Adventure

 "To Ryan, a friend of mine until he moved away."

-M.N

Frost

Chapter 1: Frost

I'm Frost, a polar bear living with my momma bear in Churchill, Manitoba. 

My dad died in a fight with a polar bear trying to kill Mom, and Dad sacrifaced his life to save Mom. I wasn't born at the time. 

I have a friend named Puff, a adventurous puffin who loves challenges, big or small, and he's very kind and funny. 

We play together in the treehouse that me and Puff found abandoned a long time ago, and everyday we play in it. 

A few days after we found the treehouse, Puff found a little wooden piano and he knows how to play For Elise!

I'm right now sleeping, murmuring words from good memories of me and Puff, commenting about Puff's playing and us talking together. Such good memories.

Chapter 2: An Adventure

I heard that Snow, the polar bear princess of Nunavut, is missing!

Since I live in Manitoba, this isn't special, but it's an adventure and adventures are rare, and me and Puff love adventures. 

I told Puff about the news and when I finished speaking, his face showed me that he was excited, which isn't a surprise, since he loves challenges the same I do. 

"Yes, an adventure!" shouted Puff. 

"We're going on an adventure, we're going on an adventure!" we song together. 

It's a song we made up not long ago, and it's a nice, adventurous song that you would hear in the Hobbit or something. 

I didn't tell Mom about our adventure and were we traveling to. 

We sang the song when we were traveling along, like real adventurers, singing songs, and facing danger... I hope we reach that, like real adventurers.     

Chapter 3: Hunters

The next morning, me and Puffin woke up from the cave we were sleeping in and traveled. 

An hour into traveling along in the snow, I heard the crackling of heavy boots on snow, growing louder and louder the closer the noise was.

I could see humans in large parkas and heavy boots with quivers full of arrows, each with a huge bow used to kill bigger prey. They were hunters!

And we were the prey. 

Puff had the best chance of surviving the hunters, since he could fly, he was small, and the hunters would think he was small prey, nothing much to eat and a waste of arrows. 

I was the big prey, but I was big, and it would take many arrows to kill me, and I could kill many hunters easily.

Another trick for me to survive was to camouflage into the snow, and that trick works real nice with predators hunting polar bears. 

Real nice to use on the hunters that are going to kill me. Real nice. 

Me and Puff ran away from the hunters, only ten feet from us, already shooting arrows us, but they missed. 

As they were gaining closer and closer to us, my heart thumped louder and louder and my death was nearer and nearer to the heavens by the minute. 

Suddenly I saw thick snow at the next bend, where the humans couldn't see camouflage in the snow. 

I camouflaged into the snow quickly, and I noticed that Puff was hiding behind a bush since he couldn't camouflage like me. 

The hunters ran past us and when me and Puff were sure they were gone, we came out of our hiding positions and traveled for a little bit until we were hungry. 

Puff found fish in a lake near where we were going to eat lunch, and I caught some prey, and when we both came back to eat our lunch, we ate together, didn't say a word, and were eating sliently, happy to be together, but sliently eating, each having nothing to say to each other. 

Chapter 4: Lucinda

The next day, we traveled in the foggy weather, another day of finding Snowy the polar bear, our mission.   

Suddenly I saw something in the thick morning fog: a female polar bear wandering in the snow, minding her own business.

"Hello" I greeted her. 

"Hello" she greeted back. 

"What's your name?" Puff asked.

"Lucinda" she answered back to Puff. "Yours?" she asked me and Puff.

"I'm Frost" I said. 

"And I'm Puff" Puff answered to Lucinda. 

"Beautiful names" Lucinda commented. "Very."

"Thank you" I said.  

Chapter 5: A Third Adventurer

"Where are you and Puff going?" asked Lucinda.  

"To Nunavut" I answered. 

"Why?" Lucinda asked. 

"It's very complicated" I answered back to Lucinda. 

"Try me."

"Snow the polar bear of Nunavut is missing, and we're going there to see if she is somewhere in Nunavut because it's big there."

