Myths & Rejections

Chapter 46 - Unlikely Coincidence

Word Count: 3882

Everyone was seated around the courtyard in two semi-circles with the sirens on one side and the wolves on the others.  The first couple of hours of course were the two sides explaining their differences, most of the sirens had already become familiar with wolves, but the new siren elder and new warriors had many questions.  The wolf elders had very little information about sirens or tritons and so the whole explanation of the two species and their differences and histories were taking a while and Celie was bored out of her mind.  Harper was participating in the conversation, making comments, and observations but Celie was sitting doing nothing but looking at the sky wishing she was anywhere but here.  She was about to mind link Harper that she was going to go paint when a shout came from the house and one of the wolf warriors came running out, it was a young female warrior who had been assigned to watch the cameras and occasionally fly a drone around to look at areas without cameras, which the warriors weren't able to patrol.

"There's a triton coming out of the spring pool!" She shouted, pointing toward the spring.

Everyone immediately jumped to their feet and ran down the path toward the pool.  Harper and Celie were right behind the warriors running to see what was going on and try to help, even though Celie knew she wouldn't be that much use, she ran anyway.

Porter and Lorelai had immediately shifted into their wolves and outpaced everyone down the path.  When everyone else reached the area, they were on either side of it, growling furiously.

"No harm!" the triton shouted, holding his arms up. "No harm! I no harm!"

Everyone stared around at each other, not quite sure what to make of the situation.

"What are you doing here?" Eden asked, he was shifted enough that his hooked teeth changed his voice a little, making him sound as though he were growling.

"No harm, I talk, I talk here," the triton said. "Please, I talk."

"Why?" Celie said, poking her head around Eden's arm, shocking everyone, and causing Eden to try and push her back and shield her with his arm, which she promptly shoved off.  "Why do you want to talk to us?"

"I no want die," he said. "No fight more, safe from here. I want my female safe."

"Could it really be here to talk?" Celie mind linked the others.

"We should see what it has to say," Harper said. "What can listening hurt?"

"Come with us," Matt said, glancing around. "We have questions for you."

"Yes," it replied.

The triton was still tense and seemed unsure about following them, as if it were rethinking its decision to come here.

"What's your name?"  Celie asked, poking her head around Eden's arm again, giving him a little slap for trying to push her back.

"Bo," the triton replied.  It seemed to relax a bit when Celie spoke to it, which made sense because she was the least threatening of the people surrounding it.

"I'm Celie," Celie smiled gently at him and beckoned it forward. "We won't hurt you if you're not a threat to us.  It's alright, you can come with us, we want to hear what you have to say."

But the triton hesitated, looking around suspiciously.

There was something in Celie, something told her he would not hurt her, so she tried to step around Eden, who immediately pushed her behind him again.

"Stop it!" Celie snapped and whacked his arm as she stepped around him.

"It's alright, I promise it is," Celie said.