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Ferdinand

The wind howled gently throughout the forest. It wasn't dense but on a summer day, the trees above would cover a majority of the sunlight to penetrate the forest floor. Before, it was lush green grass, not trampled by children or other Ulaya, but now, it was covered in a layer of white snow. The leaves had come and gone in the blink of an eye and now the trees were left bare with nothing to protect them. not even a warm hand knitted sweater.

Within the snow sat Ferdinand. He hadn't expected it to snow since it was still only the eleventh month. He just stared as the snow drifted from overheads and through the bare branches. He raised a grey and black paw up with his pads up. He caught a snowflake but it melted almost immediately. He stared and thought to himself if there were any two snowflakes that were alike and would not melt at the touch of his paw.

Ferdinand didn't notice anything in the winter wonderland, but decided to himself silently that anything was better than sitting around like a duck in preparation for someone's dinner. The cold didn't bother Ferdinand at all. The heat was the one to get to him. It made him sweat. And he didn't like sweating. It felt disgusting up to his fur. He trotted about towards a random direction. He had no idea where he was headed and nor did he know who awaited him. Would it be a giant Ulaya with fire breathing abilities? Or a petite little female? or would no one come? Ferdinand just ignored it and continued to walk as snow fell from the heavens.

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The blue black and white Ulaya skipped out from behind a bush and to where some larger trees were. He almost didn't notice it but he saw a dark coated face with a rainbow headring and eyes. They looked unnatural but who was he to talk, his own coat was outrageous too. This other male seemed to be cold to be curled up like that in the hole in a tree. He stepped closer to this male slowly, trying his best to show no signs of hostility. It would be bad to have someone afraid of him because who would want to be hated? Ferdinand definitely didn't want to be.

"Hello... Who might you be?" Ferdinand asked as he examined the parts he could see of this male. He spoke softly but still loud enough so that he could be heard. He plopped his bottom with his tail down onto the floor a little to the side of the entrance of the tree's opening.

"Nice to meet you Susan." He said politely with a bow of his head. He recited this male's full name that he was told. He didn't know if they were on the terms of nicknames just yet. "I'm here because I like this weather." Ferdinand said with a smile on his face. He silently examined this Ulaya in his head, profiling him without making a large assumption. "And yourself? You seem cold to be hiding in that tree." He said softly. Ferdinand wasn't the kindest of people, so he held his tongue from saying anything stupid or mean. It was hard for him to while he lived with the passive female known as Hain.

Ferdinand smiled at this male named Susan. It was a female name but yet it belonged to a male. Ferdinand just left it without asking him about it. Some things were better left unsaid, right? "If you're finding a warm place, you can always return home with me." He said. He realized it was awkward. "No, not like. that but for the night" It sounded even more awkward. "GAH. For shelter!" He finally said something that didn't sound weird and perverted. He rubbed his head with his two front paws, while supporting himself with his hind legs. "Sorry for saying weird things." He apologized softly.

Ferdinand didn't think about what Hain would've said one bit. But then again, She would've just greeted him nicely and demanded to play something childish like tag or hide-and-go-seek. She was notorious for doing that to Ferdinand.

Ferdinand smiled back at him. He thought this Ulaya was pretty innocent so he felt like he could warm up to him. "I'm serious. It's a little ways over there." Fer said as he pointed to one direction. "or was it..." He began to be confused. He hadn't been in the forest this far from home before. "It's somewhere. that's for sure." He said confidently. It was embarrassing like this. He just wanted Hain to find him and take him home. Her wandering always made them find home again. "I'm sure it's around here somewhere, shall we head off to it?" Ferdinand said. Maybe if he tried to retrace his steps in the snow, they'd be able to find the home. Fer stood on all fours and shook the snow off of his butt while looking at Susan, seeing if he'd come along.

Ferdinand fluffed his tail to signify for Susan to follow him. It was followed by a command of 'let's go' but it was subtle. "We could probably find it." He said. He was confident that he'd be spotted by Hain for over a few meters and she'd come flying through the trees calling his name loudly. "And if we can't find it, a hollow tree sounds delightful." He said chuckling a little. The black, blue and white Ulaya hopped through the bush he had come from and started to back-track his steps. They were still fresh, even if the snow was falling ever so slightly. He determined which way he came from by the direction the pads on his paw was upside-down.

"If you don't hurry, I'll leave you behind." He said jokingly to Susan.

With a small yelp and a sudden additive of weight upon him, his knees gave away and down fell Ferdinand, Susan and all. He lay face first into cold snow. It wasn't the most pleasant thing, so Ferdinand had to get back at Susan. "Oh, you're gonna get it now." He said raising his head out of the snow. He tried to wiggle his way out of Susan's grip to try roll him over in the snow while getting all the snow stuck to his own fur onto Susan's black and rainbow patterned coat.
The blue, black and white pelted Ulaya had forgotten the original goal to reach a safe haven and was more interested in playing and getting back at Susan than anything right now, even if it was almost 5 degrees below 0.