colors.
“Did you find yourself a snack girl?”
Thad asked the humor evident in his voice.
Avalanche bounced around barking at the
offending wall that was between it and its treasure. To help out
his little friend Thad blasted at the wall getting a frightened
yelp from Avalanche as rocks showered around them. As soon as the
dust settled Avalanche searched the ground for pieces of gems
sucking down any that he found. As soon as the ground was clean he
went straight back to the wall and began clawing at a now exposed,
rather large gem.
Walking over to the wall Thad placed
his hand on the rocks surfaces and began to turn the rock around
the large gem to sand. As soon as the gem was free it quickly
disappeared into Avalanches maw.
With his hunger sated Avalanche found a
comfortable place on the ground and curled up for a nap. Laughing
Thad removed a few of the larger gems from the wall in case
Avalanche got hungry when there wasn’t such a nice cache of food
available.
After setting up his magical walls on
the two entrances into the small section of cave Thad sat down next
to Avalanche and gently stroked the animals head. It was nice to
know that it could find its own food though it did seem as if it
had a bit of trouble getting to it. With that thought in mind Thad
wondered if that had been what happened when he had met the
creature. Had it been trying to get to a cache of food when the
wall had collapsed down on it? He wished he could go back and check
to see if that had been the case but it didn’t really matter in the
end. He just hoped Avalanche didn’t cause the same thing to happen
when he was around.
Laying down Thad continued to rub
Avalanche’s back as he pulled one of Maria’s letters from the pack.
It was one he had read so many times he could recite it without
looking at it. It was odd but the words on the page comforted him,
as if he could hear Maria’s voice when he read them.
After the third time reading through
the letter Avalanche laid her head down across Thad’s knees. As
heavy as Avalanche looked he felt heavier, after failing to lift
Avalanche’s head from his legs he began to beg his new friend to
lift her head. She finally complied giving him a strange look while
tilting her head slightly to the side.
Hoping that Avalanche wouldn’t squash
while he slept, Thad moved over to the side of the small room and
lay down to sleep. His legs still ached a little from the loss of
blood but even with the slight discomfort it didn’t take long for
Thad to fall into a peaceful slumber.
CHAPTER VI
As the days passed the river began to
grow slightly wider and was now more than six feet across. At the
same time it had grown more shallow and less and less fish were
seen in its depths. If the trend continued Thad would either have
to turn back and take one of the many offshoots that had sprouted
from the river or continue on and risk running out of
food.
Avalanche had found two more places for
her food in that time and Thad had enough gems to keep her fed for
nearly a fortnight. Avalanche didn’t need to eat every day and
usually went three or four days without begging Thad for a
treat.
He only wished Avalanche was as skilled
at finding his food as it was her own. When he noticed the
dwindling food supply he took a few days to stock up on what he
could carry. With the cold temperature of the caves he didn’t have
to worry about the cooked meat spoiling quickly but even with that
it wouldn’t last long.
With the widening of the river the
ledge he had to walk on had decreased and more than once he had
found himself having to walk across the water. He had learned that
Avalanche didn’t swim, as the saying went the poor thing sunk like
a rock. She began showing a great distaste of the water. After the
first attempt Thad had simply levitated Avalanche over the areas
where there wasn’t a place to walk.
Wherever Avalanche was set down she
would go to the waters edge and bark for a short time. It was
“Did you find yourself a snack girl?”
Thad asked the humor evident in his voice.
Avalanche bounced around barking at the
offending wall that was between it and its treasure. To help out
his little friend Thad blasted at the wall getting a frightened
yelp from Avalanche as rocks showered around them. As soon as the
dust settled Avalanche searched the ground for pieces of gems
sucking down any that he found. As soon as the ground was clean he
went straight back to the wall and began clawing at a now exposed,
rather large gem.
Walking over to the wall Thad placed
his hand on the rocks surfaces and began to turn the rock around
the large gem to sand. As soon as the gem was free it quickly
disappeared into Avalanches maw.
With his hunger sated Avalanche found a
comfortable place on the ground and curled up for a nap. Laughing
Thad removed a few of the larger gems from the wall in case
Avalanche got hungry when there wasn’t such a nice cache of food
available.
After setting up his magical walls on
the two entrances into the small section of cave Thad sat down next
to Avalanche and gently stroked the animals head. It was nice to
know that it could find its own food though it did seem as if it
had a bit of trouble getting to it. With that thought in mind Thad
wondered if that had been what happened when he had met the
creature. Had it been trying to get to a cache of food when the
wall had collapsed down on it? He wished he could go back and check
to see if that had been the case but it didn’t really matter in the
end. He just hoped Avalanche didn’t cause the same thing to happen
when he was around.
Laying down Thad continued to rub
Avalanche’s back as he pulled one of Maria’s letters from the pack.
It was one he had read so many times he could recite it without
looking at it. It was odd but the words on the page comforted him,
as if he could hear Maria’s voice when he read them.
After the third time reading through
the letter Avalanche laid her head down across Thad’s knees. As
heavy as Avalanche looked he felt heavier, after failing to lift
Avalanche’s head from his legs he began to beg his new friend to
lift her head. She finally complied giving him a strange look while
tilting her head slightly to the side.
Hoping that Avalanche wouldn’t squash
while he slept, Thad moved over to the side of the small room and
lay down to sleep. His legs still ached a little from the loss of
blood but even with the slight discomfort it didn’t take long for
Thad to fall into a peaceful slumber.
CHAPTER VI
As the days passed the river began to
grow slightly wider and was now more than six feet across. At the
same time it had grown more shallow and less and less fish were
seen in its depths. If the trend continued Thad would either have
to turn back and take one of the many offshoots that had sprouted
from the river or continue on and risk running out of
food.
Avalanche had found two more places for
her food in that time and Thad had enough gems to keep her fed for
nearly a fortnight. Avalanche didn’t need to eat every day and
usually went three or four days without begging Thad for a
treat.
He only wished Avalanche was as skilled
at finding his food as it was her own. When he noticed the
dwindling food supply he took a few days to stock up on what he
could carry. With the cold temperature of the caves he didn’t have
to worry about the cooked meat spoiling quickly but even with that
it wouldn’t last long.
With the widening of the river the
ledge he had to walk on had decreased and more than once he had
found himself having to walk across the water. He had learned that
Avalanche didn’t swim, as the saying went the poor thing sunk like
a rock. She began showing a great distaste of the water. After the
first attempt Thad had simply levitated Avalanche over the areas
where there wasn’t a place to walk.
Wherever Avalanche was set down she
would go to the waters edge and bark for a short time. It was
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