ReBirth Of The Primordial

Io let a snarl and moved to stand above Dagan while she looked for Sorcha. A splash sounded from somewhere behind her. 'OH SNAP!' Io cursed. She dragged some debris on top of Dagan to hide him before she dove into the water.

A few minutes later, Io broke through the surface holding a squirming sodden Sorcha between her jaws. The little ice cube had a death grip on a small creature with no legs- no a fish, in her tiny white claws. Io stopped close by Dagan's side and unceremoniously dropped Sorcha onto the hard rock and lectured her.

"Rawwwrrrr! RAWWWRR. RaaWWWRrrrr!!! Rawr!!"

'The fuċk were you thinking, Sorcha? You could have died!' Io yelled internally, wishing for the umpteenth time she could speak instead of having to roar, growl, snarl or even howl. Io paced as she 'lectured' Sorcha. At the first roar, Sorcha, who had been rubbing her abused bottom, immediately sat on her knees, head down in guilt.

As mad as Io was, the stone was uncomfortable and while Sorcha had behaved out of character, wasn't she having to deal with new behaviors too? If they had been in their previous world, something like this would have never have happened, and while Sorcha was the dare-devil of the twins, she would not normally act like this. Barring the earlier incident with the hooved creature. With a huff, Io stopped pacing and gently head-butted Sorcha.

Sorcha relaxed her posture. Io noticed Sorcha gripped the fish in her claws. Sorcha stared at Io. Then snowflake-like tears fell down her face, "Io, I sorry. Hungry, Io. I hungry." Sorcha explained, her grey cat-like eyes glittering as she clenched the squirming creature between her little claws.

Io froze and slumped. Head bowed, Io let out a soft keening sound in apology. It was her fault that Sorcha acted on her own like that. Misery welled up as she stared hard at the ground, trying to figure out what she could do to fix this when she heard flesh being shredded.

Startled, Io lifted her head and felt her eyes almost pop out of her skull. 'What the effing bells is this?!!' Io thought to herself as she took in the sight of Sorcha using her shark-like teeth to rip into and through the now very dead fish clutched in her delicate little claws. Dumbfounded, Io stared. Well, that solves what to feed the twins. Io felt lighter at the thought.

"Mmm, good!" Sorcha said, her alabaster skin glowing from deliciousness. Io hadn't seen that look since that had caught crickets after a particularly long stretch of canned goods, though Io wouldn't call them good. The 'collards' had been brutal choking down.

"..."

Io watched Sorcha eat her food while she attempted to remember anything about fish. It didn't resemble anything in the pictures they had seen with its green-black scales and yellow fins, er, at least what was left of them. Where there were fishes that couldn't be eaten, maybe they could spit it over a fire? Should she have done that? Io herself felt fine after eating her meal uncooked, but who's saying that would be the case for Sorcha? After all, they were completely different species. Io's shoulder slumped at the thought. Great, she could feel her days getting a lot more complicated than she'd it be at the thought of trying to figure out two species potentially different dietary needs.

"Io?" a sleepy voice rang out. Io's ears perked up, and she moved over to nuzzle that mummy-like Dagan. She let out an almost inaudible chuff and let him gingerly grab onto her muzzle while Io supported him in an upright position with her tail. Sorcha pranced over her, little scales shimmering in the morning light. "Dagan, Dagan." She chirped at her drowsy sibling. "Here, try this! Try it! It's yummy! I full now. You try!"

Dagan's hazy, cat-like eyes blinked slowly before landing on the remaining fish half in Sorcha's claws. "Sorcha. That not food you stu-" The boy stopped immediately as he noticed his sister's smile disappear and her eyes mist up. Io smirked wolfishly ah. The poor boy brought this upon himself this time.

"Sorcha, I, I don't wan- OOF." During his declining, Sorcha's pointed ears flattened close to her head, and she stuffed the fish into Dagan's mouth. The little boy's yellow eyes went wide, and he choked trying to empty his too-full mouth.

"Dagan eat! It's yummy! Better than bugs."

"dlsathjurahtotgjfoij" Was the only response that she got.

"Yes Dagan, dis good eats. Yum, yum, good eats." Sorcha continued as she rubbed her tummy merrily.

Cough. Cough. Cough.

Io got concerned when his ashen skin lightened, so she shoved him on his belly and gently, for her, whacked his back. The poor boy spewed the fish and then vomited. Io monitored the detritus that was being expelled. Her brows furrowed. There's a piece missing. She pounded on the coughing boy's back a little harder until he choked out a fishtail.

The tail flew out of his mouth and pegged Sorcha's forehead, knocking the unexpecting girl onto her back. Sorcha cried out, holding onto the slight bump on her forehead as she rolled from side to side. Io sighed exasperatedly, helped the girl back up to her feet, picked up a leaf with her tail, wrapped the perfectly intact fishtail, and tossed it back into the river. She growled softly at the boy. Wasting food was not okay. Yes, the environment they were in had changed drastically and now offered an abundance, whatever it may be, and given time, they would figure it out, but that did not mean that they could be wasteful.

"Io, I don't want to eat the fish. Fish nasty." Dagan said pleadingly, his cat-like eye growing huge. Io glanced at Sorcha. .

"I watch Dagan," the little ice cube offered, and Io went back into the stream. She stayed within eyesight of the duo and waited patiently in the lazily moving water. Twenty minutes later, she returned the twins with a mouthful of fish. Io dropped the fish on a leaf her tail laid down. Sorcha eagerly grabbed another fish, devouring it greedily while Io watched contentedly.

'Her viciousness was just adorable,' Io thought. She looked over at Dagan, only to find the boy glaring mutinously at the pile of fish. Hm... Maybe he just needed some persuasion. Right? Io picked up a fish and in two bites, she gulped it down. While she did not think it was as delicious as the hooved creature from earlier, it was tolerable. When she was done, Io motioned at the fish with a paw and looked at Dagan intently.

Dagan crossed his arms as his charcoal skin darkened. "No. No good. Taste like dust. Io said no eats dirt. This like dirt and I no eats it."

Io huffed at the boy and motioned towards the fish. Yucky or not, he needed to eat.

"Don't wanna." The little sun stuck his lower lip out mutinously as he pouted.

Patience. Patience. Everthing is new, so it probably just takes weird. Breathe in. Breath out. Ok. Io once again motioned towards the fish and chuffed.

"NO I don't want it. It nasty and hurt!" Dagan stomped his foot and turned to walk away from her.

Io froze, a low rumble starting in her ċhėst that grew louder until she was roaring.

Dagan ran over to the fish and picked it up, signs of earlier mulishness gone, "Ok, ok I eat I eats it!" Dagan glared at his sister as if blaming her for his troubles.