Chapter 15: Learning info on that night/getting weaker

"Hey Uncle Kira?" "Yes what is it?" "Where did you used to live before you came to live here?" "Hmm. Well I used to live in the mountains in a small village. It was small enough to where everyone knew everyone. Why do you ask?" "Can you take me sometime? May I see the village you and my father grew up in?" "I don't see why not. It will have to be the weekend after school. IN fact you might have to miss 1 day or 2 of school. It takes a day to get there." "Oh I see." "I said I would take you why are you pouting. If you like it maybe when you have a week or two I can take you back there as well so you can stay longer." "Really? Yay! Thank you uncle!" Loki laughed. "Haha you know…You get happy over the simplest things. I wish I could. Its just not the way I am." "Its ok Loki. Once we get married you will be happy. Also you should be happy being with me." "Oh I am happy being with you. I like it when you smile and have a good time. When your not it worries me and makes me sad." "Oh Loki your so cute." I pinched his cheeks. "Ow. Hey." "Hehe." "Well you kids should head to bed. Tomorrow is Saturday you should get some sleep." "Oh Uncle can we go next week? Uncle Leo said I had to finish healing this week." "Yeah we can do that. I Plan on stopping at your moms den." "OK see you uncle." So he left and my eyes were getting heavy.

"Aww. Some one is sleepy." Said Loki. "SO what if I am? Its normal." "Haha. You need help getting ready for bed?" said Loki. "No I got it." I tried to stand up but was so tired I couldn't even take a step. "I guess I do need help I can't even take a step." "Haha I knew it. See I told you I know you so well." "Shut up." I said Jokingly. Loki took my arm and helped me to my room.

Loki helped me pick out my clothes and I said. "Ok I can dress myself sitting down. If not I will call for Aqua ok?" "Yes Akela." "Thanks for your help Loki." "Sure anytime." I just barely got my nightgown on when I hit my pillow and fell right to sleep.

An hour later Leo and Aqua were still up. They wanted to go check on Akela cause she looked pretty tired. "I'll go check on her Leo." "OK let me know how she is." Aqua went into Akela's room and saw her in a restless sleep. "Shh. Shh. Your ok Akela. Everything is going to be ok." With Aqua's voice she calmed down a little. She still restless but not as much. "No. Loki. You'll get hurt." Akela was talking in her sleep. "I will go wake him up for you." Said Aqua to a sleeping Akela. She went next door to the other room and saw Loki sleeping peacefully. "Oh I wish I didn't have to do it. Loki. Loki!" "Hmm. What is it?" "Its Akela. She is in a restless sleep. She is saying your name in her sleep." He shot up and went running to her room.

"Hmm. Loki. I told you you'll get hurt you Idiot!" "Hey Akela. I'm Right here. I'm fine." "Loki. Loki! Loki! Loki Where are you!" "Hey Akela I'm right here. Your ok." He touched her forehead and rubbed her hair. Akela shot up. "Was it a dream? Please tell me it was all a dream. Loki?" "Yes I'm right here. As you can see I am fine." I went over there and hugged him tight. "You idiot. I thought you got hurt." "I'm fine. I'm right here." "You better stay that way idiot." "I will do my best I can't make any promises." "I know. I'll do my best not to worry although it will be hard." "I know it will." "Thank you Aqua. You can get to bed. You need rest so those babies can be born healthy." "Thanks Loki. I'll go now." So she left and it was just Me and Loki. "Loki? Can you sleep with me tonight?" "Yes. I will." So we snuggled in our human forms and went to sleep till morning.

The next morning I helped Loki get his things together and even made his lunch while he was getting a shower and getting dressed. "Ok Loki all set." "Oh good thanks Akela and Auntie you are lifesavers. I'll bring you some work home ok Akela." "Yeah thanks Loki. By the way why do you have to go to school on a weekend?" "I have some business there don't worry. Its just make up stuff today." He said just to comfort her when really he was going to school for something else. So I saw him off and went back to bed to rest.

