Dark Forest of Agretha

Kevin: *Walks without making a noise*

Bali: Wh-why?

Kevin: Because.

Bali: ..

Kevin: ...

Bali: P-people d-don’t usually h-help me

Kevin: Oh...

Bali: *finishes skinning it*

Kevin: *Makes a fire to cook the chicken*

(R a b b I t)
Bali: *cuts one of the ears off and starts chewing on it*

Kevin: *Takes and cooks the rabbit*

*it charges*

Kevin: *runs*

*it is gaining ground*

Kevin: *runs faster*

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*someone pulls him into a small burrow of a tree and clamps their hand over his mouth*

Kevin: *muffled noise*

Bali; *whispers* Quiet

Kevin: *licks his/her hand

Bali: *doesn’t let go*
*the shaking starts to grow less*

Kevin: ...

Bali: .*holds him until the shaking comes to a complete stop and then let’s go*

Kevin: UGH! Who do you think you are?!

Bali: *shrinks back*

Kevin: Sorry... I’m Kevin.

Bali: B-B-Bali

Kevin: Ok. Where am I? What happened? And hat in the hell just chased me?

Bali: D-dark woods.... th-that was a-a b-beast...

Kevin: Ok... One last question... What gender are you? You look like a boy and I don’t want to mistake it.

Bali: G-girl

Kevin: Oh. Ok.

Nightstar: Nightstar Kingsblood, prince of Agretha

Kevin: Oh.

Nightstar: So what are you doing here exactly

Kevin: *shrugs*

Nightstar: *raises a hand with black fire in it* Well?
Bali: *pulls his wrist down* D-don’t

Kevin: Don’t burn me. I can’t remember why.

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Bali: H-he is n-nice
Nightstar: *looks at Bali then back at Kevin* Hmph, fine

Kevin: ...

Nightstar: I still don’t like you

Kevin: *Mumbles* Rude...

Bali: ....

Kevin: Where to now?

Bali: *shrugs*

Kevin: ...

Bali: ....

Kevin: ...

Bali: *gets out of the tree*

Kevin: *follows*

Bali: .

Kevin: ?

Bali: H-he is n-nicer wh-when I-it is j-j-just u-us

Kevin: Oh. Well that makes sense

Bali: ...

Kevin: ...

Bali: ..

Kevin: .

Bali: *starts walking*

Kevin: *Follows*

Bali: *looks back suddenly*
*there are five shadow lions watching them*

Kevin: ... *whispers* Should I throw a rock?

Bali; *nods*

*the forest suddenly gets darker, so dark they can’t see even two inches*

Kevin: ...

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Nighstar: *appears behind Kevin* Boo

Kevin: *Looks behind and punches him in the mouth*

Nightstar: *catches the punch and twists Kevin’s wrist*

Kevin: *Inhales through teeth Kuz pain*

Nightstar: *laughs* Don’t mess with people more powerful than you
Bali: *runs up to them and tries to push them apart* S-stop

Kevin: *Pulls arm away* . . .

Nightstar; Fiiine

Kevin: Good. Who are you?

Bali; *follows*

Kevin: *Cooks the rabbit*

Bali: ..

Kevin: Here. *Hands cooked rabbit* *yawns* G’night. *Falls asleep*

Bali; *eats*

Kevin: Zzz...

Bali; *finishes*

Kevin: Zzz...

Bali; *puts the fire out*

Kevin: Zzz...

Bali; *lies down and goes to sleep*

(Next morning)
Kevin: *awakens*

Bali: *asleep*

Kevin: ...

Bali; *wakes up*

Kevin: *Waits*

Bali: *stands up*

Kevin: Morning.

Bali; M-morning

Keven: I think we should keep going

Bali: ....

Kevin: ...

Bali: *quiet*

Kevin: *silent*

Bali: *keeps walking*

Kevin: *Keeps following*

Bali: *trips over a root*

Kevin: *Catches her* You ok?

Bali: *nods*

Kevin: Ok. Let’s keep going.

Bali: *tears the loaf in half and holds one out to Kevin*

Kevin: *Takes half of the loaf* Thanks.

Bali: *nods and takes a bite of her half savoring it*

Kevin: *Takes a bite out of the loaf*

*it is sweat and fluffy, probably the best bread he has ever had*
(It was baked in the royal kitchens(

Kevin: This bread is really good...

Nightstar: well duh, it was baked in the royal kitchens, took me an hour to sneak it out

Kevin: Oh.

Bali; *eating*

Kevin: *Eating*

*there is a sharp Yelp from the bushes*
Bali: *hisses*
*a figure can be seen running away*

Kevin: What the hell was that?

Bali: Sh-shadow lion

Kevin: Oh...

Bali: If y-you d-don’t sc-scare it off r-right a-away it gets I-it’s p-pack

Kevin: Oh.

Bali: *continues walking*

Kevin: *Follows*

Bali: ...

