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 Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 1:49 pm
Wolfie kicked through the trash. there was no sign of any foul play with it...or any creature like a bear. How unusual it was for the can to be out this far. A bucket laid pressed up against a tree nearby. That was out of place too. Was it there before the snowfall or after? She couldnt tell, the wind picking up the snow and drifting it over its surface.
Something landed near her and Wolfie jumped. Carefully reaching into her back pocket she pulled out her multi-purpose tool. It wasnt much as far as protection went, but it was better than nothing. She scanned the area for what made the noise. Taking a few uneasy steps, she eased towards the object on the ground. Splintered board? Board?
Wolfie tumbled that concept over in her head for a few minutes and remember that Aunt Bea had mentioned that there were a couple of chambers of the cellar out as far as the woods. Wolfie had always thought that both strange and a myth. Why would anyone extend a cellar farther than a house? It made no sense. Yet here was board. She looked up into the trees just to make sure one of her stands wasnt coming down. Sure...that had to be the explaination of things.
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:05 pm
Alaster and Calendery were warm in Wolfies jacket. They took turns poking their head out of the opening at the top to sniff the air. Alaster's turn came and he sniffed. Wolife jumped scaring the pup's. They squealed at her and tucked their body's closer to her's.
Hearing crunching ice above her and the familiar sound of the pup's she had been raising, Lion bent back down to the floor of the hole. Feeling around with her hands. Her hand found another board. This one was to big to throw. "Throwing this up there might hurt someone if they were near or one of the pup's if they made it this far out." She told herself. Laying it back down she continued to feel for something else to throw. Sliding her feet along the floor, she shuffled herself close to the shelf. "Where is that glass bottle?" she spoke in a low tone determined now that someone had to be up there. Getting to the shelf, Lion squinted her eyes so that maybe it would help her see better in the dim light. Seeing a glint of light reflecting off the bottle, she grabbed for it. Holding it tight so it wouldn't fall and break. Lion felt warmth in her hands as she shuffled back to the opening. Lion looked at her hands clasped around the bottle. It was glowing! Scared of what she held she quickly tossed it up and out of the hole and yelled once more. "HELLO, CAN YOU HEAR ME? ANYONE? I"M STUCK IN A HOLE, PLEASE HELP ME!
Lion looked down at her still warm hands wondering, "What in the world was in that bottle?" She put her hands in the pockets of her jeans.
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:18 pm
Wolfie watched as a glowing light shot up out of the ground. She ducked instintively and watched the bottle land in the snow. She moved quicker to this object...the glow was too bright to be man-made. With excitement she picked up the bottle.
"Well, Ill be..." Wolfie dazed off for a moment turning the bottle over in her hands. "Its a moonstone in a bottle. Evermoon was right...there are more of these things around." She paused and looked down. Only feet from her was a hole. Slowly, she put two and two together: board, bottle, hole... someone was trying to get her attention.
Kneeling she called down into the hole. "Lion, is that you?" The pups wriggled in her jacket and she struggled to keep their little heads inside so they wouldnt fall into the opening.
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:35 pm
Lion's head shot upward at Wolfie's voice. " WOLFIE?" She called. "Yes, I'm down here. I fell thru some rotten boards into some kind of room." Lion stood on her tip toes. "Can you help me out of here?"
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 4:57 pm
"What were you doing with a Moonstone? Are you crazy for throwing it at me?!" Wolfie dropped her pack beside her and tucked the bottle inside for later examination.
"Your pups are with me. I knew you wouldnt leave them alone like that!" She rustled through the pack hoping to find something that would be useful.
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Posted: Sat Dec 10, 2005 5:06 pm
Alaster and Calandery moved toward the small hole in Wolfies jacket trying to get free after hearing their momma's voice for the first time. Barking at the sound and scratching at Wolfie's stomach and jacket.
"Moonstone? What is that? The glowy warm bottle? It was all I could find that didn't seem to heavy to throw." Lions said wondering what Wolfie was talking about. "My pup's? Are they ok? I have been worried about them." She said to Wolfie raising her voice a little when Wolfie disapeared." Lion tilted her head towards the opening trying to listen for the sound of her pup's. "What is this place?" Hearing her pup's she couldn't help but smile.
