Going out in the cave

"We exited the cave without much trouble.

"Being in a fantasy world and all,I thought we'd encounter a lot of monsters, but I was unexpectedly mistaken.

"Upon leaving the cave,we found a straight, well traveled path that was thick with trees on both sides of it.

"Maybe we can find a town if we go down this path long enough.

"Wow,there's so much nature!" Sierra said with her eye's sparkling

"Do you not have any forests where you're from?" Max said.

"Not many, no.If you go far enough you can find some,but I was mainly surrounded by buildings." Sierra said

"I walked up to one of the trees and touched a leaf.You could tell it wasn't fake.

"Agh!" Sierra's hurt.

"I cut my finger. I could feel the pain creep up from my fingertip.Well,at least I was now certain this wasn't a dream.

"I smell blood...What,did you hurt yourself?" Max said.

"Yeah,not so bad though." Sierra said.

"Max started at my fingertip which had already stopped bleeding.

"Huh,he must be sensitive to the smell of blood because he's. beast.

"Hmm...From the looks of it,I don't think you've been poisoned." Max said "he's worried".

"Max took his eyes off my cut.

"You were worried for me?Aw,Thank you." Sierra said with a smile.

"Worried?! Yeah,worried I wouldn't have a chauffeur anymore!" Max said while blushing.

"Max hopped onto my shoulder again.

"However,he quickly jumped back off at the sound of a growl.

"...What was that?" Sierra said

"It's coming from over there.Stay on your toes." Max said "still worried".

"I followed after Max into the forest and we found a huge wolf.It had a star shape on it's forehead.

"His legs were caught in a bear trap.

"Oh no..." Sierra said "feeling wanted to help the wolf"

"Watch out,that's a savage beast. Don't get close." Max said.

"The wolf noticed us looking at him and gave us a nasty stare as it growled, eyes full of rage.

"The teeth of the bear trap had sunk deep into his legs.That beast was going nowhere.

"Why would anyone do this...?" Sierra said.

"The people of this world must view these beasts as enemies they can hunt." Max said

"Come on,let's just go." Max said.

"Max turned the other way and headed back for the path we came on.

"I,on the other hand,couldn't simply leave the wolf there all alone.

"I'm going to save him." Sierra said.

"You what?! Are you crazy?!" Max said.

"Make one wrong move and you're done for!" Max said.

"I know he might attack me,but I want to help if he's hurt." Sierra said.

"Even if he is a beast...

"Max let out a sigh. It looks like he gave in.

"You sure are strange." Max said.

"Come to think of it,you weren't afraid when you first saw me,either." Max said "surprised".

"Well,that would be because you're quite cute,Max. Sierra said with a smile.

"How dare you call me cute,vermin!" Max said while blushing.

"Max gave me the evil eye.The gaze of the wolf before me,however, was ten times scarier.

"Nrgh...Very well. I shall lend you my assistance." Max said.

"So how do you want to do this?" Max said

"The bear trap was pretty rusty and weak,even I could've broken it with my own straight.

"I'm the one who said I'd save him,so I'll do it on my own." Sierra said "being brave".

"Whoa,are you serious? All right, do things your way,then." Max said.

"I crouched slightly and slowly approached him.

"I heard before that if you are too fast to pet a dog when you first meet them,they become really cautious.

"The wolf beast growled at me an bared it's white fangs.

"It's fine.I'm just going to take the trap off of you,that's all." Sierra said.

"If it weren't for the trap holding him down,I'm sure he would've already pounced and attacked me.

"Don't worry,I'm not going to hurt you." Sierra said.

"...Wait.You can't speak?" Sierra said.

"The beast said nothing and simply continued to growl.

"Beasts usually can't speak with humans." Max said.

"What?You can speak with me,though!" Sierra said.

"Well,yeah.That's because I'm special... Maybe." Max said.

"Max's tail dropped down pitifully.

"Whatever... Here goes nothing!" Sierra said.

"I started to reach for the trap.The wolf stared at me as if it were going to jump and bite me at any moment.

"Hey,you! That's right! You,you beast! Look over here!" Max said.

"Max jumped right in front of the wolf.Its eyes shifted off of me to him.

"Now's my chance!

" I grabbed the trap and opened it up with all my might.

"It broke with a loud noise,and the wolf who had been set free jumped nimbly to the other side of it.

"Alright, you're free!" Sierra said.

"It was a pretty old trap,so getting that thing off was a cinch." Max said.

"The wolf looked at us silently.

"Then it faced the other way and ran off into the forest.

"I wanted to heal his wound..." Sierra said " feeling a bit sad".

"We decided to head back to the road we had originally started out on.

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