🐻The Tribe🐻(Check out my last "The Tribe" blog, to understand this blog)

Chapter 8

“What do you mean…?”, I asked. Even Leo and Balder looked confused. Bobby shook his head.

“I had a vision”, he said.

“What does a vision matter? And what vision? And how do you get a vision? And that’s not possible! And can we go home now?”, Sam rambled. Bobby blinked. Then he told us to follow him. We went to a part of the camp where an entrance to something was lit by green fire torch thingys. I have to admit, it was pretty spooky. But inside, it was a bright, shiny place, with sunshine flowing down from a hole in the roof.

“I am the chirion. In your words, the Warner. Sometimes I have visions about the future problems. Until now, I have had small visions, about food shortages, and etc. But yesterday, I had a… horrible vision.”, Bobby said. He shuddered. Balder looked mad.

“You didn’t tell me Bobby, about this vision.”, Balder said in a quiet, but powerful voice. Bobby winced.

“Well… I was about to tell you…”, Bobby mumbled. Balder sighed, as Muck Nuck growled.

“So what’s the vision?”, Leo asked.

“It… was, I mean I was in our camp, like in Main Street. It was a normal day, but then I saw his face at the entrance of our camp.”. Bobby pointed at me. “Then… the camp was on fire, and the Pack appeared with the Black Panther at it’s lead, demolishing everything in their way.”, Bobby finished. Leo and Balder looked shocked. Jack looked impatient.

“Yeah, that’s all bad and all, but how does that explain how we can’t go home?”, Jack said.

“Well, you can’t.”, Balder said. Jack snorted.

“Then you can’t eat Burger King Mega Chicken Meat Burger forever.”

“I don't know what that burger mega meat thing is, but the Pack is patrolling the border to the mortal world.”, Balder said.

“So… ?”, Jack asked. “You guys can use some super ninja moves and your bears can fight off anything, right? So get us out of here!”, Jack yelled. Balder sighed.

“The thing is… we have to keep our forces here, in case the Pack decides to attack. And that will happen soon, but we don’t know when. Plus, it will take a whole army to break through the Pack’s defences. If we overpower the first wave, the Pack’s back-up group will crush us.”, he explained. Sam plopped on the ground.

“So, we can’t go home?”, Sam whimpered.

“Of course not!”, Jack said. “This is rubbish. All of this is wrong. No true. We can go wherever we want to.”, he said. Then without a word, he charged to the entrance, as a panther with a Pack warrior burst out of the ferns, and charged straight at him.

Chapter 9

Jack stumbled back.

“What the-”, he started to say. The panther barrelled towards him with the rider holding a very sharp looking spear. A guard tried to stop the intruders, but the panther overpowered the guard. When the guard swung his sword, the panther nimbly dodged and the rider wielded the spear in a deadly arce.

“THUNK”. I can still remember that moment, as the guard fell, the spear sticking out of his back.

“Charlie!”, Leo yelled. I ran towards Jack, as he tried to crawl away. I grabbed anything from the armory, as heavy footsteps sounded. As I got closer, I could see that it was… Moon? I closed my hand, hoping to feel a firm grip of a sword or a spear. But, with all my rotten luck, I held up a ring. My first instinct?

“Oh frick''. Second, I put the ring, THE ring-that-will-probably-vaporize-me. Yeah. Pretty stupid(but I do a lot of stupid things, so)of me. I was expecting a burst of flames and me dead, but amazingly, I didn’t die(3 cheers for me not dying). But I did, in fact, feel a sudden burst of energy, and I was racing through the grass instead of skipping, hopping, and jumping. I could feel something enclosed around my entire body, and even my face. I was startled for a moment, until I realized that it was a helmet sort of thing. The cool thing was that I could see more accurately, like those robots in movies about the future. I flew across the fields, closing in on the intruders, and Jack. But as fast as I could run, I knew I couldn’t run in time to stop the intruders. And a funny thing happened. My gut told me I needed a long range weapon, like a bow. I knew I didn’t have any, but as soon as I thought of it, a sleek, sturdy looking bow materialized out of thin air, in my hand. I instinctively reached behind my back, and in my other hand, was an arrow. I drew my bow, aimed, and fired. It was an impossible shot. Yet it was. My arrow sailed through the air, and hit the panther in the eye. The panther reared up, howling, as the rider slid off its back. The rider cursed in some forein language, and drew a wicked looking knife. I drew my bow back for another shot, but before I, or the Pack warrior could move, Moon barreled towards the enemy, swiping a paw that sent the warrior flying half way through the meadow. The enemy landed with a thud, and it’s eyes lolled back, apparently unconscious. I sighed, and as I did, the magic of the ring faded, leaving me, normal as before.

