10 years later

Chapter 3

Frisk

I'm surrounded by piece and warmth and I’m sleeping next to Barley and her sweet scent floods over me. I snuggle up closer to her and then suddenly the den starts filling up with cold black water and her body starts feeling cold her breath gets Faster and her body starts to get lighter and lighter as if it’ll fade away at any moment. Then she simply disappears and I’m attacked with panic and grief. I swim around the cold darkness looking for barleys warm scent but it's missing. Then a streak of red floats by me and a bad taste fills my mouth with grief.

I wake up in the morning that day with a weird taste in my mouth. I just can’t put my finger on it it's on the tip of my tongue. I had the strangest dream last night. I woke up too early to remember it clearly I could see in the dream I think it was a flood but it was to vague to remember. “Frisk you and barley are coming with me” said Monarch “Ok” I say Barley is my role model. We run through the tree’s the wind blowing in our face “there’s a log coming up!” barely yelps to me “Jump!”. I Jump as high as I can and pray to make it “Yes!” I said “I made it” Barely gives me an approving nudge. We run through the hunting clearing I and continue deeper into the forest.

“We're here” Monarch says. I smell I salty scent of water and go up to the river's edge “are you sure you don’t need help Frisk?” Monarch asks “Oh I’m fine Mom” I sigh. I lean close to the water and hear a fish jumping out of the water I jump up and ponce but I’m too close to the water's edge I fall in as the waves swallow me and I twist and turn and then when I open my mouth to wail for help a wave of salty black water comes in.

Then I just give up and as I’m sinking into The Dark Water Barley pulls me out of the icy wave “Th-Oh how can I ever thank you!” I Said barely starts to lick me like a hurricane while Monarch wails “Oh my poor baby!” As I walk home I walk close to barley urging myself to thank her then finally I whisper “I owe you with my life!” to barley Barley

licks my cheek and whispers “I know.” That day I stay in the den drying off as the other wolves hunt I spend the entire time daydreaming about saving barely and risking my life.

The other wolves come back with lots of fresh kill and I start to feel a little guilty that I wasn’t one of them. “Hey Frisk,Barely!” River yelps excitedly “I can’t wait to eat this fish I caught he’s huge. “Oh wow” barely said “he is huge”

“Frisk almost died today drowning in the river” said Monarch “Really!?” Bramble says. “Yes” said Monarch “he fell into the river when he was leaning over to catch a fish.” “Oh thank god he lived” said Bramble. River nodded “Barely saved him well I was frozen with shock” “Good job Barely!” Bramble said “Frisk could have died without you” said River solemnly “You’ve always been there for me Barely” I say. “And I always will be” Barely said “I promise always.” At that moment all I feel is love “I will always be there for you to” I say “promise?” “I promise we’ll always be together.”

“Would you like to share” Barley asked nudging a piece of salmon. “Okay sure” I say happily “I love salmon.” I walk toward Barley and crouch down and bite a piece of salmon Barely reaches down and Bites a piece of the tail. We continue to eat till it gets dark out. “ I’m full” I announce “Me to” River announces. “Ok let's get to sleep it's been a long day” Bramble said. Then Monarch nods “Your father's right you need some rest” I walk towards the very end of of the den and snuggle into the leave as Barely snuggles in next to me. And I slowly fall asleep. The weird taste is still in my mouth. And then for a split second I swear I hear Barely whisper “Don’t save me” then the weird taste comes back but I still can’t identify the taste. And I smell Barely fear scent why should Barely be scared right now I thought to myself.

Suddenly I wake up again I can hear Barely breathing unusually quickly. He must still be awake I thought myself. There a thunder storm outside raining loudly but the warmth of my den protects me or so I thought but then I started to feel cold water at my toes and it starts rising higher and higher at first I thought I was dreaming so I just slowly got up and sniffed around as I hear River Monarch and Bramble shuffling out of the den but then I realize that Barley is still next to me for a moment he hesitates then I feel his fur rising up he nudges me and says “This is not a dream.”

almost more to himself than me he is also trembling. The water is now at our necks and I’m trying to find out where the den exit is but I’m blind so I have no idea “Follow my scent!” Barely said I do as he tells me and I’m completely covered in water as I walk through the cave door. Barely hesitates before attempting to walk through the cave door but then a branch falls over the exit leaving barely in the flooded cave .A wave of grief floods over me and then at that moment I finally figure out what that weird taste in mouth is...blood.

Wow, I am getting better at this. Though every single episode has drama. At this point I was a young writer, just entering a new phase in writing. I felt confident. 

Exact quote-

"I am probably like the best writer in the whole entire friggin world, like wow, like OMAHGAW, fam!" 

This was also a pretty good time because I was starting to feel around my options of what I wanted to do with my life and when I started this I fell in love.

I had just made a evolution.

I had went from a annoying 4th grader who is arrogant and stays up trying to learn my 2 times tables (and failing at my 2 times tables) that couldn't write the word "couldn't" to a annoying 4th grader who is arrogant and stays up trying to learn my 2 times tables (and failing at my 2 times tables) that still probably couldn't write the word couldn't but one thing had changed. I was now able to put my heart and soul into words and numbers and lay them out messily on a piece of paper.

I loved it so much! 

-Maya