Totoka River xii. girl, you have fire in your soul

Connor and Lokie had been traveling with the group for a while now, he had to remember that things will be different and he has to step up to the plate. The titan male gave a smile to his best friend as they traveled with the growing group that Rhaella had formed, he was impressed that someone so young could pull this off, but he remembered not to underestimate the speckled wolf. The cinnamon male's ears perked, the sounds of waves was slowly emerging in his ears, he turned his emerald gaze to Lokie, he wondered if his friend would notice where they were going and what questions he could have. The group approached the coast, new scents were flooding his nose, and the trees were getting further and further away, there was sand approaching them.

Rhaella and another wolf seemed to have found a spot where they stood near each other, Connor tilted his head for a moment but decided not to bother. The muscular male made his own path and wandered to the river where the sand and grass were starting to blend. Connor looked down at the water, his thirst was going to kill him, but something caught his eye, just as he was about to drink, a small creature caught the corner of his eye. The man turned to look at the small creature, and as soon as he made eye contact with the creature's small eyes, something hit him, "uh oh..." Where his final words before the small animal used its claw-like hand to grab onto Connor's nose. The giant male's eyes widen and his pupils got small, the pain was overwhelming, but he resisted a scream, he reared up his large head and began shaking violently.

His vision was blurring from the pain, but he had to get it off before it caused him any embarrassment, he took his huge paw and swatted at the creature, however, some of the attempts failed. Connor groaned in annoyance that was hinted with pain as he raised his paw above his head and gave a hard smack on the creature's round back and it came crashing to the ground with a splat. The evil little thing was dazed but quickly scooted away while Connor had to take a seat to try and calm his throbbing nose, boy do I owe Lokie an apology... He thought to himself as he wrapped his large paw around his muzzle to try and ease the pain.