Chapter 10

“That, was INSANE”, Leo said. Balder said nothing. He still looked shocked. We were in the Tribe’s prison(Yes, they have a prison, but more like a dungeon), The panther was curled up sleeping. His eye had been wiped out(I hope you weren’t eating dinner), and the rider had a broken leg, fingers, and dislocated his shoulder. We were going to question the Pack warrior, but he still was asleep. Moon was beside me, grunting, and growling towards Fern in Bear Language. No doubt she was recounting the moment when she made that Pack warrior go flying. But as the warrior slowly opened his(He was a “he”)eyes, he looked up into our faces, sneering.

“So…”, he said. “What are you going to do with me.”. He said it in a way that we were the prisoners, and he was deciding what to do. Balder smashed his fist on the table. Even the bad-guy looked surprised.

“How dare you come into our camp, and kill our finest warriors!”, thundered Balder. I didn’t know that Balder could be so scary. Even the bad-guy looked scared for a minute. Then he recovered himself quickly.

“Well, then, what do you want?”, he asked.

“What do WE want?!”, Leo exploded. Balder shushed him.

“Tell us the Pack’s plans. Why did you come here?”, Balder said.

“And if I don’t?”, the bad dude asked. Balder looked at me. I felt a bit uncomfortable. I willed the ring to perform its magic. I was covered once again, in magical armor and a helmet. My friends told me that my armor was made out of Imperial Honey(Enchanted Honey), and my helmet was shaped like a bear’s head, which was disturbing. To simplify, I looked like a small, golden bear. As I turned into the golden bear, the Pack warrior didn’t even flinch.

“So, you Tribe people have finally found a loser that can hold the power, almost as powerful as the Necklace itself.”, he sneered. I thought of a double-edged blade sword, and I suddenly held a sword under his chin. The bad guy finally looked scared. He gulped, and said, “Fine. What do you want to know?”. Balder smiled.

“First, swear on the River Bane that you'll tell the truth.”, he said.

“I swear on the River Bane by your words.”, the enemy said. A chill went through my bones as I heard those words.

“Now… What are you doing here?”, asked Balder. The bad-guy sighed.

“Well, we-”. Sam interrupted, “We?”. The bad guy rolled his eyes

“Me and my panther. Duh. Anyway, we tried to kill or capture the Chosen One.”. The bad-guy said the Chosen One, like a person, say who liked bears, saw a person eating gummybears, and saying their names like a disgrace to all bears.

“Whoa, what’s The Chosen One?”, Jack asked. The Bad-guy raised his eyebrows.

“Your little friends here didn’t tell you? Well, the Chosen one”, the Bad-Guy said in again, a mocking voice. “The Chosen One is supposed to save the Tribe and defeat the Black Panther. As far as I know, the last person who tried to duel the Black Panther and his panther, Ajax, got ripped to shreds.”. I gulped.

“And… I have to face this… Pack?”, I asked.

“Of course not!”, Jack said. “We can just-”, Bobby interrupted. He was so quiet I almost forgot he was there.

“We talked about this. You can’t just walk out. The Pack will defend the borders fiercely. We can’t risk it.”, he said. The bad-guy smiled cruelly.

“Yes. We have stationed our armies everywhere in our territory. Even if you beat one legion, others will follow suit, and destroy you all.”, he said gleefully.

“Then… that’s it? We can’t go home? We’re all toast?”, Sam asked in a small voice. Blader straightened up.

“No.”, he said. “You must prepare. We must all prepare. Leo, take our friends to the armory, and the nursery. You know what to do. I will train our warriors to their fullest.”, Balder added.

Leo gestured for us to follow.

“First, you must go to the nursery, and get your companion.”, Leo said.

“What will happen to the Bad-Guy?”, I asked. Leo looked surprised.

“Well isn’t it obvious? That’s Billy, the Black Panther’s most skilled general. Why do you think he came alone? Anyway, we’re keeping him prisoner.”, he explained. We walked quickly to the nursery.

