the lost and damned

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It enjoyed being around this absurdly large tree. It had been able to feed itself with a few rats and mice it had found amongst the roots, and it offered shelter from much of the weather. The nameless creature had lingered beneath its branches and in the forest for a few sleeps now, since receiving help from the kind wolf. It had not wanted to go too far.

Still, it wandered amongst the trees and root system, quiet as the rodents it consumed. This was vastly preferable to being out in the tundra, where it had no reprieve from the cold and the snow. The forest and the tree were a much better place.

Often, it had wondered if its friend would have liked it here. Often, it woke, expecting to find him sleeping beside it, arms wrapped around its frame. It looked different now than its had the last time it looked at itself. Before, its ears had drooped at the ends and its fur had been spotted and longer. Its tail had curled over its back. Its eyes were brown and not gold.

It had changed. There was still mottling in its fur, but it was more brown than anything. Its eyes had changed to gold. Its ears had perked. It looked more wolf than what it had been.

Would its friend even recognize it now, it wondered?

It hardly recognized itself.

Wandering amongst the roots of the trees, right on the edges, it spotted a black figure approaching. It remained quiet and low to the ground, body as still as standing water. It did not initially plan on approaching, but the desire to get a closer look, curiosity, won out, and it crept nearer the trees' edge.

This would prove to be a mistake. Its front left paw caught a twig and it cracked, and the other wolf froze, staring in the Creature's direction.

It had frightened the wolf, which had not been its intention. Not wishing to continue to do so, it crept the rest of the way from its hiding spot, a chuff escaping it, body still pressed low to the ground. It still could not form words, and so it hoped to convey through nonverbal language that it was not a threat.

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The wolf did not take well to being snuck up on, which was fair. The Creature doubted it would like that very much either. It was a young wolf, but the Creature was young too, wasn't it? That was one of those things it could not remember. One of those things a rebirth wiped away.

In spite of the disgruntled, wrinkled face the wolf made, the Creature crept forward a little, belly brushing the ground, until it reached the edge of the forest and rolled over onto its back. Appeasement had sometimes worked with the two-legged beings, it remembered, but it could not tell if this would work on the wolf.

Its tail wagged a little and it huffed again, trying its best to convey without words that it was sorry for sneaking up on the wolf.

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It perked its ears, tipping its head to the side as it looked up at him. Absorbing the words took a moment, but it recognized them. It knew how to stop. Apparently the wolf did not like it rolling onto its back, though he seemed less disgruntled than before.

Standing slowly, it shook the snow from its fur, facing the wolf directly now. He was a dark-furred one, with eyes like the sky.

Had its friend had blue eyes?

Do you know this place?

It did! Nameless bounced a bit, tail giving a wave, and nodded. It was the Big Tree. The Biggest Tree. Its favorite tree.

A huff resembling a sort of bark escaped it and it bounced back a few steps, hoping the wolf would follow. It would be nice to share the tree for a while.

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