Editing A New World (section)

=== PART 1: Chapter 1 ===
I look at her ears and her tail. 

“Ah, yes, you must be wondering what we are.”  She puts out her hand and I slowly reach out and grab it, she pulls me to my feet. 

“Follow me,” she says.

She was motioning to some stairs on the side of the tree I had not seen earlier. 

“This is the easiest way down, especially since you have straight legs.”

The stairs seem to have been carved right out of the tree, there is no railing so it almost feels like walking on the edge of a cliff. 

“We are the Sunda clan, there are 7 main clans, The air clans are split into two, the day, Accipitridae, and the night  Nocturnalis. Then the Brute Hunters Canidae and The Royal Hunters Sunda. The ocean Selachimorpha is better known as Selac and The strong Ursidae. And lastly the tricksters, Ophidia.”

We reach the bottom of the stairs and she leads me into what seems to be a town. We are in a forest jungle-type place, with tall close-knit trees everywhere, and grass. The town is all wood houses and buildings with grass, leaves, and stick roofs. There are dozens of people milling about, with the varying color of fur, but all with tails, ears, and legs like my two guides. 

“You are the first visitor of a different clan we do not recognize in centuries,” 

Troy says with his hands behind his back, his eyes are a green I have never seen before, bright, like the grass after a rain, at the same time closed off and cold, not allowing me to see past his exterior.

“We are the royal hunters, so we have a certain standard to uphold,” Says Kila, drawing my attention away from Troy.

“Everyone has a job, from the youngest of 7 to the oldest of 150. We are hunters, we are the standard of how a hunt should go, not like the Brute hunters.” She said scoffing, her tail flicking irritably from one side to another.

Kids were playing around, and adults talking and trading one thing for another on the side of the street from carts. As we get up to a building that seems to be an armory by the sign, a female Sunda runs up to Kila.

“You brought it into the camp?!” She hisses her ears laid back and her tail swishing erratically.

Kila gives her a dark look and says

“Yes, I did bring them to camp. They pose no threat to us.”

The female hisses.

“And how do you know this? Can you see into the future all of a sudden? Or no, is it the past, since the past is what hunts you, but not enough since you brought this THING into camp!” She was yelling now, drawing attention from the surrounding people.

Kila grows still and looks the female straight in the eye.

“This was a decision made by The Table and myself, but of course Lilith, if you think you are right, you can always challenge me and then let the facts state where you should sit.”

Kila seemed like a stone wall, wanting to de-escalate the situation while still making her position clear to the female.

“...Pardon my outburst, Miss Kila…” said the female, Lilith through gritted teeth. 

“Don’t let it happen again,” Kila said walking off.

I run to catch up then glance back to see Lilith staring at us, challenge glittered in her narrowed dark eyes, and I knew this was not the last time I would have the pleasure of meeting her.