Legend of the Seeker fic: Go Home
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legendland challenge - joint first placing :)
Richard, Kahlan, Zedd, Cara - PG - Prompt: Home - Summary: Richard finds himself followed by a baby Gar
Richard stopped, turned around, stared at the creature that had been stalking him for the past half a mile.
"Shoo," he said, waving his arms. "Go home."
The baby gar made a pathetic mewling noise, much like a kitten. Richard had seen the carcass of the gar's mother a while back. He hadn't wanted to just put the little creature out of its misery, though he knew it would grow up to become a fearsome predator. Besides, the gar was old enough to fend for itself – it had been munching on some sort of rodent until it had spotted Richard.
Since then it had been following him, occasionally darting in and out of bushes and around trees, and making that odd noise.
"Go home," Richard said sternly again and continued on his way.
Half an hour later he reached the camp. The gar was still trotting along just behind him. Kahlan's eyes widened in alarm, Cara reached for her agiel, and even Zedd looked up from the stew he was stirring.
"I told you, go home," Richard said fiercely. The gar ducked its head and mewed.
"Wherever did you find it?" Kahlan asked in amazement. Richard explained the circumstances and her features softened. "Poor darling," she said, approaching the pitiful gar carefully and bending down by it.
Cara rolled her eyes. "It's dangerous," she said.
"Not this little thing," Kahlan said. "You keep telling it to go home when it has none, Richard. With its mother gone, it doesn't know where to roost. You know what that's like, being lost and alone, far from everything you know."
"We'll find some more gars," Richard said in resignation, "maybe they'll take it in. After supper. I'm starving."
The gar mewled again.
"I think he's hungry too," Kahlan cooed. "Who's a poor homeless little gar, then?"
Cara made a noise of disgust but everyone knew that once Kahlan had her mind set on something she wouldn't be dissuaded. The stew was going to have to feed an extra mouth tonight.
legendland challenge - joint first placing :)Richard, Kahlan, Zedd, Cara - PG - Prompt: Home - Summary: Richard finds himself followed by a baby Gar
Richard stopped, turned around, stared at the creature that had been stalking him for the past half a mile.
"Shoo," he said, waving his arms. "Go home."
The baby gar made a pathetic mewling noise, much like a kitten. Richard had seen the carcass of the gar's mother a while back. He hadn't wanted to just put the little creature out of its misery, though he knew it would grow up to become a fearsome predator. Besides, the gar was old enough to fend for itself – it had been munching on some sort of rodent until it had spotted Richard.
Since then it had been following him, occasionally darting in and out of bushes and around trees, and making that odd noise.
"Go home," Richard said sternly again and continued on his way.
Half an hour later he reached the camp. The gar was still trotting along just behind him. Kahlan's eyes widened in alarm, Cara reached for her agiel, and even Zedd looked up from the stew he was stirring.
"I told you, go home," Richard said fiercely. The gar ducked its head and mewed.
"Wherever did you find it?" Kahlan asked in amazement. Richard explained the circumstances and her features softened. "Poor darling," she said, approaching the pitiful gar carefully and bending down by it.
Cara rolled her eyes. "It's dangerous," she said.
"Not this little thing," Kahlan said. "You keep telling it to go home when it has none, Richard. With its mother gone, it doesn't know where to roost. You know what that's like, being lost and alone, far from everything you know."
"We'll find some more gars," Richard said in resignation, "maybe they'll take it in. After supper. I'm starving."
The gar mewled again.
"I think he's hungry too," Kahlan cooed. "Who's a poor homeless little gar, then?"
Cara made a noise of disgust but everyone knew that once Kahlan had her mind set on something she wouldn't be dissuaded. The stew was going to have to feed an extra mouth tonight.
