Pick Your Path: Book 1

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You immediately reach out to try an snag a branch that was near by, hoping that it was sturdy enough to support you weight. The first branch you grabbed bent down, almost as it it was going to snap, but it didn't. You breath a sigh of relief as you pull yourself onto the branch. No major injuries, as far as you could tell. You jump to the ground which wasn't very far away.

" (Y/n)?" Rose leaped down beside you, her tail swayed. " You alright?"

" Yeah." You responded as you brushed off some of th leaves and stray twigs that attached themselves to you on the way down.

" We should move.. I think." Rose started walking towards a hole in the stone wall. " It looks like it's going to rain.." you follow after Rose, glancing up at the sky to see slightly darkening clouds. Rose disappears into the hole with you following close behind.

" Where do we go?" you as as Rose leads the way down a tunnel.

" I don't know yet.." Rose shrugged. " As long as we don't run into Will or Ell.." she trailed off as she heard hooves clopping on the stone ground.

" Spoke too soon.." you lower your voice as Rose grabs your have, dragging you down a side tunnel. Her purple and white tail swayed quickly as she looked around.

" Hurry." she said urgently. She dragged you down the hall before wing beats reach both your ears.

" What's that? Will?" you ask nervously.

" No.. different scent.." Rose muttered. " Some one el-" a sharp Yelp sounded out as a blur of tan, black, and white shouldered Rose away and down the hall.

" Rose!" You yell as she was sent tumbling away.

" Run!" was her only response as she leaped to her paws, recovering from the hit. She gave a growl. " Get out of here!" you hesitated but ended up backing away from the two half-breeds and jump onto a board down a hall. The board started to slope down, so you ended up sliding down a hill, losing control very quickly. As your slid, you caught a flash of white feathers? Fur? You couldn't really tell since you were send flying past it on your way down. You continued to slide down, spotting the end of the hall.

' Finally!' you thought, relieved to get off this hill. Your relief was short lived as what lied beyond the hill came into view. A series of tall blunt rocks dotted the area, with a long drop down to the bottom of the cavern. The roof was far up, too far to see. You look around, only to find nothing to help slow you down much less stop you. As you slide down the hall and into the cavern, the tunnel opens up, veering the left. You immediately throw yourself to the left of the board to keep from sliding off the edge. The board tilts to the left before slamming against the wall, bouncing against it and couple of times. The hill curved to the right and around in a downward spiral. Your board bounced around, at one point facing backwards but then turned back to the front. As it turned back to the front, a sheer drop greeted you. Your eyes widened as the board was sent flying off the ledge and falling towards the unseen ground below.

Your scream echoes off the the cavern walls as you faintly hear wing beats somewhere behind you. You payed no attention to it. You were too occupied at the moment trying to find something that could potentially stop your fall. Anything at all! A lever on the board, a rock ledge that could be grabbed onto?? Anything?! The board clips against a rock, sending it spinning onto it's side. Somewhere along the fall, you hit your head in something, so you don't remember much from the fall..

By the time you managed to make out what was happening, sort of, you were on the slightly curved edge of one of the rocks that jutted from the ground. Faint wing beats sounded in your ears as someone landed nearby. A blurred image of a tail of pure white feathers with midnight blue tips  swayed into view for a second before swaying out. You couldn't see who the tail belonged to considering the fact that when you attempted to move, a hand reached out to stop you.

".. Don't stress yourself.." a voice spoke clearly, almost as if it was directly in your mind. As if to obey him, your body relaxes. A hand gently guides you to lay down against the rock. " Don't worry, I'm no threat, there's nothing that could harm you here." as he spoke, a hand gently touched your temple area, " Rest for now.." with those words echoing in your mind, you drift off into a dreamless sleep..

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By what I see, Ellie's back at it with her tricks and mind bending games again.. From what I can gather, it started off with Rose. Then they went outside and back in because of the storm. That's where Ellie came in, attacking Rose, probably just because she got in the way of Ellie's game. Hm.. I'll have to ask when she wake up. Sleep well, I'll see you when you awaken, ( Y/n). ~ ???

(Y/n) better not get into any trouble or I'm going to get into trouble myself with Kurama.. Well maybe not.. I don't know. Just be safe, okay, ( Y/n)? ~ Rose

Oh great... (Y/n) got away again.. what's wrong with wanting to play a game? Can't a gazelle just play a game with a new member of the group? I don't understand.. Am I doing something wrong? Or is it just the fact of what I am.. Why can't I? .. Sometimes I feel like Will and Cassie are the only two accept me for who I really am. Well I mean they're the only two who know really.. I don't know if I should tell anyone else. Hope (Y/n) doesn't run into Peter.. that would be bad. Stay safe, ( Y/n). ~ Ellie