"Me and Puff are adventurers and this is our first adventure" I finished. 

"Can I join?" Lucinda asked. 

"Sure."   

"Hear that, Puff? A third adventurer!"  

Chapter 6: The Trio Traveling 

The three of us went to back to traveling in the fog, and later the sun rose brightly in the sky and the fog disappeared. 

We had lunch and after the meal, we traveled some more, passing bushes and looking at the snow-capped mountains. 

Later we ate dinner and looked at the stars, connecting the stars into constellations, and after we watched the stars, we all went to sleep for a long night's rest.   

Chapter 7: Puff Missing

The next morning when I woke up, I noticed that Puff wasn't here with us.

I waited a few minutes to see if Puff was off hunting for fish or going to bathroom, but he didn't come back, so I woke up Lucinda. 

"Puff's gone" I said. "I waited a few minutes to see if he'd come back, but he didn't."

"This is odd because I never saw or hear him leave us, which I always do" commented Lucinda. 

"Let's find him" I said. 

"OK." answered Lucinda. 

We searched in the snow, behind bushes, and at the lake where Puff goes to hunt, but no Puff. 

"Let's go back, it's getting cold " said Lucinda. 

"No, let's keep searching" I pushed. 

Suddenly, something grabbed me and Lucinda and then everything was black.

Chapter 8: Rescue

Suddenly I woke up and saw I was in a warehouse full of dusty old boxes and a few forklifts.

In one corner, I saw a small cage made of wood and a bigger cage made of medal and in the two cages were Puff and Lucinda!

I first freed Puff and then me and Puff tried to break Lucinda's medal cage, and it was hard, but we soon broke the cage and Lucinda was free!

We found our way out of the warehouse, and then we all talked in the snow about what happened. 

"Why was I not a cage like you guys?" I asked. "I blacked out like you guys."

"Yes" answered Lucinda. "You did."

"Who knocked me, Lucinda and you out?" I asked Puff. 

"So many questions and no answers" said Puff. "I don't know."

"It might happened again" said Lucinda. 

"But we'll be ready."  

Chapter 9: Another Plan

"What happened to the two polar bears and the puffin?" I commanded. 

Sorry, I'm Lufa, a wolf that lead my two wolves to the two polar bears and the puffin, and right now, I'm hearing disappointment like always. 

"They escaped. I'm sorry, boss." said the wolf that was watching them.

This always happens, but I can come up with another plan like always. A better plan than the last one. 

"You two go and do the same thing as last time, but I will come you this time."

"OK, boss" they said in unison. 

"Good. We'll do good this time. If not, we're slowing them down."

Chapter 10: One Down, Two to Go

We caught up to them and hid in a bush where we'd ambush them and then kill the three.

When I thought it was good time to attack them, we jumped from the bush and attacked. 

It was a long fight, but in the end, we killed one of the polar bears named Frost, judging by the other two were crying out "Frost!" when he was hurt. 

One down, two to go.   

Chapter 11: Final Moments

It was night, and nobody was watching us, the perfect time for Puff and me to say our final words to Frost.

I already said my final words to Frost, but Puff was doing overtime.    

"Frost" said Puff. 

"Frost, why are you not alive right now? Why!" cried Puff. 

"Puff, I'm sorry, but life goes on" I said.

"No, it doesn't!" shouted Puff.

"I'm sorry, Puff. Think of happy thoughts of you and Frost. Try. It'll make you feel better" I comforted Puff. 

"OK."

We buried Frost beyond the snow that looked the ground, and then we went to sleep, Puff sleeping beside where we buried Frost, and I sleeping on the other side of Frost, Puff on the right and I on the left.

Chapter 12: Snow

The next morning, me and Puff woke up and traveled in the snowy weather, me walking along and Puff flying, the snow in his face. 

Later we stopped traveling so Puff could hunt for fish at a nearby steam and so I could hunt for some seals where Puff was near. 

