a simular light shade of a grayish yellow that reflected the sunlight slightly, making it look like the rocks were almost alive.
“Ruff.” Sköll barked with excitement once again darting his eyes everywhere, as he slowly walked around smelling and inspecting every aspect he could, until he stopped by one of the larger rocks laying around and proceeded to lift up his hind leg.
“hahaha already marking your territory at your age? haha, and not only that you went for the biggest boulder you could find didn't you, you really are greedy aren't you little brother, that's the spirit don't settle for anything else than excellency!” The feral boy said whilst trying to hold in his laughter.
“ARUUUUOO” Sköll howled as he was very pleased with his achievement, once again sporting his trade mark look of pride filled expression, head held high and extremely resolute eyes.
After the passing of their mother both brother's seem to be able to find some solace due to each other's company, spending time together laughing and teasing each other. Yet the day has only just begun there is still much to happen. One eager to see the world and the other eager to see it alongside him, this is the start of their adventure
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Author's basement : Hope you guys enjoyed the chapter, yet another chapter containing the bonding of brothers, a few more chapters and I promise that the story will really get going and the action will come, just want to ease in the character's and the world from their own point of view before jumping ahead. If you enjoyed the chapter or have any concern or criticism please voice your opinions in the comment section, only if you want to though of course. I just really enjoy seeing comments from you guys and appreciate it immensely, even if it's just a "thx for the chapter" a lengthy comment about the chapter or fiction so far, or even your negative or positive feedback. Either way have a nice day and hope you guys are well!