An hour later Uncle Leo came in to check on Akela to make sure she is doing ok. "Hmm. Uncle? Is that you?" I had just woken up from sleep. "Yeah its me. How do you feel?" "Hmm. More tired that usual. I'll be fine." "Ok get some more rest then." "I can't anymore. Hey uncle? I know I'm recouperating but can I go over to mom and dads? I told them I will be over on the weekend and it is now." "Umm. Yeah give me a mintute. I'll call Aqua's sister to watch Aqua for a little bit." So he called Aqua's sister and waited until she got there to leave.

"OK be careful out there Leo." "Yeah I will. Take care of those babies." "I will do my best. Plus my sister won't let me do otherwise." "Yep that's right. I will make sure she doesn't overwork herself." "Merida you are to strict." "I know for a good reason. You got two human beings in there." "Yeah yeah I know." Then we giggled a bit and headed out.

We made it to my mom and dad's. "Hey mom. Hey dad." "Oh hey honey. How are you feeling?" "Did Uncle tell you what happened?" "NO he told us you weren't feeling good." "Oh that's good. Yeah I'm fine. I wanted to ask you something though. When I was taking a walk in the forest the other day the forest was a little too quiet. What happened?" Mom and dad looked at eachother. Lets go talk to the head elder." "Ok sure." "Mind if I come? I want to hear this too." "Its up to the elder but I am sure its fine." So we walked a couple of dens down.

"Hello head elder." Said Luna. "Oh Luna Onyx and Akela. OH who is this man?" "Oh right you haven't met him. This is my childhood friend Leo. Akela calls him uncle Leo. He is taking care of Akela in the human world." "Oh I see. Welcome." "Thank you sir." "Oh you can call me elder or head elder like the rest." "OK thank you elder." Leo was allowed in so we all headed in the meeting room just us.

"So what brings you here Luna and Akela?" said the elder. "Well sir. The other day I was taking a walk in the woods and it was too quiet. I was wondering why." "I see. I figured you would come asking me this someday." "What do you mean? What is it? Does it have to do with me or my biological father?" "You can say it has to do with 1 or both. We don't know for sure." "What do you mean? What happened?" I asked curiously. He looked at my mom and dad. They nodded. Well it had to do when you were about 10 years old. Do you remember anything strange that happened to you that would cause someone to be afraid?" "No not really. Why?" "I see. So you don't remember. (sigh) You were in your wolf form. As you know back then you were still trying to control it. You might have been unconscious then." "Wait a second. If it happened while I was 10 then why isn't it quiet all the time when I am there? Why only then did it stay quiet?" "I see so it doesn't stay quiet when you are here then. Well I guess that we are here talking to you means maybe it doesn't have to do with you but I am not cutting it out yet. Maybe it has to do with your late father?" "Excuse me sir." Said Luna. "She is right? What does it have to do with my late husband?" "Hmm. Well the forest knows him just as well as it knows you. I was getting to know him a little when we talked alone when little Akela was a baby. He told me he moved here when he was about 10 years old. He liked it in the forest. So he and his brother Kira played here a lot." "I see. So dad liked it here too." "Yes he did. He told me that he met some people here. I don't really know who they are because he didn't mention it. Luna do you happen to know who these friends are?" "No I don't sir. Onyx do you know of any people that were in the forest back then?" "Not that I recall. They might have been there but not anyway I can see or heard anyway." "Dad? By any chance were you the same age as my biological father?" "Yes I am the same age as your bio father. If he were still alive we would be the same age." "I see. Hmm." "What is it Akela? Did you think of something?" "Maybe. I'm not so sure. Well anyway. I think I should get going. I know all I needed to know." Everyone looked at me confused and got up to leave with me.

"Well that was interesting." Said Leo. "Yeah it was." I said. "I have to tell Loki what is going on when or if I see him tonight." "Is everything ok honey? You had a strange look in your eye when you found out the age of dad." "Yeah I'm fine. I'm sorry I can't stay long mom. Tell the others I'll come tomorrow. Oh are you going to the village where dad lived before he moved here?" "Yes Kira told me about it. Your going too right?" "Yeah." "Oh good. Your uncle said it was good timing too. He and Loki had business there." "Oh is that so? I might have some as well. Bye mom and dad. See you tomorrow." "Ok bye honey." "Bye Akela."

