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The Day We Met

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A childhood memory of Skana meeting her Tokota Beluga for the very first time.
It turned out, that bad news can change into good news <3

Oh man Tokotas are so fun! And a challenge to draw humans too :D
Kinda did it as a bonding training image <3

My beautiful Beluga:
Beluga 644 by TotemSpirit

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The first Meeting
Great.
She had been so excited to finally meet her very own Tokota. She would have been happy with the most average puppy but of course her parents could not even fulfill that simplest expecatation. She knew that they would bring bad news only by looking at how returned from the breeder.
"I'm sorry honey", her mother said, stepping closer, a somewhat guilty look in her eyes. "The breeder said there's just that one left that nobody else wanted. I'm sorry, I really am."

Skana swallowed her disappointed, yet could not help but give her mother an angry glance.
"I told you you were already late! I knew all the puppies would be taken by all the other kids!"
"Skana we discussed that over and over", her father interfered. "You knew you'd be the last to turn fifteen this year and the rules are the rules."

She was desperate. This was her special day. She had just turned 15 not all too long ago and since tokotas stay with their mothers for a year, she'd get the pup only at her 16th birthday. But meeting your own tokota for the first time was a unique occasion. She had  her older brother Skilliad for three years, which seemed like an eternity.
And despite how much she loved the familiy Tokotas, nothing would ever beat her own - she had been so sure.
But today eveything seemed to go wrong. She felt that her childhood dream had just broke. Sure, she would learn to love the remaining little pup, but she had given so much to be able to chose her first companion.
"Have you at least seen it already?, she wondered sheepishly. She knew that she should not raise her hopes too high.
"No, we haven't seen it, honey, but I'm sure you will like it!", the mother replied encouragingly, hoping to lighten Skana up.
"Sure will", the girl murmured but oviously did not sound convinced.

She followed her parents to beautiful Oona's owner. She had always admired the wild born Tokota lady and not seldomly had she dreamed of taming a wild Tokota herself one day.
But for now she would have to be satisfied with the remaining pup.

"Follow me, young lady", said the breeder and lead her to the Tokota shelter. And there just outside the roof covering sat a little white pup, staring distrustfully in their direction.
Skana had never seen such a pure white creature. It was unbelievably beautiful.
All the day's displeasures were forgotten as she slowly approached the young animal. It eyed her carefully but did not move.
"Hey there. Now who might you be?", whispered the little girl softly and watched the puppy's twitching ears.
She extended her arm to touch the tiny Tokota. It trembled slightly.
"Iiit's alriiiiight", Skana kept on talking and slowly picked the little furball up. It did not seem pleased with her action and struggled to free itself. But Skana was not about to let go; not until she had looked the little one in the eye and admired the beautiful, piercing red colour.
And suddenly she knew, that this one would have been her first and only choice, even if all the other had not been taken yet.

"Mom, dad, look! It's an albino!"


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Tokota Speices (c) by noebelle
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I loved that short story. cx And the picture is absolutely beautiful!