December found herself flying.... downward..... fast, and not flying at all but falling! There was one last small branch between her and the root covered ground. She grabbed it! She held it, the thunder cracked.... no wait, that was the branch.
December fell.
And it hurt.
But December had been practicing not crying. She hit her legs hard on the tree roots. As soon as she could open her eyes from the pain she frantically checked her legs. Nothing broken, nothing bleeding. Not a tear drop fallen. June came running over to her.
"Are you dead? Or hurt?" He asked nervously.
"No I'm not dead, yes I'm hurt," she replied through gritted teeth.
His eyes got wide with horror as he asked... "We're still going to the cave right?"
"Glad to see what's important to you brother."
He stuck his tongue out but offered her some wild-berries. He sure was annoying sometimes, but he was a good brother.
December and June walked through the woods with the mid morning sun drying them off from the morning shower. "Man, I wish it would rain all day," December said aloud.
June's shoes were squishing with every step. "I just wish it wasn't so wet."
"You wish the rain wasn't wet? Ugh..." December replied in disbelief. About an hour later they were dry and at the cave.
"This is it???" June looked down disappointedly at a small hole in the ground that he may or may not fit into. December held back a knowing smile.
"Are you brave enough to check it out?" she taunted? She knew how he always wanted to "be brave." She could probably make him do anything if she just called it "being brave."
"I'm not scared of some rabbit hole," he replied.
"Well that's good," she came back, "Because it's a bear cave!"
June gulped. He didn't think he believed her, but their father had said the most dangerous animal in the woods was a bear. He said that if he met a bear in the woods he would run and hide. December and June's father was the biggest and strongest man in the village so if something sacred him, it was terrifying to them.
It wasn't really a bear cave... but it was amazing! As they got to the bottom June's mouth dropped open, and it stayed open. December took in the beauty of the cave, then reached over and pushed Junes' chin up to close his mouth. It was a cave like many other caves, except for one thing. The rocks and walls had strange blue designs, unnatural glow in the dark blues. It was beautiful and intense and exciting.
June looked over at December. "Best. Big. Sister. Ever!"
"Pretty amazing huh?" December asked proudly.
Some of the rocks were small enough to hold. One of them was half rock, half blue. That one was her favorite.
"There's a wall missing." June said quizzically.
December was impressed! She had noticed that also. It's not that a wall was missing, the cave just went so far back away from the light and the blue seemed to stop. December spoke up, "I'm not sure what's back there. Yet"
"Oh no" he replied. "I'm not going there, besides I'm still playing."
December was brave, but walking into total darkness with her brother would not be wise. But as she inched closer to the black wall that wasn't a wall, the blue started to appear. So there was more blue on the walls, she just had to go deeper into the darkness...
Suddenly on one side of the wall the blue seemed to start moving.Or wait, some kind of dark shape was moving, and towards her. She could hear it! As it began to appear in the sunlight from the entrance, she couldn't believe her eyes... It wasn't a bear....
It was two!
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