"Apa, where are you going?"
A young girl froze in the shadows of the torchlight before whipping her head around to her little cousin. She did her best to hold back a biting retort as she would need him to stay quiet.
"I told you not to call me that, Oga. Be silent; I will return within three days." She quickly moved over to place her hand over the young boy's mouth. "I know, I know, but I need to do something. That's the second member of the tribe missing, and the other tribes have mentioned their own missing as well...Something is not right. I can feel it."
Before Oga could go to complain once again, Apani whispered in his ear. "If you say a word, then I tell Suni that you have a big crush on her." With that last threat, Apani slipped out of the tent and onto the horse that was waiting on her. Within seconds, she was riding off into the night.
"So how are we going to do this Apani? You've never hunted like this before."
"Shut it. We will figure this out." She mumbled back to herself in an attempt to keep herself busy.
She was certainly not the best hunter or even tracker the Forty Feathers tribe had to offer, but she was the only one listening and willing to stop this. Every night, she could hear the spirits screaming. Something was wrong in the savannah; some sickly evil was hurting the land and her people. If she did not do something to stop this now, then it was only going to get worse.
A young girl froze in the shadows of the torchlight before whipping her head around to her little cousin. She did her best to hold back a biting retort as she would need him to stay quiet.
"I told you not to call me that, Oga. Be silent; I will return within three days." She quickly moved over to place her hand over the young boy's mouth. "I know, I know, but I need to do something. That's the second member of the tribe missing, and the other tribes have mentioned their own missing as well...Something is not right. I can feel it."
Before Oga could go to complain once again, Apani whispered in his ear. "If you say a word, then I tell Suni that you have a big crush on her." With that last threat, Apani slipped out of the tent and onto the horse that was waiting on her. Within seconds, she was riding off into the night.
Six Hours Later
As the first lights of the new dawn began to grace the sky, the lone figure of Apani silently, except for the clipping of horse hooves, made her way through the plains. All she had with her was her bow, arrows, knife, and water skin.
"So how are we going to do this Apani? You've never hunted like this before."
"Shut it. We will figure this out." She mumbled back to herself in an attempt to keep herself busy.
She was certainly not the best hunter or even tracker the Forty Feathers tribe had to offer, but she was the only one listening and willing to stop this. Every night, she could hear the spirits screaming. Something was wrong in the savannah; some sickly evil was hurting the land and her people. If she did not do something to stop this now, then it was only going to get worse.