I headed outside the city for this adventure. After talking to Asuka, or well running into Asuka, and talking about Harmony made me really want to go back to the cave.
Checking over my shoulder to make sure I wasn't being followed, I left the confinds of the city and stepped into welcoming forest. Once I was a little ways in, I was running on all fours, finally free of the human emotions- mainly stress- that wanted to bubble to the surface.
I loved being able to run freely without any restrictions, it felt awesome! Plus, I got all my senses hyped up! I could see far better than I could when I was a human, I could smell everything so much better as well, I was faster, stronger.
As I was nearing the caves, I caught wiff of a scent that I thought I had received on my way into the forest but had dismissed. Turning, I was able to pinpoint where the scent was coming from. Twitching my tail, I lept. I had pinned down a curious looking creature that I had never seen before. It looked like a mixture of a a fox and a racoon, though it looked more like a racoon than a fox.
The scent of the creature reminded me of someone. The scent wasn't that of a true blooded animal. I backed off. "You're a half breed aren't you?" I asked as I sat waiting for a reply.
The creature looked back at me. "Ya, it's me Asuka." Asuka laughed nervously.
Recognition hit me. "What are you doing following me?"
"Well, uh, Harmony intrigued me, and I was wondering if you could tell me more about it."
I sighed. Why not, she was a half breed just like I was. I needed to help out a fellow half breed. "Ya, sure. Follow me." I took off and disappeared into a bush, which was covering the enterance to the cave I was searching for.
Asuka was beind me as I headed for the center of the cave, where pictures were drawn all over the walls. I ran my hand along one particular picture, now a human. Asuka stayed as a Foxcoon, as I decided to call it.
"I believe this cave somehow holds the answers to finding the island, Harmony," I told her. "The caves show these half breeds living out in the world on there own away from people and animals, as none will accept them." I moved to another section of the wall. "And over here, you can see that they are living peacefully on Harmony Island."
"But, how do you get there?" Asuka asked looking the carvings over with wonder in her eyes.
"That's just it. The part where it shows how to get there is gone, removed somehow. You see the hole in the wall?" I pointed to the section that had been messed with so many years ago. "But, I believe that there is something in this cave that will help me find it. It's my mission to find it."
Asuka looked off into the distance. I took a seat and took out two apples, of which I had stolen from the market place before I had left. I handed her one and we ate in silence.
