Chapter 3/Pocahontas
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"You think they'll give us much trouble?",Lon questioned as he helped saddle the cannon.
Ben scoffed. "You've seen what our captain's done,not as much as she'll give them",Ben said firmly as he tossed a towel in the air and caught it.
"I fear for our "lady captain"",one of the Englishmen aboard murmured with a sneer near Ben,taking a hold of a mop.
"What could she possibly-"
Jane abruptly struck her sword into one of the barrels,swiftly as the men looked at her. She offered a wry smile before glancing at the cowering Englishman in question. Ben used a glass to collect the juice omitting from the barrel.
"We'll kill ourselves an injun",he rang.
"Or maybe two or three",Jane swung her sword in mock threat,nodding to the men and ignoring the now nervous Englishman.
She joined Thomas in climbing the ropes to get to the already tieing them up.
"What do you think this New World will look like?",Thomas queried.
Jane shrugged as she climbed up the rafter.
"I've seen hundreds of New Worlds,Thomas",she said gently as she swung herself up the crow's nest. She leaned her arms against the rim,readjusting her rolled up shirt.
"What could possibly be different about this one?",she asked rhetorically,staring out at sea.
It's glory,God and gold
And the Virginia company
The sky seemed to reveal a world resembling that of a painting. The heavens were streaked with liquescent purples and tangerines,reflecting off the healthy greens and ferns as the land was busy with bustling activity.
Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega
Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega
Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega
Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega
Steady as the beating drum
Singing to the cedar flute
Seasons go and seasons come
Bring the corn and bear the fruit
Women carried baskets of their harvest and fruits,smiling to each other as they ascended themselves in a single line.
By the waters sweet and clean
Where the mighty sturgeon lives
Plant the squash and reap the bean
All the earth our Mother gives
O Great Spirit, hear our song
Help us keep the ancient ways
Keep the sacred fire strong
Walk in balance all our days
Seasons go and seasons come
One of the elders known as Kachina smiled gently as the Native children laughed in delight at the spiritual essence that the elder was creating. She turned to her left at the sound of one of the calls for a meeting,the children rushing to their feet at the noise,a gently smile adorning Kachina's face.
Steady as the beating drum
Plum to seed to bud to plum
Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega
Steady as the beating drum
Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega
Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega
Hega hega ya-hi-ye hega
The Chief smiled upon her people,landing her staff on the ground as the people made way for her entering. Her long dark hair cascaded down her back,her hairline adorned with a red hairband,with feathers atop,aswell as a dress of ran to their respective partners,tackling them in hugs and kisses. Chief Pavita chuckled lightly at the happy sight.
Ya-hi-ye ne-he hega
"Ka-ma wingapo,Pavati",Kachina greeted with a warm smile.
"Ay-man-ay-cho,Kachina",Pavati placed a gentle hand on the shoulder of the tribe's healing woman,aswell as her best friend.
"It's good to be home",she smiled gently,looking out at the landscape.
"Chesk-cham-ay! The Massawomecks are defeated! With the help of our brothers,our sisters, our villages are safe again!",she cried as the tribe cheered in rejoice ans triumph.
Kachina put a hand on the raised arm of the proud chief.
"Your return brings much joy to the village",Kachina commented with a half smile as she gestured a hand around her.
"Look at all the smiling faces",she said matter-of-factly. Their eyes rested upon a man giving hugs to his two children and pecking his smiling wife.
"Yes",she hummed.
"But",she turned to the shaman of the tribe. "There is one smiling face I don't see",she said with a slight pout. "Where's my son?"
Kachina dabbed her hand in an "oh you know" manner.
"Oh,you know Pocahontas",Kachina said shaking her head with a beam.
"He goes wherever the wind takes him. He's got his father's spirit after all",she said wistfully.
Pocahontas stood atop one of the tribe's most remarkable waterfalls. He inhaled deeply as the fresh scent of the traveling leaves drifted around him with the gentle breeze of the land.
"Pocahontas!"
Pocahontas looked down with a questioning look at his friend.
"Your mother's back!Get down here!",Nakai called,cupping his mouth with his hands as he sat in the wooden canoe below him in the water.
Pocahontas's face lit up as he looked at the humming bird darting right next to him. He grinned at the little bird.
"She's back,Flit,come on Meeko!",Pocahontas called to a lazing raccoon as he busied himself with the consuming of a large mound of raspberries.
Pocahontas ran passed the animals as they too followed en suite. He stopped at the end before looking back,getting into a sprint as he dived over the edge.
