Quality goes wheeeeeeeeeee- xD I put very low effort into the art but I worked hard on this story! ❁Chemchemi's backstory❁ The desert was boring. Tan sand and blue sky as far as the eye could see. Chemi had visited her friend Amazon on the other end of this desert, in the rainforest. Now she was heading to her cottage in her forest. Tilting her feathered wings to catch the warm air she flicked her ears with interest as she spotted a small creature, struggling in some quicksand. She tucked her wings close to her body and went down fast, then as she drew close to the animal she grabbed its only visible paw and pulled hard to get them free. Finally breaking the suction of quicksand Chemi set the creature down by a sage bush. She walked around a little and found some healing cactus flowers, then she chewed them into a pulp for the creature to eat when they woke up. Cautiously she started to lick the animal clean, and found it was a Dogwyrm! He started awake and his eyes flew open, Chemi jumped back and gave him some space. After a moment of the Dogwyrm looking around him and breathing hard, he growled and asked slowly, "Who are you?" Chemi told him politely. "My name is Chemchemi, I just saved you from that quicksand pit." After a moment of him staring at her suspiciously, she asked him his name, and he gave a gruff reply. "Mojave. At least, I think... I've never really heard my name spoken to me before." His eyes clouded with memories. Chemi didn't know what to say in the awkward silence, so she pushed the small pile of cactus pulp toward him with her paw, as he leaned back in repulsion she explained. "It will help, it's medicine!" He smelled it and slowly began to eat it, then Chemi realized he was very thin, he must not have eaten for days! She hopped up and took to the air, Mojave looked in amazement when her wings caught the air and she flew away. Chemi had a mission, she saw a small hare crouched near a bush and stopped to hunt it, her soft wings were silent and she caught it effortlessly. When she landed by Mojave he had already cleaned off all the sand from his gold pelt. She laid the hare by him and waited. He looked up at her questioningly, as though no one had ever given him a meal. She softly smiled and nodded. Mojave ate it quickly. Chemi could tell he needed it and was exhausted. After several silent moments she noticed the growing darkness and looked to the horizon, the sun was setting! After a minute of debating the risk she decided to do the right thing and offered him a night at her cottage. "The dark is coming and you need somewhere to stay, it's not a long way and I can carry you." Chemi argued when he refused. Mojave looked shocked that this stranger would do such a thing for him. But when he too looked at the fading daylight he decided that he had no choice but to shelter for a night in her cottage. "Fine." He gruffly replied at last. Chemi stood up and stretched her wings. "Let's head to that hill, it'll be much easier to take off from there." They padded up the sand dune, at the top, Mojave awkwardly wrapped his paws around Chemi and she leapt into the air with wings spread wide. Mojave let out a started yelp as they plummeted down, but Chemi beat her wings and they soared over the sand. --- After a tiring hour of flying Chemi landed gratefully at her cottage doorstep. Mojave unattached himself from her quickly and laid on the mossy stones, breathing deeply. Chemi walked into the entryway and beckoned to Mojave, then she showed him a soft woven nest of moss, decorated with mint leaves. He heavily laid down and his eyes remained wary for a moment, but as Chemi settled down and curled up with her wings settled over her as a blanket he shut his eyes. Weary from traveling they slumbered peacefully. --- (Several weeks later) Mojave and Chemi were playing hide and seek, Mojave was a master at the game, but Chemi was not. With her beautiful yet unnatural colors she stood out and couldn't stop giggling. Mojave stalked around a tree, his muzzle wrinkled with a sly smile. After a moon of eating rich food from Chemi's forest he had grown sleek and strong. She was on the other side of this bush, he could hear her delightful chattering, she had probably found a pretty flower to put in her feathered wings. Drawing close to the foliage, he found her pink tail through the leaves, flicking back and forth playfully. With a brilliant pounce he jumped on top of her and let out a triumphant chuckle as he heard her squeal with surprise. "Gotcha!" He sang. "No fair! I couldn't hear you over the birdsong!" She whined jokingly. Mojave had been in the forest for so long he'd grown accustomed to the loud chirping creatures. He remembered the first day he'd woken up in his new home. (Continued)
