(If آپ are a FanFiction person, then this is in fact; "The Young and Free Dragon".)
This is a story about environmental disaster, though you've probably figured that out already. But if آپ haven't, آپ know now. Please enjoy.
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HAPPY درخت HUGGERS
سے طرف کی THE YOUNG AND FREE DRAGON
The indulgence of our lives
Has cast a shadow on our world
Our devotion to our appetites
Betrayed us all
-Another Way to Die سے طرف کی Disturbed
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PROLOGUE: PUBLIC OFFENDERS
So you've been to school
For a سال یا two
And آپ know you've seen it all
-Holiday on Cambodia سے طرف کی the Dead Kennedys
Cuddles hummed happily as he walked through the forest near Happy درخت Town, his tender paw rubbing across the soft, mossy trees as he passed. He loved the forest. The fresh smell of pine, the sound of birds just above, undisturbed beauty; heaven. Pure and simple. He sat down under a درخت and lent back against it, closing his eyes and crossing his arms behind his head. He laid there for awhile, just enjoying the sound and feel of the fresh environment around him.
No insects bothered him. They crawled around him and left him alone, working in harmony with him. He saw a beetle which was kicking its six legs in the air, unable to right itself. He chuckled and flipped it over. The beetle lingered for a moment before scuttling on its way. He chuckled again and resumed the position he had already taken. He sighed deeply when suddenly, fiery, sharp pain seared through his shin. He cried out and opened his eyes, gripping the dirt in pain.
The تل, مول stood holding a "plucker" (as they were sometimes referred to), the pin jammed deep into Cuddles' leg. Blood bubbled up and trailed down his fur. Cuddles screamed in horror and pain. The تل, مول tore the "plucker" out, bringing with it; a small piece of Cuddles flesh. He made a "tching" sound and shook his head.
"I cannot believe these litter bugs." He said.
He walked away, and Cuddles curled up, clutching the laceration in his leg, whimpering in pain, and wondering weather the damn تل, مول was not only blind but deaf as well. He bit into his lip and removed his bloody paws and looked at the wound. The تل, مول had managed to not only make a stab wound, but make a tear in the muscle, skin, and فر, سمور as he had drug the tool out. Cuddles felt like he was going to be sick as he saw white bone in the cavern of red.
He got up weakly and began limping, using the trees to support his weight, and since they were so close together, he did not have to go مزید than three feet without something to lean on. With each stop, he would pant and grip the wound, even though it hurt. Death was as natural as eating رات کے کھانے, شام کا کھانا around this town, and even though they always came back, that didn't weaken the horror of their deaths, and the pain that was inflicted.
Suddenly, he heard female voices chatting, and a familiar giggle that had always struck him as cute. He limped a little bit more, and after a few minutes, he could see a clear path where Petunia, Giggles, and Flaky were walking together.
"Help!" He cried, hopping on one foot, trying to get to them.
He fell on his face though, and they gasped as they ran to pull him up right.
"Are آپ alright, Cuddles?" Giggles asked.
"Did someone attack you?" Flaky cried in fear.
"Did آپ break your leg?" گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا asked.
"No, no, no. The تل, مول was picking up trash and he stabbed me in the leg." Cuddles said, grimacing in pain as they shifted him onto his back. Flaky fainted as she saw the wound. Giggles and گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا looked at each other in anxiety.
"It's pretty bad." Giggles said.
"No kidding." گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا said.
"Do آپ want me to kiss and make it feel better?" Giggles asked, in a way that could only be identified as a اقدام upon Cuddles.
"If it will make it be-…" Cuddles began.
"No, Giggles! He doesn't want your nasty germs in his wound!" گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا کہا in disgust, مزید so at how Giggles seemed to be taking advantage of the situation.
"Well, I wouldn't say that-…" Cuddles began again.
"Cuddles, shut up. Giggles," گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا cried, exasperated سے طرف کی Cuddles' male stupidity. "You're a doctor, damn it! Do something! He's going to die!"
Giggles nodded, the thought of Cuddles dying was never a pleasant one to her and she began examining the wound.
"There's not much I can do," She said, anxiety thick in her voice. "If we don't get him to a hospital soon, he's going to bleed to death."
As if that weren't obvious. گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا thought. Then there was suddenly a blast of an engine and they turned to see a large eighteen wheeler blasting down the path toward them. گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا and Giggles let out a cry of alarm which awakened Flaky, but not in time. The poor porcupine let out a scream as she saw the truck's front right wheel سیکنڈ before it crushed her. There was a terrible crunching sound and a loud bang. The truck skidded to the side of the path and stopped.
