Wild Twins

Birds sang in the crowns of the trees, flies to feel the sun on their wings and returns to the highest branches, where it still came some light.

Since entering the forest, the group has seen few animals. And that made Relles and Remus a little uneasy, they both knew this place well enough to know it wasn't normal.

Movement on this road was constant, and the animals had become accustomed to it. They would not disappear because of a group of travelers, on the contrary, the twins missed the little white squirrels who loved sweets.

After a long time, Edwin asked everyone to stop.

— Sean, climb that tree and see if it is already dark.

— Why me? I went last time. Now it's Drun!

— Whatever. You two want to see the titã battle or not?

— Yes sir. — The boys responded quickly and, in their enthusiasm, vied to see who reached the top of the tree first.

When they finally got to see the sky, realized that there was not yet dark, Belron light could still be seen giving the sky a orange color. As they get back to the ground, whispered a little and came to an agreement.

— It's dark, lieutenant Edwin. — Drun began.

— Yes, many stellar shining today — continued Sean.

— There are almost no clouds, and I saw an owl flying.

— Which means it's already night, doesn't it? Owls don't fly during the day.

Edwin looked at the boys and raised an eyebrow. Drun seemed somewhat embarrassed, Sean tapped his foot, and the lieutenant understood what was happening. Gave a small smile and made the announcement.

— Our young squirrels said nightfall! So a group looks for firewood, I go after some jabutas to eat while I watch the fight. Oh, and if someone lightens the burden of the poor horses and holds them tight, they may be frightened by the noise we're going to have.

— I want jabutas too! — Sean raised his hands.

— I imagined that, then you and Drun come, get something where we can dump the fruits and let's see if we can get enough for all.

— Yes! — Sean grabbed a cloth bag from his horse's luggage and followed Edwin through the trees, with Drun close behind.

Eastar went out with Remus and Jaime to get firewood, which didn't take long. The forest floor was littered with dry branches and Eastar plucked a large branch from a tree, breaking into pieces. Jaime looked at him and crossed his arms when he saw what the stellar wanted to do.

— What a ugly thing, all this to get away from work.

— What? No one was going to use it. — Eastar smiled and picked up the rest of the branches from the ground.

Glancing sideways, he saw that Remus was eyeing the place, looking annoyed. He decided to raise matters with the big guy.

— Remus, why they call you Wild Twins?

— Eastar! — Jaime dropped the wood he carried.

— What's wrong? I just got curious.

— This story is not ...

— Jaime... — Remus interrupted, he had a big smile under his beard. — Everyone thinks this story is terrible and Relles and I are traumatized by it, but that's not true. It's nice to have someone to tell about it.

He set the wood down and took off his waistcoat, Eastar was astonished by what he saw, the sirion's back was taken by large scars, they formed horizontal lines that closed in an oval shape. It was as if the jaw of a huge animal had sunk there.

— It was a tirodan.

— How ... how did it happen? — The star asked, startled.

Remus began to dress.

— Let's take the wood, I'll count there.

They went back to where the rest of the group was, laid the wood down, and Remus went to talk to his brother, who was talking to Aros. Shortly after, Relles nodded and he returned to where they were trying to light the fire, and where Eastar waited anxiously with Jaime, Allyn, and Sindar.

— I didn't think we would make a history wheel. — He raised an eyebrow.

— Anyone would be curious to hear you talk about it. — The princess smiled.

Allyn and Jaime nodded and Remus sighed, looked at his brother, who was watching them, and also received a nod of approval. He sat with them and put a hand on his chin, remembering.

— Relles and I are from Deschain, we came here on a merchant convoy. Our parents couldn't afford to keep us and they said we'd be more likely here, if we joined the royal guard. We should be the same age as Sean and Drun.

— They abandoned you? — The princess was shocked.

— No, no. Nothing so dramatic, it was more like a trip to new adventures, we both intended to return as soon as we identified if we had storage and that we could train. Our parents would be proud.

He smiled, it was fun to remember, had been centuries since it had happened, and he loved how this story seemed to come from storybooks.

— Then we travel with the convoy, but Relles hated being in the carts, then, when we were here in the forest, took the habit of play hide and seek among the trees .... One day we just move away a lot and ...

— Guys! We found many!

Sean and Drun came bouncing with Edwin close behind, the sack full of little black fruits.

— Shiiii! — Sindar put a finger to her mouth, making the boys shut up in fright.

— What's it? — Edwin asked.

— Remus is telling the story of the Wild Twins.

— Aaaaaaaaahhh. — Sean and Drun did choir and ran to join the group.

Edwin went to join Relles and Aros, he already knew that story.

— Let's try to get back to the story. — Remus smiled. — Well, we were traveling in a merchant convoy through this forest when me and Relles drifted a lot. I hid well, Relles passed almost an hour looking for me, and when he found, we noticed that there was one more in the game.

The boys hugged their knees. Remus was loving it, though he could feel the scars burning right now. They always did that when he thought the moment they saw the creature.

" A tirodan saw us. For you that don't know, Eastar, is a cat with almost two meters tall, and bigger teeth than a finger mine. I and the Relles were too scared to run. The animal jumped on us, grabbed my back while tearing my brother's leg with one paw. He also has the scars to this day.

I remember his scream of pain. And I cried, terrified, while being thrown into a tree. I wasn't ready to die, I was a child, I was just afraid... and that's when we heard the howling. The tirodan stopped, Relles drag yourself in the ground to try reach me. You know, he didn't cry, all he had in his eyes was concern for me. How I loved my brother at that time and since.

Well, a pack of wolves surrounded the tirodan, but my vision was too blurred, I felt weak. Only heard the sounds of fighting, the yelping..., but all I saw was Relles closer, I remember what he said before I faints "I'm going to save us, wait and see." It must have been a bravado after that, but when I ask he says he never said anything.

When I woke up, I was in a cave, and Relles was kneeling beside me, chewing on something. He spat on a leaf and put it on my back. I remember I made a disgusted expression ... it's funny to remember that now. He also had these "bandages" on his leg.

I knew he couldn't walk, and I could barely move, which meant the wolves had carried us to this place, and this was proven when they appeared. A group of ten, some younger, some older. One of them was large and very beautiful, I began to call her Sorya on account of the white fur. She dragged a wild pig and placed it next to both of us, then joined the others who were eating some squirrels.

I was so impressed with what I thanked, even though they couldn't understand me. Relles and I eat the raw pork, and when we can't eat more the wolves take over. This went on for days, I don't know how much time has passed, it's hard to measure when you're in here and can't climb trees.

Gradually, Relles and I were talking less, we used gestures and actions, so that the wolves understood better. He started to improve and make a fire to prepare what the wolves brought ... and they liked it! They were very excited by the smell of meat on fire. I started to recover too and finally could move without feeling a thousand needles all over my body. We could leave, but we didn't go.

Relles convinced me to stay until we paid for everything they did for us. So we learned to hunt, helped find food and prepare it. Relles always tried to leave me behind for I don't get hurt, he said that I should just sit back and nothing more. He had failed to protect me and therefore would take care of me always... "