Beyond the borders

Chapter 1

I was bored. Not just normal bored, but very bored. Super bored. Everyone was sleeping. So. Boring. I stood up and made my way to the entrance to the den. Bright yellow tinted light spilled through the entrance. I had seen it before, but it was still the brightest thing i had ever seen. I could walk out there and see the bright things that ly beyond, as easy as striped river vole.

I sighed. I couldn't do that. Slowly, i walked back to my family's sleeping space, and promptly sat on Géni.

"Mhirie!" she groaned sleepily. "Quit sitting on me!"

"Well, then wake! Up!" I yipped in her ear.

"Mfff?"

"Yes, now!"

"Mff.''

I got off her back and shoved my face in hers. "Pleeeeease?" I used my best 'please play with me because i'm adorable' face

"Alright.'' she agreed, and nudged my flank playfully.

Sometimes i feel sorry for my older sister. She has no littermates. Well, nether do i, but she is the oldest, and i am the youngest. Usually a vixen's first litter has many cubs. Some other times i feel kinda jealous. Géni is not really a cub, but a young vixen. She goes outside all the time. So do all of my older siblings. Harumph.

"Géni?" i asked, a little later, "what's it like outside?"

"Well, little Mhirie, why don't you find out when Ma wakes up." she said. "I think it's about time."

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"Are you sure about this?" My older brother, Ra'awent, asked.

"Yes, worry-worm!" i shouted.

"Hush! Ma scolded "close your eyes, Mhirie," i did. I felt her rest the tip of her brush on my bowed forehead. I heard the shuffling of pawsteps as my older siblings lined up behind us. My paws stumbled clumsily on the ground i did not know. I could feel the ground going up, and as it did, the small amount of light i could see through my eyelids got brighter. As the ground leveled out, i heard a low, gravely, voice. "Skulk of Kíro'ron, i present to you Mhirie, the last daughter of Oreá!"