Deep in the Woods (Tofus Galore #1)

TOFUS GALORE #1 DEEP IN THE WOODS EBOOK



Deep In The Woods    To my dearest Pump   

                                R.C Studios    MAP

Allegiance        FOREST TOFUS    Pump - Handsome large-winged trove  Chips - Agile pale tofe, a fierce fighter  Evergreen - Deceased old queen  Oakbranch - Deceased pale King with light brown wings 

Sweetfern - Yellow-green tofe, the current queen  Coco- white tove  Loco - Orange and pale yellow tove  Soco - Pale brown tove  Strictwing - Old tofe  Graystreak - Gray tove  Rainy - Yellow and gold tofe    ICE TOFUS    Gold Gold - Unusual golden lost tofe  Sight - Cube dark blue tofe  King New - King of the Ice  Snowfall - Indigo tofe  Radiance - Shiny old tofe, the former queen now retired    SEA TOFUS    Archer - Gray-green patrol leader  Clearpool - Aqua tofe  Rockpool - Brown and aqua King    ROCK TOFUS    Muscle Rock - Bulky pink tove 

Prologue    Wingbeats fluttered in the sky. A patrol of sea  tofus were inspecting their beach. Suddenly, they  spied a tiny gold mishue. 

“Intruder!” The leader of them drew back his lips  and bared his teeth.  “Don’t be so cruel” hissed the second tofe. She  glided over to Archer and swooped down to the  mishue. Her small feet left tiny footprints in the  grainy yellow sand.   “You look like you’re underfed” whispered  Clearpool. She lifted the newborn and sensed that  it was an ice tofu.   “We sea tofus will follow our rule. Tend to any  hurt, lost or stranded young tofu no matter which  tribe they are from”. She gently licked clean the  baby.   “My name is Gold Gold''she squeaked.           

                          Chapter 1    The flicker of movements were tiny. Very tiny.  Pump crouched down, glancing at his cruel teacher  strictwing. His sides were swelling and his leg was 

snapped underneath him. Strictwing looked  around with cold eyes, searching for her victim.  Pump thought of the traumatic events which had  happened before his eyes. He had snuck forth, to  claim the treat he had been savouring for. Fruit.  There was a row of savouring fruit trees bursting  with ripe and shining fruits, but Strictwing had  taped them off in disgust. Then, he had crept off to  enjoy a wondrous moment of the delicious taste of  fresh fruit. But the moment did not last long.  Strictwing had discovered Pump’s minor crime  and attacked him severely, in front of the cold gray  principle.   “Stop! Please!” Pump screamed, but she did take  no notice. His leg had been violently dislodged and  he doubted it would ever heal, even with the  careful treatment of the expert healers. Pump’s  heart beat painfully in his chest, like a trapped bird  willing to fly out. 

“Pump! Come out this instant!” Even though he  was a tiny mishue, Pump braced himself for the  upcoming attract. Graystreak, the strict principle  dragged him out of the undergrowth and sent a  fiery blow on his wounded leg, sending him into a  pitch-black darkness swallowing him up, taking  him out of Bone Finger Academy.              Chapter 2    Pump woke up in the evening sky. He was tied in a  vine hammock, but the prickling thorns didn’t  bother him. He reared his neck up to view three  flowery healers muttering with a furious Queen 

holding two prisoners. With a jolt Pump saw his  mother, Evergreen’s sister and Rainy, one of his  fellow classmates. Pump was a prince. Suddenly,  everything made sense. Strictwing and Graystreak  were getting punished for torturing a prince.  “How could they do this?” gasped Rainy. In tofu  tradition, rulers had to be free of any deformations  or major wounds. That way, their tribes would not  have any weakness, as wounded leaders were  considered weak role models to the great tofu  goddess, Glory. Pump hoped his leg would heal  soon. He had hoped to be a strong tofu, he could  tell by the way he flew. He had beautiful tough  wings which was his most precious gift from  Glory. But, by the way Queen Evergreen was  scolding the prisoners, Pump thought his leg  would never heal. Leaders also had to alternate  between male and female. Pump erased that worry 

out of his mind. Forest tofus would always be  strong and healthy.                            Chapter 3    A big yellow trove swooped from branch to  branch. He flung his strong vine tangle power on 

the trees. Years had passed since his accident, and it  was final that he would never have become ruler.  The old Queen had passed away leaving healthy  young Oakbranch on the throne. Pump’s first  mishue with a beautiful strong tofe named Chip -  was a long-haired pale mishue named Coco. Pump  didn’t want Coco to have a wounded, hurt father,  so he handed him over to a young golden tofe  named Sweetfern. Then, came two other tofulets,  Soco and Loco. They were handed to Sweetfern  too. She was his loving sister. Pump, Sweetfern and  his three sons were hanging out on a sunny  meadow.  “Big Butterfly!” exclaimed Coco as he rolled  clumsily toward a huge black and blue butterfly  perched on a strand of grass.   “They are growing big”. Sweetfern didn’t dare  share the secret of Pump’s sons to anyone. Loco, 

