Apollo

A collab by Paliesum and Safetyfireluv. ''Red, an arctic wolf, bonds with a tiger, who teaches her how to fish. Red's dad gets suspicious but doesn't question her. Later, her parents get killed by a rockfall, and the tiger is the prime suspect. Can Red figure out how to solve the mystery, and how to convince the rest of the villagers that he is innocent, or will she have to remember the day she let her village down forever?''

Prologue: Paliesum
3 years ago...

Red stepped a foot into her new village. It was wonderful. Her old village had been wiped out by an earthquake. She hoped this one would last longer. She was 16, and was going to move in with her parents.

Red trotted as far as her small arctic wolf legs would take her, and reached the cottage of her parents. It was made with white terracotta walls, and had a surprisingly stable hay roof.

She knocked on the door, observing the bushes full of raspberries, blueberries, blackberries and so much more. There's so much vegetation here, she thought, as the door burst open. Her mother, a coyote called Samantha, reached out for a hug. Red blushed. She didn't want to be embarrassed by her mother.

"Hey, Sam." she said, nudging her away. "Hey sweetie-pie." Mummy and Daddy both missed you very much!" she exclaimed. Red groaned. "Mum!" she growled, walking in the living room.

There was a crackling fireplace that his father had lit and on the couch, his arctic wolf father, Josh, had fallen asleep on the patched red couch. Red's father was a skilled builder, and had built lots of cool things.

She stared out the window at the concrete apple tree that his father had built over 10 years ago, because their village was called Appletree homes. Now he just stuck to building dog houses, because he was tired now.

For Sam, she was a chef and cooked marvellous things. She's thinking of switching to working at a cafe because there's a huge rush of customers, and cafes are less crowded.

As for Red, she loved hiking, and was a detective. She would love to be a detective when she gets older. And Red, being a detective, was extremely smart. She already got heaps of gems from not even having a job, but just being who she was. And did she like being who she was? She did.

Red took her afternoon tea from the table, and sat down on the couch. With every bite, she wondered, what amazing adventures would await her in the following years.

I- Safetyfireluv
Present

Red struggled with the fishing rod. Even though her dad was basically retired from building gigantic things, he also loved fishing. He was on the other side of the stream, concentrating hard. After a while, he waved to Red and left to go into the house and finish his project.

He'd caught three big fish, and she was still stuck on one. She sighed, annoyance running through her as she started to put it in the water again, expecting herself to fail.

"Wait!" Said a voice behind her, and she whipped around.

"What?" She asked, turning. The animal standing behind her was a tiger, standing tall and firm. He looked as if he could be a detective, just like Red. He had ocean blue eyes and white and blue colors. He had a few items on, and she was particularly mesmerized looking into the blue of his eyes.

"Here, this is how you do it." He showed her how to hook the bait onto the fish, throwing the rod in. When he pulled it out, a rather large fish.

"Oh thank you, thank you!" She said, and he grinned. "But... what is your name? I am Red."

"I'm Apollo," He answered, giving her a quick hug. "But I must be off."

Red dipped her head. "If you must be, go ahead."

And then she watched the sand tracks fly after him as he trudged along the sand.

II - Paliesum
WIP