Over in that Meadow ( chapter 1, New Friends and Lion Eyes)
#1 of Over in that Meadow
Griffin is a 130 year old wiger who has been lonely all her life, until she meets Ashley, and the shared love of adventuring takes them farther than they intend...
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Fire surrounded them as Griffin cried over the wounded body of her friend, Ash. Oh Ash, so kind, so wonderful, the only person who ever befriended Griffin. Ash, sweet Ash, Griffin never wanted her to go.The flames grew bigger and angrier as- Oh wait! We should probley start from the beggining of this tale before anything else, sorry about that!
A wiger walks through the dark, eerie forest alone. Alone. That was all she could be, alone. The wiger held her bow tightley in her large paw. She wished for someone to rescue her, rescue her from this lonely life of her's. " ahhh." she lets out a breath of frustration. "I've been walking forever! when will this end?" the wiger thought to herself. She glances at her bow, thinking about the arrows and how sharp they were." maybe i should just end it myself..." She blinks, not believing the thoughts in her head. " aaaaggggghhhh! Where can I find some shelter or something?" She was so frustrated and angry. It wasn't her fault, she was always rejected from society becuase she was " weird", so she was angry no matter what. " Not my fault, never was my fault, never will be my fault.... maybe if my parents didn't name me Griffin. Griffin?! Really?! Of all the names for a girl, I'm sure Griffin wasn't the best of all choices! What a stupid name!" Griffin, good. now that we have her name, i can stop refering to her as just " she" and " the wiger". Griffin ranted about her terrible name in her head, and stared at the ground in an attempt to shut out the world. Griffin looks up at the snapping of a branch.
The noise couldn't have been too far from her, not far at all. She begins to run in the direction of the noise, the tall trees towering over her. She stops and loads her bow, then begins jogging again. Griffin was astonished to see someone else out in the forest. A cat. A lynx. the new cat heard footsteps, and turns to face a curious and day dreaming wolf- tiger thing. " Who are you?" the lynx asked. Griffin returned to real life and escaped her thoughts. " wh- what?" Griffin steps out closer to this new creature. She looks at the cat and examines her. for some reason Griffin's gaze wondered up to the ears of the lynx. Pointy, very pointy, fur spiked up like a rod from the cats ears. " Who are you? And stop it. I am aware, i have awkward ears, now please answer me." this cat was soft but demanding at the same time. Griffin snapped out of it again " Griffin... Griffin Rose Blaze.... stupid name... but who are you?" Griffin thought about her full name, yep, that was it. Griffin understood her parents never even liked the thought of a kid, so they decided to punish her by giving her the worst name ever.
The lynx chuckled " it's not stupid, it's unusual, but definitly not stupid. I'm Ashley, Ashley Remmi Joe. Who has the stupid name now?" Ashley chuckled some more, then spoke again " You can call me Ash. Everbody does. Now listen, you look different than most wolves, whats with that?" Ash didn't hold much back when it came to questions, very honest. Griffin laughed a bit with her " I'm a wiger, half wolf and half tiger. Very strange. My parents never really like me, so they named me strangley as punishment for being born, i guess." Griffin realized she still had her bow drawn back. She lowered it down and looked back at Ashley. " I only would have guessed you were a wiger by your colorful stripes. your eyes look like they tell a story though, like a.... like a... a lions! ha, lion eyes! that's it!" the lynx begins to laugh gently " I''ll call you lion eyes. everybody needs a nickname, so that will be yours!" Ash looked at Griffins eyes, they looked so old, so wise. the beautiful purple color in them shined bright, showing the world Griffin was there.
" lion eyes... i like it!" Griffin thought about the idea of having a nickname, she always had heard about them, but she never had one. Griffin thought about this Ashley, Ashley Remmi Joe, Griffins first friend. She looked at Ashley, right back in the eyes. At that moment, a friendship was born, and for the first time in her life, Griffin smiled.
( to be continued...)