Fetch

TW:Mentions of Animal Abuse, Violence, Racism, and some Blood. I completely understand that none of these are acceptable \*Except for blood\* and do not do any of these irl.

## Fetch

### Prologue

Sapphire's tears turned to ice as they fell down her soft cheeks. She let out a wail of pain and anger. She beat her fists on the grass. She looked up and saw him smile at her. She reached out to touch his jet red, soft hair, but tripped over his now icy headstone. ice formed around her, and the grave. She had iscolated herself from the cruel world, and the murderer who killed her best friend. The ice slowly turned red. She wasn't going to run anymore.

It was snowing. Snowy loved it. She could always play in it without worrying about humans trying to take her away, due to her furry white coat. She ran out of her den, and jumped into the snow. Her white fur soaked up some of the water, from her warm aura. She barked playfully, jumping around. Her mother, Leopard, walked out, ready to pick her up.

"NO!" Snowy said, knowing she was about to be scolded for coming out so early. She growled at her mother, a mad expression plastered on her usually warm face.

"Snowy, We have too. The Humans are going to take you away! Your going to be hurt!" Her mother said, worried, hiding the anger that longed to poison her.

Snowy hesitated, then followed her mother into the den, curling up into a ball. She used her fluffy/poofy tail to hide her face from her siblings. She wanted to know what freedom felt like, without your family holding you back and keeping you from doing fun stuff.

*She would never listen.* Snowy thought, whimpering. *She never wants me to be free. Im her slave.*

Leopard gave Snowy a glance. She sighed and walked out, ready to catch them dinner.

Snowy took this opprotunity. She dashed out the den's mostly covered enterance. She hesitated to just play in the snow, but shook her head. She was running away, She didn't have time to stop and think about her memories of when her father was still here, playing with her in the snow. She sighed, and continued sprinting across the white landscape. She ran through the valley, until she finally got to the forests. She wanted to be more cautious, seeing that pumas lived here.

*Same with bears.* She thought. *They're all hibernating though, so I need to just be quiet.*

She sprinted, letting the pads of her feet touch the ground ever so lightly, as to not disturb the wildlife around her. She slowly stopped, seeing some blue fur fly past her, out of the corner of Snowy's eyes. She sniffed.

Nothing.

....

She yelped as the Gray-Blue thing jumped onto her back, growling

*Ugh! Gotta keep this* thing *here! Then I can-*

"Oof!"

Sapphire had felt the white creature get on her hind legs, throwing her off. She barked, then charged at her again, pinning her to the ground.

*What?! Another pup? Impossible! Were the only other pack around here, besides MorningGlory's! Nobody else should be hunting!*

She loosened her grip on her prey, with a fierce expression on her face. Her victim squirmed around, eager to escape.

*Heh. Just a normal wolf, not a magical one. I guess..*

Sapphire sniffed her neck, trying to smell where she came from. She got off, and started licking her paws.

"What the-Hey!" The White bouncy thing opposed, "Are you seriously just gonna-" She took one look at her and calmed down a little. Her fur soothed itself.

"Oh. Hello." Sapphire said, still unmoved. "You are a weak fighter. Whats your name?"

"Uhm-Snowy. Yours?"

"Sapphire."

"Oh."

Sapphire got up, and turned into a human. She had blue-gray skin, the same color as her fur, and eyes the colors of Opals. Her dark blue-black hair was in a bun, with curtain bangs. She had a black little nose, similar to her pup's form. She picked Snowy up, and kissed the top of her head.

"Hehe. If your really that distracted, you really aren't one of us, are you?" She carried Snowy like a baby, her arms covered with puffy sleeves with jewels on them.

"Well, your with us now."

*Maybe she'll get powers as she ages..She's only a month younger than me, though..*

Sapphire held a squirming Snowy in her hands. She had to clutch her tightly, so her smooth and tiny body would have no chance of escaping her grasp. Snowy eventually stopped, asleep. Sapphire turned her over, slowly stopping. she reluctantly held her like a baby, and smiled at her. She held her normally again, and continued running.