“So… What do we do?”, Jack asked.

“Good question. You just need to walk around, and you just get a feeling.”, Leo answered.

“So… Is my sudden feeling for that weird dolphin-with-wings-and-a-unicorn-horn that feeling you talked about?”, Sam asked.

“Um… That’s a Uniphin, one of the last in it’s kind. She’s very shy. If you can get her to meet you in the eyes…”, Leo was saying. But Sam had already become “friends”, with the Uniphin.

“Does she have a name?”, Sam asked.

“Well, her name is Bellatrix. It means “female warrior”, in latin. I don’t know why though. I never saw her fight before. As far as I know, she’s very peaceful.”, Leo explained.

“Well, she’s my new friend!”, Sam declared.

“Then repeat after me. I, say-your-name, swear by the River Bane that I will protect say-your-future-best-buddy’s-name with my life, even at the cost of my life, as she does with mine.”, Leo said. Sam did as she was told

“I, Samira-Al-a-Ba, swear by the River Bane that I will protect Bellatrix’s life, even at the cost of my life, as she does with mine.”. Bellatrix nodded earnestly.

“Well, there you go!”, Leo said. He turned to face me and Jack.

“How about you two?”, he asked. Jack stared longingly at the majestic, huge bird.

“Well, I’m a bit interested in that bird.”, he said.

“He is a descendant from the dragons. He is an eagle, and he’s very powerful. Also, coincidently, his name is Jackson.”, Leo introduced. Jackson cawed. Well, it was more like a roar actually. Jack knew what to do.

“I, Jack, swear by the River Bane that I will protect Jackson’s life, even at the cost of my life, as he does with mine”. Jackson roared appreciatively. Everyone looked at me. I looked at Moon. She looked at me.

“Well, how do you feel about bonding with me, buddy?”, I asked.

“I, Roy Lee, swear by the River Bane, that I will protect Moon’s life, even at the cost of my life, as she does with mine.”, I said. Moon fell back on all 4 paws, and bowed her head. A sign of honor.

“So… What happens if a person or bear or animal breaks the vow?”, Jack asked.

“Well, you die of course! Or get banished forever from the Tribe or Pack. Anyway, are you guys ready for shopping for deadly weapons?”, Leo said cheerfully.

Chapter 11

I was NOT ready to go shopping for deadly weapons. For one thing, I was almost decapitated by a flying pineapple. We were passing through the restaurants, when a pineapple flew out of nowhere, and went straight for my head. If Moon didn't throw out her paw and blocked the pineapple, I would have been forever known as the Headless Wonder of Pineapple. A guy pooped his head out of a window, and yelled “Sorry!”, to us, and popped his head back in to shout at another person inside. Leo rolled his eyes.

“Chefs. Always fighting what to make for dinner.”, he said. We went into a stone building.

“Wait… Isn’t the armoury that way?”, Jack asked, pointing to the other side.

“Well, we have 2 armouries, and this one has more weapons, more likely suitable for you guys.”, Leo answered. We went past a wall full of weapons, like bows, quivers, arows, swords, shields, spears, daggers, and armor. We were going past the “Long range section”, when Jack stopped. He was looking at a shiny, red bow, and a quiver that had the same unusual color.

“What is that?”, Jack asked. Leo said that it was made of Red Fire Wood, and it was pretty powerful. The quiver was empty, but according to Leo, when the user put his or her hand into it, an arrow would appear. Leo explained that the bow was enchanted, “Infinity”. He. or she could pull out explosives too.

“Can I, you know, have that?”, Jack asked Leo.

“Sure. You guys can pick any weapon that you think is suitable for you”, Leo answered. Sam went back to the “Swords, and Pointy Stuff” section, and pulled out twin blades as gold as Honey.

“That’s the Twin Swords of Honey. It’s made of enchanted gold.”, Leo said.

Oh yeah, I can work with these”, Sam said. Leo looked at me. I looked at my ring. Then I willed it to do it’s voodoo magic, and I was again, in golden armor. Leo grinned.

“This is excellent. Legend says that you can get any weapon, made of Enchanted Honey, by just thinking of it!”, Leo said. I thought of a sword, and a double edged sword appeared in my hands. I thought of a hotdog, but sadly, a hotdog did not appear in my hand.