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 7:18 am
"I think its part of the cellar. Im not sure. The snow makes it hard to tell." Wolfie called down, continuing to rustle through the pack. She found a length of rope but realized it was no where near long enough to help lift Lion out.
With a grumble she began to stomp down the snow around the opening in hopes of making a secure place to look down into the hole. The sun was up enough where she could see the opening...approximately 4' long by 2' wide...just big and annoying enough for a person to fall through.
"The Pups are fine. Don't worry. Ill have you out soon. How big is it inside there?" Worried that she might step on more unsecure boards, Wolfie stopped pounding on the snow for a minute and listened for Lion. "And how deep are you down there. I can't get close enough to judge yet."
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:18 am
Lion looked at her suronding's in the new light. It was light enough to see around her but not far enough to tell how big the room was. "I'm not to sure how big this room is, But it looks to be a good size. Do you have a flashlight or something I could look around with?" She called up to Wolfie. "Maybe there is another way out of here." She said not wanting to explore this room alone. "If it's a celler of some kind maybe there is a door." Lion reached up trying to judge the distance from the tip of her fingers to where the opening was in the roof avove. "I'm 5'9, reaching my hands up I'd say It was about a 10 to 12' drop from the opening to floor. I could be wrong, but it felt like a long drop when I went thru."
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:43 am
"Sounds about right for a cellar." Wolfie paused. "You dont want to go exploring down there hun. Half the cellar was closed off for some reason or another and Im sure lots more stuff is caving in." Wolfie inched closer and shone the flashlight down the hole.
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:01 am
Lion held her hand up over her eyes at the sudden brightness of the light. "Ok I won't explore, no problem there I was worried I might have to. Nothing down here looks to safe!" Lion called to Wolfie relieved she wouldn't have to look around the cellar. "I don't know if there is any other way out of here besides the way I came in." She said Worried that Wolfie wouldn't be able to lift her out alone. Lion heard a creaking noise "Wolfie, The boards up there are making some creaking noise. You might want to try another direction of approach. Maybe over there." She pointed to the other side of the hole. "Please be careful!" Lion yelled as she heard another sound coming from the boards. "I don't want you to fall too."
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:33 am
Wolfie felt the board under her foot bending. "okay, Im going to switch sides. The other side looks like its got a support beam that isnt too rotted out. It may hold better." Wolfie dragged the pack with her and poked down a little red nose that had come up out of her jacket.
"I think I have some rope but I dont think its long enough to do much with." She shuffled through the stuff again. "What are your pups abilities? Anything useful?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 10:41 am
"Alaster has Fury Flare and Calendery has Cloud cover. I don't know if they could do anything to help. They haven't ever used them so I'm not to sure What all they can do with them." Lion said to Wolfie. "How would I get them to help?"
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 1:49 pm
"They would know...its instinct like bird flying home for the winter. But like you said, they are Infants yet and the outcome is unknown"
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Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 9:11 pm
Alaster whined at Wolfie. He began to shake a little getting warmer by the second. steam started to rise from his fur.
Calendery unsure of what was happening, clawed at Wolfie's stomach.
Lion looked around her once more with the extra light maybe there was something close by to help Wolfie help her. Following the light trail that came in from above her. There seemed to be something to the right of her. She couldn't make out what it was but it was something big and square. "There is something down here." She called to Wolfie. "It kinda looks like a real big box." Should I try to look in it and see if there is something that might help?" Lions took a small step to her right facing the box and waited for Wolfie to tell her what she should do.
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Posted: Mon Dec 12, 2005 2:22 pm
"A box? What kind of box." Wolfie felt Alaster starting to get warm and knew he knew what he was doing. "Shhh... settle down. No this time pup." she cooed to him, ruffling his head fluff a bit.
Wolfie realized that if she was careful to wrap the rope around the beam, it might just be long enough to jump onto. She pondered it for a minute. No, not quite long enough...but perhaps if Lion stood on that box. A box worried her. Anything could be in a box. How didnt Lion break it in the fall? Perhaps it was a shelving unit knocked over. Lion had found the Moonstone somewhere. Too many possibilities.
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