Pathway Star

I sat there, looking up towards the sky. My mum was lying next to me, across the snowy ice. My gaze cast over the sea. The ice was breaking; it was spread in chunks over the sea. I sniffed. Not only was my home breaking, the fire tear from long ago is dying.

"Let me tell you a story, Trilix", my mum was saying. Trilix is me. My mum is called Holli. I don't know why she wants to tell it to me again, I mean, she's told it to me every night of my life!

"It's not that story again, it's something else".

"That's what you said last night", I replied (well it was true!).

"It's important, come and snuggle up to your mum". I could see she meant it so I did what I was told. I love the softness of her pure white fur. My mum was a teller; my dad was to (so I was told).

"A legend foretold that 7 heroes will rise, four small dragons, two flat faces and a white bear. It is said that they will meet togever and open a hole. The hole will take them to another world where the living evil lives, the warrior of dark. They will find and destroy him to save our ice. His soldiers will leave this world and we will regain peace".

"Why was that so important"? I mumbled. Seriously, why!

"You will find out soon, my dear", Mum said. She nuzzled me on the head and I drifted to sleep.

When I woke up, I was greeted by my mum. I love my mum, really I do, but she treats me like a baby.

"This is going to be our last hunt before we leave for burn sky", she whispered, licking my head.

"MUM!" I moaned, "that's gross!" Mum looked at me with her deep brown eyes. "Fine", I sighed. I stood up, wishing my brother was here.

You won't know this yet but a while ago, my brother died. We were having our first hunt for seals, patiently waiting for a seal to come up through the air-hole, when we saw a bear come towards us. It was an adult male. Mum gathered us up and told us to keep quiet.

"This is my hole", he said, "stay away".

"It is everyone's hole", Bener said coming out from behind mum (he was my brother). I tried to make myself as small as possible. The older bear looked down and glared at him, Bener tried to make himself look tough. The older bear took a swipe at him and took Bener down. He then grabbed him at the chest and threw Bener into the water behind us. I spun around and watched my brother sink into the water, I did something really silly then… I dived in after him. I knew how to swim (luckily) but the current in this water was really strong. I went underwater, squinting my eyes, making out a white figure which was my brother. I swam towards him- his air bubbles were getting smaller and smaller. I bit his neck scruff and pulled him back up. Now I had to get back on the ice. I fought against the current and clawed the ice, scrabbling to get back up. The older bear snorted.

"That paretic effort!" he laughed.

I grunted in frustration as I pulled myself up, Bener still floppy. I could tell he was a fighter but my anger overwhelmed me. I launched myself at the bear, tears flooding out of my eyes.

"How dare you kill my brother!" I sobbed. Apparently, I took this bear at a surprise and I managed to bite his snout and claw out half his fur before he reacted. I landed back on the ground, baring my teeth and snarling fiercely. The older bear suddenly didn't look so tough anymore and ran away, leaving a trail of blood on the ice. That's when I ran back to Bener, nuzzling him with my snout.

"Bener!" I cried, "Oh Bener, answer me…please!" It was too late. He had gone. I was heartbroken… I still am.