What is Found can be Lost
Third Person Limited to ?'s POV:
The empty black surrounded them, they couldn't feel anything, or did they feel numb? He couldn't see anything beyond the black, not a single light in the vast void other than themself. Speaking of themselves… They looked down at themselves, strange, they couldn't see anything, no arms, legs, or body. They glanced once more at his surroundings, nothing had changed. Suddenly they felt something softly brush against forehead. They were so confused… "Wake up little one… You need to wake up soon." Little one, was that their name? No, it doesn't sound right and besides, who would be mean enough to name their kid 'Little One'?
The light suddenly started sinking in, taking over the inky black. They suddenly felt heavier, they were sore; they didn't want to wake up yet. A soft voice and a cold rag ended up forcing them to awaken anyways. They blinked their eyes open and cringed at the sudden light hitting them. They glanced around in confusion, eyes taking in everything they could see. There was a sweet-looking, fluffy woman (by that I mean heavy-set) to their right. There was a young man glaring at them from a distance, he had a sword in his hand and was polishing it, was that meant to be a threat to them?... There was a young boy sitting on the bed to the left of their hip, he was smiling so excitedly. "Momma, momma, she's awake!" The little boy yelled excitedly. She? Somehow that didn't feel right. "How many times do I have to tell you, you idiot, that's a male." That seemed much more befitting, even though he didn't feel quite manly next to them where they were so much bigger. The elder male just grunted, somehow they got the feeling that this guy was a big grouch. The woman rolled her eyes "Hello sweetie, are you feeling well my dear?" They slowly nodded their head making the woman smile softly. "Boys, go tell your father that they're awake and I'm doing some more checkups." The smaller one excitedly ran out but the elder one remained. "Sweetie, please go with your brother." He shook his head "And leave you alone with him?"
She glared him down "What if they are a girl and your judgement is off balance, wouldn't it be wrong of you to look at her chest?" His face reddened but quickly argued back "What if they are a guy. Wouldn't it be embarrassing for you to see his lower regions?!" She laughed, it almost sounded like a giggle "I'm a doctor sweetie, I'm used to it. Now go do as I asked." He growled but left the room nonetheless. She smiled back down at them "Glad to see you're awake, mind sitting up so I can check your bandages?" They nodded softly and sat up with a slight cringe. She smiled sympathetically and undid the bandages before putting some medicine on them and re-bandaging them. It didn't hurt in the slightest but they were still sore from, well, whatever they did to get like this. "Sweetie, do you mind if I ask you some questions?" They nodded, it was the least they could do.
"Do you remember how you got hurt?" They sat there trying to remember, they couldn't remember anything except for green and red, so they shook their head no. "Do you have a name?" They were silent once more before shaking their head yes, and then no, and then back to yes. "I have a name, I-I just don't know it…" She frowned at their response before softly speaking "Do you mind if we call you Emerald until you remember?" They nodded. "Okay Emerald, how do you feel?", "Sore, tired, confused, and a little dry mouthed." She smiled "We'll get you some food and water in your system in a minute, one more question okay? I don't mean to sound weird but what gender are you?" They frowned; they couldn't remember but figured they were male. Recognizing the look, and not giving him any time to answer, she chuckled "So we will stick to the pronouns: they, them, and theirs it seems. We will have you dress in the female outfit though, it covers more." They nodded as she stood up and got an outfit from the closet "Sorry if it's a bit big dear, it was meant for my size after all kukuku." They glanced at the outfit before shakily standing up. "I can help you if you like." They smiled gratefully with a sheepish grin. She helped them get the pants on first then the over dress, it was bigger than them so she used the belt on the dress to hold it up. "Kukuku, it's been forever since this dress's belt has actually been used to hold it closed instead of just for design." She then grabbed some socks and a jacket for them to wear and helped them put them on. "There we go."
She then led them over to the mirror "What do ya think?" They glanced at themselves and wondered what the gender confusion was. They had messy, fluffy chocolate brown hair. They had bright, big emerald green eyes (or was it some other kind of green?), which must be why they called them Emerald. And they had soft, semi-tan, skin. A slim, slightly short, frame held all these attributes together. They then glanced at the kind woman and remembered the elder son, okay; they did not see why they were so confused about his gender, he was obviously male. Comparing himself to the other males he has seen so far though, he wondered if he was just small by male standards. "So, how about we get some skin on those bones eh?" She softly took their hand and cheerfully led them to a kitchen area. They glanced at the occupants of the room and then his surroundings. There was the two boys from earlier and an additional male with them, he was much bigger then the elder son, and looked older too, it was probably their dad.
"Well well, looks like the pretty lady finally woke up eh?" The woman glared at all of them sharply "THEY are not to be messed with and should I catch anyone of you letting someone bully them, or you yourselves bullying them, I will personally kick your cans." The males grimaced and sat down rather quickly. "Much better, go ahead and take a seat sweetie.~" He tried not to laugh, they all looked so scared, guess woman's scorn really is worse than hell's wrath. "Are you sure you really don't mind?" She smiled and patted him on his head "Course not dear! Now come on, we can't let a guest starve, and by the looks of it, you don't eat nearly enough." They all sat down and started eating, Emerald felt slightly awkward but ate anyways; he didn't really eat much but felt like that was a normal occurrence for them. "Sweetie, you need to eat a tad more than that." Emerald softly shook his head "Sorry, thank you and all but I can't…" She frowned softly at that, her inner doctor taking note of every word, gesture, and movement. It didn't take a town guru to know he either wasn't taken care of by someone else or he just forgot to take care of himself at times. "Don't strain yourself dear." He smiled softly and nervously.
"Why don't you go wait in the living room? It will be less awkward then having to watch us eat." The brunette nodded and left to go sit down. The elder son almost immediately leaned in and whispered in a harsh yet hushed tone "Why are we trusting hi-" A sharp look from his mom cut him off "trusting THEM in our house exactly, what if they are faking the amnesia to get an inside view of the village." She almost snorted when he suggested such a thing. "If that's your worries then why did you even bring them here, you could have left them to die." His face reddened when she brought it up "Shadow made me!" She smiled "Shadow, did you bully your big brother Sky into saving them?" Shadow looked up from his meal innocently "I only asked once momma." Sky glared at his little brother before mouthing 'traitor' and turning back to his mom.
"Sweetie, just give them a chance, they don't seem like a cruel being and their eyes betray all emotions they feel. Trust me, everything is written there." He glared, it was probably a trained professional, looking all sweet and fake trying to win them over before betraying them and getting them all killed. "And since you are so insistent that they are dangerous why don't you be the person to show them around the village tomorrow and make sure nothing happens to them." He openly gaped at his mother "But, mother!", "No buts young man, maybe this will prove to you they are harmless. You are not to let a thing happen to them do you understand me?" He shut his mouth and continued eating. In the tribe, the mother's word is law, he had to listen to her and respect her wishes, but it didn't mean he had to like it though.
