CHAPTER 7

WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON

In the midst of the forest, Kai was listening to the three men talk to him about why they were on the land. The man in blue that was talking was named Jay. The one that answered some of his questions about the British homeland was the man in white named Zane. The one that made a lot of comments and laughed around a lot was the man in black named Cole. Kai was learning more about these strangers than he thought he would, although he wasn't sure they could be trusted yet. They gave him a lot of information about their homeland and cultures in Great Britain, also known as England. They even taught him about their queen, who was known as their leader, and told him all about the things they have learned as children. They were hoping that he would not ask this one question, though.

"Is your queen with you?" Kai asked.

Jay cleared his throat. "Unfortunately not. Our queen is still in England where she can continue to rule the rest of our people."

"Who is your leader that has stepped foot on our land?"

"Our one and only Governer Thomas Allyman. He came here with his daughter, but he plans to return to England right after our civilization here is built."

"Civilization? I want to talk to your governer."

"That won't be a very good idea. He's in a very bad mood right now."

"Why?"

"We had left his daughter alone at the ship. We're not sure if she was kidnapped, but she wasn't there when we finally returned. We were hoping if you may have seen her."

"What does she look like?"

"She has blonde hair, pigtails, wearing a yellow dress and you'll always see her carrying a book," Cole said.

"She's a little girl that's about ten years old," Zane said.

"She is ten years old, Zane."

"I'm sorry, but I haven't seen a little girl wearing a yellow dress and carrying a book in her hands," Kai said, "If I did, I would tell you."

"You would?" Jay said.

"Of course I would. I suppose I have gained trust in you. As long as you do not plan to hurt my people."

"We will do whatever we can to make sure our governer will not do so. Of course we can't right now, but we will whenever we can."

"I still have one question, though. Why won't you persuade your leader to leave our land?"

"As the governor of England, it's really difficult to change his mind. Once he sees gold, he'll do whatever he can to find more. Once he sees a civilization can be built, he'll build one. Once he sees that the land can be controlled by him, he'll do whatever it takes to claim it. This is something to have to understand. If you don't show yourself in front of our leader, he won't allow you to live on our land."

"This is not his land to take over. The land belongs to the people that dwell on it. It was founded by our ancestors from ancient times. It was given to us freely by the Great Sensei. Give your leader this message. Tell him to stop destroying our land and to leave it as soon as possible."

Kai got up to leave, he looked at the men behind him. He sighed as they looked at him. He wasn't sure if he could leave them to be confused. He hated the movements he made the next second later.

Kai sighed as he sat back down. "I suppose you wanna learn about the land and my people's cultures. Ask as many questions as you please."

"If you plan for us to leave one of these days, what's the point about us learning your ways of lives?" Jay asked.

"Well, if you don't want me to tell you in words, I'll just let someone else tell you." Kai climbed in a spare canoe by the stream. "Jump in and I'll lead you there."

The men weren't sure if it was a good idea to be lead by a person of the land, but seeing as they had nothing better to do than to find the governers daughter, they decided to follow the native. Once they climbed inside the canoe, Kai decided to row. He wasn't gonna trust these people yet until they trust the things that he did with his people. At that exact moment, he was taking the men to someone that has always helped him for mostly his entire life. He was hoping that she could help these men understand their ways of living.


After spending the day gathering berries and catching fish, Lloyd carried his baskets outside of the village, being careful not to get caught. Lloyd never had to do something like this, but it was the only way to help his new friend. Perhaps he could figure out a way to blend her in with the other villages, but he wasn't sure how it would work. Everybody would notice her and he wanted to make sure that Zelda was familiar with their cultures. It would take some time to teach her, but he needed to teach her fast before people became suspicious of what he was doing. He made his way to the cave to see that the young girl had made herself a fire. His eyes widened in surprise.

"How did you do that?" Lloyd asked as he entered the cave.

"How did I do what?" Zelda said.

You made a fire and nobody had to teach you. How did you do it?"

"Back in England, my father taught me that a fireplace was known as a stove. He even taught me how to use it. He said it would be useful one day. Looks like that day was today."

"What else do you know?"

"I don't know much about the wilderness. What do the ladies do around here?"

"I know they gather things from bushes and trees. In my village, everybody knows how to climb a tree. The ladies usually help take care of the children and the household, but they usually have some freedom."

"Back in England, the ladies have to do what they're told. They have to listen to their husbands, fathers and even their brothers. It's difficult living the life of an English girl. You never have any freedom."

"Well, in my village, the children always have all sorts of fun, but we still have to learn the ways of life. We do lots of things that you're not used to. If you want me to, I can teach you my village's ways and cultures. If you want, I can make you a part of my village."

"Really? You would let me live with you and your village for the rest of my life?"

"Of course. You seem to have nowhere else to go."

"Oh, thank you so much, Lloyd. You don't know how happy I am to hear that."

"I'm glad you happy. That makes me happy to see that you are happy. Wow, did I just repeat that?"

Zelda laughed. "Oh, Lloyd, you have such a great sense of humor."

"What's a sense of humor?"

"It means that your funny."

"Oh. I guess I have a lot to learn from you."

"I have a lot to learn from you as well."

"Hey, I have an idea. I have a family member who might be able to help you."

"You're going to tell someone about me?"

"I'll make sure that they keep you a secret. She's a family member of mine. Her name is Monna, but I like to call her Monica. She's my father's brother's daughter."

"That means she's your cousin."

"What's a cousin?"

"I'll tell you about it another day. When can I meet Monica?"

"It's starting to get late. The sun is setting. I'll bring her over here tomorrow with some more food. See you tomorrow."

"Good evening, Lloyd."

"What?"

"It means good night."

"Oh. Good night."

Lloyd started making his way back to the village. He turned around to wave goodbye to Zelda, who waved goodbye back. He smiled when she did. It made him realize that she cared a lot. He cared a lot about her. She cared a lot about him. They cared a lot about each other. Lloyd knew that he and Zelda would become very wonderful friends.


The trees swayed slowly in the wind, making the leaves rustle calmly. Inside the tree was Caleb, looking over at the strangers that took over the shoreline. His eyes were filled with anger. No one took over his land and gets away with it. He held his spear tightly in his hand, seeing one of the people making his way to chop down the tree that he was in. Caleb pointed the spear to make the right aim. Once he got it pointed in the right direction, he threw his spear at the man, making it land in his shoulder. The man groaned in pain and lowered himself to the ground. Caleb made his way down there, removing the spear out of the man's shoulder and running off. He ran back to the village, making his way towards the stream to clean off his spear. He was able to take down on of the men. His father told him not to do anything drastic, but of course, he didn't listen. He wanted these men to be gone and wounded so they could finally leave. Not only did he wanted to keep his village safe, but he didn't want his fiancee living a life of fear.


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