Maria was lost, hopelessly lost. After making a few foolish decisions of what track to follow to get her back to the main road, she soon found herself even deeper in the woods, in an area that was ruled by flora. By now her hunger was returning, the snack she had earlier only helping to quench it for a while.
The fox never felt so helpless in her life. She felt like crying, even though she told herself to take deep breath and remain calm. But how could she if she was doomed to wonder the forest untill she succumbed to starvation and exposure? She quickly wiped away a tear that threatened to spill from her eye and soile her fur.
She was about to give up all hope, to throw her pack down, crawl up against a tree and weep like a cub when she heard the soothing sound of running water and someone singing a happy tune. Maria was overjoyed.
She followed the sound, running through bushes and over uneven earth. The sweet sound grew louder and louder. She finally came to a stop when she reached a clearing. The river wasn't very large, more like very large stream, fed by a rumbling waterfall.
It was there that Maria found the creature that was singing the sweet song; he was tall, at least six feet, and well-built with grey fur and a white underbelly. The water soaked his fur as he stood under the waterfall bathing himself, completely nude.
Near him was a backpack. A large axe leaned against it, gleaming in the sun. From the look of these items, Maria could easily determine that he was a barbarian-wolf.
The wolf turned and his bright yellow eyes spotted Maria staring at him. He didn't shy away, in fact he tainted the fox by turning and swaying his rump, saying: "Got a nice view from there, m'lady?"
Maria frowned at the wolf's rudeness. He was a barbarian, that was for sure. But she wasn't about to be chased away by a brute's obscene manners.
She steped forth boldly. "Can you help me? I'm lost and I need to get back to the..." She was going to say 'main road', but that would have left her back at square one. Instead she continued with, "I mean to a cave. I need to find a cave in the mountains. You wouldn't know where I could find it perhaps?"
He turned and flashed Maria, stepping out from under the waterfall. He shooked his body like a dog, water droplets flying everywhere.
"Going to the cave of the Lipomancer, I see. Well, I do know where it is, but it's gonna cost ya." He tucked at his scrotum to emphasize what the 'price' was.
Maria groaned in frustration; she didn't have time for this folly. "Listen here, tramp," the fox said coldly, taking a new approach to her situation, "I don't have time for this. I'm starving over here. Now, you either tell or go to hell!"
"Okay, okay," the wolf said, raising his paws in defense, but he was still grinning like some sort of stupid jester, "I was just toying with you."
Maria snorted. "You better be."
"By the way, names Rouge," he said, pulling up his breeches.
"Maria," the fox said, feeling that it was only polite to reveal her name as well.
Rouge looked towards the sky suddenly. "Getting dark," he said.
Maria then noticed that he was right. She must have been lost for hours in the forest.
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