Kevin: *Follows*

Bali: T-to late.... r-run

Kevin: Not sure but I think I’m faster so... *Hoists Bali over his shoulder and runs*

Bali: 0-0
*the Shadow Lions begin to chase them*

Kevin: *Runs even faster* Oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit oh shit...

Bali: th-that way *she points in one direction*

Kevin: Mk. *Runs in the direction*

*the shadow lions give chase, then at a certain “threshold” they seem to stop as if scared of passing, before giving up and leaping off into the trees*

Kevin: Huh. They gave up.

Bali: Y-yeah

Kevin: Where to now?

Bali: *sniffs the air*

Kevin: ?

Bali: *jumps into a bush and pulls out a dark forest rabbit*

Kevin: ?

Bali: *snaps it’s nexk*

Kevin: Holy shit

Bali: ?

Kevin: Why did you kill that rabbit?

Bali: For f-food

Bali: *takes out a small knife and starts skinning the dark forest rabbit*

Kevin: Oh.

Bali: ..

Kevin: I can help..

Bali: .

Kevin: *Kills rabbit*

Bali: .

Kevin: Pass me the knife.

Bali: *gives him the knife*

Kevin: *Skins rabbit*

Bali; *watch*

Kevin: *Finishes skinning the rabbit*

Bali: ...

Kevin: *Walks back to the fire*

Bali: *nods*

Kevin: let’s go then.

Bali: *nods and starts walking*

Kevin: *Follows Bali*

Bali: *walking*

Kevin: *is folloing*

Bali: *picks up a rock and throws it into a bush, the throw is followed by a sharp Yelp from the bush*

Kevin: Shadow lion?

Bali: *nods*

Kevin: Good.

Bali:...

Kevin: ...

Bali; *finishes*

Kevin: Almost done...

Bali:....

Kevin: Ok I’m done

Nightstar: *glaring at Kevin*

Kevin: What?

Nightstar: I didn’t spend an hour stealing bread for YOU

Kevin: That was rude and uncalled for, dude.

*the forest is very dark*

Kevin: ...

*the ground starts shaking*

Kevin: What the...

*the shakes are steady like footsteps*

Kevin: *Keeps walking*

*the shakes grow worse*

Kevin: *Stops*

*there is a giant beast behind him*

Kevin: What the fu-

Bali: *nods*

Kevin: *Keeps walking*

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*they come across a cave*

Bali: *small smile*

Kevin: Go on. You may eat some.

Bali: th-thanks *she eats some*

Kevin: Goot right?

Bali: *nods*

Kevin: Cool. Imma go find more food.

Bali: *nods again*

Kevin: *Walks*

Bali: *follows*

Kevin: *Grabs a shadow rabbit*

*good

Bali: *starts walking*

Kevin: *follows Bali* Where are we going?

Bali: *shrugs*

Kevin: Mk.

Bali: *keeps walking*

Kevin: *keeps following*

Bali: *stops and looks around*

Kevin: ....

Bali: *picks up a rock and throws it into the bushes*

Kevin: ....

Nightstar: Hey, show some respect, Syth is my mother you know

Kevin: Why are you rude to me though? You’re telling me to show respect, but you can’t show me some.

Bali: S-stop f-fighting

Kevin: I’m just saying.

Nightstar: I have to go back on patrol, but if you hurt Bali in any way, I will rip your head off and feed you to the shadow lions *he sounds completely serious about the threat*

Kevin: I wasn’t planning on doing so.

Nightstar: Good. *he flies off*

Kevin: That guy was not so friendly...

Bali:....

Kevin: Just saying...

Bali: ?

Kevin: What? I wasn’t just gonna eat it raw.

Bali: Wh-what’s wrong with r-raw

Kevin: Nothing. It’s just I prefer cooked...

Bali: O-ok

Kevin: *Rips off leg of cooked rabbit and eats* Huh. This is good.

Bali: thinks: I kinda want to try it... can I? I don’t know... I don’t want to make them angry...

Kevin: Sure. Have some. *Hands the cooked rabbit to Bali*

Bali: O-oh th-thanks

Kevin: No prob!

Bali:...

Kevin: ...

Bali: *watch*

Bali: *shrugs*

Kevin: ...

Bali: C-can y-you p-p-put m-me d-down

Kevin: Mk. *Puts Bali down*

Bali: ...

Kevin: ...

Bali: *walks further down the path that the shadow lions didn’t want to go down*

Kevin: *Follows*

Bali: *walking*

*Kevin gets a sudden sense of dread, he gets the feeling that something is very wrong here*

Kevin: I sense something wrong... keep your guard up.

Bali: He is l-like that

Kevin: Whatever.

Nightstar: I brought you some food *he pulls a bag out*

Kevin: Thank you.

Nightstar: Not for you idiot, for Bali

Kevin: Oh.

Bali: *takes the bag*

Kevin: *Sits down*

Bali: *pulls out a a loaf of sweet bread* Th-thanks
Nightstar: No problem

Kevin: ...