ℂ𝕝𝕠𝕨𝕟 ℂ𝕒𝕥𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕡𝕙𝕖𝕤

Chapter 9

ℍ𝕠𝕨 𝕝𝕠𝕟𝕘 𝕨𝕚𝕝𝕝 𝕪𝕠𝕦 𝕓𝕖 𝕤𝕥𝕒𝕪𝕚𝕟𝕘?

"Achoo!"

I rubbed my nose while slowly opening my eyes.

Berfin was in front of me, blinking slightly while smiling.

"Hehe, morning buddy!" - I said cheerfully, petting the small ball of fluff in front of me.

It snuggled against my hand, seeming extremely happy with what I was doing.

I put my hand down and sat up before stretching a bit, my bones making small cracking sounds as if I didn't move them for months.

Standing up, I took Berfin into my hands and hugged it gently.

"We need some food, don't we now, Berfin?" - I asked, looking down at it as it looked up at me and nodded what seemed like a yes.

I headed outside, looking around before heading off into a random direction to find something edible.

Suddenly, after a bit of walking, Berfin jumped out of my arms and started hopping away.

"Hey, where are you going?! Wait for me!"

I started running after Berfin, it somehow being faster than me and disappearing behind some unusually tall bushes.

Pushing away the branches, I slowly made my way trough the bushes only to be left shocked, my mouth slightly opened in suprise at the beautiful sight.

What I saw was a small orchard, filled with loads of berry bushes.

"Wow..."

Everything seemed to be glistening upon the said orchard.

The lightning perfectly reflected off the smooth skin that had belonged to the berries, all of them looking fresh and well grown.

Berfin started lightly bumping its head onto my ankle as I looked down, picking it up again and hugging it.

"Everything looks so... Lovely..."

I slowly got closer to one of the bushes and kneeled down, taking a strawberry and putting it in my mouth.

"This tastes so good! I could eat these forever!"

I picked up a few more and placed them in my mouth, not even noticing the Berfin has left off somewhere again.

As I went to grab another one, I felt something on my hand.

I jumped up in fear when I noticed it was another person.

"Hello there! Would you mind telling me why you're eating from my orchard?" - the person said, a soft and gentle smile placed upon their face.