Toklo
"Toklo!" Oka growled. "Do you know what happened at the field? Tobi died! And it's your fault staying near the BlackPath!"
"Excuse me?" Toklo snapped back. "You wanted to stay there and eat disgusting..."
"You're not my cub." Oka interrupted, harsher than ever. "Only my cub would be kind. Now go! Leave me alone! You see that bright star? That's a lone grizzly, surrounded by strangers. You're that nobody! Leave before I finish you off!
Pain stabbed Toklo's heart. He was cold from the water, and guilt from not seeing Tobi's death, leaving him with only one bear member. He shook his head. He didn't care!
"I'll go!" Toklo growled. "I can hunt on my own!" Even if that meant teaching myself... Toklo soon thought.
Toklo yawned and watched Oka walk away and lie depressed against a rock. He looked down at the water. Salmon seemed as if they were taunting him. He felt a fish sliver between his paws. Toklo looked down. This salmon seemed to float in place for a while; looking to where the stream led. Then the salmon swam slowly.
Toklo pounced at the fish. The fish darted and flopped in the air. "Hey!" Toklo snapped. "You're mine!"
He splashed in the water, occasionally trying to catch it. Fur clung to his pelt, making it harder for Toklo. Toklo skidded to a halt as the stream began to be a river. The current was too strong and Toklo was churned in the water, here and there, underwater and at the surface. His vision was blurry! He caught glimpse of the salmon one last time, then blacked out.
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The fish was aware that the bear wasn't swimming. He had a risk of dying. No; that can't happen. The fish felt himself change and carried the bear to a grove of trees, with sunlight blocked out of the beautiful green trees. He gathered some treeroots and catnip sap. Then, the odd animal put it in the bear's mouth. The bear moved. He opened his eyes.
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