We brought our prey to where we stopped to hunt and then I ate on the snowy ground, eating seal, while Puff was eating fish on a rock. 

After we finished lunch, we traveled for a little bit and when we traveling, I saw a female polar bear.

I ran to the polar bear and greeted her. She told me that she was Snow, the ice princess of Nunavut. 

I was frozen in stock; this was the polar bear that was missing, and right now she's here, skin and bone. 

Me and Puff told her our names and I told her that we were on a adventure to find you. 

I told her she can stay with us and she argeed. She's with us. The adventure is almost over: just to find where home is.

Chapter 10: Where is Home?

"I don't want to go back to Nunavut!" cried Snow.

"They make you do all sorts of fancy manners and greeting, and I dont like it there!"

"That's why you were said to be "missing!" exclaimed Puff. 

"Yes, that's why I was said to be missing" said Snow. "And you obviously thought I was missing and were starting to search for me."

"Now we found you!" shouted Puff. 

"One question: where is home?" I asked. 

"Not Nunavut!" yelled Snow. 

"Maybe Churchill" suggested Puff. 

"Churchill, Manitoba?" I asked Puff. 

"Me and Frost's home."

"Lt's go there!" I shouted. 

"And live there!" exclaimed Snow. 


"A perfect plan!" Puff shouted. 

Chapter 11: Home

One week later

"We're home!" shouted Puff. "At least mine and Frost's."

Churchill was just like I wanted it. No fancy rules, perfect weather for a polar bear, and lots of food there. 

Here's (Churchill), it's like a free country, very nice to live in and lots of needs like food and water, but most of all, no fancy rules.

The past in gone, and the future begins. Better make the best of the future in Churchill like making friends. I already did that when I went on my first adventure. 

       

        

       


      
  

  

   

   

 

    

   



       

The Tale of Lionis and Leopario

"To Landyn, my third friend."

-M.N

The Story of Lionis

Chapter 1: An Unhappy Ruler

I am Lionis, the ruler of a small demain, but I'm an unhappy ruler not because I'm leader of a small empire, but because I wish I could do more for my people. 

I'm watching the plains for predators, and I see the females hunting prey for the males while us males sit here and watch the young of the females.

My wife, Kenya, is hunting and lucky for me, we don't have young, so for now, I am allowed to watch the plains and see the females hunting. 

When Kenya came back, the two of us had dinner together and after our eating, Kenya went to sleep while I watched the land of my kingdom. 

Chapter 2: Leopario Visits Lionis

Later in the night, I fell asleep and in the in morning, I was woken by Kenya as always. 

Kenya went hunting and soon she came back with meat, and then we gorged on the meat for breakfast. 

We were finishing what was left of breakfast when suddenly I saw Leopario out of nowhere. 

"Hello, Lionis!" greeted Leopario with strong cheer in his voice. 

"Hello to you too, Leopario!" I greeted back. 

Pardon me for not telling me who Leopario is. 

Leopario is a lion not a leopard, and he's my cousin and he's my favourite person in my family. 

He's very cheerful as you see, and very loud, too.

After we greeted to each other, we talked about how were were and what changed in the family, and while we were talking, Kenya gave the food from breakfast that we were going to Leopario. 

Suddenly I heard screaming and the roars of lions and I turned to look what was, and it was my kingdom's lionesses screaming and lions attacking my people roaring, while some of the lions of my kingdom were fighting off lions that were attacking. 

"Oh, no!" cried Kenya. 

"Lonion" I said.

Chapter 3: Saving the Kingdom

Me, Kenya and Leopario went to save my kingdom from Lonion's lions, but everyone was scattered and that made it harder to find them. Luckily my kingdom's small and that makes it easier for us. 

We had a plan and it was to get all the lionesses out of the open where Lonion's lions could kill them, and get them all to the safe place, which was an old mill that the humans abandoned a long time ago. Kenya would hide there, too.  

All the males of the kingdom including me and Leopario, to scare off the lions attacking. 