the oldest and largest, was wrestling with small  scrawny Soco  “Stop, Loco!” bellowed Pump, swiping one hand  away from Loco. Soco was squealing in fright.  “Loco, how many times had I told you to stop  playing so rough?” scolded Pump, dragging a  frustrated Loco away from his weak brother. Coco  was the calmest of them all, tracing a tiny ditch in  the dirt with his hand. Suddenly, Pump felt  himself get a prophecy from Glory.   “Be not afraid, young hero. Six tofus shall reunite.  One shall bring grand evil to our land, and it shall  bring a battle between good and evil. Find the key  and open up the light, and there your journey  ends.”          

                          Chapter 4    The rising moon cast long shadows across the  rainforest, which was drizzling lightly after Pump’s  vision. Was he one of the six tofus? He guessed he  was. Pump had just started to walk back to his tree 

den when he bumped into a huge battle-scarred  trove. Pump could tell he was a rock tove.   “Hey! What are you doing here?” Pump tilted his  head.   “Um, I’m escaping for a crime my brother did. He  stole a legendary spirit from the ice tofus!” Pump  could feel the tove’s rising desperation.   “I’m Muscle Rock. I’m escaping my homeland in  case…” His voice trailed away. Muscle Rock  crouched in the mud and rain.   “Alright then. You will stay in our village and I’ll  talk to Oakbranch about it”. Pump emerged from  under some long ferns, and trudged forward.  Sweetfern and her three sons had gone home  before him, but why was she here and gasping?  “Pump! You have to see this!” Sweetfern’s voice  was full of panic. Cautious, Pump trotted over and  saw a brown-winged dead tove. It was Oakbranch,  the new king. 

                          Chapter 5    “I’m the new leader!” whispered Sweetfern  anxiously.   “Glory had chosen me. I promise I will protect  you. Who even killed Oakbranch?” Pump twisted 

around to see gleaming red blood on a cube-shaped  blue tofe.   “Why would you kill him!” yelled a raged Pump  leaping over the small ice tofu.  “I...I was hurt with him”. That was true. The poor  tofu’s sides were heaving with wounds   “Quick! To the healers!” He escorted the  wounded tofe to the healers.   “I’m Sight. I travelled all the way here to buy a herb  for King New, my sick partner”. Pump nodded.  “My mother, old Radiance used to call me Baby”.  “Do these healers even care about tofus from other  tribes?” Pump realized. Muscle Rock was still with  him, and Chip. He took a step forward to nudge  her with his wing.  “Soon, Sight will be strong again. We will find out  who killed the king”. One healer applied the thick  white lotion to Sight’s wounds, who flinched in 

pain. But then, Pump sensed who had killed  Oakbranch. Strictwing.                          Chapter 6    Sight’s wounds had closed after a moon passed.  Pump, Chip, Muscle Rock and Sight beckoned  each other to address Queen Sweetfern. 

“Sweetfern. Glory had told me who murdered  Oakbranch and hurt this innocent ice tofu.” Pump  shuffled aside to reveal Sight. Sweetfern narrowed  her eyes.  “What is a Rock and Ice tofu doing in my  kingdom?”   “You can trust them!” Pleaded Pump.  “They need shelter!” Having earned powers of  wisdom from Glory as a result of being Queen,  Sweetfern pondered for a moment.  “The herb you need for New will take some time”.  She pointed her wing at Muscle Rock.   “And him, I’ll have to see”. Pump shuddered.  What if the Queen didn’t trust his new friends,  Chip, Muscle Rock and Sight?  “Strictwing killed Oakbranch!” He blurted.   “Yes, with my grand wisdom I know already”.  Sweetfern clambered to the top of her palace. 

“Strictwing! Come here now!” She roared. The old  tofe hobbled over to Sweetfern.  “You have betrayed your kingdom” She bellowed.  “Kill! Kill!” Blood sprayed in all directions as the  Queen impaled Strictwing with a sharp sword.  Pump watched the event unfold, and thought to  himself; If me, Chip, Muscle Rock and Sight are in  the prophecy, we need two more tofus.            Epilogue    A beautiful gold and blue tofu trudged along the  beach. Her dazzling gold color matched the sand,  as her blue back matched the hue of rising and  falling ocean waves. Sea tofus marvelled around 

her, adoring her natural beauty. A guard was  marching behind her, shielding Gold Gold from  any attackers. She was a diamond buried deep in  the sand, among the crushed seashells. As the time  passed, Clearpool and Gold gold formed a close  and loving bond.   “Do you remember your family?” asked Clearpool  one day.  “Yes. I was lost in a storm, far away from my  beloved sister, Old Old.”         

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