Snowy woke up with a yawn. Sapphire looked down at her hands, and placed a blue collar on Snowy, similar to the color of Sapphire's skin, but much darker.
"EW! What is this thing!?" Snowy yelped, trying to bite it off.

"It's a admission collar. It shows your with me, since you don't live here."

"Ew, gross. I hate that you said that." Snowy flicked her puffy tail. "I'm not *with* you."

Sapphire shrugged, and turned into a pup again. She took a step off the cliff, but stayed in the air. She looked at Snowy, who was shocked. She took another step.

Now she was completely in mid air, above the tip of the cliff.

She took another, and then started walking straight.

"You should be able to see it if your a dog." Sapphire patted the blank area she was seemingly floating over. She smiled, and laughed. "Race you!"

Snowy got a running start before jumping. If she missed, it would already be over.

She jumped, and She did it. She landed on the platform.

*Ohh holy robo-jesus!* She said, suprised.

She gave the 'ground' below her a disbelieving look, and saw Sapphire giggling. She trotted over and walked next to her. She stole a glance at Sapphire, catching some of her facial details.

*Her eyes are so blue. It's like I'm staring into the ocean. Her face looks kind of like mine, except with leopard patterns on her face.*

Snowy looked away as Sapphire caught her staring.

"Sorry," Snowy said, staring at the ground.

Sapphire giggled. "It's fine." She stopped.

Snowy stopped too.

Sapphire put her paws in the air, like she was touching something. A small area began to glow blue, then it opened. Sapphire continued walking with Snowy behind her. Sapphire turned into a human, and picked up Snowy. She reached the other hand toward her chest and grabbed a Recurve Bow. Snowy was looking at the shiny, smooth arrow, wondering what she was planning to shoot.

*I guess she needs it to prove shes 'one-of-them'?*

"No. I just need a new one. This ones pretty old." Sapphire replied, guessing Snowy's thoughts.

"So...Where do you take it?" Snowy looked up at her.

"Hm..I guess you'll find out."

Snowy grumbled. She hated when other people didnt answer her. She thought they were making fun of her or thought she wouldn't understand.

*I can understand just fine! Ugh. This is annoying. Maybe if I act mature she'll tell me.*

Sapphire set Snowy down, and walked over to a small waterfall, and motioned for her to stay. Sapphire stood over the edge of the cliff where the waterfall started, and fell through.

Sapphire fell through the waterfall, and landed on blue and dark purple rock underneath the waterfall. She turned around, and saw the big open area filled with blacksmiths, bowyers, fletchers, and arrowsmiths. She walked over to a bowyer, and set her beautiful white and blue bow on the counter.

"A new one, please." She said quietly.

the bowyer nodded and took the bow, putting it in a crate. He grabbed a gigantic piece of wood, and set it next to him.

"Three weeks, tops." He said, nodding at her.

Sapphire nodded back, and walked back toward the waterfall, and jumped up through it. She landed back on the ground, where Snowy was standing. She wiped her chest with her hands, and stretched her arms.

"Well, I'm not going on any missions for...about two and a half weeks, I guess." She said with a bored sigh. She turned back into a pup, and saw her best friend, Amazonite.

Sapphire turned back into a human.

"Amazonite!" She yelled, running over to him. "Oh! I missed you!" She pulled him into a hug, slightly blushing.

Snowy sat down, and started licking her paws.

Amazonite looked down, and saw Snowy. "Aw, you took in a puppy!" He picked Snowy up, and smiled.

"HEY! PUT ME DOWN, STUPID IDIOT!" She yelled, thrashing in his hands.

Amazonite had two sets of arms. He had triangular shaped hair, with little tufts sticking out in some spots. He had a teardrop shaped gem on his bottom palm on his top hand to the right, and a triangular gem on the oppposite side. He snickered at Snowy's remark, however.

"Can she shapeshift?" He asked.

"No. Atleast..I don't *think* so.." Sapphire replied, carrying Snowy in her laid out palms.

”Ugh. *Thank you,* for holding me normally.” Snowy said, waving her tail. She made a ‘hmph’ sound and turned her head.