Nakai used his hand as a cap over his eyes as he clenched his teeth at his friend's antics.
"No!Not that...way",his voice trailed off hopelessly as Pocahontas straightened out his body,closing his eyes as he gracefully spread out his arms,before closing them in,dropping into the water,as straight and as seamless as a pin.
Nakai rested a hand on a bent leg as he pursed his lips and narrowed his eyes.
"Show off",he commented as he watched the energetic Native.
Flit tutted before widening her eyes as Meeko decided to copy his owner. He ran over the edge,spreading out his arms as Pocahontas did,before realizing that maybe his fall wouldn't be all too graceful. He flailed as Flit darted around him,. The raccoon grasped onto the surprised hummingbird before splashing into the pool behind an oblivious Nakai.
"Pocahontas,come out man,you better be alright,because there's no way I'm coming after yoU-"
Nakai was unceremoniously tipped into the water as he fell under the water. Nakai resurfaced,glaring at a grinning Pocahontas.
"Don't you think we're getting a bit too old for these games?"
Pocahontas shrugged before spitting out some water into the dark haired man's face,Nakai attempted to shield his face before bursting out into laughter,head locking Pocahontas as the chief's son laughed.
Meeko struggled to keep a tight grip on the slippering boat. He whimpered as he felt himself slip. Flit had a mischievous look as her eyes were fixed onto a target. She dove through,beak first as she got her beak punctured into the boat,Meeko sliding off the canal just in time. She sighed irritably,trying to loosen her beak.
Pocahontas managed to loosen the male's grip before smiling.
"Here,help me turn this thing over",at those words,the green hummingbird began to panic,frantically attempting to get her beak out. Her eyes widened as she felt the canoe flip over,she gulped a large breath of air as she was flipped upside down.
The two men climbed into the canoe. Pocahontas shook his head,trying to get most of the water out of his hair as he squeezed the ends.
Nakai peered at his friend.
"What were you doing up there?",he queried.
"Thinking",Pocahontas said nonchalantly.
Meeko had managed to climb on board as he roughly shook his fur,spraying water every where as the Nakai and Pocahontas recoiled.
"Meeko!",Pocahontas chastised.
"About the dream again?",Nakai said with a knowing look."Oh,have you figured it out?",he asked getting excited.
"I know it means something",Pocahontas said firmly. "I just don't know what",he shrugged
"You should ask your mother about it",Nakai suggested.
Pocahontas hummed. "Hey,maybe I should",he turned back to see a chirping Meeko leaning over the edge of the boat. Pocahontas reached down to grab a hold of the near suffocating bird.
"Come on Flit,quit playing around",Pocahontas told the uncomfortable and startled looking hummingbird,who's stomach was now quite round and full.
"We have to get back",they watched the fountain of water leave the hummingburd's beak as Meeko pressed a finger to it's stomach.
Nakai swam them back to shore,parking the canoe at the end of the water at the village as they saw the large cluster of the tribe's warriors gather at the praising speech of the chief.
"We faced a determined enemy",Pavati stated as she looked out to the warriors.
"The battle lasted from the rising of the sun until the evening shadows fell. Our warriors fought with courage, but none as bravely as Kocoum and his sister,Aiyana. Kocoum attacked with the fierce strength of the bear. Aiyana has proven herself to be one our greatest warriors..."
"Oh,she is just so pretty",Nakai said in awe. Pocahontas hummed.
"Uh huh,you know what my favourite thing about her is?Her smile",Pocahontas smirked as they watched the fierce look on the younger sister of one of the most courageous warriors in the tribe. Her long dark hair was held in two braids,a single feather behind her hair,aswell as a tribal mark of red paint on her collarbone. Her frown seeming to deepen at the words of the chief's son. Her face was young and gentle,despite her austere expression.
Pocahontas was late for the gathering of the warriors,waiting for his mother to finish her speech so that he could go on to greet her.
They tuned in on one of the last words of the speech.
"We will feast in their honour",the crowd cheered in high pitched tones,Nakai being one of the loudest. Pocahontas smiled at him before weaving himself through the crowd,.
"My son",Pavati beamed as she enveloped her son into a hug.
"Wingapo,mother"
She held his face in her hands before saying,"Seeing you gives me great joy". Pocahontas grinned before his mother placed hand on his shoulder,leading him to one of the wigwams.
"Come with me,we have much to talk about.I want to hear everything you've been doing"