Trotzen                                                               

Trotzen sighed then sat beside the entrance to the den where the rain was still pouring heavily outside. 

" What happened between him and me .... the scars still run deep" Trotzen looked at the moon, his blue and green eyes refecting the silvery glow. Palugit nodded, to show Trotzen that he could continue. 

" It all started at Swift tails birth...." 

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                                                           Trotzen's story

I looked down at the wet bundle of fur lying next to my mother. The fawn was puny, but my mother tenderly licked the young fawn over and over again, trying to dry the fawns fur. I wrinkled my nose, what an ugly fawn. Despite my mother protecting the fawn, my mother was a cruel doe, and sent me outside the den, even though it was stormy. I went off in a temper and met my friend Niralie, who asked me what I was doing. 

" My brothers just been born" I huffed, not at all pleased. 

" How cute" Niralie smiled, for she thinks all babys are cute. I grunted, not intrested. Eventually, my mother allowed me into the den and to see my brother. 

" His names Swift tail" My father, a proud ruler of the forest told me. I still wanted nothing to do with my brother, no matter what his name was. However, as the years went by, I came to adore my brother,and we became as close as best friend's ( Or brothers) can get. He had a simlier colouring to me, that was from our mother, with similer eye colouring to our father. The pattern down our backs was from our grandfather. We were highly respected, and we both came to fancy Niralie, a VERY pretty doe. This was our first problem, and I thought Swift tail was too young to have a love intrest. That night, we slept on seperate sides of the den. However another dilema went on. Our father who was leader of the herd had to decide which son would follow him as prince of that forest. And by law, I the eldest, got picked. I suddenly became the center of attention, and one night, Niralie kissed me. I felt  like my life was complete. But you can't have too much of a good thing, and as I became the center of attention, Swift tail became jelous, but we were still brothers, and our friendship was restored. As teenagers, me and Swift tail looked for trouble, and me becoming prince seemed fate. One day, we heard terrible news, our father was dead. This meant I was prince. Swift tail decided to make himself prince by challenging me to a climb, whoever got there first was the stronger and faster. I accepted, but I found out he challenged me to run up rocky hill. Rocky hill is a hill that has never been disturberd, and the slightest mistake would cause an avalanche large enough to wipe out the whole herd. I would have to be sneaky, I decided. But Swift tail had other plans than to play fair, he went up the safe side of the hill and waited for me there. 

" You cheated!" I yelled when I reached the top. Swift tail was aware of this.

" Oops. avalanche" He smirked, and using his antlers, pushed a loose boulder, that caused the rock silde. As I slid down, each stone battering me I thought of my life, and Niralie. Niralie was my wife, and our fawn was hopefully soon due. When I reached the bottem, I made a desperate struggle to get out, and I was lucky to win my life. Swift tail was already at the bottem of the hill, and he did not look pleased to see me alive, no matter how weak I was. But swift tail was determined to be crowned king. He called for Henry, his best friend to bring Niralie to come through the crowds, and I watched helplessly as the bucks chased the doe all over the terrotriy, each time she thought she might have gotten away, they would leap out and inflict another small wound, until they finally left her to bleed to death in the middle of a wolf infested forest. That night a horrible shreik split the night air as the wolves ripped Niralie, and out fawn, to shreds. Swift tail threatned to send me the same way unless I left, so I did. 

" And he even murdered his best friend Henry, the one he trusted most. " Trotzen grunted. Palugit listened, shocked she had once faniced Swift tail. Tears, now silver with the moonlight reflected in them, slowley poured down Trotzens face. Palugit stood up and moved towards Trotzen, pressing her lips against his wet cheek. And from behind another buck watched.... 

                                                               Maudire

It was sunset, and  deer in a feild near Swift tails herd were grazing whilst the last lights of day still remained. Amongst these bucks was one called Maudire. Maudire had been raised by two muderous deer, both of whom wanted Maudire to become a murder like themselves. Unfortuantly, Maudire had become a murderer like his parents. Maudire had been hired by Swift tail to keep Swift tails herd under contol. But the truth was, Swift tail was slightly scared by Maudire, for his antlers were far larger than they should have been, and Maudire was close the shedding his antlers, and when he did, they would grow back even more powerful. True, so would Swift taiols but there was a 2% chance Swift tails antlers would be more impressive. And if you thought Swift tail was bad enough for infamy, Maudire made Swift tails infamy seem like a kitten. Whilst he pondered this, Swift tail sensed a movment in the feild. After a while the movment vansihed, and Swift tail went back to thinking over these things. Meanwhilst, Swift tail was not the only member of the herd who sensed it. Maudire, despite also having a blind eye saw the grass move. He turned to the buck next to him.

" Did you sense that?" he asked, his lip curling. The buck looked at the long grass, but did not answer. 

" I SAID DID YOU SENSE THAT???" Maudire roared, to which all the deer of the forest turned. The buck nodded. Maudire took a step towards the buck, his good eye gleaming. The buck shivered, a cold feeling of dread spread through him. 

" Silent treatment, I don't like deer who aren't able to talk" Maudire advanced upon the buck before he was able to stop, and with a quick turn, Maudire gored the bucks eyes with his massive antlers. The buck stepped back, blood running down his face and turning the grass an even deeper shade of red. Then Maudire bucked the deer in the neck, tearing the breathing tube away. Whilst the buck atepmted to breath, Maudire locked antlers and twisted the bucks neck. And If that wasn't enough he threw the buck on the nearest bolder, causing a mini rocksilde, covering the buck. In seconds he was dead. Maudire turned round, a cold gleam in his eye. The other deer turned. 

" This is how things will work now ok!" Maudire yelled. All but one doe nodded and said;

" Yes" 

Maudire turned to the doe, who also happened to be mute.

" Well, do you understand?" He asked, a cold tone to his voice. The doe nodded, unable to speak. 

" Another disrespecter" Maudire grunted, and signaled for the doe to turn her back to him so he could finish her offhowever he liked and she was vunrable, no matter what he did. From a distance, Swift tail turned around, he did not want to see what happened next.