”Oh. Sorry.” Amazonite said, scratching the back of his head. He held Snowy again, this time with cupped hands, like Sapphire’s. He smiled softly at her.

Sapphire looked at Snowy after Amazonite set her down. She felt Amazonite staring at her, and she looked at him. She slightly blushed, and put her hands behind her back.

”Soo, Snowy. Where are you from?” Sapphire asked, trying to avoid awkwardness.

“Uhh. Definitely not here.” She said, sitting down.

Sapphire’s face lit up. She stood up to whisper something in Amazonite’s ear.

\*” Do you think she would be able to Shapeshift, even being a foreigner?”\*

Amazonite thought for a moment, then nodded slowly.

”WHAT?!” Sapphire yelled, stepping back. She looked at Snowy with a surprised expression. Her palms started to sweat, and she blinked several times. She looked like the world was ending, and she was a little butterfly who couldn't do anything to save herself. She looked...

*Trapped. Like me. They'll never let me go, not if I come back, which won't happen.* She planned inside her head, trying to find loopholes to go through.

There were none. She was still in the lion's den. She had to roar.

Somehow.

Snowy looked down. “I know already, I’m a disappointment.” She said, scratching at the floor.

Sapphire shook her head, "No, no, no. You're anything but a disappointment." She cupped her hands around Snowy's face, and kissed the top of her head. "You're just fine."

Snowy looked down, her ears pinned. Her tail was glued in between her legs. "Please don't lie to me," she said, looking away, upset.

"Aw. Snowball, I would never lie to you," she said in a soft tone. Sapphire picked her up, and hugged her. She felt cold to Snowy, but hugged her back anyway. She tried shapeshifting, and managed to turn into a human.

*AHHH! WHAT DID I JUST-*

Her hands were on the ground, keeping herself up just above Sapphire’s trembling figure. Snowy stood up slowly, trying to get used to ‘legs’.

“What?” Amazonite held fists, his stance like a swordsman’s.

Snowy looked down. She had White glittering Heels. She had a Completely white skirt, with a diamond on the tip. Her right leg was visible in between her skirt. She had a White corset, laced with black string. When she opened her arms, a Black, glittering fabric was hanging from her shoulder to her wrist. She had Black Diamond earrings, with her curly hair at Shoulder’s length.

Sapphire stood up next to her, holding her hands, inspecting them. “Beautiful! Your form came out so pretty, despite never transforming before. Mine was..”

”Petrifyingly Disgusting.” Amazonite finished, snickering.

Sapphire jumped, letting go of Snowy’s hands. “YOU-“ She grabbed his wrists.

Amazonite leaned in, and cut her palm.

Sapphire rolled her eyes and froze the cut, maki bc the ice red. She let go reluctantly, and turned back to Snowy.

”Well..I guess we can ask my mother..but I don’t know how well she’d take it…” Sapphire clasped her hands together and looked at Snowy.

*Okay. I can run away, right? Just try to turn back..*

Snowy was straining, and she looked like she was trying to-

“You okay?” Amazonite looked over, tapping his foot.

Snowy nodded. She felt like this was a bad idea. She didn’t trust Amazonite at all, and considering by that, he might tell Sapphire’s mother anyway.

”We should-“ Snowy started, “Tell your mother. For whatever reason-“

Sapphire started walking East and Amazonite shrugged, following. Snowy blinked in surprise.

*Okay then, I guess. We’re going this way? Let’s just hope Sapphire’s mother isn’t a lunatic.*

=== Chapter 10 | Sapphire | ==="You did *WHAT?!*" Sapphire's mother yelled.

"I'm sorry, Mom! I didn't know she would-" Sapphire began, worried.

"No. *Don't* test me," Her mother turned around, fanning herself with her blue and teal hand-fan. "And make sure to dump those broken peasants clogging our library tommorrow."

Sapphire sighed, rubbing her eyes.

*What's wrong with her? Can she ever have anything different here?*

....

*Am I different for liking the differences?*

She looked over at Amazonite, and hugged him. She buried her face in his chest. Sapphire felt his four arms hugging her.