The long run.

INTRO 

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My name is Rita I am one of the last ten remaining tils left on earth. We tils are strong,brave,and understanding. But their is a reason behind the fact that we are almost extinct are rivals the dem's have been trying very hard to find and destroy us. The dem's are deceitful and mischievous they are very tricky. 

This stroy begins with the single whisper of a dying mother. 

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I WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER

Moma don't leave me i need you please try to hold on, I said to my mother in a faint voice has she lay on her bed cold and shaking.

" Now listen carefully" she said with a beautiful tone in her voice (even though she's laying there dying) "I need you to promise me you will be strong and take care of your little brother for me."

" But mom" i said quietly."  my dear Rita i don't have much time left you and your brother are one of the last tils left on earth i need you to take your brother and find the last of our kind and form a meeting, there you will learn all of what you need to know all your questions will be answered. This will be hard but you can do it I have faith in you. Leo you can find in lyria just south of here. Take this and show it to him he will know who you are and why you are there. Be strong I love you.

I looked at what she had put in my hand it was made of a metal it looked like it had been broken up into several pieces, it was tied around a long piece of string i tied it around my neck and looked back down at my mother with a confused look.

I'm so confused what was she talking about. Did she know what she was talking about, all I know is that I'm in the middle of an ice covered plane and whatever advice I was given I believe I need to take it.

With a gasp for breath she was gone, she was sweep out from under me like the powdery snow under my feet. I looked behind me to make sure my little brother Erik was still sound a sleep,I turned back around and looked into my mother's eyes one last time and whispered I love you before I closed her eyes. I put her head in my lap has I rocked back and forth tears rolling down my face.

I started to think about what she had said it was confusing but I had always thought that there was something else that I was special in some way. Last year when I had turned eleven we had to go though a training ceremony and it was very easy for me it seemed to come naturally.

Some how my night was peaceful I felt at ease. It was like I was going through the years and watching all of the times my mom had seemed to want to tell me something but didn't I had never noticed this before. My Mom was always  full of pride, she made sure she was heard. How I have no clue ,but I felt has if she was watching over me.

Erik woke me at dawn, I got up and made him a breakfast of bread and fish,which was all we've had for breakfast since we left our home about two days a go and up until last night i had no clue where we were going.

I sat down beside him and I tried to explain in the best way I could that our mother had gone on to live with our ancestors. He didn't answer he just sat there in silence even though he is only five years old Erik is very intelligent.

Before breakfast we put a cover over our mom tied it around her and sent her down the river has she had asked when I was younger. As we watched her go down the river we sang an old song that our mother had taught us when our father had passed called the passing song. It goes like this.

            

                        Through the wind my spirit flows

                           In the lake my whispers whirl

                         Above the cloulds i am known

                           Tho an tho my time is gone

                              I shall remain I shall remain

                               Has a sprit in the wind

                            Has a whisper in the lake

                        Has known in the sky has i was known among the land

              

                    I shall remain i shall remain

    Has a memory among the living and has a god among the dead

                      

                 

We packed our camp and started south toward lyria. When we reached the top of a tall ice covered hill,we turned around and has we looked back at the raising sun their was a long lasting wisp of air that for some reason was more than a wisp of wind it was like a final wish of good luck. 

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The Searching 

We started across the plain. It didn't take long before we saw some lights in the distance. I was so excited I had all these questions I was about to run towered the light but Eric shouted out wait. But it was to late I'd took that first step and CRACK the ice breaks. AHHH! I let out a scream. Suddenly every thing went black.

Has I tried to pull my sister out of the ice there was a strange dark figure that looked like it was crawling up to me and my sister hurriedly. Not knowing what it was I was a little scared but when it reached us it stopped in mid track and stared down at my sister and I was also frozen because this was a wolf and I was very scared. It didn't seem like he wanted to hurt us it seemed like he was remembering us. The wolf came closer and I jumped back. He pulled my sister out of the hole and howeled.  

I heard a few more howels in the distince. I sat there thinking I eric would not live for much longer.