The Girl in the Cloak

A Pool

The girl in the cloak and Fa were heading into the direction the star would rise every morning. It had been a week since the svern pup had started following the two of them. On this bright crimson day, they had finally reached the end of the heated desert they were struggling through for some time. The new territory they were in was almost familiar. They had reached a forest. The forest had always been the terrain the girl was most comfortable in. It warmed her to the core to know that the realm they were in had these forests to play around in. She didn't intend to linger but if it had to be done she would rather do it in a place with trees. It seemed the svern pup had never even been out of the sands before he carefully followed behind the girl, very aware of its surroundings. It made the girl giggle just how jumpy the fierce beast was. Three hours of walking through the forest had passed in an instant to the girl. She was having too much fun playing with the pup to really tell time. Fa kept them moving forward but the girl could tell she was enjoying the playtime as well.

"Just think," Fa started, "how that old cat Torikk would react to see a little kitten and a puppy playing in the trees." Both the girls started laughing. Torikk always swore he didn't hate dogs but would never go near one. It was a nice change of pace to think of the old days like that.

Fa-Lees heard trickling in the distance. She followed it and the girl followed her.

"Fa where are we heading?"

"Listen close little kitten and you will know." Fa started to jog so the girl and the pup did as well. Finally, after much weaving and climbing over roots and trees, the group saw what they were looking for. The trickle was now a roar as they laid eyes on a large beautiful waterfall. The falls collected into a mid-sized pool that returned to a river on one end. The girl picked up the pup and started with Fa down the rocky edge. She was so excited she had not even seen water for at least a week and now this. On the way down Fa started grabbing things she could see like decent size stones and bits of a broken tree. She would hand the girl what she couldn't carry, the pup even held a decent sized stick in its mouth. The group finally found the bottom of the descent and made their way to the pool.

"Give him a bath, you take one to. I will be there in a moment." Fa didn't even look back but the girl did as she asked. She stripped down and got in the water with the svern pup. The water around them both turned brown before gliding downriver. The girl started to scrub the svern. To her surprise, it just kept giving off the dirt. It took ten minutes of scrubbing before the water didn't cloud with his filth. What was even more surprising was the pup was now white. Every single piece of for was white as could be.

"I told you they were wise, genius hunters the entire species." The girl looked over to the word's point of origin and saw Fa. She was already nude, her body still surprised the girl and made her blush. She noticed that Fa's beautiful dark auburn hair was much longer now. It covered both of her nipples the way she had it separated. She actually made the girl lose track of breathing in the crimson light. The girl always knew she was beautiful but this was a first. She blushed and hid her face by dunking under the water and coming up with her hair covering her face. She heard Fa laugh then a bit of a splash and returned to normal. She frolicked some more with the svern pup until she was just too tuckered out. She and the pup got out together. Fa had already been out of the pool and was dressed again sitting by a fire with some water and plants in a stone makeshift pot.

"This might not taste the best but at least it won't make you throw up like some of the edible objects here will." The girl finished getting herself dressed and went to the pot. She dished up some for everyone. At first, it was hard to eat it tasted so poorly, but the more she did the better it became. It was unique in flavor but something she was actually enjoying. The two chatted a bit as the svern slept with his head still in his empty bowl. After only a half-hour had passed they both layer next to the fire and passed out. It was the last easy night they would have in this place.