Faaen's Voyage

Faaen's Voyage

##### General Information

Faaen is a slender, agile, female canine. This enthralling tale tells the story of Faaen and all her associates. Faaen is an ordinary dog, roaming the ruins of the twoleg city named "Memphis", in the state of "Tenesee" as the dogs and other a imals have learned. Read more if you would like to find out more.

Note: This story does contain : Mild Gore, Abuse, Lots Of Action. If you personally do not like any of this, please click off of the story.

The Prophecy

##### The Beginning

Faaen was told, long ago, of a prophecy, by her father, Desser. Faaen was told that one day, a brave dog would venture the forest, seeking a new habitat for the dogs that lived in Memphis. Desser told her, "We cannot live in this crumpling city forever, my love.", which Faaen was rather confused why.

Faaen asked her father one night, as they were sitting with their packmates, "Father? W-Why can't we stay here forever? We have our lives here. And enough food to last us." She whined softly as she said this. Desser looked into his daughter's sparkling torquoise eyes, and said, "We may have that now, but later... it will all run out. This city is caving in. We cannot stay."

##### Nightfall

Late that night, Faaen was thinking. *Am I the one? Am I supposed to lead these dogs to their safety?* Faaen pondered, her breath in rythm with that of her father's, who was sleeping soundly next to her, his brown pelt glistening in the crescent moon light.

##### Morning

The next morning, Faaen awoke, noticing her father's small nest of crumpled cloth empty, the small strands of hay stirring with the coming wind. Faaen got up, her small bones aching. She turned her head, peering in all directions, to see if Desser was anywhere within eyesight. She could not detect the pelt amongst the others brown and black pelts.

Faaen noticed Raet, the head warleader, talking to Yeae and Starnigh, conversing together, merrilly. Faaen padded over to them, light on her toes, barely making noise, as to not awake the slumbering pack. She tugged on Raet's russet colored pelt, and he turned to the young pup, and smiled.

"What brings you here, Faaen? Early bird?" But Raet sooned stopped, noticing the slight distress in Faaen's eyes. "D-Do you know where... where Desser, my father, is?"

Raet stopped, to ponder the question. Silence swooped over the four dogs. Raet found the answer, then said, "Sorry, Faaen, hadn't seen him since last night." And Raet turned to Yeae and Starnigh, hoping to get a more positive answer, but both just shurgged their shoulders, shaking their heads, concluding the unknown whereabouts of the dog.

Then, a shrill yowl rang out, and echoed through the foilage of the clearing. Raet, eyes wide, said, "That sounds like Tuaeb!" and with a clear howl, the others awoke, chattering about Tuaeb.

Raet led the way, followed by Starnigh, Yeae, and others. Faaen darted through the stalky legs, trying not to be shoved to the back. Then silence gripped over the dogs, and each stood frozen like a statue.

Faaen squirmed to the front of the shaken dogs, and saw a gruesome sight. She saw Tuaeb and Desser, crumpled on the ground, a crimson color spurting from wounds along their bodies. Faaen gasped, and rushed to her father's side. His eyes were, closed, but two final, shaky, painful words came out, "Lead.. them.." his voice was hoarse, hardly a whisper, and finally, after the last word, there was no more.

Faaen shook her father's head gently, "F-Father? D-Dad? Dad!?" Faaen's voice broke, and tears fell down her cheeks. Raet spoke softly, "Come here Faaen." and Faaen reluctantly, sniffling, trudged unwillingly towards Raet.

##### Dusk-Night

That night, they all said their goodbyes to the two fallen dogs. Raet had sent Starnigh and Tremmar to bury the bodies. Faaen took comfort in Raet's words,

"Stay strong, young fawn, and the spirits shall light though way, and like a mighty deer you shall rise, and cages, shackles, gone."

The Coping

##### Moons Later...

Moons had passed since Desser and Tuab's deaths, and Faaen had not coped well. The other pups excluded her, calling her a 'mute' and 'weird'. Faaen was now 4 moons, and did not listen to the others painful and humiliating words.

Faaen was taken under Raet's wing, and Faaen grew accustomed to him, slowly leaning into the idea of 'adoption'. Raet had avoided the woodlands for a while, and Faaen did too, as nobody knew exactly what had attacked the two unfortunate souls, moons earlier.

Rumors had gone that a bear had killed them, and others thought rogues. Faaen was not in the mood at all to listen to these rumors, and spent most of her time in the small clearing filled with flowers and a meadow.

Faaen became "a rock", being prone to most emotions, as many had noticed she didn't laugh or cry, and rather shrugged and moved on. Faaen had become enclosed by a wall, and became ignorant of the others, but Raet hadn't given up on her just yet.

##### One Moon Later...

A moon passed, and Faaen was 5 moons old. In exactly one moon, she would become a trainee, under the advision of a trainer, who would train her to become a hunter or a fighter, and to help provide food and shelter for the pack.

Faaen had small amounts of training with Raet, and watched, keenly, as the other trainees and their trainers were training, and were rather skilled at it. Faaen wondered if she'd ever be good enough.

Ceremony

##### One More Moon....

Faaen had just turned 6 moons, and today would be her ceremony. Faaen was not cheerful, and, rather, she was saddened. She had hoped Desser would still be here, ready to watch, eagerly giving the pep talk all future trainees get by their fathers.

Faaen realized that she hadn't heard who'd be giving her the talk, but the only one she could think of was Raet. Faaen generally liked Raet, but now she felt that Raet was coming on too strong about becoming her new father.

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