Chapter4
John's POV:
As I left the tent with Nakoma, I couldn't help but think of Lacey and the way that she decided that she would rather die, than be alive and live with me.
"She's doing this for you, you know." Nakoma said after we walked for a few minutes.
"I know. But there must be something that I could do in order to save her." I replied as I noticed that we were out in the middle of the cornfield.
"Run to her, John. Run to Pocahontas and tell her exactly how you feel about her." Nakoma said as she hugged me tight.
I hugged her back and looked at her with sad eyes. "Does she… Does she know about what Lacey is going to do for us?"
Nakoma shook her head. "No. I don't know what she is even going to think after she hears about it. But, I do know that she is going to stand by you no matter what happens."
I quickly hugged Nakoma and rushed towards the glade where I heard Pocahontas talking to Grandmother Willow. "They're going to kill him at sunrise Grandmother Willow." She said sounding really sad.
As I walked closer to her, I noticed that Grandmother Willow knew that I was there, but she didn't say anything that would spoil the surprise, so she continued the conversation with "You have to stop them."
"I can't." Pocahontas said. I realized then what Pocahontas was thinking of doing and then I finally decided to say "We will stop them together."
"What are you talking about John? John!" Pocahontas said after realizing that I was there. "How did you get away? My father is going to be furious when he finds out that you are not there,"
I nodded my head slowly. "I know, but I think that it won't matter to him and the rest of the warriors. They are going to get to kill a savage anyway."
Pocahontas looked up at me. "What are you talking about?"
I sighed before taking Pocahontas's hand. "My sister, Lacey has decided that she isn't important in this world anymore and so she took my place for the execution."
"But she can't! She did nothing wrong!" Pocahontas screamed as she started walking towards the entrance to the glade.
"She's doing it for us. So that we can be together." I said as I followed her.
"What are we going to do? I don't want her to do this. I didn't ask for this to happen."
I pulled her into a hug and then said. "Maybe you could try talking to your father again. I'm going to back to the camp to see if there is anything that we could do that way."
Pocahontas and we walked out of the glade, together and then parted to walk towards our destinations.