The remaining three didn't examine the truck, only turned to see who the driver was. The passenger door opened and out stepped Lumpy, a large welt forming on his shoulder, as he had apparently been thrown against the steering wheel.
"Damn blow out." He cursed, getting out of the truck.
The others just stared, stupified. He looked under the wheel and retracted himself, his mouth covered and his face tinting green. The others looked and could barely hold their own lunch as they saw the red and white tangle of bones and internal organs. The only thing that could be recognized from the carnage was Flaky's spines, which had jammed into Lumpy's tire as he had run her over.
"Lumpy آپ idiot!" Giggles began screaming.
Lumpy just looked dumbly at her. گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا felt anger boiling inside her at the moose's carelessness, but she realized that it was too late for Flaky, but not too late for Cuddles. She covered Giggles mouth.
" Lumpy, do آپ have a towel یا piece of cloth?" She asked.
"Well," Lumpy thought for a moment then his face lit up. "Aha!"
He reached back into the truck and drug out some medium sized towelets.
"I've got these!" He exclaimed.
گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا quickly grabbed them and returned to Cuddles. He looked white, and blood had pooled around him in about a two feet range of his leg. She quickly began tying the small towel like things around his leg, not wondering why they were wet. She tied one tightly above the wound, and one over it to absorb the blood. But as she sat back to look over her work, Cuddles eyes suddenly widened and he cried out in pain.
"What is it?" گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا cried.
"They burn!" He yelled.
گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا quickly tore off the two towelets and looked at them. They had both absorbed blood, but as she held one closer to her nose and sniffed, she could still detect what they were and she reared on Lumpy.
"These are window wipes!" She shouted.
"Oops!" Lumpy said, blushing with his error.
"You-… You-…" Giggles' mouth was free and she was burning red and her face looked like it was about to explode. But suddenly, her eyes drifted away from the moose and to back of the truck. گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا was yelling in anger, but then, noticed Giggles and trained here eyes on what the chipmunk کی, چاپمنک was looking at.
In the back, piled high, were at least fifteen trees. Giggles stared at them for a moment, not seeming to comprehend what she was seeing and then her face began to burn, مزید red than ever.
***
It may seem kind of pointless, but this chapter will make since later.
This is a story about environmental disaster, though you've probably figured that out already. But if آپ haven't, آپ know now. Please enjoy.
***
HAPPY درخت HUGGERS
سے طرف کی THE YOUNG AND FREE DRAGON
The indulgence of our lives
Has cast a shadow on our world
Our devotion to our appetites
Betrayed us all
-Another Way to Die سے طرف کی Disturbed
***
PROLOGUE: PUBLIC OFFENDERS
So you've been to school
For a سال یا two
And آپ know you've seen it all
-Holiday on Cambodia سے طرف کی the Dead Kennedys
Cuddles hummed happily as he walked through the forest near Happy درخت Town, his tender paw rubbing across the soft, mossy trees as he passed. He loved the forest. The fresh smell of pine, the sound of birds just above, undisturbed beauty; heaven. Pure and simple. He sat down under a درخت and lent back against it, closing his eyes and crossing his arms behind his head. He laid there for awhile, just enjoying the sound and feel of the fresh environment around him.
No insects bothered him. They crawled around him and left him alone, working in harmony with him. He saw a beetle which was kicking its six legs in the air, unable to right itself. He chuckled and flipped it over. The beetle lingered for a moment before scuttling on its way. He chuckled again and resumed the position he had already taken. He sighed deeply when suddenly, fiery, sharp pain seared through his shin. He cried out and opened his eyes, gripping the dirt in pain.
The تل, مول stood holding a "plucker" (as they were sometimes referred to), the pin jammed deep into Cuddles' leg. Blood bubbled up and trailed down his fur. Cuddles screamed in horror and pain. The تل, مول tore the "plucker" out, bringing with it; a small piece of Cuddles flesh. He made a "tching" sound and shook his head.
"I cannot believe these litter bugs." He said.
He walked away, and Cuddles curled up, clutching the laceration in his leg, whimpering in pain, and wondering weather the damn تل, مول was not only blind but deaf as well. He bit into his lip and removed his bloody paws and looked at the wound. The تل, مول had managed to not only make a stab wound, but make a tear in the muscle, skin, and فر, سمور as he had drug the tool out. Cuddles felt like he was going to be sick as he saw white bone in the cavern of red.