(Continued) The smell of mint shrouded his senses, who had captured him?! What was that sound? Someone was talking rhythmically. A female... //Chemi!// His memories of the previous day came. She saved him! She caught food, brought him to her den, and she gave him a place to sleep. //Why was she so nice?// He shook his pelt and got out of the nest, planning to thank Chemi and leave. "Mojave, you're awake!" Her voice startled him, she had come in the cottage with a basket of strawberries. Mojave looked at the berries in undisguised hunger. "Come to the kitchen for breakfast!" Chemi ordered as though they had done this everyday for seasons. He obeyed without hesitation. A delicious spread was laid out on a wooden slab, Mojave had /never/ seen so much! Perhaps he could stay a few days longer... (Back to a few weeks later) Chemi stopped giggling and sighed happily. Laying in the grass with Mojave after a game of hide and seek seemed like the perfect thing to do this morning. She slid closer to him and closed her eyes. Growling woke her with a start. "What's wrong?!" She asked anxiously. "Something is out there." Mojave stood over her protectively, a growl rising from his throat. "Chemiiiiiiii!" A voice howled from beyond the bushes. //Amazon?// Chemi wondered if her friend had really journeyed across the desert so close to the storm season. "I'm here Amazon!" She howled back, then added to Mojave. "Don't worry, I know her." He relaxed slightly, then again more when Amazon popped through the bush. She's also a Dogwyrm! Chemi realized. "Hey Chemi, who's this?" Amazon asked, straight to the point. "I'm Mojave." Mojave replied before Chemi had a chance to open her mouth. "He's stayed with me for a while." Chemi added vaguely, unsure how the conversation became so tense so quickly. Amazon nodded slowly, her eyes locked with Mojave's in an intense gaze. A chill entered the air. Chemi's feathers ruffled in nervous pricks. As she looked for a way to move the subject a swift breeze blew the trees above their heads. She looked up, surprised to see no colorful birds fluttering around, no birdsong anymore either... in fact, the sky was getting dark. //It's not even afternoon!// Chemi grew even more worried. "Good thing I came when I did, a storm is here." Amazon informed her. "Let's head to the cottage." Mojave said, nudging Chemi along the path. They struggled to get to shelter as the gusts increased, Amazon had to push them all along to keep moving. Her powerful Dogwyrm muscles strained with the effort. As the welcoming cottage came into view a deafening noise came from the left, a funnel-like cloud whirled closer, threatening to pull them away. Chemi's wings were caught in it's pull and she opened her mouth in a cry for help, no sound escaped. Mojave gaped at her sudden disappearance, Amazon grabbed him and jumped into the cottage before they shared Chemi's fate. They had to wait now. --- (A month later) Chemi's eyes opened slowly, adjusting to the light. She yawned and winced at the pain in her jaw, and her legs, and her wing. Bleary-eyed and still stretching she wondered what happened, was the storm only a dream? How else could she be in her bed? "Mojave..." She croaked weakly. After coughing and swallowing she tried to call out again, "Mojave?" Pawsteps sounded at the entrance to the den. "Mojave!" Chemi cried, but her heart fell when it was Amazon who walked inside. "Chemi, you're awake!" Amazon said with a sob, as she nuzzled Chemi's cheek and she saw tears roll down Amazon's brown fur. "Why are you so dramatic? I was only asleep." Chemi tried to get up, her legs strangely wobbly. Mojave padded in with a grim face and Chemi smiled warily. "What's going on guys?" Amazon stopped crying but her face was still sad, Mojave gave her a look that said something... Chemi didn't like that. "Chemi, dear friend, you were sucked into the tornado and have been asleep, for a moon." Amazon started gently. "A MOON?!" Chemi yelped. "Yes Chemi, and while you were out Mojave and I spent a lot of time together... while taking care of you and your cottage... and we've decided..." Amazon's voice faded as she looked at Mojave. Her look, was one of love. "So you can go back to your rainforest now and Mojave will spend time with /me/. Right?" Chemi whispered, tears welling in her eyes. "I'm sorry." Mojave said. His voice meant his mind was made up. "Ok... I'm glad for you. You can live happily ever after. With /her/." Chemi spoke slowly, but the last words came as a snarl. Amazon's head lowered in embarrassment. The new Dogwyrm couple padded away together. Chemi was alone again. Coding and audio from @Silverpelt_'s Hit or Miss project. All art by me! Chemchemi and Dogwyrms are by @Sundewdragon. Mojave is my OC but Amazon is @Flowersong18's. Alone pt II is by Ava Max.
