The Tribe

Chapter 7: fly training.

   As a few days passed, Phil and Winston started to get used to fitting in with the tribe but a few anthros still didn't trust them even if they were trying to change their ways.

  Winston offered to help out with a few tasks by helping plant crops and build a few huts since he wanted to earn their trust so badly since he wanted to be with them.

   When there was no more work to be done, he wanted to make friends with the Foxes that are close to his age but they didn't want him around and wouldn't let him join any activities they were doing.

"Come on, please?" He asked.

"No, we already have enough for our game and besides, you humans take things and cause trouble to my family, so go away." The fox child says as he went back to his friends to continue with their game.

  Winston kinda felt heartbroken about what he said to him and decided to see what Phil was up to.

Meanwhile, Phil was drawing in his sketchbook to pass the time, until Winston came in.

"Hey bro, what's up?" He asked as he closed the sketchbook.

"Oh nothing, just trying to fit in but they won't let me join their game again." Winston explains as he laid on the cot."

"Just give them time, I know some of the tribe still won't trust us now but eventually they will when we give them more time to prove ourselves." Phil says.

"It's been a week since we skipped out from the military after we killed the general's son and eventually they will find us and execute us." Winston says with worry.

"I know man, I know, but the tribe will understand when they will eventually trust us. We are on our own, we will never head back to Earth but however as long as we are with the fox tribe, General Vince won't attack them during the peace agreement that they made with them from the start." Phil explains.

   As it was afternoon, Princess Lilith went to their hut to tell them their first trial to earn their trust of the tribe.

"Phil, Winston. My father has offered you some trials for you to do if you want to earn our trust and to be one of us." She says.

"Where do we start?" Phil asked.

   They headed with some anthros on a long walk in the forest to head to a dragon den that was far from where they were. Their first trial was to see if they can capture and tame a dragon for them to control and fly with them in the sky.

   During the trip, it was a clear day with the sun out, Phil was sweating and tired already with the extreme heat. Winston started drinking from his water container and offered Phil some.

"Thanks man." Phil says as he drank some water."

   The anthros then started climbing up a mountain and Phil started climbing up but Winston was really afraid of heights and hesitated to climb even further.

"Come on little bro, just don't look down." Phil warns as he continues climbing up.

"Ok. Just don't look down." Winston says as he tries to stay calm as he climbs up.

   As they kept climbing after 10 minutes, Winston was starting to feel cramps and pain on his hands as tried to hang on.

"Phil... I can't hang on any longer.... I don't want to fall..." Winston as he tried not to cry out of fear.

"Stay calm Winston. You can do it. We are almost there."

"Ok.... Ok..." Winston says as he grabs a ledge his grip slipped and he was hanging by one hand and he looked down.

"AHHHH! Help! Help!" Winston shouted as he struggled to hang on.

   Phil tried to reach for him but was a couple of inches away. When Winston was about to lose his grip.

"Gotcha!" A Fox anthro says as he grabbed Winston's hand in time and pulled him up over the ledge.

As they climbed to the top, they saw a few dragons resting in their nest. Princess Lilith then shows them a demonstration of how to tame one. Winston and Phil watched in surprise as she slowly walked behind one and jumped on its back and tried to soothe it as it tried to shake her off.

   Lilith then was able to calm it down by feeding it a fruit and finally was able to control and fly the dragon around the sky and lands.

"Who wants to go first?" Lilith asks.

Winston went behind Phil and pushed him a little to make him go first.

"Come on Phil. You can do it." Lilith says.

   Phil took a piece of a fruit from her and slowly walked towards an untamed dragon. He hesitated and Winston watched with worry.

   He jumped onto a dragon and tried to hang on as it tried to shake him off intensely. Phil shouts as he grabs on around the neck and the dragon flies around uncontrollably. The anthros watched with interest of how it was going to go and noticed that Phil didn't give up and finally fed the dragon the fruit and was able to tame it.

   Just then it was Winston's turn to see if he could tame one but Lilith suggested a baby dragon for him to tame and gave him a fruit to feed the dragon with.

   Winston was a little nervous but took a deep breath and grabbed on the baby dragon and tried to hang on. It fought him but was able to feed it to soothe it and tried to fly it around. He was having fun as he controls the dragon as he flies around the sky but doesn't know how to land well.

"Guys how do I get down?!" Winston asked.

"Stay still and the dragon will land!" Lilith shouted.

"I'm trying but I can't since I am nervous of falling off!" Winston shouted.

"You can do it Winston! I know you have confidence!" Phil shouted.

   As Winston tried to stay calm, his fear took over and pulled him into his flashback of the car accident. He remembered that his parents were at the front seat while they were driving. Just then.....

CRASH...

   Winston then passes out and falls off the dragon.

"WINSTON!" Phil shouted.

   Lilith then got on her dragon and hurried to catch him. Winston kept falling fast and Lilith flew down and caught him in her arms in time. As she landed, she laid him down and checked his pulse on his wrist.

"He's breathing..." she says.

"Is he alright?" Phil asked.

"He's alright. Just passed out over something..."

    Just then Winston started sobbing quietly and Lilith noticed and hugged him.

"It's alright... it's okay." She says as she consoles him.

    Winston couldn't stop crying as his trauma came back to him to the day his parents were killed by the car accident.

"Let's head back to the village. It's starting to become sunset." Lilith says as she carried Winston and everyone followed her back home.