Seekers!

Chapter 24: Territories!

Kallik's POV:
      My cubs with with Yokane, Toklo's cubs were with Aiyanna, and Lusa's cubs were with Miki. We decided we needed adult talk, to figure out this whole new danger thing. We all stood up and took a walk toward the brown bear territory. "We don't even know his plan. Yes, Ujurak warned us. Which means we'll be prepared, but there's nothing we can do until Salik makes his move." Toklo explained and we nodded. I hate to admit it, but Toklo's right. There's nothing we can do, not yet anyways. I sighed as we passed the brown bear territory. "I thought this was past." Lusa commented. "What was?" I asked. "The danger." Lusa replied. "You notice how we only get attacked when we're reunited." Toklo commented. We all stopped walking for a moment and paused. We laughed and continued walking. "I didn't notice that, but I guess so." Lusa agreed. "Well, not always. Bad things happened to both me and Toklo when we were just cubs." I told them and they nodded. "That's for sure." Toklo agreed. Toklo and I went through more as a cub then any bear deserves to go through they're entire life. We've all been through a lot more then most bears have ever or will ever go through. But we'll be okay, as long as we always stick together.

Toklo's POV:
     We were walking across the brown bear territory as we talked and laughed. We stopped talking about Salik, and were just catching up. We had a lot to talk about. We may not go on adventures anymore, but none of our lives are boring. That's for sure. We stopped walking as we faced each other. "We have a small territory with just our families, you have a whole island with a bunch of white bears." Lusa commented and Kallik and I laughed. "Well, you guys are always welcomed there." Kallik told us. "We'll keep that in mind." Lusa agreed. "Someday, maybe. I've thought about visiting Ujurak's grave in the past." I told them. "Me too." Lusa agreed. "I check on him every week." I told them and there was a moment of silence. "You do?" Lusa asked and I nodded. "I do. I check on it, scrape snow off of it. Talk to him, and I know he can hear me, even though I can't hear him." Kallik replied and Lusa and I both smiled at her. "In a happier note, I wonder if our kids will travel and go on adventures like we use to. I know my cubs would love to." Lusa commented. "Chulyin, Suka, and Nanuk would like to, I don't know about Ujurak." Kallik told us. "I don't think Oka would either." I agreed. Hattack walked over to us, looking angry, and I groaned and rolled my eyes. "What are they doing here?" Hattack asked as he glared at my friends. I've always hated him and he's always hated me. "They're my friends." I replied. "We have territories for a reason, Toklo." Hattack told me. "And I only get to see my friends ever Sun Circle, so we will hang out." I told him and grunted. We locked eyes for a moment and he padded away angrily as I sighed. "Still not the friendliest bear, is he?" Lusa asked and I shook my head. "You can say that again." I replied.

Lusa's POV:
      I walked into the water and I could hear Kallik and Toklo's pawsteps behind me. The water was cool. I may not like the freezing cold like Kallik, but I it feels good when the sun's burning your fur off. It's been so hot lately, but it's always hot around this time. I felt freezing cold water splash on me and turned to see Kallik and Toklo laughed. I smiled and splashed water on the both of them too. Then I laughed as well. We kept splashing water. Kallik went underwater and swam really below to the point where neither Toklo nor I could see her past the surface. I swam over to Toklo. "Where did she go?" I asked and he shrugged. "I don't know. White bears can swim far better then others bears." Toklo replied and I nodded. All of the sudden, water splashed up as both Toklo and I yelped. Kallik stood in front of us as she laughed. "Gotcha." Kallik commented and we laughed. "You think you're clever, don't you?" Toklo asked with a smirk. "Maybe." Kallik replied. "You scared us." I commented. "That was the point." Kallik agreed. "We'll get you back for that." Toklo told her and she shrugged. "Wanna race?" Kallik asked. "Sure." Toklo replied and I nodded. "Okay." I agreed. We started swimming as fast as we could toward the white bear territory. Kallik was in the head by a mile. Neither Toklo nor I were surprised. She is a white bear after all and she learned how to swim as a cub. It was Kallik who taught us to swim in the first place. Kallik stopped and we sighed as we caught up to her. Kallik won, of course. Toklo was second and I was last. I was never much of a swimmer, I never liked the water much. Kallik perfers ice, snow, and water. Toklo prefers hard ground to walk on. I prefer to be surrounded by trees. We all climbed out of the water and saw some white bears looking at us. We shrugged it off and laughed as we sat down.

Salik's POV:
    I walked up to my friends, Manik and Iqaluk. I looked over at the three bears who thwarted my plans, three times in the past. Kallik is the reason Taqqiq went against us. Kallik is the reason Toklo and Lusa helped her. Kallik is the reason we have always failed at trying to do whatever we tried. The first time, at Great Bear Lake, several Sun Circle's ago, we wanted all the food our selves and even kidnapped that little black bear. Miki, I think his name was. But Kallik concinced Taqqiq to help her and convinced Toklo and Lusa as well. The second time, I tried to drive them away from their territory and reclaim as mine. But Kallik fought us again, with the help of her friends and her brother, and drove us away. The third time, last Sun Circle, I kidnapped Nisa, Taqqiq's oldest daughter, as reveng. But Kallik stopped me and Manik and Iqaluk, once again. I hate Kallik. She's my problem, and I will have my revenge. I just need to lure the others away from her, long enough.