We got home and I was unusually tired today. Its strange. Ever since that incident where it was quiet that day my body has slowly becoming more tired. I better talk to Loki about it or someone who might know. Loki was there waiting for us to come home.

"Hey Loki." I said tiredly. "Hey there. You look tired. Haven't you been getting enough sleep?" "I don't really know. I will tell you later when I get settled in my bed in a few minutes. Then I have something to tell you." "Ok go get settled then call for me ok?" "Yes Loki thanks."

I barely got in the room to changes but I managed. Aqua came in to see if I was ok cause she must have seen me stagger. "Hey Akela. How you feeling?" "Tired. Can you get Loki for me?" "Yes I'll be right back." "Thanks." I was fighting to stay awake while I was waiting for Loki. Then finally he came in.

"Hey are you really that tired still?" I nodded. "Sorry. I'm fighting it. I have something important to tell you. When you and Uncle Leo went looking for me remember how the forest was quiet?" "Yeah I thought it strange. So what about it?" Then I told him what the Elder told me. "I see. So want me to look into who was in the forest back then and who it could be now?" "Yeah and since I am going to the village with mom and uncle too, I will do some investigating myself. Also I have strangely noticed that day that it was quiet, my body has been becoming more tired at a slow pace. Do you know anything about it?" "Hmm. I don't recall anything. We have to figure out what is causing all this then maybe we can find out why you are tired because of it." "Yeah good idea." "Ok get some sleep." I laid down and closed my eyes instantly and fell asleep.

Time went on. I wasn't able to go to school so Loki has been giving me work to do for school when I can go back. It was the day before we leave to the village. My uncle came by the house to talk to Loki. So I got my tired body up to say hi to him.

"Hey Uncle." "Hey there Akela. You don't look so good." "Yeah I know. Loki said he was going to investigate it." "That's news to me." "Oh I forgot to mention. Ever since she went into the forest that day I told you she went for a walk and ended up in the forest. She hasn't been the same since." "Hmm. Well when we are at the village maybe we can find something about that. I assume it has something to do with your dad. That is why she is feeling weak. Maybe he had something and passed it on to her that we don't know about. Not even Luna his wife knew." "Hmm. Did dad ever act strange as a child?" "Not that I recall. He was a normal wierdo." "Hehe I see. When I was blacked out and I saw dad I could picture it. Well anyway what time are we leaving tomorrow?" "Are you sure you can walk long distance Akela?" "I hope so. If not I got you two right?" "Haha yeah. It will be too much for Loki to carry you that long. If you need me too I will carry you." "Thanks. I might need it." "No problem."

"Hey Aunty. How are you feeling?" "Me well same. A tad bit tired and big from the babies." "Hehe. I can't wait to know what they are. Its too bad you wanted it to be a surprise." "Yes well. Leo and I both wanted them to be a surprise." "I can't believe tomorrow starts the month of my birthday. You will be getting closer to your due date." "Yes I am I will be 8 months." "Hehe I just thought of something. That would be cool if the babies were born on my birthday. It would be the best present ever." "Hehe. It would wouldn't it. Well its up to these two when they want to come out." "Hey do you have names picked out yet?" "Yes if its ok with you if we have a boy can we name it Orion?" "I think father would love that. What girl name do you have picked out?" "Oh we have Luna. After your mother."

"I see. And if you have 2 girls or 2 boys what are you going to name them?" Well the first is what I told you and if we have another boy we will call him Isaac and a girl we will name her Keyon." "Oh I see. Nice names." "Thanks. Leo picked out the boy names and I picked out the girl names." "Oh I see. That's cool."

So the day went on and it was the night before we leave to go to the village. "Ok you get some sleep after your shower ok Akela." "Yes uncle. I will." Then I went to shower got my pj's on laid down and closed my eyes. The others stayed up a bit longer then they did the same.