Note: Perro's family name is now Cultivador. Just thought they needed one. It means cultivator, farmer, tiller or cropper in Spanish. Got that from Google, but there was more words that mean similar things and even though I took Spanish class I'm not sure how the word is properly used.
I know in the series the creatures never really used last names, but I thought it might be fun giving them family names kind of like them being from a clan.
If you have any suggestions for family names for Lomma or other creatures like Maxxor or Intress, please leave it in a review or PM me. And I would like for their last names to mean something not just a some random words you put together, cuz you thought it sounded cool.
Also, I was thinking of getting a beta reader for this story if any one is interested.
Chapter Seven: Learning about the Cothica
Lomma's POV
It started as a normal day until a family friend had came to our house with an urgent message from Mama's sister, who lives far on the other side of the village.
"Oh! I can't believe she had the baby this early. I must go and see her at once." Mama looking worried as she had her hand on her mouth.
"I most go now. Be safe." the friend said then left.
"Thank you." Mama then closed the door. Since I just walked in the room, I didn't get to hear all of their conversation.
"What's wrong, Mama?" I asked, tugging at her dress.
Cierva looked down at her daughter and smiled, before saying: "Your Aunt had her baby sometime least night, so now I have to go see how she's feeling and help her with the baby."
"Does that mean I can see the baby too!" I screamed in that young girlish way.
"Oh, I'm sorry Lomma dear. Your Aunt needs to rest and so does the newborn baby. You may make to much noise and that wouldn't be good for them. Maybe some other time."
"But then where am I going to stay? You can't leave my all by myself."
"That's true." Mama looked away like she was thinking of what to do. "I know how about I take you to Lucius and Noire's home and you can stay there until your father is done working. I may have to stay the night there, but if I don't stay the night then I'll get you."
"That means I get to play with, Perro and Hermana all day!" I shouted joyfully.
Since, I'm really shy must of the time, I don't have that my friends my own age. But Perro is really nice and mature for a boy, so I like to play with him.
"That's right. Well, let's get ready and leave. I'm not sure if they already have something planned, if they do then I might have to think of something else." Mama said then grabbed my hand. We then walked back into our house and get ready to leave.
Later that day, me and Mama were walking down the dirt path and we could see Perro's house in the distance. Mrs. Cultivador and Hermana must have seen us from the window, since they walked outside before we were able to get to the front door.
"Hi! Lomma." Heraman said, running to us.
"Hello you two. What brings you here? I thought it would be awhile, before we would go to the playground." Mrs. Cultivador greeted I and Mama as she walked towards us.
"Yes, I know, but my sister had her baby early and I need to go see hoe she's doing and help her anyway I can. It is her first child and may need all the help she can get. I was hoping you could watch, Lomma for a few hours while I'm at my sister's home. If that's alright with you." My Mama explained.
She was now standing next to her daughter in front of us, then said: "Of course she may stay with us. You're like family to us. And I know that, Perro will be more then happy to have, Lomma around all day."
On cue, Perro came into sight with his tail wagging and his hair looked wet. He was running and when he get to us he asked (more like shouted): "Hi, Lomma! What are you doing here this early? I thought you won't be here until lunch time."
" My mama has to go help my aunt, cuz she had her baby early and need help around the house. So, I'm going to stay with you until my daddy picks me up." I explained, giggling at how he looked so happy to see me.
"That's great now we can play all day!" he said, raising his arms in the air.
"Well, I must be going then. It's a long walk there at it will take me awhile to get there. Bye and have fun you two." My Mama said, before giving me a hug, then turned around and began to walk away.
"Bye, Mama! I love you!" I yelled, waving my hand in the air.
"I Love you too, sweet heart." Mama said, and then walked out of sight.
"Well, I'm going back inside to do some work. Hermana, please watch these two and make sure they don't get into trouble." Mrs. Cultivador said.
"Yes, Ma'am." Hermana said. With that Mrs. Cultivador walked back inside the house.
"So, what you want to do first?" Hermana asked I and Perro.
"I don't know. What can we do?" I asked.
We just stayed there for a minute, thinking of what to do when Hikari walked up to us.
"Thanks for leaving me behind, Perro." he said, then noticed that I was here. "Hi, Lomma haven't seen you in a while. So, what are y'all doing?" he asked.
"We're thinking of what we could do." I said. Hikari kind of scares me, because how much taller he is compared to the rest of us. I think even if all three of us stood on top of each other, he would still be taller then us.
"Oh, I have an idea. Hikari could you please tell us a story?" Perro asked, looking up at his big brother.
"I don't want to tell you a story again, Perro. I've already told you like fifty stories this past week." At hearing Hikari say no, Perro's smile turned into a frown.
"Ya, Perro and besides, Hikari needs to go help Father and Mayor work in the fields." Hermana said.
"No hold on. I may have a story to tell you three." he said. I think he changed his mind just to get out of working for a while. But I didn't know if that was what Hermana wanted or if she just said what she said for no real reason, but she did look like she was happy that he was going to tell us a story.
"Yay! So what's the story about?" Perro asked.
"You'll find out, but first let's go somewhere were we can sit down." He then walked towards the barn and we followed him.
When we went inside the barn, Hikari sat down on a ball of hay and the other three sat in a circle on the ground next to him.
"Alright now this story I'm going to tell you is very old and you should learn it, since it's the reason why we're here today. It's about the Cothica, the source of all life" he began to say. I looked over at Perro and it looked like his head was hurting, because had put his hand on the side of his head and his face just looked like he was in pain. I wanted to say something, but didn't want to interrupt the story.
"Eons ago, the four Tribes were at peace and there wasn't any kind of wars or battles between us. The reason for this peace was, because we had everything we needed. You see the Cothica was discovered deep in the Underworld and it gave us power, food, water what ever we needed it would give it to us. But the Underworlders began to get greedy and didn't wish to share it with the other Tribes any more. Eventually a war stared between all the Tribes over how should have the Cothica. Nobody remembers what happened during the war, but the Cothica was lost and no one to this day has fond out what happened to it. But the four Tribes still battle each other over it and Perim to this day. Some believe that finding the Cothica will solve all our problems, but other think it would be the end of Perim as we know it." he finished the story.
"That was an awesome story, Hikari! What did you think of it, Perro?" I turned my head and say that Perro now and both his hands on his head, eyes shut tight and was keeled over.
"Perro are you alright?" Hermana asked concerned for her little brother.
Perro didn't say anything, it was like he couldn't hear her.
"Let's bring him inside and let him rest." Hikari said, then stood up and picked Perro up. We went straight to the house and put Perro in bed. Mrs. Cultivador was very worried for her, but she didn't want to get a healer, since they couldn't afford it. The Elder was still out of the village, so they couldn't ask her. All they could do was wait and pray for Perro to feel better soon.
Okay, I know some of the chapters are boring and you want to see some action and drama. Don't worry the next chapter will have those two and more. Something that we all have been waiting for, but it's going to come at a price for Perro and his family. Feel free to guess what it is. I ain't going to tell you good-looking people a thing until chapter eight is up.