Upward

The Rogue

"Don't stay out too long. You know we're all still on our tip toes... and I don't want to get in trouble" Shuri opened the door for Kelani as she walked out towards to forest to hunt on her own. It was nothing big, maybe a bird or rabbit. She always wanted to hunt with the hunters when they raided farms and killed the cows and pigs but Anita never let her go out with them. But this time only she was allowed to go near by and find her own lunch.

Before she got into the forest, she saw him. It was the same guy that claimed he was in love with her ever since he laid his eyes on her. But Kelani was never interested. His name was Junior and he always bothered her whenever he saw her.

"Hey K, how've you been? Have you made up your mind yet? Your moms accept me to be with you yet?" he walked up to her and slipped his arm around her shoulders.

She shook her and flicked his arm off her "I don't want you. I just see you as a childhood friend. All you want from me is my body and you want me to have 10 pups, that's not how it works".

Junior laughed at her "Well that's how they did it back in the day. Hopefully we can continue it" he leaned into kiss her but she grabbed him by the neck and throw him on the ground. She stared at him for a while and all he did was laugh like he always would.

"One day my friend" he got up and watched her leave.

Kelani was proud at what she did and she walked away from him, not bothering to help him up or say sorry. But deep inside she did feel bad cause that was her best friend.

While making her way into the woods, Kelani put her known skills to the test the way her mothers would teach her when she was younger. She smiled remembering being on Anita's back as she taught her out to catch fish in the lake and she would laugh and be amazed at how easy it was when Rami and Ajay would catch foxes. Thinking about that, she knew she would probably get something.

Within minutes, she caught a scent in the air. She saw a rabbit minding it's business eating something.

"I'm gonna be eating you next.." she whispered to herself and crouched down and made her way to it slowly.

Before she could pounce on it, a figure quickly sped in front of her and snatched the animal right off its feet. She bounced back and landed on her butt. She growled and quickly got back up.

"Hello? Who's there? Answer now" she grabbed a knife out her pocket and put up a fist.

The bushes behind her were rustling and she could hear the rabbit that the figure caught, squealing like it was being eaten alive.

Kelani was getting irritated from it not answering and she was about to let out a howl that everyone in her pack knew if she was ever in trouble. Before she could she heard a voice.

"Calm down girl. I'm coming out" it said.

Out came a tall skinny white man. He had black curly hair and it was in a bun behind his head. He also had a beard but it was long. Then there was a scar on the left side of his face. While he was coming out the trees, he was skinning the rabbit Kelani was supposed to catch. "Did I take this from you?" he laughed as he continued what he was doing.

Kelani blushed a bit at his appearance but his scent was unfamiliar so she stepped back away from him.

"What are y-you doing on this side of the woods? Do you know you can get killed? My pack is willing to kill anyone that don't know" she wanted to sound serious but stutters kept coming out her mouth.

The man finished taking the fur off the rabbit and bit its head off. Then he looked at Kelani.

"Here, just take the guts out, unless you are a guts person" he gave her the rabbit corpse and she took it.