Me and Leopario told all the males the plan.

When they're off my kingdom, we will send a signal to the females and everyone can relax.   

I made that the safe place if we were attacked because it's far from the boarder around my kingdom and it's very big with lots of places where the lionesses can hide.

We rounded all of the lionesses and we lead the females to the mill and then the females and Kenya hid the mill.  

Then me and Leopario joined the males fighting and it was noot long until we scared off the lions and we sent the signal to the females in the mill. 

Suddenly I saw Kenya and then Leopario joined in with the two of us and we all talked together. 

"That was odd that Lonion's lions attacked us. They never attack us" I said. 

"Yes, but I've heard of many kingdoms with lions that were attacked by Lonion's lions" said Leopario.

"I have a feeling about something" spoke Kenya. 

"Us too" said me and Leopario in unison.

Chapter 4: Lonion

Lonion.  

Lonion was a good bright young lion and the females liked him a lot, hoping they would be his bride. 

Another reason they wanted to marry him was because his father was the ruler of one of the big kingdoms and he was also very strong. 

Kenya was one of the females that like Lonion, and Lonion liked her too because she was brave, beautiful and caring to all animals, but one day she met me and she was the sweetest sight I've even seen. 

She liked me and we hung out together, seeing the plains, talking to each other, sometimes even about our future together as a married couple. 

But Kenya didn't tell me about her liking of Lonion, my enemy, and she never did until one night she was scared. 

She told me she was scared of Lonion, who had found out about our dating together, and he was hunting Kenya down and he was about to kill her. 

Suddenly Lonion appeared and me and Lonion got in a fight and I win and told Lonion never to follow and talk to Kenya again. 

He argeed and me and Kenya ran as fast as we could from Lonion. 

We later got married, I become ruler of my father's land and we've been happy ever since. 

The attack that Lonion lions did. It's very mysterious what's going to happen next time.

Chapter 5: Revenge

I want revenge on Lionis. 

He met Kenya one day and then they fell in love and she forgot about me. Her real husband. 

Yesterday, I attacked Lionis's kingdom and I failed, but I will try again and kill him and marry Kenya, my love that abandoned me long ago. 

I will have my revenge. I will make Lionis's life hard and bitter like he did to me, and I'll do a hard gamble to do it.  

Chapter 6: Choice

Suddenly, I saw Lonion and two lions at his side. 

"The two best lions of his kingdom" I thought. 

Lonion and the other lions approached to me, Leopario and Kenya, and then Lonion spoke. 

"We're at war, Lionis" said Lonion. 

"Why would we be?" I asked Lonion. 

"Or else I will kill your wife" reasoned Lonion. 

Then Kenya gasped and I calmed her down. I told her to take a few deep breaths and I said some reassureing words and then she was fine. 

Give me some time to think about it" I said. 

"Fine. I will give you two days to decide. After the two days are up, you give me your answer. If you have an answer, I kill your wife." 

"OK" I say. 

I think very hard about this when I'm watching the plains or when I'm sleeping. 

And then I decide that I'd be not at war with Lonion, but Kenya dies, but I feel it's the right choice for my kingdom.

Chapter 7: A Wise Choice

Two days later 

"I've decided" I said. "I''m not at war with you."

"All right" says Lonion. "Then Kenya dies."

"No!" cried Kenya. 

Suddenly, Lonion slashed and clawed at Kenya, and soon my wife was dead, but I was calm about it and knew what was right. 

"So you were brave enough to let Kenya die and to even watch her die" said Lonion. 

"Yes I was, but to avoid fighting of two kingdoms" I told Lonion. 

"A very wise choice, I have to said, Lionis" comments Lonion. 

"I know" I say.  

Then Lonion leaves my kingdom and everything is the way it was before, but the only thing that's changed is my wife.

Chapter 8: No Kenya

I'm going crazy without Kenya. 

No Kenya at dinnertime, no Kenya hunting for food for the two of us, so no Kenya in my life anymore. 

