Hey guys!
And here is the English version of my Fanfiction about Dawn of the Planet of the Apes - the best movie ever! Fell in love with it. I think this is going to be a short story or a collection of One-Shots. I don't know yet. Updates will take a little bit of time. Actually I am writing this story in German and I have to translate the chapters bit by bit. That's why the chapters aren't that long. It's really a lot of work (plus I am going to University which also takes up time). So please be patient. I hope you are enjoying reading this and let me know what you think about it! Thank you to those who favorite, follow and comment this story! Have fun!
Exhausted I laid down on the nest which was made of grass and leaves in my hut built out of branches. I had not expected that I would lay on it so softly. My body sank into leaves that were as comfortable as a mattress. It comforted my tired body. After a while I curled up on the side, stretched out a hand and stroked the tender branches and leaves that prickled my fingertips, lost in thought. Calmly I breathed out and closed my eyes.
I hadn't counted the days, I didn't know how long I've been there. They gave me the task to teach them our culture. Human culture. But this task turned out to be much more difficult than I had thought. They mastered the human language but I wasn't in control of the sign language they used. Caesar has told his son Blue Eyes to teach me but he wasn't an experienced teacher and I wasn't a good pupil. Nevertheless we made progress in learning from each other.
The time I have spent with them and the time I would hopefully spend with them in the future as well, meant a lot to me.
I was fascinated by their way of living, their community. They were one big family and they held together. No matter how desperate the situation was, it didn't matter. Their community was a lot stronger than the kind of community the humans had.
Although I was a intruder, a troublemaker for them, they nevertheless had given me a chance and accepted me. I didn't meet a lot of glances filled with desire to kill me anymore.
I had taken their little children into my heart. I enjoyed every free minute I could play with them. With tiny fingers they touched my face, compared their hands with mine, played with long, blonde strands of my hair. It was so cute! Visually there was a huge difference between the Apes and Humans. But in the Apes faces laid so much emotion, their expressions were so human that at the same time I became aware of the fact that we were quite similar. Or that we were going to converge?
I must already have been fallen into a light sleep when a warm touch on my still outstretched hand woke me up.
I met a pair of sky-blue eyes.
Blue Eyes had laid down next to me. Silently we were looking into each others eyes. I enjoyed the weight of his heavy, huge black hand on mine.
"Hey", I finally whispered and a small smile appeared in his youthful face.
Blue Eyes became a very good friend for me. At the beginning we had our difficulties because he also was one of those who didn't trust humans and abhorred them. I couldn't take offence to that.
Reluctantly he had guided me through their village, had shown me their little school, their common eating place and a lot of other places outside the village. His friends had mocked him when they had seen him with me. I didn't miss the comments about my reputed ugly looks, my human stench and my clumsiness.
First he had been angry about it and he often had let stand me alone then in the middle of nowhere. He had treated me like an annoying attachment so that I'd been deeply disappointed. It had made me cry with rage because he was with his proud father Caesar, the only one I could trust, more or less.
But something had changed in him so that he could deal with the others comments easily and could turn his back to them. With increased regularity he had searched for my company. He had guided me to the most beautiful places in the forest and had given me useful tips for search of food. And my heart was beating with joy when I saw him sitting in front of my hut early in the morning, with the warm thought that he was waiting for me. Only me.
No matter how difficult the beginning was...Blue Eyes and I got close. He has given me his trust and I kept it in my heart like a treasure.
He still was simply looking into my eyes.
Carefully I pulled out my hand from under his and dreamily I stroked his fingers. He closed his eyes when I stroke the rough back of his hand, his wrist until I could feel the roots of his soft black fur.
And then I did something I would not have dared to do a few days ago.
Very carefully I touched his cheek. It was warm. Immediately he opened his eyes. My hand twitched slightly but I didn't move it. There was amazement in his eyes. And a glance I couldn't explain. Tiny hairs tickled my palm while I stroke his cheek gently and traced his wide lips. I looked into his eyes again. Blue Eyes had a lovely face. He was striking. I was mesmerized.
For a long time nothing happened. But then he moved towards me, very slowly, his gaze questioning, uncertain, without taking my hand from his cheek I waited for what he would do. My heart began to pound in my chest nervously.
He gently leaned his forehead against mine and a feeling full of warmth, protection and comfort flowed through my body. Smiling I closed my eyes and tried to calm down my heart.
He clasped my neck with his huge hand and I moved closer to him so that I could touch his strong chest, could feel his body heat and his wild, wild heartbeat.
"Thank you, Blue Eyes", I whispered and I knew that he understood when he pulled me closer to him. Embedded in trust, affection and love I fell asleep.