“Do you think I’ll get my animal this Dad?” Navi was happily bouncing around her father as her, her dad, and her two sisters walked to the shaman’s hut.
Nazario chuckled, “We can only hope so Nevaeh. But, I do have a feeling this will be the time.”
“Yay! Then let’s hurry, come on! Let’s go!” She grabbed his hand and started pulling him to go faster.
Araceli scoffed while rolling her eyes. “We’ve been through this two times already, what honestly makes you think this time will work?”
Selena put a hand on Araceli’s shoulder, squeezing somewhat hard “ Sister,” she glared. “You must have faith. I’m sure Neveah will find her animal companion this time.”
Navi grinned and stuck her tongue out at Araceli. “Then let’s go!” She pulled her dad even faster.
Navi sat cross legged in the center of the large hut. Candles were everywhere, making Navi sweatier than she already was. In front of her was a pedestal,where the chief stood Many others, including her sisters, were standing in a circle around her. Navi herself was twiddling her fingers and rocking back and forth. If she didn’t get it this time there won't be another chance for her. She had to do it this time she had to.
The Shaman and her father entered the room, the shaman holding a bowl of purple liquid. Her father walked over to the pedestal and began to talk. “ We’re here to grant this young one our tribe’s great and noble power. Such has been done with everyone else in this very room,” He gestured over to Navi who gave a wide grin.
The shaman walked over to Navi and bowed, handing her the bowl. “ Are you ready this time, young one?” She asked.
Navi took the bowl and nodded. “ I’ll get it this time, I promise. I won’t quit until I do.
The Shaman stood and nodded. “Then let this ritual continue. This girl, will enter with one soul, and leave with two.”
Navi took a drink from the bowl, and her eyes closed.
Navi woke in a stone temple, one she was familiar with. She walked through it, coming to its large doors. When she opened them she was greeted to a jungle, filled with many white, translucent animals. Large ones from elephants to giraffes and smaller creatures like monkeys and snakes. She tried grabbing at a snake near her feet. The snake didn’t even acknowledge her and slithered through her hand.
Navi sighed. “ I will get my animal this time.” She started running through the jungle, trying to grab as many animals she could reach. Everytime she would touch one the animals they would continue on as if nothing happened and go through her hands. “Come back! Why won’t any of you stop for me? Please!” Navi yelled at the top of her lungs.
The jungle around her shifted and Navi was lifted into the air. When she landed, she was in a savannah like area. Birds like hawks and falcons circled above her and a herd of zebras went through her completely. “ Come on!” She yelled while stomping her hoof into the ground. “ This isn’t fair, I want my animal!” She chased after the zebras, trying to grab one of them, only again, nothing happened.
Navi heard a humming behind her and she stopped, A beam of light had risen into the sky and she frowned. Her time has run up, again. That light was a beacon back to the temple, if she went back she’d lose her last chance. She shook her head and ran in the opposite direction of the light. “I’m not giving up, I won’t! I will not leave until I get my animal!”
Then, the ground under her started to shake and crack open. She tried running faster but eventually the ground swallowed her up, falling deep within the ground. She landed with a hard thud onto a rock floor of a cave filled crevice. She slowly stood, pain filling her entire body. She looked around the crevice, seeing no way to climb back up.
“ No...No! This isn’t fair!” Tears fell from her eyes. “Why?! Why me?”
“Aww poor child, why do you weep?”
Navi looked around trying to find the voice. “ Who’s there?” she sniffled.
A large black sabertooth with red stripes walked from one of the caves. It had a sabertooth skull, a chain around its neck and weapons stuck out of its back, yet they didn’t seem to affect it. The sabertooth walked over to Navi and rubbed its skull on her chest. It was much more opaque than the other animals “I see now, you want your animal.”
Navi nodded. “ C..can you help?”
The sabertooth smiled, “ Well of course!” It lifted its head and circled around her. “ I can be your animal..if you’d like.”
Navi grinned and her tails were wagging, “Really?! That would be so great! You’d have no idea how happy that makes me! Thank you!”
It let out a soft chuckle and moved in close to whisper in her ear, “It’s my pleasure child, you’ll be doing me a great service as well.”
The room swirled around Navi as her vision went blurry. She felt a warm, red, glow surround her.
Navi woke and the world seemed to be larger. She looked at her hands, only to see that they were replaced by paws. She turned her head and neck, trying to examine the rest of her body. She saw her entire body was cat shaped and she saw her red stripes. She’d finally done it.
Navi leaped into the air, letting out happy grunts. “ I did it! I did it! Dad are you pro-”
Navi looked up at her father, only to see that he had a shocked expression, as did everyone else in the circle. There were multiple whispers around her. She folded her ears down, did she do something wrong?
Noticing her concern, Selena walked over to Navi and smiled. “ Congratulations, Nevaeh you’ve done it. You’re a sabertooth.” She transformed into a snowy owl. “ Come on, let’s try out your new body.” She flew out of the hut and Navi followed her.
Nazario looked over to the Shaman, concern in his eyes.. “ A black sabertooth..”
The Shaman nodded. “Ekita has found her champion. Watch over her carefully. If pushed in the wrong direction she may lead to destruction, of us and herself.”
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