I always cry when I think about Kenya, all the happy memories we've had together--all gone. 

I should have thought better about the choice I've made, because I'm missing Kenya and I wish I could go back in time and fix this mess. 

Then I thought of something: maybe I should kill Lonion, since he was the one that made me do such a thing. 

He's the one that should be punished. I'm going to kill him. I am going to kill Lonion, my old enemy.

Chapter 9: Lionis's Next Target

I went to Lonion's kingdom and the same two lions that were with Lonion when he entered my kingdom were guarding the entrance to the kingdom.    

I said I was Lionis, ruler of Loios, and I wanted to see Lonion, their ruler. 

They let me in, and they walked with me to the palace of Lonion and then they left the palace with only me and Lonion. 

Lonion wanted to know why I was here, but before he could move, I slashed and clawed at his skin and soon he was dead. 

Then I wiped the blood off my claws and smeared it on a wall and then I ran as fast as I could out of the kingdom. 

Then I wanted Leopario dead: He was always special and had so many talents Mom and Dad adored and I never was special to Mom and Dad, unlike Leopario and I just want Leopario. He's my next target. 

Chapter 10: Close, but No Cigar

No luck in killing Leopario. 

I thought I could kill him like I did with Lonion, but Leopario blocked all the moves I did to kill him. 

I was amazed that he blocked all the moves I did to kill him because I've never see him do so well at fighting, but he probably practiced and practiced when I was not looking.  

Maybe he was just lucky today besides, nobody can win win every battle, but I will finish him off, I know, but luck may change.

I was so close to killing Leopario, and I so knew I could kill him and be the special one for Mom and Dad and all my kin, but I failed but I'll kill him next time.

This is going to get very complicated the next time we meet. No more Mister Nice Guy.  

Leopario's lucky that I didn't kill that time. 

Close, but no cigar.

Chapter 11: The Ruler Killed

I'm Leopario, cousin and killer of Lionis, ruler of Loios. 

Anyway, let me tell my story about the second fight, the one when I killed Lionis, and you'll know everything about what happened. 

"Leopario" said Lionis

"Yes, Lionis?" I asked. 

"Let's fight again" said Lionis. 

"It's about the death of Kenya, right. You miss her." I say. 

"Yes. You killed her!" shouted Lionis.

"No, Lionis. You're blaming your anger on me, even though I didn't kill her" said Leopario. 

"And after you kill me, you're going to kill your people, right?" I asked Lionis. 

"Yes" I heard Lionis say. 

"And I'm going to kill you this time!" yells Lionis. 

He jumps on me and claws my skin, but I get him off me and we switch places this time. 

He gets out of my trap, and we fight for a long time, slashing each other, dodging attacks, lot of blood on us, but eventually, I pin Lionis down to the ground as hard as I can, not letting go. Lionis can't escape.

"Sorry Lionis, but if you kill your people, hundreds of lives, I will kill you right now if nesscessary. I'm sorry, Lionis, but I won't let hundreds of lions die."

"Is this what you want to do, kill hundreds of lions because you think they killed Kenya?" I ask. "Is this what you want to do?"

Lionis nodds.

"Well, I'm sorry Lionis, but this is what I must do."

I claw at his skin, blood gushing out of his body, and I do this for a long time, but soon he's dead. My cousin. 

"I'm sorry, Lionis. You chose the wrong path and you followed it and were going to kill hundreds of lions. I'm sorry, Lionis. I'm very sorry."

And that's my story.

Epliogue

Six months later, I became ruler of Loios, but I changed the name Sienna, after my wife.

We raised four cubs: three girls and one boy, and are a happy family together, playing fun lion games together in the evenings, running in the warm sun in the summers and laughing with each other, joy speading around the family. 

Being ruler is a tough job, but after a while, it's gets easier and easier to do, and I enjoy it, watching familes together, seeing the females hunting for foods, watching the plains for predators, the same things Lionis did when he was ruler.