One step closer

Chapter One
Spirit, the arctic wolf, walked through crystal sands, the sun warmed his fur. His friend, Juniper, shook his fur off as he got out of the water. "I got to go, Spirit. TTYL!"

"Oh." Spirit sighed. Juniper was his only real friend. "Okay. See you."

Juniper ran down the road to Coral Canyons, waving.

Spirit started walking back home, taking the short way through the Temple of Zios.

A rabbit hopped over beside him. "Hi!" She had white fur and purple eyes, and wore a purple scarf.

"Oh... hi." Spirit nodded half-heartedly. "I'm Spirit."

"I'm Lily."

"Cool." Spirit mumbled.

"Wanna play? Best dressed, or scooped, or something? You look kinda down."

"Uh..." Spirit hesitated. "I'm pretty tired. Sorry."

"Oh, okay." Lily gave him a patient, kind smile. "You should go through sarepia forest, though. It's lovely out today."

"Mm." Not really hearing, he continued walking.