He got up weakly and began limping, using the trees to support his weight, and since they were so close together, he did not have to go مزید than three feet without something to lean on. With each stop, he would pant and grip the wound, even though it hurt. Death was as natural as eating رات کے کھانے, شام کا کھانا around this town, and even though they always came back, that didn't weaken the horror of their deaths, and the pain that was inflicted.
Suddenly, he heard female voices chatting, and a familiar giggle that had always struck him as cute. He limped a little bit more, and after a few minutes, he could see a clear path where Petunia, Giggles, and Flaky were walking together.
"Help!" He cried, hopping on one foot, trying to get to them.
He fell on his face though, and they gasped as they ran to pull him up right.
"Are آپ alright, Cuddles?" Giggles asked.
"Did someone attack you?" Flaky cried in fear.
"Did آپ break your leg?" گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا asked.
"No, no, no. The تل, مول was picking up trash and he stabbed me in the leg." Cuddles said, grimacing in pain as they shifted him onto his back. Flaky fainted as she saw the wound. Giggles and گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا looked at each other in anxiety.
"It's pretty bad." Giggles said.
"No kidding." گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا said.
"Do آپ want me to kiss and make it feel better?" Giggles asked, in a way that could only be identified as a اقدام upon Cuddles.
"If it will make it be-…" Cuddles began.
"No, Giggles! He doesn't want your nasty germs in his wound!" گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا کہا in disgust, مزید so at how Giggles seemed to be taking advantage of the situation.
"Well, I wouldn't say that-…" Cuddles began again.
"Cuddles, shut up. Giggles," گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا cried, exasperated سے طرف کی Cuddles' male stupidity. "You're a doctor, damn it! Do something! He's going to die!"
Giggles nodded, the thought of Cuddles dying was never a pleasant one to her and she began examining the wound.
"There's not much I can do," She said, anxiety thick in her voice. "If we don't get him to a hospital soon, he's going to bleed to death."
As if that weren't obvious. گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا thought. Then there was suddenly a blast of an engine and they turned to see a large eighteen wheeler blasting down the path toward them. گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا and Giggles let out a cry of alarm which awakened Flaky, but not in time. The poor porcupine let out a scream as she saw the truck's front right wheel سیکنڈ before it crushed her. There was a terrible crunching sound and a loud bang. The truck skidded to the side of the path and stopped.
The remaining three didn't examine the truck, only turned to see who the driver was. The passenger door opened and out stepped Lumpy, a large welt forming on his shoulder, as he had apparently been thrown against the steering wheel.
"Damn blow out." He cursed, getting out of the truck.
The others just stared, stupified. He looked under the wheel and retracted himself, his mouth covered and his face tinting green. The others looked and could barely hold their own lunch as they saw the red and white tangle of bones and internal organs. The only thing that could be recognized from the carnage was Flaky's spines, which had jammed into Lumpy's tire as he had run her over.
"Lumpy آپ idiot!" Giggles began screaming.
Lumpy just looked dumbly at her. گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا felt anger boiling inside her at the moose's carelessness, but she realized that it was too late for Flaky, but not too late for Cuddles. She covered Giggles mouth.
" Lumpy, do آپ have a towel یا piece of cloth?" She asked.
"Well," Lumpy thought for a moment then his face lit up. "Aha!"
He reached back into the truck and drug out some medium sized towelets.
"I've got these!" He exclaimed.
گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا quickly grabbed them and returned to Cuddles. He looked white, and blood had pooled around him in about a two feet range of his leg. She quickly began tying the small towel like things around his leg, not wondering why they were wet. She tied one tightly above the wound, and one over it to absorb the blood. But as she sat back to look over her work, Cuddles eyes suddenly widened and he cried out in pain.
"What is it?" گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا cried.
"They burn!" He yelled.
گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا quickly tore off the two towelets and looked at them. They had both absorbed blood, but as she held one closer to her nose and sniffed, she could still detect what they were and she reared on Lumpy.
"These are window wipes!" She shouted.
"Oops!" Lumpy said, blushing with his error.
"You-… You-…" Giggles' mouth was free and she was burning red and her face looked like it was about to explode. But suddenly, her eyes drifted away from the moose and to back of the truck. گہرے نیلے رنگ, پیتونیا was yelling in anger, but then, noticed Giggles and trained here eyes on what the chipmunk کی, چاپمنک was looking at.
In the back, piled high, were at least fifteen trees. Giggles stared at them for a moment, not seeming to comprehend what she was seeing and then her face began to burn, مزید red than ever.
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It may seem kind of pointless, but this chapter will make since later.